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Round 13 of 13 in the 2022 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
Date | 1–4 December 2022 | |||||||||||||
Location | Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||||||
Venue | Adelaide Street Circuit | |||||||||||||
Weather | Fine | |||||||||||||
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The 2022 Adelaide 500 (known for commercial reasons as the 2022 VALO Adelaide 500 [1] ) was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held from Thursday 1 December through to Sunday 4 December 2022. The event was held at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia, and was the twenty-third running of the Adelaide 500. It was the last event of thirteen in the 2022 Supercars Championship and consisted of two races of 250 kilometres.
The races were supported by Touring Car Masters, GT World Challenge, S5000 Tasman Series, Aussie Racing Cars and Dunlop Super2 & Super3 Series. [2]
Session | Day | Fastest lap | |||||
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No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Ref. | ||
Practice 1 | Thursday | 55 | Thomas Randle | Tickford Racing | Ford Mustang GT | 1:19.8035 | [3] |
Practice 2 | Friday | 1 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:19.1992 | [4] |
Practice 3 | 25 | Chaz Mostert | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:18.8571 | [5] |
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