2015 Wilson Security Sandown 500

The 2015 Wilson Security Sandown 500 was a motor race event for the Australian sedan-based V8 Supercars. It was the ninth event of the 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 11-13 September at the Sandown Raceway, near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. The feature race, the 2015 Wilson Security Sandown 500, was won by Mark Winterbottom and Steve Owen driving a Ford FG X Falcon.^[1]

2015 Wilson Security Sandown 500

Event Information
Round 9 of 14 in the 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship
Date	11–13 September 2015
Location	Melbourne, Victoria
Venue	Sandown International Raceway
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 161 laps 500 km Pole position Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell Triple Eight Race Engineering Winner Mark Winterbottom Steve Owen Prodrive Racing Australia 3:19:48.9226

Results

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Vehicle	Lap Time	Difference
1	6	Chaz Mostert	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:08.7165
2	5	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	1:08.9069	+ 0.1904s
3	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:09.0185	+ 0.3020s
4	18	Lee Holdsworth	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:09.0200	+ 0.3035s
5	55	David Reynolds	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	1:09.0642	+ 0.3477s
6	14	Fabian Coulthard	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:09.1058	+ 0.3893s
7	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	1:09.1132	+ 0.3967s
8	17	Scott Pye	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	1:09.1221	+ 0.4056s
9	33	Scott McLaughlin	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	1:09.1817	+ 0.4652s
10	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	1:09.3031	+ 0.5866s
11	47	Tim Slade	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:09.3413	+ 0.6248s
12	22	Jack Perkins	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	1:09.4082	+ 0.6917s
13	3	Tim Blanchard	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:09.4159	+ 0.6994s
14	8	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	1:09.4266	+ 0.7101s
15	222	Nick Percat	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:09.4444	+ 0.7279s
16	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	1:09.4692	+ 0.7527s
17	9	Will Davison	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	1:09.5031	+ 0.7866s
18	99	James Moffat	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:09.5071	+ 0.7906s
19	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:09.5268	+ 0.8103s
20	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:09.6198	+ 0.9033s
21	4	Ashley Walsh	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	1:09.6530	+ 0.9365s
22	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	1:09.6947	+ 0.9782s
23	111	Andre Heimgartner	Super Black Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	1:09.7550	+ 1.0385s
24	34	David Wall	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	1:09.7579	+ 1.0414s
25	21	Dale Wood	Britek Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	1:09.7858	+ 1.0693s

Qualifying Race 1 (Co-drivers)

Paul Dumbrell won the first qualifying race, which was held for co-drivers only.

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Vehicle	Laps	Time / Difference	Grid
1	1	Paul Dumbrell	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	20	23min 26.4669sec	3
2	5	Steve Owen	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	20	+ 7.122s	2
3	6	Cam Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	20	+ 9.806s	1
4	55	Dean Canto	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	20	+ 10.984s	5
5	97	Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 12.509s	7
6	22	Russell Ingall	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 13.592s	12
7	47	Tony D'Alberto	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 15.454s	11
8	17	Marcos Ambrose	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	20	+ 15.819s	8
9	14	Luke Youlden	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 19.231s	6
10	3	Karl Reindler	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 20.696s	13
11	18	Sébastien Bourdais	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 24.647s	4
12	888	Steven Richards	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 25.441s	16
13	9	Alex Davison	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	20	+ 29.383s	17
14	222	Oliver Gavin	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 30.775s	15
15	111	Ant Pedersen	Super Black Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	20	+ 33.121s	23
16	2	Warren Luff	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 34.267s	10
17	23	Dean Fiore	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	20	+ 35.594s	19
18	4	Jack Le Brocq	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	20	+ 36.301s	21
19	21	Macauley Jones	Britek Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 40.769s	25
20	99	Taz Douglas	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	20	+ 40.957s	18
21	7	Alex Buncombe	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	20	+ 40.961s	22
22	33	Alexandre Prémat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	20	+ 41.420s	9
23	34	Chris Pither	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	20	+ 42.433s	24
DNF	15	David Russell	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	12	Suspension	20
DNF	8	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	6	Accident damage	14

Qualifying Race 2 (Primary drivers)

Jamie Whincup leads the second qualifying race, held for main drivers only, ahead of Mark Winterbottom and Chaz Mostert.

