Townsville 500

Queensland Townsville 500
Race Information
Venue Reid Park Street Circuit
Number of times held 18
First held 2009
Race Format
Race 1
Laps 88
Distance 250 km
Race 2
Laps 88
Distance 250 km
Last Event (2024)
Overall Winner
Australia Cam Waters Tickford Racing
Race Winners
Australia Cam Waters Tickford Racing
New Zealand Matthew Payne Grove Racing

The Townsville 500 (formally known as the NTI Townsville 500) is an annual motor racing event for Supercars, held on the Reid Park Street Circuit in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The event has been held since 2009.[1]

The event was known as the Townsville 400, based on a 400 kilometre format, in ten of the first eleven years of the event. In 2021, the event returned to the 500 kilometre format first used in 2014, while in both 2020 and 2021, two Townsville events were held under the Townsville SuperSprint banner due to calendar changes and shorter races caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3]

  1. ^ Allan Edwards (29 September 2008). "2009 V8 Supercar calendar released". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. Archived from the original on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  2. ^ Vandersyde, Rhys (15 December 2020). "SUPERCARS CONFIRM 2021 RACE FORMATS". Auto Action. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. ^ O'Brien, Connor (7 August 2020). "Doubleheader confirmed for Townsville". Supercars. Retrieved 7 August 2020.