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2011 Sucrogen Townsville 400

The 2011 Sucrogen Townsville 400 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars racing cars. It was the seventh event of the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of July 8 to 10 at the Townsville Street Circuit in Townsville, Queensland. It was the third running of the Townsville 400.

The event hosted races 14 and 15 of the 2011 season. A 72 lap, 200-kilometre race was held on both Saturday and Sunday. Qualifying for Race 14 consisted of a 20-minute, all-in session with the fastest ten progressing to the top ten shootout. Qualifying for Race 15 was a single 20 minute, all-in session.

Mark Winterbottom used the number 95 for this event in a promotion for the Pixar movie Cars 2, in which he starred. Winterbottom became the first driver to score four straight series poles since Mark Skaife in 1998 when he took pole for Race 14. The Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander won Race 14 from Jamie Whincup and Winterbottom's team mate Will Davison. Winterbottom finished fifth behind Craig Lowndes. There was controversy over Tander's win when he escaped a drive-through penalty despite hitting the bollard and appearing to cross the blend line at pit entry. Kelly Racing driver Greg Murphy was later penalized for a similar incident at the pit exit. Murphy's teammate David Reynolds led the race early on in an impressive drive but collided with James Courtney on his way into pit lane. The incident put Courtney out of the race and significantly damaged Reynolds car, leaving him 24th at race's end, ten laps off the lead.

Lowndes claimed pole position for Race 15 from Winterbottom and Reynolds. Lowndes led for most of the race before team mate Whincup, who had to queue behind Lowndes in his second pit stop, passed him in the closing stages. Winterbottom completed the podium. The two Stone Brothers Racing drivers, Alex Davison and Shane van Gisbergen, finished fourth and fifth respectively. Saturday winner Tander was in contention until a rear suspension failure dropped him several laps off the lead. Reynolds again had a disappointing race after a strong qualifying performance.

The weekend saw Whincup extend his championship lead over Lowndes from 156 to 186 points, the two Triple Eight drivers starting to pull away from third placed Van Gisbergen. Whincup scored 288 points to Lowndes' 258, while Winterbottom had the third highest total for the event with 240.

Results

Results as follows:

Qualifying Race 14

Qualifying timesheet:

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Qualifying
95	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:13.0832	1:12.9424
88	Jamie Whincup	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:12.9282	1:13.0667
6	Will Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:13.1923	1:13.0764
888	Craig Lowndes	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:13.1363	1:13.1731
2	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:13.0529	1:13.2245
33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:13.2717	1:13.2966
17	Steven Johnson	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:13.1923	1:13.3250
16	David Reynolds	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:13.2031	1:13.3408
15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:13.1045	1:13.4942
49	Steve Owen	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:13.2768	1:14.1755
61	Fabian Coulthard	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	1:13.2894
19	Jonathon Webb	Ford FG Falcon	Tekno Autosports	1:13.3499
14	Jason Bargwanna	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:13.3515
34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:13.3909
55	Paul Dumbrell	Ford FG Falcon	Rod Nash Racing	1:13.4877
18	James Moffat	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:13.4892
11	Greg Murphy	Holden Commodore VE	Kelly Racing	1:13.5025
39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:13.5053
1	James Courtney	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:13.5119
47	Tim Slade	Ford FG Falcon	James Rosenberg Racing	1:13.5184
8	Jason Bright	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:13.5220
9	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:13.5295
7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:13.5611
3	Tony D'Alberto	Ford FG Falcon	Tony D'Alberto Racing	1:13.6126
12	Dean Fiore	Ford FG Falcon	Triple F Racing	1:13.7110
4	Alex Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:13.7794
30	Warren Luff	Holden VE Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	1:13.9782
21	Karl Reindler	Holden VE Commodore	Britek Motorsport	1:14.1916

Race 14

Race timesheets:

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	72	1:31:22.6745	5	150
88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	72	+3.3s	2	138
6	Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing	72	+12.8s	3	129
888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	72	+13.2s	4	120
95	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	72	+15.6s	1	111
33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	72	+17.6s	6	102
15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	72	+23.8s	9	96
49	Steve Owen	Paul Morris Motorsport	72	+31.7s	10	90
8	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	72	+35.3s	21	84
39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	72	+35.8s	18	78
9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	72	+39.6s	22	72
55	Paul Dumbrell	Rod Nash Racing	72	+41.6s	15	69
17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	72	+44.2s	7	66
7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	72	+47.1s	23	63
61	Fabian Coulthard	Walkinshaw Racing	72	+49.7s	11	60
34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	72	+1m 2.1s	14	57
18	James Moffat	Dick Johnson Racing	72	+1m 3.2s	16	54
3	Tony D'Alberto	Tony D'Alberto Racing	71	+ 1 lap	24	51
11	Greg Murphy	Kelly Racing	71	+ 1 lap	17	48
12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	71	+ 1 lap	25	45
19	Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	71	+ 1 lap	12	42
21	Karl Reindler	Britek Motorsport	70	+ 2 laps	28	39
14	Jason Bargwanna	Brad Jones Racing	64	+ 8 laps	13	36
16	David Reynolds	Kelly Racing	62	+ 10 laps	8	33
47	Tim Slade	James Rosenberg Racing	58	+ 14 laps	20	30
4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	57	+ 15 laps	26	27
30	Warren Luff	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	62		27
1	James Courtney	Holden Racing Team	30	Accident	19

