2023 Penrite Oil Sandown 500 Official Program

CONTENTS OFFICIAL PROGRAM

15-17 SEPTEMBER 2023, SANDOWN INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACEWAY, MELBOURNE

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PRE ROUND UPDATE

The battle for the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship is alive! Here’s how things are shaping up heading to the Penrite Oil Sandown 500.

WELCOMES

Penrite Oil, Supercars and Repco welcome you to Sandown.

EVENT SCHEDULE

A full run down of what’s on the track so you don’t miss your favourite category.

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SANDOWN HISTORY

We take a look back at the history of the Sandown touring car endurance classic and recap the last time it was held in 2019.

Your quick-reference guide to car numbers, drivers, teams and cars for this weekend’s endurance classic. 30

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ENDURO DRIVER PROFILES

SANDOWN BY THE NUMBERS

We’ve let the V8 Sleuth team loose and they’ve turned out a range of must-know stats for this round.

2023 DRIVER & TEAM POINTS

The latest pointscores in the Repco Supercars Championship leading into this round. 26

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CHAMPIONSHIP STATS

The best of the best, we give you the guide to the ‘top of the pops’ in all of the categories that matter.

THE KINGS OF SANDOWN

DUNLOP SERIES PREVIEW

We look ahead to the battle of Super2 and Super3 at Sandown as Round 4 revs up in Melbourne.

SUPPORT CATEGORIES

Who’s who in Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, V8 SuperUtes and Toyota 86s ... 76

2023 PENRITE OIL SANDOWN 500 OFFICIAL PROGRAM

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Your quick reference guide to what’s where around Sandown International Motor Raceway.

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Peter Brock and Allan Moffat dominated the Sandown endurance race during the 1970s and 80s. We take a look at their amazing run of success.

WELCOME 2023 PENRITE OIL SANDOWN 500

ON behalf of Penrite Oil, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all motorsport enthusiasts and fans of the Repco Supercars Championship to the Penrite Sandown 500.

We are thrilled to announce that Penrite Oil, a proudly Australian-owned and operated oil and lubricants company, is once again the naming rights sponsor of this iconic motorsport event.

For nearly 100 years, Penrite Oil has been a trusted name in the automotive industry, continuously innovating and developing lubricant solutions that cater to a wide range of applications.

From classic cars and motorcycles to high-performance race vehicles like those competing in the Penrite Oil Sandown 500, our products have stood the test of

time thanks to our commitment to quality, performance, and customer satisfaction.

As the naming rights sponsor of this event, we are proud to be associated with the Repco Supercars Championship, the premier motorsport series in Australia and one of the most exciting in the world.

The Penrite Oil Sandown 500 enduro event is the ultimate test of skill and endurance, featuring the best drivers, co drivers and teams in the country as they battle it out on the track for glory and bragging rights.

As the official event sponsor, we would also like to thank all the volunteers, officials and teams who help put on this great event. We look forward to a fantastic event with lots of excitement, action, and memorable performances.

Wayne Bryant

Executive Officer

THE Sandown 500 is a time honoured tradition, and it’s great to have this endurance race back on the Repco Supercars Championship calendar in 2023.

As a boy growing up, watching the Sandown 500 on telly was a yearly tradition. How cool was it to watch legends like Brock, Moffat and Johnson race past the fans in the grandstand and around the horse track? They are memories I will never forget, and after a few years off the calendar, it’s great to have the 500km race back.

This is more than a race, too. Not only is it a vital event in a tight Repco Supercars Championship, but it’s the warm-up to the big one – the Repco Bathurst 1000.

And I can’t remember a two-driver preBathurst endurance race carrying so much importance. These new Gen3 Supercars have not been tested at a race, or a place, like Sandown.

It will be their longest race run so far, and the perfect way to get ready for our ‘Grand Final’ at Mount Panorama next month.

Brodie Kostecki and the Erebus Motorsport team have continued to be the benchmark for their rivals, but you can already see the Triple Eight team rising on the big occasions.

And it’s great to see the Fords coming back into form, right at the business end of the season.

It has been a fascinating season so far, and we haven’t even got to the biggest races of the year!

Who wins the Penrite Oil Sandown 500? Who knows!

And that is the reason why we should all tune in from that beautiful, historic grandstand, enjoying Melbourne’s sunny spring weather (I hope!), soaking up the magic of the race and cheering on your favourite team and driver.

Toby Dymond Chief

Automotive Division, GPC Asia Pacific

Chief Executive Officer Penrite Oil

Shane Howard Chief Executive Officer Supercars

WELCOME to the return of the famous Penrite Oil Sandown 500.

I am thrilled to greet each and every one of you as we embark on a ground-breaking journey - the first-ever endurance race between the Gen3 Chevrolet Camaros and Ford Mustangs.

It is with immense pleasure that I extend my warmest greetings to all the passionate fans, esteemed partners, and racing enthusiasts gathered here in Melbourne for this historic event.

A testament to its legacy, no venue in history has proudly hosted more rounds than this iconic Melbourne circuit that this weekend records its 53rd Repco Supercars Championship/ATCC round.

This weekend we celebrate not only its rich heritage and the relentless spirit of competition that keeps us coming back year after year.

This weekend fans are in for a treat with Supercars Hall of Fame inductees like Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup returning to

the track along with celebrated Bathurst 1000 winners Garth Tander, Jonathon Webb, and Lee Holdsworth among the list of co-drivers who will be vying for line honours at this famous event.

To our volunteers, marshals and officials, thank you on behalf of Supercars for your hard work this weekend, to bring this event to life for our fans here in Victoria.

I want to express my heartfelt thanks to our series partners and event naming rights partner, Penrite Oil. Your dedication to Supercars and unwavering support have made this event possible.

We are proud to have you as key partners, and we are excited to witness the thrilling racing action unfold under the Penrite Oil banner.

The Penrite Oil Sandown 500 sets the scene for one of the most anticipated endurance seasons in the history of Supercars and I am thrilled to join with you, our fans for what will be another memorable event at this beloved circuit.

SUNDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2023

Note: All times are local Melbourne time, AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time)

HEADING INTO THE UNKNOWN

AT long last, the Penrite Oil Sandown 500 is back.

It’s been almost four years since the historic enduro last ran, and another 12-plus months on top of that since its most recent instalment as the Bathurst 1000 curtain-raiser.

For all the ups and downs associated with Gen3, there have been new front-runners emerge and a sizzling title fight develop. Now, there’s an extra dimension into the mix: codrivers.

The list of names making their Gen3 racing debuts at Sandown can only be described as star-studded.

There’s Craig Lowndes, Jamie Whincup, Garth Tander, Fabian Coulthard, Richie Stanaway, Jaxon Evans, Kevin Estre and more. Estre in fact will be one of two main game

debutants (the other is Blanchard Racing Team protege Aaron Love). The 34-year-old Frenchman is regarded as one of the best sportscar drivers on the planet, employed by Porsche Penske Motorsport to race in the World Endurance Championship.

His signing, as co-driver for Grove Racing’s Matt Payne, gives Supercars its latest highprofile international presence – at a time when the championship’s own drivers have been making a splash elsewhere, particularly in NASCAR.

Locked in battle with Erebus Motorsport, Triple Eight could well do with a repeat of its traditional Sandown success, having won seven of the past 11 editions.

It’s a race which has proven difficult for underdogs, with Ford Performance Racing/

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Tickford Racing (three) and the Holden Racing Team (now Walkinshaw Andretti United) the only other winners in that span.

Triple Eight will expand to a three-car fleet for Sandown, with Lowndes again the face of the team’s wildcard, this time having Zane Goddard for company.

Rounding out an increased 27-car field will be BRT’s second car for Love and Jake Kostecki, which very much shapes as a glimpse into the future as the Box Hill squad prepares to run two full-time entries in 2024 – one of which will likely be piloted by Love.

So, there will be 15 Camaros and 12 Mustangs vying for Victorian glory.

Ford enters with newfound momentum after a breakthrough round last month at The Bend Motorsport Park, where Brodie Kostecki was

The cars are new, the distance is familiar but there’s nothing set in stone as the Sandown 500 makes its return. CONNOR O’BRIEN previews the action

The Coca-Cola Erebus Camaros (opposite page) now take their championship fight into endurance mode. Dick Johnson Racing (above) will have an experienced line-up across its two Mustangs while Jamie Whincup (below) will return to the cockpit of a Supercar and co-drive the #88 Camaro with Broc Feeney.

left to fly the General Motors flag all by himself amid a sea of blue.

Those results did see an avoidance of the parity trigger being hit, meaning there will be no pre-Sandown aero tweaks as some had hoped to address potential top speed concerns on the Ford side.

Either way, drivers will line up on race day with plenty of miles under their belts, given every team tested last week and there’ll be four lots of practice, plus a 20-minute warm-up, before the 161-lapper gets underway.

Reliability will be another hot topic, this being the longest race distance encountered by the new-for-2023 Mustangs and Camaros… until next month’s Repco Bathurst 1000, of course.

Besides team testing, Supercars and GM homologation team Triple Eight has completed multiple track days with the specific purpose of ironing out kinks in the much-maligned power steering racks.

What is for sure, is that the title contenders – Kostecki, Shane van Gisbergen, Broc Feeney, Will Brown and maybe even Chaz Mostert –can ill-afford a DNF with 300 points up for

The 2023 Repco Supercars Championship has been a rough one for Ford, though Penrite rookie Matthew Payne (above) enjoyed career-best qualifying at The Bend. Chaz Mostert (below) is the best of the Ford drivers in the championship, fifth and 313 points off leader Brodie Kostecki.

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Thomas Randle’s trio of podium finishes at The Bend (above) has him in fine form heading to Sandown, while three-time champ Shane van Gisbergen’s chassis swap will continue for Sandown and he’ll remain in the Camaro originally intended for Craig Lowndes and Zane Goddard’s wildcard entry.

grabs in one hit. Kostecki’s clean sweep at The Bend has given him a 137-point buffer over van Gisbergen, who is just four rounds from finishing up as a Supercars full-timer before jetting off to pursue his NASCAR ambitions.

Feeney and Brown have dropped a little further back after an OTR SuperSprint they’d both rather forget, while Mostert, Cam Waters and Thomas Randle carry form in.

Another factor? With 2024 seats drying up, there’s sure to be a few drivers with a point to prove.

In what is likely to be one of the last Sandown 500s, the unknown awaits.

Shane van Gisbergen (top with Ludo Lacroix and Cam Waters at The Bend) is still hunting his first Sandown 500 win. Jack Le Brocq has enjoyed a sensational year for Matt Stone Racing and teams up with Jayden Ojeda for the Supercars endurance races in the #34 Truck Assist Camaro (above).

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MELBOURNE’S OWN PIECE OF MOTORSPORT

As STEFAN BARTHOLOMAEUS reports, the Sandown 500 started its life as a 6 Hour and has had plenty of twists and turns along the way …

THE 2023 Penrite Oil Sandown 500 marks the start of a new chapter in the complex and at times quirky history of Melbourne’s own touring car endurance race.

Like its bigger brother, the Bathurst 1000, the Sandown race has undergone enormous change through the years, with various distances, event names, dates, eligibility rules, circuit layouts, broadcasters and promoters all featuring. But unlike Bathurst’s ‘Great Race’, the Sandown 500 has come and gone from the calendar in recent decades.

The Sandown 500’s origins trace back to November 1964, when the venue hosted the

inaugural Sandown 6 Hour for productionbased vehicles just two years after its opening in 1962.

Just two editions were run before a two-year break and the event’s subsequent rebirth as a three-hour race in 1968 under the promotion of the Light Car Club of Australia. A move to September and an eventual alignment with Bathurst’s rules catering for standard, mass-produced production cars proved a masterstroke, as Sandown began attracting teams keen to undertake a warm-up for the following month’s ‘Great Race’.

The duration of the Sandown event evolved

from there, moving from its timed, threehour format to 250 miles in 1970, then 400 kilometres in 1976. The event was billed as a ‘400’ from 1976 through to 1983, despite the fact television commitments meant the 1980 and ’82 races were only ever scheduled to last 338km!

The 500km distance that the event is famous for was introduced in 1984, coinciding with the addition of an infield loop to the circuit. Adding several corners and just over 800 metres to the previously 3.1km facility, the new section was tight, twisty, and largely unpopular, and only used for five years.

