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Garth Tander and Warren Luff were victorious in a dramatic edition of the Sandown 500.
Final standings
1. Garth Tander/Warren Luff (143 laps)
2. Shane Van Gisbergen/Alexander Premat + 0:3485
3. Will Davidson/Jonathon Webb + 14.7574
4. Scott McLaughlin/David Wall +15.9156
5. Chaz Mostert/Steve Owen + 16.3113
6. Fabian Coulthard/Luke Youlden + 22.6739
7. Todd Kelly/Matt Campbell + 25.8458
8. Craig Lowndes/Steven Richards + 33.3303
9. Nick Percat/Cameron McConville + 36.1446
10. Rick Kelly/Russell Ingall + 37.5299
11. James Courtney/Jack Perkins + 38.3595
12. Lee Holdsworth/Karl Reindler + 43.0615
13. Jamie Whincup/Paul Dumbrell + 43.0685
14. Michael Caruso/Dean Fiore + 48.7903
15. Scott Pye/Tony D’Alberto + 1 lap
16. Tim Slade/Ash Walsh + 1 lap
17. Chris Pither/Richie Stanaway + 1 lap
18. Dale Wood/David Russell + 1 lap
19. Andre Heimgartner/Aaren Russell + 1 lap
20. David Reynolds/Craig Baird + 2 laps
21. Tim Blanchard/Macauley Jones + 2 laps
22. Jason Bright/Andrew Jones + 2 laps
23. Shae Davies/Chris Van Der Drift + 2 laps
24. Mark Winterbottom/Dean Canto + 5 laps
25. Cameron Waters/Jack Le Brocq – DNF
26. James Moffat/James Golding – DNF
The V8 Supercars have reached the endurance season and it all gets underway at the Sandown 500 as Jamie Whincup looks to extend his championship lead, with the weather expected to turn ugly. Join The Roar for live coverage of the race from 1:15pm (AEST).
Whincup, who has had a fantastic season to date leads the championship by 137 points over Red Bull teammate Shane Van Gisbergen with Craig Lowndes in third sitting 198 points back.
It has been a triple eight racing dominated season and last year’s champion Mark Winterbottom has a lot of ground to make up if he wants to trouble the leaders come the end, but there is no better time to start than here in the endurance races.
With Bathurst just around the corner, Sandown gets nowhere near the same amount of attention but it’s worth exactly the same amount of championship points and there is no questioning the importance of it.
After being strong all weekend, Jamie Whincup along with his partner Paul Dumbrell won the ‘race for the grid’ yesterday and will start from pole position for the first endurance race of the season, with Garth Tander and Warren Luff also coming off the front row.
Chaz Mostert is just one of the drivers who will incredibly disappointed with yesterday’s proceedings as he bogged down off the start line and dropped back to fifth, while Craig Lowndes will also start outside the top ten with his partner Steve Johnson.
Mark Winterbottom has dropped all the way down to 22nd position, while Cameron Waters came out the other side of a shocking start to the race and ended up in the mud, finishing a distant last where he will start the race today.
In saying that, don’t count any of the mentioned drivers out just yet.
With heavy rain expected, and a distance of 500 kilometres to cover, you can never be quite sure of how the race will play out. Winterbottom, Waters and Lowndes all have the speed and skills to cut their way through the field.
Prediction
It’s incredibly hard to go past Whincup and Dumbrell here. The Tander/Luff combination also look strong, and while you can never fully count out Craig Lowndes particularly if it rains he might be a little far down the grid. Also watch for Tim Slade and Ash Walsh coming from eighth as a dark horse option.
Whincup and Dumbrell to take out the Sandown 500.
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