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.

The race was won by Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell driving a Holden Commodore ZB.

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:

Qualifying

 * Notes
 * – Andre Heimgartner received a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Scott Pye during Qualifying.

Qualifying Race 1
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 * 🇦🇺 Jamie Whincup 🇦🇺 Paul Dumbrell
 * Triple Eight Race Engineering
 * Holden Commodore ZB
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 * align="center" | 97
 * 🇳🇿 Shane van Gisbergen 🇳🇿 Earl Bamber
 * Triple Eight Race Engineering
 * Holden Commodore ZB
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 888
 * 🇦🇺 Craig Lowndes 🇳🇿 Steven Richards
 * Triple Eight Race Engineering
 * Holden Commodore ZB
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 17
 * 🇳🇿 Scott McLaughlin 🇫🇷 Alexandre Prémat
 * DJR Team Penske
 * Ford Falcon FG X
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 * align="center" | 9
 * 🇦🇺 David Reynolds 🇦🇺 Luke Youlden
 * Erebus Motorsport
 * Holden Commodore ZB
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 2
 * 🇦🇺 Scott Pye 🇦🇺 Warren Luff
 * Walkinshaw Andretti United
 * Holden Commodore ZB
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 12
 * 🇳🇿 Fabian Coulthard 🇦🇺 Tony D'Alberto
 * DJR Team Penske
 * Ford Falcon FG X
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 15
 * 🇦🇺 Rick Kelly 🇦🇺 Garry Jacobson
 * Nissan Motorsport
 * Nissan Altima L33
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 33
 * 🇦🇺 Garth Tander 🇳🇿 Chris Pither
 * Garry Rogers Motorsport
 * Holden Commodore ZB
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 55
 * 🇦🇺 Chaz Mostert 🇦🇺 James Moffat
 * Tickford Racing
 * Ford Falcon FG X
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 * align="center" |
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 230
 * 🇦🇺 Will Davison 🇦🇺 Alex Davison
 * 23Red Racing
 * Ford Falcon FG X
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 * align="center" |
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 99
 * 🇦🇺 Anton de Pasquale 🇦🇺 Will Brown
 * Erebus Motorsport
 * Holden Commodore ZB
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 6
 * 🇦🇺 Cam Waters 🇦🇺 David Russell
 * Tickford Racing
 * Ford Falcon FG X
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 * align="center" | 7
 * 🇳🇿 Andre Heimgartner 🇦🇺 Aaren Russell
 * Nissan Motorsport
 * Nissan Altima L33
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 * align="center" |
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 14
 * 🇦🇺 Tim Slade 🇦🇺 Ashley Walsh
 * Brad Jones Racing
 * Holden Commodore ZB
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 25
 * 🇦🇺 James Courtney 🇦🇺 Jack Perkins
 * Walkinshaw Andretti United
 * Holden Commodore ZB
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 * align="center" |
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 5
 * 🇦🇺 Mark Winterbottom 🇦🇺 Dean Canto
 * Tickford Racing
 * Ford Falcon FG X
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 34
 * 🇦🇺 James Golding 🇦🇺 Richard Muscat
 * Garry Rogers Motorsport
 * Holden Commodore ZB
 * align="center" |
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 21
 * 🇦🇺 Tim Blanchard 🇦🇺 Dale Wood
 * Tim Blanchard Racing
 * Holden Commodore ZB
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 56
 * 🇳🇿 Richie Stanaway 🇦🇺 Steve Owen
 * Tickford Racing
 * Ford Falcon FG X
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 35
 * 🇦🇺 Todd Hazelwood 🇦🇺 Bryce Fullwood
 * Matt Stone Racing
 * Holden Commodore VF
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 19
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Le Brocq 🇦🇺 Jonathon Webb
 * Tekno Autosports
 * Holden Commodore ZB
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 18
 * 🇦🇺 Lee Holdsworth 🇦🇺 Jason Bright
 * Team 18
 * Holden Commodore ZB
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 * align="center" | 8
 * 🇦🇺 Nick Percat 🇦🇺 Macauley Jones
 * Brad Jones Racing
 * Holden Commodore ZB
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 23
 * 🇦🇺 Michael Caruso 🇦🇺 Dean Fiore
 * Nissan Motorsport
 * Nissan Altima L33
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 78
 * 🇨🇭 Simona de Silvestro 🇦🇺 Alex Rullo
 * Nissan Motorsport
 * Nissan Altima L33
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 * }-->

