2020 Adelaide 500

{{Infobox V8 Supercar race report

| flag = South Australia

| title = 2020 Adelaide 500

| round_no = 1

| season_no = 8

| year = 2020

| series = SC

| track_map = Adelaide (short route).svg

| caption = Layout of the Adelaide Street Circuit

| date = 20–23 February

| location = Adelaide, South Australia

| circuit = Adelaide Street Circuit

| weather = Fine

| race1_laps = 78

| race1_dist = 251.160

| pole1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Jamie Whincup

| pole1_team = {{nowrap|Triple Eight Race Engineering}}

| pole1_time = 1:19.4793

| winner1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Jamie Whincup

| winner1_team = {{nowrap|Triple Eight Race Engineering}}

| winner1_time = 1:47:22.9297

| race2_laps = 78

| race2_dist = 251.160

| pole2 = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|NZL}} Shane van Gisbergen}}

| pole2_team = {{nowrap|Triple Eight Race Engineering}}

| pole2_time = 1:19.8101

| winner2 = {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott McLaughlin

| winner2_team = DJR Team Penske

| winner2_time = 1:52:12.3963

}}

The 2020 Adelaide 500 (known for commercial reasons as the 2020 Superloop Adelaide 500) is a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held on Thursday 20 February through to Sunday 23 February 2020. The event was held at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia, and marked the twenty-second running of the Adelaide 500. It was the first event of fourteen in the 2020 Supercars Championship and consisted of two races of 250 kilometres.{{cite news|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2019/08/28/supercars-drops-qr-phillip-island-in-revised-2020-calendar/|title=Supercars drops QR, Phillip Island in revised 2020 calendar|publisher=Speedcafe|date=28 August 2019}}

The race was supported by the opening rounds of the Super2 Series, Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, Touring Car Masters, Boost Mobile Super Trucks and National TA2 Series.{{cite news|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2019/10/27/porsche-announces-2020-carrera-cup-calendar/|title=Porsche announces 2020 Carrera Cup calendar|publisher=Speedcafe|date=27 October 2019}}

Results

=Practice=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%" ! rowspan="2" \|Session ! rowspan="2" \|Day ! colspan="6" \|Fastest lap
No. ! Driver ! Team ! Car ! Time ! Ref.
nowrap \| Practice 1 \| Thursday \| align="center" \| 9 \| {{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|AUS}} David Reynolds}} \| {{nowrap\|Erebus Motorsport}} \| {{nowrap\|Holden Commodore ZB}} \| {{nowrap\|1:20.6864}} \| align="center" \| {{cite news\|url=https://www.supercars.com/sessions/superloop-adelaide-500/virgin-australia-supercars-championship-practice-1/\|title=Superloop Adelaide 500 Results – Practice 1\|publisher=Supercars Championship\|date=20 February 2020}}
nowrap \| Practice 2 \| rowspan=2 \| Friday \| align="center" \| 97 \| {{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|NZL}} Shane van Gisbergen}} \| {{nowrap\|Triple Eight Race Engineering}} \| {{nowrap\|Holden Commodore ZB}} \| {{nowrap\|1:19.8079}} \| align="center" \| {{cite news\|url=https://www.supercars.com/sessions/superloop-adelaide-500/virgin-australia-supercars-championship-practice-2/\|title=Superloop Adelaide 500 Results – Practice 2\|publisher=Supercars Championship\|date=21 February 2020}}
nowrap \| Practice 3 \| align="center" \| 25 \| {{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|AUS}} Chaz Mostert}} \| {{nowrap\|Walkinshaw Andretti United}} \| {{nowrap\|Holden Commodore ZB}} \| {{nowrap\|1:19.2412}} \| align="center" \| {{cite news\|url=https://www.supercars.com/sessions/superloop-adelaide-500/virgin-australia-supercars-championship-practice-3/\|title=Superloop Adelaide 500 Results – Practice 3\|publisher=Supercars Championship\|date=21 February 2020}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"

! rowspan="2" |Session

! rowspan="2" |Day

! colspan="6" |Fastest lap

No.

! Driver

! Team

! Car

! Time

! Ref.

nowrap | Practice 1

| Thursday

| align="center" | 9

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUS}} David Reynolds}}

| {{nowrap|Erebus Motorsport}}

| {{nowrap|Holden Commodore ZB}}

| {{nowrap|1:20.6864}}

| align="center" | {{cite news|url=https://www.supercars.com/sessions/superloop-adelaide-500/virgin-australia-supercars-championship-practice-1/|title=Superloop Adelaide 500 Results – Practice 1|publisher=Supercars Championship|date=20 February 2020}}

nowrap | Practice 2

| rowspan=2 | Friday

| align="center" | 97

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|NZL}} Shane van Gisbergen}}

| {{nowrap|Triple Eight Race Engineering}}

| {{nowrap|Holden Commodore ZB}}

| {{nowrap|1:19.8079}}

| align="center" | {{cite news|url=https://www.supercars.com/sessions/superloop-adelaide-500/virgin-australia-supercars-championship-practice-2/|title=Superloop Adelaide 500 Results – Practice 2|publisher=Supercars Championship|date=21 February 2020}}

nowrap | Practice 3

| align="center" | 25

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUS}} Chaz Mostert}}

| {{nowrap|Walkinshaw Andretti United}}

| {{nowrap|Holden Commodore ZB}}

| {{nowrap|1:19.2412}}

| align="center" | {{cite news|url=https://www.supercars.com/sessions/superloop-adelaide-500/virgin-australia-supercars-championship-practice-3/|title=Superloop Adelaide 500 Results – Practice 3|publisher=Supercars Championship|date=21 February 2020}}

