2001 Clarion Sandown 500

December 2020 October 2011 thumb|Track map of the Sandown Raceway The 2001 Clarion Sandown 500 was a motor race for production-based Nations Cup cars and GT Production cars. The race, which was the 34th Sandown 500 endurance race, was held at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 16 September 2001. It was the first Sandown 500 held since 1998 when it was contested by V8 Supercars. The race was won by John Bowe and Tom Waring driving a Ferrari 360 Challenge for Prancing Horse Racing. Classes Cars competed in four classes: Nations Cup GT Production Class A GT Production Class B GT Production Class C Budweiser Top Gun Challenge After qualifying was completed the fastest ten cars competed in a one-lap runoff for the top ten grid positions. