2018 Newcastle 500
{{refimprove|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox V8 Supercar race report
| flag = New South Wales
| title = 2018 Coates Hire Newcastle 500
| round_no = 16
| season_no = 16
| year = 2018
| series = SC
| track_map = Newcastle Street Track.svg
| date = 23–25 November
| location = Newcastle East, New South Wales
| circuit = Newcastle Street Circuit
| weather = Friday: Fine & Windy
Saturday: Fine
Sunday: Fine
| race1_laps = 95
| race1_dist = 250
| pole1 = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|NZL}} Shane van Gisbergen}}
| pole1_team = {{nowrap|Triple Eight Race Engineering}}
| pole1_time = 1:10.6430
| winner1 = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|NZL}} Scott McLaughlin}}
| winner1_team = {{nowrap|DJR Team Penske}}
| winner1_time = 2:00:22.3235
| race2_laps = 95
| race2_dist = 250
| pole2 = {{flagicon|AUS}} David Reynolds
| pole2_team = Erebus Motorsport
| pole2_time = 1:10.5470
| winner2 = {{flagicon|AUS}} David Reynolds
| winner2_team = Erebus Motorsport
| winner2_time = 1:57:05.1149
}}
The 2018 Coates Hire Newcastle 500 was a motor racing event for the Supercars Championship, held on the weekend of 23 to 25 November 2018. The event was held on the Newcastle Street Circuit in Newcastle East, New South Wales and consisted of two races, 250 kilometres in length. It was the sixteenth and final event in the 2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 30 and 31 of the season.
Results
=Race 30=
File:McLaughlin 2018 Newcastle 500.jpg was awarded the win in the first race following a post-race penalty for Shane van Gisbergen.]]
File:De Silvestro 2018 Newcastle 500.jpg achieved her best finish in a Supercars race, finishing tenth in the Saturday race.]]
File:Holdsworth 2018 Newcastle 500.jpg briefly took the lead in the 50th lap in the Saturday race, before finishing twelfth.]]
File:Reynolds 2018 Newcastle 500.jpg won the Sunday race.]]
;Race
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
! Pos ! No. ! Driver ! Team ! Car ! Laps ! Time / Retired ! Grid ! Points |
| 1
| align="center" | 17 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott McLaughlin | align="center" | 95 | 2:00:22.3235 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 150 |
|---|
| 2
| align="center" | 9 | {{flagicon|AUS}} David Reynolds | align="center" | 95 | +3.7704 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 138 |
| 3
| align="center" | 1 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | align="center" | 95 | +10.7763 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 129 |
| 4
| align="center" | 2 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Scott Pye | align="center" | 95 | +20.2576 | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 120 |
| 5
| align="center" | 97 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | align="center" | 95 | +22.4759{{ref|3|1}} | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 111 |
| 6
| align="center" | 5 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Winterbottom | align="center" | 95 | +40.4773 | align="center" | 22 | align="center" | 102 |
| 7
| align="center" | 25 | {{flagicon|AUS}} James Courtney | align="center" | 95 | +41.7520 | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 96 |
| 8
| align="center" | 7 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Andre Heimgartner | align="center" | 95 | +49.9266 | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 90 |
| 9
| align="center" | 15 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Rick Kelly | align="center" | 95 | +52.1058 | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 84 |
| 10
| align="center" | 78 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Simona de Silvestro | align="center" | 95 | +54.1625 | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 78 |
| 11
| align="center" | 99 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Anton de Pasquale | align="center" | 95 | +56.5422 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 72 |
| 12
| align="center" | 18 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Lee Holdsworth | Team 18 | align="center" | 95 | +58.8959 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 69 |
| 13
| align="center" | 35 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Hazelwood | align="center" | 95 | +1:03.2275 | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 66 |
| 14
| align="center" | 100 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Cam Waters | align="center" | 95 | +1:06.2744{{ref|4|2}} | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 63 |
| 15
| align="center" | 23 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Caruso | align="center" | 95 | +1:07.5099 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 60 |
| 16
| align="center" | 230 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Will Davison | align="center" | 94 | +1 Lap | align="center" | 24 | align="center" | 57 |
| 17
| align="center" | 56 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Richie Stanaway | align="center" | 94 | +1 Lap | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 54 |
| 18
| align="center" | 14 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Slade | align="center" | 94 | +1 Lap | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 51 |
| 19
| align="center" | 19 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Le Brocq | align="center" | 93 | +2 Laps | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 48 |
| 20
| align="center" | 34 | {{flagicon|AUS}} James Golding | align="center" | 91 | +4 Laps | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 45 |
| 21
| align="center" | 55 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Chaz Mostert | align="center" | 90 | +5 Laps | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 42 |
| 22
| align="center" | 33 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Garth Tander | align="center" | 90 | +5 Laps | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 39 |
| 23
| align="center" | 888 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | align="center" | 88 | +7 Laps | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 36 |
| NC
| align="center" | 8 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Percat | align="center" | 42 | Accident Damage | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | |
| NC
| align="center" | 12 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Fabian Coulthard | align="center" | 41 | Accident | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | |
| NC
| align="center" | 21 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Blanchard | align="center" | 41 | Accident | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | |
| colspan="9" | Source:{{cite news|url=https://www.supercars.com/sessions/coates-hire-newcastle-500/virgin-australia-supercars-championship-race-30/|title=Race 30 - Results|publisher=Supercars.com|accessdate=24 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124162507/https://www.supercars.com/sessions/coates-hire-newcastle-500/virgin-australia-supercars-championship-race-30/|archive-date=24 November 2018|url-status=dead}} |
- {{note|3|1}} Van Gisbergen received a 25 second post-race penalty for a pit-lane infringement.
