# 2018 Townsville 400

The 2018 Townsville 400 (formally known as 2018 Watpac Townsville 400) was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 6–8 July 2018. The event was held at Townsville Street Circuit near Townsville, Queensland and consisted of two races, both 200 kilometres in length. It was the eighth event of sixteen in the 2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 17 and 18 of the season.

## Results
### Practice

Practice summary :
| Session | Day | Fastest lap | Fastest lap | Fastest lap | Fastest lap | Fastest lap |
| Session | Day | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time |
| Practice 1 | Friday | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.6700 |
| Practice 2 | Friday | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.2435 |
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### Race 17
#### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Grid |
| 1 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:12.1239 | | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.1791 | +0.0552 | 2 |
| 3 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.2319 | +0.1080 | 3 |
| 4 | 9 | David Reynolds | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.2795 | +0.1556 | 4 |
| 5 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.3892 | +0.2653 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:12.4036 | +0.2797 | 6 |
| 7 | 14 | Tim Slade | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.5121 | +0.3882 | 7 |
| 8 | 230 | Will Davison | 23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:12.5828 | +0.4589 | 8 |
| 9 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:12.5829 | +0.4590 | 9 |
| 10 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:12.6118 | +0.4879 | 10 |
| 11 | 8 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.6684 | +0.5445 | 11 |
| 12 | 99 | Anton de Pasquale | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.7032 | +0.5793 | 12 |
| 13 | 6 | Cam Waters | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:12.7095 | +0.5856 | 13 |
| 14 | 25 | James Courtney | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.7367 | +0.6128 | 14 |
| 15 | 33 | Garth Tander | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.7510 | +0.6271 | 15 |
| 16 | 56 | Richie Stanaway | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:12.7808 | +0.6569 | 16 |
| 17 | 55 | Chaz Mostert | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:12.7834 | +0.6595 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | Jack Le Brocq | Tekno Autosports | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.8893 | +0.7654 | 18 |
| 19 | 2 | Scott Pye | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.9366 | +0.8127 | 19 |
| 20 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth | Team 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.9886 | +0.8647 | 20 |
| 21 | 7 | Andre Heimgartner | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:13.0088 | +0.8849 | 21 |
| 22 | 35 | Todd Hazelwood | Matt Stone Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:13.0759 | +0.9520 | 22 |
| 23 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:13.0986 | +0.9747 | 23 |
| 24 | 34 | James Golding | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:13.1605 | +1.0366 | 24 |
| 25 | 21 | Tim Blanchard | Tim Blanchard Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:13.1925 | +1.0686 | 25 |
| 26 | 23 | Michael Caruso | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:13.4843 | +1.3604 | 26 |
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#### Race

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time / Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | 1:30:53.1102 | 2 | 150 |
| 2 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +2.1945 | 3 | 138 |
| 3 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 70 | +4.9330 | 1 | 129 |
| 4 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +6.2165 | 5 | 120 |
| 5 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 70 | +6.9920 | 9 | 111 |
| 6 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 70 | +12.3901 | 6 | 102 |
| 7 | 9 | David Reynolds | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +14.0425 | 4 | 96 |
| 8 | 6 | Cam Waters | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 70 | +14.5600 | 13 | 90 |
| 9 | 230 | Will Davison | 23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 70 | +15.0048 | 8 | 84 |
| 10 | 8 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +16.3005 | 11 | 78 |
| 11 | 14 | Tim Slade | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +16.7695 | 7 | 72 |
| 12 | 7 | Andre Heimgartner | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 70 | +17.8599 | 21 | 69 |
| 13 | 55 | Chaz Mostert | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 70 | +19.0634 | 17 | 66 |
| 14 | 2 | Scott Pye | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +20.5204 | 19 | 63 |
| 15 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 70 | +23.5679 | 10 | 60 |
| 16 | 34 | James Golding | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +29.4413 | 24 | 57 |
| 17 | 25 | James Courtney | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +29.5048 | 14 | 54 |
| 18 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth | Team 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +30.1462 | 20 | 51 |
| 19 | 99 | Anton de Pasquale | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +31.1569 | 12 | 48 |
| 20 | 35 | Todd Hazelwood | Matt Stone Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 70 | +33.0034 | 22 | 45 |
| 21 | 33 | Garth Tander | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +39.8782 | 15 | 42 |
| 22 | 19 | Jack Le Brocq | Tekno Autosports | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +1:07.3536 | 18 | 39 |
| 23 | 56 | Richie Stanaway | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 70 | +1:11.8584 | 16 | 36 |
| 24 | 21 | Tim Blanchard | Tim Blanchard Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 69 | +1 lap | 25 | 33 |
| 25 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 69 | +1 lap | 23 | 30 |
| DNS | 23 | Michael Caruso | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 0 | Did not start | 26 | |
| Fastest lap: Chaz Mostert (Tickford Racing) 1:13.2875 (on lap 26) |||||||||
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##### Notes

