1995 Sandown 500

The 1995 Sandown 500 was an endurance race for 5.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group 3A regulations. The event was staged at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia on 3 September 1995.[1] Race distance was 161 laps of the 3.10 km circuit,[1] totalling 499 km. It was the 30th "Sandown 500".

The race was won by Dick Johnson and John Bowe driving a Ford EF Falcon.[1]

Race results
Pos. [1] No. [2] Entrant [2] Drivers [1] Car [1] Laps [1]
1 17 Shell-FAI Racing Dick Johnson
John Bowe		 Ford EF Falcon 161
2 30 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton
Allan Grice		 Ford EF Falcon 161
3 18 Shell-FAI Racing Charlie O'Brien
Steven Johnson		 Ford EF Falcon 161
4 25 Castrol Longhurst Ford Tony Longhurst
Wayne Park		 Ford EF Falcon 160
5 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Larry Perkins
Russell Ingall		 Holden VR Commodore 160
6 24 Romano Racing Paul Romano
Troy Dunstan		 Holden VP Commodore 159
7 6 Pinnacle Motorsport Tony Scott
Steven Ellery		 Holden VR Commodore 158
8 1 Winfield Racing Mark Skaife
Jim Richards		 Holden VR Commodore 155
9 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock
Mark McLaughlin		 Ford EF Falcon 155
10 38 John Deer Pty Ltd Mark Poole
Ed Ordynski		 Holden VP Commodore [2] [3] 155
11 3 Lansvale Samsh Repairs Trevor Ashby
Steve Reed		 Holden VP Commodore 150
N/C 20 Palmer Promotions Ian Palmer
Brett Peters		 Holden VR Commodore 80
DNF 7 Coca-Cola Racing Wayne Gardner
Neil Crompton		 Holden VR Commodore 139
DNF 35 Peter Jackson Racing Alan Jones
David Parsons		 Ford EF Falcon 136
DNF 015 Holden Racing Team Craig Lowndes
Greg Murphy		 Holden VR Commodore 132
DNF 55 Parsons Racing David Parsons
John Goss		 Holden VR Commodore 126
DNF 39 Protech Computers Chris Smerdon
Cameron McConville		 Holden VR Commodore 123
DNF 10 Mitre 10 Racing Mark Larkham
Warwick Rooklyn		 Ford EF Falcon 111
DNF 4 Coca-Cola Racing Brad Jones
Win Percy		 Holden VR Commodore 98
DNF 49 Alcair Airconditioning David Attard
Greg Crick		 Holden VR Commodore 93
DNF 05 Holden Racing Team Peter Brock
Tomas Mezera		 Holden VR Commodore 67

Race statistics
  • Pole position: Craig Lowndes & Greg Murphy, 1m 13.1494s [4]
  • Race time of winning car: 3h 30m 22.82s [1]
  • Fastest race lap: Craig Lowndes, 1m 13.7557s on lap 36 [5]
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See also

1995 Australian Touring Car season

References
  1. Results, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, pages 277
  2. Sandown 500 Entry List, Auto Action, 6 September 1995
  3. The Auto Action Entry List has Poole & Ordynski in a VP Commodore and the Australian Motor Racing Year Results has them in a VR Commodore. A 2013 article at www.supercars.com indicates that the car was "built in 1993 as a VP model Commodore" and "was updated to VR spec in 1996"
  4. 1995 Sandown 500 - Business as Usual, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, pages 200-204
  5. Sandown 500, Motorsport News, 8 - 21 September 1995, page 20


Preceded by
1994 Sandown 500		 Sandown 500
1995		 Succeeded by
1996 Tickford 500
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