2020 Adelaide 500

The 2020 Adelaide 500 (known for commercial reasons as the 2020 Superloop Adelaide 500) is a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held on Thursday 20 February through to Sunday 23 February 2020. The event was held at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia, and marked the twenty-second running of the Adelaide 500. It was the first event of fourteen in the 2020 Supercars Championship and consisted of two races of 250 kilometres.^[1]

2020 Adelaide 500

Event Information
Round 1 of 8 in the 2020 Supercars Championship
Layout of the Adelaide Street Circuit
Date	20–23 February 2020
Location	Adelaide, South Australia
Venue	Adelaide Street Circuit
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 78 laps 251.160 km Pole position Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:19.4793 Winner Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:47:22.9297
Race 2 Distance 78 laps 251.160 km Pole position Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:19.8101 Winner Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske 1:52:12.3963

The race was supported by the opening rounds of the Super2 Series, Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, Touring Car Masters, Boost Mobile Super Trucks and National TA2 Series.^[2]

Results

Practice

Session	Day	Fastest lap
		No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Ref.
Practice 1	Thursday	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:20.6864	[3]
Practice 2	Friday	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.8079	[4]
Practice 3		25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.2412	[5]

Race 1

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Shootout
1	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB		1:19.8674	1:19.4793
2	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB		1:19.7200	1:19.4841
3	23	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Mustang GT		1:19.7351	1:19.4931
4	25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB		1:19.7930	1:19.5502
5	6	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT		1:19.5396	1:19.5784
6	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB		1:19.4462	1:19.6832
7	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Mustang GT		1:19.6220	1:19.8490
8	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB		1:20.0366	1:19.9582
9	18	Mark Winterbottom	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB		1:19.8652	1:20.1568
10	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:20.3369	1:19.7660	1:20.3028
11	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Mustang GT		1:20.0922
12	5	Lee Holdsworth	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:20.4173	1:20.1081
13	7	Andre Heimgartner	Kelly Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:20.2442	1:20.1463
14	55	Jack Le Brocq	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:20.5316	no time
15	20	Scott Pye	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	1:20.6110
16	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:20.7675
17	3	Macauley Jones	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:20.8678
18	2	Bryce Fullwood	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:20.7890
19	35	Garry Jacobson	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:20.8776
20	34	Zane Goddard	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:20.9248
21	19	James Courtney	Team Sydney by Tekno	Holden Commodore ZB	1:21.1769
22	4	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:21.2447
23	14	Todd Hazelwood	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:21.2542
24	22	Chris Pither	Team Sydney by Tekno	Holden Commodore ZB	1:21.3445
Source:[6][7]

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time / Retired	Grid	Points
1	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	78	1:47:22.9297	1	150
2	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Mustang GT	78	+5.2378	7	138
3	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+6.9226	6	129
4	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+13.3384	2	120
5	23	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+15.2634	3	111
6	6	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+16.8933	5	102
7	25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+20.5607	4	96
8	18	Mark Winterbottom	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+27.3343	9	90
9	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+32.2785	16	84
10	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Mustang GT	78	+32.9784	11	78
11	7	Andre Heimgartner	Kelly Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+34.5175	13	72
12	5	Lee Holdsworth	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+35.0511	12	69
13	14	Todd Hazelwood	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+37.1476	23	66
14	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+50.8034	8	63
15	20	Scott Pye	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+1:02.7799	15	60
16	55	Jack Le Brocq	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+1:09.0179	14	57
17	3	Macauley Jones	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+1:09.6023	17	54
18	34	Zane Goddard	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	77	+1 lap	20	51
19	22	Chris Pither	Team Sydney by Tekno	Holden Commodore ZB	77	+1 lap	24	48
20	4	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	76	+2 laps	22	45
21	2	Bryce Fullwood	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	73	+5 laps	18	42
22	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	65	+13 laps	10	39
Ret	19	James Courtney	Team Sydney by Tekno	Holden Commodore ZB	16	Crash damage	21
Ret	35	Garry Jacobson	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	5	Crash damage	19
Source:[8]

Race 2

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Shootout
1	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB		1:20.0054	1:19.8101
2	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Mustang GT		1:19.9649	1:19.8484
3	6	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT		1:19.8799	1:19.9502
4	23	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Mustang GT		1:19.9929	1:20.0336
5	25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB		1:20.1343	1:20.1131
6	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Mustang GT	1:20.5758	1:20.2517	1:20.1322
7	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB		1:19.8363	1:20.2372
8	5	Lee Holdsworth	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:20.4348	1:20.0938	1:20.3071
9	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:20.6643	1:20.3394	1:20.3655
10	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB		1:20.4356	1:20.5160
11	55	Jack Le Brocq	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:20.6479	1:20.7792
12	18	Mark Winterbottom	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB		1:20.8027
13	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB		1:20.8803
14	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB		no time
15	14	Todd Hazelwood	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:20.6711
16	20	Scott Pye	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	1:20.7009
17	2	Bryce Fullwood	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:20.9251
18	3	Macauley Jones	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:21.0040
19	7	Andre Heimgartner	Kelly Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:21.0949
20	35	Garry Jacobson	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:21.0986
21	34	Zane Goddard	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:21.1765
22	19	James Courtney	Team Sydney by Tekno	Holden Commodore ZB	1:21.3262
23	22	Chris Pither	Team Sydney by Tekno	Holden Commodore ZB	1:21.6569
24	4	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	no time
Source:[9][10]

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time / Retired	Grid	Points
1	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Mustang GT	78	1:52:12.3963	2	150
2	25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+10.3068	5	138
3	6	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+14.3097	3	129
4	23	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+21.0459	4	120
5	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+24.1866	7	111
6	5	Lee Holdsworth	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+24.7477	8	102
7	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+33.0468	13	96
8	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+34.1673	14	90
9	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Mustang GT	78	+35.0661	6	84
10	7	Andre Heimgartner	Kelly Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+35.6501	19	78
11	18	Mark Winterbottom	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+46.5674	12	72
12	55	Jack Le Brocq	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+51.2202	11	69
13	15	Rick Kelly	Kelly Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+55.3084	9	66
14	14	Todd Hazelwood	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+1:01.6673	15	63
15	19	James Courtney	Team Sydney by Tekno	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+1:05.1407	22	60
16	34	Zane Goddard	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	77	+1 lap	21	57
17	2	Bryce Fullwood	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	77	+1 lap	17	54
18	4	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	76	+2 laps	24	51
19	3	Macauley Jones	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	75	+3 laps	18	48
20	35	Garry Jacobson	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	72	+6 laps	20	45
Ret	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	74	Suspension	1
Ret	22	Chris Pither	Team Sydney by Tekno	Holden Commodore ZB	11	Crash damage	23
Ret	20	Scott Pye	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	1	Crash	16
Ret	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1	Crash	10
Source:[11]