1991 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500

The 1991 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars. The event was held on 8 September 1991 at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia over 161 laps of the 3.10 km "long" circuit, totalling 499 km. The race was the first round of both the 1991 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1991 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.

The race was won by first time winners Mark Gibbs and Rohan Onslow and the Bob Forbes Racing team in just their second race since taking delivery of the team's new Gibson Motorsport developed Nissan Skyline GT-R. With six classified it was the smallest number of classified finishers in the history of the Sandown 500 touring car race.

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 30 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Ford Sierra RS500 1:14.17
2 4 GIO Racing Mark Gibbs Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R 1:14.66
3 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1:14.67
4 11 Mobil 1 Racing Larry Perkins Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1:14.73
5 16 Holden Racing Team Win Percy Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1:15.38
6 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock Ford Sierra RS500 1:16.39
7 16 Holden Racing Team Neil Crompton Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1:16.43
8 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Alan Jones BMW M3 Evolution 1:17.27
9 26 Gemspares Daryl Hendrick Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV NA
10 13 Car Trek Racing Pty. Ltd. Bob Jones Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV NA

Race
Pos.[1] Class No. Entrant Drivers Car Laps
1 A 4 GIO Racing Mark Gibbs
Rohan Onslow		 Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R 161
2 B 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Alan Jones
Peter Fitzgerald		 BMW M3 Evolution 155
3 A 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock
Brett Peters		 Ford Sierra RS500 152
4 A 26 Gemspares Daryl Hendrick
John White		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 144
5 C 71 Toyota Team Australia Ron Searle
Don Griffiths		 Toyota Corolla 141
6 C 78 Speedtech Motorsport Geoff Full
Paul Morris		 Toyota Sprinter 122
DNF A 30 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton
Gregg Hansford		 Ford Sierra RS500 146
DNF A 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock
Andrew Miedecke
Tomas Mezera		 Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 133
DNF A 21 Car Trek Racing Pty. Ltd. Bob Jones
Ed Lamont		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 122
DNF A 7 Holden Racing Team Neil Crompton
Brad Jones		 Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 103
DNF A 11 Mobil 1 Racing Larry Perkins
Peter Brock
Tomas Mezera		 Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 103
DNF C 13 Bob Holden Motors Bob Holden
Dennis Rogers		 Toyota Corolla 103
DNF A 16 Holden Racing Team Win Percy
Allan Grice		 Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 101
NC C 76 Bob Holden Motors Mike Conway
Calvin Gardiner		 Toyota Sprinter 97
DNF A 31 Peter Hudson Peter Hudson
Ian Carrig
Ian Clark		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 56

Statistics
  • Pole Position - 1:14.17 - #30 Glenn Seton - Ford Sierra RS500
  • Fastest Lap - 1:15.74 - #4 Mark Gibbs - Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
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See also

1991 Australian Touring Car season

References
  1. Australian Motor Racing Year, 1991/92, pages 240-245 & 297
Preceded by
1990 Sandown 500		 Sandown 500
1991		 Succeeded by
1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500
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