MOTORSPORT HISTORY

The race was the Sandown 250 when Colin Bond (main pic) toppled the mighty Phase Three GTHO Falcons in 1971. The Melbourne enduro has featured all of the stars, including former Bathurst winner Bob Morris (above left in 1979). Small cars have also been a part of the history of the race (above right), this shot from 1972.

Sandown’s 500km race distance, though, stuck, and the Sandown 500 continued through the evolution of Australian touring car racing’s regulations from Group C to international Group A in 1985, and the five-litre V8 rules from 1993.

For all the change in those early decades, it’s the V8 era that has provided the most twists and turns for the Sandown endurance race. From 1999 to 2002, backing from the Queensland Government lured what was then V8 Supercars to switch ‘the 500’ from Sandown to the new Queensland Raceway at Ipswich, leaving Sandown to host a regular sprint round.

In 2001 and 2002, Sandown organisers elected to host 500km endurance races for GT and production cars from the PROCAR Championship Series, allowing a Ferrari 360 and Lamborghini Diablo to join the Sandown 500 winners list.

The V8s returned from 2003, only for V8 Supercars to again shift focus in 2008, this time moving its 500km Bathurst warm-up to Phillip Island.

The Sandown 500 roared back into life in 2012, taking its traditional September slot each year until 2019, when a calendar reshuffle placed it in November. A coincidental throwback to its first two editions, the change left no endurance race before Bathurst. Supercars was set to move its 500km race to The Bend in South Australia in 2020, but COVID-19 put paid to those plans and the Repco Supercars Championship proceeded with Bathurst as its only endurance race until 2023, when the Sandown 500 again leads into the ‘Great Race’.

This year therefore marks the 49th running of what is now known as the Penrite Oil Sandown 500, 59 years after the race’s birth. While the future of the Sandown circuit itself is uncertain, the race’s glorious history will remain in the spotlight ahead of the 60th anniversary in 2024.

The race became the ‘500 in 1984 (above), the same year that major works at Sandown lengthened the track by 800 metres with a largely unpopular infield section. The Sandown 500 returned to the original 3.1-kilometre layout for the 1989 race, won by the Nissan Skyline GTS-R of Jim Richards and Mark Skaife (below). Not every Sandown 500 has been held for touring cars or Supercars; the Lamborghini Diablo of Paul Stokell and Anthony Tratt (bottom) won the 2002 race.

The 2004 Sandown 500 winners Marcos Ambrose and Greg Ritter (above) overcame nearly a full lap deficit after Ritter had spun at turn one. Craig Lowndes is a modern master of the Sandown classic, racking up six wins in the race including 2012 (below) teamed with Warren Luff.

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THE LAST TIME WE MET

THE most recent running of the Sandown 500 in 2019 was always going to have a unique feel due to the event’s repositioning in the calendar until November, after the Bathurst 1000.

Triple Eight combination Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes swept the weekend, winning their respective primary driver and co-driver sprints on Saturday before taking out the ‘500 and scoring the Enduro Cup trophy for most points across Bathurst, the Gold Coast and Sandown.

The results bely the fact that the real stars on Sunday had been teammates Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander, who after a mistake from the Kiwi on Saturday, charged from 24th on the grid to the lead, only to suffer suspension failure 10 laps from the finish. The Sandown 500 is the only major Supercars prize SVG is yet to win as he prepares to head to NASCAR in 2024.

Tickford Racing rescued an otherwise horror Enduro Cup campaign with second and third for its Chaz Mostert/James Moffat and Lee Holdsworth/Thomas Randle Mustangs. The former pairing drove a spare car following a heavy crash for Mostert on the Gold Coast,

while the latter result marked Holdsworth’s first podium since 2014 and a first for Super2 star Randle.

Fellow young gun Will Brown shone on Saturday by splitting legends Lowndes and Tander in the co-driver race, driving an Erebus Motorsport Commodore beautifully decked out in black-and-gold Jim Richards JPS BMW tribute colours as part of a ‘retro round’ theme. Brodie Kostecki also marked himself as a star of the future with flashes of speed in his family team’s wildcard.

A most unexpected impact of Sandown’s move until after Bathurst was felt at DJR Team Penske. Its Scott McLaughlin/Alex Premat entry was demoted to last on the Sandown grid as part of a slew of penalties for a technical infringement during Bathurst qualifying that were handed down on Sunday morning at the Victorian venue.

The Bathurst-winning duo were never a factor in the Sandown race, but a ninth-place finish was enough for McLaughlin to seal the championship with a round remaining in what appeared the most sombre championship triumph on record.

It had been 12 years since their last Sandown 500 win together in 2007, but Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes picked up where they’d left off by winning the 2019 Sandown 500. They shared the podium with Tickford Mustang pilots Chaz Mostert and James Moffat (second) and Lee Holdsworth and Thomas Randle (third).

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THE ROLL OF HONOUR

Melbourne’s touring car endurance classic has been held over a range of distances and had something of a stop-start history in recent years. Here’s the Roll of Honour of those that have crossed the line first at Sandown.

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2023 PENRITE OIL SANDOWN 500

Note: Entry details subject to change after deadline for this program had closed.

Mobil 1™ NTI Racing Ford Mustang GT

Turns 35 on the Thursday of Penrite Oil Sandown 500 race week … recently became engaged to partner Baylee Mullen … has been confirmed that he will leave Walkinshaw Andretti United at the end of this season … made Supercars Championship debut in the 2010 Phillip Island 500 … best Sandown 500 finish of fourth came in 2012 in HRT Commodore with Garth Tander … finished 11th in the 2019 Sandown 500 with Tim Blanchard in Fujitsu-backed Brad Jones Racing Commodore … a ninth-place in 2016 with Cam McConville is his only other top 10 finish in the Sandown 500 … Sandown is his 140th Supercars Championship round start … scored best result of this season – fourth place – last time out in Race 22 at The Bend Motorsport Park … 2011 Bathurst 1000 winner and 2016 Clipsal 500 Adelaide 500 winner … 2009 Australian Formula Ford Champion … winner of four Supercars Championship races, most recent at Sydney Motorsport Park in 2020 with Brad Jones Racing … has two Supercars Championship pole positions.

41-year-old English-born Kiwi lives on the Gold Coast … made Supercars Championship debut at Oran Park in 2004 … returns this year for the second year in a row as Walkinshaw Andretti United co-driver ... finished runner-up in 2022 Repco Bathurst 1000 with Chaz Mostert … has been racing Porsche Carrera Cup Australia this year … spent 14 years as full-time Supercars Championship driver from 2008 to 2021 … finished fourth in 2019 Sandown 500 in DJR Team Penske Mustang with Tony D’Alberto, the result remains Coulthard’s best Sandown 500 result … made Sandown 500 debut in 2004 co-driving Tasman Commodore with the late Jason Richards … has finished in the top seven in each of the last four Sandown 500s held between 2016 and 2019; sixth in 2016, fifth in 2017, seventh in 2018 and fourth in 2019 … 2005 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Champion … Sandown is his 216th Supercars Championship round start … winner of 13 Supercars Championship races, most recent at The Bend Motorsport Park in 2020.

CoolDrive Racing Ford Mustang GT

27-year-old South Australian now based on the Gold Coast … made Supercars Championship debut as a wildcard entrant at Queensland Raceway in 2017 … best Sandown 500 finish of 20th came in 2019 sharing a Matt Stone Racing Commodore ZB with Jack Smith … survived a wild roll-over during a qualifying race for the 2017 Sandown 500 … was sharing a CoolDrive Commodore with Tim Blanchard that weekend and the duo re-unite for this year’s Sandown 500 … in his sixth season as a full-time Supercars Championship driver … finished 18th in last year’s championship driving for Matt Stone Racing … has one Supercars Championship pole position, which he took in 2020 in Townsville … best Supercars Championship race finish is third place, which he achieved at Sydney Motorsport Park in 2020 … 2017 Dunlop Super2 Series winner … six-time race winner in Dunlop Super2 Series, all taken during his 2017 title-winning season … 2014 Mike Kable Young Gun Award winner … 2016 Supercars Privateers Cup winner.

36-year-old based in Melbourne, works as CEO of CoolDrive Auto Parts business … best Sandown 500 finish of eighth came in 2015 in Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Commodore with Karl Reindler … finished 11th in 2019 Sandown 500 sharing Brad Jones Racing Commodore with Nick Percat … reuniting with Todd Hazelwood, who co-drove with Blanchard in the 2017 Sandown, Bathurst and Gold Coast endurance events … made Sandown 500 debut in 2012 in Jack Daniel’s Commodore with Todd Kelly … drove in the Supercars Championship full-time in 2013 (Dick Johnson Racing), 2015 (LDM) and 2016 to 2018 (BJR) … made Supercars Championship debut co-driving Paul Morris Motorsports Commodore with Greg Murphy at 2010 Phillip Island 500 … Sandown is his 92nd Supercars Championship round start and 186th Supercars Championship race … best Supercars finish is sixth, scored at the 2011 Phillip Island 500 in a Commodore with David Reynolds and repeated driving a DJR Falcon at the same venue in a 2013 solo driver round.

SCT Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

24-year-old from the Gold Coast but now based in Yarrawonga in Victoria … only Sandown 500 start came in 2019 sharing Matt Stone Racing Commodore ZB with Todd Hazelwood and the duo finished 20th … in his fourth season racing full-time in the Repco Supercars Championship … best finish this year remains 14th place scored at Albert Park and repeated last time out at The Bend Motorsport Park … made Supercars Championship debut at Symmons Plains in 2019 … competed in four rounds that season in a wildcard entry run by Brad Jones Racing … career-best Supercars

Championship race finish of 10th came at Sydney Motorsport Park in 2020 … finished 24th in last year’s Repco Supercars Championship … teamed with Jaxon Evans in last year’s Repco Bathurst 1000, car crashed out of the race with 138 of 161 laps completed … Sandown is his 52nd Supercars Championship round start and 128th Supercars Championship race start … 2017 V8 Touring Car Series winner … 2019 BNT New Zealand V8s Champion.

26-year old Kiwi based in Germany will celebrate his 27th birthday on the Tuesday after the Penrite Oil Sandown 500 … made Supercars Championship debut last year co-driving SCT Logistics Commodore with Jack Smith at Repco Bathurst 1000 … making his Sandown 500 debut this year … 2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Champion … also won the 2020 Porsche Carrera Cup France Championship … runner-up in 2021 Porsche Supercup Series … competed in the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship in Porsche 911 RSR … this year has been competing in ADAC GT Masters in Germany … also made appearances this year in Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in United States … has made three Bathurst 12 Hour starts, most recently finishing 11th in 2020 race in NED Racing Team Porsche … shared a McLaren with Sandown Supercars debutante Kevin Estre in the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour … shared a Porsche with Matt Campbell in 2021 Le Mans 24 Hour and finished fifth in GTE AM class.

Snowy River Racing Ford Mustang GT

43-year-old originally from Penrith in Sydney but now living on the Gold Coast … made Supercars Championship in the 2005 Sandown 500 sharing a Holden Racing Team Commodore with Jim Richards and finished 11th … runner-up in the 2014 Sandown 500 sharing a HRT Commodore with Greg Murphy … finished seventh in the 2019 Sandown 500 sharing a Walkinshaw Andretti United Commodore with Jack Perkins … best Sandown 500 qualifying of second came in the last year a Shootout determined the grid for the race, which was in 2007 … has never failed to finish a Sandown 500 in his 10 previous starts in the race … 2010 Supercars Champion driving for Dick Johnson Racing … spent 2011 to 2019 driving for Holden Racing Team/Walkinshaw Andretti United … Sandown is his 242nd Supercars Championship round start and 549th championship race … has 15 Supercars Championship race wins, the most recent at Adelaide in 2016 … twotime Adelaide 500 winner in 2014 and 2015 … finished 12th in last year’s Repco Supercars Championship.

21-year-old from Benalla in country Victoria … currently racing an ex-DJR Team Penske Mustang for Anderson Motorsport in Dunlop Super2 Series … won this year’s opening round in Newcastle and finished on the podium in the last round in Townsville … will be on ‘double duty’ at Sandown given Round 4 of the Dunlop Series is being held on the same weekend … made Supercars Championship debut in 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 sharing a Tickford Mustang with Jack Le Brocq and finished 15th … made two wildcard starts in Tickfordrun Mustang in 2022 in Darwin and at The Bend … scored breakthrough first Supercars Championship pole position at The Bend for the Saturday race and finished fifth after leading 10 laps … making Sandown 500 debut this year … runner-up in the Dunlop Super2 Series in 2021 and 2022 … shared Castrol Tickford Mustang with Thomas Randle in last year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 but car retired on opening lap with damage from first-lap incident.

