2017 Winton SuperSprint

The 2017 Winton SuperSprint was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 19 to 21 May 2017. The event was held at the Winton Motor Raceway near Benalla, Victoria and consisted of two races, 120 and 200 kilometres in length. It is the fifth event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 9 and 10 of the season.[1]

2017 Winton SuperSprint
Event Information
Round 5 of 14 in the 2017 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date20–21 May 2017
LocationBenalla, Victoria
VenueWinton Motor Raceway
Results
Race 1
Distance 40 laps 120 km
Pole position Scott McLaughlin
DJR Team Penske		 1:19.3807
Winner Scott McLaughlin
DJR Team Penske		 54:58.0578
Race 2
Distance 67 laps 200 km
Pole position Scott McLaughlin
DJR Team Penske		 1:19.0721
Winner Shane van Gisbergen
Triple Eight Race Engineering		 1:35:19.8233

Background

Driver changes

Taz Douglas returned to Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport having been replaced for the previous round by Matthew Brabham.[2]

This was the second round in which Super2 Series wildcards were allowed to compete in the main class. Shae Davies, James Golding and Macauley Jones were the three drivers to step up for this round.[3]

References
  1. "2017 Winton SuperSprint Schedule & Results". Supercars.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. "Douglas returns to LDM Commodore at Winton - Speedcafe". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  3. "Wildcards locked in for Winton, Darwin, Ipswich - Speedcafe". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
Supercars Championship
Previous race:
2017 Perth SuperSprint		 2017 Supercars Championship Next race:
2017 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown
Previous year:
2016 Woodstock Winton SuperSprint		 Winton SuperSprint Next year:
2018 Winton SuperSprint


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