Following a good result in Race 1 of the 3 race round of the Sandown Fujitsu V8 Supercars round, Tim Blanchard lined up in fourth place for the inverted top 10 format for race 2. The start was clean, however chaos reigned at Turn 3 when Team Jayco team mate David Russell missed the turn and arrived back on the track turning around David Wall. Caught up in the mess were series contenders Jack Perkins, Nick Percat, Scott McLaughlin and FPR recruit Chaz Mostert.

The outcome was good for Tim, who cleared away in Position 2 as the Safety Car was sent out on track. At the restart, Blanchard was quickly into the lead after the restart but was quickly overtaken by series leader Andrew Thompson in the T888 Holden.

Blanchard held station and ran with Thompson in the closing laps to record a fine second place and earn a position 3 grid spot for the final. 

"The car was better and we were not too far away from Thompson in that race." said Tim 'I did not really see what happened behind me on Lap 1 but it did me a favour for sure!' Blanchard added.

Race 3 saw Tim start well and run strongly in fourth place. The #27 Jayco / Cool Drive Falcon led its stablemate and looked good for a strong result. After a Safety Car period, the field were on let go on lap 11 but Tim only made it to Turn 1 where an out of control Nick Percat slammed into the side of Blanchard putting both cars intuit the sand trap. Another Safety Car period was called for to extract Tim, but his race was run finally crossing the line in in 18th place.

"The car was pretty good and we were definitely in the top five on genuine pace." Tim said "At the resort I saw Dave dive down the inside and chose to slot in behind him. I then got the biggest hit I reckon I have ever had as Percat hit me. He must have been carrying a lot of speed. That's the way it has gone this year. Every time it looks like we can grab a result something pops up!' Blanchard concluded.
  
Overall, Blanchard was seventh for the round and retained his 5th place in the Championship.