1979 Hang Ten 400

November 2013 January 2024 The 1979 Hang Ten 400 was an endurance motor race held at the Sandown Park circuit in Victoria, Australia on 9 September 1979.Australian Championship of Makes, Round One, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80, pages 170 & 171 (Results table lists details for the 22 classified finishers only) It was staged over 129 laps of the 3.11 km circuit, a total of 401 km. The race was Round 1 of the 1979 Australian Championship of Makes and as such it was open to Group C Touring Cars.Australian Title Conditions, 1979 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 96 &97 It was the fourteenth in a sequence of annual Sandown long-distance races.Sandown long distance races, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-9 The race was won by Peter Brock. Classes Cars competed in three classes according to engine capacity:Hang Ten 400, Official Program, Sandown, 9 September 1979, pages 43 to 45 Class A: 3001 to 6000cc Class B: 2001 to 3000cc Class C: Up to 2000cc Results thumb|Peter Brock won the 1979 Hang Ten 400 driving a Holden LX Torana SS 5000 A9X for the Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Position Drivers No. Car Entrant Class Laps 1 Peter Brock 05 Holden LX Torana SS A9X HatchbackImages published in Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80 reveal that Brock, Harvey, Janson, Rogers, Grice and Morris each drove a 2 door Torana at the Hang Ten 400 Holden Dealer Team A 129 2 John Harvey 26 Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback Holden Dealer Team A 128 3 Peter JansonLarry Perkins 9 Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback Captain P Janson A 125 4 Murray Carter 18 Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop1979 CM, Sandown, The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 303 Brian Wood Ford A 123 5 Alan Browne 24 Holden LX Torana SS A9X HatchbackImage of Browne's 4 door A9X at the Hang Ten 400, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 11 August 2013 Re-Car Consolidated Industries A 122 6 Allan Taylor 15 Holden LX Torana SS A9X HatchbackImage of Taylor's 2 door Torana at the Hang Ten 400, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 11 August 2013 Scotty Taylor Holden A 120 7 John Gates 46 Mazda RX-3 Barry Lee B 114 8 Graeme Bailey 61 Toyota Celica Brian Hilton Toyota C 113 9 Graham Mein 55 Ford Escort RS2000 G Mein C 112 10 Roger Cartwright 54 Ford Escort RS2000 R Cartwright C 112 11 Peter Kuebler 63 Alfa Romeo 2000 GTVThe Official Program for the Hang Ten 400 shows the Kuebler Alfa Romeo as 1962cc and page 17 of the Official Program for the Adelaide International Raceway, 21 October 1979 shows 3 championship points against "Alfa Romeo GTV" following the Sandown round of the 1979 Australian Championship of Makes Safcol Snappy Tom C 109 12 Ian Wells 72 Holden Gemini1979 C of M, Sandown, Stewart Wilson, The Official Racing History of Holden, 1989, page 349 Modulaire Air Conditioning C 106 13 Chris Heyer 73 Volkswagen Golf Lennox Motors C 106 14 Ken Price 74 Holden Gemini Modulaire Air Conditioning C 102 15 Jim Faneco 75 Holden Gemini Victorian Police Motor Sports Club C 102 16 Dean Gall 45 Mazda RX-7Australian Motor Racing Yearbook results indicate that Dean Gall drove a "Mazda RX3" but the image on page 169 of the same publication shows it to be a Mazda RX-7 Precinct Performance B 100 17 Martin Power 62 Triumph Dolomite Sprint Jagparts C 93 18 Frank Porter 59 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Beninca Motors C 92 19 Larry Kogge 41 Mazda RX-3 L Kogge B 90 20 John Faulkner 79 Ford Escort RS2000 The Official Program does not list an Entrant for the John Faulkner Escort C 88 21 Brian Boyd 42 BMW 3.0The 1979 Championship of Makes, Adelaide International Raceway Official Souvenir Programme, Sunday, 21 October 1979, page 17 indicates that this was a "BMW 3.0" Brian Boyd B 87 22 Mal Smith 69 Holden Gemini Victorian Police Motor Sports Club C 87 DNFThe 1979 Championship of Makes, Adelaide International Raceway Official Souvenir Programme, Sunday, 21 October 1979, page 17 Allan Grice 6 Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback Craven Mild Racing A DNF Allan Moffat 25 Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop Allan Moffat Racing A DNF Bill O'Brien 30 Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop Everlast Battery Service A DNF Bob Morris 7 Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback Ron Hodgson Channel 7 Racing A DNF Charlie O'Brien 21 Holden LX Torana SS A9X HatchbackThe image of the O'Brien Holden Torana on page 176 if the Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80 shows it to be a 4 door version of the A9X Roadways / Gown-Hindhaugh A DNF Colin Bond 4 Ford XC Falcon GS 500 Hardtop Thomson Ford A DNF David Earle 68 Ford Escort Bob Holden C DNF Garry Rogers 34 Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback Greater Pacific Finance A DNF Garth Wigston 20 Holden LX Torana SS A9X HatchbackImage of Wigston's Torana SS at the Hang Ten 400, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 11 August 2013 Roadways / Gown-Hindhaugh A DNF Gary Cooke 11 Holden LX Torana SS A9X 4-DoorImage of Cooke's 4 door A9X at the Hang Ten 400, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 11 August 2013 Citizen Watches Australia Pty Ltd A DNF Jim Keogh 12 Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop Rusty French Racing A DNFAustralian Championship of Makes, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1979/80, page 168 Michael Quinn 77 Toyota Corolla LevinChris de Fraga, Brock leads Torana onslaught, The Age, Monday, 10 September. 1979, page 29 Peter Williamson Pty Ltd C DNF Ray Allford 28 Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop Ray Allford Motors A DNF Ray Farrar 46 Ford Capri V6 R Farrar B DNF Rod Stevens 36 Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop Brian Wood Ford A DNF Ron Wanless 27 Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop Denimac Ford Pty Ltd A DNF Rusty French 10 Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop Rusty French Racing A DNF Warren Cullen 22 Holden LX Torana SS A9X HatchbackImage of Cullen's 2 door A9X at the Hang Ten 400, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 11 August 2013 Settlement Road Wreckers A DNF ? DNF ? DNF ? DNF ? DNF ? DNF ? DNF ? There were 48 starters and 22 finishers in the race. The known non-finishers are listed in alphabetical order due to a lack of information concerning laps completed. References Sandown 400 1978 Hang Ten 400 1979 1980 Hang Ten 400 Category:Motorsport at Sandown Hang Ten 400 Category:Pre-Bathurst 500