2012 Dick Smith Sandown 500

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]

Victoria (state) 2012 Dick Smith Sandown 500
Event Information
Round 10 of 15 in the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date14–16 September 2012
LocationMelbourne, Victoria
VenueSandown International Raceway
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 161 laps 500 km
Pole position Shane van Gisbergen
Luke Youlden
Stone Brothers Racing
Winner Craig Lowndes
Warren Luff
Triple Eight Race Engineering
3:19:14.8927

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

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Sandown 500

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Race

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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
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Standings

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  • 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
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References

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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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