The 2019 Newcastle 500 (commercially titled 2019 Coates Hire Newcastle 500) was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 22 to 24 November 2019. The event was held on the Newcastle Street Circuit in Newcastle East, New South Wales and consisted of two races, scheduled to be 250 kilometres in length. It was the fifteenth and final event in the 2019 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 31 and 32 of the season.
Background Scott McLaughlin entered the event as champion-elect with a 550-point margin over compatriot Shane van Gisbergen.
Prior to the event, Supercars announced a review of its social media policies after a number of drivers criticised the legitimacy of McLaughlin's championship online – the season had been marred by a parity dispute over the new Ford Mustang S550, the alleged use of team orders by DJR Team Penske at the Bathurst 1000, and McLaughlin's delayed disqualification from the Top 10 Shootout at Bathurst due to an engine irregularity.
Due to the Black Summer bushfires, smoke affected the events weather conditions.
Results Practice + Practice summary Session Day Fastest lap No. Driver Team Car Time Practice 1 Friday 17 DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang S550 1:10.6092 88 Jamie Whincup 1:10.3173 Sources:
Race 31 Qualifying Name Team Car Time/Gap 1 88 Jamie Whincup 1:10.1823 2 99 Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB +0.1270 3 6 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 +0.1737 4 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang S550 +0.2007 5 5 Lee Holdsworth Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 +0.2307 6 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB +0.2649 7 22 James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB +0.2773 8 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang S550 +0.2894 9 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB +0.3146 10 97 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB +0.3519 11 18 Mark Winterbottom Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB +0.3967 12 15 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 +0.4143 13 35 Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB +0.4339 14 8 Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB +0.4476 15 23 Will Davison 23Red Racing Ford Mustang S550 +0.4515 16 55 Chaz Mostert Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 +0.4544 17 21 Macauley Jones Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB +0.4959 18 7 Andre Heimgartner Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 +0.7197 19 19 Jack Le Brocq Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB +0.7441 20 78 Simona de Silvestro Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 +0.7989 21 3 Garry Jacobson Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 +0.8719 22 33 Richie Stanaway Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB +0.8793 23 34 James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB +1.0356 24 2 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB +2.4401 Source:
Top 10 Shootout Driver Team Car Time Gap 1 97 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 1:10.1747 2 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang S550 1:10.2374 +0.0627 3 88 Jamie Whincup 1:10.2817 +0.1070 4 6 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 1:10.3294 +0.1547 5 99 Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 1:10.3687 +0.1940 6 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang S550 1:10.4593 +0.2846 7 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 1:10.5481 +0.3734 8 22 James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 1:10.5553 +0.3806 9 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 1:10.7821 +0.6074 10 5 Lee Holdsworth Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 1:10.8043 +0.6296 Source:
Race Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 97 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 95 1:55:11.9747 1 150 2 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang S550 95 +10.55269 2 138 3 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang S550 95 +12.8301 6 129 4 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 95 +15.3240 7 120 5 6 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 95 +22.9578 4 111 6 2 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 95 +23.7177 24 102 7 22 James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 95 +29.6507 8 96 8 88 Jamie Whincup 95 +29.9188 3 90 9 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 95 +30.6526 9 84 10 18 Mark Winterbottom Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 95 +35.3786 11 78 11 55 Chaz Mostert Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 95 +41.4036 16 72 12 5 Lee Holdsworth Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 95 +49.5492 10 69 13 15 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 95 +58.5151 12 66 14 8 Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 95 +1:00.9419 14 63 15 23 Will Davison 23Red Racing Ford Mustang S550 95 +1:02.6162 15 60 16 33 Richie Stanaway Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 95 +1:10.6392 22 57 17 21 Macauley Jones Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 95 +1:10.7527 17 54 18 35 Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB 94 +1 lap 13 51 19 78 Simona de Silvestro Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 94 +1 lap 20 48 20 3 Garry Jacobson Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 94 +1 lap 21 45 21 7 Andre Heimgartner Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 94 +1 lap 18 42 22 34 James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 94 +1 lap 23 39 23 99 Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 91 +4 laps 5 36 DNF 19 Jack Le Brocq Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 2 19 Source:
Race 32 Qualifying Name Team Car Time/Gap 1 6 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 1:10.1095 2 88 Jamie Whincup +0.0186 3 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang S550 +0.0389 4 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang S550 +0.2033 5 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB +0.3012 6 99 Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB +0.3213 7 22 James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB +0.3408 8 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB +0.3427 9 2 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB +0.4267 10 5 Lee Holdsworth Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 +0.4450 11 55 Chaz Mostert Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 +0.4455 12 7 Andre Heimgartner Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 +0.5003 13 35 Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB +0.5032 14 15 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 +0.5229 15 8 Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB +0.5636 16 21 Macauley Jones Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB +0.6276 17 23 Will Davison 23Red Racing Ford Mustang S550 +0.6329 18 97 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB +0.6531 19 34 James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB +0.6550 20 18 Mark Winterbottom Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB +0.6657 21 33 Richie Stanaway Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB +0.8187 22 78 Simona de Silvestro Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 +0.8325 23 19 Jack Le Brocq Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB +0.8891 24 3 Garry Jacobson Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 +1.1067 Source:
Top 10 Shootout Driver Team Car Time Gap 1 88 Jamie Whincup 1:10.5551 2 6 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 1:10.7737 +0.2186 3 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang S550 1:10.8432 +0.2881 4 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang S550 1:10.8452 +0.2901 5 2 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 1:10.9907 +0.4356 6 99 Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 1:11.0278 +0.4727 7 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 1:11.0352 +0.4801 8 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 1:11.2091 +0.6540 9 5 Lee Holdsworth Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 1:11.4599 +0.9048 10 22 James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 1:11.6552 +1.1001 Source:
Race Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 88 Jamie Whincup 93 1:57:09.2414 1 150 2 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang S550 93 +2.1246 3 138 3 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 93 +3.8028 8 129 4 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang S550 93 +5.2967 4 120 5 2 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 93 +6.2530 5 111 6 55 Chaz Mostert Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 93 +11.6703 11 102 7 97 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 93 +18.6404 18 96 8 6 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 93 +19.3221 2 90 9 8 Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 93 +19.7458 15 84 10 35 Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB 93 +23.7303 13 78 11 22 James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 93 +24.6057 10 72 12 7 Andre Heimgartner Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 93 +31.7828 12 69 13 23 Will Davison 23Red Racing Ford Mustang S550 93 +35.9773 17 66 14 18 Mark Winterbottom Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 93 +38.7912 20 63 15 33 Richie Stanaway Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 93 +40.8136 21 60 16 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 93 +42.9704 7 57 17 19 Jack Le Brocq Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 93 +50.6396 23 54 18 78 Simona de Silvestro Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 93 +1:04.2108 22 51 19 15 Rick Kelly Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 93 +1:09.6607 14 48 20 34 James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 92 +1 lap 19 45 21 21 Macauley Jones Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 92 +1 lap 16 42 22 3 Garry Jacobson Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 92 +1 lap 24 39 23 5 Lee Holdsworth Tickford Racing Ford Mustang S550 83 +10 laps 9 36 DNF 99 Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 22 Crash 6 33 Source:
References
External links Series website