The 1991 Drink Drive Sandown 500Official Souvenir Programme, Drink Drive Sandown 500, Sandown International Raceway, Friday 6th - Sunday 8 September 1991 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars.touringcarracing.net Retrieved 29 November 2021 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.
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
PosGodzilla Goes the Distance, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1991/92, pages 240-245 & 297 No EntrantOfficial Souvenir Programme, Drink Drive Sandown 500, Sandown International Raceway, Friday 6th - Sunday 8 September 1991 Drivers Car Time 1 30 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Gregg Hansford Ford Sierra RS500 1:14.17 2 4 Bob Forbes Corporation Pty. Ltd. Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R 1:14.66 3 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock Andrew Miedecke Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1:14.67 4 11 Mobil 1 Racing Larry Perkins Tomas Mezera Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1:14.73 5 16 Holden Racing Team Win Percy Allan Grice Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1:15.38 6 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock Brett Peters Ford Sierra RS500 1:16.39 7 16 Holden Racing Team Neil Crompton Brad Jones Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1:16.43 8 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Alan Jones Peter Fitzgerald BMW M3 Evolution 1:17.27 9 26 Gemspares Daryl Hendrick John White Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 10 13 Car Trek Racing Pty. Ltd. Bob Jones Ed Lamont Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 11 50 Bryan Sala Bryan Sala Graham Lusty Ford Sierra RS500 12 71 John Smith Ron Searle Don Griffiths Toyota Corolla 13 78 Speedtech Motor Sport Geoff Full Paul Morris Toyota Sprinter 14 31 Car Trek Racing Pty. Ltd. Peter Hudson Ian Carrig Ian Clark Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 15 76 Bob Holden Motors Mike Conway Calvin Gardiner Toyota Sprinter 16 13 Bob Holden Motors Bob Holden Dennis Rogers Toyota Corolla
Race results Pos. Class No. Entrant Drivers Car Laps 1 A 4 Bob Forbes Corporation Pty. Ltd. Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R 161 2 B 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Alan Jones Peter Fitzgerald BMW M3 Evolution 155 3 A 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock Brett Peters Ford Sierra RS500 152 4 A 26 Gemspares Daryl Hendrick John White Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 144 5 C 71 John Smith Ron Searle Don Griffiths Toyota Corolla 141 6 C 78 Speedtech Motor Sport Geoff Full Paul Morris Toyota Sprinter 122 DNF A 30 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Gregg Hansford Ford Sierra RS500 146 DNF A 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock Andrew Miedecke Tomas Mezera Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 133 DNF A 21 Car Trek Racing Pty. Ltd. Bob Jones Ed Lamont Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 122 DNF A 7 Holden Racing Team Neil Crompton Brad Jones Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 103 DNF A 11 Mobil 1 Racing Larry Perkins Peter Brock Tomas Mezera Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 103 DNF C 13 Bob Holden Motors Bob Holden Dennis Rogers Toyota Corolla 103 DNF A 16 Holden Racing Team Win Percy Allan Grice Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 101 NC C 76 Bob Holden Motors Mike Conway Calvin Gardiner Toyota Sprinter 97 DNF A 31 Car Trek Racing Pty. Ltd. Peter Hudson Ian Carrig Ian Clark Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 56 DNS A 50 Bryan Sala Bryan Sala Graham Lusty Ford Sierra RS500
Statistics Pole Position - 1:14.17 - #30 Glenn Seton - Ford Sierra RS500 Fastest Lap - 1:15.74 - #4 Mark Gibbs - Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
See also 1991 Australian Touring Car season
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