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Whincup and McLaughlin split wins, keeping title fight alive for 2020

Posted by AR1 staff

Jamie Whincup continued his amazing winning run in Townsville today before two-time defending Virgin Australia Supercars Champion Scott McLaughlin returned to the winners’ list in the final race of the NTI Townsville SuperSprint.

Seven-time Supercars Champion Whincup claimed his 12th win in North Queensland this afternoon and second consecutive after a win yesterday.

Like Saturday’s opening encounter, it was a straightforward affair for the Red Bull Holden ace, leading away from ARMOR ALL Pole and not looking back.

Walkinshaw’s Chaz Mostert had his second podium in as many days finishing runner up, while Shane van Gisbergen stormed home in the #97 Red Bull to claim 3rd place from Cam Waters and James Courtney.

McLaughlin, again struggled in qualifying for the early race as he did yesterday – but made up for it, finishing 6th to ensure Whincup didn’t close the gap on the points tally too much.

Jamie Whincup wins race two of the Supercars NTI Townsville SuperSprint.

In the final race of the day, McLaughlin redeemed himself for a poor weekend by his lofty standards, by leading from ARMOR ALL Pole Position all the way to victory lane.

He was pushed throughout by Waters who was arguably one of the most consistent drivers of the weekend. Whincup made a late move on Nick Percat to claim third spot.

Scott McLaughlin wins race 2 

This weekend’s results mean McLaughlin now leads Whincup by 123-points heading into next weekend’s second event of the North Queensland double header – the Robson Civil Projects SuperSprint.

Townsville Race 2 Results

POS # DRIVER TEAM TIME POINTS
1 88 Whincup Red Bull Holden Racing Team 49:17.467 100
2 25 Mostert Mobil 1 TM Appliances Online +3.014 92
3 97 Van Gisbergen Red Bull Holden Racing Team +16.131 86
4 6 C. Waters Monster Energy Racing +20.439 80
5 8 Percat R&J Batteries +23.789 74
6 17 McLaughlin Shell V-Power Racing Team +24.365 68
7 44 Courtney Boost Mobile Racing +28.637 64
8 99 A. de Pasquale Penrite Racing +29.104 60
9 20 S. Pye DEWALT Racing +29.839 56
10 9 Reynolds Penrite Racing +30.222 52
11 5 Holdsworth Truck Assist Racing +31.298 48
12 55 J. Le Brocq Supercheap Auto Racing +31.833 46
13 14 T. Hazelwood Team Black Duck +33.564 44
14 7 Heimgartner NED Whisky Racing +34.381 42
15 12 Coulthard Shell V-Power Racing Team +39.634 40
16 35 G. Jacobson Yellow Cover Racing +41.489 38
17 18 Winterbottom IRWIN Racing +43.741 36
18 3 M. Jones Team CoolDrive +43.944 34
19 2 B. Fullwood Mobil 1 TM Middy’s Racing +45.719 32
20 15 R. Kelly Castrol Racing +47.010 30
21 34 Z. Goddard UNIT Racing +52.108 28
22 19 A. Davison Local Legends Racing +52.491 26
23 4 J. Smith SCT Motor Sports +54.433 24
24 22 C. Pither Team SYDNEY +55.237 22

 

Townsville Race 3 Results

POS # DRIVER TEAM BEHIND POINTS
1 17 McLaughlin Shell V-Power Racing Team +0.000s 100
2 6 C. Waters Monster Energy Racing +4.160 92
3 88 Whincup Red Bull Holden Racing Team +5.914 86
4 8 Percat R&J Batteries +12.520 80
5 14 T. Hazelwood Team Black Duck +14.362 74
6 20 S. Pye DEWALT Racing +16.107 68
7 99 A. de Pasquale Penrite Racing +27.536 64
8 97 Van Gisbergen Red Bull Holden Racing Team +28.804 60
9 5 Holdsworth Truck Assist Racing +30.103 56
10 18 Winterbottom IRWIN Racing +34.705 52
11 9 Reynolds Penrite Racing +36.073 48
12 2 B. Fullwood Mobil 1 TM Middy’s Racing +38.083 46
13 44 Courtney Boost Mobile Racing +38.272 44
14 15 R. Kelly Castrol Racing +42.511 42
15 7 Heimgartner NED Whisky Racing +42.840 40
16 55 J. Le Brocq Supercheap Auto Racing +43.793 38
17 12 Coulthard Shell V-Power Racing Team +48.414 36
18 35 G. Jacobson Yellow Cover Racing +48.445 34
19 34 Z. Goddard UNIT Racing +50.607 32
20 19 A. Davison Local Legends Racing +50.975 30
21 3 M. Jones Team CoolDrive +52.141 28
22 4 J. Smith SCT Motor Sports +54.666 26
23 22 C. Pither Team SYDNEY +58.848 24
24 25 Mostert Mobil 1 TM Appliances Online +1:11.320 22