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| Race Information | |
| Venue | Queensland Raceway |
| Number of times held | 19 |
| First held | 1999 |
| Race Format | |
| Race 1 | |
| Laps | 39 |
| Distance | 120 km |
| Race 2 | |
| Laps | 65 |
| Distance | 200 km |
| Last Event (2019) | |
| Overall Winner | |
 Scott McLaughlin | DJR Team Penske |
| Race Winners | |
 Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Scott McLaughlin | DJR Team Penske |
TheIpswich Super 440 (known for sponsorship reasons as theCentury Batteries Ipswich Super 440) is the current name for the annualmotor racing event forSupercars, held atQueensland Raceway nearIpswich, Queensland. The event has been a semi-regular part of the Supercars Championship—and its previous incarnations, theShell Championship Series and V8 Supercars Championship—from1999, with a hiatus between 2020 and 2024.[1][2]
The event is staged over a three-day weekend, from Friday to Sunday. Four thirty-minute practice sessions are held, two on Friday and one each on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday features a three-stage knockout qualifying session which decides the grid positions for the following 120 kilometre sprint race. Sunday features a repeat of the Saturday qualifying format with a longer 200 km race distance following.[3]
Queensland Raceway opened in 1999 and immediately joined thechampionship calendar, taking over fromLakeside Raceway as the home of the series inQueensland. In 1999 and 2000 the event hosted both a sprint round and theQueensland 500 endurance event, the first circuit to host multiple rounds in one year since Lakeside held tworounds in1991.[4] In the inaugural sprint event,Garth Tander scored his first career round win despite not winning a race during the weekend. He was originally declared the winner of the third race whenJohn Bowe was disqualified for passing under a yellow flag, but Bowe was later reinstated in the results. The sprint event was dropped for 2001 with only the endurance event remaining on the calendar.[5]
The 500-kilometre Supercars endurance race returned toSandown Raceway in 2003 and Queensland Raceway returned to hosting a sprint round of the championship.[5] In the aftermath of the 2004 event, round winnerMarcos Ambrose was disqualified due to the discovery of an additional wire in theECU wiring loom. The points were later reinstated on appeal.[6]Jason Richards had a major accident during the 2005 event, after a touch fromPaul Morris sent Richards' car over a kerb and into a series of rollovers.[7]Garth Tander dominated the event in 2006 and 2007, winning five of the six races across the two years, beforeMark Winterbottom won consecutive events in 2008, at whichJames Courtney won his first championship race, and 2009.[5]
Craig Lowndes won five consecutive races at the event across 2011 and 2012,[8] whileChaz Mostert won his first championship race during the 2013 event.[9] Lowndes went on to win the event again in 2014 and 2016 to leave him with a record seven event wins at the circuit, six sprint rounds and the2000 Queensland 500. Queensland Raceway was not included on the calendar for the2020 Supercars Championship, the first year the circuit was not included, as either a sprint or endurance event, since it was opened in 1999.[1]
The circuit was later considered for a substitute place on both the 2020 and 2021 calendars due to the disruption caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic, however in both years the plan did not come to fruition.[10][11][12] Eventually, after new ownership and various upgrades to facilities, the event was announced as returning to the calendar for2025.[2]
| Wins | Driver | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Craig Lowndes | 2000, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 |
| 4 | Mark Winterbottom | 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015 |
| 3 | Garth Tander | 1999, 2006, 2007 |
| Wins | Team |
|---|---|
| 6 | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 4 | Prodrive Racing Australia1 |
| 2 | Stone Brothers Racing |
| HSV Dealer Team | |
| DJR Team Penske2 |
| Wins | Manufacturer |
|---|---|
| 10 | Ford |
| 9 | Holden |
