2019 Adelaide 500

{{Infobox V8 Supercar race report

| flag = South Australia

| title = 2019 Adelaide 500

| round_no = 1

| season_no = 15

| year = 2019

| series = SC

| track_map = Adelaide (short route).svg

| caption = Layout of the Adelaide Street Circuit

| date = 1–3 March

| location = Adelaide, South Australia

| circuit = Adelaide Street Circuit

| weather = Fine

| race1_laps = 78

| race1_dist = 251.736

| pole1 = Fabian Coulthard

| pole1_team = DJR Team Penske

| pole1_time = 1:19.8918

| winner1 = Scott McLaughlin

| winner1_team = DJR Team Penske

| winner1_time = 1:48:02.4642

| race2_laps = 71

| race2_dist = 228.549

| pole2 = Scott McLaughlin

| pole2_team = DJR Team Penske

| pole2_time = 1:19.6626

| winner2 = Scott McLaughlin

| winner2_team = DJR Team Penske

| winner2_time = 1:39:52.5906

}}

The 2019 Adelaide 500 (known for commercial reasons as the 2019 Superloop Adelaide 500) is a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held on Thursday 28 February through to Sunday 3 March 2019. The event was held at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia, and marked the twenty-first running of the Adelaide 500. It wasl the first event of fifteen in the 2019 Supercars Championship and consisted of two races of 250 kilometres.{{cite news|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/10/11/sydney-dropped-perth-night-race-added-in-supercars-2019-shake-up/|title=Sydney dropped, Perth night race added in Supercars 2019 shake up|first=Tom|last=Howard|work=speedcafe.com|publisher=Speedcafe|date=11 October 2018|accessdate=23 February 2019}} The race was supported by the opening round of the 2019 Super2 Series, a championship for older models of Supercars.{{cite news|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/10/11/slight-changes-for-2019-super2-calendar/|title=Slight changes for 2019 Super2 calendar|work=speedcafe.com|publisher=Speedcafe|date=10 November 2018|accessdate=23 February 2019}}

The race saw the competitive début of the Ford Mustang GT, which replaced the FG X Falcon.{{cite news|url=https://www.autosport.com/sup/news/135445/ford-revives-works-supercars-effort-with-mustang|title=Ford revives works Supercars programme with Mustang for 2019|first=Andrew|last=van Leeuwen|work=autosport.com|publisher=Motorsport Network|date=17 April 2018|accessdate=23 February 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/04/18/ford-teams-set-switch-mustang-2019/|title=All Ford teams set to switch to Mustang for 2019|first=Mat|last=Coch|work=speedcafe.com|publisher=Speedcafe|date=18 April 2018|accessdate=23 February 2019}} The Adelaide 500 was the first time that a Mustang had competed in a round of the Australian Touring Car Championship since 1990.{{cite web|url=http://www.v8sleuth.com.au/news/2017/04/05/rewind-the-last-mustang|title=Rewind: The Last Mustang|last=Noonan|first=Aaron|date=5 April 2017|work=The V8 Sleuth|accessdate=23 February 2019}}

McLaughlin's win in Race One was the first time that the Ford Mustang had won a race in the Australian Touring Car Championship since Allan Moffat won the final round of the 1972 season at Oran Park Raceway 46 years earlier - in that instance won in a Boss 302 Mk.1 edition.

