2011 Sucrogen Townsville 400

**2011 Sucrogen Townsville 400**
Event Information
Round 7 of 14 in the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date	8–10 July 2011
Location	Townsville, Queensland
Venue	Townsville Street Circuit
Weather	Fine
Results
Distance
Race 1
Distance	72 laps
Pole position	Mark Winterbottom; Ford Performance Racing
Winner	Garth Tander; Holden Racing Team
Distance
Race 2
Distance	72 laps
Pole position	Craig Lowndes; Triple Eight Race Engineering
Winner	Jamie Whincup; Triple Eight Race Engineering

The 2011 Sucrogen Townsville 400 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars racing cars. It was the seventh event of the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of July 8 to 10 at the Townsville Street Circuit in Townsville, Queensland. It was the third running of the Townsville 400.

The event hosted races 14 and 15 of the 2011 season. A 72 lap, 200-kilometre race was held on both Saturday and Sunday. Qualifying for Race 14 consisted of a 20-minute, all-in session with the fastest ten progressing to the top ten shootout. Qualifying for Race 15 was a single 20 minute, all-in session.

Mark Winterbottom used the number 95 for this event in a promotion for the Pixar movie Cars 2, in which he starred.^[1] Winterbottom became the first driver to score four straight series poles since Mark Skaife in 1998 when he took pole for Race 14.^[2] The Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander won Race 14 from Jamie Whincup and Winterbottom's team mate Will Davison. Winterbottom finished fifth behind Craig Lowndes. There was controversy over Tander's win when he escaped a drive-through penalty despite hitting the bollard and appearing to cross the blend line at pit entry.^[3] Kelly Racing driver Greg Murphy was later given a penalty for a similar incident at the pit exit. Murphy's team mate David Reynolds led the race early on in an impressive drive but collided with James Courtney on his way into pit lane. The incident put Courtney out of the race and significantly damaged Reynolds car, leaving him 24th at race's end, ten laps off the lead.

Lowndes claimed pole position for Race 15 from Winterbottom and Reynolds. Lowndes led for most of the race before team mate Whincup, who had to queue behind Lowndes in his second pit stop, passed him in the closing stages.^[4] Winterbottom completed the podium. The two Stone Brothers Racing drivers, Alex Davison and Shane Van Gisbergen, finished fourth and fifth respectively. Saturday winner Tander was in contention until a rear suspension failure dropped him several laps off the lead. Reynolds again had a disappointing race after a strong qualifying performance.

The weekend saw Whincup extend his lead over Lowndes in the championship from 156 to 186 points, the two Triple Eight drivers beginning to pull away from third placed Van Gisbergen. Whincup scored 288 points to Lowndes' 258, while Winterbottom had the third highest total for the event with 240.

Results

Results as follows:^[5]

Qualifying Race 14

Qualifying timesheet:^[6]^[7]

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Qualifying	Shootout
1	95	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:13.0832	1:12.9424
2	88	Jamie Whincup	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:12.9282	1:13.0667
3	6	Will Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:13.1923	1:13.0764
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:13.1363	1:13.1731
5	2	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:13.0529	1:13.2245
6	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:13.2717	1:13.2966
7	17	Steven Johnson	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:13.1923	1:13.3250
8	16	David Reynolds	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:13.2031	1:13.3408
9	15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:13.1045	1:13.4942
10	49	Steve Owen	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:13.2768	1:14.1755
11	61	Fabian Coulthard	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	1:13.2894
12	19	Jonathon Webb	Ford FG Falcon	Tekno Autosports	1:13.3499
13	14	Jason Bargwanna	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:13.3515
14	34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:13.3909
15	55	Paul Dumbrell	Ford FG Falcon	Rod Nash Racing	1:13.4877
16	18	James Moffat	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:13.4892
17	11	Greg Murphy	Holden Commodore VE	Kelly Racing	1:13.5025
18	39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:13.5053
19	1	James Courtney	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:13.5119
20	47	Tim Slade	Ford FG Falcon	James Rosenberg Racing	1:13.5184
21	8	Jason Bright	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:13.5220
22	9	Shane Van Gisbergen	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:13.5295
23	7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:13.5611
24	3	Tony D'Alberto	Ford FG Falcon	Tony D'Alberto Racing	1:13.6126
25	12	Dean Fiore	Ford FG Falcon	Triple F Racing	1:13.7110
26	4	Alex Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:13.7794
27	30	Warren Luff	Holden VE Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	1:13.9782
28	21	Karl Reindler	Holden VE Commodore	Britek Motorsport	1:14.1916

Race 14

Race timesheets:^[8]

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	72	1:31:22.6745	5	150
2	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	72	+3.3s	2	138
3	6	Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing	72	+12.8s	3	129
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	72	+13.2s	4	120
5	95	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	72	+15.6s	1	111
6	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	72	+17.6s	6	102
7	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	72	+23.8s	9	96
8	49	Steve Owen	Paul Morris Motorsport	72	+31.7s	10	90
9	8	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	72	+35.3s	21	84
10	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	72	+35.8s	18	78
11	9	Shane Van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	72	+39.6s	22	72
12	55	Paul Dumbrell	Rod Nash Racing	72	+41.6s	15	69
13	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	72	+44.2s	7	66
14	7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	72	+47.1s	23	63
15	61	Fabian Coulthard	Walkinshaw Racing	72	+49.7s	11	60
16	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	72	+1m 2.1s	14	57
17	18	James Moffat	Dick Johnson Racing	72	+1m 3.2s	16	54
18	3	Tony D'Alberto	Tony D'Alberto Racing	71	+ 1 lap	24	51
19	11	Greg Murphy	Kelly Racing	71	+ 1 lap	17	48
20	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	71	+ 1 lap	25	45
21	19	Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	71	+ 1 lap	12	42
22	21	Karl Reindler	Britek Motorsport	70	+ 2 laps	28	39
23	14	Jason Bargwanna	Brad Jones Racing	64	+ 8 laps	13	36
24	16	David Reynolds	Kelly Racing	62	+ 10 laps	8	33
25	47	Tim Slade	James Rosenberg Racing	58	+ 14 laps	20	30
26	4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	57	+ 15 laps	26	27
Ret	30	Warren Luff	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	62		27
Ret	1	James Courtney	Holden Racing Team	30	Accident	19

