The event was staged over a two-day weekend, from Saturday to Sunday. Saturday featured two thirty-minute practice sessions, then a three-stage knockout qualifying session which decided the grid positions for the following 110 kilometre race. Two separated ten-minute qualifying sessions were held on Sunday, which decided the grid for the following 110 km races.[3]
Historyedit
Jim Richards won the first two Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) events at Winton in 1985 and 1986. The 1985 event marked the only time in the history of the ATCC that a Holden did not compete in the race. Richards won the race by a lap over his teammate Neville Crichton, both in BMW 635CSis, while Kevin Bartlett finished third in a Mitsubishi Starion. Richards' 1986 win came only after the Nissan Skyline of Gary Scott was excluded for using oversized front brake caliper pistons.[4] Nissan would go on to dominate the event, winning every year from 1989 to 1992. George Fury's win in 1989 ended a fifteen-race winning streak by the Ford Sierra RS500, which had won every ATCC race in 1988 and the first six races of 1989.[4] The race was run in wet conditions and featured various leaders, including Peter Brock in a Sierra, Fury and Mark Skaife in Skylines and Allan Grice in a Holden Commodore. Brock finished in second despite a spin while Skaife took his first ATCC podium finish.[5]
The circuit was extended in 1997 and Larry Perkins took his first and only ATCC pole position at that year's event. His teammate Russell Ingall won all three races during the weekend to take overall victory ahead of Perkins and Glenn Seton.[4] In the second race of the 2000 round, Seton took his final career race victory, and was leading the third race until a sudden chain of events saw Seton and four other drivers in the leading pack have incidents in the space of two corners. Eventually Jason Bargwanna held off Paul Radisich in the closest race finish in the event's history, and in doing so won his second consecutive Winton round.[6] In the 2003 event, Greg Murphy was given a controversial drive-through penalty. Craig Lowndes lost the rear of his car going through the fast turn five and, as he applied the brakes to try to regain control, was hit by Murphy. The penalty was criticised by television commentator Neil Crompton and Lowndes said that Murphy "had been treated harshly".[7]
There was more controversy in 2004, when Cameron McConville passed Rick Kelly for the lead at the penultimate corner on the final lap. Brad Jones' car was stopped on the straight before the corner, with yellow flags being displayed and passing being disallowed as a result. Kelly was animated after the race, claiming that McConville had passed him in the yellow flag zone, but it was found that the pass had been made just as the two cars left the yellow flag zone and McConville kept the victory.[8] The race dropped from the calendar in 2005 and would only return in 2006 as a late replacement for the cancelled V8 Supercars China Round.[9] In wet conditions in 2007, Jamie Whincup moved from 20th on the grid to win the first race of the weekend, going on to win the round and breaking the then-record for the lowest starting position to win a round.[4] The 2009 event saw the introduction of the Dunlop soft tyre, the first time that the tyre company had provided two different slick tyre compounds since becoming the control tyre supplier in 2002.[10]
The 2013 and 2014 events saw some success for Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Volvo, the manufacturers which had entered the series under, what was then known as, the Car of the Future V8 Supercar rules in those two seasons. Trialling a new blend of fuel, James Moffat, driving a Kelly RacingNissan Altima L33, took his first career victory in the first race of the 2013 event,[11] while Lee Holdsworth gave Mercedes-Benz its first Supercars race win in the second race of the 2014 event.[12] Scott McLaughin took his first career pole position driving a Volvo S60 in 2014.[13]Chaz Mostert crashed out of a comfortable lead in the 2015 event, gifting team-mate Mark Winterbottom with victory. In 2016, Tim Slade took his first two career race wins to win the event, also giving local team Brad Jones Racing their first event win at the circuit.[14] In 2018, Rick Kelly won the Saturday race only days after Nissan announced they would be withdrawing their factory support of both Kelly Racing and the championship at the end of the season.[15] The 2020 event was postponed three weeks before being held due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was later cancelled altogether.[1] Its date was replaced by an additional event at Sydney Motorsport Park.[16] The 2021 event was then postponed only two days prior to the event after another COVID-19 outbreak in Victoria, before later being once again cancelled altogether.[17][18]
Winnersedit
The original 'Club' layout used from 1985 to 1995.Tim Slade during practice for the 2010 event.
