The 1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500 was an endurance motor race open to Group 3A Touring Cars (commonly known as Group A cars), 1993 Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Cars (later to become known as V8 Supercars) and Group 3E Series Production Cars.Sandown Drink/Drive 500, touringcarracing.net, as archived at web.archive.org It was held at the Sandown International Motor Raceway,Front cover, Official program, 1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500, Sandown International Motor Raceway, Sunday, 13 September 1992 in Victoria, Australia, on 13 September 1992, over 136 laps of the 3.1 km circuit,Australian Motor Racing Year, 1992/93, page 298 a total distance of approximately 422 km. The race, which was the 27th Sandown 500, was won by Larry Perkins and Steve Harrington driving a Holden VL Commodore.

The race was intended to be run over 150 laps,Entry list, Official program, 1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500, Sandown International Motor Raceway, Sunday, 13 September 1992 Perkins Paces Home, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1992/92, pages 244-247 but it was significantly delayed by several periods of slow running behind the pace car. With the Sandown circuit operating under an Environmental Protection Agency curfew of 5pm, the race was shortened to 136 laps.

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 1:15.87 2 15 Holden Racing Team Tomas Mezera Holden VP Commodore 1:16.62 3 11 Bob Jane T-Marts Perkins Racing Larry Perkins Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1:17.50 4 16 Holden Racing Team Win Percy Holden VP Commodore 1:17.71 5 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock Holden VP Commodore 1:17.79 6 30 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Ford EB Falcon 1:17.80 7 35 Peter Jackson Racing Wayne Park Ford Sierra RS500 1:18.16 8 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst BMW M3 Evolution 1:18.16 9 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Terry Sheil Ford Sierra RS500 1:18.75 10 13 Ampol Max 3 Racing Bob Jones Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1:22.76

Results Position Group No. Entrant Drivers Car Laps 1 3A 11 Bob Jane T-Marts Perkins Racing Larry Perkins Steve Harrington Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 136 2 3A 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst Paul Morris BMW M3 Evolution 136 3 3A (1993) 15 Holden Racing Team Tomas Mezera Brad Jones Holden VP Commodore 133 4 3A 13 Ampol Max 3 Racing Bob Jones Peter Janson Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 122 5 3E 10 Robinson Racing Developments Ken Douglas Kent Youlden Ford EB Falcon 117 6 3E 4 Robert Ogilvie Robert Ogilvie Paul Fordham Holden VP Commodore SS 116 7 3E 7 Palmer Promotions Ian Palmer Brett Bull Holden VP Commodore SS 114 8 3A 75 Bob Holden Motors Brad Wright Ted Dunford Toyota Corolla 110 9 3E 6 Bridgestone Australia Tony Scott Ed Lamont Holden VP Commodore SS 110 10 3A 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock Troy Dunstan Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 110 11 3E 21 Autobarn - Springvale Danny Bogut Henry Draper Suzuki Swift GTi 106 12 3E 14 Murray Carter Murray Carter Chris Muscat Nissan Pulsar SSS 102 DNF 3A 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock Brett Peters Ford Sierra RS500 130 DNF 3A (1993) 16 Holden Racing Team Win Percy Allan Grice Holden VP Commodore 109 DNF 3E 3 Fitzgerald Racing Peter Fitzgerald Terry Lewis Holden VP Commodore SS 109 DNF 3A 18 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Terry Shiel Greg Crick Ford Sierra RS500 108 DNF 3E 41 Caltex CXT Race Team Terry Bosnjak Peter Hopwood Holden VP Commodore SS 100 DNF 3A 39 Protech Microsystems Chris Smerdon Mark Poole Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 90 NC 3A 26 Gemspares Daryl Hendrick John Blanchard Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 88 DNF 3A 35 Peter Jackson Racing Wayne Park David Parsons Ford Sierra RS500 82 NC 3A 73 Bob Holden Motors Bob Holden Dennis Rogers Toyota Levin 72 NC 3A 52 M3 Motorsport John Cotter Peter Doulman BMW M3 69 DNF 3A 29 Mountain Motorsport Calvin Gardiner Mike Conway Toyota Levin 35 DNF 3A 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Dick Johnson John Bowe Ford Sierra RS500 31 DNF 3A (1993) 30 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Alan Jones Ford EB Falcon 18 DNF 3A 88 Mountain Motorsport Gregg Easton Brad Stratton Toyota Levin 12 DNF 3A 31 Ampol Max 3 Racing Robbi Ker Don Watson Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 2 DNS 3E 22 Valvoline Oils Melinda Price Steven Richards Nissan Pulsar SSS

Statistics Pole Position - 1:15.87 - #17 Dick Johnson - Ford Sierra RS500 Fastest Lap - 1:16.88 - #17 Dick Johnson/John Bowe - Ford Sierra RS500

See also 1992 Australian Touring Car season

References

External links Image of program cover, www.progcovers.com, as archived at web.archive.org Image of the winning car, cdn1.bigcommerce.com, as archived at web.archive.org