1997 Tickford 500

The 1997 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars.[1] It was held on 14 September 1997 at the Sandown Raceway [1] and was the 32nd running of the Sandown 500.

The race was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy, driving a Holden VS Commodore [1] for the Holden Racing Team.[2]

Qualifying

The fastest lap in qualifying was set by Mark Skaife at 1:11.3142.

Top 10 Shootout

The Top 10 Shootout, which was contested by the fastest ten cars from Qualifying, determined the order of the first ten grid positions for the race.

Pos No Entrant [2] Driver Car
Pole 05 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden VS Commodore
2 10 Mitre 10 Racing Mark Larkham Ford EL Falcon
3 1 Ford Credit Racing Glenn Seton Ford EL Falcon
4 9 Alan Jones Racing Alan Jones Ford EL Falcon
5 97 Holden Racing Team Jason Bargwanna Holden VS Commodore
6 15 Holden Racing Team Greg Murphy Holden VS Commodore
7 46 Betta Electrical John Faulkner Holden VS Commodore
8 7 Wayne Gardner Racing Wayne Gardner Holden VS Commodore
9 17 Shell Helix Racing Dick Johnson Ford EL Falcon
10 25 Castrol Longhurst Tony Longhurst Ford EL Falcon

Official results
Pos. [1] No. [2] Entrant [2] Drivers [1] Car [1] Laps [1]
1 15 Holden Racing Team Craig Lowndes
Greg Murphy		 Holden VS Commodore 157
2 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Larry Perkins
Russell Ingall		 Holden VS Commodore 157
3 9 Alan Jones Racing Alan Jones
Jason Bright		 Ford EL Falcon 157
4 46 Betta Electrical John Faulkner
Win Percy		 Holden VS Commodore 156
5 34 GRM Valvoline Cummins Steven Richards
Jim Richards		 Holden VS Commodore 155
6 7 Wayne Gardner Racing Wayne Gardner
Neil Crompton		 Holden VS Commodore 155
7 18 Shell Helix Racing Steven Johnson
Craig Baird		 Ford EL Falcon 154
8 45 Wynn's Australia Darren Hossack
Steven Ellery		 Holden VR Commodore 154
9 97 Holden Racing Team Jason Bargwanna
Mark Noske		 Holden VS Commodore 153
10 25 Castrol Longhurst Tony Longhurst
Charlie O'Brien		 Ford EL Falcon 151
11 1 Ford Credit Racing Glenn Seton
David Parsons		 Ford EL Falcon 150
12 05 Holden Racing Team Peter Brock
Mark Skaife		 Holden VS Commodore 150
13 12 Simoco Pacific Bruce Williams
Paul Gover		 Holden VS Commodore 148
14 26 M3 Motorsport Peter Doulman
John Cotter		 Holden VP Commodore 148
15 24 Romano Racing Paul Romano
Allan Grice		 Holden VS Commodore 144
16 14 Malcolm Stenniken Malcolm Stenniken
Norris Miles		 Holden VR Commodore 144
17 16 Castrol Cougars Melinda Price
Kerryn Brewer		 Holden VS Commodore 139
18 49 Alcair Airconditioning Greg Crick [3]
Peter Fitzgerald
Terry Finnigan		 Holden VR Commodore 132
DNF 47 Bottlemagic John Trimbole
Tomas Mezera		 Holden VS Commodore [4] 128
DNF 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock
John Smith		 Ford EF Falcon 112
DNF 17 Shell Heli Racing Dick Johnson
John Bowe		 Ford EL Falcon 108
DNF 79 Mike Conway Mike Conway
Gavin Monaghan		 Ford EB2 Falcon 95
DNF 3 Lansvale Smash Repairs Steve Reed
Trevor Ashby		 Holden VS Commodore 47
DNF 10 Mitre 10 Racing Mark Larkham
Andrew Miedecke		 Ford EL Falcon 33

The race was started in the rain under the control of the safety car.[1] The weather conditions resulted in a slower than expected average speed and the race did not run to its full 161 lap distance, being halted on lap 157 after 3 hours 45 minutes and 22.3508 seconds.[1]

Statistics
  • Pole Position: Mark Skaife [1]
  • Fastest race lap: Mark Skaife – 1:17.4932 on lap 101 [1]
  • Race time of winning car: 3h 45:22.3508 [1]
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References
  1. History Repeats, Australian Auto Action, 19–25 September 1997, page 46
  2. Official Program, Tickford 500, Sandown, Australian Auto Action, 12–18 September 1997, page 4
  3. V8 Bathurst 1997, page 27
  4. Entry List in the Official Program shows Trimbole and Mezera in a VS Commodore. Results in Australian Auto Action show VP Commodore. An image of the car at the 1997 Tickford 500 on page 26 of the book "V8 Bathurst 1997" shows that it was not a VP Commodore
Preceded by
1996 Tickford 500		 Sandown 500
1997		 Succeeded by
1998 Tickford 500
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