2001 Clarion Sandown 500

The 2001 Clarion Sandown 500 was an Australian motor race for Sports and Production Cars which drew its entries from those competing in the Australian Nations Cup Championship and Australian GT Production Car Championship. It was the first Sandown 500 held since the former touring car endurance race was revived for production cars.

Track map of the Sandown Raceway

The race, which was the 34th Sandown 500 endurance race was held at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia over the weekend of 15 September 2001.

Classes

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Cars competed in four classes:

  • Nations Cup
  • GT Production Class A
  • GT Production Class B
  • GT Production Class C

Budweiser Top Gun Challenge

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After qualifying was completed the fastest ten cars competed in a one-lap runoff for the top ten grid positions. Runoff results as follows:[1]

Pos No Team Driver Car Time
Pole 43 V.I.P. Petfoods   Jim Richards Porsche 996 GT3 1:16.9760
2 64 Prancing Horse Racing   John Bowe Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:17.3195
3 54 Prancing Horse Racing   Paul Morris Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:17.9148
4 22 Tekno Autosports   Neal Bates Porsche 996 GT3 1:18.0764
5 24 Prancing Horse Racing   Craig Baird Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:18.1601
6 666 Team Lamborghini Australia   Paul Stokell Lamborghini Diablo GTR 1:18.3006
7 8 Superrint
Yokohama
  Mike Downard Porsche 996 GT3 1:20.9100
8 20 Poolrite   Ian Palmer Honda NSX Brabham 1:22.3584
9 18 Murray Carter   Murray Carter Chevrolet Corvette C5 1:23.2543
10 7 D'arcy Russell Racing   D'arcy Russell Chrysler Viper ACR 1:25.7557

Official results

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Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Race results as follows:[2]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps
Engine
1 N 64 Prancing Horse Racing   John Bowe
  Tom Waring
Ferrari 360 Challenge 161
Ferrari 3.6L V8
2 N 22 Tekno Autosports   Steve Webb
  Neal Bates
Porsche 996 GT3 161
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
3 N 3 Fitzgerald Racing   Peter Fitzgerald
  Geoff Morgan
Porsche 996 GT3 159
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
4 N 54 Prancing Horse Racing   Paul Morris
  John Teulan
Ferrari 360 Challenge 156
Ferrari 3.6L V8
5 N 8 Superprint
Yokohama
  Mike Downard
  Mark Zonneveld
Porsche 996 GT3 156
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
6 A 15 Bob Hughes Special Vehicles   Bob Hughes
  Rick Bates
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VI 150
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
7 A 59 Protecnica Racing   Wayne Boatright
  Scott Anderson
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 149
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
8 A 16 Robert Lane
Kleenduct
  Damon Templeman
  Peter Phelan
Honda S2000 Sports 146
Honda F20C 2.0L I4
9 C 62 C + L Racing   Scott Loadsman
  Warren Luff
Holden VX Commodore SS 5.7 V8[3] 144
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
10 A 88 Michael Brock   Michael Brock
  Gary Young
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 143
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
11 C 95 Southern Rural Ford Dealers   John McIlroy
  Brett Youlden
Ford AU Falcon XR8 143
Ford Windsor 5.0L V8
12 A 63 Haysom Motorsport   Greg Haysom
  Craig Dean
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 142
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
13 B 66 Nilsson Motor Sport   Len Cave
  Brad Wright
Honda Integra Type-R 142
Honda B18C 1.8L I4
14 B 27 Novacastrian Motorsport   Wayne Russell
  Steve Cramp
BMW 323i 141
BMW M52B25 2.5L I4
15 C 69 Parts Plus Racing   Kent Youlden
  Luke Youlden
Ford AU Falcon XR8 143
Ford Windsor 5.0L V8
16 B 13 Osborne Motorsport   Colin Osborne
  Ric Shaw
Toyota MR2 Bathurst 131
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
17 A 38 Castran Gilbert   Dennis Gilbert
  Trevor McGuiness
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 138
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
18 B 5 MAZ Motor Wreckers   Megan Kirkham
  Matt Lehmann
  Phil Kirkham
Mazda MX-5 134
Mazda BP 1.8L I4
19 N 7 D'arcy Russell Racing   D'arcy Russell
  Darren Palmer
Chrysler Viper ACR 123
Dodge 8.0L V10
DNF N 43 V.I.P. Petfoods   Jim Richards
  Tony Quinn
Porsche 996 GT3 126
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
NC C 42 Wincross Motorsport   Richard Winston
  Robert Coutts
Holden VT Commodore SS V8 119
Holden 5.0L V8
NC B 4 Anton E Mechtler   Christian D’Agostin
  David Lawson
Toyota MR2 Bathurst 118
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
DNF N 24 Prancing Horse Racing   Steve Beards
  Craig Baird
Ferrari 360 Challenge 108
Ferrari 3.6L V8
NC A 57 Corio Auto Parts Plus   Graham Alexander
  John Woodberry
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 100
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF N 666 Team Lamborghini Australia   Paul Stokell
  Steven Johnson
Lamborghini Diablo GTR 89
Lamborghini 5.7L V12
NC A 87 JNB Racing   John Falk
  Neil McFadyen
  Ken Lusty
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 87
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
DNF A 9 Prancing Horse Racing   Ross Palmer
  David Wood
Ford Mustang Cobra RA 66
Ford Modular 5.4L V8
DNF A 61 Team Yamaha   Trevor Haines
  Scott Jacob
  Grant Kenny
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 57
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
DNF A 31 Marget Engineering   Drew Marget
  Vince Macaro
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 44
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF A 300 Floyd Motorsport   Peter Floyd
  Cameron McConville
HSV VX GTS 300kW 43
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
DNF N 18 Murray Carter   Murray Carter
  Kosi Kalaitzidis
Chevrolet Corvette C5 38
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
DNF C 79 Sandhurst Golf Estate   Alan Holgersson
  Jeremy Mantello
  Les Walmsley
Toyota Camry CSi V6 27
Toyota 1MZ-FE 3.0L V6
DNF A 14 Scotts Transport   Clyde Lawrence
  Geoff Munday
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 15
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
DNF B 44 Thrifty Car Rental   Alan Shephard
  Steve Briffa
Honda Integra Type-R 14
Honda B18C 1.8L I4
DNF A 28 Ross Palmer Motorsport   Wayne Park
  Anton Mechtler
Honda S2000 Sports 12
Honda F20C 2.0L I4
DNF N 20 Palmer Promotions   Ian Palmer
  Brett Peters
Honda NSX Brabham 12
Honda C32B 3.2L V6
DNF A 34 King Springs
Delphi
  Mark King
  Rod Wilson
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 0
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
DNS[3] A 17 Quirks Refrigeration   Peter Boylan
  Trevor Scheumack
BMW M3
BMW I6

Statistics

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  • Provisional Pole Position - #666 Paul Stokell - 1:16.4012[4]
  • Pole Position - #43 Jim Richards - 1:16.9760
  • Fastest Lap - #7 D'arcy Russell - 1:17.7024
  • Race Average Speed - 143.22 km/h

References

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  1. ^ "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500 - Budweiser Top Gun Challenge". National Software. 15 September 2001. Archived from the original on 4 September 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500". National Software. 16 September 2001. Archived from the original on 6 September 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  3. ^ a b Australian Auto Action, 21–27 September 2001, page 19
  4. ^ "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500 Qualifying 1". National Software. 15 September 2001. Archived from the original on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
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Preceded by Sandown 500
2001
Succeeded by