The far north Queensland city is determined to host Supercars subsequent weekend, on the other hand the event has been field to fundamental doubt for the length of the week after a snap three-day lockdown became introduced on Tuesday.
That became in step with a determined COVID-19 case from Brisbane that travelled by Townsville as allotment of a time out to traditional vacation establish Magnetic Island.
Brisbane and the Gold Soar, house to Triple Eight, Dick Johnson Racing, Matt Stone Racing and Crew Sydney, had been all plunged into lockdown.
Alongside side to doubts over the Townsville 500 became Victoria, house to six Supercars teams, hanging Townsville on its crimson zone list, meaning 14 days of quarantine for imprint fresh arrivals.
There is some precise recordsdata at the unusual time, on the other hand, with Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirming that Townsville and the Gold Soar will attain out of lockdown at 6pm at the unusual time as deliberate.
But Brisbane will discontinue locked down for one other 24 hours due to 3 fresh determined circumstances within the Queensland capital.
That way the considerations for Supercars are supreme in part cleared, with T8 essentially based mostly within the Brisbane suburb of Banyo and therefore aloof in lockdown.
Victoria is moreover yet to sure Townsville from its crimson zone list which is ready to leave the Melbourne teams nervous about travelling north.
A willpower on the Townsville 500 is anticipated to be made at the unusual time, with a double-header over the subsequent two weekends aloof on the table.
