1996 Tickford 500 Explained

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

Pos.	Drivers	No.^[3]	Car	Entrant	Laps
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

1. 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.
2. Lowndes banishes the nightmare, Australian Auto Action, September 12-18 1996, pages 42 to 46
3. 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

• 1996 Sandown 500 - Full Race, www.youtube.com