^1 – DJR Team Penske was known as Dick Johnson Racing from 1980 to 2014, hence their statistics are combined.
^2 – Tickford Racing was known as Ford Performance Racing from 2003 to 2014 and as Prodrive Racing Australia from 2015 to 2017, hence their statistics are combined.
^ abChapman, 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.
^Supercars schedule for long-awaited Winton return Speedcafe.com 17 May 2022
^ abcdeGreenhalgh, 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.
^"The Top 10 Aussie Touring Car races of all time – Part two". Auto Action. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
^"Fast Facts - Winton SuperSprint". Supercars.com. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
^"The Devil racer does it again, this time at Winton". Motorsport.com. 27 May 2003. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^. V8Supercars.com.au. 1 August 2013. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^"Winton replaces Shanghai on V8 calendar". Drive.com.au. 21 February 2006. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^"Dunlop to introduce its new V8 Sport Maxx "Sprint" tyre at Winton". Jax Quickfit Tyres. April 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^"Moffat leads Nissan one-two at Winton". Speedcafe. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^"Holdsworth hands Erebus maiden V8 Supercars win". Speedcafe. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^Bartholomaeus, Stefan (6 April 2014). "McLaughlin scores first V8 Supercars pole". Speedcafe. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
^Bartholomaeus, Stefan (22 May 2016). "Slade and BJR do the double at Winton". Speedcafe. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
^Herrero, Dan (19 May 2018). "Kelly snatches emotional win after late Safety Car". Speedcafe. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^McAlpine, Heath (2 July 2020). "Supercars Confirm SMP, Night Racing and Crowd Return". Auto Action. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^Chapman, Simon (27 May 2021). "Winton SuperSprint postponed". Speedcafe. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^"Supercars statement regarding planned Winton SuperSprint". Supercars. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
January 01, 1970
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The Winton SuperSprint was an annual motor racing event for Supercars held at Winton Motor Raceway in Winton Victoria The event has been a regular part of the Supercars Championship and its previous incarnations the Australian Touring Car Championship Shell Championship Series and V8 Supercars Championship between 1985 and 2022 Winton SuperSprint Race Information Venue Winton Motor Raceway Number of times held 33 First held 1985 Last held 2022 Race Format Race 1 Laps 36 Distance 110 km Race 2 Laps 36 Distance 110 km Race 3 Laps 36 Distance 110 km Last Event 2022 Overall Winner Cameron Waters Tickford Racing Race Winners Cameron Waters Tickford Racing Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Cameron Waters Tickford Racing The event was not held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID 19 pandemic but returned in 2022 before being omitted again from the 2023 calendar 1 2 Contents 1 Format 2 History 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 two day weekend from Saturday to Sunday Saturday featured two thirty minute practice sessions then a three stage knockout qualifying session which decided the grid positions for the following 110 kilometre race Two separated ten minute qualifying sessions were held on Sunday which decided the grid for the following 110 km races 3 History editJim Richards won the first two Australian Touring Car Championship ATCC events at Winton in 1985 and 1986 The 1985 event marked the only time in the history of the ATCC that a Holden did not compete in the race Richards won the race by a lap over his teammate Neville Crichton both in BMW 635CSis while Kevin Bartlett finished third in a Mitsubishi Starion Richards 1986 win came only after the Nissan Skyline of Gary Scott was excluded for using oversized front brake caliper pistons 4 Nissan would go on to dominate the event winning every year from 1989 to 1992 George Fury s win in 1989 ended a fifteen race winning streak by the Ford Sierra RS500 which had won every ATCC race in 1988 and the first six races of 1989 4 The race was run in wet conditions and featured various leaders including Peter Brock in a Sierra Fury and Mark Skaife in Skylines and Allan Grice in a Holden Commodore Brock finished in second despite a spin while Skaife took his first ATCC podium finish 5 