YOUNGSTERS TAKE SANDOWN 500
Youngsters Cam Waters and Richie Stanaway win Sandown 500 – Photo: Dirk Klynsmith
PRODRIVE RACING Australia pairing Cameron Waters and Richie Stanaway has converted Pole into race victory after 125 laps.
It was the first championship victory for the pair as Waters held off a determined Scott McLaughlin in the closing stages. Behind, Chaz Mostert and Steve Owen won the battle for third after Shane van Gisbergen’s charge from 23rd ended when a puncture caused him to head off-track at Turn 1.
“It was one of the most pressure battles I’ve ever been in and one of the career highlights,” said a jubilant Waters after the race. “Yeah, I managed to hold my own. Winning this is unreal, can’t believe I’m here.”
Start of the Sandown 500 – Photo: Dirk Klynsmith
Despite a race stoppage at the start, the race went through without a Safety Car. However, an incident at the end of the back straight for Taz Douglas delayed the race for an hour as crews removed the stricken Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Commodore and repaired the tyre wall. The incident was caused by a puncture after a collision with Ash Walsh.
A number of punctures hindered Red Bull Holden Racing Team’s day with both van Gisbergen/Matt Campbell and Jamie Whincup/Paul Dumbrell pairings having punctures while in race contending positions.
After pit stops were made on lap 54, the minimum amount of laps required to be driven by the co-driver, Waters and Stanaway never yielded the lead.
Cam Waters and Richie Stanaway celebrating their victory – Photo: Dirk Klynsmith
McLaughlin and Alex Premat took a close second, ahead of Mostert/Owen, the lead Holden of Garth Tander and James Golding, and the second DJR Team Penske Falcon of Fabian Coulthard and Tony D’Alberto.
McLaughlin has extended his lead in the chase for the title to 84 points ahead of Whincup and 161 ahead of teammate Coulthard
Supercars Championship – Sandown 500 – Result
| 1 | Monster Energy Racing | C.Waters/R.Stanaway | Ford Falcon FG/X | 125 | 3:31:35.785 |
| 2 | Shell V-Power Racing Team | S.McLaughlin/A.Premat | Ford Falcon FG/X | 125 | 3:31:36.460 |
| 3 | Supercheap Auto Racing | C.Mostert/S.Owen | Ford Falcon FG/X | 125 | 3:31:58.360 |
| 4 | Wilson Security Racing GRM | G.Tander/J.Golding | Holden Commodore VF | 125 | 3:32:02.953 |
| 5 | Shell V-Power Racing Team | F.Coulthard/T.D’Alberto | Ford Falcon FG/X | 125 | 3:32:03.505 |
| 6 | Red Bull Holden Racing Aust | J.Whincup/P.Dumbrell | Holden Commodore VF | 125 | 3:32:12.181 |
| 7 | Wilson Security Racing GRM | J.Moffat/R.Muscat | Holden Commodore VF | 125 | 3:32:13.124 |
| 8 | Preston Hire Racing | L.Holdsworth/K.Reindler | Holden Commodore VF | 125 | 3:32:14.561 |
| 9 | Freightliner Racing | T.Slade/A.Walsh | Holden Commodore VF | 125 | 3:32:18.304 |
| 10 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | M.Winterbottom/D.Canto | Ford Falcon FG/X | 125 | 3:32:19.725 |
| 11 | Mobil 1 HSV Racing | J.Courtney/J.Perkins | Holden Commodore VF | 125 | 3:32:23.015 |
| 12 | TeamVortex | C.Lowndes/S.Richards | Holden Commodore VF | 125 | 3:32:33.423 |
