The 2017 Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 7 to 9 April 2017. The event was held at Symmons Plains Raceway in Launceston, Tasmania, and was scheduled to consist of one race of 120 kilometres and one race of 200 kilometres in length. It was the second event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 3 and 4 of the season.[1] The event was the 45th running of the Tasmania SuperSprint.

Tasmania 2017 Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint
Event Information
Round 2 of 14 in the 2017 Supercars Championship
Date7–9 April 2017
LocationLaunceston, Tasmania
VenueSymmons Plains Raceway
WeatherShowers
Results
Race 1
Distance 4 laps 10 km
Pole position New Zealand Scott McLaughlin
DJR Team Penske
57.4178
Winner New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen
Triple Eight Race Engineering
54:29.0032
Race 2
Distance 76 laps 184 km
Pole position Australia Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
58.3971
Winner New Zealand Fabian Coulthard
DJR Team Penske
1:23:36.5118

Report

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Background

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Shane van Gisbergen entered the event as the championship leader ahead of Fabian Coulthard and James Courtney.

Race 3

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Race three began in damp conditions. Polesitter Scott McLaughlin had a slow getaway from pole position and was rounded up by Chaz Mostert and Shane van Gisbergen off the start. On lap two, Fabian Coulthard made contact with Rick Kelly on the exit of turn three, slowing up Garth Tander (who was behind Kelly), who in turn was hit by Cam Waters and subsequently spun, causing a chain reaction crash involving Tim Blanchard, James Courtney, Will Davison, Simona de Silvestro, Taz Douglas, James Moffat, Nick Percat, Scott Pye, Alex Rullo and Tim Slade. The race was immediately red-flagged and of the cars involved only Coulthard, de Silvestro and Waters returned to the grid (Coulthard and Waters) or the pit-lane (de Silvestro). The race was suspended for 45 minutes before the field completed two more laps under the Safety Car before the race was declared under time-certain conditions, with van Gisbergen winning the race after passing Mostert before the incident occurred.[2] McLaughlin finished down in 14th having accidentally driven into the pit-lane as opposed to the grid in the red-flag period. Points were initially awarded to the fifteen classified finishers but were later rescinded.[3]

Results

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Race 3

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Qualifying

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Pos. No. Driver Team Car Time
1 17   Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 0:57.4178
2 55   Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 0:57.8003
3 97   Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 0:57.8153
4 9   David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 0:57.8951
5 88   Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 0:57.9109
6 888   Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 0:57.9444
7 99   Dale Wood Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 0:57.9901
8 56   Jason Bright Britek Motorsport Ford FG X Falcon 0:58.0375
9 7   Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 0:58.0512
10 5   Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 0:58.1741
11 12   Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 0:58.1922
12 14   Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 0:58.2340
13 6   Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 0:58.2450
14 15   Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 0:58.2471
15 21   Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden VF Commodore 0:58.2766
16 33   Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 0:58.2773
17 8   Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 0:58.3178
18 34   James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 0:58.4115
19 2   Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 0:58.6161
20 18   Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 0:58.6895
21 22   James Courtney Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 0:58.7467
22 78   Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 0:58.9291
23 62   Alex Rullo Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 0:59.0880
24 23   Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 0:59.0996
25 19   Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 1:00.2153
EXC 3   Taz Douglas Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore Time excluded
Source:[4]

Race

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Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 97   Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 4 54min 29.0032sec 3
2 88   Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 4 +0.3952 5
3 888   Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 4 +0.7230 6
4 9   David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport 4 +1.2641 4
5 55   Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing 4 +1.7370 2
6 56   Jason Bright Britek Motorsport 4 +2.1496 8
7 5   Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia 4 +2.7013 10
8 99   Dale Wood Erebus Motorsport 4 +3.4304 7
9 7   Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport 4 +3.9659 9
10 6   Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia 4 +4.5085 13
11 12   Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske 4 +5.1666 11
12 18   Lee Holdsworth Team 18 4 +5.8930 20
13 23   Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport 4 +6.3654 24
14 17   Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske 4 +6.9807 1
15 78   Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport 4 +7.5535 22
Ret 15   Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport 1 Accident 14
Ret 14   Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing 1 Accident 12
Ret 33   Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport 1 Accident 16
Ret 8   Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing 1 Accident 17
Ret 21   Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing 1 Accident 15
Ret 34   James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport 1 Accident 18
Ret 2   Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing 1 Accident 19
Ret 22   James Courtney Walkinshaw Racing 1 Accident 21
Ret 62   Alex Rullo Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 1 Accident 23
Ret 19   Will Davison Tekno Autosports 1 Accident 25
Ret 3   Taz Douglas Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 1 Accident 26

^‡ As the completed race distance was less than 75% of its original designation, no points were awarded.

Race 4

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Qualifying

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Pos. No. Driver Team Car Time
1 88   Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 0:58.3971
2 17   Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 0:58.6678
3 55   Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 0:58.7079
4 14   Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 0:58.8794
5 97   Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 0:58.9093
6 12   Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 0:59.1030
7 7   Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 0:59.1156
8 888   Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 0:59.1516
9 9   David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 0:59.1881
10 6   Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 0:59.1974
11 18   Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 0:59.2207
12 5   Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 0:59.2281
13 23   Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 0:59.2682
14 33   Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 0:59.4243
15 2   Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 0:59.4861
16 8   Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 0:59.5786
17 56   Jason Bright Britek Motorsport Ford FG X Falcon 0:59.6093
18 99   Dale Wood Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 0:59.6364
19 34   James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 0:59.7258
20 78   Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 0:59.9941
21 21   Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden VF Commodore 1:00.2586
- 62   Alex Rullo Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore No Time
Source:[5]

Race

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Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Grid Points
1 12   Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske 76 1hr 23min 36.5118sec 6 150
2 17   Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske 76 + 0.6906 s 2 138
3 88   Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 76 + 1.1425 s 1 129
4 888   Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 76 + 1.5404 s 8 120
5 9   David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport 76 + 2.1798 s 9 111
6 6   Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia 76 + 2.8738 s 10 102
7 55   Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing 76 + 3.2336 s 3 96
8 14   Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing 76 + 4.5562 s 4 90
9 97   Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 76 + 4.8085 s 5 84
10 33   Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport 76 + 5.3104 s 14 78
11 8   Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing 76 + 5.5128 s 16 72
12 2   Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing 76 + 6.0487 s 15 69
13 5   Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia 76 + 6.6048 s 12 66
14 99   Dale Wood Erebus Motorsport 76 + 7.5451 s 18 63
15 78   Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport 76 + 7.9248 s 20 60
16 23   Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport 75 + 1 lap 13 57
17 18   Lee Holdsworth Team 18 73 + 3 laps 11 54
18 7   Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport 72 + 4 laps 7 51
19 34   James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport 70 + 6 laps 19 48
Ret 62   Alex Rullo Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 62 Retired 22
Ret 21   Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing 41 Retired 21
Ret 56   Jason Bright Britek Motorsport 3 Retired 17
DNS 3   Taz Douglas Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Did Not Start
DNS 15   Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Did Not Start
DNS 19   Will Davison Tekno Autosports Did Not Start
DNS 22   James Courtney Walkinshaw Racing Did Not Start
Source:[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Supercars releases 2017 calendar". Speedcafe. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ "SVG declared winner of shortened Race 3". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  3. ^ "No points issued for shortened Race 3 at Tasmania". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  4. ^ "ARMOR ALL Qualifying - Race 3 | Supercars". Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. ^ http://racing.natsoft.com.au/645620798/object_603622.85Q/Result?24[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Race 4 | Supercars". Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
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