2023 Thrifty Newcastle 500 Race 2

Race #2 of 27 in the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship Season

2023 Thrifty Newcastle 500 Race 2
*Held on March 12, 2023 at Newcastle Street Circuit in Newcastle East, NSW, Australia*
89 L, 145.96 M, 234.871 KM - Shortened by Time Constraints

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	5	97	Shane Van Gisbergen	Red Bull Ampol Racing	Chev Camaro ZL1	89	25	running	150
2	2	25	Chaz Mostert	Mobil 1 Optus Racing	Ford Mustang GT	89	56	running	138
3	1	26	David Reynolds	Penrite Racing	Ford Mustang GT	89	8	running	129
4	3	31	James Golding	Nulon Racing	Chev Camaro ZL1	89	0	running	120
5	7	88	Broc Feeney	Red Bull Ampol Racing	Chev Camaro ZL1	89	0	running	111
6	15	99	Brodie Kostecki	Coca-Cola Racing by Erebus	Chev Camaro ZL1	89	0	running	102
7	13	8	Andre Heimgartner	R&J Batteries Racing	Chev Camaro ZL1	89	0	running	96
8	8	34	Jack Le Brocq	Truck Assist Racing	Chev Camaro ZL1	89	0	running	90
9	6	400	Tim Slade	Nulon Racing	Chev Camaro ZL1	89	0	running	84
10	14	18	Mark Winterbottom	DEWALT Racing	Chev Camaro ZL1	89	0	running	78
11	19	14	Bryce Fullwood	Middy's Racing	Chev Camaro ZL1	89	0	running	72
12	4	6	Cameron Waters	Monster Energy Racing	Ford Mustang GT	89	0	running	69
13	17	9	William Brown	Coca-Cola Racing by Erebus	Chev Camaro ZL1	88	0	running	66
14	12	19	Matthew Payne	Penrite Racing	Ford Mustang GT	88	0	running	63
15	9	3	Todd Hazelwood	CoolDrive Racing	Ford Mustang GT	88	0	running	60
16	21	11	Anton de Pasquale	Shell V-Power Racing Team	Ford Mustang GT	88	0	running	57
17	18	20	Scott Pye	Hino	Chev Camaro ZL1	88	0	running	54
18	16	55	Thomas Randle	Castrol Racing	Ford Mustang GT	88	0	running	51
19	11	17	Will Davison	Shell V-Power Racing Team	Ford Mustang GT	88	0	running	48
20	25	4	Jack Smith	SCT Motorsport	Chev Camaro ZL1	88	0	running	45
21	22	35	Cameron Hill	Truck Assist Racing	Chev Camaro ZL1	88	0	running	42
22	23	96	Macauley Jones	Pizza Hut Racing	Chev Camaro ZL1	88	0	running	39
23	20	2	Nick Percat	Mobil 1 NTI Racing	Ford Mustang GT	87	0	running	36
24	24	56	Declan Fraser	Tradie Racing	Ford Mustang GT	0	0	accident	0
DID NOT START
		5	James Courtney	Snowy River Racing	Ford Mustang GT			DNS

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 2h:11:50.4825
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: David Reynolds - 72.0812 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}\|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}\|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}\|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}\|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}\|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}\|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}\|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 4.4992 seconds
Average Speed: 66.165 mph
Cautions: 2 for 4 laps - Laps 1-2 (#56,96 accident frontstretch); Laps 3-4 (formation after red flag)
Lead Changes: 7 among 3 drivers - Chaz Mostert (1-22); David Reynolds (AU) (23-30); Shane Van Gisbergen (31-38); Chaz Mostert (39-58); Shane Van Gisbergen (59-70); Chaz Mostert (71-84); Shane Van Gisbergen (85-89)
Fastest Lap: Shane Van Gisbergen - 72.5355 seconds (lap 74)
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Race was scheduled for 95 laps, red-flagged on lap 2 due to pit wall damage. Restarted over scheduled distance, shortened due to time certain rule. James Courtney did not start after accident in Top 10 Shootout qualifying.