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Ford Mustang GT

29-year-old from Mildura now based in Melbourne … won the 2017 Sandown 500 in Tickford-run Monster Falcon with Kiwi Richie Stanaway after starting in pole position … finished runner-up in 2015 Sandown 500 sharing a Pepsi Max Falcon with Chaz Mostert in team 1-2 finish … made Sandown 500 debut in 2014 in FPR-run JELD-WEN Falcon alongside Jack Perkins and finished 15th … finished 21st in 2019 Sandown 500 with Michael Caruso in Tickford Mustang … James Moffat will this year become his seventh different codriver in his seven Sandown 500s … made Supercars Championship debut in 2011 Bathurst 1000 … Sandown is his 114th Supercars Championship round start and 246th Supercars Championship race start … won Race 1 this season in Newcastle after top two Red Bull Ampol Camaros were excluded … has two pole positions and two podium finishes so far this year … has nine Supercars Championship race wins, all taken for Tickford Racing … has 21 Supercars Championship pole positions, the most recent this year in Townsville.

39-year-old from Melbourne … has spent this year racing a Garry Rogers Motorsport-run car in the TransAm Series … made his Sandown 500 debut in 2012 sharing a Dick Johnson Racing Falcon with Alex Davison … finished runner-up in the 2019 Sandown 500 sharing a Tickford Mustang with Chaz Mostert … has finished in the top 10 in the last three Sandown 500s; seventh in 2017 with Richard Muscat in GRM Commodore, 10th with Mostert in a Tickford Falcon in 2018 and second in 2019, again with Mostert … Sandown is his 111th Supercars Championship round start and 236th Supercars Championship race start … two-time Supercars race winner during his career, at Winton in 2013 for Nissan and the Gold Coast in 2018 sharing a Falcon with Mostert … son of six-time Sandown endurance race winner Allan Moffat … drove full-time in Supercars Championship from 2011 to 2017 for DJR 2011-2012), Nissan Motorsport (20132015) and GRM (2016-2017) … this year is his third in a row co-driving with Cam Waters.

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Blanchard Racing Team

Ford Mustang GT

JAKE KOSTECKI

21-year-old from Perth in Western Australia … making his Repco Supercars Championship debut in this year’s Penrite Oil Sandown 500 … driving a brand-new Blanchard Racing Team Mustang as a wildcard entry … son of former Perth-based touring car privateer Ian Love, who shared a Commodore with the late Don Watson in the 1994 Sandown 500 … runner-up in 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia with 12 race wins from 18 race starts … also took four pole positions, nine fastest laps and 14 top 3 finishes … also finished fifth in the 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup France … driving a BRT-run Mustang in this year’s Dunlop Super2 Series … scored first Super2 podium finish by taking second place in the second round at Wanneroo in Perth in April … sits seventh in the Dunlop Super2 Series points entering the Sandown round … drove a Ginetta in the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour … will make his Repco Bathurst 1000 debut in October.

23-year-old based in Perth in Western Australia … made his Supercars Championship debut in wildcard Kostecki Brothers Racing-run Commodore in 2019 Bathurst 1000 sharing with cousin Brodie … finished 16th with Brodie in the 2019 Sandown 500, his only start in the Melbourne endurance classic … Sandown is his 35th Supercars Championship round start and first since last year’s season finale in Adelaide … his best Supercars Championship race finish of fifth came at Hidden Valley in 2021 … drove full-time in the Repco Supercars Championship in 2021 (with Matt Stone Racing) and 2022 (with Tickford Racing) … Sandown will be his 84th Supercars Championship race start … made 24 round starts in the Dunlop Super2 Series between 2016 and 2019 … his best round finish of fourth came at Queensland Raceway in 2019 … took his only Super2 pole position in Townsville the same season … finished 22nd in last year’s Repco Supercars Championship but departed Tickford Racing in aftermath of the season.

R&J Batteries Racing

Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

28-year-old New Zealander based on the Gold Coast … made his Sandown 500 debut in 2015 driving a Super Black Racing Falcon with Ant Pedersen … started on the front row for the 2019 Sandown 500 in a Kelly Racing Nissan Altima with Bryce Fullwood and the duo finished eighth … made Supercars Championship debut in 2014 Bathurst 1000 as a wildcard entry in Super Black Racing Falcon and finished 11th … in his second season with Brad Jones Racing … has scored six podium finishes so far this season … one of only two drivers (Broc Feeney is the other) to have completed all 915 laps of racing held so far in this year’s Repco Supercars Championship … Sandown is his 105th Supercars Championship round start and 239th Supercars Championship race … has one Supercars Championship race win, taken at The Bend in 2021 in a Kelly Grove Racing Mustang … has three Supercars Championship pole positions to his name, the most recent at Sydney Motorsport Park in July.

40-year-old based in Melbourne … runs Sign Point signage business … competing again this year in Porsche Carrera Cup Australia … scored clean sweep of race wins to win the round at Hidden Valley in Darwin in June … sits fourth in the series points entering the Sandown weekend … made Sandown 500 debut in 2012 sharing a Falcom with Tony D’Alberto … best Sandown 500 finish came in 2017 when he finished 13th with Chris Pither in an Erebus Motorsport Commodore … made Supercars Championship debut in a Tasman Motorsport Commodore in the 2008 Phillip Island 500 … Sandown is his 85th Supercars Championship round start and 168th Supercars Championship race … drove full-time in the championship in 2014 and 2015 for Brad Jones Racing, in 2016 for Nissan Motorsport and in 2017 for Erebus … re-joined BJR as an endurance codriver in 2021 … finished sixth in 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 sharing a Commodore with Nick Percat … 2013 Dunlop Series winner for MW Motorsport.

Coca-Cola Racing by Erebus

Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

25-year-old from Toowoomba in Queensland … recently confirmed he will leave Erebus Motorsport and the end of the season and join Triple Eight Race Engineering for 2024 … made Supercars Championship debut in 2018 Sandown 500 sharing an Erebus Commodore with Anton De Pasquale and finished 12th … finished 10th in the 2019 Sandown 500, also with Erebus and sharing with De Pasquale … Sandown is his 41st Supercars Championship round start and 97th Supercars Championship race start … has five Supercars Championship race wins, one in 2021 at Sydney Motorsport Park and four more this season at Wanneroo, Symmons Plains (two) and Townsville … has scored three pole positions in this year’s championship … has scored nine podium finishes so far this season … scored his first DNF (did not finish) of the season in the last round at The Bend Motorsport Park … in his third season as a full-time driver in the Supercars Championship with Erebus Motorsport.

37-year-old from Melbourne … made Supercars Championship debut in 2006 Sandown 500 in a Jack Daniel’s/Perkins Engineering Commodore with Shane Price … best Sandown 500 finish of seventh came the last time the race was held in 2019 sharing a Walkinshaw Andretti United Commodore with James Courtney … finished eighth in 2013 Sandown 500 in Garry Rogers Motorsport Commodore with Scott McLaughlin and finished ninth in the race in 2015 in a HRT Commodore with Russell Ingall, who was filling in for the injured Courtney … Sandown is his 81st Supercars Championship round start and 155th Supercars Championship race … single Supercars race win came on the Gold Coast in 2015 with Courtney … last Supercars podium finish of third place came at Bathurst in 2019 with Courtney … racing this year in a Commodore in Dunlop Super2 Series … didn’t get to race in last round in Townsville due to a collision in qualifying that damaged his car … three-time Super2 Series round winner and runner-up in the 2011 series.

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Shell V-Power Racing Team Ford Mustang GT

Turns 28 on the Thursday of race week for the Penrite Oil Sandown 500 … from Melbourne but now based in Queensland … made Sandown 500 debut in 2018 and finished 12th in Erebus Motorsport Commodore with Will Brown … Sandown is his 76th Supercars Championship round start and 177th Supercars Championship race start … won Race 17 this season in Townsville, his ninth career Supercars Championship race win … eight of his career race wins have come since he joined Dick Johnson Racing in 2021 … also finished on the podium this year at Sydney Motorsport Park … first Supercars race win came at Hidden Valley in Darwin in 2020 … has 16 Supercars Championship pole positions having taken 11 in 2021, four in 2022 and one this year at Albert Park … 2013 Australian Formula Ford Champion … finished fourth in the 2017 Dunlop Super2 Series in a Paul Morris Motorsportsrun Falcon FG X … finished fourth in last year’s Repco Supercars Championship and sixth in the 2021 championship pointscore.

37-year-old from Melbourne … made Supercars Championship debut in 2005 Sandown 500 sharing a Tasman Motorsport Commodore with Fabian Coulthard … best Sandown 500 finish of fourth came the last year the race was held, 2019, in a DJR Team Penske Mustang sharing with Coulthard … has finished in the top seven in four of his last five Sandown 500 starts … racing a Honda Civic in this year’s TCR Australia Series … won last year’s TCR Australia Series after taking two race wins, five podiums and one pole position … Sandown is his 113th Supercars Championship round start and 215th championship race … only Paul Weel, Brad Jones and John Faulkner have more ATCC/ Supercars Championship race starts without a win than D’Alberto … this is his eighth year in a row as an endurance co-driver for DJR Team Penske/DJR … fulltime driver in Supercars Championship between 2008 and 2013 … last Supercars podium finish came in the 2017 Bathurst 1000, finishing third with Coulthard.

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Middy’s Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

DEAN FIORE

25-year-old originally from Darwin but now based on the Gold Coast … made Supercars Championship debut at 2018 Sandown 500 in a Matt Stone Racing Commodore with Todd Hazelwood and finished 21st … finished eighth in 2019 Sandown 500 in a Kelly Racing Nissan Altima with Andre Heimgartner … Sandown is his 51st Supercars Championship round and 124th Supercars Championship race … scored his first and only podium finish in Supercars at The Bend Motorsport Park in 2020 during his first of two seasons with Walkinshaw Andretti United … the 2019 Dunlop Super2 Series winner … in his second season with Brad Jones Racing and his second year of teaming up with co-driver Dean Fiore … best result this season remains a pair of fifth-placed results, achieved at Hidden Valley and Sydney Motorsport Park … best qualifying position this year was third at Albert Park, his career best in Supercars … spent two seasons in 2020 and 2021 with Walkinshaw Andretti United … finished 17th in the Repco Supercars Championship last year.

39-year-old from Perth in Western Australia … made Supercars Championship debut at the 2009 Clipsal 500 Adelaide … made Sandown 500 debut in Jim Beam Racing Falcon with Kiwi Matthew Halliday in 2012 … best Sandown 500 result is 11th place in 2015 with Michael Caruso in a Nissan Altima … his only Sandown 500 ‘DNF’ came the last time the race was held in 2019; the Nissan he and Garry Jacobson drove retired after 144 laps with suspension problems … drove fulltime in Supercars Championship from 2009 to the end of 2013 … since then has been an endurance co-driver for Nissan Motorsport/Kelly Racing (2014-2019), Team 18 (2020) and, since 2021, for Brad Jones Racing … Sandown is his 93rd Supercars Championship round start and 175th Supercars Championship race … 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia series runnerup to Craig Baird … finished ninth in last year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 with Fullwood … that result was Fiore’s third consecutive top 10 finish in the ‘Great Race’.

Shell

V-Power Racing Team Ford Mustang GT

41-year-old originally from Melbourne but now based on the Gold Coast … he and wife Riana Crehan welcomed their first child, son Dash, in July … made his Sandown 500 debut in 2004 in a Team Dynamik Commodore with the late Dale Brede … finished third on the podium at the Sandown 500 in 2013 (in a Pepsi Max FPR Falcon with Steve Owen after starting on pole position) and 2016 (TEKNO Commodore with Jonathon Webb) … finished sixth in the 2019 Sandown 500 in a Milwaukee/23Red Racing Mustang with older brother Alex … this year marks the fifth time the brothers have teamed up for a Sandown 500 … Sandown is his 242nd Supercars Championship round start and 541st Supercars Championship race … winner of 22 Supercars Championship races, including two Bathurst 1000s in 2009 and 2016 … last Supercars race win came in 2022 at Pukekohe in New Zealand … has 28 Supercars Championship pole positions … only podium finish of this year so far came at Hidden Valley in June.