The circuit was extended in 1997 and Larry Perkins took his first and only ATCC pole position at that year s event His teammate Russell Ingall won all three races during the weekend to take overall victory ahead of Perkins and Glenn Seton 4 In the second race of the 2000 round Seton took his final career race victory and was leading the third race until a sudden chain of events saw Seton and four other drivers in the leading pack have incidents in the space of two corners Eventually Jason Bargwanna held off Paul Radisich in the closest race finish in the event s history and in doing so won his second consecutive Winton round 6 In the 2003 event Greg Murphy was given a controversial drive through penalty Craig Lowndes lost the rear of his car going through the fast turn five and as he applied the brakes to try to regain control was hit by Murphy The penalty was criticised by television commentator Neil Crompton and Lowndes said that Murphy had been treated harshly 7 There was more controversy in 2004 when Cameron McConville passed Rick Kelly for the lead at the penultimate corner on the final lap Brad Jones car was stopped on the straight before the corner with yellow flags being displayed and passing being disallowed as a result Kelly was animated after the race claiming that McConville had passed him in the yellow flag zone but it was found that the pass had been made just as the two cars left the yellow flag zone and McConville kept the victory 8 The race dropped from the calendar in 2005 and would only return in 2006 as a late replacement for the cancelled V8 Supercars China Round 9 In wet conditions in 2007 Jamie Whincup moved from 20th on the grid to win the first race of the weekend going on to win the round and breaking the then record for the lowest starting position to win a round 4 The 2009 event saw the introduction of the Dunlop soft tyre the first time that the tyre company had provided two different slick tyre compounds since becoming the control tyre supplier in 2002 10 The 2013 and 2014 events saw some success for Mercedes Benz Nissan and Volvo the manufacturers which had entered the series under what was then known as the Car of the Future V8 Supercar rules in those two seasons Trialling a new blend of fuel James Moffat driving a Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 took his first career victory in the first race of the 2013 event 11 while Lee Holdsworth gave Mercedes Benz its first Supercars race win in the second race of the 2014 event 12 Scott McLaughin took his first career pole position driving a Volvo S60 in 2014 13 Chaz Mostert crashed out of a comfortable lead in the 2015 event gifting team mate Mark Winterbottom with victory In 2016 Tim Slade took his first two career race wins to win the event also giving local team Brad Jones Racing their first event win at the circuit 14 In 2018 Rick Kelly won the Saturday race only days after Nissan announced they would be withdrawing their factory support of both Kelly Racing and the championship at the end of the season 15 The 2020 event was postponed three weeks before being held due to the COVID 19 pandemic and was later cancelled altogether 1 Its date was replaced by an additional event at Sydney Motorsport Park 16 The 2021 event was then postponed only two days prior to the event after another COVID 19 outbreak in Victoria before later being once again cancelled altogether 17 18 Winners edit nbsp The original Club layout used from 1985 to 1995 nbsp Tim Slade during practice for the 2010 event Year Driver 4 Team Car Report 1985 nbsp Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635CSi 1986 nbsp Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635CSi 1987 not held 1988 nbsp John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500 1989 nbsp George Fury Gibson Motorsport Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS R 1990 nbsp Jim Richards Gibson Motorsport Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS R 1991 nbsp Jim Richards Gibson Motorsport Nissan Skyline R32 GT R 1992 nbsp Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport Nissan Skyline R32 GT R 1993 nbsp Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford EB Falcon 1994 nbsp Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford EB Falcon Report 1995 nbsp John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford EF Falcon 1996 not held 1997 nbsp Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden VS Commodore 1998 nbsp John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford EL Falcon 1999 nbsp Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VT Commodore 2000 nbsp Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VT