2012 Dick Smith Sandown 500

**2012 Dick Smith Sandown 500**
Event Information
Round 10 of 15 in the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date	14–16 September 2012
Location	Melbourne, Victoria
Venue	Sandown International Raceway
Weather	Fine
Results
Distance
Race 1
Distance	161 laps
Pole position	Shane van Gisbergen; Luke Youlden; Stone Brothers Racing
Winner	Craig Lowndes; Warren Luff; Triple Eight Race Engineering

The 2012 Dick Smith Sandown 500 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the tenth event of the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 14–16 September at the Sandown Raceway, in Melbourne, Victoria.^[1]

It was the 42nd event to be held in the history of the Sandown 500 and the first to be held for V8 Supercars since 2007.^[2]

Craig Lowndes won his fifth Sandown 500, while co-driver Warren Luff broke through for his first victory in V8 Supercars, with the duo taking their Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore to the win over the Ford Performance Racing pair of Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards.

This was the first endurance race held at the Sandown circuit to have a race average speed above 150 km/h. The 2012 record was finally broken in 2018.

Results

Sandown 500

Race

Pos.	No.	Name	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	888	Craig Lowndes Warren Luff	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	161	3:19:14.8927	6	200
2	5	Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	161	+ 1.6 s	16	184
3	1	Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	Holden VE Commodore	Triple Eight Race Engineering	161	+ 4.7 s	19	172
4	2	Garth Tander Nick Percat	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	161	+ 10.5 s	3	160
5	9	Shane van Gisbergen Luke Youlden	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	161	+ 13.8 s	1	148
6	55	David Reynolds Dean Canto	Ford FG Falcon	Rod Nash Racing	161	+ 18.6 s	2	136
7	47	Tim Slade Andrew Thompson	Ford FG Falcon	James Rosenberg Racing	161	+ 19.0 s	9	128
8	4	Lee Holdsworth Craig Baird	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	161	+ 24.7 s	13	120
9	22	James Courtney Cameron McConville	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	161	+ 29.3 s	7	112
10	19	Jonathon Webb Scott McLaughlin	Holden VE Commodore	Tekno Autosports	161	+ 31.3 s	8	104
11	66	Russell Ingall Christian Klien	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing	161	+ 31.8 s	15	96
12	15	Rick Kelly David Russell	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	161	+ 37.7 s	5	92
13	8	Jason Bright Andrew Jones	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	161	+ 47.7 s	10	88
14	34	Michael Caruso Greg Ritter	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	161	+ 52.3 s	4	84
15	14	Fabian Coulthard David Besnard	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	161	+ 54.2 s	18	80
16	12	Dean Fiore Matt Halliday	Ford FG Falcon	Triple F Racing	161	+ 1:02.0	21	76
17	6	Will Davison John McIntyre	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	161	+ 1:06.4	27	72
18	7	Todd Kelly Tim Blanchard	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	160	+ 1 lap	17	68
19	33	Alexandre Prémat Jack Perkins	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	160	+ 1 lap	23	64
20	11	Karl Reindler Daniel Gaunt	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	160	+ 1 lap	25	60
21	17	Steven Johnson Allan Simonsen	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	160	+ 1 lap	12	56
22	21	David Wall Chris Pither	Holden VE Commodore	Britek Motorsport	159	+ 2 laps	20	52
23	3	Tony D'Alberto Dale Wood	Ford FG Falcon	Tony D'Alberto Racing	159	+ 2 laps	14	48
24	30	Taz Douglas Scott Pye	Holden VE Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	159	+ 2 laps	28	44
25	49	Steve Owen Paul Morris	Ford FG Falcon	Paul Morris Motorsport	159	+ 2 laps	22	40
26	18	James Moffat Alex Davison	Ford FG Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	158	+ 3 laps	11	36
27	51	Greg Murphy Owen Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing	132	+ 29 laps	26	32
Ret	91	Michael Patrizi Jonny Reid	Holden VE Commodore	Tekno Autosports	83	Accident	24
Source:^[3]

Standings

After 20 of 30 races.

Pos	No	Name	Team	Points
1	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	2472
2	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	2440
3	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	2353
4	6	Will Davison	Ford Performance Racing	2236
5	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	1882

External links

Official race results

References

^ "Dick Smith V8 Supercars Sandown 500". Victorian State Government. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
^ "Dick Smith to sponsor Sandown 500". speedcafe.com. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
^ "2012 Dick Smith Sandown 500 - V8 Supercars C'ship Race 20 Sandown International Motor Raceway V8 Supercars - Race 20". National Software. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.

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[1] "Dick Smith V8 Supercars Sandown 500". Victorian State Government. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

[2] "Dick Smith to sponsor Sandown 500". speedcafe.com. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

[3] "2012 Dick Smith Sandown 500 - V8 Supercars C'ship Race 20 Sandown International Motor Raceway V8 Supercars - Race 20". National Software. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.

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