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 Cam 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 Source:
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