2018 Sandown 500

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Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg 2018 Rabble.club Sandown 500
Event Information
Round 12 of 16 in the 2018 Supercars Championship
Sandown (Australia) track map.svg
Date14–16 September 2018
Location Melbourne, Victoria
Venue Sandown Raceway
WeatherFriday: Showers
Saturday: Showers
Sunday: Clearing
Results
Race 1
Distance 161 laps 505.254 km
Pole position Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell
Triple Eight Race Engineering
1:07.8389
Winner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell
Triple Eight Race Engineering
3:17:28.6203

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.

Contents

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 Whincup Dumbrell 2018 Sandown 500.jpg
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:

VehicleNotes
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 14Livery 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]
78Livery inspired by various 1960's Nissan Motorsport liveries. [2]
Team 18 18Wyong 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 230Livery featured vintage cream look. [2]

Results

Practice

Practice summary
SessionDayFastest lap
No.DriverTeamCarTime
Practice 1Friday1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 1:07.8467
Practice 2Friday1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 1:07.9688
Practice 3Friday99 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Brown Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.6230
Practice 4Saturday15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:14.3447
Warm-UpSunday1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell
Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.4080
Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverTeamCarTimeGapGrid
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 1:07.83891
255 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 1:08.1206+0.28172
325 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.1223+0.28343
49 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.2097+0.37084
52 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.3580+0.51915
67 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:08.3610+0.52219 1
799 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.3668+0.52796
88 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.3996+0.56077
934 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.3998+0.56098
1097 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.4181+0.579210
116 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 1:08.4195+0.580611
1212 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 1:08.4516+0.612712
13888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.4601+0.621213
1417 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 1:08.4731+0.634214
155 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 1:08.4802+0.641315
1615 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:08.5391+0.700216
1714 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.6103+0.771417
1823 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:08.6421+0.803218
1933 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.6457+0.806819
20230 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison 23Red Racing Ford Falcon FG X 1:08.6907+0.851820
2118 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.7279+0.889021
2219 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Le Brocq Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.7972+0.958322
2321 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 1:08.9461+1.107223
2478 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 1:08.9753+1.136424
2535 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore VF 1:09.0383+1.199425
2656 Flag of New Zealand.svg Richie Stanaway Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 1:09.2527+1.413826
Source: [8]
Notes

Qualifying Race 1

Qualifying Race 2

Race

Pos.No.DriverTeamCarLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Whincup
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Dumbrell
Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 1613:17:28.62032300
297 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shane van Gisbergen
Flag of New Zealand.svg Earl Bamber
Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 161+6.83111276
3888 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes
Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Richards
Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 161+8.25710258
417 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin
Flag of France.svg Alexandre Prémat
DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 161+25.1773240
59 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Youlden
Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 161+25.7501222
62 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Pye
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Luff
Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 161+34.22219204
712 Flag of New Zealand.svg Fabian Coulthard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony D'Alberto
DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 161+38.7344192
815 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Kelly
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Jacobson
Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 161+48.81616180
933 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garth Tander
Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris Pither
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 161+51.81415168
1055 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chaz Mostert
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Moffat
Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 161+58.1837156
11230 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Davison
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison
23Red Racing Ford Falcon FG X 161+58.27012144
1299 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anton de Pasquale
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Brown
Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 160+1 lap9138
136 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Waters
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Russell
Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 160+1 lap13132
147 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andre Heimgartner
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaren Russell
Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 160+1 lap6126
1514 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashley Walsh
Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 160+1 lap8120
1625 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Perkins
Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 160+1 lap26114
175 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Winterbottom
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Canto
Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 160+1 lap5108
1834 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Golding
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Muscat
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 160+1 lap24102
1921 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Blanchard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood
Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 160+1 lap1496
2056 Flag of New Zealand.svg Richie Stanaway
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Owen
Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 160+1 lap1790
2135 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryce Fullwood
Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore VF 160+1 lap2384
2219 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Le Brocq
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jonathon Webb
Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 156+5 laps2078
2318 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lee Holdsworth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright
Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 145+16 laps2172
248 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Percat
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Macauley Jones
Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 142+19 laps2566
2523 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Caruso
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Fiore
Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 134+27 laps1860
NC78 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona de Silvestro
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Rullo
Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 129Retirement22
Fastest lap: Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell (Triple Eight Race Engineering) 1:09.1938 (on lap 66)
Source: [10]

Championship standings after Race 24

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