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2017 Auckland SuperSprint

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The 2017 ITM Auckland SuperSprint was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 3 to 5 November 2017. The event took place at Pukekohe Park Raceway near Pukekohe, New Zealand, and consisted of two races, 200 kilometres in length. It was the 13th event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 23 and 24 of the season. It was the twelfth edition of the Auckland SuperSprint.

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2017 ITM Auckland SuperSprint

Event Information

Round 13 of 14 in the 2017 International V8 Supercars Championship

Date

3–5 November 2017

Location

Pukekohe, New Zealand

Venue

Pukekohe Park Raceway

Weather

Friday: Fine
Saturday: Heavy Rain, Overcast
Sunday: Overcast

Results

Race 1
Distance	66 laps	192 km
Pole position	Cameron Waters Prodrive Racing Australia
Winner	Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering

Race 2
Distance	70 laps	200 km
Pole position	Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:02.5148
Winner	Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering

Background

Driver changes

Alex Rullo was replaced at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport with Jack Perkins.^[1]

Report

Practice

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Practice summary
Session	Day	Fastest lap
Session	Day	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
Practice 1	Friday	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:02.7153
Practice 2	Friday	6	Cameron Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:02.5623

Race 23

Qualifying

Qualifying for Race 23 was abandoned due to torrential rain. Because of this, the grid was set as per the results of second practice, thereby giving Cameron Waters pole position.

The following times were set in the second practice, which set the grid for Race 23.

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Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Time
1	6	Cameron Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:02.5623
2	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:02.7037
3	5	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:02.7097
4	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:02.7362
5	55	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	1:02.8039
6	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:02.8483
7	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:02.9435
8	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.0114
9	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.0206
10	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.0234
11	56	Jason Bright	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:03.0407
12	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan L33 Altima	1:03.0565
13	22	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.0972
14	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:03.1102
15	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan L33 Altima	1:03.1104
16	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.1355
17	02	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.1425
18	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.1452
19	34	James Moffat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.2377
20	99	Dale Wood	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.2631
21	19	Will Davison	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.2695
22	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan L33 Altima	1:03.5831
23	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.6268
24	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan L33 Altima	1:03.7813
25	3	Aaren Russell	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.7876
26	62	Jack Perkins	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:04.1665

Race

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Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Retired	Grid	Points
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	66	1hr23m58.8114s	6	150
2	5	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	66	+0.8173	3	138
3	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	66	+1.4249	4	129
4	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	66	+1.8798	2	120
5	56	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	66	+2.5530	12	111
6	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	66	+3.1603	8	102
7	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	66	+3.9513	16	96
8	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	66	+4.3147	10	90
9	6	Cameron Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	66	+4.7580	1	84
10	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	66	+5.2802	11	78
11	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	66	+6.4743	13	72
12	19	Will Davison	Tekno Autosports	66	+6.7562	21	69
13	34	James Moffat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	66	+7.4968	19	66
14	02	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Racing	66	+8.0738	17	63
15	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	66	+8.5193	22	60
16	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	66	+9.3812	18	57
17	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	66	+9.9424	15	54
18	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	66	+10.2836	24	51
19	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	66	+10.8550	23	48
20	99	Dale Wood	Erebus Motorsport	66	+12.8035	20	45
21	3	Aaren Russell	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	66	+13.7712	25	42
22	62	Jack Perkins	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	66	+14.0530	26	39
23	55	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing	66	+50.2411	5	36
24	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	63	+3 Laps	9	33
25	22	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Racing	63	+3 Laps	14	30
DNF	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	56	Accident	7
Source:^[2]

Race 24

Qualifying

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Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Time
1	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:02.515
2	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:02.520
3	55	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	1:02.536
4	5	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:02.572
5	6	Cameron Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:02.631
6	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:02.738
7	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:02.777
8	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:02.833
9	34	James Moffat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:02.861
10	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:02.894
11	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:02.909
12	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:02.940
13	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan L33 Altima	1:02.941
14	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden VF Commodore	1:02.965
15	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:02.971
16	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan L33 Altima	1:02.972
17	19	Will Davison	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	1:02.997
18	56	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	Ford FG X Falcon	1:03.018
19	02	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.022
20	22	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.066
21	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan L33 Altima	1:03.105
22	99	Dale Wood	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.369
23	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan L33 Altima	1:03.423
24	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.542
25	62	Jack Perkins	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.655
26	3	Aaren Russell	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:03.988

Race

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Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Retired	Grid	Points
1	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	70	1hr17m11.7118s	1	150
2	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	70	+5.9058	2	138
3	6	Cameron Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	70	+8.6595	5	129
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	70	+18.7897	12	120
5	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	70	+25.6058	8	111
6	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	70	+29.4980	11	102
7	55	Chaz Mostert	Rod Nash Racing	70	+31.9023	3	96
8	56	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	70	+32.3788	18	90
9	34	James Moffat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	70	+38.3325	9	84
10	02	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Racing	70	+39.3094	19	78
11	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	70	+39.5820	13	72
12	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	70	+43.9885	16	69
13	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	70	+44.3553	10	66
14	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	70	+47.2159	15	63
15	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	70	+59.0428	6	60
16	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	70	+59.5106	24	57
17	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	70	+59.8607	23	54
18	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	69	+1 Lap	21	51
19	5	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	69	+1 Lap	4	48
20	99	Dale Wood	Erebus Motorsport	69	+1 Lap	22	45
21	3	Aaren Russell	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	69	+1 Lap	26	42
22	62	Jack Perkins	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	68	+2 Laps	25	39
23	19	Will Davison	Tekno Autosports	67	+3 Laps	17	36
24	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	56	+14 Laps	7	33
DNF	22	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Racing	5	Accident damage	20
DNF	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	1	Accident damage	14
Source:^[3]

References

[1]
"Perkins replaces Rullo at LDM - Speedcafe". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
[2]
"Race 23 - Supercars". Supercars.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
[3]
"Race 24 - Supercars". Supercars.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

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