* ^1 – Garth Tander received a 15-second post-race Time Penalty for Careless Driving, causing an incident along with James Courtney, Chaz Mostert and Anton de Pasquale.

#### Championship standings after Race 17

| | Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| | 1 | Scott McLaughlin | 1904 | |
| | 2 | Shane van Gisbergen | 1752 | -152 |
| | 3 | David Reynolds | 1544 | -360 |
| 1 | 4 | Jamie Whincup | 1492 | -412 |
| 1 | 5 | Craig Lowndes | 1482 | -422 |
| Pos | Team | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | DJR Team Penske | 3244 | |
| 2 | Triple Eight Race Engineering (1, 97) | 3244 | -0 |
| 3 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | 2500 | -744 |
| 4 | Erebus Motorsport | 2344 | -900 |
| 5 | Brad Jones Racing | 2325 | -919 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

### Race 18
#### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Grid |
| 1 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.2587 | | Top 10 |
| 2 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:12.4335 | +0.1748 | Top 10 |
| 3 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.4759 | +0.2172 | Top 10 |
| 4 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:12.4939 | +0.2352 | Top 10 |
| 5 | 9 | David Reynolds | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.6686 | +0.4099 | Top 10 |
| 6 | 230 | Will Davison | 23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:12.7161 | +0.4574 | Top 10 |
| 7 | 25 | James Courtney | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.7911 | +0.5324 | Top 10 |
| 8 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.8020 | +0.5433 | Top 10 |
| 9 | 2 | Scott Pye | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.8071 | +0.5484 | Top 10 |
| 10 | 8 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.8349 | +0.5762 | Top 10 |
| 11 | 23 | Michael Caruso | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:12.8366 | +0.5779 | 11 |
| 12 | 55 | Chaz Mostert | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:12.8497 | +0.5910 | 12 |
| 13 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:12.9278 | +0.6691 | 13 |
| 14 | 7 | Andre Heimgartner | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:12.9411 | +0.6824 | 14 |
| 15 | 14 | Tim Slade | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.9440 | +0.6853 | 15 |
| 16 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:12.9585 | +0.6998 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth | Team 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:13.0011 | +0.7424 | 17 |
| 18 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:13.0665 | +0.8078 | 18 |
| 19 | 19 | Jack Le Brocq | Tekno Autosports | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:13.1097 | +0.8510 | 19 |
| 20 | 6 | Cam Waters | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:13.1526 | +0.8939 | 20 |
| 21 | 56 | Richie Stanaway | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:13.1832 | +0.9245 | 21 |
| 22 | 35 | Todd Hazelwood | Matt Stone Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:13.2003 | +0.9416 | 22 |
| 23 | 21 | Tim Blanchard | Tim Blanchard Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:13.2958 | +1.0371 | 23 |
| 24 | 34 | James Golding | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:13.4033 | +1.1446 | 24 |
| 25 | 33 | Garth Tander | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:13.4606 | +1.2019 | 25 |
| 26 | 99 | Anton de Pasquale | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | No time | – | 26 |
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##### Notes

* ^1 – Anton de Pasquale, for causing a Red Flag, had his best lap-time deleted and not permitted to take any further part in qualifying.

