2018 Newcastle 500
The 2018 Coates Hire Newcastle 500 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 23 to 25 November 2018. The event was held on the Newcastle Street Circuit in Newcastle East, New South Wales and consisted of two races, 250 kilometres in length. It was the sixteenth and final event in the 2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 30 and 31 of the season.
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Round 16 of 16 in the 2018 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
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Date | 23–25 November 2018 | |||||||||||||
Location | Newcastle East, New South Wales | |||||||||||||
Venue | Newcastle Street Circuit | |||||||||||||
Weather | Friday: Fine & Windy Saturday: Fine Sunday: Fine | |||||||||||||
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Results
Race 30

Scott McLaughlin was awarded the win in the first race following a post-race penalty for Shane van Gisbergen.

Simona de Silvestro achieved her best finish in a Supercars race, finishing tenth in the Saturday race.

Lee Holdsworth briefly took the lead in the 50th lap in the Saturday race, before finishing twelfth.

David Reynolds won the Sunday race.
- Race
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time / Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 17 | ![]() |
DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 95 | 2:00:22.3235 | 3 | 150 |
2 | 9 | ![]() |
Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 95 | +3.7704 | 7 | 138 |
3 | 1 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 95 | +10.7763 | 2 | 129 |
4 | 2 | ![]() |
Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 95 | +20.2576 | 12 | 120 |
5 | 97 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 95 | +22.47591 | 1 | 111 |
6 | 5 | ![]() |
Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 95 | +40.4773 | 22 | 102 |
7 | 25 | ![]() |
Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 95 | +41.7520 | 8 | 96 |
8 | 7 | ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 95 | +49.9266 | 26 | 90 |
9 | 15 | ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 95 | +52.1058 | 11 | 84 |
10 | 78 | ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 95 | +54.1625 | 18 | 78 |
11 | 99 | ![]() |
Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 95 | +56.5422 | 6 | 72 |
12 | 18 | ![]() |
Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 95 | +58.8959 | 5 | 69 |
13 | 35 | ![]() |
Matt Stone Racing | Holden Commodore VF | 95 | +1:03.2275 | 17 | 66 |
14 | 100 | ![]() |
Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 95 | +1:06.27442 | 19 | 63 |
15 | 23 | ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 95 | +1:07.5099 | 20 | 60 |
16 | 230 | ![]() |
23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 94 | +1 Lap | 24 | 57 |
17 | 56 | ![]() |
Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 94 | +1 Lap | 25 | 54 |
18 | 14 | ![]() |
Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 94 | +1 Lap | 14 | 51 |
19 | 19 | ![]() |
Tekno Autosports | Holden Commodore ZB | 93 | +2 Laps | 15 | 48 |
20 | 34 | ![]() |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 91 | +4 Laps | 21 | 45 |
21 | 55 | ![]() |
Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 90 | +5 Laps | 16 | 42 |
22 | 33 | ![]() |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 90 | +5 Laps | 23 | 39 |
23 | 888 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 88 | +7 Laps | 9 | 36 |
NC | 8 | ![]() |
Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 42 | Accident Damage | 10 | |
NC | 12 | ![]() |
DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 41 | Accident | 4 | |
NC | 21 | ![]() |
Tim Blanchard Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 41 | Accident | 13 | |
Source: [1] |
Race 31
- Race
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time / Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 9 | ![]() |
Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 95 | 1:57:05.1149 | 1 | 150 |
2 | 17 | ![]() |
DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 95 | +4.6807 | 2 | 138 |
3 | 1 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 95 | +17.1588 | 7 | 129 |
4 | 97 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 95 | +42.8390 | 3 | 120 |
5 | 25 | ![]() |
Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 95 | +44.3857 | 6 | 111 |
6 | 7 | ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 95 | +45.2094 | 9 | 102 |
7 | 55 | ![]() |
Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 95 | +45.4244 | 14 | 96 |
8 | 33 | ![]() |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 95 | +46.7038 | 4 | 90 |
9 | 18 | ![]() |
Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 95 | +47.1698 | 5 | 84 |
10 | 2 | ![]() |
Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 95 | +48.5032 | 23 | 78 |
11 | 888 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 95 | +49.8931 | 12 | 72 |
12 | 8 | ![]() |
Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 95 | +56.5347 | 13 | 69 |
13 | 5 | ![]() |
Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 95 | +1:08.2384 | 18 | 66 |
14 | 100 | ![]() |
Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 94 | +1 Lap | 11 | 63 |
15 | 14 | ![]() |
Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 94 | +1 Lap | 8 | 60 |
16 | 99 | ![]() |
Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 94 | +1 Lap | 15 | 57 |
17 | 15 | ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 94 | +1 Lap | 16 | 54 |
18 | 19 | ![]() |
Tekno Autosports | Holden Commodore ZB | 94 | +1 Lap | 20 | 51 |
19 | 23 | ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 94 | +1 Lap | 24 | 48 |
20 | 230 | ![]() |
23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 94 | +1 Lap | 17 | 45 |
21 | 35 | ![]() |
Matt Stone Racing | Holden Commodore VF | 94 | +1 Lap | 25 | 42 |
22 | 21 | ![]() |
Tim Blanchard Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 94 | +1 Lap | 19 | 39 |
23 | 56 | ![]() |
Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 94 | +1 Lap | 26 | 36 |
24 | 78 | ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 94 | +1 Lap | 22 | 33 |
25 | 34 | ![]() |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 87 | +8 Laps | 21 | 30 |
26 | 12 | ![]() |
DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 75 | +20 Laps | 10 | 27 |
Source: [2] |
gollark: Thaumic Tinkerer, an addon.
gollark: I mean, APART from the bit where it created massive horrendous lag and couldn't be stopped.
gollark: I loved that Thaumic Tinkerer fire thing which converted nether blocks to snowy stuff.
gollark: That can be arranged.
gollark: Hell is best served cold. Or was that revenge? Maybe something like that.
References
- "Race 30 - Results". Supercars.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- "Race 31 - Results". Supercars.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
Supercars Championship | ||
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Previous race: 2018 Auckland SuperSprint |
2018 Supercars Championship | Next race: 2019 Adelaide 500 |
Previous year: 2017 Newcastle 500 |
Newcastle 500 | Next year: 2019 Newcastle 500 |
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