Australian Touring Cars Supercars at Sandown | PHOTOS
Supercars ready in retro liveries
#1 Red Bull Team Holden Racing Team ZB Commodore of Jamie Whincup & Paul Dumbrell. Photo: Russell Colvin
#19 Tekno Autosports Holden Commodore ZB which Jack Le Brocq & Jonathon Webb will drive. Photo: Russell Colvin
7 times Virgin Australia Supercars Champion, Jamie Whincup. Photo: Russell Colvin
19 times Virgin Australia Supercar winner Will Davison. Photo: Russell Colvin
2005 Supercars champion, Russell Ingall. Photo: Russell Colvin
Autobarn Lowndes Racing IVECO team transporter. Photo: Russell Colvin
Autobarn Lowndes Racing's Steve Richards will partner Craig Lowndes in this year's PIRTEK Enduro Cup, which begins this weekend with the RABBLE.club Sandown 500. Photo: Russell Colvin
Brad Jones Racing’s Bob Jane Monaro tribute which Tim Slade and Ash Walsh will run this weekend at the Rabble.Club Sandown 500. Photo: Russell Colvin
Cameron Waters & David Russell's #6 Monster Energy Racing Ford Falcon FG X. Photo: Russell Colvin
Craig Lowndes signs an autograph for a race going fan ahead of this weekends RABBLE.club Sandown 500. Photo: Russell Colvin
Craig Lowndes signs an autograph for a race going fan ahead of this weekends RABBLE.club Sandown 500. Photo: Russell Colvin
Drive Racing MACK team transporter. Photo: Russell Colvin
Dunlop crew changing tyres. Photo: Russell Colvin
Dunlop Supercars tyre. Photo: Russell Colvin
Dunlop tyres. Photo: Russell Colvin
Erebus Motorsport team drivers. Photo: Russell Colvin
Erebus Motorsport’s 1986 Chickadee Commodore tribute which David Reynolds pairing up with Luke Youlden. Photo: Russell Colvin
Erebus Motorsport’s Chickadee Celica tribute. Photo: Russell Colvin
Erebus Penrite Racing's David Reynolds. Photo: Russell Colvin
Freightliner Racing's Tim Slade. Photo: Russell Colvin
Garry Rogers. Photo: Russell Colvin
Jamie Whincup & Paul Dumbrell's helmets. Photo: Russell Colvin
Milwaukee Racing's Alex Davison. Photo: Russell Colvin
Milwaukee Racing's Will & Alex Davison practice their pit stops ahead of this weekends RABBLE.club Sandown 500. Photo: Russell Colvin
Milwaukee Racing's Will Davison. Photo: Russell Colvin
Mobil 1 Boost Mobile Racing SCANIA team transporter. Photo: Russell Colvin
Mobil 1 Boost Mobile Racing team boom. Photo: Russell Colvin
Mobil 1 Boost Mobile Racing’s 2008 inspired retro livery of Scott Pye & Warren Luff. Photo: Russell Colvin
Richie Stanaway & Steve Owen's #56 RABBLE.club Racing Ford Falcon FG X. Photo: Russell Colvin
Rick Kelly & Garry Jacobson will run the old classic Castrol colours. Photo: Russell Colvin
Scott McLaughlin & Alexandre Prémat #17 car will pay homage to the 1988 Dick Johnson Racing 1988 Ford Sierra. Photo: Russell Colvin
Shane van Gisbergen & Earl Bamber's #97 Red Bull Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore ZB. Photo: Russell Colvin
Shell V-Power Racing MAN transporter. Photo: Russell Colvin
Shell V-Power Racing Scott McLaughlin (L), Alex Prémat (C) and Fabian Coulthard (R). Photo: Russell Colvin
Shell V-Power Racing Team helmet coolers. Photo: Russell Colvin
Shell V-Power Racing’s homage to the 1988 Dick Johnson Racing 1988 Ford Sierra, which Fabian Coulthard & Tony D'Alberto will drive this weekend. Photo: Russell Colvin
Simona de Silvestro and Alex Rullo new vintage looking Nissan Altima. Photo: Russell Colvin
Supercheap Auto Racing's Chaz Mostert. Photo: Russell Colvin
Team Harvey Norman fuel bowsers. Photo: Russell Colvin
The jagged red lines on 23Red Racing’s Milwaukee Falcon have been replaced by a vintage cream look for Sandown on Will and Alex Davison's car. Photo: Russell Colvin
Tickford Racing's boom. Photo: Russell Colvin
Tim Blanchard’s retro livery keeps it in the family by replicating the look of father John’s two-litre BMW M3 from the 1993 season. Photo: Russell Colvin
Todd Hazelwood & Bryce Fullwood #35 Bigmate Racing Holden Commodore VF: Photo: Russell Colvin
Triple Eight Race Engineering's CEO, Roland Dane. Photo: Russell Colvin
View of the Rabble.Club Sandown 500 paddock. Photo: Russell Colvin
Virgin Australia Supercars team member at work in the Sandown paddock. Photo: Russell Colvin
Australian Touring Cars have long taken the fancy of motorsports fans in Australia and this weekend’s retro round at Sandown in Victoria is no exception. Goulburn Post’s guest Superbike photographer and writer Russell Colvin takes a break from the two wheel action. This week he heads to Sandown for a look at the Supercar in action in the Sandown 500, ahead of the iconic Bathurst 1000 in a couple of weeks time.
On Thursday he took a look down pit land and in the paddock as teams prepare for a weekend of tight bumper to bumper, panel to panel racing.