2018 Sandown 500

The 2018 Sandown 500 (known for sponsorship purposes as the 2018 Rabble.club Sandown 500) was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 14 to 16 September 2018. The event was held at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and consisted of one race, 500 kilometres in length. It was the twelfth event of sixteen in the 2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Race 24 of the series. It was also the first event of the 2018 Enduro Cup.

2018 Rabble.club Sandown 500
Event Information
Round 12 of 16 in the 2018 Supercars Championship
Date14–16 September 2018
LocationMelbourne, Victoria
VenueSandown Raceway
WeatherFriday: Showers
Saturday: Showers
Sunday: Clearing
Results
Race 1
Distance 161 laps 505.254 km
Pole position Jamie Whincup
Paul Dumbrell
Triple Eight Race Engineering		 1:07.8389
Winner Jamie Whincup
Paul Dumbrell
Triple Eight Race Engineering		 3:31:35.7850

The race was won by Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell driving a Holden Commodore ZB.[1]

Background
Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell won the 2018 Sandown 500 for Triple Eight Race Engineering

The event was the 48th running of the Sandown 500, which was first held in 1964 as a six-hour race for series production touring cars. It was the fourteenth time the race had been held as part of the Supercars Championship and the sixth time it formed part of the Enduro Cup. The defending winners of the race were Cameron Waters and Richie Stanaway.

The event was promoted as a "retro round", with teams encouraged to use adaptations of Australian touring car liveries from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, although some teams extended beyond these parameters when devising a livery.

The following cars carried a retro livery during the event:

Vehicle Notes
Walkinshaw Andretti United 2 Holden Racing Team livery used by Garth Tander and Mark Skaife in the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series.[2]
25
Erebus Motorsport 9 Roadways Racing 'Chickadee' livery used by 1986 Bathurst 1000 winners, Allan Grice and Graeme Bailey.[2]
99 'Chickadee Chicken' livery used by Graeme Bailey and Steve Land in the 1982 Sandown 400[2]
DJR Team Penske 12 Dick Johnson Racing livery used by Dick Johnson and John Bowe in the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship.[2]
17
Brad Jones Racing 14 Livery based on one used by Bob Jane in the 1970s on his Holden HQ Monaro GTS350 Sports Sedan.[2]
Nissan Motorsport 15 Perkins Engineering livery used by Russell Ingall, Steven Richards and Larry Perkins in the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series.[2]
78 Livery inspired by various 1960's Nissan Motorsport liveries.[2]
Team 18 18 Wyong Motors Pty Ltd livery used by Bruce McPhee and Barry Mulholland in the 1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500.[2]
Tim Blanchard Racing 21 Benson & Hedges Racing livery used by Blanchard's father, John in the 1993 Tooheys 1000.[2]
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 Bob Jane T-Marts livery used by Garry Rogers in the 1978 Hardie-Ferodo 1000.[2]
34 Soundwave Discos livery used by Garry Rogers in the 1983 James Hardie 1000.[2]
Tickford Racing 55 Steven Ellery Racing livery used by Steven Ellery in the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series.[2]
23Red Racing 230 Livery featured vintage cream look.[2]

Results

Practice
Practice summary
Session Day Fastest lap
No. Driver Team Car Time
Practice 1 Friday 1 Paul Dumbrell Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 1:07.8467
Practice 2 Friday 1 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 1:07.9688
Practice 3 Friday 99 Will Brown Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.6230
Practice 4 Saturday 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:14.3447
Warm-Up Sunday 1 Jamie Whincup
Paul Dumbrell		 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.4080
Sources:[3][4][5][6][7]

