# 2015 Tyrepower Tasmania Super Sprint

The 2015 Tyrepower Tasmania Super Sprint was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on the weekend of 27–29 March 2015. The event was held at the Symmons Plains Raceway in Launceston, Tasmania, and consisted of two sprint races, each over a distance of 60 kilometres (37 miles) and one endurance race over a distance of 200 kilometres (124 miles). It was the second round of fourteen in the 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship.
Prior to the start of the event, DJR Team Penske's Marcos Ambrose decided to step down from the driver's seat. He announced that he will work with the team and further practice with the car before he returns for the Endurance Cup. Scott Pye, who raced for the team in 2014, was announced as the replacement for Ambrose. David Reynolds and Andre Heimgartner transferred over to the Ford FG X Falcon for the event and the rest of the 2015 season.
Saturday was a good day for Triple Eight Race Engineering's Craig Lowndes, who managed to secure pole position for both races to be held later in the day. Lowndes then proceeded to win the first race of the weekend, ahead of Mark Winterbottom and James Courtney. Erebus Motorsport's Will Davison, who started fourth on the grid, missed out on a potential podium finish after being spun around by Courtney at turn 4 on the first lap. After Davison commented that Courtney's performance was 'stupid' and 'arrogant', no further action on the incident was decided by the race stewards. Lowndes again led home the field in Race 5, ahead of teammate Jamie Whincup.
Lowndes took a clean sweep of pole positions on Sunday taking pole for the 200 km (124 mi) Race 6, alongside Reynolds. The two managed to tangle at turn 2 on the first lap; Lowndes received a pit lane penalty for spinning Reynolds around in the incident. Whincup took the lead and led until the finish line. Chaz Mostert finished second and Shane van Gisbergen finished third. The two wins for Lowndes meant that he moved to 99 ATCC/V8 Supercar wins in his career, while Whincup moved into second place on the all-time wins list with 91, passing Mark Skaife's tally of 90 wins.

## Results
### Race 4
#### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Time |
| 1 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 0:51.6558 |
| 2 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford FG X Falcon | Prodrive Racing Australia | 0:51.7030 |
| 3 | 22 | James Courtney | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 0:51.7675 |
| 4 | 9 | Will Davison | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Erebus Motorsport | 0:51.7889 |
| 5 | 55 | David Reynolds | Ford FG X Falcon | Rod Nash Racing | 0:51.7942 |
| 6 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Holden VF Commodore | Tekno Autosports | 0:51.8378 |
| 7 | 6 | Chaz Mostert | Ford FG X Falcon | Prodrive Racing Australia | 0:51.8875 |
| 8 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 0:51.9057 |
| 9 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 0:51.9852 |
| 10 | 300 | Tim Slade | Holden VF Commodore | Walkinshaw Racing | 0:52.0973 |
| 11 | 111 | Andre Heimgartner | Ford FG X Falcon | Super Black Racing | 0:52.1210 |
| 12 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 0:52.1442 |
| 13 | 14 | Fabian Coulthard | Holden VF Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 0:52.1596 |
| 14 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth | Holden VF Commodore | Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | 0:52.1926 |
| 15 | 17 | Scott Pye | Ford FG X Falcon | DJR Team Penske | 0:52.1959 |
| 16 | 99 | James Moffat | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 0:52.2040 |
| 17 | 33 | Scott McLaughlin | Volvo S60 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 0:52.2061 |
| 18 | 21 | Dale Wood | Holden VF Commodore | Britek Motorsport | 0:52.2363 |
| 19 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 0:52.2420 |
| 20 | 4 | Ashley Walsh | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Erebus Motorsport | 0:52.2641 |
| 21 | 23 | Michael Caruso | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 0:52.2727 |
| 22 | 8 | Jason Bright | Holden VF Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 0:52.2829 |
| 23 | 222 | Nick Percat | Holden VF Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 0:52.3908 |
| 24 | 34 | David Wall | Volvo S60 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 0:52.4557 |
| 25 | 3 | Tim Blanchard | Holden VF Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 0:52.6047 |

