2018 Sandown 500
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.
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Round 12 of 16 in the 2018 Supercars Championship | ||||||||||||||
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Date | 14–16 September 2018 | |||||||||||||
Location | Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||
Venue | Sandown Raceway | |||||||||||||
Weather | Friday: Showers Saturday: Showers Sunday: Clearing | |||||||||||||
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The race was won by Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell driving a Holden Commodore ZB.[1]
Background
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:
Vehicle | Notes | |
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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 | 14 | Livery 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] |
78 | Livery inspired by various 1960's Nissan Motorsport liveries.[2] | |
Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | 18 | Wyong 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 | 230 | Livery featured vintage cream look.[2] |
Results
Practice
Session | Day | Fastest lap | ||||
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No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | ||
Practice 1 | Friday | 1 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:07.8467 |
Practice 2 | Friday | 1 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:07.9688 |
Practice 3 | Friday | 99 | ![]() |
Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:08.6230 |
Practice 4 | Saturday | 15 | ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:14.3447 |
Warm-Up | Sunday | 1 | ![]() ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:08.4080 |
Sources:[3][4][5][6][7] |
Qualifying
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Grid |
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:07.8389 | 1 | |
2 | 55 | ![]() |
Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:08.1206 | +0.2817 | 2 |
3 | 25 | ![]() |
Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:08.1223 | +0.2834 | 3 |
4 | 9 | ![]() |
Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:08.2097 | +0.3708 | 4 |
5 | 2 | ![]() |
Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:08.3580 | +0.5191 | 5 |
6 | 7 | ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:08.3610 | +0.5221 | 91 |
7 | 99 | ![]() |
Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:08.3668 | +0.5279 | 6 |
8 | 8 | ![]() |
Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:08.3996 | +0.5607 | 7 |
9 | 34 | ![]() |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:08.3998 | +0.5609 | 8 |
10 | 97 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:08.4181 | +0.5792 | 10 |
11 | 6 | ![]() |
Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:08.4195 | +0.5806 | 11 |
12 | 12 | ![]() |
DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:08.4516 | +0.6127 | 12 |
13 | 888 | ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:08.4601 | +0.6212 | 13 |
14 | 17 | ![]() |
DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:08.4731 | +0.6342 | 14 |
15 | 5 | ![]() |
Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:08.4802 | +0.6413 | 15 |
16 | 15 | ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:08.5391 | +0.7002 | 16 |
17 | 14 | ![]() |
Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:08.6103 | +0.7714 | 17 |
18 | 23 | ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:08.6421 | +0.8032 | 18 |
19 | 33 | ![]() |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:08.6457 | +0.8068 | 19 |
20 | 230 | ![]() |
23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:08.6907 | +0.8518 | 20 |
21 | 18 | ![]() |
Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:08.7279 | +0.8890 | 21 |
22 | 19 | ![]() |
Tekno Autosports | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:08.7972 | +0.9583 | 22 |
23 | 21 | ![]() |
Tim Blanchard Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:08.9461 | +1.1072 | 23 |
24 | 78 | ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 1:08.9753 | +1.1364 | 24 |
25 | 35 | ![]() |
Matt Stone Racing | Holden Commodore VF | 1:09.0383 | +1.1994 | 25 |
26 | 56 | ![]() |
Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 1:09.2527 | +1.4138 | 26 |
Source:[8] |
- Notes
- ^1 – Andre Heimgartner received a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Scott Pye during Qualifying.[9]
Qualifying Race 1
Qualifying Race 2
Race
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 1 | ![]() ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | 3:17:28.6203 | 2 | 300 |
2 | 97 | ![]() ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | +6.831 | 11 | 276 |
3 | 888 | ![]() ![]() |
Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | +8.257 | 10 | 258 |
4 | 17 | ![]() ![]() |
DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 161 | +25.177 | 3 | 240 |
5 | 9 | ![]() ![]() |
Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | +25.750 | 1 | 222 |
6 | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | +34.222 | 19 | 204 |
7 | 12 | ![]() ![]() |
DJR Team Penske | Ford Falcon FG X | 161 | +38.734 | 4 | 192 |
8 | 15 | ![]() ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 161 | +48.816 | 16 | 180 |
9 | 33 | ![]() ![]() |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 161 | +51.814 | 15 | 168 |
10 | 55 | ![]() ![]() |
Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 161 | +58.183 | 7 | 156 |
11 | 230 | ![]() ![]() |
23Red Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 161 | +58.270 | 12 | 144 |
12 | 99 | ![]() ![]() |
Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 160 | +1 lap | 9 | 138 |
13 | 6 | ![]() ![]() |
Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 160 | +1 lap | 13 | 132 |
14 | 7 | ![]() ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 160 | +1 lap | 6 | 126 |
15 | 14 | ![]() ![]() |
Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 160 | +1 lap | 8 | 120 |
16 | 25 | ![]() ![]() |
Walkinshaw Andretti United | Holden Commodore ZB | 160 | +1 lap | 26 | 114 |
17 | 5 | ![]() ![]() |
Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 160 | +1 lap | 5 | 108 |
18 | 34 | ![]() ![]() |
Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | 160 | +1 lap | 24 | 102 |
19 | 21 | ![]() ![]() |
Tim Blanchard Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 160 | +1 lap | 14 | 96 |
20 | 56 | ![]() ![]() |
Tickford Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | 160 | +1 lap | 17 | 90 |
21 | 35 | ![]() ![]() |
Matt Stone Racing | Holden Commodore VF | 160 | +1 lap | 23 | 84 |
22 | 19 | ![]() ![]() |
Tekno Autosports | Holden Commodore ZB | 156 | +5 laps | 20 | 78 |
23 | 18 | ![]() ![]() |
Charlie Schwerkolt Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 145 | +16 laps | 21 | 72 |
24 | 8 | ![]() ![]() |
Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 142 | +19 laps | 25 | 66 |
25 | 23 | ![]() ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 134 | +27 laps | 18 | 60 |
NC | 78 | ![]() ![]() |
Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | 129 | Retirement | 22 | |
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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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for three sets of standings.
References
- RABBLE.club Sandown 500 Results, www.supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org
- "POLL: Favourite Sandown 500 retro livery". Speedcafe. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- "Practice 1". Supercars.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- "Practice 2". Supercars.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- "Practice 3". Supercars.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- "Practice 4". Supercars.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- "Warm-Up". Supercars.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- "Race 24 – Qualifying". Supercars.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- "Supercars summary of penalties, Sandown 500 - Final". V8 Daily Dump. V8 Daily Dump. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- "Race 24". Supercars.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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