Darwin Preview
15 Jun, 2017
TRACK TIMES (NT - Local Times)
Friday 16th June
12:10 - 12:55 – Practice One
15:00 - 15:45 – Practice Two
Saturday 17th June
9:25 - 10:10 – Practice Three
12:45 - 12:55 – Drivers Parade
13:50 - 14:05 – Qualifying
16:15 - 17:15 – Race 11 – 120kms / 42 Laps
Sunday 18th June
8:20 - 9:05 – True Colour Track Walk
9:40 - 10:00 - Qualifying
11:00 - 11:30 – Top Ten Shootout
13:30- 15:10 – Race 12 – 200kms / 70 Laps
MEET TIM
Thursday 15th June
11:25- 12:30 – Supercars Autograph Session @ Raintree Park, Knuckey Street, Darwin CBD
17:35 - 18:45 – Supercars Autograph Session @ Mindil Beach (behind markets)
Sunday 18th June
8:15 - 9:05 – True Colour Track Walk @ Starting Grid
FAST FACTS
- Track Length – 2.9km // Direction – Anti-Clockwise // Average Speed – 149km/h // Top Speed – 271km/h
- Qualifying Lap Record – 1m06.0259s – Craig Lowndes – Triple Eight – 2016 – Holden Commodore VF
- Race Lap Record – 1m07.0001s – Michael Caruso – Nissan Motorsport – 2016 – Nissan Altima
- Tim had his best ever Darwin Supercars qualifying result here last year, 13th for the Sunday race – first time he’d ever qualified in the top 20 at Hidden Valley.
- The safety car has appeared in 26 of the 52 races held at Hidden Valley – 50%.
- Tim has raced 3 rounds at Darwin, 1 with DJR, 1 with LDM and 1 with BJR. This is the first year he has been back with the same team and with his results improving each year, he’s looking to go better again!
- No driver has claimed the ‘Triple Crown’ since its introduction in 2006. In order to claim the crown, a driver must win the Top Ten Shootout and both races.
- Tim raced the V8 Utes here in 2011 as a wildcard entrant, he finished 14th overall in the pack of 32 cars.
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