43-year-old originally from Melbourne but now based on the Gold Coast … made his Supercars Championship debut in the 2004 Sandown 500 in a Castrol/Perkins Engineering Commodore with Jamie Whincup … his best Sandown 500 finish came in 2019 sharing a Milwaukee Mustang with young brother Will … Sandown this year is his 200th Supercars Championship race start … has been racing for Scott Taylor Motorsport in this year’s Porsche Carrera Cup Australia championship … won the Townsville round, his first round win in the category in seven years … sits fifth in the series points entering the Sandown round, where he will be on ‘double duty’ … winner of the 2004 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia championship … his best Supercars Championship race finish of second came in 2009 at Hidden Valley and was repeated in 2011 at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi … scored first and only Supercars Championship pole position in 2010 in Darwin … spent six years as full-time driver in Supercars Championship (2005, 2009-2011, 2013, 2020).

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DEWALT Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

MICHAEL CARUSO

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42-year-old originally from Doonside in western Sydney but now based in Melbourne … 2015 Supercars Champion and 2013 Bathurst 1000 winner … scored his 39th Supercars Championship race win this year at Hidden Valley in Darwin … the win was Team 18’s first in Supercars and Winterbottom’s first win since Pukekohe in November 2016 … made his Supercars Championship debut in the 2003 Sandown 500 in a Stone Brothers Racing Falcon with Mark Noske … has won the Sandown 500 twice, in 2006 with Jason Bright and in 2015 with Steve Owen … finished 12th in the 2019 Sandown 500 with Steve Richards in his first year with Team 18 … became just the third driver in championship history to start 600 races earlier this year in Perth at Wanneroo Raceway … Sandown is his 272nd Supercars Championship round start (third on the all-time list behind only Craig Lowndes and Garth Tander) and his 616th Supercars Championship race … has 36 championship pole positions and 118 podium finishes (fourth most of all-time).

40-year-old based in Sydney … made Supercars Championship debut at 2006 Bathurst 1000 for Brad Jones Racing … made his Sandown 500 debut in 2007 sharing a WPS Racing Falcon with Max Wilson … best Sandown 500 finish of 11th came in 2015 sharing a Nissan Altima with Dean Fiore … finished a delayed 21st in the 2019 Sandown 500 sharing the Tickford Monster Mustang with Cam Waters … Sandown is his 169th Supercars Championship round start and 359th championship race … two-time Supercars Championship race winner, both of which came at Hidden Valley in Darwin in 2009 (with Garry Rogers Motorsport) and 2016 (with Nissan Motorsport) … this year marks his third season co-driving for Team 18 with Mark Winterbottom … spent 11 seasons as a full-time driver in the Supercars Championship with GRM from 2008 to 2012 and Nissan from 2013 to 2018 … runner-up in the 2007 Fujitsu Series (Super2) in Ford Rising Stars Racing Falcon … will make his 18th Bathurst 1000 start this year.

Penrite Racing Ford Mustang GT

20-year-old from New Zealand now based on the Gold Coast … in his debut season in the Repco Supercars Championship and making his Penrite Oil Sandown 500 debut … made Supercars Championship debut last year in Repco Bathurst 1000 co-driving with Lee Holdsworth and finished an impressive sixth … best result this season is also sixth, once at Wanneroo and repeated at The Bend Motorsport Park … finished third in last year’s Dunlop Super2 Series in a Nissan Altima … won the 2022 Mike Kable Young Gun Award for best first-year Supercars driver … 2021 Toyota Racing Series winner in New Zealand and finished third in the 2021 New Zealand Grand Prix … finished sixth in the 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, including a race win in Townsville and pole positions at The Bend and Townsville … competed in rounds of the European Le Mans Series in 2022 in a JMW Motorsport-run Ferrari 488 GTE Evo … qualified third for Race 21 at The Bend Motorsport Park in August, his best Supercars qualifying performance.

34-year-old from Lyon in France who lives thesedays in Austria … the Penrite Oil Sandown 500 marks his Repco Supercars Championship debut but he’s no stranger to racing in Australia … has made four starts in the Bathurst 12 Hour in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019 …finished fifth in the 2018 race in a Craft Bamboo Porsche with Earl Bamber and Laurens

Vanthoor … won the 2018 FIA World Endurance Championship in a LMGTE Pro class Porsche … won the GTE Pro class for Porsche of the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hour … 2013 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion … 2011 Porsche Carrera Cup France champion … runner-up in the 2012 Porsche Supercup … is racing this year for Porsche Penske Motorsport in its Porsche 963 Hypercar in the FIA World Endurance Championship, including in this year’s Le Mans 24 Hour … has made nine Le Mans 24 Hour starts and has been in the race every year since his debut in 2015 … if he can win the Sandown 500 he won’t be the first French winner – Yvan Muller won with Craig Lowndes in 2005.

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Team 18

Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

SCOTT PYE WARREN LUFF

33-year-old originally from South Australia but now based in Melbourne ... has been confirmed he will leave Team 18 at the end of the season … made his Sandown 500 debut in 2012 in Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Commodore as co-driver with Taz Douglas … best Sandown 500 finish of fifth came in 2014 (DJR Falcon with Ash Walsh) and in 2019 (Walkinshaw Andretti United Commodore with Warren Luff … Sandown is his 146th Supercars Championship round start and 335th championship race … scored breakthrough race win at Albert Park for WAU in 2018 … best result this season of fifth came at Symmons Plains in Tasmania … finished 16th in the Repco Supercars Championship last year, 15th in 2021 and ninth in 2020 … has scored six top 10 finishes this year … 2010 British Formula Ford Champion … 2012 Dunlop Series runner-up in Triple Eight Commodore … runner-up in the 2017 and 2018 Bathurst 1000s, each time with Luff in Walkinshaw Commodores.

47-year-old originally from Sydney but now based on the Gold Coast … made Sandown 500 debut in 2001 when it was held as a race for PROCAR category cars and finished ninth outright in a V8 Commodore production car with Scott Loadsman after starting 36th on the grid … is no stranger to co-driving with Pye, the duo drove together for the Walkinshaw team from 2017 to 2019 … two-time Sandown 500 winner who won in 2012 with Craig Lowndes for Triple Eight and in 2016 with Garth Tander for the Holden Racing Team … also finished on the podium in the Sandown 500 in 2004 (third with Steven Johnson), 2013 (second with Lowndes) and 2014 (third with Tander) … has finished in the top six in seven of his last eight Sandown 500 starts covering 2012 to 2019 … Sandown is his 87th Supercars Championship round and 145th championship race start … has three Supercars race wins to his name, two Sandown 500s and a win on the Gold Coast with Lowndes in 2013.

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Nulon Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

38-year-old originally from Hornsby in New South Wales but now based on the Gold Coast … made Supercars Championship debut at 2009 Clipsal 500 Adelaide in Paul Morris Motorsports Commodore … finished seventh in his Sandown 500 debut in 2012 in a Stone Brothers Falcon with Andrew Thompson … best Sandown 500 finish of sixth came in 2015 in Walkinshaw Commodore with Tony D’Alberto … finished 13th in 2019 Sandown 500 in Brad Jones Racing Commodore with Ash Walsh … finished ninth on the road with Walsh in the 2017 Sandown 500 but was excluded for exceeding the maximum driving time … Sandown is his 193rd Supercars Championship round start and 422nd Supercars Championship race … finished 11th in last year’s Repco Supercars Championship in Blanchard Racing Team Mustang before making the move this season to PremiAir Racing … two-time Supercars race winner, both wins came at Winton in 2016 … has 17 Supercars Championship podiums to his name, the last in Newcastle in 2019.

39-year-old originally from Sydney but now based on the Gold Coast … makes a surprise return to Supercars racing after stepping back when he sold Team Sydney at the end of 2021 … the Penrite Oil Sandown 500 will be his first Supercars race since the Repco Bathurst 1000 in December 2021 … 2016 Bathurst 1000 and Bathurst 12 Hour winner for his own TEKNO Autosports team … made Supercars Championship debut in the 2006 Sandown 500 … finished third in the Sandown 500 in consecutive years in 2015 (with Shane van Gisbergen) and 2016 (with Will Davison) … has never failed to finish a Sandown 500 in his previous 10 starts … finished 19th in 2019 Sandown 500 in TEKNO Commodore with Jack Le Brocq … Sandown is his 86th Supercars Championship round start and 155th championship race … has four Supercars Championship race wins to his name; 2010 Sydney Olympic Park, 2014 and 2015 on the Gold Coast (with van Gisbergen) and 2016 Bathurst (with Davison).

Mobil 1™ Optus Racing Ford Mustang GT

LEE HOLDSWORTH

31-year-old originally from Melbourne but now based on the Gold Coast … made Sandown 500 debut in 2013 in Dick Johnson Racing Falcon … has finished on the Sandown 500 podium three times, in 2015 (second with Cam Waters), 2017 (third with Steve Owen) and 2019 (second with James Moffat) … has finished in the top 10 in his last six Sandown 500s covering 2014 to 2019 … Sandown is his 139th Supercars Championship round start and 319th championship race start … has 21 Supercars Championship race wins, the most recent in Adelaide in 2022 … has won eight races for Walkinshaw Andretti United since joining the team in 2020 … finished third in the Repco Supercars Championship in both 2021 and 2022 for WAU … two-time Bathurst 1000 winner in 2014 and 2021 … has taken six podium finishes this year but still looking for his first win of 2023 … has qualified on the front row twice this year, but not since Race 4 at Albert Park.

40-year-old based in Melbourne and now working in real estate … retired from full-time Supercars racing at the end of last year after a Barry Sheene Medal-winning season with Grove Racing … returns to Walkinshaw Andretti United and co-driving with Mostert after their 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 victory … made Sandown 500 debut in 2004 driving a privateer Commodore with Philip Scifleet … that event was also his debut in the Supercars Championship … finished third in the 2019 Sandown 500 with Thomas Randle in Tickford Racing Mustang, his first podium finish in the Melbourne endurance classic … Sandown is his 228th Supercars Championship round start and 511th Supercars Championship race start … has four Supercars race wins to this name; 2007 Oran Park, 2010 Sydney Olympic Park, 2014 Winton and 2021 Bathurst … spent 16 years as a full-time Supercars Championship driver covering 2006 to 2020 and 2022 … has 18 Supercars podium finishes and four pole positions to his name.

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Penrite Racing Ford Mustang GT

38-year-old originally from Albury in New South Wales but now based in Melbourne … has confirmed he will leave Grove Racing at the end of the season and join Team 18 for the 2024 Repco Supercars Championship … made Sandown 500 debut in 2007 sharing a PWR Commodore with Cameron McConville … his best Sandown 500 finish is fifth in 2015 (in The Bottle-O Falcon with Dean Canto) and then again in 2018 (in an Erebus Commodore with Luke Youlden) … took pole position for the 2018 Sandown 500 … did not finish the last Sandown 500 held in 2019 after co-driver Youlden was involved in an accident with Dale Wood in Rick Kelly’s Nissan … Sandown is his 194th Supercars Championship round start and 427th Supercars Championship race start … has finished on the podium twice this year, most recently at Wanneroo in April … took a pole position in the season-opening round in Newcastle … finished eighth in last year’s Repco Supercars Championship.

46-year-old originally from Perth but a long-time resident of Melbourne … making his 643rd Supercars Championship race start when he lines up in the Penrite Oil Sandown 500 but it will be his first driving a Ford … won the 2016 Sandown 500 with Warren Luff for the Holden Racing Team … made Sandown 500 debut in 1998 in Garry Rogers Motorsport Commodore … finished a delayed 17th in the 2019 Sandown 500 with Shane van Gisbergen after late-race suspension failure while leading … also finished on the Sandown 500 podium in 2014 (third with Luff) … finished fourth in the Sandown 500 five times, in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012 and 2015 … the 2007 Supercars Champion driving for Toll HSV Dealer Team … five-time Bathurst 1000 winner in 2000, 2009, 2011, 2020 and 2022 … competed in a Porsche Carrera Cup Australia round at The Bend Motorsport Park and in an Audi at the GT World Challenge Australia round in Queensland recently to get him race-sharp for Sandown.

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Nulon Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

DYLAN O’KEEFFE

27-year-old originally from Warragul in Victoria and now based on the Gold Coast … made his Sandown 500 debut co-driving a Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo with James Moffat in 2016 … finished fourth in the 2017 Sandown 500 in a GRM Commodore with Garth Tander … did not finish the last Sandown 500 held in 2019, the GRM Commodore he drove with Richard Muscat retired after 155 of 161 laps with driveline problems … Sandown is his 57th Supercars Championship round start and 115th championship race … he finished fourth in Race 2 this season in Newcastle, equalling his career-best Supercars finish achieved in the 2017 Sandown 500 … qualified a career-best of third for Race 2 in Newcastle this year … drove in the Supercars Championship full-time for GRM in 2018 and 2019 … Bathurst co-driver for Team 18 in 2020 and 2021 … replaced Garry Jacobson in PremiAir Commodore partway through last season from Townsville onwards.

