The 2015 Tyrepower Tasmania Super Sprint was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on the weekend of 27–29 March 2015. The event was held at the Symmons Plains Raceway in Launceston, Tasmania, and consisted of two sprint races, each over a distance of 60 kilometres (37 miles) and one endurance race over a distance of 200 kilometres (124 miles). It was the second round of fourteen in the 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship.
Prior to the start of the event, DJR Team Penske's Marcos Ambrose decided to step down from the driver's seat. He announced that he will work with the team and further practice with the car before he returns for the Endurance Cup. Scott Pye, who raced for the team in 2014, was announced as the replacement for Ambrose.[1]David Reynolds and Andre Heimgartner transferred over to the Ford FG X Falcon for the event and the rest of the 2015 season.[2]
Saturday was a good day for Triple Eight Race Engineering's Craig Lowndes, who managed to secure pole position for both races to be held later in the day.[3] Lowndes then proceeded to win the first race of the weekend, ahead of Mark Winterbottom and James Courtney.[4]Erebus Motorsport's Will Davison, who started fourth on the grid, missed out on a potential podium finish after being spun around by Courtney at turn 4 on the first lap. After Davison commented that Courtney's performance was 'stupid' and 'arrogant', no further action on the incident was decided by the race stewards. Lowndes again led home the field in Race 5, ahead of teammate Jamie Whincup.[5]
Lowndes took a clean sweep of pole positions on Sunday taking pole for the 200 km (124 mi) Race 6, alongside Reynolds.[6] The two managed to tangle at turn 2 on the first lap; Lowndes received a pit lane penalty for spinning Reynolds around in the incident. Whincup took the lead and led until the finish line. Chaz Mostert finished second and Shane van Gisbergen finished third. The two wins for Lowndes meant that he moved to 99 ATCC/V8 Supercar wins in his career, while Whincup moved into second place on the all-time wins list with 91, passing Mark Skaife's tally of 90 wins.[7]
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The 2015 Tyrepower Tasmania Super Sprint was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on the weekend of 27 29 March 2015 The event was held at the Symmons Plains Raceway in Launceston Tasmania and consisted of two sprint races each over a distance of 60 kilometres 37 miles and one endurance race over a distance of 200 kilometres 124 miles It was the second round of fourteen in the 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 2015 Tyrepower Tasmania Super SprintEvent InformationRound 2 of 14 in the 2015 International V8 Supercars ChampionshipDate27 29 March 2015LocationLaunceston TasmaniaVenueSymmons Plains RacewayWeatherFineResultsRace 1Distance25 laps60 kmPole positionCraig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering51 6558WinnerCraig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering22 01 3121Race 2Distance25 laps60 kmPole positionCraig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering51 6213WinnerCraig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering24 24 0674Race 3Distance84 laps200 kmPole positionCraig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering51 7978WinnerJamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering1 15 21 0174 Prior to the start of the event DJR Team Penske s Marcos Ambrose decided to step down from the driver s seat He announced that he will work with the team and further practice with the car before he returns for the Endurance Cup Scott Pye who raced for the team in 2014 was announced as the replacement for Ambrose 1 David Reynolds and Andre Heimgartner transferred over to the Ford FG X Falcon for the event and the rest of the 2015 season 2 Saturday was a good day for Triple Eight Race Engineering s Craig Lowndes who managed to secure pole position for both races to be held later in the day 3 Lowndes then proceeded to win the first race of the weekend ahead of Mark Winterbottom and James Courtney 4 Erebus Motorsport s Will Davison who started fourth on the grid missed out on a potential podium finish after being spun around by Courtney at turn 4 on the first lap After Davison commented that Courtney s performance was stupid and arrogant no further action on the incident was decided by the race stewards Lowndes again led home the field in Race 5 ahead of teammate Jamie Whincup 5 Lowndes took a clean sweep of pole positions on Sunday taking pole for the 200 km 124 mi Race 6 alongside Reynolds 6 The two managed to tangle at turn 2 on the first lap Lowndes received a pit lane penalty for spinning Reynolds around in the incident Whincup took the lead and led until the finish line Chaz