Supercars champ wants more in Townsville and other top stories.

• Supercars champ wants more in Townsville

  

  Supercars championship leader Jamie Whincup says his impressive history at Townsville counts for nothing this weekend. The Holden ace has claimed seven race wins on the streets of the north Queensland city in the 15 races the category has held at the event since 2009. But Whincup says history means nothing as he prepares for the two 200km races on the Reid Park circuit. "I've had a great run in the past but I had a shocker there last year," Whincup told AAP. "I didn't piece it together at all."..

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• Caruso to run football-inspired livery in Townsville

  

  Factory Nissan driver Michael Caruso will mark the company’s new deal with Melbourne City Football Club with a special MCFC livery at this weekend’s Supercars round in Townsville. Changes to Football Federation Australia’s sponsorship regulations regarding the Hyundai-sponsored A-League will allow other carmakers to have a larger commercial involvement in the top tier of Australian football from this coming season onwards. That has given Nissan the opportunity to build on its existing involveme..

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• Big rigs bring supercars fever

  

  THOUSANDS  of fans lined the streets to watch the Supercars Transporters Parade ­yesterday, marking the official start of the Castrol EDGE Townsville 400 festivities.While rubber will hit the road at Reid Park for the first time tomorrow, the city turned out in huge numbers to welcome the Supercars teams to the city ahead of three days of racing. There were kindy groups, residents from nearby aged care homes, staff from local businesses and tourists among the fans.Mack the Transporter from Disne..

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• Two-headed prawn discovered at Townsville aquarium goes viral ...

  

  Two-headed prawn discovered at Townsville aquarium By David Chen Updated July 07, 2016 17:23:12 A double-headed prawn almost ended up as lunch for some sharks at a north Queensland aquarium before being discovered by staff.Aquarist Laura Colton, from Reef HQ Aquarium in Townsville, said she was preparing to feed the aquarium's baby leopard sharks when she came across the prawn."I was counting out a few prawns and fish and I grabbed a handful prawns, and at first I..

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