25-year-old based in Melbourne returning to PremiAir Racing to co-drive with James Golding for the second straight year … is racing this year in Porsche Carrera Cup Australia and currently sits 10th in the championship points heading into the Sandown round, where he will be on ‘double duty … making his Sandown 500 debut this year … won the GT3 Silver class in an Audi at this year’s Bathurst 12 Hour … runner-up in the 2015 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge and finished third in the 2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia championship … finished fifth in the 2019 Dunlop Super2 Series … won Class B of the 2017 Bathurst 12 Hour in a Porsche … made Supercars Championship debut in the 2019 Gold Coast 600 as last minute replacement in Garry Rogers Motorsport Commodore for Richie Stanaway for the Sunday race … made Bathurst 1000 debut in 2020 codriving Kelly Racing Mustang with Andre Heimgartner and finished 11th … finished 12th in last year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 in PremiAir Commodore with Golding.

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Truck Assist Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

31-year-old from Melbourne now based in Brisbane who is in his sixth full-time Supercars Championship season … will leave Matt Stone Racing at the end of the year to join Erebus Motorsport for 2024 … scored MSR’s first Supercars Championship race win this year at Hidden Valley in Darwin … it was Le Brocq’s second career win after he won a race for Tickford Racing at Sydney Motorsport Park in 2020 … made Supercars Championship debut in the 2015 Sandown 500 co-driving an Erebus Mercedes with Ash Walsh … best Sandown 500 finish remains a 16th place result in 2017 co-driving Nissan Altima with Todd Kelly … Sandown is his 87th Supercars Championship round start and 193rd championship race … took his first Supercars Championship pole position this year in Darwin … 2012 Australian Formula Ford Champion … runner-up in the 2016 Dunlop Series … finished third in the 2014 Bathurst 12 Hour driving an Erebus Mercedes GT3 car … finished fourth in the 2016 Bathurst 1000 with Cam Waters in Monster Falcon.

24-year-old based in Penrith in western Sydney … making his Sandown 500 debut in this year’s race … made his Supercars Championship debut at the 2020 Bathurst 1000 sharing a wildcard Garry Rogers Motorsport Commodore with Tyler Everingham … drove in the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 for Matt Stone Racing … made two wildcard starts last year for Walkinshaw Andretti United at Winton and Hidden Valley … finished 20th in last year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 co-driving with Todd Hazelwood … won this year’s Bathurst 6 Hour production car race in a BMW M4 with Simon Hodges … drove in the Dunlop Super2 Series in 2020 and 2021 … won the 2020 Dunlop Super2 Series Rookie of the Year Award … finished runner-up to Broc Feeney in the 2019 Super3 Series in a MW Motorsport Falcon … the 2018 Australian Formula 4 Champion … finished third in the 2021 Dunlop Super2 Series and third in the 2017 Australian Formula Ford Series.

JACK LE BROCQ JAYDEN OJEDA

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Truck Assist Racing

Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 CAMERON HILL JAYLYN ROBOTHAM

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26-year-old based in Canberra … making his Sandown 500 debut in this year’s race … made Supercars Championship debut in last year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 co-driving PremiAir Commodore with Chris Pither and finished 21st after starting 21st on the grid … in his rookie season as a full-time Supercars Championship driver … best finish this year of eighth was achieved at Symmons Plains … his best qualifying this season of fifth was also at Symmons Plains … 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia champion … won the 2022 Bathurst 6 Hour production car race in a BMW … 2015 Australian Formula Ford Series winner … drove a Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineering in last year’s Dunlop Super2 Series, finished fifth in the series pointscore … is engineered by Paul Forgie, who engineered Marcos Ambrose and Greg Ritter to victory in the 2004 Sandown 500 in a Stone Brothers Racing Falcon … sits 23rd in the Repco Supercars Championship pointscore heading into the Sandown 500.

20-year-old from Lancefield in Victoria … making his Sandown 500 debut in this year’s race … made his Supercars Championship debut in last year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 in a wildcard Commodore alongside Matt Chahda … the duo finished on the lead lap and crossed the line in 18th place … has competed in the Dunlop Super2 Series in 2021 and 2022 with Image Racing … finished on the podium at Sydney Motorsport Park in 2022 after winning Race 1 … made a one-off start in the opening round of this year’s Super2 Series in Newcastle in MW Motorsport’s ex-Tickford Mustang … was the top point scorer in the 2020 Super3 Series, however only two rounds were held during that COVID-interrupted season and therefore not enough for a series winner to be declared … competed in the Sandown round of the Dunlop Super2 Series last year and finished sixth overall.

Castrol Racing

Ford Mustang GT

THOMAS RANDLE

27-year-old from Melbourne … made his Sandown 500 debut in 2019 and finished third on the podium with Lee Holdsworth in Tickford Racing Mustang … scored his first solo podium finish in Supercars in the last round at The Bend Motorsport Park and ended up on the podium in all three races held that weekend … made his Supercars Championship debut as a wildcard entry in a Tickford Mustang in 2019 at The Bend Motorsport Park … Sandown is his 31th Supercars Championship round start and 74th championship race … he took his first Supercars pole position in the last round at The Bend and has nine top 10 finishes so far this season … 2020 Dunlop Super2 Series winner in a MW Motorsport Nissan Altima … 2017 Toyota Racing Series winner in New Zealand … 2014 Australian Formula Ford Series winner … finished third in the 2021 S5000 Australian Drivers Championship.

GARRY JACOBSON

31-year-old from Shepparton in country Victoria but now based in Melbourne … the Sandown 500 will mark his return to the Repco Supercars Championship after last appearing in Darwin in 2022 for PremiAir Racing prior to splitting with the team in the aftermath of that round … made Sandown 500 debut in 2017 co-driving a Falcon with Jason Bright … best Sandown 500 finish of eighth came in 2018 co-driving a Castrol Nissan with Rick Kelly … did not finish his last Sandown 500 in 2019 when the Nissan he shared with Dean Fiore retired after 144 laps with suspension problems … won the 2016 Dunlop Series for Prodrive Racing Australia (now Tickford Racing) … finished third in the 2018 Dunlop Super2 Series … finished eighth in 2017 Bathurst 1000 with Jason Bright … Sandown is his 51st Supercars Championship round and 115th championship race start … competed full-time in Supercars in 2019 for Kelly Racing, in 2020 for Matt Stone Racing, in 2021 for Team Sydney and in 2022 with PremiAir Racing until parting ways mid-season.

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TRADIE Racing Ford Mustang GT

23-year-old from Mackay in Queensland who now resides in Melbourne … making his Sandown 500 debut in this year’s race … made his Supercars Championship debut as a wildcard entry in last year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 sharing a Triple Eight-run Commodore with Craig Lowndes, they finished eighth … won the 2022 Dunlop Super2 Series in a Triple Eight-run Commodore … won two rounds and four races on his way to sealing the series win in the final round in Adelaide last December … best result this season is 10th in the second race at Albert Park in March … best qualifying this year of 14th came at Hidden Valley in Darwin … Sandown is his ninth Supercars Championship round and his 24th championship race … drove a Nissan in the 2021 Dunlop Super2 Series and scored his first Super2 podium that year at Sydney Motorsport Park … competed in the COVID-affected 2020 Super3 Series in a Falcon and finished runner-up in the Sydney Motorsport Park round … graduated from the Toyota 86 Racing Series.

22-year-old from Dubbo in New South Wales … works as a qualified data electrician in his family’s electrical and data business … making his Sandown 500 debut in this year’s race … made his Supercars Championship debut as a wildcard entry in a Garry Rogers Motorsport Commodore in the 2020 Bathurst 1000 … finished 16th in last year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 co-driving Team 18 Commodore with Scott Pye … has been racing this year in TransAm Series … spent 2019, 2021 and 2022 in the Dunlop Super2 Series … won the Sydney Motorsport Park round in 2021 driving a Nissan for MW Motorsport … finished on the podium last year in Super2 rounds at Wanneroo and Bathurst … finished sixth in the 2019 and 2021 Super2 Series … won the 2018 V8 Touring Car Series … won the 2019 Mike Kable Young Gun Award for best first-year Supercars driver … has scored five race wins in Super2 Series, one in 2019, two in 2021 and two more in 2022.

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Red Bull Ampol Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

20-year-old from the Gold Coast … making his Sandown 500 debut in this year’s race … made his Supercars Championship debut on his 18th birthday in the 2020 Bathurst 1000 in a Tickford Mustang and finished 10th with James Courtney … broke through for his first Supercars Championship race win in Adelaide in the last race of 2022 … has added four more race wins to that tally this year at Albert Park, Wanneroo, Symmons Plains and Hidden Valley … Sandown will be his 24th Supercars Championship round start and 59th championship race … he was a month away from being born when co-driver Jamie Whincup made his Supercars debut in the 2002 Queensland 500 … scored his first Supercars Championship pole position this year at Albert Park and added two more at Wanneroo and Hidden Valley … 2021 Dunlop Super2 Series winner for Triple Eight … won the 2019 Super3 Series in a Paul Morris Motorsports-run Falcon … finished fifth with Whincup in last year’s Repco Bathurst 1000.

40-year-old originally from Melbourne and now based in Brisbane … made his Sandown 500 debut in a Garry Rogers Motorsport Commodore with the late Allan Simonsen in 2003 … a five-time Sandown 500 winner … he and Craig Lowndes won in 2007 and 2019 and he and Paul Dumbrell won the race three times together in 2013, 2014 and 2018 … a four-time Sandown 500 pole-sitter in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019 … made his Supercars Championship debut in the 2002 Queensland 500 in a GRM Commodore with speedway legend Max Dumesny … seven-time Supercars Champion, victorious in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017 … four-time Bathurst 1000 winner in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2012 … retired from full-time Supercars Championship racing at the end of 2021 and inducted into the Supercars Hall of Fame … now the Team Principal of Red Bull Ampol Racing … has been racing in a Mercedes-Benz GT3 car this year in the GT World Challenge Australia to keep sharp for the Supercars endurance races.

Pizza Hut Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 MACAULEY JONES JORDAN BOYS

28-year-old who will turn 29 on race day at this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 … made his Supercars Championship debut at the 2015 Sandown 500 codriving a Brad Jones Racing Commodore with Dale Wood … best Sandown 500 finish of 18th came in 2019 driving a CoolDrive/BJR Commodore with Dean Canto … Sandown is his 76th Supercars Championship round start and 169th championship race start … his career best Supercars Championship finish of sixth came on the Gold Coast in 2018 and he matched that result in 2022 at Albert Park … best result so far this year is a pair of sevenths, one at Albert Park and another at Hidden Valley … yet to qualify in the top 10 so far this year, best qualifying of 2023 is 12th at Hidden Valley … son of BJR team owner Brad Jones who competed in 13 Sandown 500s and finished third in the 1992 race with Tomas Mezera for the Holden Racing Team … finished 19th in the Supercars Championship in 2020 and 2022.

25-year-old based in Albury in New South Wales … has been racing an S5000 open wheeler run by Garry Rogers Motorsport in this year’s Australian Driver’s Championship … making his Sandown 500 debut in this year’s race … made his Supercars Championship debut in the 2020 Bathurst 1000 in a Brad Jones Racing-run Commodore with Todd Hazelwood … made two wildcard round starts in 2022 Repco Supercars Championship for Image Racing at Winton and The Bend … co-drove with Macauley Jones last year at Repco Bathurst 1000 and finished 13th … his best Supercars Championship race finish is 11th, achieved last year at The Bend … competed in the Dunlop Super2 Series between 2017 and 2021 … scored three race wins, two pole positions and finished on the podium three times … finished third in 2020 Dunlop Super2 Series … finished third in 2016 Australian Formula Ford Series … finished seventh in 2019 and 2021 Dunlop Super2 Series.

