1996 Tickford 500

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]

Track map of the Sandown Raceway

The race was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy driving a Holden VR Commodore.

Results
Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy won the race driving a Holden VR Commodore for the Mobil Holden Racing Team. The picture above is of Lowndes in a Mobil Holden Racing Team Holden VR Commodore at a round of the 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship.
Pos.[2] Drivers[2] No.[3] Car[2] Entrant[3] Laps[2]
1 Australia Craig Lowndes
New Zealand Greg Murphy		 1 Holden VR Commodore Mobil Holden Racing Team 161
2 Australia Glenn Seton
Australia David Parsons		 30 Ford EF Falcon Ford Credit Racing 161
3 Australia Peter Brock
Australia Tomas Mezera		 05 Holden VR Commodore Mobil Holden Racing Team 161
4 Australia Tony Longhurst
Australia Steven Ellery		 25 Ford EF Falcon Castrol Longhurst Ford 160
5 Australia Larry Perkins
Australia Russell Ingall		 11 Holden VR Commodore Castrol Perkins Racing 160
6 Australia Dick Johnson
Australia John Bowe		 17 Ford EF Falcon Shell-FAI Racing 159
7 Australia Wayne Gardner
Australia Neil Crompton		 7 Holden VR Commodore Coca-Cola Racing Team 159
8 Australia Steven Johnson
Australia Charlie O'Brien		 18 Ford EF Falcon Shell-FAI Racing 157
9 Australia Trevor Ashby
Australia Steve Reed		 3 Holden VP Commodore Lansvale Smash Repairs 157
10 Australia Paul Romano
Australia Andrew Miedecke		 201 Ford EF Falcon Pack Leader Racing 155
11 Australia Max Dumesny
Australia Kerry Baily		 75 Ford EF Falcon Valvoline / Autopro / JSR 154
12 Australia Geoff Kendrick
Australia Allan McCarthy		 96 Holden VR Commodore Geoff Kendrick 150
13 Australia Mark Skaife
Australia Gary Waldon
Australia Mark Noske		 2 Holden VR Commodore Gibson Team Sega 138
14 Australia Peter Doulman
Australia John Cotter		 29 Holden VP Commodore M3 Motorsport 123
NC Australia Mike Conway
New Zealand Miles Pope		 79 Holden VP Commodore Mike Conway 123
NC Australia Mark Larkham
Australia Cameron McConville		 10 Ford EF Falcon Mitre 10 Racing 59
DNF New Zealand John Faulkner
Australia Steven Harrington		 46 Holden VR Commodore Betta Electrical / Fisher & Paykel 115
DNF Australia Alan Jones
Australia Allan Grice		 301 Ford EF Falcon Pack Leader Racing 110
DNF New Zealand Steven Richards
New Zealand Jim Richards		 32 Holden VR Commodore GRM Valvoline / Cummins 73
DNF Australia Kevin Waldock
Australia Wayne Park		 28 Ford EF Falcon Playscape Racing 66
DNF Australia Greg Crick
Australia David Parsons		 49 Holden VR Commodore Alcair Air-conditioning 42
DNF Australia Malcolm Stenniken
Australia Peter Brown		 14 Holden VR Commodore Malcolm Stenniken 37


Race statistics

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
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