#### Race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 25 | 22:01.3121 | 1 | 75 |
| 2 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford FG X Falcon | Prodrive Racing Australia | 25 | +2.2 s | 2 | 69 |
| 3 | 22 | James Courtney | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 25 | +3.0 s | 3 | 64 |
| 4 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Holden VF Commodore | Tekno Autosports | 25 | +8.4 s | 8 | 60 |
| 5 | 6 | Chaz Mostert | Ford FG X Falcon | Prodrive Racing Australia | 25 | +8.8 s | 6 | 55 |
| 6 | 55 | David Reynolds | Ford FG X Falcon | Rod Nash Racing | 25 | +9.8 s | 5 | 51 |
| 7 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 25 | +10.0 s | 7 | 48 |
| 8 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 25 | +10.9 s | 9 | 45 |
| 9 | 300 | Tim Slade | Holden VF Commodore | Walkinshaw Racing | 25 | +13.3 s | 10 | 42 |
| 10 | 14 | Fabian Coulthard | Holden VF Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 25 | +14.0 s | 13 | 39 |
| 11 | 111 | Andre Heimgartner | Ford FG X Falcon | Super Black Racing | 25 | +15.9 s | 11 | 36 |
| 12 | 99 | James Moffat | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 25 | +18.0 s | 16 | 34 |
| 13 | 21 | Dale Wood | Holden VF Commodore | Britek Motorsport | 25 | +21.5 s | 18 | 33 |
| 14 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 25 | +23.4 s | 19 | 31 |
| 15 | 23 | Michael Caruso | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 25 | +26.1 s | 21 | 30 |
| 16 | 222 | Nick Percat | Holden VF Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 25 | +27.3 s | 23 | 28 |
| 17 | 9 | Will Davison | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Erebus Motorsport | 25 | +27.5 s | 4 | 27 |
| 18 | 17 | Scott Pye | Ford FG X Falcon | DJR Team Penske | 25 | +28.5 s | 15 | 25 |
| 19 | 8 | Jason Bright | Holden VF Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 25 | +29.5 s | 22 | 24 |
| 20 | 34 | David Wall | Volvo S60 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 25 | +31.6 s | 24 | 22 |
| 21 | 3 | Tim Blanchard | Holden VF Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 25 | +34.9 s | 25 | 21 |
| 22 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth | Holden VF Commodore | Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | 25 | +42.8 s | 14 | 19 |
| 23 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 25 | +48.4 s | 12 | 18 |
| DNF | 4 | Ashley Walsh | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Erebus Motorsport | 11 | | 20 | |
| DNF | 33 | Scott McLaughlin | Volvo S60 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 0 | | 17 | |

### Race 5
#### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Time |
| 1 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 0:51.6213 |
| 2 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 0:51.7188 |
| 3 | 22 | James Courtney | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 0:51.7550 |
| 4 | 55 | David Reynolds | Ford FG X Falcon | Rod Nash Racing | 0:51.8263 |
| 5 | 111 | Andre Heimgartner | Ford FG X Falcon | Super Black Racing | 0:51.8336 |
| 6 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 0:51.8663 |
| 7 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford FG X Falcon | Prodrive Racing Australia | 0:51.8817 |
| 8 | 33 | Scott McLaughlin | Volvo S60 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 0:51.9132 |
| 9 | 9 | Will Davison | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Erebus Motorsport | 0:51.9332 |
| 10 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Holden VF Commodore | Tekno Autosports | 0:51.9398 |
| 11 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth | Holden VF Commodore | Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | 0:51.9442 |
| 12 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 0:51.9518 |
| 13 | 14 | Fabian Coulthard | Holden VF Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 0:51.9520 |
| 14 | 6 | Chaz Mostert | Ford FG X Falcon | Prodrive Racing Australia | 0:51.9531 |
| 15 | 300 | Tim Slade | Holden VF Commodore | Walkinshaw Racing | 0:51.9663 |
| 16 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 0:52.0023 |
| 17 | 8 | Jason Bright | Holden VF Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 0:52.0702 |
| 18 | 17 | Scott Pye | Ford FG X Falcon | DJR Team Penske | 0:52.1055 |
| 19 | 21 | Dale Wood | Holden VF Commodore | Britek Motorsport | 0:52.1556 |
| 20 | 4 | Ashley Walsh | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Erebus Motorsport | 0:52.2204 |
| 21 | 99 | James Moffat | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 0:52.2912 |
| 22 | 222 | Nick Percat | Holden VF Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 0:52.3292 |
| 23 | 23 | Michael Caruso | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 0:52.3578 |
| 24 | 34 | David Wall | Volvo S60 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 0:52.4435 |
| 25 | 3 | Tim Blanchard | Holden VF Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 0:52.5512 |

