The 2019 Adelaide 500 (known for commercial reasons as the 2019 Superloop Adelaide 500) is a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held on Thursday 28 February through to Sunday 3 March 2019. The event was held at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia, and marked the twenty-first running of the Adelaide 500. It wasl the first event of fifteen in the 2019 Supercars Championship and consisted of two races of 250 kilometres.[1] The race was supported by the opening round of the 2019 Super2 Series, a championship for older models of Supercars.[2]

South Australia 2019 Adelaide 500
Event Information
Round 1 of 15 in the 2019 Supercars Championship
Layout of the Adelaide Street Circuit
Date1–3 March 2019
LocationAdelaide, South Australia
VenueAdelaide Street Circuit
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 78 laps 251.736 km
Pole position Fabian Coulthard
DJR Team Penske
1:19.8918
Winner Scott McLaughlin
DJR Team Penske
1:48:02.4642
Race 2
Distance 71 laps 228.549 km
Pole position Scott McLaughlin
DJR Team Penske
1:19.6626
Winner Scott McLaughlin
DJR Team Penske
1:39:52.5906

The race saw the competitive début of the Ford Mustang GT, which replaced the FG X Falcon.[3][4] The Adelaide 500 was the first time that a Mustang had competed in a round of the Australian Touring Car Championship since 1990.[5]

McLaughlin's win in Race One was the first time that the Ford Mustang had won a race in the Australian Touring Car Championship since Allan Moffat won the final round of the 1972 season at Oran Park Raceway 46 years earlier - in that instance won in a Boss 302 Mk.1 edition.

Results

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Race 1

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Race

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Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time / Retired Grid Points
1 17   Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang GT 78 1:48:02.4642 3 150
2 88   Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 78 +12.9651 2 138
3 97   Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 78 +13.9536 5 129
4 23   Will Davison 23Red Racing Ford Mustang GT 78 +14.9425 7 120
5 55   Chaz Mostert Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 78 +17.5715 12 111
6 12   Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang GT 78 +22.2900 1 102
7 8   Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 78 +33.2791 8 96
8 9   David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 78 +33.7720 6 90
9 18   Mark Winterbottom Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 78 +49.3665 16 84
10 22   James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 78 +55.9699 9 78
11 15   Rick Kelly Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 78 +1:03.3401 10 72
12 35   Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB 78 +1:04.3076 20 69
13 7   Andre Heimgartner Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 78 +1:05.8463 13 66
14 34   James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 78 +1:08.6808 18 63
15 78   Simona de Silvestro Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 78 +1:10.5826 21 60
16 99   Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 78 +1:20.1106 23 57
17 14   Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 77 +1 lap 11 54
18 33   Richie Stanaway Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 77 +1 lap 17 51
19 3   Garry Jacobson Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 77 +1 lap 19 48
20 19   Jack Le Brocq Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 77 +1 lap 22 45
21 5   Lee Holdsworth Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 72 +6 laps 14 42
22 6   Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 64 +14 laps 4 39
NC 2   Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 25 Accident damage 15
DNS 21   Macauley Jones Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB Practice accident
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Race 2

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Race

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Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time / Retired Grid Points
1 17   Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang GT 71 1:39:52.5906 1 150
2 6   Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 71 +2.3854 4 138
3 97   Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 71 +2.9399 2 129
4 14   Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 71 +18.3979 11 120
5 8   Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 71 +18.9551 6 111
6 18   Mark Winterbottom Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 71 +24.9389 24 102
7 88   Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 71 +25.4198 12 96
8 23   Will Davison 23Red Racing Ford Mustang GT 71 +27.5699 5 90
9 9   David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 71 +31.5020 3 84
10 35   Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB 71 +32.0484 7 78
11 5   Lee Holdsworth Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 71 +32.4748 14 72
12 22   James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 71 +37.2973 15 69
13 7   Andre Heimgartner Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 71 +39.5892 17 66
14 99   Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 71 +41.2157 8 63
15 55   Chaz Mostert Tickford Racing Ford Mustang GT 71 +46.4307 9 60
16 78   Simona de Silvestro Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 71 +47.3152 19 57
17 2   Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 71 +51.0877 13 54
18 33   Richie Stanaway Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 71 +52.0555 18 51
19 34   James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 71 +58.5711 21 48
20 12   Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang GT 71 +1:02.8636 10 45
21 19   Jack Le Brocq Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 68 +3 laps 22 42
22 3   Garry Jacobson Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 67 +4 laps 23 39
23 21   Macauley Jones Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 57 +14 laps 20 36
24 15   Rick Kelly Kelly Racing Nissan Altima L33 55 +16 laps 16 33
Source:[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ Howard, Tom (11 October 2018). "Sydney dropped, Perth night race added in Supercars 2019 shake up". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Slight changes for 2019 Super2 calendar". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. ^ van Leeuwen, Andrew (17 April 2018). "Ford revives works Supercars programme with Mustang for 2019". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  4. ^ Coch, Mat (18 April 2018). "All Ford teams set to switch to Mustang for 2019". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  5. ^ Noonan, Aaron (5 April 2017). "Rewind: The Last Mustang". The V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Race 1".
  7. ^ "Adelaide 500: McLaughlin takes historic Mustang win".
  8. ^ "Race 2".
  9. ^ "Adelaide 500: McLaughlin completes new Mustang clean sweep".
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