2020 Supercars Townsville SuperSprint session times and preview

The second of two Townsville SuperSprint events will take place this weekend to wrap up Supercars’ northern swing.

The format will be mostly the same for the second blast around the Townsville streets, with three 110-kilometre races, each requiring a single mandatory stop for at least two tyres.

Saturday’s action will feature a three-part qualifying session culminating in a Top 10 Shootout followed by the first of the three races.

On Sunday there will be two rapid-fire 10-minute qualifying sessions, setting the grids for the second and third races.

The same tyre regulations will be in use as well, with teams limited to five new sets of soft-compound Dunlop rubber from the start of Qualifying 1 onwards.

There is a small tweak to the schedule, with Sunday’s finale set to finish an hour earlier than it did last weekend.

As for the support categories, the North Queensland Supersprinters return for a second weekend, this time joined by the popular entry-level Hyundai Excel series. A strong field of Excels is expected, with the likes of Super2 stars Will Brown, Brodie Kostecki, Broc Feeney and Angelo Mouzouris among the entries.

This weekend could be pivotal in Townsville specialist Jamie Whincup’s title bid. With just four events to go this season, making more in-roads on Scott McLaughlin’s 123-point series lead would go a long way to setting up a championship showdown at the Bathurst 1000 next month.

Whincup got the better of his rival last weekend, taking dominant wins in Races 1 and 2 as McLaughlin failed to finish on the podium. The Kiwi did hit back in the finale, but Whincup was able to nurse home his depleted tyre bank for a well-crafted third.

2020 Supercars Townsville SuperSprint session times

Saturday 5th August 2020

  • Rookie Session: 9:20-9:40 AEST
  • Practice 1: 10:00-10:30 AEST
  • Practice 2: 11:20-11:50 AEST
  • Qualifying 1: 12:45-12:55 AEST
  • Qualifying 2: 13:00-13:10 AEST
  • Top 10 Shootout: 13:20-13:45 AEST
  • Race 1: 15:40-16:48 AEST

Sunday 6th August 2020

  • Qualifying Race 2: 9:40-9:50 AEST
  • Qualifying Race 3: 10:00-10:10 AEST
  • Race 2: 12:05-13:13 AEST
  • Race 3: 14:40-15:48 AEST

2020 Supercars Townsville SuperSprint tyre allocation

Each driver will start the weekend with four pre-marked soft compound tyres and 28 new soft compound tyres.

At the end of Practice 2 the four pre-marked tyres and eight of the new soft compound tyres need to be returned to Dunlop.

That will leave each driver with 20 soft compound tyres for the remainder of the weekend.

2020 Supercars Townsville SuperSprint entry list

NumDriverTeamCar
2 Bryce FullwoodMobil 1™ Middy’s RacingHolden Commodore ZB
3 Macauley JonesTeam CooldriveHolden Commodore ZB
4 Jack SmithSCT Logistics RacingHolden Commodore ZB
5 Lee HoldsworthTruck Assist Tekno RacingFord Mustang GT
6 Cameron Waters Tickford RacingFord Mustang GT
7 Andre HeimgartnerNED RacingFord Mustang GT
8 Nick Percat Brad Jones RacingHolden Commodore ZB
9 David ReynoldsPenrite RacingHolden Commodore ZB
12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team PenskeFord Mustang GT
14 Todd Hazelwood Brad Jones RacingHolden Commodore ZB
15 Rick KellyCastrol RacingFord Mustang GT
17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team PenskeFord Mustang GT
18 Mark WinterbottomIrwin RacingHolden Commodore ZB
19 Alex DavisonTeam SydneyHolden Commodore ZB
20 Scott PyeTeam 18Holden Commodore ZB
22 Chris PitherTeam SydneyHolden Commodore ZB
25 Chaz MostertMobil 1™ Appliances Online Racing Holden Commodore ZB
34 Zane GoddardMatt Stone RacingHolden Commodore ZB
35 Garry JacobsonMatt Stone RacingHolden Commodore ZB
44 James CourtneyBoost Mobile RacingFord Mustang GT
55 Jack Le Brocq Tickford RacingFord Mustang GT
88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race EngineeringHolden Commodore ZB
97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race EngineeringHolden Commodore ZB
99 Anton De PasqualePenrite RacingHolden Commodore ZB
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