#### Race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 25 | 24:24.0674 | 1 | 75 |
| 2 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 25 | +1.6 s | 2 | 69 |
| 3 | 22 | James Courtney | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 25 | +5.5 s | 3 | 64 |
| 4 | 55 | David Reynolds | Ford FG X Falcon | Rod Nash Racing | 25 | +7.5 s | 4 | 60 |
| 5 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 25 | +8.6 s | 6 | 55 |
| 6 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford FG X Falcon | Prodrive Racing Australia | 25 | +9.1 s | 7 | 51 |
| 7 | 9 | Will Davison | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Erebus Motorsport | 25 | +9.6 s | 9 | 48 |
| 8 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Holden VF Commodore | Tekno Autosports | 25 | +10.2 s | 10 | 45 |
| 9 | 33 | Scott McLaughlin | Volvo S60 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 25 | +12.6 s | 8 | 42 |
| 10 | 14 | Fabian Coulthard | Holden VF Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 25 | +13.2 s | 13 | 39 |
| 11 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth | Holden VF Commodore | Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | 25 | +13.7 s | 11 | 36 |
| 12 | 6 | Chaz Mostert | Ford FG X Falcon | Prodrive Racing Australia | 25 | +14.1 s | 14 | 34 |
| 13 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 25 | +16.7 s | 12 | 33 |
| 14 | 300 | Tim Slade | Holden VF Commodore | Walkinshaw Racing | 25 | +17.1 s | 15 | 31 |
| 15 | 8 | Jason Bright | Holden VF Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 25 | +18.5 s | 17 | 30 |
| 16 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 25 | +20.6 s | 16 | 28 |
| 17 | 17 | Scott Pye | Ford FG X Falcon | DJR Team Penske | 25 | +21.1 s | 18 | 27 |
| 18 | 222 | Nick Percat | Holden VF Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 25 | +21.5 s | 22 | 25 |
| 19 | 99 | James Moffat | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 25 | +22.3 s | 21 | 24 |
| 20 | 34 | David Wall | Volvo S60 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 25 | +25.2 s | 24 | 22 |
| 21 | 3 | Tim Blanchard | Holden VF Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 25 | +27.1 s | 25 | 21 |
| 22 | 4 | Ashley Walsh | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Erebus Motorsport | 25 | +32.9 s | 20 | 19 |
| 23 | 23 | Michael Caruso | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 25 | +35.0 s | 23 | 18 |
| 24 | 21 | Dale Wood | Holden VF Commodore | Britek Motorsport | 24 | +1 lap | 19 | 16 |
| 25 | 111 | Andre Heimgartner | Ford FG X Falcon | Super Black Racing | 23 | +2 laps | 5 | 15 |

### Race 6
#### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Time |
| 1 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 0:51.7978 |
| 2 | 55 | David Reynolds | Ford FG X Falcon | Rod Nash Racing | 0:51.8463 |
| 3 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 0:51.8532 |
| 4 | 9 | Will Davison | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Erebus Motorsport | 0:51.9062 |
| 5 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Holden VF Commodore | Tekno Autosports | 0:51.9125 |
| 6 | 6 | Chaz Mostert | Ford FG X Falcon | Prodrive Racing Australia | 0:52.0099 |
| 7 | 111 | Andre Heimgartner | Ford FG X Falcon | Super Black Racing | 0:52.0172 |
| 8 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 0:52.0219 |
| 9 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford FG X Falcon | Prodrive Racing Australia | 0:52.0668 |
| 10 | 8 | Jason Bright | Holden VF Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 0:52.0972 |
| 11 | 33 | Scott McLaughlin | Volvo S60 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 0:52.1461 |
| 12 | 22 | James Courtney | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 0:52.1899 |
| 13 | 21 | Dale Wood | Holden VF Commodore | Britek Motorsport | 0:52.1906 |
| 14 | 14 | Fabian Coulthard | Holden VF Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 0:52.1991 |
| 15 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth | Holden VF Commodore | Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | 0:52.2249 |
| 16 | 300 | Tim Slade | Holden VF Commodore | Walkinshaw Racing | 0:52.2454 |
| 17 | 222 | Nick Percat | Holden VF Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 0:52.2502 |
| 18 | 4 | Ashley Walsh | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Erebus Motorsport | 0:52.2516 |
| 19 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 0:52.2945 |
| 20 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 0:52.3503 |
| 21 | 17 | Scott Pye | Ford FG X Falcon | DJR Team Penske | 0:52.3642 |
| 22 | 99 | James Moffat | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 0:52.3730 |
| 23 | 34 | David Wall | Volvo S60 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 0:52.3898 |
| 24 | 23 | Michael Caruso | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 0:52.3929 |
| 25 | 3 | Tim Blanchard | Holden VF Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 0:52.9913 |

