SUPERCARS: SUPERGRID
SIXTY – 60 – SUPERCARS are in action at the Century Batteries Ipswich SuperSprint, the first time Supercars, Super 2 and Super 3 have shared the same program running the same branding.
WORDS: Richard Craill IMAGE: Mark Walker
COVERING 19 years of Touring Car history, the three separate grids of Supercars each put on great competition in their own right.. but we couldn’t help but think about what it would be like if they were all run together.
So, we’ve condensed the qualifying times from the three tiers to see exactly what a 60-strong grid of Supercars would look like should they all be able to fit on Queensland Raceway (which has a grid capacity of 32).
It makes for an interesting grid – and would be a hell of a race!
Here’s some facts:
The main-game cars fill grid positions 1-24, naturally.
The best Super2 Series car was 0.7s seconds slower than the back of the main-game grid.
The Top 45 cars on our Supergrid would be covered by 2.5 seconds!
The Super 3 series pole position time, on the other hand, would have been fifth on the Super 2 series grid and only 0.2 seconds behind.
A joint Super 2 – Super 3 race would be incredible: 1 second covered the fastest Super 2 Series time and the next 23 cars from both classes.
Check out The Race Torque’s Supercars Supergrid below:
Pos | Car | Competitor/Team | Driver | Vehicle | Class | Fastest Lap | Gap |
1 | 17 | Shell V-Power Racing Team | Scott McLaughlin | Ford Mustang GT | Supercars | 01:08.6 | |
2 | 88 | Red Bull Holden Racing Team | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore | Supercars | 01:08.7 | 00:00.1 |
3 | 23 | Milwaukee Racing | Will Davison | Ford Mustang GT | Supercars | 01:08.8 | 00:00.1 |
4 | 5 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | Lee Holdsworth | Ford Mustang GT | Supercars | 01:08.9 | 00:00.3 |
5 | 97 | Red Bull Holden Racing Team | Shane van Gisbergen | Holden Commodore | Supercars | 01:09.0 | 00:00.3 |
6 | 55 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Chaz Mostert | Ford Mustang GT | Supercars | 01:09.0 | 00:00.3 |
7 | 99 | Penrite Racing | Anton de Pasquale | Holden Commodore | Supercars | 01:09.0 | 00:00.4 |
8 | 9 | Penrite Racing | David Reynolds | Holden Commodore | Supercars | 01:09.0 | 00:00.4 |
9 | 12 | Shell V-Power Racing Team | Fabian Coulthard | Ford Mustang GT | Supercars | 01:09.2 | 00:00.5 |
10 | 6 | Monster Energy Racing Team | Cameron Waters | Ford Mustang GT | Supercars | 01:09.2 | 00:00.5 |
11 | 8 | Hare & Forbes Racing | Nick Percat | Holden Commodore | Supercars | 01:09.2 | 00:00.6 |
12 | 35 | Bigmate Racing | Todd Hazelwood | Holden Commodore | Supercars | 01:09.3 | 00:00.7 |
13 | 7 | Plus Fitness Racing | Andre Heimgartner | Nissan Altima | Supercars | 01:09.4 | 00:00.7 |
14 | 18 | Irwin Racing | Mark Winterbottom | Holden Commodore | Supercars | 01:09.4 | 00:00.8 |
15 | 14 | Freightliner Racing | Tim Slade | Holden Commodore | Supercars | 01:09.4 | 00:00.8 |
16 | 78 | Team Harvey Norman | Simona De Silvestro | Nissan Altima | Supercars | 01:09.4 | 00:00.8 |
17 | 2 | Mobil 1 MEGA Racing | Scott Pye | Holden Commodore | Supercars | 01:09.5 | 00:00.8 |
18 | 22 | Mobil 1 MEGA Racing | James Courtney | Holden Commodore | Supercars | 01:09.5 | 00:00.8 |
19 | 3 | RABBLE.club Racing | Garry Jacobson | Nissan Altima | Supercars | 01:09.5 | 00:00.9 |
20 | 34 | Boost Mobile Racing | James Golding | Holden Commodore | Supercars | 01:09.5 | 00:00.9 |
21 | 15 | Castrol Racing | Rick Kelly | Nissan Altima | Supercars | 01:09.6 | 00:01.0 |
22 | 33 | Boost Mobile Racing | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore | Supercars | 01:09.6 | 00:01.0 |