#### Top 10 Shootout

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Grid |
| 1 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.1042 | | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.3386 | +0.2344 | 2 |
| 3 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:12.4532 | +0.3490 | 3 |
| 4 | 9 | David Reynolds | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.4931 | +0.3889 | 4 |
| 5 | 230 | Will Davison | 23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:12.5395 | +0.4353 | 5 |
| 6 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.6230 | +0.5188 | 6 |
| 7 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:12.6238 | +0.5196 | 7 |
| 8 | 8 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.9139 | +0.8097 | 8 |
| 9 | 25 | James Courtney | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:12.9960 | +0.8918 | 9 |
| 10 | 2 | Scott Pye | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:13.0275 | +0.9233 | 10 |
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#### Race

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time / Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | 1:31:05.6781 | 1 | 150 |
| 2 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +0.7821 | 2 | 138 |
| 3 | 17 | Scott McLaughlin | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 70 | +8.5334 | 7 | 129 |
| 4 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +9.3114 | 6 | 120 |
| 5 | 55 | Chaz Mostert | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 70 | +9.8768 | 12 | 111 |
| 6 | 9 | David Reynolds | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +11.2776 | 4 | 102 |
| 7 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 70 | +13.1818 | 3 | 96 |
| 8 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard | DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 70 | +13.4090 | 18 | 90 |
| 9 | 6 | Cam Waters | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 70 | +14.1018 | 20 | 84 |
| 10 | 25 | James Courtney | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +15.2330 | 9 | 78 |
| 11 | 7 | Andre Heimgartner | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 70 | +17.1253 | 14 | 72 |
| 12 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 70 | +17.4243 | 13 | 69 |
| 13 | 8 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +17.8260 | 8 | 66 |
| 14 | 14 | Tim Slade | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +18.7291 | 15 | 63 |
| 15 | 18 | Lee Holdsworth | Team 18 | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +19.1597 | 17 | 60 |
| 16 | 34 | James Golding | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +19.6907 | 24 | 57 |
| 17 | 99 | Anton de Pasquale | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +21.5806 | 26 | 54 |
| 18 | 19 | Jack Le Brocq | Tekno Autosports | Holden Commodore ZB | 70 | +31.3997 | 19 | 51 |
| 19 | 33 | Garth Tander | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 69 | +1 lap | 25 | 48 |
| 20 | 56 | Richie Stanaway | Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 69 | +1 lap | 21 | 45 |
| 21 | 2 | Scott Pye | Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 69 | +1 lap | 10 | 42 |
| 22 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 69 | +1 lap | 16 | 39 |
| 23 | 35 | Todd Hazelwood | Matt Stone Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 69 | +1 lap | 22 | 36 |
| 24 | 21 | Tim Blanchard | Tim Blanchard Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 69 | +1 lap | 23 | 33 |
| NC | 230 | Will Davison | 23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 67 | Crash | 5 | |
| NC | 23 | Michael Caruso | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 60 | Crash | 11 | |
| Fastest lap: Scott McLaughlin (DJR Team Penske) 1:13.3515 (on lap 15) |||||||||
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##### Notes

* ^1 – Jack Le Brocq received a 15-second post-race Time Penalty for Careless Driving, causing contact with Will Davison.

#### Championship standings after Race 18

| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | Scott McLaughlin | 2033 | |
| 2 | Shane van Gisbergen | 1902 | -131 |
| 3 | David Reynolds | 1646 | -387 |
| 4 | Jamie Whincup | 1630 | -403 |
| 5 | Craig Lowndes | 1602 | -431 |
| | Pos | Team | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | 1 | Triple Eight Race Engineering (1, 97) | 3532 | |
| 1 | 2 | DJR Team Penske | 3463 | -69 |
| | 3 | Walkinshaw Andretti United | 2620 | -912 |
| | 4 | Erebus Motorsport | 2500 | -1032 |
| 1 | 5 | Tickford Racing (5, 55) | 2458 | -1074 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.