2011 Sucrogen Townsville 400

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Flag of Queensland.svg 2011 Sucrogen Townsville 400
Event Information
Round 7 of 14 in the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship
Townsville (Australia) street circuit track map.svg
Date8–10 July 2011
Location Townsville, Queensland
Venue Townsville Street Circuit
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 72 laps 205 km
Pole position Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing
1:12.9424
Winner Garth Tander
Holden Racing Team
1:31:22.6745
Race 2
Distance 72 laps 205 km
Pole position Craig Lowndes
Triple Eight Race Engineering
1:12.8533
Winner Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
1:32:45.8802

The 2011 Sucrogen Townsville 400 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars racing cars. It was the seventh event of the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of July 8 to 10 at the Townsville Street Circuit in Townsville, Queensland. It was the third running of the Townsville 400.

Contents

The event hosted races 14 and 15 of the 2011 season. A 72 lap, 200-kilometre race was held on both Saturday and Sunday. Qualifying for Race 14 consisted of a 20-minute, all-in session with the fastest ten progressing to the top ten shootout. Qualifying for Race 15 was a single 20 minute, all-in session.

Mark Winterbottom used the number 95 for this event in a promotion for the Pixar movie Cars 2, in which he starred. [1] Winterbottom became the first driver to score four straight series poles since Mark Skaife in 1998 when he took pole for Race 14. [2] The Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander won Race 14 from Jamie Whincup and Winterbottom's team mate Will Davison. Winterbottom finished fifth behind Craig Lowndes. There was controversy over Tander's win when he escaped a drive-through penalty despite hitting the bollard and appearing to cross the blend line at pit entry. [3] Kelly Racing driver Greg Murphy was later penalized for a similar incident at the pit exit. Murphy's teammate David Reynolds led the race early on in an impressive drive but collided with James Courtney on his way into pit lane. The incident put Courtney out of the race and significantly damaged Reynolds car, leaving him 24th at race's end, ten laps off the lead.

Lowndes claimed pole position for Race 15 from Winterbottom and Reynolds. Lowndes led for most of the race before team mate Whincup, who had to queue behind Lowndes in his second pit stop, passed him in the closing stages. [4] Winterbottom completed the podium. The two Stone Brothers Racing drivers, Alex Davison and Shane van Gisbergen, finished fourth and fifth respectively. Saturday winner Tander was in contention until a rear suspension failure dropped him several laps off the lead. Reynolds again had a disappointing race after a strong qualifying performance.

The weekend saw Whincup extend his lead over Lowndes in the championship from 156 to 186 points, the two Triple Eight drivers beginning to pull away from third placed Van Gisbergen. Whincup scored 288 points to Lowndes' 258, while Winterbottom had the third highest total for the event with 240.

Results

Results as follows: [5]

Qualifying Race 14

Qualifying timesheet: [6] [7]

PosNoNameCarTeamQualifyingShootout
195 Mark Winterbottom Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:13.08321:12.9424
288 Jamie Whincup Holden VE Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:12.92821:13.0667
36 Will Davison Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:13.19231:13.0764
4888 Craig Lowndes Holden VE Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:13.13631:13.1731
52 Garth Tander Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:13.05291:13.2245
633 Lee Holdsworth Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:13.27171:13.2966
717 Steven Johnson Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 1:13.19231:13.3250
816 David Reynolds Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:13.20311:13.3408
915 Rick Kelly Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:13.10451:13.4942
1049 Steve Owen Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 1:13.27681:14.1755
1161 Fabian Coulthard Holden VE Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 1:13.2894
1219 Jonathon Webb Ford FG Falcon Tekno Autosports 1:13.3499
1314 Jason Bargwanna Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:13.3515
1434 Michael Caruso Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:13.3909
1555 Paul Dumbrell Ford FG Falcon Rod Nash Racing 1:13.4877
1618 James Moffat Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 1:13.4892
1711 Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE Kelly Racing 1:13.5025
1839 Russell Ingall Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 1:13.5053
191 James Courtney Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:13.5119
2047 Tim Slade Ford FG Falcon James Rosenberg Racing 1:13.5184
218 Jason Bright Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:13.5220
229 Shane van Gisbergen Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:13.5295
237 Todd Kelly Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:13.5611
243 Tony D'Alberto Ford FG Falcon Tony D'Alberto Racing 1:13.6126
2512 Dean Fiore Ford FG Falcon Triple F Racing 1:13.7110
264 Alex Davison Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:13.7794
2730 Warren Luff Holden VE Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 1:13.9782
2821 Karl Reindler Holden VE Commodore Britek Motorsport 1:14.1916

Race 14

Race timesheets: [8]

PosNoNameTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
12 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 721:31:22.67455150
288 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 72+3.3s2138
36 Will Davison Ford Performance Racing 72+12.8s3129
4888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 72+13.2s4120
595 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 72+15.6s1111
633 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 72+17.6s6102
715 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing 72+23.8s996
849 Steve Owen Paul Morris Motorsport 72+31.7s1090
98 Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing 72+35.3s2184
1039 Russell Ingall Paul Morris Motorsport 72+35.8s1878
119 Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing 72+39.6s2272
1255 Paul Dumbrell Rod Nash Racing 72+41.6s1569
1317 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 72+44.2s766
147 Todd Kelly Kelly Racing 72+47.1s2363
1561 Fabian Coulthard Walkinshaw Racing 72+49.7s1160
1634 Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Motorsport 72+1m 2.1s1457
1718 James Moffat Dick Johnson Racing 72+1m 3.2s1654
183 Tony D'Alberto Tony D'Alberto Racing 71+ 1 lap2451
1911 Greg Murphy Kelly Racing 71+ 1 lap1748
2012 Dean Fiore Triple F Racing 71+ 1 lap2545
2119 Jonathon Webb Tekno Autosports 71+ 1 lap1242
2221 Karl Reindler Britek Motorsport 70+ 2 laps2839
2314 Jason Bargwanna Brad Jones Racing 64+ 8 laps1336
2416 David Reynolds Kelly Racing 62+ 10 laps833
2547 Tim Slade James Rosenberg Racing 58+ 14 laps2030
264 Alex Davison Stone Brothers Racing 57+ 15 laps2627
Ret30 Warren Luff Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 6227
Ret1 James Courtney Holden Racing Team 30Accident19

Qualifying Race 15

Qualifying timesheet: [9]

PosNoNameCarTeamTime
1888 Craig Lowndes Holden VE Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:12.8533
295 Mark Winterbottom Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:13.1731
316 David Reynolds Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:13.2065
42 Garth Tander Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:13.2192
56 Will Davison Ford FG Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:13.2581
68 Jason Bright Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:13.2978
733 Lee Holdsworth Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:13.3115
888 Jamie Whincup Holden VE Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:13.3530
915 Rick Kelly Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:13.4124
1018 James Moffat Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 1:13.4885
119 Shane van Gisbergen Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:13.5452
121 James Courtney Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:13.5459
1314 Jason Bargwanna Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:13.5767
1447 Tim Slade Ford FG Falcon James Rosenberg Racing 1:13.5816
1539 Russell Ingall Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 1:13.6108
1617 Steven Johnson Ford FG Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 1:13.6767
1761 Fabian Coulthard Holden VE Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 1:13.6951
1811 Greg Murphy Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:13.6952
1949 Steve Owen Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 1:13.7193
207 Todd Kelly Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing 1:13.7671
2119 Jonathon Webb Ford FG Falcon Tekno Autosports 1:13.7960
224 Alex Davison Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:13.8308
2321 Karl Reindler Holden VE Commodore Britek Motorsport 1:13.8665
2434 Michael Caruso Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:13.8702
2512 Dean Fiore Ford FG Falcon Triple F Racing 1:13.9722
2630 Warren Luff Holden Commodore VE Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 1:14.1653
273 Tony D'Alberto Ford FG Falcon Tony D'Alberto Racing 1:14.2244
2855 Paul Dumbrell Ford FG Falcon Rod Nash Racing 1:20.7799

Race 15

Race timesheets: [10]

PosNoNameTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
188 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 7201:32:45.88028150
2888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 72+4.4s1138
395 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 72+11.2s2129
44 Alex Davison Stone Brothers Racing 72+13.9s22120
59 Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing 72+19.9s11111
633 Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Motorsport 72+20.4s7102
747 Tim Slade James Rosenberg Racing 72+27.3s1496
861 Fabian Coulthard Walkinshaw Racing 72+29.4s1790
939 Russell Ingall Paul Morris Motorsport 72+30.1s1584
1055 Paul Dumbrell Rod Nash Racing 72+32.3s2878
1114 Jason Bargwanna Brad Jones Racing 72+32.8s1372
1217 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 72+35.6s1669
1315 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing 72+35.6s966
1449 Steve Owen Paul Morris Motorsport 72+36.0s1963
1518 James Moffat Dick Johnson Racing 72+36.5s1060
1634 Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Motorsport 72+42.3s2457
177 Todd Kelly Kelly Racing 72+43.3s2054
186 Will Davison Ford Performance Racing 72+44.9s551
191 James Courtney Holden Racing Team 72+48.8s1248
2011 Greg Murphy Kelly Racing 72+52.7s1845
2130 Warren Luff Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 72+55.6s2642
228 Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing 72+56.8s639
2316 David Reynolds Kelly Racing 72+1m 9.2s336
2421 Karl Reindler Britek Motorsport 68+ 4 laps2333
253 Tony D'Alberto Tony D'Alberto Racing 67+ 5 laps2730
262 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 62+ 10 laps427
Ret12 Dean Fiore Triple F Racing 3925
Ret19 Jonathon Webb Tekno Autosports 121

Standings

PosNoNameTeamPoints
188 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 1683
2888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 1497
39 Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Racing 1317
415 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing 1244
55 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 1201

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