Qualifying
Pos. No. Driver Team Car Time Gap Grid
1 1 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 1:07.8389 1
2 55 Chaz Mostert Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 1:08.1206 +0.2817 2
3 25 James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.1223 +0.2834 3
4 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.2097 +0.3708 4
5 2 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.3580 +0.5191 5
6 7 Andre Heimgartner Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:08.3610 +0.5221 91
7 99 Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.3668 +0.5279 6
8 8 Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.3996 +0.5607 7
9 34 James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.3998 +0.5609 8
10 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.4181 +0.5792 10
11 6 Cameron Waters Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 1:08.4195 +0.5806 11
12 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 1:08.4516 +0.6127 12
13 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.4601 +0.6212 13
14 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 1:08.4731 +0.6342 14
15 5 Mark Winterbottom Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 1:08.4802 +0.6413 15
16 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:08.5391 +0.7002 16
17 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.6103 +0.7714 17
18 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:08.6421 +0.8032 18
19 33 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.6457 +0.8068 19
20 230 Will Davison 23Red Racing Ford Falcon FG X 1:08.6907 +0.8518 20
21 18 Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.7279 +0.8890 21
22 19 Jack Le Brocq Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.7972 +0.9583 22
23 21 Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.9461 +1.1072 23
24 78 Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:08.9753 +1.1364 24
25 35 Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore VF 1:09.0383 +1.1994 25
26 56 Richie Stanaway Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 1:09.2527 +1.4138 26
Source:[8]
Notes

Race
Pos. No. Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Jamie Whincup
Paul Dumbrell		 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 161 3:17:28.6203 2 300
2 97 Shane van Gisbergen
Earl Bamber		 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 161 +6.831 11 276
3 888 Craig Lowndes
Steven Richards		 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 161 +8.257 10 258
4 17 Scott McLaughlin
Alexandre Prémat		 DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 161 +25.177 3 240
5 9 David Reynolds
Luke Youlden		 Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 161 +25.750 1 222
6 2 Scott Pye
Warren Luff		 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 161 +34.222 19 204
7 12 Fabian Coulthard
Tony D'Alberto		 DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 161 +38.734 4 192
8 15 Rick Kelly
Garry Jacobson		 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 161 +48.816 16 180
9 33 Garth Tander
Chris Pither		 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 161 +51.814 15 168
10 55 Chaz Mostert
James Moffat		 Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 161 +58.183 7 156
11 230 Will Davison
Alex Davison		 23Red Racing Ford Falcon FG X 161 +58.270 12 144
12 99 Anton de Pasquale
Will Brown		 Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 160 +1 lap 9 138
13 6 Cameron Waters
David Russell		 Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 160 +1 lap 13 132
14 7 Andre Heimgartner
Aaren Russell		 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 160 +1 lap 6 126
15 14 Tim Slade
Ashley Walsh		 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 160 +1 lap 8 120
16 25 James Courtney
Jack Perkins		 Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 160 +1 lap 26 114
17 5 Mark Winterbottom
Dean Canto		 Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 160 +1 lap 5 108
18 34 James Golding
Richard Muscat		 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 160 +1 lap 24 102
19 21 Tim Blanchard
Dale Wood		 Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 160 +1 lap 14 96
20 56 Richie Stanaway
Steve Owen		 Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 160 +1 lap 17 90
21 35 Todd Hazelwood
Bryce Fullwood		 Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore VF 160 +1 lap 23 84
22 19 Jack Le Brocq
Jonathon Webb		 Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 156 +5 laps 20 78
23 18 Lee Holdsworth
Jason Bright		 Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 145 +16 laps 21 72
24 8 Nick Percat
Macauley Jones		 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 142 +19 laps 25 66
25 23 Michael Caruso
Dean Fiore		 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 134 +27 laps 18 60
NC 78 Simona de Silvestro
Alex Rullo		 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 129 Retirement 22
Fastest lap: Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell (Triple Eight Race Engineering) 1:09.1938 (on lap 66)
Source:[10]

Championship standings after Race 24
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for three sets of standings.

References
  1. RABBLE.club Sandown 500 Results, www.supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. "POLL: Favourite Sandown 500 retro livery". Speedcafe. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. "Practice 1". Supercars.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  4. "Practice 2". Supercars.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  5. "Practice 3". Supercars.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  6. "Practice 4". Supercars.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  7. "Warm-Up". Supercars.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  8. "Race 24 – Qualifying". Supercars.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  9. "Supercars summary of penalties, Sandown 500 - Final". V8 Daily Dump. V8 Daily Dump. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  10. "Race 24". Supercars.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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