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Bull Ampol Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

34-year-old New Zealander based in Brisbane … made huge headlines by winning his debut NASCAR Cup Series race this year on the streets of Chicago and will leave Triple Eight at the end of the season to take up a race program in the United States in 2024 … made Sandown 500 debut in 2007 driving a Team Kiwi Falcon with John McIntyre … is yet to win the Sandown 500, finished second in 2016 with Alex Premat and again in 2018 with Earl Bamber … took 2012 Sandown 500 pole position in Stone Brothers Falcon with Luke Youlden … three-time Supercars Champion with Triple Eight in 2016, 2021 and 2022 … two-time Bathurst

1000 winner in 2020 and 2022 … three-time Adelaide 500 winner in 2013, 2017 and 2018 … Sandown is his 224th Supercars Championship round and 506th championship race … has won 79 Supercars

Championship races … 68 of those race wins have been since he joined the Red Bull team in 2016 … has 48 championship pole positions and 174 podium finishes.

31-year-old New Zealander has signed a deal to return to Supercars full-time next year in one of the Grove Racing Mustangs … made Sandown 500 debut in 2017 and took pole position and won the race in partnership with Cam Waters in Tickford Racing Falcon … finished 14th in the last Sandown 500 in 2019 sharing a Garry Rogers Motorsport Commodore with Chris Pither … Sandown is his 36th Supercars Championship round start and his 64th championship race … drove fulltime in Supercars in 2018 for Tickford Racing and 2019 with GRM … didn’t compete in Supercars in 2020 or 2021 but made a return in a wildcard entry run by Erebus at Bathurst last year and finished 11th alongside Greg Murphy … the 2011 German Formula 3 Champion … finished eighth in the 2014 GP3 Series … has been racing a Mercedes-Benz AMG GT3 car in this year’s GT World Challenge Australia.

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Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 BRODIE KOSTECKI

DAVID RUSSELL

25-year-old from Perth originally but now based in Queensland … scored his breakthrough first Supercars Championship race win at Albert Park this year and has added five more wins since then at Albert Park, Sydney Motorsport Park and three at The Bend Motorsport Park … made his NASCAR Cup Series debut this year at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway … made his Supercars Championship debut at the 2019 Sandown 500 in a wildcard Commodore with cousin Jake as co-driver … lined up seventh on the grid and finished 16th on debut … signed by Erebus to co-drive with Anton De Pasquale in 2020 Bathurst 1000 and finished ninth … has been full-time driver for Erebus since 2021 … finished seventh in last year’s Repco Supercars Championship … Sandown is his 38th Supercars Championship round start and 94th championship race … he’s taken seven Supercars Championship pole positions, one in 2022 and six in 2023 … he won the Larry Perkins Trophy at Albert Park this year … finished third in 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000.

41-year-old originally from Casino in New South Wales but now based in Brisbane … made Sandown 500 debut in 2012 sharing a Jack Daniel’s Commodore with Rick Kelly and finished 12th … best Sandown 500 result of 10th came in 2015 sharing a Jack Daniel’s Nissan with Kelly … made last Sandown 500 start in 2018 codriving Monster Tickford Falcon with Cam Waters and finished 13th … made Supercars Championship debut in 2003 Bathurst 1000 … Sandown is his 31th Supercars Championship round start and 39th championship race … all bar two of his round starts have come in endurance races, he filled in for the injured Greg Murphy in a Pepsi Commodore at Symmons Plains and Hidden Valley in 2012 … has been racing in this year’s Porsche Carrera Cup Australia … finished runner-up in the 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia championship … this is his third year in a row co-driving with Brodie Kostecki at Erebus … the duo finished third in the 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 and were fourth last year.

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ZANE GODDARD

49-year-old originally from Melbourne but now based in Brisbane … made his first touring car start in the 1994 Sandown 500 in a Holden Racing Team Commodore with Brad Jones and finished fifth … since then has become a six-time Sandown 500 winner … he and Greg Murphy won in 1996 and 1997, he paired with Yvan Muller to win in 2005, he teamed with Jamie Whincup to win in 2007 and 2019 and also won with Warren Luff in 2012 … has three Sandown 500 pole positions, in 1995 and 1996 with HRT and 2019 with Triple Eight, which was his 200th championship round start with the team … also finished on the Sandown 500 podium in 1998 (second with Mark Skaife), 2006 (third with Whincup), 2013 (second with Luff) and 2018 (third with Steve Richards) … three-time Supercars Champion in 1996, 1998 and 1999 … seven-time Bathurst 1000 winner in 1996, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015 and 2018 … Sandown is his 301st Supercars Championship round and 676th championship race.

23-year-old from the Gold Coast … making his Sandown 500 debut in this year’s race … made Supercars Championship debut at 2020 Adelaide 500 in Matt Stone Racing Commodore … shared a car during that season and alternated round-by-round with Jake Kostecki … drove full-time in 2021 for MSR … co-drove with James Courtney at last year’s Repco Bathurst 1000 in Tickford Mustang but crashed out in the early laps … returned to Supercars racing this year at Hidden Valley in Darwin as wildcard entry in #888 Supercheap Auto Camaro run by Triple Eight … finished 22nd, 21st and 24th in the three races in Darwin … Sandown is his 21st Supercars Championship round start and 51st championship race start … best Supercars race result of seventh came at Symmons Plains in 2021 … raced in the Dunlop Super2 Series in 2018 for Brad Jones Racing and in 2019 for MW Motorsport … finished fourth in the 2019 Super2 Series pointscore … finished eighth in 2016 British Formula 4 Championship.

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A MATTER OF NUMBERS

There’s a range of interesting statistics pertaining to this year’s Penrite Oil Sandown 500 and the Repco Supercars Championship season so far. AARON NOONAN steps you through some numbers that matter heading into this round of the championship

2Two drivers in the Penrite Oil Sandown 500 are also making their debuts in the Repco Supercars Championship –Aaron Love and Kevin Estre. Western Australian Love was runner-up in last year’s Porsche Carrera Cup Australia championship and is driving a Blanchard Racing Team Mustang in this year’s Dunlop Super2 Series. Porsche factory driver Estre has been racing a Porsche 963 Hypercar in this year’s World Endurance Championship and will drive the #19 Penrite Mustang alongside Matthew Payne. The Frenchman is the first driver to make their Supercars Championship debut in car number 19 since Scott McLaughin did in the #19 TEKNO Autosports Commodore in the 2012 Sandown 500.

Only 14 drivers in the history of the Australian Touring Car/ Supercars Championship have won four races in a row. With three race wins in a row in the last round at The Bend Motorsport Park, Brodie Kostecki could join a unique club in championship history should he win the Penrite Oil Sandown 500.

All previous 14 drivers to have won four races in a row have all been ATCC/Supercars Champions during their careers. The last driver to win at least four races in a row was Shane van Gisbergen, who won five races in a row in two separate streaks last season.

The record for the greatest number of Safety Car periods in a Sandown 500 remains 12 in the 2004 race. All bar one of those Safety Cars was for cars that had slipped off the track and become bogged in sand or stranded in the wet grass. The only Safety Car in the 2004 race for any other reason was the period from lap 109 to 111 due to an accident involving Mark Skaife and Glenn Seton. There was a total of 40 laps that day – exactly a quarter of the race – affected by the Safety Car in a race won by the Stone Brothers Falcon of Marcos Ambrose and Greg Ritter.

The Top 10 Shootout hasn’t been held to determine the grid for a Sandown 500 since way back in 2007. This year’s Shootout will be the 16th Shootout to determine grid positions for the Sandown 500 and will be held on September 16, a total of 16 years and one day since the last time a Shootout set pole position for the Melbourne endurance classic. Amazingly a replication of the front row that came out of the 2007 Sandown Top 10 Shootout is possible for this year’s 2023 Penrite Oil Sandown 500. Mark Winterbottom took pole position and James Courtney was second and both drivers are in the field for this year’s race.

The most cars on the lead lap at the finish of a Sandown 500 remains 20, which occurred in the 2015 race won by Mark Winterbottom and Steve Owen.

Their winning Pepsi Max Crew/Prodrive Falcon FG X led home teammates Chaz Mostert and Cam Waters in a 1-2 team finish.

A total of 40.0439-seconds separated the winning car from the 20th-placed Commodore of Dale Wood and Macauley Jones in the race, which had two Safety Car periods that affected a total of seven of the 161 laps. There was a total of 10 cars on the lead lap at the end of the last Sandown 500 held in 2019, which had just one Safety Car period that affected four laps of 161.

This year marks the 49th running of the Sandown endurance race classic. It has had a wide range of event names and race distances over the years, as well as periods of time where it has not been run.

The 500-kilometre Supercars endurance race was moved from Sandown to Queensland Raceway from 1999 to 2002 and then to Phillip Island from 2008 to 2011. Next year’s 60th anniversary of the first Sandown touring car endurance race will be the 50th running of the race, given the pauses and gaps in the race’s history over the years.

Supercheap Auto Racing’s wildcard ace Craig Lowndes holds the record for being both the oldest and youngest driver to win an Australian Touring Car/Supercars Championship race at Sandown.

He was 21 years of age when he won the first sprint race in 1996 at the Sandown round of the Australian Touring Car Championship and most recently won the last Sandown 500 held in 2019, some 23 years later.

His Penrite Oil Sandown 500 co-driver Zane Goddard (born in October 1999) was yet to be born when Lowndes took his first Sandown ATCC win and his first two Sandown 500 wins with Greg Murphy in 1996 and 1997 (those races were not part of the championship in those days).

R&J Batteries Racing driver Andre Heimgartner is one of only two drivers to have completed all 915 racing laps held so far in the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship. The Gold Coast-based Kiwi will share his #8 Brad Jones Racing-run Chevrolet Camaro with Porsche Carrera Cup Australia front-runner Dale Wood at Sandown. The only other driver to have completed all 915 racing laps is Red Bull Ampol Racing’s Broc Feeney. The young Gold Coaster will share his #88 Camaro with seven-time Supercars Champion Jamie Whincup at Sandown.

This year’s Penrite Oil Sandown 500 is set to be Alex Davison’s 200th Supercars Championship race start. He will become the 46th driver in the history of the Championship to start 200 races, having made his championship debut back in the 2004 Sandown 500 driving a Castrol Perkins Commodore alongside Jamie Whincup. This year he will again team up with brother Will in the #17 Shell V-Power Racing Team Ford Mustang. He and Will become the second set of brothers to each reach 200 Supercars Championship race starts as Will embarks on his 541st race. The record is held by the Kelly brothers given Todd started 541 races and younger brother Rick started in 580 races.

SLEUTHING THE CHAMPIONSHIP’S

STAR PERFORMERS

The 2023 season continues Australia’s long-standing history of touring car and Supercars racing. V8 Sleuth’s AARON NOONAN has tracked the main categories of success across the history of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the Repco Supercars Championship – here’s where they all sit in the history books

THE LANDLORDS OF SANDOWN

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THE sheer domination of Sandown’s touring car endurance race by two of the giants of the sport through the 1970s and early 1980s remains a feat unlikely to ever be matched, let alone topped, anytime soon.

Peter Brock and Allan Moffat sit as giants of the sport in the record books, their feats at Bathurst’s Mount Panorama more often overshadowing any of their wins at other circuits in other races.

However, their record in the annual pre-Bathurst enduro at Sandown in their hometown of Melbourne, was the stuff of legends.

Such was their domination, that these two drivers between them won 14 of the 16 races held between 1969 and 1984. The only nonBrock or Moffat wins in this period were in 1971 (Colin Bond’s HDT Torana XU-1) and 1972 (John Goss’ McLeod Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III).

Brock and Moffat were the superstars of their day and dominators of their home track at Sandown when September rolled around. It’s a period of domination unlikely to ever be seen again.

Moffat was no stranger to the Sandown touring car endurance race by the time he broke through for his first win in 1969. He’d competed in the very first Sandown 6 Hour touring car enduro back in 1964 at the wheel of his Lotus Cortina GT alongside Jon Leighton in the Open class, ineligible for outright awards, though their 220 laps completed placed them fourth overall.

Peter Brock and Allan Moffat will forever be legends of Australian motorsport. As AARON NOONAN reports, their domination of the Sandown endurance race is unlikely to ever be topped …

Brock at the wheel of his famous #05 Commodore. His nine Sandown enduro wins included seven in a row from 1975 to 1981.

Leaning over the fence watching that first Sandown 6 Hour was none other than Brock.

“I remember the Alfa Romeo – Roberto Bussinello blitzed them,” he said in 2006.

“It just kept going all day. I used to always watch at Dandenong Road Corner coming from the back straight and down through the Esses. There were some pretty hefty bits of machinery there that day like Galaxies. Moffat was in there in a Lotus Cortina.

“I never missed Sandown. Enduros, I loved them. To me you went to watch the Tasman Series races and to me the touring car races were the equivalent of the Tasman races.”

Moffat was back for another crack in 1965, again at the wheel of a Cortina, and this time he and Kiwi Jim Palmer completed 224 laps (enough to be classified third outright), though were not classified as finishers when the diff packed up with just minutes remaining in the race.

Moffat got his first win in 1969 at the wheel of one of the Ford Motor Company-run Falcon GTHOs alongside John French. He backed it up driving solo in 1970, did it again in his Brut 33 Hardtop in 1974 and added two more wins aboard Mazda RX-7s in 1982 and 1983 before his sixth win in 1988 at the wheel of an ANZ Sierra alongside the late Gregg Hansford.

Brock’s debut in the Sandown September enduro came in 1970 and his first win came in a Holden Dealer Team XU-1 Torana in 1973.

He had become a privateer with the Gown-Hindhaugh team in 1975 when he took his second win aboard an L34 Torana. Brock then went on a tear and won six more Sandown enduros in a row through to, and

“MOFFAT GOT HIS FIRST WIN IN 1969 AT THE WHEEL OF ONE OF THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY-RUN FALCON GTHOS ALONGSIDE JOHN FRENCH”

The mid-1970s remains the ‘golden era’ for so many fans of Australian touring car racing. Peter Brock’s move to his own Team Brock team (above in 1976 leading Colin Bond) landed him his third Sandown enduro win. Allan Moffat’s last Sandown 500 win came in 1988 with the late Gregg Hansford (below being interviewed by the ABC’s Peter Gee).

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including, 1981. The race was extended from 400 kilometres to 500 kilometres for 1984 with the addition of the infield section of track not proving popular. That didn’t change Brock’s winning ways as he and co-driver Larry Perkins took the debuting ‘big banger’ HDT Commodore VK to his ninth Sandown win.

“Peter and I both did our novice driving in the country circuits of Victoria,” Moffat said at Sandown in 2006 at Brock’s public memorial.

“We were Victorians first and Aussies second. Sandown became our home circuit and actually helped enormously in our build up and our ability to have a long-distance race before Bathurst.

“From a team’s point of view, that if we couldn’t break the back of the Sandown front and back straights over a mere four of five hundred kilometres, we weren’t going to be looking too good trying to compete in a (race of) a thousand kilometres.

“Peter’s fabulous record of nine victories at Sandown was not luck. A lot of successful people are always criticised behind their back, ‘oh, he was just lucky’, they say, or ‘the other guys weren’t trying’. I can assure you that the other guys were trying!”

Brock’s run of nine Sandown wins, like his nine at Bathurst, couldn’t quite be converted into the ‘magic’ 10.

He made 14 more starts after his ninth win in 1984 and, despite swapping cars under the cross-entering rules of the period every year at Sandown from 1988 to 1991 when his own car struck problems, he only finished on the podium in the annual September enduro two more times – second in a Mobil 1 Racing Sierra in 1990 with Charlie O’Brien and third in a HRT Commodore with Tomas Mezera in 1996.

“As a group of people, we lived and breathed Bathurst,” Brock said in 2006.

“So, we wanted to win every race we went into but we were prepared to accept that if we couldn’t win these races, then the greater cause was being served by developing and homologating new components in time.

“Sandown was the springboard. That’s where we released the new bits and pieces. New liveries. It was kind of like a Spring Carnival. You’d have two launches during the year. You had the one to kick off the year on January 1 but you’d re-launch it for Sandown.”

The opposition improved at Sandown over time and slowly but surely the vice-like grip that Brock and Moffat held on the September race through the 1970s and early 1980s was loosened. But their period of domination was something truly remarkable, the likes of which will surely never be seen again in the modern era.

Brock and Moffat will forever hold a special place in the history of racing at Sandown. The former’s nine wins remains the most Sandown touring car endurance race wins. His first Sandown win came in 1973 (opposite page) in a Holden Dealer Team XU-1 Torana and, after running as a privateer from 1975 to 1977, he returned to the HDT and won at Sandown again in 1978 (opposite page top). Brock’s first Sandown enduro came in 1970 (top) in a HDT Torana, while Moffat’s 1973 XA GT Falcon (above) gave him his fifth straight Sandown touring car enduro pole position, a record that has not been topped.

WHEN RIVALS UNITED

RACE fans thought hell had frozen over when Allan Moffat accepted an invitation to drive the second Holden Dealer Team Commodore in the 1980 Hang Ten 400 as teammate to Peter Brock. With Ford out of the sport and the four-time Bathurst winner on the sidelines, the-then promoters of the pre-Bathurst endurance race cooked up a brilliant plan to place Moffat in the team’s #25 Commodore as teammate to Brock.

“Moffat was very nervous about what sort of car he was going to get,” Brock said in 2006.

“He came into the workshop at HDT and we had a version of our road car special vehicles steering wheels on the car with my signature on it. Moffat couldn’t handle that – he brought his own steering wheel back with his own name on it!

“We reckoned Moffat was going to run a Ford at Bathurst and as it transpired, it was correct. I remember negotiating with them (the Light Car Club of Australia, the promoters of the time), saying, ‘well, are you sure Moffat’s not going to drive a Ford because what we don’t want to happen from a PR point of view is Moffat to drive a Holden and says it’s not good enough and he’ll get a Ford to win Bathurst.’

“They said ‘oh no, no, will not and is not happening’. I’m pretty sure they were lying through their teeth and that they knew Moffat couldn’t get his car ready for Sandown and a deal needed to happen.”

Brock had nothing to worry about; he took pole position and won the race by a lap, finishing two laps clear of third-placed Moffat.

Six years later things went to the next level as Moffat joined HDT full-time and became Brock’s co-driver in the team’s #05 Mobil Commodore VK. They finished fourth in the 1986 Sandown 500, the only time these two titans of the sport shared a car in the race they made their own in Melbourne.

Brock heads Moffat in the 1980 Hang Ten 400 at Sandown. The long-time Ford ace replaced John Harvey in the #25 HDT Commodore in a one-off start.

Had hell frozen over? Brock and Moffat as teammates in 1980 was one thing, but they took it a step further by pairing up in the 1986 Castrol 500 at Sandown.

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RISE OF THE YOUNG GUNS

The Dunlop Series is delicately poised as it embarks on the second half of its 2023 season. WILL DALE reports …

THE nearly-man of the Dunlop Series in recent years has a fight on his hands to finally break through for his maiden Super2 title.

Zak Best enters the second half of the season with a reasonable grip on the top spot of the standings, aided by a last-start race win on the streets of Townsville in July.

However, the Anderson Motorsport Mustang pilot was pipped to the round win by his nearest challenger in points, Super3 Series graduate Kai Allen.

The 18-year-old became the secondyoungest race winner in Super2 history on the Saturday in North Queensland with a lights-to-flag victory, which he backed up with his first pole position on the Sunday. The race itself became a head-to-head duel between Best and Allen, the former pouncing just a few laps from home to take his second race win

of the year. The results mean just 66 points separate the pair at the season’s halfway point, but a host of other young guns are still within striking distance.

Cooper Murray, Allen’s teammate at Eggleston Motorsport, sits a further 63 points adrift after a difficult weekend in Townsville where he was penalised for a tangle with Aaron Love in the Sunday race.

Standout Kiwi rookie Ryan Wood is just 18 points behind Murray, and the Walkinshaw Andretti United driver heads to Sandown still beaming from his maiden outing in one of the team’s Gen3 Ford Mustangs a few weeks ago.

The Sandown round of the Super2 Series will also see the debut of TCR and S5000 racer Aaron Cameron, who steps behind the wheel of one of Kelly Racing’s Mustangs formerly raced last year by Grove Racing.

The points margins are tight at the top of

the Super3 Series standings, with Jobe Stewart just three points ahead of last-start round winner Cameron McLeod, while third-placed Jett Johnson is less than 100 points off the lead.

The volume of rookies on the 2023 grid means only a couple of drivers will dovetail their Dunlop Series duties with co-drives in the Penrite Oil Sandown 500. Best is one of them, set to make his first Repco Supercars Championship appearance of the year alongside James Courtney in Tickford Racing’s #5 Ford Mustang, while Erebus Motorsport’s Jack Perkins will share Will Brown’s #9 Chevrolet Camaro in the big race.

Coincidentally, the pair are also the only drivers in the field to have past Super2 round wins at Sandown on their CVs, although Best has yet to claim a race victory at the historic venue.

Zak Best (opposite page) leads the way in Super2 as the Dunlop Series arrives at Sandown. Kiwi Ryan Wood (above) has only competed in three Super2 rounds but recently was confirmed as graduating to the Repco Supercars Championship in 2024 with Walkinshaw Andretti United. Cameron McLeod (below) continues to lead the way in Super3.

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EYES ON ALL OF THE PRIZES

THE SANDOWN 500 has a history of being one of the most consequential races on the Australian motor racing calendar – and this weekend that importance flows into the fifth round of the Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia Championship too.

The series may only be just entering the second half of the year, but Sandown is a critical juncture in the 2023 title race, with a major prize on the line for one driver following this weekend.

Sandown marks the cutoff point for eligibility to attend the Porsche Junior Shootout in Europe – the potential ticket to a professional racing career with the brand.

The leading Michelin Junior driver following this weekend will get the Aussie nomination and will join a host of young drivers from one-make Porsche championships around the world as they fight for a chance on Porsche’s factory driver roster.

Win the shootout and you get a hefty scholarship to tackle the Porsche Supercup – which runs alongside Formula 1 – the following year. Go well in that, as Matt Campbell and Jaxon Evans did, and the world is your oyster.

Conveniently, the two top contenders for the Aussie junior prize are also first and second in the championship.

Callum Hedge assumed the lead last time out at The Bend in a dramatic weekend that saw him sweep all three races and become the fourth winner from four rounds this year.

The young New Zealander watched as Jackson Walls spun away his title lead after a last-lap lunge on Hedge for the Race 3 lead resulted in him finishing well down the order.

It’s gloves off between the pair heading into Sandown, though they are far from the only drivers looking for success at the historic Melbourne circuit.

Beyond them, the wide-open Carrera Cup fight is expected to continue with the two juniors up front the only two drivers in the field able to string together something approaching consistency this year.

Sandown is a key round for would-be title contenders Max Vidau and Dale Wood, who are now more than 100 points behind the lead and need to score quickly to get themselves back into title contention.

Watch too for the Pro-Am battle, which has Sam Shahin on top following his recent round win on home soil last time out and Adrian Flack on the hunt in second.

Sandown also marks the first round of the year where drivers will ‘do the double’ – Dale Wood, Alex Davison, Fabian Coulthard and David Russell are all set to swap left hand drive for right when they tackle the Penrite Oil Sandown 500 on Sunday afternoon in Supercars.

There’s a lot to play for as the all-Porsche series moves into the business end of its championship, as RICHARD CRAILL reports …

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STARS OF THE FUTURE

The Toyota GAZOO Racing Australia 86 Series is packed with talent. WILL DALE previews the Sandown round…

FIRST introduced to Australian motorsport in 2016, the Toyota GAZOO Racing

Australia 86 Series has become the latest success story as a grassroots category providing a proven breeding ground for future stars.

The first series winner, Will Brown, is currently battling for the top spot in this year’s Repco Supercars Championship, while he’s joined on the full-time Supercars grid by fellow TGRA 86 Series graduates in Broc Feeney, Cameron Hill and Declan Fraser.

The series celebrated its 100th race last time out at The Bend Motorsport Park and has become a popular part of the Australian motorsport pyramid across that time, to the point that Toyota Australia introduced a new second-tier entry-level Scholarship Series this year after receiving overwhelming interest from teams and drivers wishing to compete in the category.

The first three rounds of the Scholarship

Series acted as a pre-qualifying phase for this year’s TGRA 86 Series, with 21 drivers making the cut for the opening premier class round in Townsville in July.

Among them is a surname familiar to long-term fans of Australian motorsport. Max Geoghegan is the grandson of five-time Australian Touring Car Champion and 1973 Bathurst 1000 winner Ian Geoghegan, and he made his TGRA 86 Series debut in Townsville off the back of topping the Scholarship Series points standings.