Mostert finished second and Shane van Gisbergen finished third The two wins for Lowndes meant that he moved to 99 ATCC V8 Supercar wins in his career while Whincup moved into second place on the all time wins list with 91 passing Mark Skaife s tally of 90 wins 7 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Race 4 1 1 1 Qualifying 1 1 2 Race 1 2 Race 5 1 2 1 Qualifying 1 2 2 Race 1 3 Race 6 1 3 1 Qualifying 1 3 2 Race 2 Championship standings 3 References 4 External linksResults editRace 4 edit Qualifying edit Pos No Driver Car Team Time 1 888 nbsp Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 0 51 6558 2 5 nbsp Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 0 51 7030 3 22 nbsp James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 0 51 7675 4 9 nbsp Will Davison Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 0 51 7889 5 55 nbsp David Reynolds Ford FG X Falcon Rod Nash Racing 0 51 7942 6 97 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 0 51 8378 7 6 nbsp Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 0 51 8875 8 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 0 51 9057 9 2 nbsp Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 0 51 9852 10 300 nbsp Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 0 52 0973 11 111 nbsp Andre Heimgartner Ford FG X Falcon Super Black Racing 0 52 1210 12 7 nbsp Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 0 52 1442 13 14 nbsp Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 0 52 1596 14 18 nbsp Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 0 52 1926 15 17 nbsp Scott Pye Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 0 52 1959 16 99 nbsp James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 0 52 2040 17 33 nbsp Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 0 52 2061 18 21 nbsp Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 0 52 2363 19 15 nbsp Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 0 52 2420 20 4 nbsp Ashley Walsh Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 0 52 2641 21 23 nbsp Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 0 52 2727 22 8 nbsp Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 0 52 2829 23 222 nbsp Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 0 52 3908 24 34 nbsp David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 0 52 4557 25 3 nbsp Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 0 52 6047 Race edit Pos No Driver Car Team Laps Time Retired Grid Points 1 888 nbsp Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 25 22 01 3121 1 75 2 5 nbsp Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 25 2 2 s 2 69 3 22 nbsp James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 25 3 0 s 3 64 4 97 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 25 8 4 s 8 60 5 6 nbsp Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 25 8 8 s 6 55 6 55 nbsp David Reynolds Ford FG X Falcon Rod Nash Racing 25 9 8 s 5 51 7 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 25 10 0 s 7 48 8 2 nbsp Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 25 10 9 s 9 45 9 300 nbsp Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 25 13 3 s 10 42 10 14 nbsp Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 25 14 0 s 13 39 11 111 nbsp Andre Heimgartner Ford FG X Falcon Super Black Racing 25 15 9 s 11 36 12 99 nbsp James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 18 0 s 16 34 13 21 nbsp Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 25 21 5 s 18 33 14 15 nbsp Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 23 4 s 19 31 15 23 nbsp Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 26 1 s 21 30 16 222 nbsp Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 25 27 3 s 23 28 17 9 nbsp Will Davison Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 25 27 5 s 4 27 18 17 nbsp Scott Pye Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 25 28 5 s 15 25 19 8 nbsp Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 25 29 5 s 22 24 20 34 nbsp David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 25 31 6 s 24 22 21 3 nbsp Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 25 34 9 s 25 21 22 18 nbsp Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 25 42 8 s 14 19 23 7 nbsp Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 48 4 s 12 18 DNF 4 nbsp Ashley Walsh Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 11 20 DNF 33 nbsp Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 0 17 Race 5 edit Qualifying edit Pos No Driver Car Team Time 1 888 nbsp Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 0 51 6213 2 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 0 51 7188 3 22 nbsp James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 0 51 7550 4 55 nbsp David Reynolds Ford FG X Falcon Rod Nash Racing 0 51 8263 5 111 nbsp Andre Heimgartner