Track map of the Sandown Raceway

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 Australia Dick Johnson Ford Sierra RS500 1:15.87
2 15 Holden Racing Team Australia Tomas Mezera Holden VP Commodore 1:16.62
3 11 Bob Jane T-Marts Perkins Racing Australia Larry Perkins Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1:17.50
4 16 Holden Racing Team United Kingdom Win Percy Holden VP Commodore 1:17.71
5 05 Mobil 1 Racing Australia Peter Brock Holden VP Commodore 1:17.79
6 30 Peter Jackson Racing Australia Glenn Seton Ford EB Falcon 1:17.80
7 35 Peter Jackson Racing Australia Wayne Park Ford Sierra RS500 1:18.16
8 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Australia Tony Longhurst BMW M3 Evolution 1:18.16
9 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Australia Terry Sheil Ford Sierra RS500 1:18.75
10 13 Ampol Max 3 Racing Australia 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 Australia Larry Perkins
Australia Steve Harrington		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 136
2 3A 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Australia Tony Longhurst
Australia Paul Morris		 BMW M3 Evolution 136
3 3A (1993) 15 Holden Racing Team Australia Tomas Mezera
Australia Brad Jones		 Holden VP Commodore 133
4 3A 13 Ampol Max 3 Racing Australia Bob Jones
New Zealand Peter Janson		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 122
5 3E 10 Robinson Racing Developments Australia Ken Douglas
Australia Kent Youlden		 Ford EB Falcon 117
6 3E 4 Robert Ogilvie Australia Robert Ogilvie
Australia Paul Fordham		 Holden VP Commodore SS 116
7 3E 7 Palmer Promotions Australia Ian Palmer
Australia Brett Bull		 Holden VP Commodore SS 114
8 3A 75 Bob Holden Motors Australia Brad Wright
Australia Ted Dunford		 Toyota Corolla 110
9 3E 6 Bridgestone Australia Australia Tony Scott
New Zealand Ed Lamont		 Holden VP Commodore SS 110
10 3A 05 Mobil 1 Racing Australia Peter Brock
Australia Troy Dunstan		 Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 110
11 3E 21 Autobarn - Springvale Australia Danny Bogut
Australia Henry Draper		 Suzuki Swift GTi 106
12 3E 14 Murray Carter Australia Murray Carter
Australia Chris Muscat		 Nissan Pulsar SSS 102
DNF 3A 28 Playscape Racing Australia Kevin Waldock
Australia Brett Peters		 Ford Sierra RS500 130
DNF 3A (1993) 16 Holden Racing Team United Kingdom Win Percy
Australia Allan Grice		 Holden VP Commodore 109
DNF 3E 3 Fitzgerald Racing Australia Peter Fitzgerald
Australia Terry Lewis		 Holden VP Commodore SS 109
DNF 3A 18 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Australia Terry Shiel
Australia Greg Crick		 Ford Sierra RS500 108
DNF 3E 41 Caltex CXT Race Team Australia Terry Bosnjak
Australia Peter Hopwood		 Holden VP Commodore SS 100
DNF 3A 39 Protech Microsystems Australia Chris Smerdon
Australia Mark Poole		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 90
NC 3A 26 Gemspares Australia Daryl Hendrick
Australia John Blanchard		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 88
DNF 3A 35 Peter Jackson Racing Australia Wayne Park
Australia David Parsons		 Ford Sierra RS500 82
NC 3A 73 Bob Holden Motors Australia Bob Holden
Australia Dennis Rogers		 Toyota Levin 72
NC 3A 52 M3 Motorsport Australia John Cotter
Australia Peter Doulman		 BMW M3 69
DNF 3A 29 Mountain Motorsport Australia Calvin Gardiner
Australia Mike Conway		 Toyota Levin 35
DNF 3A 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Australia Dick Johnson
Australia John Bowe		 Ford Sierra RS500 31
DNF 3A (1993) 30 Peter Jackson Racing Australia Glenn Seton
Australia Alan Jones		 Ford EB Falcon 18
DNF 3A 88 Mountain Motorsport Australia Gregg Easton
Australia Brad Stratton		 Toyota Levin 12
DNF 3A 31 Ampol Max 3 Racing New Zealand Robbi Ker
Australia Don Watson		 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 2
DNS 3E 22 Valvoline Oils Australia Melinda Price
New Zealand 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]

See also

1992 Australian Touring Car season

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Sandown Drink/Drive 500, touringcarracing.net, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. 1 2 Front cover, Official program, 1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500, Sandown International Motor Raceway, Sunday, 13 September 1992
  3. 1 2 3 Australian Motor Racing Year, 1992/93, page 298
  4. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 Normoyle, Steve (1992). "Four years till next year". The Great Race. 12: 46–52.
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