The event was not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2][3] Supercars returned to New Zealand and the Pukekoke Park Raceway circuit on September 10–11 for Round 10 of the 2022 season.
The event was staged over a three-day weekend, from Friday to Sunday. Two thirty-minute practice sessions were held, one on Friday and one on Saturday. Saturday featured a three-part qualifying session which decides the grid positions for the following 120 kilometre race. Two separated ten-minute qualifying sessions were held on Sunday, which decided the grid for the following 120 km races.[4]
Jason Richards Memorial Trophy
Since 2013, the driver who scored the most points across all races during the weekend has received the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy. The trophy was introduced at the 2013 event in honour of Jason Richards, a one-time New Zealand Supercars race winner and Supercars Hall of Fame member who died of cancer in 2011.
History
Background
Pukehohe Park was one of New Zealand's most historic race tracks, and has long seen links with Australian motor racing. This dates back to the famed Pukekohe 500, which originally ran from 1984 to 1993 for touring cars and dates back to 1963 for production cars. Several Australian teams, along with local and international teams, competed in the endurance Group A event with Australian-based teams winning the event several times. The event was often twinned with the Wellington 500, on a street circuit in Wellington City. In 1996, twelve cars from the Australian Touring Car Championship raced in the Mobil 1 Sprints, a two event series at Pukekohe and Wellington. In a precursor to his later Supercars success at the track, all three races were won by local driver Greg Murphy for the Holden Racing Team.[5]
Championship era
The first championship round at Pukekohe Park for what was then known as V8 Supercars was held in 2001, entitled the Boost Mobile V8 International.[6] It was the first round in the history of the Australian Touring Car Championship and Supercars not to be contested in Australia. Mark Skaife sealed the 2001 Shell Championship Series in the first race, while Greg Murphy won the event, taking pole position and winning all three races for the Kmart Racing Team.[7] Murphy maintained strong form at Pukekohe, winning again in 2002, 2003 and 2005.[5] The 2002 event contained the 500th race in championship history, which was won by Skaife.[8]Jason Bright was the only other driver to win the event in the first five years, doing so in 2004, while Murphy finished third.[9] In 2005 there was a major accident involving Craig Baird and Paul Dumbrell during the third race. Jamie Whincup slid off the track at the final corner and Baird and Dumbrell squeezed together as Whincup returned to the circuit. However, Baird and Dumbrell came together and spun, both hitting the wall before coming to rest on opposite sides of the track with severely damaged cars. The race was red flagged as a result.[10]
Supercars returned to a slightly modified Pukekohe layout in 2013 and the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy was introduced.[12]Jason Bright and Brad Jones Racing, Richards' last teammate and team respectively, were the first winners of the trophy.[12] In 2014, Ford's Mark Winterbottom was the event winner, marking the first win at the event for Ford in its ninth running. The event was run over the Anzac Day long weekend, including a race on a Friday for the first time in championship history. In 2015 and 2017, Jamie Whincup, who was a teammate of Jason Richards in 2005 at Tasman Motorsport and co-drove with him to a second-place finish at the 2005 Bathurst 1000, won the trophy.[13][14] In 2016, Shane van Gisbergen became the first New Zealand driver to win the trophy.[15] In 2018, championship combatants van Gisbergen and Scott McLaughlin each took a first and second in the two races, with McLaughlin winning the event on a countback due to his higher Sunday result.[16] The same two drivers won races in the 2019 event, which moved to a September date, with van Gisbergen this time winning the trophy. In winning the Sunday race, which included a controversial safety car that shuffled the field, McLaughlin surpassed Craig Lowndes' 1996 record of 16 wins in a season.[17][18]
2020 move and cancellation
As in 2013, the 2020 Pukekohe event was scheduled on the Anzac Day weekend. It was later discovered that an amendment to Auckland Council's Unitary Plan in the intermediary period prohibited racing on the public holiday. As such the event was to be moved to the nearby Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, and was to continue to be known as the Auckland Super400 despite being located in the neighbouring Waikato region.[19] The event was later postponed, rescheduled to January 2021 (within the prolonged 2020 championship) and then cancelled altogether - all due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20][21] The 2021 event was similarly cancelled due to the border issues arising from the pandemic.[3]
Venue Change
On 20 July 2022 it was confirmed that Pukekohe Park Raceway will cease motorsport activities from 2 April 2023.[22]
Winners
Events which were not championship rounds are indicated by a pink background.
