1990 Sandown 500

The 1990 Sandown 500 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars.^[1][2] The event was held at Sandown Park on 9 September 1990.^[1] The race distance was 161 laps of the 3.10 km circuit,^[1] totaling 499 km.

The race was Round 1 of the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship and Round 1 of the 1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.^[3]

Divisions

Cars competed in three Divisions.^[1]

• Division 1 :
• Division 2 :
• Division 3 : Under 1600cc ^[4]

Results

Top 10 Qualifiers

Although no official Top 10 run off was held during qualifying for the Sandown 500, the top 10 qualifiers were:

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Qual
1	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	1:15.24
2	35	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton	Ford Sierra RS500	1:15.31
3	28	Playscape Racing	Kevin Waldock	Ford Sierra RS500	1:15.57
4	16	Holden Racing Team	Win Percy	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	1:15.80
5	9	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS500	1:16.41
6	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock	Ford Sierra RS500	1:16.43
7	18	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Jeff Allam	Ford Sierra RS500	1:16.44
8	6	Mobil 1 Racing	Andrew Miedecke	Ford Sierra RS500	1:16.59
9	23	Beaurepaires Motorsport	Chris Lambden	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	1:17.01
10	11	Perkins Motorsport	Larry Perkins	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	1:17.44

Race

Position [1]	Division [1]	No.[1]	Entrant [1]	Drivers [1]	Car [1]	Laps[1]
1	Div.1	35	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton George Fury	Ford Sierra RS500	161
2	Div.1	6	Mobil 1 Racing	Charlie O'Brien Peter Brock	Ford Sierra RS500	161
3	Div.1	28	Playscape Racing	Kevin Waldock Mike Preston	Ford Sierra RS500	158
4	Div.1	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock Andrew Miedecke David Parsons	Ford Sierra RS500	151
5	Div.1	15	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith Drew Price	Toyota Supra Turbo A [5]	149
6	Div.1	46	Gary Willmington	Gary Willmington Bryan Thomson	Toyota Supra Turbo A [5]	144
7	Div.1	44	Daf Sandblasting	Paul Trevethan Andrew McDowell	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A [6]	144
8	Div.3	78	Phoenix Motorsport	Geoff Full David Ratcliff	Toyota Sprinter AE86 [5]	139
9	Div.1	23	Beaurepaires Motorsport	Chris Lambden Greg Crick	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	137
10	Div.1	19	Car-Trek Racing	Bob Jones Heather Spurle	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV [7]	129
11	Div.1	22	Lusty Engineering	Graham Lusty Peter Janson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV [7]	127
NC	Div.3	74	Alexander Rotary	Phil Alexander Keith McCulloch	Toyota Corolla	117
DNF	Div.1	11	Perkins Engineering	Larry Perkins Tomas Mezera	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV [7]	151
DNF	Div.1	38	Playscape Racing	Andrew Bagnall Robbie Francevic	Ford Sierra RS500	122
DNF	Div.1	9	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Klaus Niedzwiedz Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	111
DNF	Div.1	36	Peter Hudson	Peter Hudson Ian Clark Ian Carrig	BMW 635 CSi	92
DNF	Div.3	71	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner Neal Bates	Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82	85
DNF	Div.1	18	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Jeff Allam John Bowe Paul Radisich	Ford Sierra RS500	60
DNF	Div.1	14	Murray Carter	Murray Carter Matt Wacker	Ford Sierra RS500	60
DNF	Div.3	75	Dow Airconditioning	Dennis Rogers Llynden Reithmuller	Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82	50
DNF	Div.3	70	Toyota Team Australia	Peter McKay Paul Stokell	Toyota Corolla AE92	49
DNF	Div.2	53	Brian Bolwell Racing	Mike Twigden Brian Bolwell	BMW 323i	37
DNF	Div.1	16	Holden Racing Team	Win Percy Neil Crompton	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV [7]	32
DNF	Div.1	42	Car-Trek Racing	John Lusty Bernie Stack	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV [7]	27
DNF	Div.1	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Dick Johnson John Bowe	Ford Sierra RS500	18
DNS	Div.1	86	Gemspares	Daryl Hendrick Joe Sommariva	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV [7]	-
DNS	Div.3	72	David Sala	David Sala Richard Vorst	Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82	-

27 cars qualified for the race and 25 started.^[1]

Note:

• NC = Not classified
• DNF = Did not finish
• DNS = Did not start

Statistics

• Pole Position - #17, Dick Johnson ^[3] (Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth), 1:15.22 ^[3]
• Fastest Lap - #17, Dick Johnson ^[8] (Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth), 1:16.21 ^[8]

See also

1990 Australian Touring Car season

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Sandown 500, touringcarracing.net Retrieved on 22 July 2013
2. ↑ touringcarracing.net lists the “Ruleset” as “Group A” however the 1990 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport defined Touring Cars under the title “Group 3A Touring Cars”
3. 1 2 3 Seton’s first big title, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1990/91, pages 219 to 239
4. ↑ John Evans, Two of a kind, Australian Auto Action, No 508, September 2, 1990, pages 16 to 18 – this race report states that “John Faulkner and Neal Bates were fastest of the under-1600cc class in their TAA Corolla
5. 1 2 3 1990 – Sandown 500, turbo-a.net Retrieved on 22 July 2013
6. ↑ Race results at turbo-a.net list the car as a Holden Commodore VL (HDT)
7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Race results at turbo-a.net list the car as a Holden Commodore VL (TWR)
8. 1 2 1990 Sandown 500, Racing Car News, October 1990, page 44