The Virgin Australia Supercars Championship holds another round in Townsville this weekend with the Robson Civil Projects Townsville SuperSprint to wrap up the Championship’s historic four-week frenzy.
Ahead of the second consecutive meeting at Reid Park, motorsport.org.au looks at the key news and details for the event.
Remaining calendar released
At the conclusion of Fox Sports’ coverage of the NTI Townsville Supersprint, details for the revised 2020 schedule were announced with three rounds confirmed to see off the season.
The Bend Motorsport Park was brought back into the fold with the South Australian circuit to host back-to-back rounds in the back half of September, while the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was named as the season finale.
While Bathurst was always a chance to host the final round of the season, Supercars confirmed it would be moving back one week from its traditional date with the great race to now run on 18 October.
The round news
Like last weekend, two categories will play a supporting role to the Championship this weekend with the North Queensland Supersprinters class to once again have five 20-minute sessions over the course of the two days.
Replacing the Townsville tin tops will be the Hyundai Excels and the popular grassroots category has attracted a number of top end drivers for this weekend too, with Dunlop Super2 regulars Will Brown, Brodie Kostecki, Broc Feeney and Angelo Mouzouris all confirmed to compete.
Not only has the category pulled in some big names for its appearance on the national stage, but there will be quite a few drivers who will be going back-to-back after a number of them took part in the Queensland Racing Drivers Association’s Warwick 1000 at Morgan Park just days ago.
Some other major changes fans may notice will be the usual driver switch at Matt Stone Racing with Zane Goddard stepping back after two weeks and Jake Kostecki returning to the action, while Sunday’s schedule to start and finish one hour earlier.
2020 NTI Townsville Supersprint results
Race 1
Pole: Jamie Whincup
Winner: Jamie Whincup
Runner-Up: Cameron Waters
Third: Chaz Mostert
Race 2
Pole: Jamie Whincup
Winner: Jamie Whincup
Runner-Up: Chaz Mostert
Third: Shane van Gisbergen
Race 3
Pole: Scott McLaughlin
Winner: Scott McLaughlin
Runner-Up: Cameron Waters
Third: Jamie Whincup
Championship Top 10
Scott McLaughlin – 1556 points
Jamie Whincup - 1433
Shane van Gisbergen – 1172
Chaz Mostert -
Nick Percat - 1157
Cameron Waters – 1069
Mark Winterbottom - 1046
David Reynolds - 1024
Fabian Coulthard - 1018
Lee Holdsworth – 993
The Grid
#2 Holden Commodore ZB - Bryce Fullwood
#3 Holden Commodore ZB - Macauley Jones
#4 Holden Commodore ZB - Jack Smith
#5 Ford Mustang - Lee Holdsworth
#6 Ford Mustang - Cameron Waters
#7 Ford Mustang - Andre Heimgartner
#8 Holden Commodore ZB - Nick Percat
#9 Holden Commodore ZB - David Reynolds
#12 Ford Mustang - Fabian Coulthard
#14 Holden Commodore ZB - Todd Hazelwood
#15 Ford Mustang - Rick Kelly
#17 Ford Mustang - Scott McLaughlin
#18 Holden Commodore ZB - Mark Winterbottom
#19 Holden Commodore ZB – Alex Davison
#20 Holden Commodore ZB - Scott Pye
#22 Holden Commodore ZB - Chris Pither
#25 Holden Commodore ZB - Chaz Mostert
#34 Holden Commodore ZB – Jake Kostecki
#35 Holden Commodore ZB - Garry Jacobson
#44 Ford Mustang – James Courtney
#55 Ford Mustang - Jack Le Brocq
#88 Holden Commodore ZB - Jamie Whincup
#97 Holden Commodore ZB - Shane van Gisbergen
#99 Holden Commodore ZB - Anton De Pasquale
Supercars Schedule
Saturday 5 September
9.20-9:40am – Rookie-only practice
10:00-10:30am – Practice 1
11:20-11:50am – Practice 2
12:45-1:45pm – Armor All Qualifying Race 22
3:40-4:48pm – Race 22
Sunday 6 September
9:40-9:50am – Qualifying Race 23
10:00-10:10am – Qualifying Race 24
12:05-1:13pm – Race 23
2:40-3:48pm – Race 24
(All times are marked as local Australian Eastern Standard Time)