^Chapman, Simon (30 August 2020). "Supercars confirms double-header at The Bend". Speedcafe. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^Chapman, Simon (2 December 2020). "Supercars reveals long awaited 2021 calendar". Speedcafe. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ abChapman, Simon (29 July 2021). "Supercars confirms new dates in revised 2021 calendar". Speedcafe. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
^Schedule released for last ever Pukekohe Supercars event Speedcafe.com 29 August 2022
^ abAdam, Mitchell (3 November 2017). "Flashback: When Murphy ruled Pukekohe". Supercars.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
^. AutoWeb. 5 November 2001. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
^Pavey, James (26 August 2021). "20 years on: How Supercars looked in 2001". Supercars. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^Dale, Will. "The Milestone Races as Supercars Reaches 1000". v8sleuth.com.au. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^ abGreenhalgh, David; Howard, Graham; Wilson, Stewart (2011). The official history: Australian Touring Car Championship - 50 Years. St Leonards, New South Wales: Chevron Publishing Group. ISBN978-0-9805912-2-4.
^Lynch, Michael (18 April 2005). . The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
^Jackson, Ed (5 July 2012). "V8 Supercars to return to Pukekohe Park in deal that ensures the sport's presence in New Zealand". Fox Sports News. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
^ abPhelps, James (14 April 2013). "Emotions run high as a tearful Jason Bright claims Jason Richards Memorial Trophy". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
^Bartholomaeus, Stefan (8 November 2015). "Whincup wins, Winterbottom wobbles in Race 30". Speedcafe. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
^"No Supercars edge for Whincup in title bid". SBS.com.au. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
^Long, David (6 November 2016). "Emotional van Gisbergen wins Jason Richards Trophy, moves closer to Supercars title". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
^Herrero, Daniel (4 November 2018). "McLaughlin wins Race 29, Whincup gives van Gisbergen second place". Speedcafe. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
^Howard, Tom (15 September 2019). "Safety Car drama can't take gloss off McLaughlin's record-breaking win". Speedcafe. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
^van Leeuwen, Andrew (15 September 2019). "Pukekohe Supercars: McLaughlin wins amid Safety Car chaos". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
^van Leeuwen, Andrew (13 January 2020). "Supercars forced to move NZ round to Hampton Downs". ""Motorsport.com"". Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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^Chapman, Simon (17 May 2020). "Supercars releases revised 13-round 2020/21 calendar". Speedcafe. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^Pukekohe Park Raceway cease Motorsport Activities Speedcafe.com 20 July 2022
May 07, 2023
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The Auckland SuperSprint was an annual motor racing event for Supercars held at Pukekohe Park Raceway in Pukekohe New Zealand The event was a regular part of the Supercars Championship and its previous incarnations the Shell Championship Series and V8 Supercars Championship since 2001 Auckland SuperSprint Race InformationVenue Pukekohe Park RacewayNumber of times held 15First held 1996Last held 2022Race FormatRace 1Laps 41Distance 120 kmRace 2Laps 41Distance 120 kmRace 3Laps 41Distance 120 kmLast Event 2022 Overall WinnerShane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race EngineeringRace WinnersWill Davison Dick Johnson RacingShane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race EngineeringShane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race EngineeringThe event was not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID 19 pandemic 1 2 3 Supercars returned to New Zealand and the Pukekoke Park Raceway circuit on September 10 11 for Round 10 of the 2022 season Contents 1 Format 1 1 Jason Richards Memorial Trophy 2 History 2 1 Background 2 2 Championship era 2 3 Hiatus 2 4 Return 2 5 2020 move and cancellation 2 6 Venue Change 3 Winners 4 Multiple winners 4 1 By driver 4 2 By team 4 3 By manufacturer 5 Event names and sponsors 6 See also 7 ReferencesFormat EditThe event was staged over a three day weekend from Friday to Sunday Two thirty minute practice sessions were held one on Friday and one on Saturday Saturday featured a three part qualifying session which decides the grid positions for the following 120 kilometre race Two separated ten minute qualifying sessions were held on Sunday which decided the grid for the following 120 km races 4 Jason Richards