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Round 9 of 12 in the 2023 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
Date | 15–17 September 2023 | |||||||||||||
Location | Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||
Venue | Sandown Raceway | |||||||||||||
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The 2023 Sandown 500 (commercially titled 2023 Penrite Oil Sandown 500) was a motor racing event for Supercars, held on the weekend of 15 to 17 September 2023. The event was held at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and consisted of one race, scheduled to be 500 kilometres in length. It was the ninth event of twelve in the 2023 Supercars Championship and hosted Race 23 of the series. [1]
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