Sandown 500 Preview
14 Sep, 2017
TRACK TIMES
Friday 15th September
11:15 – 11:45 – Practice One (Co-Drivers Only)
13:35 – 14:05 – Practice Two
16:10 – 16:40 – Practice Three (Co-Drivers Only)
Saturday 16th September
9:20 – 9:35 – Practice Four
10:50 – 11:10 – Qualifying
13:45 – 14:20 – Race for the Grid – 60kms (Co-Driver Race)
16:15-16:50 – Race for the Grid – 60kms (Main Driver Race)
Sunday 17th September
9:40 – 10:00 – Warm Up
13:15 – 16:50 – Race Nineteen – Sandown 500 / 161 laps
FAST FACTS
- Track Length – 3.1km // Direction – Anti-Clockwise // Average Speed – 164km/h // Top Speed – 270km/h
- Qualifying Lap Record – 1m08.5730s, Jamie Whincup, Triple Eight Race Engineering, 2014, Holden Commodore VF
- Race Lap Record – 1m009.7140s, Nick Percat, Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, 2016, Holden Commodore VF
- The Sandown Retro Round sees Tim & Todd sporting the 1965 Mustang livery of ‘Stormin Norman’ Beechey. Back then the Australian Touring Car Championship was decided by one race; which saw Norman score his first ever ATCC win at this very circuit!
- Tim had his best Sandown finish in 2015 co-driving with Karl Reindler, they finished 8th.
- This is Todd Hazelwood’s first ever Sandown 500. He made his Supercars debut at QLD Racecway with Matt Stone Racing in a one-off wildcard start.
- Tim is coming off his season best result, at Sydney Motorsport Park, he finished 10th in Saturdays race was was 12th overall on points for the weekend.
- Todd is leading the Super2 series, winning 4 races and scoring the round win in Townsville earlier this year.
- This is the first time Tim & Todd have driven together in the Pirtek Endurance Cup.
MEET TIM & TODD
Saturday 16th September
12:05 – 12:35 – Supercars Autograph Session – In front of Team Transporters
Sunday 17th September
11:00 – 11:30 – Supercars Autograph Session – In front of Team Transporters
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