The 2022 ITM Auckland SuperSprint was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 9 to 11 September 2022. The event was held at Pukekohe Park Raceway near Pukekohe, New Zealand, and consisted of three races. It was the 10th event of thirteen in the 2022 Supercars Championship and hosted races 23 and 24 of the season.

The Dick Johnson Racing outfit started the weekend strong; setting the pace in the practice and qualifying sessions, and eventually resulting in Will Davison taking the first win of the weekend. Local hero Shane van Gisbergen fought back on Sunday to take a pole position and won the second race. He would also take victory in the final race in a highly acclaimed battle in the final laps with Cam Waters. With these results, van Gisbergen would capture the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy; an award given to the top points scorer for the New Zealand Supercars round.

This was the fifteenth, and to date, final running of the Auckland SuperSprint. It was also the final Supercars event to take place at Pukekohe and one of the last racing events to be held at the track before its permanent closure in early 2023. After a years hiatus, Supercars would return to New Zealand, with a new home being found in Taupō.

Background After 60 years of operation, it was announced that Pukekohe Park Raceway would cease motor racing activities in 2023 to make way for developments on the horse racing grounds. The demise of the racetrack led to a search for an alternative venue for future Supercars events. It was eventually decided that, starting from 2024, the series would resume New Zealand events at Taupo International Motorsport Park.

Waters sported the number 50 on his Tickford Racing car; replacing the number 6 he usually used. This was in tribute of Waters long-time sponsor, Enzed, who were celebrating their 50th anniversary as a company in 2023.

Report Practice The Dick Johnson Racing pairing of Anton de Pasquale and Will Davison topping the first and second practice sessions respectively. Waters suffered a minor excursion in the first session, spearing off into the gravel at turn three and bringing out the red flag. + Practice summary Session Day Fastest lap No. Driver Team Car Time P1 Friday 11 Anton de Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.2066 P2 Saturday 17 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.1524

Race 27 Qualifying Waters clinched pole position ahead of Davison and was the only driver to set a time below the 1:02 bracket. Davison would join him on the front row, with Chaz Mostert heading the second row and De Pasquale drawing alongside. Pos No Driver Team Vehicle Time 1 50 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:01.9984 2 17 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.0680 3 25 Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.1218 4 11 Anton de Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.2038 5 8 Andre Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.2199 6 20 Scott Pye Team 18 Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.3298 7 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.3355 8 88 Broc Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.4311 9 31 James Golding PremiAir Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.4374 10 5 James Courtney Tickford Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.5285 11 2 Nick Percat Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.3866 12 14 Tim Slade Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.4127 13 56 Jake Kostecki Tickford Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.4222 14 26 David Reynolds Grove Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.4764 15 96 Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.4801 16 55 Thomas Randle Tickford Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.5404 17 4 Jack Smith Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.5507 18 18 Mark Winterbottom Team 18 Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.6181 19 34 Jack Le Brocq Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.6738 20 99 Brodie Kostecki Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.6799 21 14 Bryce Fullwood Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.9566 22 9 Will Brown Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.9991 23 10 Lee Holdsworth Grove Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:03.0022 24 35 Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:03.0424 25 22 Chris Pither PremiAir Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:03.0446 Source(s):

Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 17 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing 41 48min 16.5956sec 2 2 8 Andre Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing 41 + 0.865 5 3 50 Cam Waters Tickford Racing 41 + 1.763 1 4 25 Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United 41 + 2.577 3 5 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 41 + 2.886 7 6 11 Anton de Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing 41 + 4.715 4 7 88 Broc Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering 41 + 5.248 8 8 2 Nick Percat Walkinshaw Andretti United 41 + 5.873 11 9 26 David Reynolds Grove Racing 41 + 6.885 14 10 20 Scott Pye Team 18 41 + 7.997 6 11 18 Mark Winterbottom Team 18 41 + 8.400 18 12 10 Lee Holdsworth Grove Racing 41 + 8.841 23 13 22 Chris Pither PremiAir Racing 41 + 10.840 25 14 4 Jack Smith Brad Jones Racing 41 + 11.365 17 15 35 Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing 41 + 11.781 24 16 55 Thomas Randle Tickford Racing 41 + 12.365 16 17 31 James Golding PremiAir Racing 41 + 12.791 9 18 5 James Courtney Tickford Racing 41 + 13.797 10 19 9 Will Brown Erebus Motorsport 41 + 14.480 22 20 99 Brodie Kostecki Erebus Motorsport 41 + 25.229 20 21 56 Jake Kostecki Tickford Racing 38 + 3 laps 13 22 14 Bryce Fullwood Brad Jones Racing 34 + 7 laps 21 23 34 Jack Le Brocq Matt Stone Racing 33 + 8 laps 19 NC 96 Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing 28 + 13 laps 15 Ret 3 Tim Slade Tim Blanchard Racing 0 Retired 12 Fastest Lap: Shane van Gisbergen (Triple Eight Race Engineering), 1:02.9504 Source(s):

