AS we inch closer to the final Repco Supercars Championship round at Pukekohe Park Raceway, V8 Sleuth delves into some of the key numbers associated with the circuit.
0: Drivers to have contested every Supercars Championship race at Pukekohe. Craig Lowndes and Garth Tander are equal most with 40 – a tally that will never be broken.
1:01.5480: The qualifying lap record, set by Shane van Gisbergen in 2019.
2.91: The circuit length in kilometres.
5: Jason Richards Memorial Trophy winners: Jason Bright, Mark Winterbottom, Jamie Whincup (twice), van Gisbergen (twice), Scott McLaughlin.
6.6: Million-dollar upgrade, including the addition of a chicane into the back straight, which pre-empted the venue’s return to the Supercars calendar in 2013.
9: Race wins by Greg Murphy, which has him forever entrenched as the King of Pukekohe.
11: Corners that make up Pukekohe.
13: Supercars race winners at Pukekohe: Murphy, Mark Skaife, Todd Kelly, Marcos Ambrose, Bright, Tander, Rick Kelly, McLaughlin, Whincup, Will Davison, Winterbottom, van Gisbergen, David Reynolds.
42: Supercars races held at Pukekohe. Another three will come this weekend.
45: Percent of races in which the pole-sitter has gone on to win. That translates to 19 of 42, with another 11 wins coming from the driver starting second.
64: Percent of Pukekohe races Triple Eight Race Engineering has been on the podium since joining the championship in 2003.
91: Drivers to have started a Supercars Championship race at Pukekohe. That figure will grow to 98 this weekend.
258: The top speed Supercars reach at the track.
2001: The first time Pukekohe hosted Supercars. The event ran annually until 2007 before the Hamilton Street Circuit took centre stage from 2008-12. Pukekohe returned from 2013-19 but has missed the last two seasons due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
