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
Results
Race 1
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
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.[1] 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.
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