Results

=Race 1=

== Race ==

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" ! Pos ! No. ! Driver ! Team ! Car ! Laps ! Time / Retired ! Grid ! Points
1 \| align="center" \| 17 \| {{flagicon\|NZL}} Scott McLaughlin \| DJR Team Penske \| Ford Mustang GT \| align="center" \| 78 \| 1:48:02.4642 \| align="center" \| 3 \| align="center" \| 150
2 \| align="center" \| 88 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Jamie Whincup \| Triple Eight Race Engineering \| Holden Commodore ZB \| align="center" \| 78 \| +12.9651 \| align="center" \| 2 \| align="center" \| 138
3 \| align="center" \| 97 \| {{flagicon\|NZL}} Shane van Gisbergen \| Triple Eight Race Engineering \| Holden Commodore ZB \| align="center" \| 78 \| +13.9536 \| align="center" \| 5 \| align="center" \| 129
4 \| align="center" \| 23 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Will Davison \| 23Red Racing \| Ford Mustang GT \| align="center" \| 78 \| +14.9425 \| align="center" \| 7 \| align="center" \| 120
5 \| align="center" \| 55 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Chaz Mostert \| Tickford Racing \| Ford Mustang GT \| align="center" \| 78 \| +17.5715 \| align="center" \| 12 \| align="center" \| 111
6 \| align="center" \| 12 \| {{flagicon\|NZL}} Fabian Coulthard \| DJR Team Penske \| Ford Mustang GT \| align="center" \| 78 \| +22.2900 \| align="center" \| 1 \| align="center" \| 102
7 \| align="center" \| 8 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Nick Percat \| Brad Jones Racing \| Holden Commodore ZB \| align="center" \| 78 \| +33.2791 \| align="center" \| 8 \| align="center" \| 96
8 \| align="center" \| 9 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} David Reynolds \| Erebus Motorsport \| Holden Commodore ZB \| align="center" \| 78 \| +33.7720 \| align="center" \| 6 \| align="center" \| 90
9 \| align="center" \| 18 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Mark Winterbottom \| Team 18 \| Holden Commodore ZB \| align="center" \| 78 \| +49.3665 \| align="center" \| 16 \| align="center" \| 84
10 \| align="center" \| 22 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} James Courtney \| Walkinshaw Andretti United \| Holden Commodore ZB \| align="center" \| 78 \| +55.9699 \| align="center" \| 9 \| align="center" \| 78
11 \| align="center" \| 15 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Rick Kelly \| Kelly Racing \| Nissan Altima L33 \| align="center" \| 78 \| +1:03.3401 \| align="center" \| 10 \| align="center" \| 72
12 \| align="center" \| 35 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Todd Hazelwood \| Matt Stone Racing \| Holden Commodore ZB \| align="center" \| 78 \| +1:04.3076 \| align="center" \| 20 \| align="center" \| 69
13 \| align="center" \| 7 \| {{flagicon\|NZL}} Andre Heimgartner \| Kelly Racing \| Nissan Altima L33 \| align="center" \| 78 \| +1:05.8463 \| align="center" \| 13 \| align="center" \| 66
14 \| align="center" \| 34 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} James Golding \| Garry Rogers Motorsport \| Holden Commodore ZB \| align="center" \| 78 \| +1:08.6808 \| align="center" \| 18 \| align="center" \| 63
15 \| align="center" \| 78 \| {{flagicon\|SUI}} Simona de Silvestro \| Kelly Racing \| Nissan Altima L33 \| align="center" \| 78 \| +1:10.5826 \| align="center" \| 21 \| align="center" \| 60
16 \| align="center" \| 99 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Anton de Pasquale \| Erebus Motorsport \| Holden Commodore ZB \| align="center" \| 78 \| +1:20.1106 \| align="center" \| 23 \| align="center" \| 57
17 \| align="center" \| 14 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Tim Slade \| Brad Jones Racing \| Holden Commodore ZB \| align="center" \| 77 \| +1 lap \| align="center" \| 11 \| align="center" \| 54
18 \| align="center" \| 33 \| {{flagicon\|NZL}} Richie Stanaway \| Garry Rogers Motorsport \| Holden Commodore ZB \| align="center" \| 77 \| +1 lap \| align="center" \| 17 \| align="center" \| 51
19 \| align="center" \| 3 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Garry Jacobson \| Kelly Racing \| Nissan Altima L33 \| align="center" \| 77 \| +1 lap \| align="center" \| 19 \| align="center" \| 48
20 \| align="center" \| 19 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Jack Le Brocq \| Tekno Autosports \| Holden Commodore ZB \| align="center" \| 77 \| +1 lap \| align="center" \| 22 \| align="center" \| 45
21 \| align="center" \| 5 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Lee Holdsworth \| Tickford Racing \| Ford Mustang GT \| align="center" \| 72 \| +6 laps \| align="center" \| 14 \| align="center" \| 42
22 \| align="center" \| 6 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Cam Waters \| Tickford Racing \| Ford Mustang GT \| align="center" \| 64 \| +14 laps \| align="center" \| 4 \| align="center" \| 39
NC \| align="center" \| 2 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Scott Pye \| Walkinshaw Andretti United \| Holden Commodore ZB \| align="center" \| 25 \| Accident damage \| align="center" \| 15 \| align="center" \|
DNS \| align="center" \| 21 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Macauley Jones \| Tim Blanchard Racing \| Holden Commodore ZB \| \| Practice accident \| \|
colspan=9\| Source:{{Cite web\|url=https://www.supercars.com/sessions/2019-superloop-adelaide-500/virgin-australia-supercars-championship-race-1/\|title = Race 1}}{{Cite web\|url=https://www.motorsport.com/v8supercars/news/adelaide-500-mclaughlin-mustang-wins/4346359/?nrt=18\|title=Adelaide 500: McLaughlin takes historic Mustang win}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"

! Pos

! No.

! Driver

! Team

! Car

! Laps

! Time / Retired

! Grid

! Points

| align="center" | 17

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott McLaughlin

| DJR Team Penske

| Ford Mustang GT

| align="center" | 78

| 1:48:02.4642

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 150

| align="center" | 88

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jamie Whincup

2019 Adelaide 500

Results

=Race 1=

== Race ==

=Race 2=

== Race ==

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