LET THE RACING BEGIN...Adelaide 500 Supercars Preview

27 Feb, 2019

The 2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship is about to get underway in Adelaide.

“The Superloop Adelaide 500 is a great way to kick off the year. I can remember as a kid watching my dad race around the track and having a rollover at the exit of the treacherous turn 8. It’s a track that can bite hard if something goes wrong; there is no room for error.”

“The atmosphere at the track is always pumping and the drivers love the trickiness and complexity of the circuit itself. I can’t wait to get there and make my full-time Supercars debut. This is a really special moment for me.”

Below are the on-track times for Macauley Jones in the Team CoolDrive Supercar at the Superloop Adelaide 500, and your local TV times can be found here - https://www.supercars.com/tv-schedule/

TRACK TIMES

Friday 1st March
11:40-12:10 – Practice Two
14:50-15:20 – Practice Three
18:25-18:45 – Qualifying

Saturday 2nd March
10:40-11:10 – Practice Four
14:05-14:35 – Top Ten Shootout
16:50-18:50 – Race One – 250kms/78 Laps

Sunday 3rd March
10:30-10:50 – Qualifying
12:45-13:15 – Top Ten Shootout
15:20-17:20 – Race Two – 250kms/78 Laps

FAST FACTS

• Track Length – 2.6km // Direction – Anti-Clockwise // Fastest Speed – 255km/h // Average Speed – 150km/h
• Qualifying Lap Record – Shane Van Gisbergen – 1m19.2951s, Triple Eight Race Engineering, 2017
• Race Lap Record – 1m20.4210s – Scott McLaughlin – 1m20.4210s, DJR Team Penske, 2017
• No Adelaide 500 race has ever had a 100% finishing rate
• Pole position is the best place to be in Adelaide – The pole sitting car has won 19 of the 42 races held on the South Australian streets

MEET MACAULEY