{"id":519346,"date":"2026-07-10T14:26:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/519346\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T14:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:26:23","slug":"supercars-news-supercars-explains-townsville-500-bomb-scare-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/519346\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Supercars explains Townsville 500 bomb scare delay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Police-Townsville.jpg\" alt=\"Supercars explains Townsville 500 bomb scare delay\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPolice on the scene. Image: InSyde Media <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/287093\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" onmousedown=\"this.rel=\" nofollow=\"\" sponsored=\"\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" alt=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287093.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials were stood down and track action paused, impacting Aussie Racing Car, Touring Car Masters and GR Cup sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Police and security onsite were believed to have been searching an area near Turns 9 and 10, which backs onto a train line.<\/p>\n<p>Spectators were ushered away from that area and the nearby access gate temporarily shut.<\/p>\n<p>Officials were given the all-clear to resume track action with the GR Cup just prior to 10am.<\/p>\n<p>Supercars confirmed the incident via a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupercars can confirm that local authorities responded to a police incident this morning near the NTI Townsville 500 event precinct,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<p>    Tickets for the 2026 NTI Townsville 500 are on sale now. Secure your spot today.<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketekau.pxf.io\/5kYxq9\" style=\"color:#de482e;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buy tickets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA suspicious package was located outside the Reid Park venue and was managed by Queensland Police as a precautionary measure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing an assessment, police have declared the area safe for event activities to resume.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn-track sessions have continued under a slightly amended schedule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupercars appreciates the swift response of emergency services and thanks fans and stakeholders for their understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1037046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/INS13844-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Police at the Reid Park Street Circuit during the Townsville 500.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Police at the Reid Park Street Circuit during the Townsville 500. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n<p>Supercars practice was delayed by 20 minutes from its originally scheduled 10:35am start time.<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying has meanwhile been pushed back by 10 minutes to 12:55pm, while the afternoon\u2019s race remains at 4:15pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police on the scene. Image: InSyde Media Officials were stood down and track action paused, impacting Aussie Racing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-519346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}