The 2017 Coates Hire Newcastle 500 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 24 to 26 November 2017.

It was the fourteenth and final event in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 25 and 26 of the season.

[2] Five drivers came into the final event of the series with a mathematical chance of securing the title, the highest number since 2005.

Chaz Mostert and Shane van Gisbergen were the other two drivers in the title fight, but both were over 250 points behind Whincup.

Taz Douglas replaced Jack Perkins at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport.