The 1990 Sandown 500 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars.[1][2] The event was held at Sandown Park[1] in Victoria, Australia on 9 September 1990.[1] The race distance was 161 laps of the 3.10 km circuit,[1] totaling 499 km. It was Round 1 of the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship and Round 1 of the 1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.[3]

Track map of the Sandown Raceway

The race was won by Glenn Seton and George Fury driving a Ford Sierra RS500 for Peter Jackson Racing.

Divisions

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Cars competed in three Divisions.[1]

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

Results

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Top 10 Qualifiers

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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

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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

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See also

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1990 Australian Touring Car season

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c d e f Race results at turbo-a.net list the car as a Holden Commodore VL (TWR)
  8. ^ a b 1990 Sandown 500, Racing Car News, October 1990, page 44
Preceded by Sandown 500
1990
Succeeded by