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

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

References
  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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