2017 Wilson Security Sandown 500

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Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg 2017 Wilson Security Sandown 500
Event Information
Round 10 of 14 in the 2017 International V8 Supercars Championship
Sandown (Australia) track map.svg
Date15–17 September 2017
Location Melbourne, Victoria
Venue Sandown Raceway
WeatherFriday: Showers
Saturday: Clearing
Sunday: Fine
Results
Race 1
Distance 125 laps 388 km
Pole position Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters
Flag of New Zealand.svg Richie Stanaway
Prodrive Racing Australia
Winner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters
Flag of New Zealand.svg Richie Stanaway
Prodrive Racing Australia
3:31:35.7850

The 2017 Wilson Security Sandown 500 was a motor racing event for Supercars, held from 15 to 17 September 2017 at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria. It consisted of one race, scheduled for 499.744 kilometres in length (161 laps), it was shortened to 388 kilometres in length because of a time limit (4:48 p.m. local time) imposed by Supercars. It was the tenth event of fourteen in the 2017 Supercars Championship and hosted Race 19 of the season. It was also the first event of the 2017 Enduro Cup.

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Background

The event was the 47th running of the Sandown 500, which was first held in 1964 as a six-hour race for series production touring cars. It was the thirteenth time the race had been held as part of the Supercars Championship and the fifth time it formed part of the Enduro Cup. The defending winners of the race were Garth Tander and Warren Luff.

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, using sponsors and manufacturer heritage.

The following cars carried a retro livery during the event:

VehicleNotes
Walkinshaw Racing 02 Holden Racing Team livery used by Peter Brock and the team in the 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship. [1]
22 HSV Dealer Team livery used by Garth Tander to win the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series. [2]
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 31990s-era retro livery featuring the original logo of primary sponsor, Plus Fitness, when the business was launched in 1996. [3]
621970s-era retro livery featuring the original logo of primary sponsor, Phil Munday's Panel Works, when the business was launched in 1977. [4]
Tim Blanchard Racing 4Neptune Racing Team livery used by Norm Beechey to win the 1965 Australian Touring Car Championship. [5]
Nissan Motorsport 7Brock Racing Enterprises livery used by John Morton (No. 15) and Bobby Allison (No. 7) in winning the 1970 and 1971 SCCA C Production National Championship and the 1971 and 1972 Under 2.5 Litres Trans-Am Championship. [6]
15
23 Calsonic Team Impul livery used by Kazuyoshi Hoshino and his team to win the 1990 and 1993 Japanese Touring Car Championship. [7]
78 Nissan test livery used by Tatsu Yokoyama to set seven new international speed records at Yatabe Test Track in 1967. [8]
Brad Jones Racing 8Tridents Racing Team livery used by Norm Beechey in the 1967 Australian Touring Car Championship. [5]
75 Shell Racing Team livery used by Norm Beechey to win the 1970 Australian Touring Car Championship. [5]
Erebus Motorsport 9Team Brock livery used by Peter Brock to win the 1976 Sandown 400. [9]
99GB Galvanizing livery used by Jimmy Ellis in the 1998-99 Australian NASCAR Championship. [10]
DJR Team Penske 12Regular 2017 livery with retro Shell logos to commemorate their 50 year association with Dick Johnson which began in 1967. [11]
17
Team 18 18Split livery featuring their regular 2017 livery on one side and a retro livery featuring retro logos of their sponsors on the other which include their primary sponsor, Preston Hire, which was known as Preston Erection from 1969 to 2001. [12]
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 Valvoline livery used by Garth Tander and the team in the 1998 Australian Touring Car Championship. [13]
34 Rothmans livery used by Allan Moffat and John Harvey in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship. [13]
Tickford Racing 55 Supercheap Auto livery used by John Briggs in the 1999 Shell Championship Series. [14]
Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 Holden livery used by the Holden Dealer Team in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [15]
97
888 Caltex Colin Bond Racing livery used by Colin Bond and his team in the 1989 and 1990 Australian Touring Car Championship. [16]

Results

Race

Pos.No.DriverTeamCarLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters
Flag of New Zealand.svg Richie Stanaway
Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 1253:31:35.78501300
217 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin
Flag of France.svg Alexandre Prémat
DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 125+0.6752276
355 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Owen
Rod Nash Racing Ford FG X Falcon 125+22.5755258
433 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 125+27.1688240
512 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony D'Alberto
DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon 125+27.7206222
688 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell
Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 125+36.3964204
734 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Muscat
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 125+37.33916192
818 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karl Reindler
Team 18 Holden VF Commodore 125+38.77612180
95 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Canto
Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon 125+43.9409168
1022 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Perkins
Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 125+47.23014156
11888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes
Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Richards
Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 125+57.63824144
1219 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jonathon Webb
Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore 125+1:09.60425138
1399 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood
Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Pither
Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 124+1 lap7132
1415 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Wall
Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 124+1 lap13126
1597 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Campbell
Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore 124+1 lap21120
167 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Kelly
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Le Brocq
Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 124+1 lap18108
179 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Youlden
Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 124+1 lap3102
1878 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Russell
Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 124+1 lap2296
1956 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Jacobson
Britek Motorsport Ford FG X Falcon 124+1 lap23114
2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Fiore
Nissan Motorsport Nissan L33 Altima 123+2 laps1190
2102 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Luff
Walkinshaw Racing Holden VF Commodore 113+12 laps1584
228 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Macauley Jones
Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 109+16 laps1078
Ret62 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Rullo
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 43Mechanical20
Ret3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaren Russell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Taz Douglas
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VF Commodore 1Accident19
DSQ75 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashley Walsh
Brad Jones Racing Holden VF Commodore 125Driving Time17
DNS4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood
Tim Blanchard Racing Holden VF Commodore
Source: [17]

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