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.

Background Driver changes Alex Rullo was replaced at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport with Jack Perkins.

Report Practice + Practice summary Session Day Fastest lap No. Driver Team Car Time Practice 1 Friday 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon (FG X) 1:02.7153 Practice 2 Friday 6 Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford Falcon (FG X) 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 Cam Waters pole position.

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

Name Team Car Time 1 6 Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford Falcon (FG X) 1:02.5623 2 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore (VF) 1:02.7037 3 5 Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford Falcon (FG X) 1:02.7097 4 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon (FG X) 1:02.7362 5 55 Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon (FG X) 1:02.8039 6 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore (VF) 1:02.8483 7 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (VF) 1:02.9435 8 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.0114 9 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.0206 10 18 Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.0234 11 56 Jason Bright Prodrive Racing Australia Ford Falcon (FG X) 1:03.0407 12 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima (L33) 1:03.0565 13 22 James Courtney Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.0972 14 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon (FG X) 1:03.1102 15 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima (L33) 1:03.1104 16 33 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.1355 17 02 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.1425 18 8 Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.1452 19 34 James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.2377 20 99 Dale Wood Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.2631 21 19 Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.2695 22 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima (L33) 1:03.5831 23 21 Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.6268 24 78 Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima (L33) 1:03.7813 25 3 Aaren Russell Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.7876 26 62 Jack Perkins Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) 1:04.1665

Race Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Grid Points 1 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 66 1hr 23min 58.8114sec 6 150 2 5 Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia 66 + 0.817 3 138 3 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske 66 + 1.425 4 129 4 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 66 + 1.880 2 120 5 56 Jason Bright Britek Motorsport 66 + 2.553 12 111 6 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing 66 + 3.160 8 102 7 33 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport 66 + 3.951 16 96 8 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 66 + 4.315 10 90 9 6 Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia 66 + 4.758 1 84 10 18 Lee Holdsworth Team 18 66 + 5.280 11 78 11 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport 66 + 6.474 13 72 12 19 Will Davison Tekno Autosports 66 + 6.756 21 69 13 34 James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport 66 + 7.497 19 66 14 02 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing 66 + 8.074 17 63 15 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport 66 + 8.519 22 60 16 8 Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing 66 + 9.381 18 57 17 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport 66 + 9.942 15 54 18 78 Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport 66 + 10.284 24 51 19 21 Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing 66 + 10.855 23 48 20 99 Dale Wood Erebus Motorsport 66 + 12.804 20 45 21 3 Aaren Russell Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 66 + 13.771 25 42 22 62 Jack Perkins Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 66 + 14.053 26 39 23 55 Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing 66 + 50.241 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:

Race 24 Qualifying Name Team Car Time 1 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore (VF) 1:02.515 2 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon (FG X) 1:02.520 3 55 Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford Falcon (FG X) 1:02.536 4 5 Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford Falcon (FG X) 1:02.572 5 6 Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford Falcon (FG X) 1:02.631 6 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (VF) 1:02.738 7 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore (VF) 1:02.777 8 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon (FG X) 1:02.833 9 34 James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) 1:02.861 10 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) 1:02.894 11 33 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) 1:02.909 12 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore (VF) 1:02.940 13 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima (L33) 1:02.941 14 18 Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden Commodore (VF) 1:02.965 15 8 Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (VF) 1:02.971 16 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima (L33) 1:02.972 17 19 Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore (VF) 1:02.997 18 56 Jason Bright Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (FG X) 1:03.018 19 02 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.022 20 22 James Courtney Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.066 21 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima (L33) 1:03.105 22 99 Dale Wood Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.369 23 78 Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima (L33) 1:03.423 24 21 Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.542 25 62 Jack Perkins Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.655 26 3 Aaren Russell Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) 1:03.988

Race Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time / Retired Grid Points 1 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 70 1hr 17min 11.7118sec 1 150 2 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske 70 + 5.906 2 138 3 6 Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia 70 + 8.660 5 129 4 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 70 + 18.790 12 120 5 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske 70 + 25.606 8 111 6 33 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport 70 + 29.498 11 102 7 55 Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing 70 + 31.902 3 96 8 56 Jason Bright Britek Motorsport 70 + 32.379 18 90 9 34 James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport 70 + 38.333 9 84 10 02 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing 70 + 39.309 19 78 11 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport 70 + 39.582 13 72 12 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport 70 + 43.989 16 69 13 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport 70 + 44.355 10 66 14 8 Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing 70 + 47.216 15 63 15 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing 70 + 59.043 6 60 16 21 Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing 70 + 59.511 24 57 17 78 Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport 70 + 59.861 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:

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