1994 Sandown 500
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The 1994 Sandown 500 was an endurance motor race for Group 3A Touring Cars and selected production cars held at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia on 4 September 1994. The event was staged over 161 laps of the 3.10 km circuit, a total distance of 499 km. It was the 29th race in a sequence of annual endurance races held at Sandown.
Dick Johnson and John Bowe won the race in their Dick Johnson Racing Ford EB Falcon. Second was the Gibson Motorsport Holden VP Commodore of Mark Skaife and Jim Richards, while third was the Perkins Engineering Commodore of Larry Perkins and Gregg Hansford. After first racing in the "Sandown 500" in 1977 when the race was known as the Hang Ten 400, Dick Johnson scored his first win in the classic.
The race was notable as it marked the debut race of future three-time Supercars champion Craig Lowndes.[1]
Results[]
Pos.[2] | Class | No.[3] | Entrant[3] | Drivers[2] | Car[2] | Laps[2] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | V8 | 17 | Shell FAI Racing | ![]() ![]() |
Ford EB Falcon | 161 |
2 | V8 | 2 | Winfield Racing | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VP Commodore | 161 |
3 | V8 | 11 | Castrol Perkins Racing Team | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VP Commodore | 161 |
4 | V8 | 25 | Benson & Hedges Racing | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VP Commodore | 161 |
5 | V8 | 015 | Holden Racing Team | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VP Commodore | 161 |
6 | V8 | 05 | Holden Racing Team | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VP Commodore | 161 |
7 | V8 | 7 | Coca-Cola Racing | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VP Commodore | 159 |
8 | V8 | 18 | Shell FAI Racing | ![]() ![]() |
Ford EB Falcon | 159 |
9 | V8 | 1 | Peter Jackson Racing | ![]() ![]() |
Ford EB Falcon | 158 |
10 | V8 | 47 | Daily Planet Racing | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VP Commodore | 157 |
11 | V8 | 12 | Ampol Max 3 Racing | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VP Commodore | 156 |
12 | V8 | 39 | Anderson Consulting / Protech | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VP Commodore | 155 |
13 | V8 | 24 | Pinnacle Motorsport | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VP Commodore | 154 |
14 | V8 | 26 | Don Watson Transport | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VP Commodore | 154 |
15 | Prod. | 9 | Neville Crichton | ![]() ![]() |
BMW M3 | 141 |
16 | Prod. | 70 | BP Mazda Motorsport | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 140 |
17 | Prod. | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | ![]() ![]() |
Porsche 968CS | 140 |
18 | V8 | 28 | Playscape Racing | ![]() ![]() |
Ford EB Falcon | 133 |
19 | Prod. | 8 | Volvo Cars Australia Pty Ltd | ![]() ![]() |
Volvo 850 T-5 | 132 |
20 | Prod. | 19 | Murray Carter | ![]() ![]() |
Nissan Pulsar SSS | 129 |
21 | Prod. | 61 | Falken Tyres | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 126 |
22 | Prod. | 41 | Danny Bogut | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda 626 | 123 |
DNF | V8 | 30 | Peter Jackson Racing | ![]() ![]() |
Ford EB Falcon | 147 |
DNF | V8 | 44[4] | Group Motorsport[4] | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 130 |
NC | Prod. | 33 | David Sala | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VP Commodore SS | 113 |
NC | V8 | 23 | Diet-Coke Racing | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VP Commodore | 94 |
DNF | V8 | 16 | Australian Boat Manufacturers | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VP Commodore | 56 |
DNF | V8 | 31 | Malcolm Stenniken | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 34 |
DNF | V8 | 4 | Coca-Cola Racing | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VP Commodore | 27 |
Notes[]
- Pole position: Peter Brock, 1m 22.8269s[2]
- Race time of winning car: 3h 34m 14.4198s[2]
- Fastest lap: Dick Johnson / John Bowe, 1m 14.0747s[2]
See also[]
1994 Australian Touring Car season
References[]
- ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (17 November 2018). "How Lowndes' debut almost didn't happen". Supercars. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g Australian Motor Racing Year, 1994/95
- ^ a b Official Program, Sandown 500, Sunday, 4 September 1994, as published in Australian Auto Action, 1 September 1994
- ^ a b The Richards / Rogers Porche and the Ayoub / Conway Holden were not listed in the Official Program
External links[]
- Colin Young, Bowe goes charging to takeout 500 race, The Age, 5 September 1994, Sport Extra, Page 38, via newsstore.fairfax.com.au As archived at web.archive.org
- Image of the winning Ford EB Falcon of Dick Johnson and John Bowe, from d3spxwpngnho1k.cloudfront.ne As archived at webarchive.org
- Motorsport at Sandown
- 1994 in Australian motorsport
- Pre-Bathurst 500