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, held on the weekend of 24–26 August 2018. The event was held at The Bend Motorsport Park near Tailem Bend in South Australia and was the first Supercars event to be held at the circuit. It was the eleventh round of sixteen in the

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and hosted Races 22 and 23 of the season.

Background

Entry alterations

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for

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, and Kostecki Brothers Racing entering their Super2 Holden Commodore VF and driver

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. Rookie main game team Matt Stone Racing and driver Todd Hazelwood reverted to the Holden Commodore VF they used to win the

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championship.

Results

Practice

Race 22

Qualifying

Race

;Notes *– Garth Tander received a 90-second post-race Time Penalty for failing to complete the CPS requirements for the Race.

Championship standings after Race 22

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams Championship * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Race 23

Qualifying

;Notes *– Richie Stanaway received a 3-place grid penalty for impeding James Golding in qualifying. But as he qualifies 27th, 2 of the 3 Grid Spot penalties will carry over to the next Event.

Race

Championship standings after Race 23

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams Championship * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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