Andre Heimgartner and Jack Perkins come together during the second qualifying race. The incident saw both drivers retire from the race.

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Vehicle	Laps	Time / Difference
1	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	20	24min 35.3103sec
2	5	Mark Winterbottom	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	20	+ 0.806s
3	6	Chaz Mostert	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	20	+ 1.155s
4	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 1.800s
5	55	David Reynolds	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	20	+ 2.164s
6	47	Tim Slade	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 2.354s
7	18	Lee Holdsworth	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 2.879s
8	9	Will Davison	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	20	+ 3.298s
9	14	Fabian Coulthard	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 3.475s
10	222	Nick Percat	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 3.920s
11	17	Scott Pye	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	20	+ 4.401s
12	2	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 4.783s
13	21	Dale Wood	Britek Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 5.361s
14	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	20	+ 5.724s
15	3	Tim Blanchard	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 6.107s
16	33	Scott McLaughlin	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	20	+ 6.720s
17	8	Jason Bright	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 7.884s
18	34	David Wall	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	20	+ 8.648s
19	4	Ashley Walsh	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	20	+ 8.919s
20	99	James Moffat	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	20	+ 9.081s
21	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	20	+ 9.271s
22	7	Todd Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	20	+ 9.713s
23	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	20	+ 10.686s
DNF	22	Jack Perkins	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	18	Accident damage
DNF	111	Andre Heimgartner	Super Black Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	16	Accident damage

Race

Prodrive Racing Australia scored a 1–2 finish in the race, with Mark Winterbottom and Steve Owen taking victory ahead of Chaz Mostert and Cam Waters.

Shane van Gisbergen and Jonathon Webb finished in third place, driving for Tekno Autosports.

Pos. [1]	No. [1]	Name[1]	Team	Vehicle[1]	Laps[1]	Time / Difference	Grid	Pts
1	5	Mark Winterbottom Steve Owen	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	161	3h 19m 48.9230s	2	300
2	6	Chaz Mostert Cam Waters	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	161	+ 0.659s	3	276
3	97	Shane van Gisbergen Jonathon Webb	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	161	+ 9.657s	4	258
4	2	Garth Tander Warren Luff	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	161	+ 9.927s	12	240
5	55	David Reynolds Dean Canto	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	161	+ 11.112s	5	222
6	47	Tim Slade Tony D'Alberto	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VF Commodore	161	+ 13.183s	6	204
7	18	Lee Holdsworth Sébastien Bourdais	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Holden VF Commodore	161	+ 17.012s	7	192
8	3	Tim Blanchard Karl Reindler	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	161	+ 19.876s	15	180
9	22	Jack Perkins Russell Ingall	Holden Racing Team	Holden VF Commodore	161	+ 20.758s	24	168
10	15	Rick Kelly David Russell	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	161	+ 21.938s	14	156
11	23	Michael Caruso Dean Fiore	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	161	+ 25.465s	21	144
12	17	Scott Pye Marcos Ambrose	DJR Team Penske	Ford FG X Falcon	161	+ 25.882s	11	138
13	888	Craig Lowndes Steven Richards	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	161	+ 26.396s	23	132
14	33	Scott McLaughlin Alexandre Prémat	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	161	+ 26.983s	16	126
15	1	Jamie Whincup Paul Dumbrell	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VF Commodore	161	+ 27.788s	1	120
16	14	Fabian Coulthard Luke Youlden	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	161	+ 27.798s	9	114
17	111	Andre Heimgartner Ant Pedersen	Super Black Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	161	+ 28.571s	25	108
18	99	James Moffat Taz Douglas	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	161	+ 31.753s	20	102
19	4	Ashley Walsh Jack Le Brocq	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	161	+ 36.725s	19	96
20	21	Dale Wood Macauley Jones	Britek Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	161	+ 40.053s	13	90
21	34	David Wall Chris Pither	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Volvo S60	160	+ 1 Lap	18	84
22	8	Jason Bright Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VF Commodore	160	+ 1 Lap	17	78
23	9	Will Davison Alex Davison	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	154	+ 7 Laps	8	72
24	7	Todd Kelly Alex Buncombe	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	147	+ 14 Laps	22	66
Ret	222	(Nick Percat) Oliver Gavin	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	18	Steering	10	0

Note: Percat did not drive car #222 in the main race.^[1]