Qualifying Race 2
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 * align="center" | 1
 * 🇦🇺 Jamie Whincup 🇦🇺 Paul Dumbrell
 * Triple Eight Race Engineering
 * Holden Commodore ZB
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 97
 * 🇳🇿 Shane van Gisbergen 🇳🇿 Earl Bamber
 * Triple Eight Race Engineering
 * Holden Commodore ZB
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 888
 * 🇦🇺 Craig Lowndes 🇳🇿 Steven Richards
 * Triple Eight Race Engineering
 * Holden Commodore ZB
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 17
 * 🇳🇿 Scott McLaughlin 🇫🇷 Alexandre Prémat
 * DJR Team Penske
 * Ford Falcon FG X
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 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 9
 * 🇦🇺 David Reynolds 🇦🇺 Luke Youlden
 * Erebus Motorsport
 * Holden Commodore ZB
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 2
 * 🇦🇺 Scott Pye 🇦🇺 Warren Luff
 * Walkinshaw Andretti United
 * Holden Commodore ZB
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 12
 * 🇳🇿 Fabian Coulthard 🇦🇺 Tony D'Alberto
 * DJR Team Penske
 * Ford Falcon FG X
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 15
 * 🇦🇺 Rick Kelly 🇦🇺 Garry Jacobson
 * Nissan Motorsport
 * Nissan Altima L33
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 33
 * 🇦🇺 Garth Tander 🇳🇿 Chris Pither
 * Garry Rogers Motorsport
 * Holden Commodore ZB
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 55
 * 🇦🇺 Chaz Mostert 🇦🇺 James Moffat
 * Tickford Racing
 * Ford Falcon FG X
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 230
 * 🇦🇺 Will Davison 🇦🇺 Alex Davison
 * 23Red Racing
 * Ford Falcon FG X
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 99
 * 🇦🇺 Anton de Pasquale 🇦🇺 Will Brown
 * Erebus Motorsport
 * Holden Commodore ZB
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 6
 * 🇦🇺 Cam Waters 🇦🇺 David Russell
 * Tickford Racing
 * Ford Falcon FG X
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 7
 * 🇳🇿 Andre Heimgartner 🇦🇺 Aaren Russell
 * Nissan Motorsport
 * Nissan Altima L33
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 14
 * 🇦🇺 Tim Slade 🇦🇺 Ashley Walsh
 * Brad Jones Racing
 * Holden Commodore ZB
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 25
 * 🇦🇺 James Courtney 🇦🇺 Jack Perkins
 * Walkinshaw Andretti United
 * Holden Commodore ZB
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 5
 * 🇦🇺 Mark Winterbottom 🇦🇺 Dean Canto
 * Tickford Racing
 * Ford Falcon FG X
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 34
 * 🇦🇺 James Golding 🇦🇺 Richard Muscat
 * Garry Rogers Motorsport
 * Holden Commodore ZB
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 21
 * 🇦🇺 Tim Blanchard 🇦🇺 Dale Wood
 * Tim Blanchard Racing
 * Holden Commodore ZB
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 56
 * 🇳🇿 Richie Stanaway 🇦🇺 Steve Owen
 * Tickford Racing
 * Ford Falcon FG X
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 35
 * 🇦🇺 Todd Hazelwood 🇦🇺 Bryce Fullwood
 * Matt Stone Racing
 * Holden Commodore VF
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 19
 * 🇦🇺 Jack Le Brocq 🇦🇺 Jonathon Webb
 * Tekno Autosports
 * Holden Commodore ZB
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 18
 * 🇦🇺 Lee Holdsworth 🇦🇺 Jason Bright
 * Team 18
 * Holden Commodore ZB
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 8
 * 🇦🇺 Nick Percat 🇦🇺 Macauley Jones
 * Brad Jones Racing
 * Holden Commodore ZB
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 23
 * 🇦🇺 Michael Caruso 🇦🇺 Dean Fiore
 * Nissan Motorsport
 * Nissan Altima L33
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" | 78
 * 🇨🇭 Simona de Silvestro 🇦🇺 Alex Rullo
 * Nissan Motorsport
 * Nissan Altima L33
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * align="center" |
 * }
 * Notes
 * – Richie Stanaway must serve the other 2 of the 3 Grid Spot penalties left from Race 23. -->

Championship standings after Race 24

 * Drivers' Championship standings


 * Teams Championship


 * Enduro Cup


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