Memorial Trophy Edit Since 2013 the driver who scored the most points across all races during the weekend has received the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy The trophy was introduced at the 2013 event in honour of Jason Richards a one time New Zealand Supercars race winner and Supercars Hall of Fame member who died of cancer in 2011 History EditBackground Edit Pukehohe Park was one of New Zealand s most historic race tracks and has long seen links with Australian motor racing This dates back to the famed Pukekohe 500 which originally ran from 1984 to 1993 for touring cars and dates back to 1963 for production cars Several Australian teams along with local and international teams competed in the endurance Group A event with Australian based teams winning the event several times The event was often twinned with the Wellington 500 on a street circuit in Wellington City In 1996 twelve cars from the Australian Touring Car Championship raced in the Mobil 1 Sprints a two event series at Pukekohe and Wellington In a precursor to his later Supercars success at the track all three races were won by local driver Greg Murphy for the Holden Racing Team 5 Championship era Edit The first championship round at Pukekohe Park for what was then known as V8 Supercars was held in 2001 entitled the Boost Mobile V8 International 6 It was the first round in the history of the Australian Touring Car Championship and Supercars not to be contested in Australia Mark Skaife sealed the 2001 Shell Championship Series in the first race while Greg Murphy won the event taking pole position and winning all three races for the Kmart Racing Team 7 Murphy maintained strong form at Pukekohe winning again in 2002 2003 and 2005 5 The 2002 event contained the 500th race in championship history which was won by Skaife 8 Jason Bright was the only other driver to win the event in the first five years doing so in 2004 while Murphy finished third 9 In 2005 there was a major accident involving Craig Baird and Paul Dumbrell during the third race Jamie Whincup slid off the track at the final corner and Baird and Dumbrell squeezed together as Whincup returned to the circuit However Baird and Dumbrell came together and spun both hitting the wall before coming to rest on opposite sides of the track with severely damaged cars The race was red flagged as a result 10 Hiatus Edit The New Zealand event moved to the Hamilton Street Circuit for 2008 and remained there until 2012 11 Return Edit Supercars returned to a slightly modified Pukekohe layout in 2013 and the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy was introduced 12 Jason Bright and Brad Jones Racing Richards last teammate and team respectively were the first winners of the trophy 12 In 2014 Ford s Mark Winterbottom was the event winner marking the first win at the event for Ford in its ninth running The event was run over the Anzac Day long weekend including a race on a Friday for the first time in championship history In 2015 and 2017 Jamie Whincup who was a teammate of Jason Richards in 2005 at Tasman Motorsport and co drove with him to a second place finish at the 2005 Bathurst 1000 won the trophy 13 14 In 2016 Shane van Gisbergen became the first New Zealand driver to win the trophy 15 In 2018 championship combatants van Gisbergen and Scott McLaughlin each took a first and second in the two races with McLaughlin winning the event on a countback due to his higher Sunday result 16 The same two drivers won races in the 2019 event which moved to a September date with van Gisbergen this time winning the trophy In winning the Sunday race which included a controversial safety car that shuffled the field McLaughlin surpassed Craig Lowndes 1996 record of 16 wins in a season 17 18 2020 move and cancellation Edit As in 2013 the 2020 Pukekohe event was scheduled on the Anzac Day weekend It was later discovered that an amendment to Auckland Council s Unitary Plan in the intermediary period prohibited racing on the public holiday As such the event was to be moved to the nearby Hampton Downs Motorsport Park and was to continue to be known as the Auckland Super400 despite being located in the neighbouring Waikato region 19 The event was later postponed rescheduled to January 2021 within the prolonged 2020 championship and then cancelled altogether all due to the COVID 19 pandemic 20 21 The 2021 event was similarly cancelled due to the border issues arising from the pandemic 3 Venue Change Edit On 20 July 2022 it was confirmed that Pukekohe Park Raceway will cease motorsport activities from 2 April 2023 22 Winners EditEvents which were not championship rounds are indicated by a pink background The Pukekohe layout used until 2007 Year Driver 9 Team Car Report1996 Greg Murphy Holden Racing Team Holden VR Commodore Report1997 2000 not held2001 Greg Murphy Kmart