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2018 Coates Hire Newcastle 500

Event Information
Round 16 of 16 in the 2018 Supercars Championship
Date	23–25 November 2018
Location	Newcastle East, New South Wales
Venue	Newcastle Street Circuit
Weather	Friday: Fine & Windy Saturday: Fine Sunday: Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 95 laps 250 km Pole position Shane van Gisbergen Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:10.6430 Winner Scott McLaughlin DJR Team Penske 2:00:22.3235
Race 2 Distance 95 laps 250 km Pole position David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport 1:10.5470 Winner David Reynolds Erebus Motorsport 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

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time / Retired	Grid	Points
1	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	95	2:00:22.3235	3	150
2	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	95	+3.7704	7	138
3	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	95	+10.7763	2	129
4	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	95	+20.2576	12	120
5	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	95	+22.4759	1	111
6	5	Mark Winterbottom	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	95	+40.4773	22	102
7	25	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	95	+41.7520	8	96
8	7	Andre Heimgartner	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	95	+49.9266	26	90
9	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	95	+52.1058	11	84
10	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	95	+54.1625	18	78
11	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	95	+56.5422	6	72
12	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	95	+58.8959	5	69
13	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore VF	95	+1:03.2275	17	66
14	100	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	95	+1:06.2744	19	63
15	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	95	+1:07.5099	20	60
16	230	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	94	+1 Lap	24	57
17	56	Richie Stanaway	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	94	+1 Lap	25	54
18	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	94	+1 Lap	14	51
19	19	Jack Le Brocq	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore ZB	93	+2 Laps	15	48
20	34	James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	91	+4 Laps	21	45
21	55	Chaz Mostert	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	90	+5 Laps	16	42
22	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	90	+5 Laps	23	39
23	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	88	+7 Laps	9	36
NC	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	42	Accident Damage	10
NC	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	41	Accident	4
NC	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	41	Accident	13
Source:

• ^1 Van Gisbergen received a 25 second post-race penalty for a pit-lane infringement.
• ^2 Waters received a 15 second post-race penalty for a driving infringement.

Race 31

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time / Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	David Reynolds	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	95	1:57:05.1149	1	150
2	17	Scott McLaughlin	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	95	+4.6807	2	138
3	1	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	95	+17.1588	7	129
4	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	95	+42.8390	3	120
5	25	James Courtney	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	95	+44.3857	6	111
6	7	Andre Heimgartner	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	95	+45.2094	9	102
7	55	Chaz Mostert	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	95	+45.4244	14	96
8	33	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	95	+46.7038	4	90
9	18	Lee Holdsworth	Team 18	Holden Commodore ZB	95	+47.1698	5	84
10	2	Scott Pye	Walkinshaw Andretti United	Holden Commodore ZB	95	+48.5032	23	78
11	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	95	+49.8931	12	72
12	8	Nick Percat	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	95	+56.5347	13	69
13	5	Mark Winterbottom	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	95	+1:08.2384	18	66
14	100	Cam Waters	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	94	+1 Lap	11	63
15	14	Tim Slade	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	94	+1 Lap	8	60
16	99	Anton de Pasquale	Erebus Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	94	+1 Lap	15	57
17	15	Rick Kelly	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	94	+1 Lap	16	54
18	19	Jack Le Brocq	Tekno Autosports	Holden Commodore ZB	94	+1 Lap	20	51
19	23	Michael Caruso	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	94	+1 Lap	24	48
20	230	Will Davison	23Red Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	94	+1 Lap	17	45
21	35	Todd Hazelwood	Matt Stone Racing	Holden Commodore VF	94	+1 Lap	25	42
22	21	Tim Blanchard	Tim Blanchard Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	94	+1 Lap	19	39
23	56	Richie Stanaway	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	94	+1 Lap	26	36
24	78	Simona de Silvestro	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	94	+1 Lap	22	33
25	34	James Golding	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore ZB	87	+8 Laps	21	30
26	12	Fabian Coulthard	DJR Team Penske	Ford Falcon FG X	75	+20 Laps	10	27
Source:

References

1. "Race 30 - Results". Supercars.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
2. "Race 31 - Results". Supercars.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

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