The 2019 Townsville 400 (formally known as 2019 Watpac Townsville 400) was a

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event for the

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, held on the weekend of 5-7 July 2019. The event was held at

Townsville Street Circuit Reid Park Street Circuit, also known as the Townsville Street Circuit, is a semi-permanent street circuit located in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Opened in 2009, the circuit hosts the Townsville 400 Supercars Championship event every year ...

near Townsville,

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and consisted of two races, both 200 kilometres in length. It was the eighth event of fifteen in the

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and hosted Races 17 and 18 of the season. Race 17 was won by

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, while Shane van Gisbergen won Race 18. David Reynolds and Cameron Waters claimed pole positions at the event.

Report

Background

Entry alterations

Michael Caruso returned to Garry Rogers Motorsport to replace the injured Richie Stanaway, following Chris Pither's entries at the

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and

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. The event marked Caruso's first event in the category since the

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References

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, Next_race_in_season = 2019 Ipswich SuperSprint , Previous_year's_race = 2018 Townsville 400 , Next_year's_race = 2020 Townsville SuperSprint 1

Townsville 400 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. The event was known as t ...