The 2017 Coates Hire Newcastle 500 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 24 to 26 November 2017. The event was held on the Newcastle Street Circuit in Newcastle East, New South Wales and consisted of two races, 250 kilometres in length. It was the fourteenth and final event in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 25 and 26 of the season.

The event was the first running of the Newcastle 500, following the discontinuation of the Sydney 500 at the conclusion of the 2016 season.

Background Five drivers came into the final event of the series with a mathematical chance of securing the title, the highest number since 2005. The event offered a maximum of 300 points, 150 per race win. Jamie Whincup led the championship on 2850 points, 30 points ahead of Scott McLaughlin. McLaughlin's team-mate Fabian Coulthard sat third, 176 points behind Whincup. Chaz Mostert and Shane van Gisbergen were the other two drivers in the title fight, but both were over 250 points behind Whincup.

Taz Douglas replaced Jack Perkins at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport.

Report

Practice + Practice summary Session Day Fastest lap No. Driver Team Car Time Practice 1 Friday 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:10.1577 Practice 2 Friday 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:09.5949 Source:

Race 25

Qualifying Name Team Car Time 1 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:09.9064 2 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore +0.0098 3 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore +0.0418 4 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima +0.0586 5 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore +0.0923 6 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima +0.1241 7 19 Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore +0.1420 8 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon +0.1774 9 22 James Courtney Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore +0.3143 10 55 Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon +0.3157 11 5 Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon +0.3292 12 8 Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore +0.3699 13 34 James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore +0.3713 14 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima +0.3835 15 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore +0.4333 16 33 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore +0.4572 17 02 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore +0.5032 18 18 Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore +0.5235 19 6 Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon +0.5479 20 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore +0.5949 21 99 Dale Wood Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore +0.5974 22 78 Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima +0.6975 23 3 Aaren Russell Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore +1.0462 24 21 Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden VF Commodore +1.1732 25 56 Jason Bright Britek Motorsport Ford FG X Falcon +1.2089 26 62 Taz Douglas Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore +1.3401 Source:

Race Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time / Retired Grid Points 1 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 91 2:00:01.7051 1 150 2 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 91 +2.4430 8 138 3 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 91 +3.5060 15 129 4 18 Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 91 +4.1874 18 120 5 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 91 +10.9000 2 111 6 55 Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 91 +11.8228 10 102 7 02 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 91 +12.9853 17 96 8 8 Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 91 +13.8657 12 90 9 19 Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 91 +14.3288 7 84 10 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 91 +15.6008 6 78 11 33 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 91 +17.5093 16 72 12 21 Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden VF Commodore 91 +18.1966 24 69 13 6 Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 91 +18.6987 19 66 14 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 91 +19.0794 4 63 15 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 91 +21.3520 14 60 16 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 91 +24.4358 3 57 17 5 Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 89 +2 Laps 11 54 18 99 Dale Wood Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 89 +2 Laps 21 51 19 22 James Courtney Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 88 +3 Laps 9 48 20 78 Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 83 +8 Laps 22 45 21 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 78 +13 Laps 5 42 Ret 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 62 Accident damage 20 Ret 34 James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 54 Accident 13 Ret 3 Aaren Russell Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 31 Accident 23 Ret 56 Jason Bright Britek Motorsport Ford FG X Falcon 1 Accident damage 25 Ret 62 Taz Douglas Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1 Accident damage 26 Source: Shane van Gisbergen received a 15-second penalty for a driving infringement.

Race 26 Qualifying Name Team Car Time 1 5 Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:10.2009 2 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore +0.0036 3 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore +0.1266 4 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon +0.1705 5 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima +0.2052 6 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore +0.2320 7 55 Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon +0.2416 8 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima +0.3075 9 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima +0.3270 10 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon +0.3596 11 19 Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore +0.3949 12 6 Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon +0.4323 13 18 Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore +0.4390 14 34 James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore +0.4720 15 8 Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore +0.4971 16 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore +0.4974 17 78 Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima +0.6723 18 02 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore +0.7706 19 33 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore +0.8185 20 56 Jason Bright Britek Motorsport Ford FG X Falcon +0.8270 21 21 Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden VF Commodore +0.8280 22 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore +0.8506 23 99 Dale Wood Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore +1.0239 24 22 James Courtney Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore +1.1635 25 3 Aaren Russell Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore +1.4382 26 62 Taz Douglas Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore +1.4502 Source:

Top 10 Shootout Driver Team Car Time Gap 1 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:10.5211 2 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:10.5502 +0.0290 3 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1:10.6765 +0.1554 4 5 Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1:10.8429 +0.3217 5 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 1:10.8665 +0.3453 6 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 1:10.9438 +0.4226 7 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 1:11.0045 +0.4834 8 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 1:11.0174 +0.4963 9 55 Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 1:11.3532 +0.8320 10 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 1:11.8448 +1.3236 Source:

Race Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time / Retired Grid Points 1 88 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 95 2:00:09.8054 5 150 2 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 95 +4.481 2 138 3 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 95 +5.717 3 129 4 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 95 +6.682 6 120 5 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 95 +7.550 7 111 6 8 Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 95 +8.847 15 102 7 5 Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 95 +9.785 4 96 8 18 Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 95 +10.289 13 90 9 19 Will Davison Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 95 +10.626 11 84 10 7 Todd Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 95 +12.216 10 78 11 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 95 +18.335 16 72 12 33 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 95 +19.859 19 69 13 34 James Moffat Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 95 +23.269 14 66 14 02 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 95 +23.792 18 63 15 55 Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 95 +24.026 9 60 16 21 Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden VF Commodore 95 +26.800 21 57 17 78 Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 95 +29.601 17 54 18 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 95 +42.624 1 51 19 3 Aaren Russell Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 95 +45.225 25 48 20 99 Dale Wood Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 94 +1 Lap 23 45 21 62 Taz Douglas Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 94 +1 Lap 26 42 22 56 Jason Bright Britek Motorsport Ford FG X Falcon 93 +2 Laps 20 39 23 6 Cam Waters Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 92 +3 Laps 12 36 24 22 James Courtney Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 91 +4 Laps 24 33 Ret 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 93 Accident 22 Ret 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 15 Driveshaft 8 Source: Scott McLaughlin received a 25-second penalty for a driving infringement.

Standings after the event

Drivers Championship Driver Gap 1 Jamie Whincup 3042 2 Scott McLaughlin 3021 +21 3 Fabian Coulthard 2812 +230 4 Shane van Gisbergen 2769 +273 5 Chaz Mostert 2748 +294

Teams Championship Team Gap 1 DJR Team Penske 5868 2 Triple Eight Race Engineering (88, 97) 5811 +57 3 Prodrive Racing Australia 4416 +1452 4 Garry Rogers Motorsport 3711 +2157 5 Erebus Motorsport 3477 +2391

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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