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Round 8 of 14 in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
Date | 8–10 July 2016 | |||||||||||||
Location | Ipswich, Queensland | |||||||||||||
Venue | Queensland Raceway | |||||||||||||
Weather | Friday: fine Saturday: fine Sunday: fine |
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Results | ||||||||||||||
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Race 1 | |||
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Distance | 38 laps | 120 km | |
Pole position |
Chris Pither Super Black Racing |
1:10.0378 | |
Winner |
Shane Van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering |
45:59.3567 |
Race 2 | |||
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Distance | 65 laps | 200 km | |
Pole position |
Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering |
1:09.4113 | |
Winner |
Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering |
1:19:07.4961 |
The 2016 Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 22 to 24 July 2016. The event was held at Queensland Raceway in Ipswich, Queensland, and consisted of one race of 120 kilometres and one race of 200 km in length. It was the eighth event of fourteen in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 16 and 17 of the season. The event was the 16th running of the Ipswich SuperSprint.
The event was dominated by Triple Eight Race Engineering, with its drivers Shane Van Gisbergen, Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes scoring a 1–2–3 result in Race 16. Lowndes and Whincup then went on to finish first and second in Race 17, while Van Gisbergen finished twelfth. Chaz Mostert completed the podium in Race 17, having finished fifth in Race 16. Chris Pither took his first career pole position in qualifying for Race 16; it was also the first for his team Super Black Racing. Whincup left the event with a 110-point championship lead over Van Gisbergen, with Mark Winterbottom a further ten points behind in third.
In the week leading up to the event, Aaren Russell and his sponsor Plus Fitness split from Erebus Motorsport, which had been preparing Russell's car during the 2016 season. The split was the result of a dispute over payments between the team and the Russell family.Craig Baird, the endurance co-driver for Erebus Motorsport's other car, was selected to replace Russell for the event, with sponsorship from Hungry Jack's.