| Flag: | South Australia |
| 2018 The Bend SuperSprint | |
| Round No: | 11 |
| Season No: | 16 |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Series: | SC |
| Date: | 24–26 August |
| Location: | Tailem Bend, South Australia |
| Circuit: | The Bend Motorsport Park |
| Race1 Laps: | 24 |
| Race1 Dist: | 118.808 |
| Pole1: |  Jamie Whincup |
| Pole1 Team: | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Pole1 Time: | 1:50.1371 |
| Winner1: |  Shane van Gisbergen |
| Winner1 Team: | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Winner1 Time: | 48:23.2330 |
| Race2 Laps: | 41 |
| Race2 Dist: | 202.964 |
| Pole2: | Jamie Whincup |
| Pole2 Team: | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Pole2 Time: | 1:48.6498 |
| Winner2: | Jamie Whincup |
| Winner2 Team: | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Winner2 Time: | 1:17:54.3861 |
The 2018 The Bend SuperSprint (formally known as the 2018 OTR SuperSprint at The Bend Motorsport Park)[1] was a motor racing event for Supercars, 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 2018 Supercars Championship and hosted Races 22 and 23 of the season.[2]
The round was open to wildcard entries from the Super2 Series and saw the grid expanded to twenty-eight cars with the addition of two extra entries – Brad Jones Racing entering a third Holden Commodore ZB for Macauley Jones, and Kostecki Brothers Racing entering their Super2 Holden Commodore VF and driver Kurt Kostecki.[3]
Rookie main game team Matt Stone Racing and driver Todd Hazelwood reverted to the Holden Commodore VF they used to win the 2017 Super2 Series championship.[4]
| Day | Fastest lap | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time | |||
| Practice 1 | Friday | 14 | Tim Slade | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:50.1395 | |
| Practice 2 | Friday | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:48.7499 | |
| Practice 3 | Saturday | 8 | Nick Percat | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | 1:49.5892 | |
| Sources:[5] [6] [7] | |||||||
| Driver | Gap | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott McLaughlin | 2681 | |||
| 2 | Shane van Gisbergen | 2640 | -41 | ||
| 3 | Jamie Whincup | 2266 | -415 | ||
| 4 | Craig Lowndes | 2139 | -542 | ||
| 5 | David Reynolds | 2084 | -597 |
| Team | Gap | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Triple Eight Race Engineering (1, 97) | 4905 | |||
| 2 | DJR Team Penske | 4540 | -365 | ||
| 3 | Tickford Racing (5, 55) | 3298 | -1607 | ||
| 4 | Brad Jones Racing | 3204 | -1701 | ||
| 5 | Erebus Motorsport | 3124 | -1781 |
| Driver | Gap | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Shane van Gisbergen | 2778 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Scott McLaughlin | 2759 | -19 | |
| 3 | Jamie Whincup | 2416 | -362 | ||
| 4 | Craig Lowndes | 2229 | -549 | ||
| 5 | 2213 | -565 |
| Team | Gap | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Triple Eight Race Engineering (1, 97) | 5193 | |||
| 2 | DJR Team Penske | 4681 | -512 | ||
| 1 | 3 | Brad Jones Racing | 3435 | -1758 | |
| 1 | 4 | Tickford Racing (5, 55) | 3424 | -1769 | |
| 5 | Erebus Motorsport | 3325 | -1868 |