The 2018 Coates Hire Newcastle 500 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 23 to 25 November 2018. The event was held on the Newcastle Street Circuit in Newcastle East, New South Wales and consisted of two races, 250 kilometres in length. It was the sixteenth and final event in the 2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 30 and 31 of the season.

Results Race 30

Race Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time / Retired Grid Points 1 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 95 2:00:22.3235 3 150 2 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 95 +3.7704 7 138 3 1 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 95 +10.7763 2 129 4 2 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 95 +20.2576 12 120 5 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 95 +22.4759 1 111 6 5 Mark Winterbottom Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 95 +40.4773 22 102 7 25 James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 95 +41.7520 8 96 8 7 Andre Heimgartner Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 95 +49.9266 26 90 9 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 95 +52.1058 11 84 10 78 Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 95 +54.1625 18 78 11 99 Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 95 +56.5422 6 72 12 18 Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 95 +58.8959 5 69 13 35 Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore VF 95 +1:03.2275 17 66 14 100 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 95 +1:06.2744 19 63 15 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 95 +1:07.5099 20 60 16 230 Will Davison 23Red Racing Ford Falcon FG X 94 +1 Lap 24 57 17 56 Richie Stanaway Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 94 +1 Lap 25 54 18 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 94 +1 Lap 14 51 19 19 Jack Le Brocq Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 93 +2 Laps 15 48 20 34 James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 91 +4 Laps 21 45 21 55 Chaz Mostert Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 90 +5 Laps 16 42 22 33 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 90 +5 Laps 23 39 23 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 88 +7 Laps 9 36 NC 8 Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 42 Accident Damage 10 NC 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 41 Accident 4 NC 21 Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 41 Accident 13 Source: Van Gisbergen received a 25 second post-race penalty for a pit-lane infringement. Waters received a 15 second post-race penalty for a driving infringement.

Race 31 Race Pos No. Driver Team Car Laps Time / Retired Grid Points 1 9 David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 95 1:57:05.1149 1 150 2 17 Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 95 +4.6807 2 138 3 1 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 95 +17.1588 7 129 4 97 Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 95 +42.8390 3 120 5 25 James Courtney Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 95 +44.3857 6 111 6 7 Andre Heimgartner Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 95 +45.2094 9 102 7 55 Chaz Mostert Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 95 +45.4244 14 96 8 33 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 95 +46.7038 4 90 9 18 Lee Holdsworth Team 18 Holden Commodore ZB 95 +47.1698 5 84 10 2 Scott Pye Walkinshaw Andretti United Holden Commodore ZB 95 +48.5032 23 78 11 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB 95 +49.8931 12 72 12 8 Nick Percat Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 95 +56.5347 13 69 13 5 Mark Winterbottom Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 95 +1:08.2384 18 66 14 100 Cam Waters Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 94 +1 Lap 11 63 15 14 Tim Slade Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB 94 +1 Lap 8 60 16 99 Anton de Pasquale Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 94 +1 Lap 15 57 17 15 Rick Kelly Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 94 +1 Lap 16 54 18 19 Jack Le Brocq Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB 94 +1 Lap 20 51 19 23 Michael Caruso Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 94 +1 Lap 24 48 20 230 Will Davison 23Red Racing Ford Falcon FG X 94 +1 Lap 17 45 21 35 Todd Hazelwood Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore VF 94 +1 Lap 25 42 22 21 Tim Blanchard Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore ZB 94 +1 Lap 19 39 23 56 Richie Stanaway Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X 94 +1 Lap 26 36 24 78 Simona de Silvestro Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 94 +1 Lap 22 33 25 34 James Golding Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB 87 +8 Laps 21 30 26 12 Fabian Coulthard DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X 75 +20 Laps 10 27 Source:

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