23 | 21 | Team CoolDrive | Macauley Jones | Holden Commodore | Supercars | 01:09.7 | 00:01.1 |
24 | 19 | Truck Assist TEKNO Racing | Jack Le Brocq | Holden Commodore | Supercars | 01:09.8 | 00:01.2 |
25 | 5 | Skye Sands | Thomas Randle | Ford Falcon FG/X | Super2 | 01:10.5 | 00:01.9 |
26 | 55 | Arcoweld Racing | Kurt Kostecki | Holden Commodore | Super2 | 01:10.6 | 00:02.0 |
27 | 16 | Middy’s Electrical / MWM | Bryce Fullwood | Nissan Altima | Super2 | 01:10.6 | 00:02.0 |
28 | 54 | Eggleston Motorsport | Jack Perkins | Holden Commodore | Super2 | 01:10.6 | 00:02.0 |
29 | 78 | MW Motorsport | Zak Best (VIC) | Ford Falcon FG | Super3 | 01:10.7 | 00:02.1 |
30 | 28 | BGD Architects / MWM | Zane Goddard | Nissan Altima | Super2 | 01:10.7 | 00:02.1 |
31 | 56 | Team Arcoweld Racing | Jake Kostecki | Holden Commodore | Super2 | 01:10.8 | 00:02.1 |
32 | 27 | Lowes Petoleum / MWM | Tyler Everingham | Nissan Altima | Super2 | 01:10.8 | 00:02.1 |
33 | 44 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Dylan O’Keeffe | Holden Commodore | Super2 | 01:10.8 | 00:02.2 |
34 | 21 | SCT Logistics | Jack Smith | Holden Commodore | Super2 | 01:10.8 | 00:02.2 |
35 | 10 | Grove Hire Racing | Brenton Grove | Holden Commodore | Super2 | 01:10.8 | 00:02.2 |
36 | 35 | Matt Stone Racing | Ashley Walsh | Holden Commodore | Super2 | 01:10.9 | 00:02.3 |
37 | 14 | Brad Jones Racing | Josh Fife (ACT) | Commodore VE II | Super3 | 01:11.0 | 00:02.3 |
38 | 15 | Image Racing | Adam Marjoram | Holden Commodore | Super2 | 01:11.0 | 00:02.3 |
39 | 88 | Eggleston Motorsport | Justin Ruggier | Holden Commodore | Super2 | 01:11.0 | 00:02.3 |
40 | 5 | MW Motorsport | Hamish Ribarits (VIC) | Ford Falcon FG | Super3 | 01:11.0 | 00:02.4 |
41 | 38 | Eggleston Motorsport | William Brown | Holden Commodore | Super2 | 01:11.0 | 00:02.4 |
42 | 49 | Image Racing | Jordan Boys | Holden Commodore | Super2 | 01:11.0 | 00:02.4 |
43 | 67 | Exit Timeshare Now Racing | Broc Feeney (QLD) | Ford Falcon FG | Super3 | 01:11.1 | 00:02.4 |
44 | 11 | Anderson Motorsport | Jayden Ojeda (NSW) | Ford Falcon FG | Super3 | 01:11.2 | 00:02.5 |
45 | 99 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Mason Barbera | Holden Commodore | Super2 | 01:11.2 | 00:02.6 |
46 | 18 | Cavaliar Homes Australia | Matthew Chahda | Ford Falcon FG/X | Super2 | 01:11.3 | 00:02.7 |
47 | 48 | MW Motorsport | Nic Carroll (VIC) | Ford Falcon FG | Super3 | 01:11.4 | 00:02.7 |
48 | 69 | Dial Before You Dig/Mac Motors | Jon McCorkindale (NSW) | Ford Falcon FG | Super3 | 01:11.6 | 00:02.9 |
49 | 9 | Neill Motorsport | Bradley Neill (QLD) | Ford Falcon FG | Super3 | 01:12.2 | 00:03.6 |
50 | 8 | Brad Jones Racing | Madeline Stewart (NZ) | Commodore VE II | Super3 | 01:12.4 | 00:03.7 |
51 | 7 | MoComm Motorsports Commun’tion | Jim Pollicina (NSW) | Commodore VE | Super3 | 01:13.0 | 00:04.3 |
52 | 35 | Matt Stone Racing | Jason Gomersall (QLD) | Ford Falcon FG | Super3 | 01:13.2 | 00:04.5 |
53 | 39 | Vectra Corp | Chris Smerdon (SA) | Ford Falcon FG | Super3 | 01:13.3 | 00:04.7 |
54 | 21 | KE Motorsport | Kyle Ensbey (QLD) | Commodore VE | Super3 | 01:13.3 | 00:04.7 |
55 | 2 | Page Bros Jayco | Steven Page (VIC) | Commodore VE II | Super3 | 01:13.6 | 00:05.0 |
56 | 66 | Paul Morris Motorsport | Jack Sipp (QLD) | Commodore VE | Super3 | 01:14.0 | 00:05.4 |
57 | 3 | Edge Consulting Engineers | Shane Hunt (QLD) | Ford Falcon BF | Super3 | 01:14.5 | 00:05.8 |
58 | 4 | Crusher Parts International | Tony Auddino (VIC) | Ford Falcon BF | Super3 | 01:15.1 | 00:06.4 |
59 | 68 | Turbo Brisbane | Jonathan Beikoff (QLD) | Ford Falcon AU | Super3 | 01:15.1 | 00:06.4 |
60 | 17 | TF Maintenance | Jason Foley (ACT) | Ford Falcon BF | Super3 | 01:15.4 | 00:06.8 |