- {{note|4|2}} Waters received a 15 second post-race penalty for a driving infringement.
=Race 31=
;Race
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
! Pos ! No. ! Driver ! Team ! Car ! Laps ! Time / Retired ! Grid ! Points |
| 1
| align="center" | 9 | {{flagicon|AUS}} David Reynolds | align="center" | 95 | 1:57:05.1149 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 150 |
|---|
| 2
| align="center" | 17 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott McLaughlin | align="center" | 95 | +4.6807 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 138 |
| 3
| align="center" | 1 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | align="center" | 95 | +17.1588 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 129 |
| 4
| align="center" | 97 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | align="center" | 95 | +42.8390 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 120 |
| 5
| align="center" | 25 | {{flagicon|AUS}} James Courtney | align="center" | 95 | +44.3857 | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 111 |
| 6
| align="center" | 7 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Andre Heimgartner | align="center" | 95 | +45.2094 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 102 |
| 7
| align="center" | 55 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Chaz Mostert | align="center" | 95 | +45.4244 | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 96 |
| 8
| align="center" | 33 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Garth Tander | align="center" | 95 | +46.7038 | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 90 |
| 9
| align="center" | 18 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Lee Holdsworth | Team 18 | align="center" | 95 | +47.1698 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 84 |
| 10
| align="center" | 2 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Scott Pye | align="center" | 95 | +48.5032 | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 78 |
| 11
| align="center" | 888 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | align="center" | 95 | +49.8931 | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 72 |
| 12
| align="center" | 8 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Percat | align="center" | 95 | +56.5347 | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 69 |
| 13
| align="center" | 5 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Winterbottom | align="center" | 95 | +1:08.2384 | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 66 |
| 14
| align="center" | 100 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Cam Waters | align="center" | 94 | +1 Lap | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 63 |
| 15
| align="center" | 14 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Slade | align="center" | 94 | +1 Lap | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 60 |
| 16
| align="center" | 99 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Anton de Pasquale | align="center" | 94 | +1 Lap | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 57 |
| 17
| align="center" | 15 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Rick Kelly | align="center" | 94 | +1 Lap | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 54 |
| 18
| align="center" | 19 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Le Brocq | align="center" | 94 | +1 Lap | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 51 |
| 19
| align="center" | 23 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Caruso | align="center" | 94 | +1 Lap | align="center" | 24 | align="center" | 48 |
| 20
| align="center" | 230 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Will Davison | align="center" | 94 | +1 Lap | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 45 |
| 21
| align="center" | 35 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Hazelwood | align="center" | 94 | +1 Lap | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 42 |
| 22
| align="center" | 21 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Blanchard | align="center" | 94 | +1 Lap | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 39 |
| 23
| align="center" | 56 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Richie Stanaway | align="center" | 94 | +1 Lap | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 36 |
| 24
| align="center" | 78 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Simona de Silvestro | align="center" | 94 | +1 Lap | align="center" | 22 | align="center" | 33 |
| 25
| align="center" | 34 | {{flagicon|AUS}} James Golding | align="center" | 87 | +8 Laps | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 30 |
| 26
| align="center" | 12 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Fabian Coulthard | align="center" | 75 | +20 Laps | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 27 |
| colspan="9" | Source:{{cite web|url=https://www.supercars.com/sessions/coates-hire-newcastle-500/virgin-australia-supercars-championship-race-31/|title=Race 31 - Results|website=Supercars.com|accessdate=25 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125162628/https://www.supercars.com/sessions/coates-hire-newcastle-500/virgin-australia-supercars-championship-race-31/|archive-date=25 November 2018|url-status=dead}} |
References
{{reflist}}
{{V8 race report|
Name_of_race = Newcastle 500 |
Year_of_race = 2018 |
Previous_race_in_season = 2018 Auckland SuperSprint |
Next_race_in_season = 2019 Adelaide 500 |
Previous_year's_race = 2017 Newcastle 500 |
Next_year's_race = 2019 Newcastle 500
}}
{{ATCC rounds 2010–2019}}