2017 Wilson Security Sandown 500

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.

2017 Wilson Security Sandown 500

Event Information
Round 10 of 14 in the 2017 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date	15–17 September 2017
Location	Melbourne, Victoria
Venue	Sandown Raceway
Weather	Friday: Showers Saturday: Clearing Sunday: Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 125 laps 388 km Pole position Cameron Waters Richie Stanaway Prodrive Racing Australia Winner Cameron Waters Richie Stanaway Prodrive Racing Australia 3:31:35.7850

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.

The following cars carried a retro livery during the event:

Vehicle		Notes
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	3	1990s-era retro livery featuring the original logo of primary sponsor, Plus Fitness, when the business was launched in 1996.[3]
	62	1970s-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	4	Neptune Racing Team livery used by Norm Beechey to win the 1965 Australian Touring Car Championship.[5]
Nissan Motorsport	7	Brock Racing Enterprises livery used by John Morton and Bobby Allison 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	8	Tridents 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	9	Team Brock livery used by Peter Brock to win the 1976 Sandown 400.[9]
	99	GB Galvanizing livery used by Jimmy Ellis in the 1998-99 Australian NASCAR Championship.[10]
DJR Team Penske	12	Regular 2017 livery with retro Shell logos to commemorate their 50 year association with Dick Johnson which began in 1967.[11]
	17
Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	18	Split 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.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Cameron Waters Richie Stanaway	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	125	3:31:35.7850	1	300
2	17	Scott McLaughlin Alexandre Prémat	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	125	+0.675	2	276
3	55	Chaz Mostert Steve Owen	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	125	+22.575	5	258
4	33	Garth Tander James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	125	+27.168	8	240
5	12	Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	125	+27.720	6	222
6	88	Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	125	+36.396	4	204
7	34	James Moffat Richard Muscat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	125	+37.339	16	192
8	18	Lee Holdsworth Karl Reindler	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Holden VF Commodore	125	+38.776	12	180
9	5	Mark Winterbottom Dean Canto	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	125	+43.940	9	168
10	22	James Courtney Jack Perkins	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	125	+47.230	14	156
11	888	Craig Lowndes Steven Richards	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	125	+57.638	24	144
12	19	Will Davison Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	125	+1:09.604	25	138
13	99	Dale Wood Chris Pither	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	124	+1 lap	7	132
14	15	Rick Kelly David Wall	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan L33 Altima	124	+1 lap	13	126
15	97	Shane van Gisbergen Matthew Campbell	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	124	+1 lap	21	120
16	7	Todd Kelly Jack Le Brocq	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan L33 Altima	124	+1 lap	18	108
17	9	David Reynolds Luke Youlden	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	124	+1 lap	3	102
18	78	Simona de Silvestro David Russell	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan L33 Altima	124	+1 lap	22	96
19	56	Jason Bright Garry Jacobson	Britek Motorsport	Ford FG X Falcon	124	+1 lap	23	114
20	23	Michael Caruso Dean Fiore	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan L33 Altima	123	+2 laps	11	90
21	02	Scott Pye Warren Luff	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	113	+12 laps	15	84
22	8	Nick Percat Macauley Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	109	+16 laps	10	78
Ret	62	Alex Rullo Alex Davison	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	43	Mechanical	20
Ret	3	Aaren Russell Taz Douglas	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1	Accident	19
DSQ	75	Tim Slade Ashley Walsh	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	125	Driving Time	17
DNS	4	Tim Blanchard Todd Hazelwood	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden VF Commodore
Source:[17]

References

1. Howard, Tom (13 September 2017). "Vintage Brock look for Pye/Luff HSV Commodore". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
2. Howard, Tom (12 September 2017). "HSV Racing celebrates title winner with Sandown livery". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
3. Howard, Tom (14 September 2017). "Retro livery for Plus Fitness LDM Commodore". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
4. Howard, Tom (14 September 2017). "LDM reveals retro colours for Rullo/Davison Holden". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
5. Howard, Tom (7 September 2017). "Brad Jones Racing reveals Norm Beechey tribute". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
6. Howard, Tom (3 September 2017). "Vintage American look for Kelly Nissans". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
7. Howard, Tom (4 September 2017). "Iconic Calsonic colours for Caruso Nissan". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
8. Howard, Tom (5 September 2017). "Nissan marks milestone with de Silvestro retro livery". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
9. Howard, Tom (12 September 2017). "Erebus reveals Team Brock Sandown tribute". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
10. Howard, Tom (11 September 2017). "Classic Australian NASCAR livery for Wood". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
11. Howard, Tom (6 September 2017). "DJR Team Penske reveals retro Shell look". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
12. Howard, Tom (1 September 2017). "Striking split retro livery for Holdsworth, Reindler". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
13. Howard, Tom (13 September 2017). "GRM unveils Tander, Moffat throwback liveries". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
14. Howard, Tom (12 September 2017). "Prodrive showcases retro Supercheap Auto livery". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
15. Howard, Tom (13 August 2017). "Red Bull HRT unveils Sandown retro livery". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
16. Howard, Tom (6 September 2017). "T8 reveals vintage Caltex colours for Lowndes". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
17. 2017 Wilson Security Sandown 500 Results, www.supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org

Supercars Championship
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Previous year: 2016 Wilson Security Sandown 500	Sandown 500	Next year: 2018 Rabble.club Sandown 500

External links

• 2017 Wilson Security Sandown 500, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org