Pukekohe Preview
2 Nov, 2017
TRACK TIMES (NZ - Local Times)
Friday 3rd November
11:15 – 11:55 – Practice One
15:10 – 15:50 – Practice Two
Saturday 4th November
12:25 – 12:45 - Qualifying
16:10 – 17:40 – Race 23 – 200kms / 70 laps
Sunday 5th November
12:25 – 12:45 - Qualifying
16:10 – 17:40 – Race 24 – 200kms / 70 Laps
FAST FACTS
- Track Length – 2.91km // Direction – Clockwise // Average Speed – 167km/h // Top Speed – 260km/h
- Qualifying Lap Record – 1m02.2186s, Shane Van Gisbergen, Triple Eight, 2016, Commodore VF
- Race Lap Record – 1m03.2524s, Craig Lowndes, Triple Eight, 2015, Commodore VF
- This year is the fifth year the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy has been awarded at Pukekohe. It’s presented to the driver with the most points scored over the course of the weekend.
- The safety car has appeared in 18 of the last 23 races at Pukekohe
- Tim’s best Pukekohe race finish was 12th, in the last race in 2015 with LDM.
- Position 8 is the lowest grid position for a VASC race winner at Pukekohe – Garth Tander won the reverse grid Race 2 in 2006 from eighth on the grid.
- The most laps ever completed in a VASC race at Pukekohe is 69. This will just be surpassed this year with each race set for 70 laps.
- Holden drivers have won a whopping 30 of the 36 Pukekohe VASC races held since 2001.
MEET TIM
Saturday 4th November
10:30 – 11:00 @ Team CoolDrive Garages
Sunday 5th November
10:30 – 11:00 @ Team CoolDrive Garages
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