2018 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000

The event was the 61st running of the Bathurst 1000, which was first held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in 1960 as a 500-mile race for Australian-made standard production sedans, and marked the 58th time that the race was held at Mount Panorama. It was the 22nd running of the Australian 1000 race, which was first held after the organisational split between the Australian Racing Drivers Club and V8 Supercars Australia that saw two "Bathurst 1000" races contested in both 1997 and 1998. It was the 20th 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 David Reynolds and Luke Youlden.

Shane van Gisbergen entered the event as the championship leader, 55 points clear of DJR Team Penske's Scott McLaughlin. Van Gisbergen's Triple Eight Race Engineering team-mate Jamie Whincup was third in the points standings, 338 points from the lead. In the Teams' Championship, Triple Eight held a 656-point lead over DJR Team Penske.[4] In the Enduro Cup standings, Triple Eight team-mates Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell led the pairing of Van Gisbergen and Earl Bamber by 24 points.[5]

Twenty-six cars were entered in the event. As in 2017, there were no additional "Wildcard" entries entered in the race. Four drivers would make their first start in the Bathurst 1000 - two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Earl Bamber, Super2 drivers Will Brown and Bryce Fullwood, and 'main-gamer' Anton de Pasquale. Teams Matt Stone Racing and 23Red Racing would also make their debuts in 'the Great Race', however the former contained many crew members from the former Stone Brothers Racing outfit and the latter was a continuation of Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport under new owners. It was the last start in the Bathurst 1000 for Paul Dumbrell and Jason Bright.

No.	Drivers	Team (Sponsor)	Car		No.	Drivers	Team	Car
1	Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB		21	Tim Blanchard Dale Wood	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB
2	Scott Pye Warren Luff	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB		23	Michael Caruso Dean Fiore	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33
5	Mark Winterbottom Dean Canto	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X		25	James Courtney Jack Perkins	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB
6	Cameron Waters David Russell	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X		33	Garth Tander Chris Pither	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB
7	Andre Heimgartner Aaren Russell	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33		34	James Golding Richard Muscat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB
8	Nick Percat Macauley Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB		35	Todd Hazelwood Bryce Fullwood	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore VF
9	David Reynolds Luke Youlden	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB		55	Chaz Mostert James Moffat	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X
11	Rick Kelly Garry Jacobson	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33		56	Richie Stanaway Steve Owen	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X
12	Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X		78	Simona de Silvestro Alex Rullo	Nissan Motorsport}	Nissan Altima L33
14	Tim Slade Ashley Walsh	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB		97	Shane van Gisbergen Earl Bamber	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB
17	Scott McLaughlin Alexandre Prémat	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X		99	Anton de Pasquale Will Brown	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB
18	Lee Holdsworth Jason Bright	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB		230	Will Davison Alex Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X
19	Jack Le Brocq Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore ZB		888	Craig Lowndes Steven Richards	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Pts Gap 1 Shane van Gisbergen 3276 2 Scott McLaughlin 3257 -19 3 Jamie Whincup 2872 -404 4 Craig Lowndes 2787 -489 5 David Reynolds 2567 -709

Teams Championship Pos Team Pts Gap 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering (1, 97) 6117 2 DJR Team Penske 5539 -578 3 Tickford Racing (5, 55) 4066 -2051 1 4 Brad Jones Racing 3921 -2196 1 5 Erebus Motorsport 3886 -2262

Enduro Cup Pos Drivers Pts Gap 2 1 Craig Lowndes Steven Richards 558 2 Shane van Gisbergen Earl Bamber 498 -60 1 3 Scott McLaughlin Alexandre Prémat 498 -60 2 4 Scott Pye Warren Luff 480 -78 4 5 Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell 456 -102

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