| 13 | TEKNO Woodstock Racing | W.Davison/J.Webb | Holden Commodore VF | 125 | 3:32:45.389 |
| 14 | Erebus GB Galvanizing Racing | D.Wood/C.Pither | Holden Commodore VF | 124 | 3:31:49.189 |
| 15 | Sengled Racing | R.Kelly/D.Wall | Nissan Altima | 124 | 3:31:57.345 |
| 16 | Red Bull Holden Racing Aust | S.Van Gisbergen/M.Campbell | Holden Commodore VF | 124 | 3:32:05.057 |
| 17 | MEGA Racing | J.Bright/G.Jacobson | Ford Falcon FG/X | 124 | 3:32:19.432 |
| 18 | carsales Racing | T.Kelly/J.Le Brocq | Nissan Altima | 124 | 3:32:33.742 |
| 19 | Erebus Penrite Racing | D.Reynolds/L.Youlden | Holden Commodore VF | 124 | 3:32:34.831 |
| 20 | Team Harvey Norman | S.De Silvestro/D.Russell | Nissan Altima | 124 | 3:32:41.482 |
| 21 | Nissan Motorsport | M.Caruso/D.Fiore | Nissan Altima | 123 | 3:31:57.622 |
| 22 | Mobil 1 HSV Racing | S.Pye/W.Luff | Holden Commodore VF | 113 | 3:31:58.665 |
| 23 | Mongrel Boots Racing | N.Percat/M.Jones | Holden Commodore VF | 109 | 3:32:23.122 |
| DNF | Repair Management Aust Racing | A.Rullo/A.Davison | Holden Commodore VF | 43 | 2:29:23.294 |
| DNF | Plus Fitness Racing | Taz Douglas | Holden Commodore VF | ||
Supercars Championship Standings
| 1 | Scott McLaughlin | 2334 |
| 2 | Jamie Whincup | 2250 |
| 3 | Fabian Coulthard | 2173 |
| 4 | Chaz Mostert | 2052 |
| 5 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 1914 |
| 6 | Mark Winterbottom | 1659 |
| 7 | Garth Tander | 1608 |
| 8 | Craig Lowndes | 1584 |
| 9 | Cameron Waters | 1564 |
| 10 | David Reynolds | 1491 |
| 11 | Tim Slade | 1281 |
| 12 | Lee Holdsworth | 1269 |
| 13 | James Moffat | 1227 |
| 14 | Will Davison | 1146 |
| 15 | Rick Kelly | 1146 |
| 16 | Michael Caruso | 1095 |
| 17 | Nick Percat | 1089 |
| 18 | Scott Pye | 1084 |
| 19 | James Courtney | 1047 |
| 20 | Todd Kelly | 1039 |
| 21 | Jason Bright | 975 |
| 22 | Tim Blanchard | 828 |
| 23 | Simona De Silvestro | 822 |
| 24 | Dale Wood | 699 |
| 25 | Alex Rullo | 438 |
| 26 | James Golding | 402 |
| 27 | Richie Stanaway | 300 |
| 28 | Alexandre Premat | 276 |
| 29 | Steve Owen | 258 |
| 30 | Jack Le Brocq | 237 |
| 31 | Tony D’Alberto | 222 |
| 32 | Macauley Jones | 219 |
| 33 | Paul Dumbrell | 204 |
| 34 | Taz Douglas | 198 |
| 35 | Richard Muscat | 192 |
| 36 | Karl Reindler | 180 |
| 37 | Ashley Walsh | 168 |
| 38 | Dean Canto | 156 |
| 39 | Shae Davies | 153 |
| 40 | Jack Perkins | 144 |
| 41 | Alex Davison | 141 |
| 42 | Steven Richards | 138 |
| 43 | Jonathon Webb | 132 |
| 44 | Chris Pither | 126 |
| 45 | David Wall | 120 |
| 46 | Matthew Campbell | 114 |
| 47 | Garry Jacobson | 108 |
| 48 | Luke Youlden | 96 |
| 49 | Todd Hazelwood | 90 |
| 50 | David Russell | 90 |
| 51 | Dean Fiore | 84 |
| 52 | Cameron McConville | 81 |
| 53 | Warren Luff | 78 |
| 54 | Aaren Russell | 69 |
| 55 | Matthew Brabham | 57 |
We’ll have a full analysis of the all the action from Sandown in the next issue of Auto Action Magazine, on sale Thursday. Also make sure you follow us on social media Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or our weekly email newsletter for all the latest updates between issues.
