The Bend 500

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Flag of South Australia.svg The Bend 500
The Bend Motorsport Park layout (International).svg
Race Information
Venue The Bend Motorsport Park
Number of times held1
First held2025
Race Format
Race 1
Laps102
Distance500 km
Last Event (2025)
Overall Winner
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brodie Kostecki
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood 		Dick Johnson Racing
Race Winners
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brodie Kostecki
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood 		Dick Johnson Racing

The Bend 500, also known as The Bend Enduro, is an annual motor racing event for Supercars, held at The Bend Motorsport Park in Tailem Bend, South Australia since 2025. [1] [2]

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Format

The event was run over three days, with five practice sessions over Friday and Saturday. Qualifying was held on Saturday, followed by a Top 10 Shootout. After a final warm-up in Sunday morning, a 500 kilometre race was then held on Sunday afternoon. [3] The event is also part of the relaunched (for 2025) Enduro Cup with the Bathurst 1000.

History

The Bend Motorsport Park opened in 2018 and hosted The Bend SuperSprint for two years before being announced as the host of an endurance race as part of the 2020 Supercars Championship, replacing the Sandown 500 as the series' annual 500 kilometre race. [4] In June 2020, the event was removed from the second revision of the 2020 calendar, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, however a double-header sprint event at The Bend was then added to the calendar in a further calendar shuffle in August 2020. [1] [5] The event was again excluded from the 2021 Supercars Championship calendar, and it was not until 2023 that the event was announced to return - albeit not until the 2025 season, with The Bend remaining as a sprint event up to and including 2023. [2]

The inaugural event, held in September 2025, was won by Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood for Dick Johnson Racing. The win was the second consecutive endurance race win for the pair, having won the 2024 Bathurst 1000 driving for Erebus Motorsport. [6]

List of winners

YearEvent nameDriver(s)CarLaps
Elapsed time		Race average speed
2025 AirTouch 500 at The Bend Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brodie Kostecki
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Hazelwood 		Ford Mustang GT 102 laps
3h 15m 50.1972s		154.683 km/h
96.113 mph

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Sandown Takes Traditional Spot on Newly Revised Supercars Calendar". Auto Action . 18 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 Pavey, James (10 November 2023). "The Bend to host Supercars enduro in 2025 | Supercars". www.supercars.com. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Track schedule for first Bend Supercars enduro revealed | Supercars". www.supercars.com. 6 August 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Howard, Tom (28 August 2019). "Supercars drops QR, Phillip Island in revised 2020 calendar". speedcafe.com . Speedcafe. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  5. ↑ Chapman, Simon (30 August 2020). "Supercars confirms double-header at The Bend". Speedcafe. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  6. ↑ O'Brien, Connor (14 September 2025). "Kostecki/Hazelwood win inaugural The Bend 500". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
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