Commodore 2001 nbsp Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden VX Commodore Report 2002 nbsp Jason Bright Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 2003 nbsp Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon 2004 nbsp Cameron McConville Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VY Commodore 2005 not held 2006 nbsp Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BA Falcon Report 2007 nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BF Falcon Report 2008 nbsp Garth Tander Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore Report 2009 nbsp Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford FG Falcon Report 2010 nbsp James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing Ford FG Falcon Report 2011 nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VE Commodore Report 2012 nbsp Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VE Commodore Report 2013 nbsp James Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore 2014 nbsp Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon Report 2015 nbsp Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon Report 2016 nbsp Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore Report 2017 nbsp Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore Report 2018 nbsp Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon Report 2019 nbsp Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang GT Report 2020 2021 not held due to COVID 19 pandemic 2022 nbsp Cameron Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT ReportMultiple winners editBy driver edit Wins Driver Years 4 nbsp Jim Richards 1985 1986 1990 1991 3 nbsp John Bowe 1988 1995 1998 nbsp Craig Lowndes 2006 2009 2012 nbsp Jamie Whincup 2007 2011 2017 2 nbsp Glenn Seton 1993 1994 nbsp Jason Bargwanna 1999 2000 nbsp Russell Ingall 1997 2001 nbsp James Courtney 2010 2013 nbsp Mark Winterbottom 2014 2015 By team edit Wins Team 6 Triple Eight Race Engineering DJR Team Penske1 4 Gibson Motorsport 3 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Racing Team Tickford Racing2 2 JPS Team BMW Glenn Seton Racing Perkins Engineering By manufacturer edit Wins Manufacturer 15 Ford 12 Holden 4 Nissan 2 BMW Notes 1 DJR Team Penske was known as Dick Johnson Racing from 1980 to 2014 hence their statistics are combined 2 Tickford Racing was known as Ford Performance Racing from 2003 to 2014 and as Prodrive Racing Australia from 2015 to 2017 hence their statistics are combined Event names and sponsors edit1985 1988 95 1997 2004 2006 10 2012 Winton 1986 Lusty Allison Winton Roundup 2011 Winton 300 2013 Winton 360 2014 Winton 400 2015 NP300 Navara Winton Super Sprint 2016 Woodstock Winton SuperSprint 2017 18 Winton SuperSprint 2019 Truck Assist Winton SuperSprint 2022 Pizza Hut Winton SuperSprintSee also editList of Australian Touring Car Championship racesReferences edit a b 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 Supercars schedule for long awaited Winton return Speedcafe com 17 May 2022 a b c d e 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 The Top 10 Aussie Touring Car races of all time Part two Auto Action 31 May 2015 Retrieved 8 July 2015 Fast Facts Winton SuperSprint Supercars com 14 May 2018 Retrieved 18 May 2018 The Devil racer does it again this time at Winton Motorsport com 27 May 2003 Retrieved 9 July 2015 Race Flashback Cam s Last Corner Pass V8Supercars com au 1 August 2013 Archived from the original on 26 February 2014 Retrieved 9 July 2015 Winton replaces Shanghai on V8 calendar Drive com au 21 February 2006 Retrieved 1 July 2017 Dunlop to introduce its new V8 Sport Maxx Sprint tyre at Winton Jax Quickfit Tyres April 2009 Retrieved 9 July 2015 Moffat leads Nissan one two at Winton Speedcafe 24 August 2013 Retrieved 9 July 2015 Holdsworth hands Erebus maiden V8 Supercars win Speedcafe 5 April 2014 Retrieved 9 July 2015 Bartholomaeus Stefan 6 April 2014 McLaughlin scores first V8 Supercars pole Speedcafe Retrieved 9 July 2015 Bartholomaeus Stefan 22 May 2016 Slade and BJR do the double at Winton Speedcafe Retrieved 22 May 2016 Herrero Dan 19 May 2018 Kelly snatches emotional win after late Safety Car Speedcafe Retrieved 20 May 2018 McAlpine Heath 2 July 2020 Supercars Confirm SMP Night Racing and Crowd Return Auto Action Retrieved 3 July 2020 Chapman Simon 27 May 2021 Winton SuperSprint postponed Speedcafe Retrieved 28 May 2021 Supercars statement regarding planned Winton SuperSprint Supercars 16 September 2021 Retrieved 16 September 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Winton SuperSprint amp oldid 1187799354, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
