2017 Ipswich SuperSprint
# 2017 Ipswich SuperSprint

The 2017 Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 28 to 30 July 2017. The event was held at Queensland Raceway near Ipswich, Queensland and consisted of two races, 120 and 200 kilometres in length. It is the eighth event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 15 and 16 of the season.

## Background

### Driver changes

Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport replaced Aaren Russell with Alex Davison for this and the following event.

This was the fourth and final round in which Super2 Series wildcards were allowed to compete in the main class. Shae Davies, Todd Hazelwood, Jack Le Brocq and James Golding were the four drivers to step up for this round.

## Results

### Race 15

**Race**

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time / Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin | DJR Team Penske | Ford FG X Falcon | 39 | 46:36.5252 | 1 | 150 |
| 2 | 55 | Chaz Mostert | Rod Nash Racing | Ford FG X Falcon | 39 | +3.2471 | 3 | 138 |
| 3 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | 39 | +4.7006 | 7 | 129 |
| 4 | 14 | Tim Slade | Brad Jones Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 39 | +5.1590 | 4 | 120 |
| 5 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | 39 | +9.0852 | 2 | 111 |
| 6 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard | DJR Team Penske | Ford FG X Falcon | 39 | +9.5798 | 13 | 102 |
| 7 | 8 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 39 | +14.4562 | 10 | 96 |
| 8 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan L33 Altima | 39 | +17.2440 | 6 | 90 |
| 9 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Prodrive Racing Australia | Ford FG X Falcon | 39 | +17.4373 | 5 | 84 |
| 10 | 9 | David Reynolds | Erebus Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 39 | +20.6651 | 11 | 78 |
| 11 | 33 | Garth Tander | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 39 | +21.2536 | 17 | 72 |
| 12 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth | Team 18 | Holden VF Commodore | 39 | +21.7482 | 21 | 69 |
| 13 | 2 | Scott Pye | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 39 | +23.0767 | 16 | 66 |
| 14 | 22 | James Courtney | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 39 | +24.7500 | 19 | 63 |
| 15 | 23 | Michael Caruso | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan L33 Altima | 39 | +26.6376 | 8 | 60 |
| 16 | 6 | Cameron Waters | Prodrive Racing Australia | Ford FG X Falcon | 39 | +27.5144 | 9 | 57 |
| 17 | 19 | Will Davison | Tekno Autosports | Holden VF Commodore | 39 | +32.0938 | 15 | 54 |
| 18 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan L33 Altima | 39 | +33.1718 | 23 | 51 |
| 19 | 28 | Jack Le Brocq | MW Motorsport | Nissan L33 Altima | 39 | +39.1977 | 24 | 48 |
| 20 | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden VF Commodore | 39 | +39.5466 | 14 | 45 |
| 21 | 21 | Tim Blanchard | Tim Blanchard Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 39 | +40.1064 | 22 | 42 |
| 22 | 35 | Todd Hazelwood | Matt Stone Racing | Holden VF Commodore | 39 | +41.7361 | 20 | 39 |
| 23 | 99 | Dale Wood | Erebus Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 39 | +42.9319 | 18 | 36 |
| 24 | 31 | James Golding | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 39 | +44.1120 | 25 | 33 |
| 25 | 26 | Shae Davies | MW Motorsport | Nissan L33 Altima | 39 | +45.4063 | 26 | 30 |
| 26 | 3 | Alex Davison | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 39 | +48.5001 | 29 | 27 |
| 27 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan L33 Altima | 37 | +2 Laps | 27 | 24 |
| 28 | 34 | James Moffat | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 31 | +8 Laps | 28 | 21 |
| DNF | 56 | Jason Bright | Britek Motorsport | Ford FG X Falcon | 33 | Engine | 12 | |
| DNF | 62 | Alex Rullo | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | 0 | Accident Damage | 30 | |
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