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.
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.
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 Sandown 500 Race 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 Jonathon Webb 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 Source:
Standings After 20 of 30 races. Pos No Name Team Points11Jamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering247225Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing24403888Craig LowndesTriple Eight Race Engineering235346Will DavisonFord Performance Racing223659Shane van GisbergenStone Brothers Racing1882
External links Official race results
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