Northern Territory 2017 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown
Event Information
Round 6 of 14 in the 2017 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date16–18 June 2017
LocationDarwin, Northern Territory
VenueHidden Valley Raceway
Results
Race 1
Distance 42 laps 120 km
Pole position Australia Rick Kelly
Nissan Motorsport		 1:05.7114
Winner New Zealand Fabian Coulthard
DJR Team Penske		 52:28.2817
Race 2
Distance 70 laps 200 km
Pole position New Zealand Scott McLaughlin
DJR Team Penske		 1:05.7232
Winner New Zealand Scott McLaughlin
DJR Team Penske		 1:21:04.2732

The 2017 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 16 to 18 June 2017. The event was held at Hidden Valley Raceway near Darwin in the Northern Territory and consisted of two races, 120 and 200 kilometres in length. It is the sixth event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 11 and 12 of the season.[1]

Background

Driver changes

Taz Douglas was replaced at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport with Cameron McConville.[2]

This was the third round in which Super2 Series wildcards were allowed to compete in the main class. Jack Le Brocq and Macauley Jones were the two drivers to step up for this round.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "2017 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown Schedule & Results". Supercars.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "McConville to make Supercars return with LDM - Speedcafe". Speedcafe.com. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Wildcards locked in for Winton, Darwin, Ipswich - Speedcafe". Speedcafe.com. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
Supercars Championship
Previous race:
2017 Winton SuperSprint		 2017 Supercars Championship Next race:
2017 Watpac Townsville 400
Previous year:
2016 CrownBet Darwin Triple Crown		 Darwin Triple Crown Next year:
2018 Darwin Triple Crown
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