Repco Supercars Championship squads have also started to use the TGRA 86 Series as a stepping-stone in their driver development programs. Oscar Targett races this weekend under the Grove Racing banner while Matt Hillyer competes for Walkinshaw Andretti United, both rookie drivers who graduated to the TGRA 86 Series through the Scholarship Series. Ryan Casha continues to hold the

series lead heading into the Sandown round. The Queenslander has two race wins to his name so far this season, including surviving a thrilling last-lap battle to triumph in the category’s 100th race at The Bend last month.

Casha hasn’t finished a race lower than fifth place, and that consistency has given him an 84-point margin over Tasmania’s Campbell Logan. New South Wales’ Cody Burcher, who won the rounds at Sydney Motorsport Park and The Bend, is a further 26 points back in third place.

A field of 32 cars will be on track at Sandown, with the 30 series regulars joined by two guest drivers in the shape of rally ace Lewis Bates and 2015 Sandown 500 co-winner Steve Owen.

The Penrite Oil Sandown 500 marks the penultimate round of the five-round series, with the finale scheduled for the Repco Bathurst 1000 in October.

2023 TOYOTA GAZOO RACING AUSTRALIA 86 SERIES

ROUND 4 - TOYOTA GAZOO RACING AUSTRALIA 86 SERIES

RETURN OF THE CHAMPION

AARON Borg rejoins the grid for the Sandown round of the V8 SuperUte Series and is looking to get his title defence back on track.

Fresh off winning the 2022 series, Borg clean-swept the opening round at Wanneroo and backed it up with another round win at Sydney Motorsport Park, but the lost his grip on the top of the standings after missing the last event at The Bend.

David Sieders made the most of the championship leader’s absence, winning the round by a single point over Cameron Crick –making a cameo return in Borg’s Isuzu D-MAX – to move to the top of the standings.

The good news for Borg is that he has only slipped 56 points adrift of Sieders to fifth place

on the tightly-packed ladder as the second half of the season gets underway, while less than 100 points covers the top nine drivers.

Ryal Harris sits just 19 markers behind Sieders in second place, while the inaugural series champion switches marques this weekend as he takes over Christopher Formosa’s Ford Ranger for the Sandown round.

Adam Marjoram is next in third place, just seven points adrift of Harris, while Craig Woods and Borg round out the top five.

The Sandown round has attracted yet another strong field, with a total of 19 cars entered despite the bruising start line crash that caused the final race at The Bend to be red-flagged and declared.

The machines of Cody Brewczynski, Adrian Cottrell and Dean Brooking have all been repaired or reshelled since the crash, although Brooking will sit out this weekend’s action.

Cottrell will be piloting a brand-new Holden Colorado after his previous machine was declared too damaged to repair, after hitting a concrete wall backwards at 140km/h amid the carnage.

The new machine has been built up by Cottrell’s GGM team after help from the Sieders Racing Team in acquiring some new bodyshells.

A new face will also join the regulars on the grid at Sandown with V8 SuperUtes debutant Jason Norris taking over Harris’ usual Toyota HiLux.

As WILL DALE reports, the V8 SuperUte Series is back on track at Sandown following its bruising outing in South Australia, and the reigning champ is back in town…

V8 SUPERUTE SERIES

ENTRY LIST

Note: Entry details subject to change after deadline for this program had closed.

ROUND 4 - V8 SUPERUTE SERIES

2023 PENRITE OIL SANDOWN 500

EVENT OFFICIALS

OFFICIALS OF THE EVENT

National Sporting Authority Motorsport Australia

Promoter V8 Supercars Australia Pty Ltd

Organiser V8 Supercars Australia Pty Ltd

Organising Committee Matt Gegg, Phil Shaw, Kimberly Hughes, Matt Balcombe

SUPERCARS OFFICIALS

VCS and DS2/3 Stewards

Chris McMahon, John Leahy, Bradley Tubb

VCS Race Director James Taylor

VCS Deputy Race Director

DS2/3 Race Director

DS2/3 Deputy Race Director

Clerk of the Course

Secretary of the Event

David Mori, James Delzoppo

David Mori

James Delzoppo

Matt Balcombe

Kimberly Hughes

Medical Delegate Dr Carl Le

Supercars Head of Motorsport

DS2/3 Category Technical Manager

Starter

Driving Standards Advisor

Race Control Operations

SUPPORT EVENT OFFICIALS

Support Category Stewards

Deputy Clerk of the Course

Assistant Clerk of the Course

Deputy Secretary of the Event

Emergency Coordinator

Chief of Communications

Adrian Burgess

Scott Campbell

Paul Martin

Craig Baird

James Delzoppo

Timing Co-ordinator

Recovery Co-ordinator

Safety Car Driver

Safety Car Communicator

Media Manager

Ian Leech

Alistair Walker

Jason Routley

Karen Balcombe

Paul Glover

Trevor Neumann (Chair), Matthew Halpin, Glenn Pincott

Colin Smith

Andrew Jorgensen

Aidan Siegel

Rebecca Humphries

Bryce Crawford

Chief Observer Suz Arnott

Communicators

Chief Timekeeper

Course Car Marshal

Support Safety Car Driver

Support Safety Car Observer

David Thornbury

Lucy Hatton

Tony Jenkins

Michael Parker

Karen Balcombe

Chief Starter Roger Sinclair

Assistant Starter Daniel Schauer, Zac Dawes, Adrian Bond

Chief Scrutineer

David Howard

Chief Marshal Roger Chirnside

Deputy Chief Marshal Michael Arnott

Chief Flag Marshal Mark Thompson

Chief of Recovery

Deputy Chief of Recovery

Brad Moras

Trevor Franks

Chief Fire Marshal Phillip Craig

Chief Pit Lane & Grid Marshal John Caracoglia

Deputy Chief Pit Lane Marshal Rhys Carelton-Carlos

Deputy Chief Grid Marshal Anthea Ma

Chief Paddock Michael Schauer

Chief Marshalling

Chief Supply

Barry Parker

Rob French

Chief Medical Officer Dr Kaaren Binns

Medical Coordinator Doug Williams

2023 PENRITE OIL SANDOWN 500

VOLUNTEERS

Sienna Amos

Paul Anderson

Frank Arduca

Rebecca Armstrong

Michael Arnott

Suzanne Arnott

Joseph Attard

Thomas Austen

Peter Austin

Matt Balcombe

David Baldock

Natasha Baldock

Shaun Barnard

Rebecca Barnett

Attila Bary

Simon Baston

Ruby Bates

Andrew Bazeley

Jeffrey Beatton

John Beck

Steven Becker

Timothy Beech

Graeme Bell

Steve Berry

Saksham Bhardwaj

Liana Bianchin

Jeff Birrell

Joy Blackburn

Darren Blake

Monika Bodu

Adrian Bond

Jake Booker

Susan Bramowicz

Graeme Briggs

James Briggs

Tess Britt

Harry Brown

Laura Brown

Craig Burke

Alexandra Campbell

Jennifer Campbell

John Caracoglia

Graeme Carden

Rhys Carleton-Carlos

Greg Carter

Kathy Cassidy

Jeremy Cath

Peter Chandler

Margaret Chao

Roger Chirnside

Max Christensen

Anthony Clark

Michelle Clewett

Mikey Clewett

Paul Cliffe

Toby Coleman

Arthur Cooksley

Shannon Cooper

Jeanette Craig

Phillip Craig

Bryce Crawford

Lachy Cuxson

Angelo D’Ambrosio

Graeme D’Arcy

Natalie Daish

Amanda Davey

Cindy Davis

Lee Davis

Zac Dawes

Andrew Day

James Delzoppo

Thomas Demel

Craig Deppeler

Angela Di Lallo

Leigh Di Lallo

Claudia Dimech

Diana Dimmock

Steven Dimmock

James Dodd

Bruce Dollisson

Micheal Donchos

Patrick Dudgeon

Jenee Dunlop

Allan Eadie

Justin Eagle

Ross Earl

Colin Earney

Adrian Eastwood

Tony Elkin

Brendan Elliott

Michael Farrell

Tracey Finch

Joshua Fitzpatrick

Nathan Fitzpatrick

Kiera Fludder

Theresa Ford

Michael Franks

Trevor Franks

Glenn Freeman

Paul Freeman

Karen French

Rob French

Shravil Fudke

Brock Gane

Manan Gangar

Scott Garnham

Brian Gibson

Jasmine S M Gibson

Peter Gluskie

Tim Goodall

Stan Goodman

Dee Goodreid

Chris Hall

Matthew Halpin

Michael Hamilton

Naomi Hanabel

Patrick Harding

Gregory Hardy

Matthew Hardy

Leanne Harrod

Lucy Hatton

Zara Hawkins-McGillivray

James Hazon

Luke Hingeley

David Hodgkiss

Ian Hogan

Linda Hogan

Phill Hoogendoorn

Dave Hope

Liam Hopkins

David Howard

Gary Howard

Rebecca Humphreys

Troy Hungerford

Madeline Hutchinson-Bush

Briant Huynh

Nazra Ibrahim

Matthew Izard

Krystian Jackson

Matthew Jackson

Michael James

Cameron Jamieson

Tony Jenkins

Andres Felipe Jimenez

Contreras

Carys John

Don Johnson

Peter Jones

SamarkandJones

Shannen Jones

Andrew Jorgensen

Raghav Kapalli

Daryl Karlsson

Geoff Kay

Emma Keith

Andy Kelk

Dylan Kemp

Simon King

Abhishek Kumkumwar

Matthew Lacey

Tim Lack

Gemma Ladgrove

Joe Laface

John Lamonato

Marietta Landgraf

Peter Laurie

Jayden Lazarus

John Leahy

Jennifer Lemon

Tristan Lewis

Chris Lind

Steve Lisk

Patrick Lonesborough

Scott Long

Mark Luscombe

Anthea Ma

Rishab Mahajan

Ian Malkin

Kyle Matthews-Toner

Jo Mawson

John McBain

Kaylene McBain

Barry McCoy

Peter McKinnon

Conner Mcleod

Chris McMahon

Greg McNaught

Travis McPherson

Oscar McWilliams

Paul Meade

Brock Migues

Alan Milligan

David Milnes

Daniel Mobilio

Michelle Monteleone

Christopher Moore

Brad Mora

Cindy Morgan

Glenn Morgan

David Mori

Davin Murray

Chris Muyoma

Blake Neck

Ross Neilson

Trevor Neumann

Jess Nicholson

Nawaar Noor Ahmed

Chris Norman

Geoffrey O’Hare

Denis O’Brien

Robert O’Neill

Lloyd Owen

Chantelle Owens

Mario Pacifici

Russell Paech

Barry Parker

Michael Parker

Adrian Pascuzzi

Gordon Paterson

Stacey Paynter

Brian Petterson

Caroline Petterson

Chelsea Petterson

Daniel Petterson

Patrick Petterson

Jennifer Pillekers

Jon Pillekers

Glenn Pincott

Cam Pollard

John Pollard

Michael Poole

Andrew Poulter

Kirti Prabha

Vivek Prabhakar

Sreya Prashul Kumar

Shane Priest

Chloe Pungor

Karmin Pungor

Peter Rackley

Manuele Ranieri

Maulik Rathod

Gautham Ravikumar

Peter Rennie

Peter Richardson

Paul Riordan

Kristy Roberts

Shaun Robertson

Glenn Rochester

Greg Rose

Doug Salan

Tanya Salan

Caitlin Sartori

Daniel Schauer

Michael Schauer

Alan Schultz

Annabel Schulze

Joshua Seiler

Nicholas Sheedy

Ashley Sheffield

Jiaxuan Shi

Des Shiel

A.S Siegel

Roger Sinclair

Stuart Sinclair

Murray Slana

Shannon-Lee Smallpage

Lesley Smart

Colin Smith

Gale Smith

Narelle Smith

Ian Spencer

Rose Spizzica

Kelli Stephens

Kaitlyn Stones

Russell Stork

David Stuart

Christopher Sullivan

Sagnik Talukdar

Dino Tantaro

Jacob Taylor

James Taylor

Scott Taylor

John Teal

Marie Teal

Damien Thomas

Mark Thompson

David Thornbury

Christopher Thorne

Glenn Tomlinson

Neil Tooke

Jason Townley

Bradley Tubb

Peter Valentine

Anne-marie Van de meulengraaf-veneros

Joe Vandeligt

Michael Verni

Eugenio Viola Vivas

Colleen Walker

Rob Wall

Jordan Wallis

Traci Warner

Darren Watterson

Kent Wells

Greg Whan

Scott Whittingham

Douglas Williams

Karen Wirken

Felicity Wood

Teilor Woolford

Micheal Workman

Chris Young

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