2022 Adelaide 500

The 2022 Adelaide 500 (known for commercial reasons as the 2022 VALO Adelaide 500^[1]) was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held from Thursday 1 December through to Sunday 4 December 2022. The event was held at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia, and was the twenty-third running of the Adelaide 500. It was the last event of thirteen in the 2022 Supercars Championship and consisted of two races of 250 kilometres.

2022 Adelaide 500

Event Information
Round 13 of 13 in the 2022 Supercars Championship
Layout of the Adelaide Street Circuit
Date	1–4 December 2022
Location	Adelaide, South Australia
Venue	Adelaide Street Circuit
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 78 laps 251.160 km Pole position Cam Waters Tickford Racing 1:19.3716 Winner Chaz Mostert Walkinshaw Andretti United 1:54:11.4097
Race 2 Distance 78 laps 251.160 km Pole position Anton De Pasquale Dick Johnson Racing 1:19.3823 Winner Broc Feeney Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:54:21.5942

The races were supported by Touring Car Masters, GT World Challenge, S5000 Tasman Series, Aussie Racing Cars and Dunlop Super2 & Super3 Series.^[2]

Results

Practice

Session	Day	Fastest lap
		No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Ref.
Practice 1	Thursday	55	Thomas Randle	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:19.8035	[3]
Practice 2	Friday	1	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.1992	[4]
Practice 3		25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:18.8571	[5]

Race 1

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Qualifying	Shootout
1	6	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:18.9779	1:19.3716
2	20	Scott Pye	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	1:18.8233	1:19.7153
3	11	Anton De Pasquale	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:18.8092	1:19.7463
4	5	James Courtney	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:18.9278	1:19.8587
5	8	Andre Heimgartner	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.1436	1:19.9021
6	31	James Golding	PremiAir Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.0862	1:19.9259
7	25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:18.6763	1:20.0129
8	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.1864	1:20.0991
9	26	David Reynolds	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:19.0002	DSQ[a]
10	55	Thomas Randle	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:19.2011	no time[b]
11	10	Lee Holdsworth	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:19.2159
12	3	Tim Slade	Blanchard Racing Team	Ford Mustang GT	1:19.2228
13	99	Brodie Kostecki	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.2253
14	34	Jack Le Brocq	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.2497
15	17	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:19.2613
16	9	Will Brown	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.2743
17	88	Broc Feeney	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.2951
18	96	Macauley Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.3013
19	14	Bryce Fullwood	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.3484
20	2	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.3923
21	18	Mark Winterbottom	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.3960
22	56	Jake Kostecki	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:19.4000
23	22	Chris Pither	PremiAir Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.7042
24	4	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:20.1724
25	1	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:22.3383
Source:[6][7]

1. David Reynolds started the race in 10th as a result of the disqualification
2. Thomas Randle started the race in 9th as a result of David Reynolds' disqualification

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time / Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	78	1:54:11.4097	7	150
2	2	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+1.9794	20	138
3	5	James Courtney	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+2.6951	4	129
4	99	Brodie Kostecki	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+4.4961	13	120
5	3	Tim Slade	Blanchard Racing Team	Ford Mustang GT	78	+5.7623	12	111
6	18	Mark Winterbottom	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+7.9420	21	102
7	17	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+13.2577	15	96
8	88	Broc Feeney	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+14.2911	17	90
9	8	Andre Heimgartner	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+15.6446	5	84
10	10	Lee Holdsworth	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+16.1970	11	78
11	26	David Reynolds	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+18.9210	10	72
12	96	Macauley Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+19.7636	18	69
13	6	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+22.2119	1	66
14	11	Anton De Pasquale	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+28.9519	3	63
15	55	Thomas Randle	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+30.3293	9	60
16	56	Jake Kostecki	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+30.8554	22	57
17	14	Bryce Fullwood	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+52.2552	19	54
18	34	Jack Le Brocq	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	75	+3 Laps	14	51
19	22	Chris Pither	PremiAir Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	71	+7 Laps	23	48
20	1	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	65	+13 Laps	25	45
21	4	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	61	+17 Laps	24	42
22	9	Will Brown	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	61	+17 Laps	16	39
NC	20	Scott Pye	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	57	crash damage	2
NC	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	52	crash	8
NC	31	James Golding	PremiAir Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	11	crash damage	6
Source:[8]

Race 2

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Qualifying	Shootout
1	11	Anton De Pasquale	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:19.1704	1:19.3823
2	17	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:19.3935	1:19.5682
3	88	Broc Feeney	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.4278	1:19.6147
4	1	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.3679	1:19.6670
5	25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.3469	1:19.6771
6	6	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:19.1091	1:19.7734
7	9	Will Brown	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.4085	1:19.8289
8	8	Andre Heimgartner	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.4214	1:19.9222
9	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.4569	1:20.3340
10	26	David Reynolds	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:19.5448	1:20.3443
11	34	Jack LeBrocq	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.5454
12	31	James Golding	PremiAir Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.5565
13	18	Mark Winterbottom	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.5865
14	99	Brodie Kostecki	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.6312
15	55	Thomas Randle	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:19.6362
16	56	Jake Kostecki	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:19.6506
17	3	Tim Slade	Blanchard Racing Team	Ford Mustang GT	1:19.6547
18	5	James Courtney	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:19.7572
19	20	Scott Pye	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.9079
20	14	Bryce Fullwood	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.9452
21	2	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	1:19.9516
22	10	Lee Holdsworth	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang GT	1:19.9872
23	96	Macauley Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:20.0264
24	22	Chris Pither	PremiAir Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:20.1036
25	4	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	1:20.4809
Source:[9][10]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time / Retired	Grid	Points
1	88	Broc Feeney	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	78	1:54:21.5942	3	150
2	25	Chaz Mostert	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+0.9644	5	138
3	11	Anton De Pasquale	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+9.4577	1	129
4	6	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+13.3764	6	120
5	8	Andre Heimgartner	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+13.9275	8	111
6	9	Will Brown	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+19.2510	7	102
7	1	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+26.2157	4	96
8	99	Brodie Kostecki	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+27.0253	14	90
9	10	Lee Holdsworth	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+28.2410	22	84
10	31	James Golding	PremiAir Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+28.4446	12	78
11	18	Mark Winterbottom	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+30.4450	13	72
12	2	Nick Percat	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+34.9141	21	69
13	3	Tim Slade	Blanchard Racing Team	Ford Mustang GT	78	+35.3328	17	66
14	20	Scott Pye	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+36.2603	19	63
15	26	David Reynolds	Grove Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+36.7994	10	60
16	22	Chris Pither	PremiAir Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	78	+50.4983	24	57
17	5	James Courtney	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+53.2351	18	54
18	55	Thomas Randle	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+54.8160	15	51
19	17	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Mustang GT	78	+1:05.7878	2	48
20	4	Jack Smith	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	77	+1 Lap	25	45
21	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	71	+7 Laps	9	42
22	96	Macauley Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	67	+11 Laps	23	39
NC	14	Bryce Fullwood	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	41	crash	20
NC	34	Jack Le Brocq	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	37	mechanical	11
NC	56	Jake Kostecki	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	16	crash	16
Source:[11]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Shane van Gisbergen 3523 2 Cam Waters 2908 3 Chaz Mostert 2835 4 Anton De Pasquale 2599 5 Will Davison 2573 Source:[12]

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 5900 2 Dick Johnson Racing 5172 3 Tickford Racing 4656 4 Walkinshaw Andretti United 4448 5 Grove Racing 3866 Source:[12]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.