Ford FG X Falcon Super Black Racing 0 51 8336 6 2 nbsp Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 0 51 8663 7 5 nbsp Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 0 51 8817 8 33 nbsp Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 0 51 9132 9 9 nbsp Will Davison Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 0 51 9332 10 97 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 0 51 9398 11 18 nbsp Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 0 51 9442 12 7 nbsp Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 0 51 9518 13 14 nbsp Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 0 51 9520 14 6 nbsp Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 0 51 9531 15 300 nbsp Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 0 51 9663 16 15 nbsp Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 0 52 0023 17 8 nbsp Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 0 52 0702 18 17 nbsp Scott Pye Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 0 52 1055 19 21 nbsp Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 0 52 1556 20 4 nbsp Ashley Walsh Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 0 52 2204 21 99 nbsp James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 0 52 2912 22 222 nbsp Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 0 52 3292 23 23 nbsp Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 0 52 3578 24 34 nbsp David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 0 52 4435 25 3 nbsp Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 0 52 5512 Race edit Pos No Driver Car Team Laps Time Retired Grid Points 1 888 nbsp Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 25 24 24 0674 1 75 2 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 25 1 6 s 2 69 3 22 nbsp James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 25 5 5 s 3 64 4 55 nbsp David Reynolds Ford FG X Falcon Rod Nash Racing 25 7 5 s 4 60 5 2 nbsp Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 25 8 6 s 6 55 6 5 nbsp Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 25 9 1 s 7 51 7 9 nbsp Will Davison Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 25 9 6 s 9 48 8 97 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 25 10 2 s 10 45 9 33 nbsp Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 25 12 6 s 8 42 10 14 nbsp Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 25 13 2 s 13 39 11 18 nbsp Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 25 13 7 s 11 36 12 6 nbsp Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 25 14 1 s 14 34 13 7 nbsp Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 16 7 s 12 33 14 300 nbsp Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 25 17 1 s 15 31 15 8 nbsp Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 25 18 5 s 17 30 16 15 nbsp Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 20 6 s 16 28 17 17 nbsp Scott Pye Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 25 21 1 s 18 27 18 222 nbsp Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 25 21 5 s 22 25 19 99 nbsp James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 22 3 s 21 24 20 34 nbsp David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 25 25 2 s 24 22 21 3 nbsp Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 25 27 1 s 25 21 22 4 nbsp Ashley Walsh Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 25 32 9 s 20 19 23 23 nbsp Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 25 35 0 s 23 18 24 21 nbsp Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 24 1 lap 19 16 25 111 nbsp Andre Heimgartner Ford FG X Falcon Super Black Racing 23 2 laps 5 15 Race 6 edit Qualifying edit Pos No Driver Car Team Time 1 888 nbsp Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 0 51 7978 2 55 nbsp David Reynolds Ford FG X Falcon Rod Nash Racing 0 51 8463 3 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 0 51 8532 4 9 nbsp Will Davison Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 0 51 9062 5 97 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 0 51 9125 6 6 nbsp Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 0 52 0099 7 111 nbsp Andre Heimgartner Ford FG X Falcon Super Black Racing 0 52 0172 8 2 nbsp Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 0 52 0219 9 5 nbsp Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 0 52 0668 10 8 nbsp Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 0 52 0972 11 33 nbsp Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 0 52 1461 12 22 nbsp James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 0 52 1899 13 21 nbsp Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 0 52 1906 14 14 nbsp Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 0 52 1991 15 18 nbsp Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 0 52 2249 16 300 nbsp Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 