Whincup and McLaughlin split wins, keeping title fight alive for 2020

Jamie Whincup continued his amazing winning run in Townsville today before two-time defending Virgin Australia Supercars Champion Scott McLaughlin returned to the winners’ list in the final race of the NTI Townsville SuperSprint.

Seven-time Supercars Champion Whincup claimed his 12th win in North Queensland this afternoon and second consecutive after a win yesterday.

Like Saturday’s opening encounter, it was a straightforward affair for the Red Bull Holden ace, leading away from ARMOR ALL Pole and not looking back.

Walkinshaw’s Chaz Mostert had his second podium in as many days finishing runner up, while Shane van Gisbergen stormed home in the #97 Red Bull to claim 3rd place from Cam Waters and James Courtney.

McLaughlin, again struggled in qualifying for the early race as he did yesterday – but made up for it, finishing 6th to ensure Whincup didn’t close the gap on the points tally too much.

Jamie Whincup wins race two of the Supercars NTI Townsville SuperSprint.

In the final race of the day, McLaughlin redeemed himself for a poor weekend by his lofty standards, by leading from ARMOR ALL Pole Position all the way to victory lane.

He was pushed throughout by Waters who was arguably one of the most consistent drivers of the weekend. Whincup made a late move on Nick Percat to claim third spot.

This weekend’s results mean McLaughlin now leads Whincup by 123-points heading into next weekend’s second event of the North Queensland double header – the Robson Civil Projects SuperSprint.

Townsville Race 2 Results

POS	#	DRIVER	TEAM	TIME	POINTS
1	88	Whincup	Red Bull Holden Racing Team	49:17.467	100
2	25	Mostert	Mobil 1 TM Appliances Online	+3.014	92
3	97	Van Gisbergen	Red Bull Holden Racing Team	+16.131	86
4	6	C. Waters	Monster Energy Racing	+20.439	80
5	8	Percat	R&J Batteries	+23.789	74
6	17	McLaughlin	Shell V-Power Racing Team	+24.365	68
7	44	Courtney	Boost Mobile Racing	+28.637	64
8	99	A. de Pasquale	Penrite Racing	+29.104	60
9	20	S. Pye	DEWALT Racing	+29.839	56
10	9	Reynolds	Penrite Racing	+30.222	52
11	5	Holdsworth	Truck Assist Racing	+31.298	48
12	55	J. Le Brocq	Supercheap Auto Racing	+31.833	46
13	14	T. Hazelwood	Team Black Duck	+33.564	44
14	7	Heimgartner	NED Whisky Racing	+34.381	42
15	12	Coulthard	Shell V-Power Racing Team	+39.634	40
16	35	G. Jacobson	Yellow Cover Racing	+41.489	38
17	18	Winterbottom	IRWIN Racing	+43.741	36
18	3	M. Jones	Team CoolDrive	+43.944	34
19	2	B. Fullwood	Mobil 1 TM Middy’s Racing	+45.719	32
20	15	R. Kelly	Castrol Racing	+47.010	30
21	34	Z. Goddard	UNIT Racing	+52.108	28
22	19	A. Davison	Local Legends Racing	+52.491	26
23	4	J. Smith	SCT Motor Sports	+54.433	24
24	22	C. Pither	Team SYDNEY	+55.237	22

Townsville Race 3 Results

POS	#	DRIVER	TEAM	BEHIND	POINTS
1	17	McLaughlin	Shell V-Power Racing Team	+0.000s	100
2	6	C. Waters	Monster Energy Racing	+4.160	92
3	88	Whincup	Red Bull Holden Racing Team	+5.914	86
4	8	Percat	R&J Batteries	+12.520	80
5	14	T. Hazelwood	Team Black Duck	+14.362	74
6	20	S. Pye	DEWALT Racing	+16.107	68
7	99	A. de Pasquale	Penrite Racing	+27.536	64
8	97	Van Gisbergen	Red Bull Holden Racing Team	+28.804	60
9	5	Holdsworth	Truck Assist Racing	+30.103	56
10	18	Winterbottom	IRWIN Racing	+34.705	52
11	9	Reynolds	Penrite Racing	+36.073	48
12	2	B. Fullwood	Mobil 1 TM Middy’s Racing	+38.083	46
13	44	Courtney	Boost Mobile Racing	+38.272	44
14	15	R. Kelly	Castrol Racing	+42.511	42
15	7	Heimgartner	NED Whisky Racing	+42.840	40
16	55	J. Le Brocq	Supercheap Auto Racing	+43.793	38
17	12	Coulthard	Shell V-Power Racing Team	+48.414	36
18	35	G. Jacobson	Yellow Cover Racing	+48.445	34
19	34	Z. Goddard	UNIT Racing	+50.607	32
20	19	A. Davison	Local Legends Racing	+50.975	30
21	3	M. Jones	Team CoolDrive	+52.141	28
22	4	J. Smith	SCT Motor Sports	+54.666	26
23	22	C. Pither	Team SYDNEY	+58.848	24
24	25	Mostert	Mobil 1 TM Appliances Online	+1:11.320	22