=Race 1=

==Qualifying==

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%" ! {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Position}} ! {{Tooltip\|No.\|Car number}} ! Driver ! Team ! Car ! Q1 ! Q2 ! Shootout
1 \| align="center" \| 88 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Jamie Whincup \| Triple Eight Race Engineering \| Holden Commodore ZB \| \| 1:19.8674 \| 1:19.4793
2 \| align="center" \| 9 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} David Reynolds \| Erebus Motorsport \| Holden Commodore ZB \| \| 1:19.7200 \| 1:19.4841
3 \| align="center" \| 23 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Will Davison \| 23Red Racing \| Ford Mustang GT \| \| 1:19.7351 \| 1:19.4931
4 \| align="center" \| 25 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Chaz Mostert \| Walkinshaw Andretti United \| Holden Commodore ZB \| \| 1:19.7930 \| 1:19.5502
5 \| align="center" \| 6 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Cam Waters \| Tickford Racing \| Ford Mustang GT \| \| 1:19.5396 \| 1:19.5784
6 \| align="center" \| 97 \| {{flagicon\|NZL}} Shane van Gisbergen \| Triple Eight Race Engineering \| Holden Commodore ZB \| \| 1:19.4462 \| 1:19.6832
7 \| align="center" \| 17 \| {{flagicon\|NZL}} Scott McLaughlin \| DJR Team Penske \| Ford Mustang GT \| \| 1:19.6220 \| 1:19.8490
8 \| align="center" \| 99 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Anton de Pasquale \| Erebus Motorsport \| Holden Commodore ZB \| \| 1:20.0366 \| 1:19.9582
9 \| align="center" \| 18 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Mark Winterbottom \| Team 18 \| Holden Commodore ZB \| \| 1:19.8652 \| 1:20.1568
10 \| align="center" \| 8 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Nick Percat \| Brad Jones Racing \| Holden Commodore ZB \| 1:20.3369 \| 1:19.7660 \| 1:20.3028
11 \| align="center" \| 12 \| {{flagicon\|NZL}} Fabian Coulthard \| DJR Team Penske \| Ford Mustang GT \| \| 1:20.0922 \|
12 \| align="center" \| 5 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Lee Holdsworth \| Tickford Racing \| Ford Mustang GT \| 1:20.4173 \| 1:20.1081 \|
13 \| align="center" \| 7 \| {{flagicon\|NZL}} Andre Heimgartner \| Kelly Racing \| Ford Mustang GT \| 1:20.2442 \| 1:20.1463 \|
14 \| align="center" \| 55 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Jack Le Brocq \| Tickford Racing \| Ford Mustang GT \| 1:20.5316 \| no time \|
15 \| align="center" \| 20 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Scott Pye \| Team 18 \| Holden Commodore ZB \| 1:20.6110 \| \|
16 \| align="center" \| 15 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Rick Kelly \| Kelly Racing \| Ford Mustang GT \| 1:20.7675 \| \|
17 \| align="center" \| 3 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Macauley Jones \| Tim Blanchard Racing \| Holden Commodore ZB \| 1:20.8678 \| \|
18 \| align="center" \| 2 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Bryce Fullwood \| Walkinshaw Andretti United \| Holden Commodore ZB \| 1:20.7890 \| \|
19 \| align="center" \| 35 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Garry Jacobson \| Matt Stone Racing \| Holden Commodore ZB \| 1:20.8776 \| \|
20 \| align="center" \| 34 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Zane Goddard \| Matt Stone Racing \| Holden Commodore ZB \| 1:20.9248 \| \|
21 \| align="center" \| 19 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} James Courtney \| Team Sydney by Tekno \| Holden Commodore ZB \| 1:21.1769 \| \|
22 \| align="center" \| 4 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Jack Smith \| Brad Jones Racing \| Holden Commodore ZB \| 1:21.2447 \| \|
23 \| align="center" \| 14 \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Todd Hazelwood \| Brad Jones Racing \| Holden Commodore ZB \| 1:21.2542 \| \|
24 \| align="center" \| 22 \| {{flagicon\|NZL}} Chris Pither \| Team Sydney by Tekno \| Holden Commodore ZB \| 1:21.3445 \| \|
colspan=8\| Source:{{cite news\|url=https://www.supercars.com/sessions/superloop-adelaide-500/virgin-australia-supercars-championship-armor-all-qualifying-race-1/\|title=Superloop Adelaide 500 Results – Armor All Qualifying - Race 1\|publisher=Supercars Championship\|date=22 February 2020}}{{cite news\|url=https://www.supercars.com/sessions/superloop-adelaide-500/virgin-australia-supercars-championship-armor-all-top-ten-shootout-race-1/\|title=Superloop Adelaide 500 Results – Top 10 Shootout - Race 2\|publisher=Supercars Championship\|date=22 February 2020}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Car

! Q1

! Q2

! Shootout

| align="center" | 88

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jamie Whincup

2020 Adelaide 500

Results

=Practice=

=Race 1=

==Qualifying==

== Race ==

=Race 2=

==Qualifying==

== Race ==

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