#### Race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 84 | 1:15:21.0176 | 3 | 150 |
| 2 | 6 | Chaz Mostert | Ford FG X Falcon | Prodrive Racing Australia | 84 | +3.5 s | 6 | 138 |
| 3 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Holden VF Commodore | Tekno Autosports | 84 | +15.3 s | 5 | 129 |
| 4 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 84 | +15.9 s | 8 | 120 |
| 5 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford FG X Falcon | Prodrive Racing Australia | 84 | +24.5 s | 9 | 111 |
| 6 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Holden VF Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 84 | +26.9 s | 1 | 102 |
| 7 | 33 | Scott McLaughlin | Volvo S60 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 84 | +28.0 s | 11 | 96 |
| 8 | 111 | Andre Heimgartner | Ford FG X Falcon | Super Black Racing | 84 | +31.6 s | 7 | 90 |
| 9 | 14 | Fabian Coulthard | Holden VF Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 84 | +32.2 s | 14 | 84 |
| 10 | 22 | James Courtney | Holden VF Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 84 | +40.4 s | 12 | 78 |
| 11 | 55 | David Reynolds | Ford FG X Falcon | Rod Nash Racing | 84 | +41.0 s | 2 | 72 |
| 12 | 8 | Jason Bright | Holden VF Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 84 | +52.2 s | 10 | 69 |
| 13 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 84 | +52.5 s | 20 | 66 |
| 14 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 83 | +1 lap | 19 | 63 |
| 15 | 21 | Dale Wood | Holden VF Commodore | Britek Motorsport | 83 | +1 lap | 13 | 60 |
| 16 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth | Holden VF Commodore | Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | 83 | +1 lap | 15 | 57 |
| 17 | 222 | Nick Percat | Holden VF Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 83 | +1 lap | 17 | 54 |
| 18 | 17 | Scott Pye | Ford FG X Falcon | DJR Team Penske | 83 | +1 lap | 21 | 51 |
| 19 | 23 | Michael Caruso | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 83 | +1 lap | 24 | 48 |
| 20 | 3 | Tim Blanchard | Holden VF Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 83 | +1 lap | 25 | 45 |
| 21 | 4 | Ashley Walsh | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Erebus Motorsport | 83 | +1 lap | 18 | 42 |
| 22 | 99 | James Moffat | Nissan Altima L33 | Nissan Motorsport | 82 | +2 laps | 22 | 39 |
| 23 | 9 | Will Davison | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Erebus Motorsport | 65 | +19 laps | 4 | 36 |
| DNF | 300 | Tim Slade | Holden VF Commodore | Walkinshaw Racing | 82 | | 16 | |
| DNF | 34 | David Wall | Volvo S60 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 0 | | 23 | |

## Championship standings

* After Race 6 of 36.
| Pos. | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Jamie Whincup | 483 |
| 2 | James Courtney | 464 |
| 3 | Craig Lowndes | 460 |
| 4 | Garth Tander | 457 |
| 5 | Shane van Gisbergen | 456 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 943 |
| 2 | Holden Racing Team | 921 |
| 3 | Prodrive Racing Australia | 729 |
| 4 | Brad Jones Racing | 687 |
| 5 | Nissan Motorsport (7/15) | 559 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.