2019 Adelaide 500
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| Round 1 of 15 in the 2019 Supercars Championship | ||||||||
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| Date | 1–3 March 2019 | |||||||
| Location | Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||
| Venue | Adelaide Street Circuit | |||||||
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The 2019 Adelaide 500 (known for commercial reasons as the 2019 Superloop Adelaide 500) is a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship held on the weekend of 1 to 3 March 2018. The event was held at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia, and marked the twenty-first running of the Adelaide 500. It wasl the first event of fifteen in the 2019 Supercars Championship and consisted of two races of 250 kilometres.[1] The race was supported by the opening round of the 2019 Super2 Series, a championship for older models of Supercars.[2]
The race saw the competitive début of the Ford Mustang GT, which replaced the FG X Falcon.[3][4] The Adelaide 500 wasl be the first time that a Mustang has competed in a round of the Australian Touring Car Championship since 1990.[5]
References
- ^ Howard, Tom (11 October 2018). "Sydney dropped, Perth night race added in Supercars 2019 shake up". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ "Slight changes for 2019 Super2 calendar". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ van Leeuwen, Andrew (17 April 2018). "Ford revives works Supercars programme with Mustang for 2019". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ Coch, Mat (18 April 2018). "All Ford teams set to switch to Mustang for 2019". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ Noonan, Aaron (5 April 2017). "Rewind: The Last Mustang". The V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
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2019 Supercars Championship | Next race: 2019 Melbourne 400 |
| Previous year: 2018 Adelaide 500 |
Adelaide 500 | Next year: 2020 Adelaide 500 |