The 2017 Wilson Security Sandown 500 was a

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event for

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, held from 15 to 17 September 2017 at

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. It consisted of one race, scheduled for 499.744 kilometres in length (161 laps), it was shortened to 388 kilometres in length because of a time limit (4:48 p.m. local time) imposed by Supercars. It was the tenth event of fourteen in the

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and hosted Race 19 of the season. It was also the first event of the 2017 Enduro Cup.

Background

The event was the 47th running of the

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, which was first held in 1964 as a six-hour race for series production touring cars. It was the thirteenth time the race had been held as part of the Supercars Championship and the fifth time it formed part of the

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. The defending winners of the race were

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and

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. The event was promoted as a "retro round", with teams encouraged to use adaptations of Australian touring car liveries from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, although some teams extended beyond these parameters when devising a livery, using sponsors and manufacturer heritage. The following cars carried a retro livery during the event:

Results

Race

References

{{ATCC rounds 2010–2019

External links

2017 Wilson Security Sandown 500, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
Wilson Security Sandown 500 Wilson Security Sandown 500 Pre-Bathurst 500