1996 Tickford 500
The 1996 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for 5.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group 3A regulations.[1] The event was held at the Sandown International Motor Raceway in Victoria, Australia on 8 September 1996. Race distance was 161 laps of the 3.1 km circuit, a total of 499 km. It was the 31st running of the Sandown touring car endurance race. 25,000 spectators attended the race.[2]
The race was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy driving a Holden VR Commodore.
Results[]
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Pos.[2] | Drivers[2] | No.[3] | Car[2] | Entrant[3] | Laps[2] |
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1 | Craig Lowndes Greg Murphy |
1 | Holden VR Commodore | Mobil Holden Racing Team | 161 |
2 | Glenn Seton David Parsons |
30 | Ford EF Falcon | Ford Credit Racing | 161 |
3 | Peter Brock Tomas Mezera |
05 | Holden VR Commodore | Mobil Holden Racing Team | 161 |
4 | Tony Longhurst Steven Ellery |
25 | Ford EF Falcon | Castrol Longhurst Ford | 160 |
5 | Larry Perkins Russell Ingall |
11 | Holden VR Commodore | Castrol Perkins Racing | 160 |
6 | Dick Johnson John Bowe |
17 | Ford EF Falcon | Shell-FAI Racing | 159 |
7 | Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton |
7 | Holden VR Commodore | Coca-Cola Racing Team | 159 |
8 | Steven Johnson Charlie O'Brien |
18 | Ford EF Falcon | Shell-FAI Racing | 157 |
9 | Trevor Ashby Steve Reed |
3 | Holden VP Commodore | Lansvale Smash Repairs | 157 |
10 | Paul Romano Andrew Miedecke |
201 | Ford EF Falcon | Pack Leader Racing | 155 |
11 | Max Dumesny Kerry Baily |
75 | Ford EF Falcon | Valvoline / Autopro / JSR | 154 |
12 | Geoff Kendrick Allan McCarthy |
96 | Holden VR Commodore | Geoff Kendrick | 150 |
13 | Mark Skaife Gary Waldon Mark Noske |
2 | Holden VR Commodore | Gibson Team Sega | 138 |
14 | Peter Doulman John Cotter |
29 | Holden VP Commodore | M3 Motorsport | 123 |
NC | Mike Conway Miles Pope |
79 | Holden VP Commodore | Mike Conway | 123 |
NC | Mark Larkham Cameron McConville |
10 | Ford EF Falcon | Mitre 10 Racing | 59 |
DNF | John Faulkner Steven Harrington |
46 | Holden VR Commodore | Betta Electrical / Fisher & Paykel | 115 |
DNF | Alan Jones Allan Grice |
301 | Ford EF Falcon | Pack Leader Racing | 110 |
DNF | Steven Richards Jim Richards |
32 | Holden VR Commodore | GRM Valvoline / Cummins | 73 |
DNF | Kevin Waldock Wayne Park |
28 | Ford EF Falcon | Playscape Racing | 66 |
DNF | Greg Crick David Parsons |
49 | Holden VR Commodore | Alcair Air-conditioning | 42 |
DNF | Malcolm Stenniken Peter Brown |
14 | Holden VR Commodore | Malcolm Stenniken | 37 |
Race statistics[]
- Pole position: Craig Lowndes, 1:12.9694[2]
- Starters: 22[2]
- Race time of winning car: 3h 25m 50.1828s[2]
- Winning margin: 1.5144s[2]
- Fastest lap: Craig Lowndes, 1:12.9941 (new lap record)[2]
See also[]
1996 Australian Touring Car season
References[]
- ^ The race report in Australian Auto Action refers to the cars as Group A cars. The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport defines the cars in the 1996 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport under the name Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Cars.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Lowndes banishes the nightmare, Australian Auto Action, September 12-18 1996, pages 42 to 46
- ^ a b Tickford 500 entry list, Official program, Tickford 500 Sandown, September 5-8 1996, as published in Australian Auto Action, 5–11 September 1996
Further reading[]
- Redemption, Tickford Sandown 500, The Great Race 1996, Chevron Publishing Group, pages 46 to 55
External links[]
Categories:
- Motorsport at Sandown
- 1996 in Australian motorsport
- Pre-Bathurst 500