1990 Sandown 500

The 1990 Sandown 500 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars.[1][2] The event was held at Sandown Park on 9 September 1990.[1] The race distance was 161 laps of the 3.10 km circuit,[1] totaling 499 km.

The race was Round 1 of the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship and Round 1 of the 1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.[3]

Divisions

Cars competed in three Divisions.[1]

  • Division 1 :
  • Division 2 :
  • Division 3 : Under 1600cc [4]

Results

Top 10 Qualifiers

Although no official Top 10 run off was held during qualifying for the Sandown 500, the top 10 qualifiers were:

PosNoTeamDriverCarQual
1 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Dick Johnson Ford Sierra RS500 1:15.24
2 35 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Ford Sierra RS500 1:15.31
3 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock Ford Sierra RS500 1:15.57
4 16 Holden Racing Team Win Percy Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1:15.80
5 9 Allan Moffat Enterprises Klaus Niedzwiedz Ford Sierra RS500 1:16.41
6 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock Ford Sierra RS500 1:16.43
7 18 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Jeff Allam Ford Sierra RS500 1:16.44
8 6 Mobil 1 Racing Andrew Miedecke Ford Sierra RS500 1:16.59
9 23 Beaurepaires Motorsport Chris Lambden Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 1:17.01
10 11 Perkins Motorsport Larry Perkins Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1:17.44

Race
Position [1] Division [1] No.[1] Entrant [1] Drivers [1] Car [1] Laps[1]
1 Div.1 35 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton
George Fury		 Ford Sierra RS500 161
2 Div.1 6 Mobil 1 Racing Charlie O'Brien
Peter Brock		 Ford Sierra RS500 161
3 Div.1 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock
Mike Preston		 Ford Sierra RS500 158
4 Div.1 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock
Andrew Miedecke
David Parsons		 Ford Sierra RS500 151
5 Div.1 15 Toyota Team Australia John Smith
Drew Price		 Toyota Supra Turbo A [5] 149
6 Div.1 46 Gary Willmington Gary Willmington
Bryan Thomson		 Toyota Supra Turbo A [5] 144
7 Div.1 44 Daf Sandblasting Paul Trevethan
Andrew McDowell		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A [6] 144
8 Div.3 78 Phoenix Motorsport Geoff Full
David Ratcliff		 Toyota Sprinter AE86 [5] 139
9 Div.1 23 Beaurepaires Motorsport Chris Lambden
Greg Crick		 Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 137
10 Div.1 19 Car-Trek Racing Bob Jones
Heather Spurle		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV [7] 129
11 Div.1 22 Lusty Engineering Graham Lusty
Peter Janson		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV [7] 127
NC Div.3 74 Alexander Rotary Phil Alexander
Keith McCulloch		 Toyota Corolla 117
DNF Div.1 11 Perkins Engineering Larry Perkins
Tomas Mezera		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV [7] 151
DNF Div.1 38 Playscape Racing Andrew Bagnall
Robbie Francevic		 Ford Sierra RS500 122
DNF Div.1 9 Allan Moffat Enterprises Klaus Niedzwiedz
Gregg Hansford		 Ford Sierra RS500 111
DNF Div.1 36 Peter Hudson Peter Hudson
Ian Clark
Ian Carrig		 BMW 635 CSi 92
DNF Div.3 71 Toyota Team Australia John Faulkner
Neal Bates		 Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82 85
DNF Div.1 18 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Jeff Allam
John Bowe
Paul Radisich		 Ford Sierra RS500 60
DNF Div.1 14 Murray Carter Murray Carter
Matt Wacker		 Ford Sierra RS500 60
DNF Div.3 75 Dow Airconditioning Dennis Rogers
Llynden Reithmuller		 Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82 50
DNF Div.3 70 Toyota Team Australia Peter McKay
Paul Stokell		 Toyota Corolla AE92 49
DNF Div.2 53 Brian Bolwell Racing Mike Twigden
Brian Bolwell		 BMW 323i 37
DNF Div.1 16 Holden Racing Team Win Percy
Neil Crompton		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV [7] 32
DNF Div.1 42 Car-Trek Racing John Lusty
Bernie Stack		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV [7] 27
DNF Div.1 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Dick Johnson
John Bowe		 Ford Sierra RS500 18
DNS Div.1 86 Gemspares Daryl Hendrick
Joe Sommariva		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV [7] -
DNS Div.3 72 David Sala David Sala
Richard Vorst		 Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82 -

27 cars qualified for the race and 25 started.[1]

Note:

  • NC = Not classified
  • DNF = Did not finish
  • DNS = Did not start

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See also

1990 Australian Touring Car season

References
  1. Sandown 500, touringcarracing.net Retrieved on 22 July 2013
  2. touringcarracing.net lists the “Ruleset” as “Group A” however the 1990 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport defined Touring Cars under the title “Group 3A Touring Cars”
  3. Seton’s first big title, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1990/91, pages 219 to 239
  4. John Evans, Two of a kind, Australian Auto Action, No 508, September 2, 1990, pages 16 to 18 – this race report states that “John Faulkner and Neal Bates were fastest of the under-1600cc class in their TAA Corolla
  5. 1990 – Sandown 500, turbo-a.net Retrieved on 22 July 2013
  6. Race results at turbo-a.net list the car as a Holden Commodore VL (HDT)
  7. Race results at turbo-a.net list the car as a Holden Commodore VL (TWR)
  8. 1990 Sandown 500, Racing Car News, October 1990, page 44
Preceded by
1989 .05 - 500		 Sandown 500
1990		 Succeeded by
1991 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500
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