Race 28 Qualifying Pos No Driver Team Vehicle Time 1 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.1092 2 88 Broc Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.1714 3 17 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.1777 4 11 Anton de Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.1777 5 25 Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.4588 6 20 Scott Pye Team 18 Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.5012 7 50 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.5289 8 26 David Reynolds Grove Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.5289 9 99 Brodie Kostecki Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.5645 10 8 Andre Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.5707 11 56 Jake Kostecki Tickford Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.5959 12 31 James Golding PremiAir Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.7093 13 34 Jack Le Brocq Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.7106 14 2 Nick Percat Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.7977 15 14 Bryce Fullwood Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.8013 16 18 Mark Winterbottom Team 18 Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.8177 17 96 Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.8587 18 10 Lee Holdsworth Grove Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.9184 19 3 Tim Slade Tim Blanchard Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.9217 20 35 Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:03.0102 21 9 Will Brown Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:03.0621 22 55 Thomas Randle Tickford Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:03.1068 23 4 Jack Smith Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:03.2706 24 5 James Courtney Tickford Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:03.2816 25 22 Chris Pither PremiAir Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:03.3506 Source(s):

Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 36 1hr 01min 06.3736sec 1 2 25 Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United 36 + 2.399 5 3 50 Cam Waters Tickford Racing 36 + 4.475 7 4 17 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing 36 + 6.948 3 5 20 Scott Pye Team 18 36 + 11.810 6 6 8 Andre Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing 36 + 12.209 10 7 26 David Reynolds Grove Racing 36 + 19.758 8 8 88 Broc Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering 36 + 22.098 2 9 56 Jake Kostecki Tickford Racing 36 + 23.760 11 10 31 James Golding PremiAir Racing 36 + 24.154 12 11 14 Bryce Fullwood Brad Jones Racing 36 + 26.852 15 12 10 Lee Holdsworth Grove Racing 36 + 27.599 18 13 96 Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing 36 + 32.709 17 14 2 Nick Percat Walkinshaw Andretti United 36 + 33.110 14 15 3 Tim Slade Tim Blanchard Racing 36 + 36.208 19 16 5 James Courtney Tickford Racing 36 + 38.575 24 17 4 Jack Smith Brad Jones Racing 36 + 42.104 23 18 99 Brodie Kostecki Erebus Motorsport 36 + 42.473 9 19 22 Chris Pither PremiAir Racing 36 + 42.880 25 20 35 Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing 36 + 43.779 20 21 55 Thomas Randle Tickford Racing 36 + 53.171 22 22 18 Mark Winterbottom Team 18 35 + 1 lap 16 NC 34 Jack Le Brocq Matt Stone Racing 30 + 6 laps 13 Ret 11 Anton de Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing 0 Retired 4 Ret 9 Will Brown Erebus Motorsport 0 Retired 21 Fastest Lap: Shane van Gisbergen (Triple Eight Race Engineering), 1:03.3351 Source(s):

Race 29 Qualifying Pos No Driver Team Vehicle Time 1 17 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:01.9211 2 50 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.1507 3 11 Anton de Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.1641 4 88 Broc Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.2157 5 8 Andre Heimgartner Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.2425 6 20 Scott Pye Team 18 Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.2605 7 26 David Reynolds Grove Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.3050 8 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.3191 9 25 Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.3481 10 2 Nick Percat Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.4059 11 55 Thomas Randle Tickford Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.4729 12 34 Jack Le Brocq Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.4879 13 99 Brodie Kostecki Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.4922 14 3 Tim Slade Tim Blanchard Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.5095 15 18 Mark Winterbottom Team 18 Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.5186 16 14 Bryce Fullwood Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.5375 17 10 Lee Holdsworth Grove Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.5836 18 31 James Golding PremiAir Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.5941 19 96 Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.7347 20 35 Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.8240 21 9 Will Brown Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.8455 22 22 Chris Pither PremiAir Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:02.9553 23 5 James Courtney Tickford Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:02.9824 24 4 Jack Smith Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore (ZB) 1:03.0062 25 56 Jake Kostecki Tickford Racing Ford Mustang (S550) 1:03.0971 Source(s):

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