Racing Team Holden VX Commodore Report2002 Greg Murphy Kmart Racing Team Holden VX Commodore Report2003 Greg Murphy Kmart Racing Team Holden VY Commodore Report2004 Jason Bright Paul Weel Racing Holden VY Commodore Report2005 Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden VZ Commodore Report2006 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden VZ Commodore Report2007 Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden VE Commodore Report2008 2012 not held2013 Jason Bright Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore Report2014 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon Report2015 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore Report2016 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore Report2017 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore Report2018 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon Report2019 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden ZB Commodore Report2020 2021 not held due to COVID 19 pandemic2022 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden ZB Commodore ReportMultiple winners EditBy driver Edit Wins which did not count towards the championship season are indicated by a pink background Wins Driver Years5 Greg Murphy 1996 2001 2002 2003 20053 Shane van Gisbergen 2016 2019 20222 Jason Bright 2004 2013 Jamie Whincup 2015 2017By team Edit Wins Team5 Triple Eight Race Engineering4 HSV Dealer Team12 Holden Racing TeamPaul Weel RacingBy manufacturer Edit Wins Manufacturer14 Holden2 FordNotes 1 The HSV Dealer Team was known as Kmart Racing Team from 2001 to 2004 hence their statistics are combined Event names and sponsors Edit1996 Mobil 1 Sprints 2001 02 Boost Mobile V8 International 2003 05 PlaceMakers V8 International 2006 07 PlaceMakers V8 Supercars 2013 ITM 400 Auckland 2014 15 ITM 500 Auckland 2016 19 2022 ITM Auckland SuperSprintSee also EditHamilton 400 Pukekohe 500 Wellington 500 List of Australian Touring Car Championship racesReferences Edit Chapman Simon 30 August 2020 Supercars confirms double header at The Bend Speedcafe Retrieved 30 August 2020 Chapman Simon 2 December 2020 Supercars reveals long awaited 2021 calendar Speedcafe Retrieved 3 December 2020 a b Chapman Simon 29 July 2021 Supercars confirms new dates in revised 2021 calendar Speedcafe Retrieved 30 July 2021 Schedule released for last ever Pukekohe Supercars event Speedcafe com 29 August 2022 a b Adam Mitchell 3 November 2017 Flashback When Murphy ruled Pukekohe Supercars com Retrieved 2 November 2017 Shakey Isles Set to Rock to Ford V8 Supercars AutoWeb 5 November 2001 Archived from the original on 23 June 2015 Retrieved 23 July 2015 Pavey James 26 August 2021 20 years on How Supercars looked in 2001 Supercars Retrieved 26 August 2021 Dale Will The Milestone Races as Supercars Reaches 1000 v8sleuth com au Retrieved 9 March 2019 a b Greenhalgh David Howard Graham Wilson Stewart 2011 The official history Australian Touring Car Championship 50 Years St Leonards New South Wales Chevron Publishing Group ISBN 978 0 9805912 2 4 Lynch Michael 18 April 2005 Murphy Hat trick Amid The Wreckage The Sydney Morning Herald Archived from the original on 23 July 2015 Retrieved 23 July 2015 Jackson Ed 5 July 2012 V8 Supercars to return to Pukekohe Park in deal that ensures the sport s presence in New Zealand Fox Sports News Retrieved 23 July 2015 a b Phelps James 14 April 2013 Emotions run high as a tearful Jason Bright claims Jason Richards Memorial Trophy The Daily Telegraph Retrieved 23 July 2015 Bartholomaeus Stefan 8 November 2015 Whincup wins Winterbottom wobbles in Race 30 Speedcafe Retrieved 9 November 2015 No Supercars edge for Whincup in title bid SBS com au 5 November 2017 Retrieved 4 November 2018 Long David 6 November 2016 Emotional van Gisbergen wins Jason Richards Trophy moves closer to Supercars title Stuff co nz Retrieved 4 November 2018 Herrero Daniel 4 November 2018 McLaughlin wins Race 29 Whincup gives van Gisbergen second place Speedcafe Retrieved 4 November 2018 Howard Tom 15 September 2019 Safety Car drama can t take gloss off McLaughlin s record breaking win Speedcafe Retrieved 15 September 2019 van Leeuwen Andrew 15 September 2019 Pukekohe Supercars McLaughlin wins amid Safety Car chaos Motorsport com Retrieved 15 September 2019 van Leeuwen Andrew 13 January 2020 Supercars forced to move NZ round to Hampton Downs Motorsport com Retrieved 14 January 2020 Supercars postpones three events launches Eseries Supercars 17 March 2020 Retrieved 23 March 2020 Chapman Simon 17 May 2020 Supercars releases revised 13 round 2020 21 calendar Speedcafe Retrieved 17 May 2020 Pukekohe Park Raceway cease Motorsport Activities Speedcafe com 20 July 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Auckland SuperSprint amp oldid 1147981520, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
