Sandown 500

Victoria (state) Sandown 500
Race Information
Venue Sandown Raceway
Number of times held 51
First held 1964
Race Format
Race 1
Laps 161
Distance 500 km
Last Event (2024)
Overall Winner
Australia Will Brown
Australia Scott Pye
Triple Eight Race Engineering
Race Winners
Australia Will Brown
Australia Scott Pye
Triple Eight Race Engineering

The Sandown 500 (commercially titled Penrite Oil Sandown 500) is an annual endurance motor race which is staged at the Sandown Raceway, near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia from 1964. The event's name, distance – and the category of cars competing in it – has varied widely throughout its history. Currently, the event is held as a championship event for Supercars.

Historically the event has been held in September, the month before Australia's premier endurance race, the Bathurst 1000, with a recent exception of the 2019 running, held in November.[1][2] The event returned in September 2023 after a three-year hiatus.[3]

  1. ^ Big Changes to 2019 Supercars Calendar Auto Action 11 October 2018
  2. ^ Howard, Tom (28 August 2019). "Supercars drops QR, Phillip Island in revised 2020 calendar". Speedcafe. Speedcafe. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  3. ^ 2023 Supercars calendar sees Sandown 500 return Speedcafe 23 November 2022