1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500

The 1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500 was an endurance motor race open to Group 3A Touring Cars (commonly known as Group A cars), 1993 Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Cars (later to become known as V8 Supercars) and Group 3E Series Production Cars.[1] It was held at the Sandown International Motor Raceway,[2] in Victoria, Australia, on 13 September 1992,[2] over 136 laps of the 3.1 km circuit,[3] a total distance of approximately 422 km. The race, which was the 27th Sandown 500, was won by Larry Perkins and Steve Harrington driving a Holden VL Commodore.

The race was intended to be run over 150 laps,[4][5] but it was significantly delayed by several periods of slow running behind the pace car.[6] With the Sandown circuit operating under an Environmental Protection Agency curfew of 5pm, the race was shortened to 136 laps.[6]

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 1:15.87
2 15 Holden Racing Team Tomas Mezera Holden VP Commodore 1:16.62
3 11 Bob Jane T-Marts Perkins Racing Larry Perkins Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1:17.50
4 16 Holden Racing Team Win Percy Holden VP Commodore 1:17.71
5 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock Holden VP Commodore 1:17.79
6 30 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Ford EB Falcon 1:17.80
7 35 Peter Jackson Racing Wayne Park Ford Sierra RS500 1:18.16
8 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst BMW M3 Evolution 1:18.16
9 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Terry Sheil Ford Sierra RS500 1:18.75
10 13 Ampol Max 3 Racing Bob Jones Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1:22.76

Results
Position [3] Group [1] No.[4] Entrant [4] Drivers [1] Car Laps [3]
1 3A 11 Bob Jane T-Marts Perkins Racing Larry Perkins
Steve Harrington		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 136
2 3A 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst
Paul Morris		 BMW M3 Evolution 136
3 3A (1993) 15 Holden Racing Team Tomas Mezera
Brad Jones		 Holden VP Commodore 133
4 3A 13 Ampol Max 3 Racing Bob Jones
Peter Janson		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 122
5 3E 10 Robinson Racing Developments Ken Douglas
Kent Youlden		 Ford EB Falcon 117
6 3E 4 Robert Ogilvie Robert Ogilvie
Paul Fordham		 Holden VP Commodore SS 116
7 3E 7 Palmer Promotions Ian Palmer
Brett Bull		 Holden VP Commodore SS 114
8 3A 75 Bob Holden Motors Brad Wright
Ted Dunford		 Toyota Corolla 110
9 3E 6 Bridgestone Australia Tony Scott
Ed Lamont		 Holden VP Commodore SS 110
10 3A 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock
Troy Dunstan		 Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 110
11 3E 21 Autobarn - Springvale Danny Bogut
Henry Draper		 Suzuki Swift GTi 106
12 3E 14 Murray Carter Murray Carter
Chris Muscat		 Nissan Pulsar SSS 102
DNF 3A 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock
Brett Peters		 Ford Sierra RS500 130
DNF 3A (1993) 16 Holden Racing Team Win Percy
Allan Grice		 Holden VP Commodore 109
DNF 3E 3 Fitzgerald Racing Peter Fitzgerald
Terry Lewis		 Holden VP Commodore SS 109
DNF 3A 18 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Terry Shiel
Greg Crick		 Ford Sierra RS500 108
DNF 3E 41 Caltex CXT Race Team Terry Bosnjak
Peter Hopwood		 Holden VP Commodore SS 100
DNF 3A 39 Protech Microsystems Chris Smerdon
Mark Poole		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 90
NC 3A 26 Gemspares Daryl Hendrick
John Blanchard		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 88
DNF 3A 35 Peter Jackson Racing Wayne Park
David Parsons		 Ford Sierra RS500 82
NC 3A 73 Bob Holden Motors Bob Holden
Dennis Rogers		 Toyota Levin 72
NC 3A 52 M3 Motorsport John Cotter
Peter Doulman		 BMW M3 69
DNF 3A 29 Mountain Motorsport Calvin Gardiner
Mike Conway		 Toyota Levin 35
DNF 3A 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Dick Johnson
John Bowe		 Ford Sierra RS500 31
DNF 3A (1993) 30 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton
Alan Jones		 Ford EB Falcon 18
DNF 3A 88 Mountain Motorsport Gregg Easton
Brad Stratton		 Toyota Levin 12
DNF 3A 31 Ampol Max 3 Racing Robbi Ker
Don Watson		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 2
DNS 3E 22 Valvoline Oils Melinda Price
Steven Richards		 Nissan Pulsar SSS

Statistics
  • Pole Position - 1:15.87 - #17 Dick Johnson - Ford Sierra RS500 [1]
  • Fastest Lap - 1:16.88 - #17 Dick Johnson/John Bowe - Ford Sierra RS500 [1]
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See also

1992 Australian Touring Car season

References
  1. Sandown Drink/Drive 500, touringcarracing.net, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. Front cover, Official program, 1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500, Sandown International Motor Raceway, Sunday, 13 September 1992
  3. Australian Motor Racing Year, 1992/93, page 298
  4. Entry list, Official program, 1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500, Sandown International Motor Raceway, Sunday, 13 September 1992
  5. Perkins Paces Home, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1992/92, pages 244-247
  6. Normoyle, Steve (1992). "Four years till next year". The Great Race. 12: 46–52.
Preceded by
1991 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500		 Sandown 500
1992		 Succeeded by
1993 Sandown 500
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