Perth SuperSprint

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Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth SuperSprint
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Race Information
Venue Wanneroo Raceway
Number of times held46
First held1973
Race Format
Race 1
Laps55
Distance130 km
Race 2
Laps55
Distance130 km
Last Event (2024)
Overall Winner
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United
Race Winners
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters Tickford Racing

The Perth SuperSprint (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bosch Power Tools Perth SuperSprint) is an annual motor racing event for Supercars, held at Wanneroo Raceway in Wanneroo, Western Australia. The event has been a regular part of the Supercars Championship and its predecessor, the Australian Touring Car Championship, since 1973.

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Format

The event is staged over a three-day weekend, from Friday to Sunday. One single ninety-minute practice session is held on Friday. On Saturday then, a three-stage knockout qualifying session is held which decides the grid positions for the following 100 kilometre race. Two separated fifteen-minute qualifying sessions are held on Sunday, which decide the grid for the following 100 km races. [1]

History

Jim Richards won the 1985 event. Wanneroo Mar 1985 012.jpg
Jim Richards won the 1985 event.

Wanneroo Park Raceway, as it was then known, hosted its first round of the Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) in 1973, with Allan Moffat taking the first of his three event victories over Peter Brock. It was the first ATCC event ever held in Western Australia and featured the only appearance of a Subaru in the history of the ATCC. The championship did not return to Wanneroo until 1978. The event that year consisted of two heats and the Holden Dealer Team scored a rare 1-2-3 finish in the overall results, with Brock taking victory, from 12th on the grid, over team-mates John Harvey and Wayne Negus. [2] Allan Grice won the event in 1980 and 1982 despite only completing partial championship campaigns in each year.

During practice for the 1983 event, Moffat found that his Mazda RX-7 struggled on the rises in the circuit compared to the other cars. To compensate for this, he started the race with the petrol tank only half-filled and made a pit stop during the race. The strategy worked and Moffat took victory, despite almost colliding with Brock when the latter spun in the closing stages. [3] Moffat's Mazda won again in 1984, the final win for the four-time champion. Under Group A regulations, from 1985 to 1992, the event was dominated by Nissan Skylines and Ford Sierras, with Gibson Motorsport's Nissans taking three wins and Fords of Dick Johnson Racing and Mobil 1 Racing taking four combined. This included Mark Skaife took his first ATCC round victory in the 1991 event for Nissan. [2] Ahead of the 1993 event, the circuit was renamed from Wanneroo Park to Barbagallo Raceway due to a sponsorship from Alf Barbagallo, a name which remained until 2020. [4] Alan Jones won the 1994 round on the same weekend that he was fined for throwing a punch at an official. [5]

The Holden Racing Team controlled the event from 1996 to 2000, taking victory in all five years. Craig Lowndes won all twelve races across the 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 events having missed the 1997 event as he was racing overseas. [6] Brock took his final ATCC round victory in that 1997 weekend despite not winning any of the races during the event. Paul Radisich interrupted the Holden Racing Team's success in 2001, winning for Dick Johnson Racing in a dominant weekend that saw him take pole, lead every lap and secure three fastest laps across the three races. [7] In 2002, Jason Bright returned the Holden team to the top step of the podium. [2] Bright won again in 2004 for Paul Weel Racing, before Steven Richards won consecutive events at the circuit in 2005 and 2006 despite only winning one of the six races in the two years. In the second race of the 2005 event, Skaife and Marcos Ambrose, who had started together on the front row, both ended up in the gravel trap at the first turn of the race. While Skaife retired, Ambrose managed to drive out and finished fifth despite a drive-through penalty being issued during the race, before he was then given a further points penalty post-race for the same incident. [8]

In this period, discussions were held about moving the event to a street circuit in Perth, and Barbagallo dropped off the 2010 calendar due to dated facilities. [9] [10] The Government of Western Australia resisted moving the event and Barbagallo was instead upgraded, with the circuit returning to the calendar in 2011 and a new pit and paddock complex being built for 2012. [10] The 2011 event saw one of the biggest accidents in the history of the championship take place. Karl Reindler, 13th on the grid, stalled at the start and was hit by Steve Owen, who had started 25th and was travelling at 150 km/h. The impact ruptured the fuel tank in Reindler's car, engulfing both cars in flames. Reindler suffered superficial burns to his hands and face as well as smoke inhalation, while Owen escaped serious injury. [11] In the same race, Jason Bright took the first championship victory for Brad Jones Racing, the team that also prepared Reindler's entry. [12]