Qualifying Race 15

Qualifying timesheet:

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team
888	Craig Lowndes	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:12.8533
95	Mark Winterbottom	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:13.1731
16	David Reynolds	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:13.2065
2	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:13.2192
6	Will Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:13.2581
8	Jason Bright	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:13.2978
33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:13.3115
88	Jamie Whincup	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:13.3530
15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:13.4124
18	James Moffat	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:13.4885
9	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:13.5452
1	James Courtney	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:13.5459
14	Jason Bargwanna	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:13.5767
47	Tim Slade	Ford FG Falcon	James Rosenberg Racing	1:13.5816
39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:13.6108
17	Steven Johnson	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:13.6767
61	Fabian Coulthard	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	1:13.6951
11	Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:13.6952
49	Steve Owen	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:13.7193
7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	1:13.7671
19	Jonathon Webb	Ford FG Falcon	Tekno Autosports	1:13.7960
4	Alex Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:13.8308
21	Karl Reindler	Holden VE Commodore	Britek Motorsport	1:13.8665
34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:13.8702
12	Dean Fiore	Ford FG Falcon	Triple F Racing	1:13.9722
30	Warren Luff	Holden Commodore VE	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	1:14.1653
3	Tony D'Alberto	Ford FG Falcon	Tony D'Alberto Racing	1:14.2244
55	Paul Dumbrell	Ford FG Falcon	Rod Nash Racing	1:20.7799

Race 15

Race timesheets:

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	72	01:32:45.8802	8	150
888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	72	+4.4s	1	138
95	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	72	+11.2s	2	129
4	Alex Davison	Stone Brothers Racing	72	+13.9s	22	120
9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	72	+19.9s	11	111
33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	72	+20.4s	7	102
47	Tim Slade	James Rosenberg Racing	72	+27.3s	14	96
61	Fabian Coulthard	Walkinshaw Racing	72	+29.4s	17	90
39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	72	+30.1s	15	84
55	Paul Dumbrell	Rod Nash Racing	72	+32.3s	28	78
14	Jason Bargwanna	Brad Jones Racing	72	+32.8s	13	72
17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	72	+35.6s	16	69
15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	72	+35.6s	9	66
49	Steve Owen	Paul Morris Motorsport	72	+36.0s	19	63
18	James Moffat	Dick Johnson Racing	72	+36.5s	10	60
34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	72	+42.3s	24	57
7	Todd Kelly	Kelly Racing	72	+43.3s	20	54
6	Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing	72	+44.9s	5	51
1	James Courtney	Holden Racing Team	72	+48.8s	12	48
11	Greg Murphy	Kelly Racing	72	+52.7s	18	45
30	Warren Luff	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	72	+55.6s	26	42
8	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	72	+56.8s	6	39
16	David Reynolds	Kelly Racing	72	+1m 9.2s	3	36
21	Karl Reindler	Britek Motorsport	68	+ 4 laps	23	33
3	Tony D'Alberto	Tony D'Alberto Racing	67	+ 5 laps	27	30
2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	62	+ 10 laps	4	27
12	Dean Fiore	Triple F Racing	39		25
19	Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	1		21

Standings

After 15 of 28 races.

Pos	No	Name
88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering
9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing
15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing
5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing

References

Name_of_race = Townsville 400 | Year_of_race = 2011 | Previous_race_in_season = 2011 Skycity Triple Crown | Next_race_in_season = 2011 Coates Hire Ipswich 300 | Previous_year's_race = 2010 Sucrogen Townsville 400 | Next_year's_race = 2012 Sucrogen Townsville 400

References

(2011-06-29). "Frosty changes race number for Townsville". SpeedCafe.
(2011-07-09). "Winterbottom takes fourth consecutive pole". SpeedCafe.
(April 2019). "Tander Makes History in Townsville". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series.
(April 2019). "Whincup Wins Final Race in Townsville". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series.
(2011-07-10). "Townsville Street Circuit 10/07/2011 - Sucrogen Townsville 400-V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15". National Software.
(2011-07-09). "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Qualifying Race 14". National Software.
(2011-07-09). "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Top Ten Shootout". National Software.
(2011-07-09). "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Race 14". National Software.
(2011-07-10). "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Qualifying Race 15". National Software.
(2011-07-10). "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Race 15". National Software.
(2011-07-10). "Sucrogen Townsville 400 - V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 - Townsville Street Circuit - V8 Supercars - Race 15 - Series Points Report". National Software.

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