Qualifying Race 15

Qualifying timesheet:^[9]

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Time
1	888	Craig Lowndes	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:12.8533
2	95	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:13.1731
3	16	David Reynolds	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:13.2065
4	2	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:13.2192
5	6	Will Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:13.2581
6	8	Jason Bright	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:13.2978
7	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:13.3115
8	88	Jamie Whincup	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:13.3530
9	15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:13.4124
10	18	James Moffat	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:13.4885
11	9	Shane Van Gisbergen	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:13.5452
12	1	James Courtney	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:13.5459
13	14	Jason Bargwanna	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:13.5767
14	47	Tim Slade	Ford FG Falcon	James Rosenberg Racing	1:13.5816
15	39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:13.6108
16	17	Steven Johnson	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:13.6767
17	61	Fabian Coulthard	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	1:13.6951
18	11	Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:13.6952
19	49	Steve Owen	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:13.7193
20	7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:13.7671
21	19	Jonathon Webb	Ford FG Falcon	Tekno Autosports	1:13.7960
22	4	Alex Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:13.8308
23	21	Karl Reindler	Holden VE Commodore	Britek Motorsport	1:13.8665
24	34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:13.8702
25	12	Dean Fiore	Ford FG Falcon	Triple F Racing	1:13.9722
26	30	Warren Luff	Holden Commodore VE	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	1:14.1653
27	3	Tony D'Alberto	Ford FG Falcon	Tony D'Alberto Racing	1:14.2244
28	55	Paul Dumbrell	Ford FG Falcon	Rod Nash Racing	1:20.7799

Race 15

Race timesheets:^[10]

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	72	01:32:45.8802	8	150
2	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	72	+4.4s	1	138
3	95	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	72	+11.2s	2	129
4	4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	72	+13.9s	22	120
5	9	Shane Van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	72	+19.9s	11	111
6	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	72	+20.4s	7	102
7	47	Tim Slade	James Rosenberg Racing	72	+27.3s	14	96
8	61	Fabian Coulthard	Walkinshaw Racing	72	+29.4s	17	90
9	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	72	+30.1s	15	84
10	55	Paul Dumbrell	Rod Nash Racing	72	+32.3s	28	78
11	14	Jason Bargwanna	Brad Jones Racing	72	+32.8s	13	72
12	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	72	+35.6s	16	69
13	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	72	+35.6s	9	66
14	49	Steve Owen	Paul Morris Motorsport	72	+36.0s	19	63
15	18	James Moffat	Dick Johnson Racing	72	+36.5s	10	60
16	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	72	+42.3s	24	57
17	7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	72	+43.3s	20	54
18	6	Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing	72	+44.9s	5	51
19	1	James Courtney	Holden Racing Team	72	+48.8s	12	48
20	11	Greg Murphy	Kelly Racing	72	+52.7s	18	45
21	30	Warren Luff	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	72	+55.6s	26	42
22	8	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	72	+56.8s	6	39
23	16	David Reynolds	Kelly Racing	72	+1m 9.2s	3	36
24	21	Karl Reindler	Britek Motorsport	68	+ 4 laps	23	33
25	3	Tony D'Alberto	Tony D'Alberto Racing	67	+ 5 laps	27	30
26	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	62	+ 10 laps	4	27
Ret	12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	39		25
Ret	19	Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	1		21

Standings

After 15 of 28 races.^[11]

Pos	No	Name	Team	Points
1	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1683
2	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1497
3	9	Shane Van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	1317
4	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	1244
5	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	1201

References

^ "Frosty changes race number for Townsville". SpeedCafe. 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
^ "Winterbottom takes fourth consecutive pole". SpeedCafe. 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
^ "Tander Makes History in Townsville". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
^ "Whincup Wins Final Race in Townsville". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
^ "Townsville Street Circuit 10/07/2011 - Sucrogen Townsville 400-V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15". National Software. 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
^ "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Qualifying Race 14". National Software. 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
^ "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Top Ten Shootout". National Software. 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
^ "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Race 14". National Software. 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
^ "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Qualifying Race 15". National Software. 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
^ "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Race 15". National Software. 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
^ "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Race 15 - Series Points Report". National Software. 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-10-03.

Supercars Championship
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Previous year: 2010 Sucrogen Townsville 400	Townsville 400	Next year: 2012 Sucrogen Townsville 400

[1] "Frosty changes race number for Townsville". SpeedCafe. 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-10-03.

[2] "Winterbottom takes fourth consecutive pole". SpeedCafe. 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-10-03.

[3] "Tander Makes History in Townsville". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-10-03.

[4] "Whincup Wins Final Race in Townsville". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-10-03.

[5] "Townsville Street Circuit 10/07/2011 - Sucrogen Townsville 400-V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15". National Software. 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-10-02.

[6] "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Qualifying Race 14". National Software. 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-10-02.

[7] "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Top Ten Shootout". National Software. 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-10-02.

[8] "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Race 14". National Software. 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-10-02.

[9] "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Qualifying Race 15". National Software. 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-10-02.

[10] "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Race 15". National Software. 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-10-02.

[11] "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Race 15 - Series Points Report". National Software. 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2011-10-03.

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