The 2018 Townsville 400 (formally known as 2018 Watpac Townsville 400) was a
motor racing
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event for the
Supercars Championship
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, held on the weekend of 6–8 July 2018. The event was held at
Townsville Street Circuit near
Townsville
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,
Queensland
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and consisted of two races, both 200 kilometres in length. It was the eighth event of sixteen in the
2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 17 and 18 of the season.
Results
Practice
Race 17
Qualifying
Race
;Notes
* –
Garth Tander received a 15-second post-race Time Penalty for Careless Driving, causing an incident along with
James Courtney
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,
Chaz Mostert
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and
Anton de Pasquale.
Championship standings after Race 17
;Drivers Championship
;Teams Championship
*
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Race 18
Qualifying
;Notes
*–
Anton de Pasquale, for causing a Red Flag, had his best lap-time deleted and not permitted to take any further part in qualifying.
Top 10 Shootout
Race
;Notes
* –
Jack Le Brocq received a 15-second post-race Time Penalty for Careless Driving, causing contact with
Will Davison
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.
Championship standings after Race 18
;Drivers' Championship standings
;Teams Championship
*
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
{{ATCC rounds 2010–2019
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Townsville 400