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.

The race was won by Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell driving a Holden Commodore ZB.RABBLE.club Sandown 500 Results, www.supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org

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 Cam 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 Walkinshaw Andretti United 2 Holden Racing Team livery used by Garth Tander and Mark Skaife in the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series. 25 Erebus Motorsport 9 Roadways Racing 'Chickadee' livery used by 1986 Bathurst 1000 winners, Allan Grice and Graeme Bailey. 99 'Chickadee Chicken' livery used by Graeme Bailey and Steve Land in the 1982 Sandown 400 DJR Team Penske 12 Dick Johnson Racing livery used by Dick Johnson and John Bowe in the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship. 17 Brad Jones Racing 14 Livery based on one used by Bob Jane in the 1970s on his Holden HQ Monaro GTS350 Sports Sedan. Nissan Motorsport 15 Perkins Engineering livery used by Russell Ingall, Steven Richards and Larry Perkins in the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series. 78 Livery inspired by various 1960's Nissan Motorsport liveries. Team 18 18 Wyong Motors Pty Ltd livery used by Bruce McPhee and Barry Mulholland in the 1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500. Tim Blanchard Racing 21 Benson & Hedges Racing livery used by Blanchard's father, John in the 1993 Tooheys 1000. Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 Bob Jane T-Marts livery used by Garry Rogers in the 1978 Hardie-Ferodo 1000. 34 Soundwave Discos livery used by Garry Rogers in the 1983 James Hardie 1000. Tickford Racing 55 Steven Ellery Racing livery used by Steven Ellery in the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series. 23Red Racing 230 Livery featured vintage cream look.

Results Practice + Practice summarySessionDayFastest lapNo.DriverTeamCarTimePractice 1Friday1 Paul DumbrellTriple Eight Race EngineeringHolden Commodore ZB1:07.8467Practice 2Friday1 Jamie WhincupTriple Eight Race EngineeringHolden Commodore ZB1:07.9688Practice 3Friday99 Will BrownErebus MotorsportHolden Commodore ZB1:08.6230Practice 4Saturday15 Rick KellyNissan MotorsportNissan Altima L331:14.3447Warm-UpSunday1 Jamie Whincup Paul DumbrellTriple Eight Race EngineeringHolden Commodore ZB1:08.4080Sources:

Qualifying DriverTeamCarTimeGap111:07.838912551:08.1206 +0.281723251:08.1223 +0.28343491:08.2097 +0.37084521:08.3580 +0.51915671:08.3610 +0.522197991:08.3668 +0.52796881:08.3996 +0.560779341:08.3998 +0.5609810971:08.4181 +0.5792101161:08.4195 +0.58061112121:08.4516 +0.612712138881:08.4601 +0.62121314171:08.4731 +0.6342141551:08.4802 +0.64131516151:08.5391 +0.70021617141:08.6103 +0.77141718231:08.6421 +0.80321819331:08.6457 +0.806819202301:08.6907 +0.85182021181:08.7279 +0.88902122191:08.7972 +0.95832223211:08.9461 +1.10722324781:08.9753 +1.13642425351:09.0383 +1.19942526561:09.2527 +1.413826Source: Notes – Andre Heimgartner received a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Scott Pye during Qualifying.

Qualifying Race 1

Qualifying Race 2

Race Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Points 1 1 Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 161 3:17:28.6203 2 300 2 97 Shane van Gisbergen Earl Bamber Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 161 +6.831 11 276 3 888 Craig Lowndes Steven Richards Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 161 +8.257 10 258 4 17 Scott McLaughlin Alexandre Prémat DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 161 +25.177 3 240 5 9 David Reynolds Luke Youlden Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 161 +25.750 1 222 6 2 Scott Pye Warren Luff Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 161 +34.222 19 204 7 12 Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 161 +38.734 4 192 8 15 Rick Kelly Garry Jacobson Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 161 +48.816 16 180 9 33 Garth Tander Chris Pither Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 161 +51.814 15 168 10 55 Chaz Mostert James Moffat Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 161 +58.183 7 156 11 230 Will Davison Alex Davison 23Red Racing Ford Falcon FG X 161 +58.270 12 144 12 99 Anton de Pasquale Will Brown Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 160 +1 lap 9 138 13 6 Cam Waters David Russell Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 160 +1 lap 13 132 14 7 Andre Heimgartner Aaren Russell Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 160 +1 lap 6 126 15 14 Tim Slade Ashley Walsh Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 160 +1 lap 8 120 16 25 James Courtney Jack Perkins Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 160 +1 lap 26 114 17 5 Mark Winterbottom Dean Canto Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 160 +1 lap 5 108 18 34 James Golding Richard Muscat Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 160 +1 lap 24 102 19 21 Tim Blanchard Dale Wood Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 160 +1 lap 14 96 20 56 Richie Stanaway Steve Owen Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 160 +1 lap 17 90 21 35 Todd Hazelwood Bryce Fullwood Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore VF 160 +1 lap 23 84 22 19 Jack Le Brocq Jonathon Webb Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 156 +5 laps 20 78 23 18 Lee Holdsworth Jason Bright Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 145 +16 laps 21 72 24 8 Nick Percat Macauley Jones Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 142 +19 laps 25 66 25 23 Michael Caruso Dean Fiore Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 134 +27 laps 18 60 NC 78 Simona de Silvestro Alex Rullo Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 129 Retirement 22 Source:

Championship standings after Race 24

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Gap 1 Shane van Gisbergen 3054 2 Scott McLaughlin 2999 -55 3 Jamie Whincup 2716 -338 4 Craig Lowndes 2487 -567 5 David Reynolds 2435 -619

Teams Championship Team Gap 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering (1, 97) 5769 2 DJR Team Penske 5113 -656 1 3 Tickford Racing (5, 55) 3688 -2081 1 4 Erebus Motorsport 3685 -2084 2 5 Brad Jones Racing 3621 -2148

Enduro Cup Drivers Gap 1 300 2 276 -24 3 258 -42 4 240 -60 5 222 -78

Note: Only the top five positions are included for three sets of standings.

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