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.

Track map of the Sandown Raceway

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.

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 Australia Glenn Seton
Australia Gregg Hansford
Ford Sierra RS500 1:14.17
2 4 Bob Forbes Corporation Pty. Ltd. Australia Mark Gibbs
Australia Rohan Onslow
Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R 1:14.66
3 05 Mobil 1 Racing Australia Peter Brock
Australia Andrew Miedecke
Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1:14.67
4 11 Mobil 1 Racing Australia Larry Perkins
Australia Tomas Mezera
Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1:14.73
5 16 Holden Racing Team United Kingdom Win Percy
Australia Allan Grice
Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1:15.38
6 28 Playscape Racing Australia Kevin Waldock
Australia Brett Peters
Ford Sierra RS500 1:16.39
7 16 Holden Racing Team Australia Neil Crompton
Australia Brad Jones
Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1:16.43
8 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Australia Alan Jones
Australia Peter Fitzgerald
BMW M3 Evolution 1:17.27
9 26 Gemspares Australia Daryl Hendrick
Australia John White
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
10 13 Car Trek Racing Pty. Ltd. Australia Bob Jones
New Zealand Ed Lamont
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
11 50 Bryan Sala Australia Bryan Sala
Australia Graham Lusty
Ford Sierra RS500
12 71 John Smith Australia Ron Searle
Australia Don Griffiths
Toyota Corolla
13 78 Speedtech Motor Sport Australia Geoff Full
Australia Paul Morris
Toyota Sprinter
14 31 Car Trek Racing Pty. Ltd. Australia Peter Hudson
Australia Ian Carrig
Australia Ian Clark
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
15 76 Bob Holden Motors Australia Mike Conway
Australia Calvin Gardiner
Toyota Sprinter
16 13 Bob Holden Motors Australia Bob Holden
Australia Dennis Rogers
Toyota Corolla

Race results

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

Statistics

See also

1991 Australian Touring Car season

References

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