2017 Townsville 400

The 2017 Watpac Townsville 400 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 7 to 9 July 2017. The event was held at Townsville Street Circuit near Townsville, Queensland and consisted of two races, both 200 kilometres in length. It is the seventh event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 13 and 14 of the season.^[1]

2017 Watpac Townsville 400

Event Information
Round 7 of 14 in the 2017 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date	7–9 July 2017
Location	Townsville, Queensland
Venue	Townsville Street Circuit
Results
Race 1 Distance 70 laps 200 km Pole position Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske 1:12.0730 Winner Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske 1:28:19.7418
Race 2 Distance 70 laps 200 km Pole position Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske 1:11.9907 Winner Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:28:12.5243

Background

Driver changes

Aaren Russell was drafted in to replace Cameron McConville at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport.^[2]