2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint
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| Round 9 of 14 in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 26–28 August 2016 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Eastern Creek, New South Wales | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Sydney Motorsport Park | |||||||||||||
| Weather | Friday: fine, overcast Saturday: fine Sunday: fine |
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| Race 1 | |||
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| Distance | 31 laps | 120 km | |
| Pole position |
Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing |
1:28.8272 | |
| Winner |
Shane Van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering |
48:51.0408 | |
| Race 2 | |||
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| Distance | 51 laps | 200 km | |
| Pole position |
Chaz Mostert Rod Nash Racing |
1:29.4413 | |
| Winner |
Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering |
1:20:45.1664 | |
The 2016 Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 26 to 28 August 2016. The event was held at Sydney Motorsport Park in Eastern Creek, New South Wales, and consisted of one race of 120 kilometres and one race of 200 km in length. It was the ninth event of fourteen in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 18 and 19 of the season. The event was the 19th running of the Sydney SuperSprint.
The event saw Triple Eight Race Engineering extend its winning streak to seven races, with its drivers Shane Van Gisbergen and Jamie Whincup winning Races 18 and 19 respectively. By taking victory in Race 19, Whincup became the second driver in championship history to reach 100 race wins, after his teammate Craig Lowndes. Lowndes started his 600th championship race in Race 19, becoming the first driver to reach the mark, and finished second behind Whincup. James Courtney scored a podium finish behind Van Gisbergen and Whincup in Race 18 while Chaz Mostert completed the podium in Race 19.
After running the car belonging to Dunlop Series driver Kurt Kostecki at the previous two events, Charlie Schwerkolt Racing completed the build of its new car two weeks prior to the event. The team's regular driver Lee Holdsworth, who had been injured at the Darwin event, completed laps in the car during a shakedown run at Winton Motor Raceway one week prior to the event, though the team's endurance co-driver, Karl Reindler, was announced as the driver for the race weekend.
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