The 1990 Sandown 500 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars.Sandown 500, touringcarracing.net Retrieved on 22 July 2013touringcarracing.net lists the “Ruleset” as “Group A” however the 1990 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport defined Touring Cars under the title “Group 3A Touring Cars” The event was held at Sandown Park in Victoria, Australia on 9 September 1990. The race distance was 161 laps of the 3.10 km circuit, totaling 499 km. It was Round 1 of the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship and Round 1 of the 1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.Seton’s first big title, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1990/91, pages 219 to 239
The race was won by Glenn Seton and George Fury driving a Ford Sierra RS500 for Peter Jackson Racing.
Divisions Cars competed in three Divisions. Division 1 : Division 2 : Division 3 : Under 1600ccJohn Evans, Two of a kind, Australian Auto Action, No 508, September 2, 1990, pages 16 to 18 – this race report states that “John Faulkner and Neal Bates were fastest of the under-1600cc class in their TAA Corolla
Results
Top 10 Qualifiers Although no official Top 10 run off was held during qualifying for the Sandown 500, the top 10 qualifiers were:
Pos No Team Driver Car Qual 1 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Dick Johnson Ford Sierra RS500 1:15.24 2 35 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Ford Sierra RS500 1:15.31 3 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock Ford Sierra RS500 1:15.57 4 16 Holden Racing Team Win Percy Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1:15.80 5 9 Allan Moffat Enterprises Klaus Niedzwiedz Ford Sierra RS500 1:16.41 6 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock Ford Sierra RS500 1:16.43 7 18 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Jeff Allam Ford Sierra RS500 1:16.44 8 6 Mobil 1 Racing Andrew Miedecke Ford Sierra RS500 1:16.59 9 23 Beaurepaires Motorsport Chris Lambden Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 1:17.01 10 11 Perkins Motorsport Larry Perkins Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1:17.44
Race Position Division No. Entrant Drivers Car Laps 1 Div.1 35 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton George Fury Ford Sierra RS500 161 2 Div.1 6 Mobil 1 Racing Charlie O'Brien Peter Brock Ford Sierra RS500 161 3 Div.1 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock Mike Preston Ford Sierra RS500 158 4 Div.1 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock Andrew Miedecke David Parsons Ford Sierra RS500 151 5 Div.1 15 Toyota Team Australia John Smith Drew Price Toyota Supra Turbo A1990 – Sandown 500, turbo-a.net Retrieved on 22 July 2013 149 6 Div.1 46 Gary Willmington Gary Willmington Bryan Thomson Toyota Supra Turbo A 144 7 Div.1 44 Daf Sandblasting Paul Trevethan Andrew McDowell Holden VL Commodore SS Group ARace results at turbo-a.net list the car as a Holden Commodore VL (HDT) 144 8 Div.3 78 Phoenix Motorsport Geoff Full David Ratcliff Toyota Sprinter AE86 139 9 Div.1 23 Beaurepaires Motorsport Chris Lambden Greg Crick Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 137 10 Div.1 19 Car-Trek Racing Bob Jones Heather Spurle Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SVRace results at turbo-a.net list the car as a Holden Commodore VL (TWR) 129 11 Div.1 22 Lusty Engineering Graham Lusty Peter Janson Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 127 NC Div.3 74 Alexander Rotary Phil Alexander Keith McCulloch Toyota Corolla 117 DNF Div.1 11 Perkins Engineering Larry Perkins Tomas Mezera Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 151 DNF Div.1 38 Playscape Racing Andrew Bagnall Robbie Francevic Ford Sierra RS500 122 DNF Div.1 9 Allan Moffat Enterprises Klaus Niedzwiedz Gregg Hansford Ford Sierra RS500 111 DNF Div.1 36 Peter Hudson Peter Hudson Ian Clark Ian Carrig BMW 635 CSi 92 DNF Div.3 71 Toyota Team Australia John Faulkner Neal Bates Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82 85 DNF Div.1 18 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Jeff Allam John Bowe Paul Radisich Ford Sierra RS500 60 DNF Div.1 14 Murray Carter Murray Carter Matt Wacker Ford Sierra RS500 60 DNF Div.3 75 Dow Airconditioning Dennis Rogers Llynden Reithmuller Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82 50 DNF Div.3 70 Toyota Team Australia Peter McKay Paul Stokell Toyota Corolla AE92 49 DNF Div.2 53 Brian Bolwell Racing Mike Twigden Brian Bolwell BMW 323i 37 DNF Div.1 16 Holden Racing Team Win Percy Neil Crompton Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 32 DNF Div.1 42 Car-Trek Racing John Lusty Bernie Stack Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 27 DNF Div.1 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Dick Johnson John Bowe Ford Sierra RS500 18 DNS Div.1 86 Gemspares Daryl Hendrick Joe Sommariva Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV - DNS Div.3 72 David Sala David Sala Richard Vorst Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82 -
27 cars qualified for the race and 25 started.
Note: NC = Not classified DNF = Did not finish DNS = Did not start
Statistics Pole Position - #17, Dick Johnson (Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth), 1:15.22 Fastest Lap - #17, Dick Johnson1990 Sandown 500, Racing Car News, October 1990, page 44 (Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth), 1:16.21
See also 1990 Australian Touring Car season
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