2012 Dick Smith Sandown 500
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The 2012 Dick Smith Sandown 500 was a motor race for the Australian sedan-based
Victoria.[1]
It was the 42nd event to be held in the history of 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 | 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
- 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
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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