1991 Drink Drive Sandown 500

The 1991 Drink Drive Sandown 500^[1] was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars.^[2] The event was held on 8 September 1991 at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia over 161 laps of the 3.10 km "long" circuit, totalling 499 km. The race was the first round of both the 1991 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1991 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.^{[citation needed]}

The race was won by first time winners Mark Gibbs and Rohan Onslow driving for the Bob Forbes Corporation Pty. Ltd. in just their second race since taking delivery of their new Gibson Motorsport developed Nissan Skyline GT-R. There were six classified finishers, the smallest number in the history of the Sandown 500 touring car race.^{[citation needed]}

Qualifying results

The race winning Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R, pictured in 2015

Pos^[3]	No	Entrant^[1]	Drivers^[3]	Car	Time
1	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	1:14.17
2	4	Bob Forbes Corporation Pty. Ltd.	Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	1:14.66
3	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock Andrew Miedecke	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	1:14.67
4	11	Mobil 1 Racing	Larry Perkins Tomas Mezera	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	1:14.73
5	16	Holden Racing Team	Win Percy Allan Grice	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	1:15.38
6	28	Playscape Racing	Kevin Waldock Brett Peters	Ford Sierra RS500	1:16.39
7	16	Holden Racing Team	Neil Crompton Brad Jones	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	1:16.43
8	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Alan Jones Peter Fitzgerald	BMW M3 Evolution	1:17.27
9	26	Gemspares	Daryl Hendrick John White	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
10	13	Car Trek Racing Pty. Ltd.	Bob Jones Ed Lamont	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
11	50	Bryan Sala	Bryan Sala Graham Lusty	Ford Sierra RS500
12	71	John Smith	Ron Searle Don Griffiths	Toyota Corolla
13	78	Speedtech Motor Sport	Geoff Full Paul Morris	Toyota Sprinter
14	31	Car Trek Racing Pty. Ltd.	Peter Hudson Ian Carrig Ian Clark	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
15	76	Bob Holden Motors	Mike Conway Calvin Gardiner	Toyota Sprinter
16	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden Dennis Rogers	Toyota Corolla

Pos.^[3]	Class	No.	Entrant^[1]	Drivers	Car	Laps
1	A	4	Bob Forbes Corporation Pty. Ltd.	Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	161
2	B	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Alan Jones Peter Fitzgerald	BMW M3 Evolution	155
3	A	28	Playscape Racing	Kevin Waldock Brett Peters	Ford Sierra RS500	152
4	A	26	Gemspares	Daryl Hendrick John White	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	144
5	C	71	John Smith	Ron Searle Don Griffiths	Toyota Corolla	141
6	C	78	Speedtech Motor Sport	Geoff Full Paul Morris	Toyota Sprinter	122
DNF	A	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	146
DNF	A	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock Andrew Miedecke Tomas Mezera	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	133
DNF	A	21	Car Trek Racing Pty. Ltd.	Bob Jones Ed Lamont	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	122
DNF	A	7	Holden Racing Team	Neil Crompton Brad Jones	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	103
DNF	A	11	Mobil 1 Racing	Larry Perkins Peter Brock Tomas Mezera	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	103
DNF	C	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden Dennis Rogers	Toyota Corolla	103
DNF	A	16	Holden Racing Team	Win Percy Allan Grice	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	101
NC	C	76	Bob Holden Motors	Mike Conway Calvin Gardiner	Toyota Sprinter	97
DNF	A	31	Car Trek Racing Pty. Ltd.	Peter Hudson Ian Carrig Ian Clark	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	56
DNS	A	50	Bryan Sala	Bryan Sala Graham Lusty	Ford Sierra RS500

^ ^a ^b ^c Official Souvenir Programme, Drink Drive Sandown 500, Sandown International Raceway, Friday 6th - Sunday 8 September 1991
^ touringcarracing.net Retrieved 29 November 2021
^ ^a ^b ^c Godzilla Goes the Distance, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1991/92, pages 240-245 & 297

Preceded by 1990 Sandown 500	Sandown 500 1991	Succeeded by 1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500