The 1995 Sandown 500 was an endurance race for 5.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group 3A regulations. The event was staged at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia on 3 September 1995.Results, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, pages 277 Race distance was 161 laps of the 3.10 km circuit, totalling 499 km. It was the 30th "Sandown 500".
The race was won by Dick Johnson and John Bowe driving a Ford EF Falcon.
Race results Pos. No.Sandown 500 Entry List, Auto Action, 6 September 1995 Entrant Drivers Car Laps 1 17 Shell-FAI Racing Dick Johnson John Bowe Ford EF Falcon 161 2 30 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Allan Grice Ford EF Falcon 161 3 18 Shell-FAI Racing Charlie O'Brien Steven Johnson Ford EF Falcon 161 4 25 Castrol Longhurst Ford Tony Longhurst Wayne Park Ford EF Falcon 160 5 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Larry Perkins Russell Ingall Holden VR Commodore 160 6 24 Romano Racing Paul Romano Troy Dunstan Holden VP Commodore 159 7 6 Pinnacle Motorsport Tony Scott Steven Ellery Holden VR Commodore 158 8 1 Winfield Racing Mark Skaife Jim Richards Holden VR Commodore 155 9 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock Mark McLaughlin Ford EF Falcon 155 10 38 John Deer Pty Ltd Mark Poole Ed Ordynski Holden VP CommodoreThe Auto Action Entry List has Poole & Ordynski in a VP Commodore and the Australian Motor Racing Year Results has them in a VR Commodore. A 2013 article at www.supercars.com indicates that the car was "built in 1993 as a VP model Commodore" and "was updated to VR spec in 1996" 155 11 3 Lansvale Samsh Repairs Trevor Ashby Steve Reed Holden VP Commodore 150 N/C 20 Palmer Promotions Ian Palmer Brett Peters Holden VR Commodore 80 DNF 7 Coca-Cola Racing Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton Holden VR Commodore 139 DNF 35 Peter Jackson Racing Alan Jones David Parsons Ford EF Falcon 136 DNF 015 Holden Racing Team Craig Lowndes Greg Murphy Holden VR Commodore 132 DNF 55 Parsons Racing David Parsons John Goss Holden VR Commodore 126 DNF 39 Protech Computers Chris Smerdon Cameron McConville Holden VR Commodore 123 DNF 10 Mitre 10 Racing Mark Larkham Warwick Rooklyn Ford EF Falcon 111 DNF 4 Coca-Cola Racing Brad Jones Win Percy Holden VR Commodore 98 DNF 49 Alcair Airconditioning David Attard Greg Crick Holden VR Commodore 93 DNF 05 Holden Racing Team Peter Brock Tomas Mezera Holden VR Commodore 67
Race statistics Pole position: Craig Lowndes & Greg Murphy, 1m 13.1494s1995 Sandown 500 - Business as Usual, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, pages 200-204 Race time of winning car: 3h 30m 22.82s Fastest race lap: Craig Lowndes, 1m 13.7557s on lap 36Sandown 500, Motorsport News, 8–21 September 1995, page 20
See also 1995 Australian Touring Car season
References
External links Aaron Noonan, On This Day: Johnson-Bowe go back-to-back, www.supercars.com 1995 Sandown 500 - Full Race video, www.youtube.com