Lowndes took his 91st career race victory in the ATCC and Supercars Championship during the 2013 event, breaking Skaife's previous record of 90. [13] In 2014, Scott McLaughlin gave Volvo its first race victory in its return to the series, having last competed in 1986. [14] Lowndes took his 16th and final Barbagallo race win in the Saturday race in 2016, opting to make an additional pitstop to most other cars and moving up from 22nd at pit exit to take the victory. [15] The two other Triple Eight Race Engineering entries of Shane van Gisbergen and Jamie Whincup completed the podium in a repeat of the Holden Dealer Team feat of 1978. [16] From 2017 to 2019, McLaughlin won three consecutive events, including winning the Sunday race in 2018 from 19th on the grid, a record at the circuit. [17]

The event was reformatted in 2019 to become a SuperNight event with races on Friday and Saturday night for the first time at the circuit. [18] The 2020 event, again due to be held at night, was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [19] The event was later rescheduled to the end of October, however as a daylight event, before being cancelled altogether in August 2020. [20] [21] The 2021 event suffered the same fate and was again cancelled before the event returned for 2022. [22] From 2023, the event returned to a daytime format. [23]

Winners

YearDriver [2] TeamCarReport
1973 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Allan Moffat Ford Motor Company Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase III
1974
–
1977		not held
1978 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock Holden Dealer Team Holden LX Torana SS A9X
1979 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock Holden Dealer Team Holden LX Torana SS A9X
1980 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Allan Grice Craven Mild Racing Holden LX Torana SS A9X
1981 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock Holden Dealer Team Holden VC Commodore
1982 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Allan Grice Re-Car Racing Holden VH Commodore SS
1983 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Racing Mazda RX-7
1984 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Racing Mazda RX-7
1985 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
1986 Flag of Australia (converted).svg George Fury Gibson Motorsport Nissan Skyline DR30 RS
1987 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton Gibson Motorsport Nissan Skyline DR30 RS
1988 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500
1989 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500
1990 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock Mobil 1 Racing Ford Sierra RS500
1991 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
1992 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500
1993 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim Richards Gibson Motorsport Holden VP Commodore
1994 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Glenn Seton Racing Ford EB Falcon Report
1995 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford EF Falcon
1996 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden VR Commodore
1997 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore
1998 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore
1999 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden VT Commodore
2000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden VT Commodore
2001 Flag of New Zealand.svg Paul Radisich Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon Report
2002 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore
2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon
2004 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright Paul Weel Racing Holden VY Commodore
2005 Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden VY Commodore
2006 Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden VZ Commodore
2007 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden VE Commodore Report
2008 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford BF Falcon Report
2009 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford FG Falcon Report
2010not held
2011 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VE Commodore Report
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon Report
2013 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore Report
2014 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon Report
2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore Report
2016 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore Report
2017 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon Report
2018 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon Report
2019 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang GT Report
2020
–
2021		not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden ZB Commodore Report
2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brodie Kostecki Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro ZL1-1LE
2024 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford Mustang GT

Multiple winners

By driver

WinsDriverYears
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2015, 2016
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock 1978, 1979, 1981, 1990, 1997
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Allan Moffat 1973, 1983, 1984
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup 2009, 2011, 2013
Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin 2017, 2018, 2019
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Allan Grice 1980, 1982
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Bowe 1989, 1992
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim Richards 1985, 1993
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton 1987, 1995
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright 2002, 2004
Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Richards 2005, 2006
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom 2008, 2012
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert 2014, 2024

By team

WinsTeam
7 DJR Team Penske 1
Walkinshaw Andretti United 2
6 Triple Eight Race Engineering
4 Gibson Motorsport
Holden Dealer Team 3
3 Ford Performance Racing
2 Allan Moffat Racing
Glenn Seton Racing
Perkins Engineering

By manufacturer

WinsManufacturer
21 Holden
17 Ford
3 Nissan
2 Mazda
Notes

Event names and sponsors

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