0 52 2454 17 222 nbsp Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 0 52 2502 18 4 nbsp Ashley Walsh Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 0 52 2516 19 15 nbsp Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 0 52 2945 20 7 nbsp Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 0 52 3503 21 17 nbsp Scott Pye Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 0 52 3642 22 99 nbsp James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 0 52 3730 23 34 nbsp David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 0 52 3898 24 23 nbsp Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 0 52 3929 25 3 nbsp Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 0 52 9913 Race edit Pos No Driver Car Team Laps Time Retired Grid Points 1 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 84 1 15 21 0176 3 150 2 6 nbsp Chaz Mostert Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 84 3 5 s 6 138 3 97 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen Holden VF Commodore Tekno Autosports 84 15 3 s 5 129 4 2 nbsp Garth Tander Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 84 15 9 s 8 120 5 5 nbsp Mark Winterbottom Ford FG X Falcon Prodrive Racing Australia 84 24 5 s 9 111 6 888 nbsp Craig Lowndes Holden VF Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 84 26 9 s 1 102 7 33 nbsp Scott McLaughlin Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 84 28 0 s 11 96 8 111 nbsp Andre Heimgartner Ford FG X Falcon Super Black Racing 84 31 6 s 7 90 9 14 nbsp Fabian Coulthard Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 84 32 2 s 14 84 10 22 nbsp James Courtney Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 84 40 4 s 12 78 11 55 nbsp David Reynolds Ford FG X Falcon Rod Nash Racing 84 41 0 s 2 72 12 8 nbsp Jason Bright Holden VF Commodore Brad Jones Racing 84 52 2 s 10 69 13 7 nbsp Todd Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 84 52 5 s 20 66 14 15 nbsp Rick Kelly Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 83 1 lap 19 63 15 21 nbsp Dale Wood Holden VF Commodore Britek Motorsport 83 1 lap 13 60 16 18 nbsp Lee Holdsworth Holden VF Commodore Charlie Schwerkolt Racing 83 1 lap 15 57 17 222 nbsp Nick Percat Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 83 1 lap 17 54 18 17 nbsp Scott Pye Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske 83 1 lap 21 51 19 23 nbsp Michael Caruso Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 83 1 lap 24 48 20 3 nbsp Tim Blanchard Holden VF Commodore Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 83 1 lap 25 45 21 4 nbsp Ashley Walsh Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 83 1 lap 18 42 22 99 nbsp James Moffat Nissan Altima L33 Nissan Motorsport 82 2 laps 22 39 23 9 nbsp Will Davison Mercedes Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 65 19 laps 4 36 DNF 300 nbsp Tim Slade Holden VF Commodore Walkinshaw Racing 82 16 DNF 34 nbsp David Wall Volvo S60 Garry Rogers Motorsport 0 23Championship standings editAfter Race 6 of 36 Drivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 nbsp Jamie Whincup 483 2 nbsp James Courtney 464 3 nbsp Craig Lowndes 460 4 nbsp Garth Tander 457 5 nbsp Shane van Gisbergen 456 Teams Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 943 2 Holden Racing Team 921 3 Prodrive Racing Australia 729 4 Brad Jones Racing 687 5 Nissan Motorsport 7 15 559 Note Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings References edit Ambrose steps down from full time V8 Supercars drive Speedcafe com Speedcafe 17 March 2015 Retrieved 6 April 2015 Bartholomaeus Stefan 16 March 2015 FG Falcon signs off as Super Black upgrades Speedcafe com Speedcafe Retrieved 6 April 2015 Bartholomaeus Stefan 28 March 2015 Lowndes takes Symmons Plains pole double Speedcafe com Speedcafe Retrieved 6 April 2015 Lowndes converts pole to victory for Red Bull Crash net Crash Media Group 28 March 2015 Retrieved 6 April 2015 Lowndes doubles up at Tasmania Crash net Crash Media Group 28 March 2015 Retrieved 6 April 2015 Craig Lowndes repeats qualifying form at Symmons Plains The Sydney Morning Herald Fairfax Media Australian Associated Press 29 March 2015 Retrieved 6 April 2015 Jamie Whincup wins V8 Supercars race at Symmons Plains as Craig Lowndes blunders ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation Australian Associated Press 29 March 2015 Retrieved 6 April 2015 External links editEvent page on V8 Supercars official website Supercars Championship Previous race 2015 Clipsal 500 Adelaide 2015 Supercars Championship Next race 2015 Ubet Perth Super Sprint Previous year 2014 Tyrepower Tasmania 400 Tasmania Super Sprint Next year 2016 Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2015 Tyrepower Tasmania Super Sprint amp oldid 1163781074, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
