Round 7 of 14 in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date
8–10 July 2016
Location
Townsville, Queensland
Venue
Townsville Street Circuit
Weather
Friday: fine Saturday: fine Sunday: fine
Results
Race 1
Distance
70 laps
200 km
Pole position
Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
1:12.1443
Winner
Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering
1:31:34.8721
Race 2
Distance
70 laps
200 km
Pole position
Mark Winterbottom Prodrive Racing Australia
1:12.4077
Winner
Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering
1:35:25.6070
The 2016 Castrol Edge Townsville 400 was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 8 to 10 July 2016. The event was held at the Townsville Street Circuit in Townsville, Queensland, and consisted of two races of 200 kilometres in length. It was the seventh event of fourteen in the 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 14 and 15 of the season.[1] The event was the eighth running of the Townsville 400.
Triple Eight Race Engineering had a successful weekend with two of its drivers, Jamie Whincup and Shane van Gisbergen, finishing first and second in Race 14. Van Gisbergen won Race 15 while Whincup finished fourth. As a result, Van Gisbergen moved into second place in the championship, 53 points behind Whincup. Defending series champion Mark Winterbottom finished third in both races, while James Courtney scored his first podium finish since the Clipsal 500 Adelaide by finishing second in Race 15.
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