Round 8 - Coates Hire Ipswich 400 // RACES 23, 24 & 25 Queensland Raceway, Willowbank, Queensland 1-3 August 2014 Circuit Guide Nicknamed the Paperclip, Queensland Raceway is located at Willowbank in Ipswich. Comprising of just six turns, the layout Format: Super Sprint looks simple enough on paper, but the circuit’s long straights, heavy braking points and infamous bumps pose a big challenge to the drivers, and is often described as one of the hardest to get right. The circuit serves as the home test track for Circuit Length: 3.12 km the Championship’s Queensland based teams (Triple Eight, Erebus Motorsport, Dick Johnson Racing and Tekno Autosports) and recent history shows a home track advantage, with 10 of the last 12 races from 2009 onwards going to the local teams. Direction: Clockwise Fastest point Average Speed: 163 km/h 249 km/h Gear Changes: 22 6th gear 3 75 Full throttle 66% of lap km/h 2nd gear Slowest point 69 km/h 140 2 km/h 4th gear 90 4 km/h 69 6 km/h 3rd gear 2nd gear 125 km/h 3rd gear 5 150 km/h Race 23: 100km (33 laps) 4th gear 1 Race 24: 100km (33 laps) Race 25: 200km (65 laps) Race Lap Record: Will Davison (2013) // 1m09.0593s // Ford Falcon FG Quali. Lap Record: Russell Ingall (2012) // 1m10.0894s// Holden Commodore VE Tyre allocation 24 soft 12 wet 8 pre-marked for practice Most wins Most poles Craig Lowndes 11 5 Marcos Ambrose // Jamie Whincup Garth Tander 5 4 Craig Lowndes James Courtney // Russell Ingall 3 3 3 Garth Tander Mark Skaife // Mark Winterbottom // Jamie Whincup 2 2 Will Davison Chaz Mostert // Scott McLaughlin // Will Davison 1 1 John Bowe //Mark Winterbottom // James Courtney Marcos Ambrose // David Besnard // Simon Wills Jason Bright Steven Johnson // Paul Radisich // John Bowe Larry Perkins Schedule Friday: Saturday: Sunday: 10.10 - 10.30am (AEST) Practice 1 11.25 – 11.35am (AEST) Race 23 Qualifying 12.55 – 1.15pm (AEST) Race 25 Qualifying 1:15 – 1:35pm (AEST) Practice 2 11.45 – 11.55am (AEST) Race 24 Qualifying 3.50pm (AEST) Race 25 3:10 – 3:30pm (AEST) Practice 3 2.25pm (AEST) Race 23 4.30pm (AEST) Race 24 Infographic produced by @racingcolour for WWW.V8SCGLOBAL.COM.