The 2018 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.
Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell won the 2018 Sandown 500 for Triple Eight Race Engineering
Jamie David Whincup is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Supercars Championship. He currently is team principal for Triple Eight Race Engineering. He has driven the No. 88 Holden ZB Commodore, won a record seven Supercars championship titles, four Bathurst 1000 victories, and a Bathurst 12 Hour victory. Whincup is the all-time record holder in the Supercars Championship for race wins, at 125 career wins. He is also the first driver to win the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy twice at Pukekohe Park Raceway in Auckland, New Zealand.
The Ford Falcon BA with which Whincup and Craig Lowndes won the 2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. The car is pictured in 2018.
The Holden VE Commodore of Whincup at the 2012 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell celebrate at the 2012 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Whincup during testing in 2013 at the Sydney Motorsport Park
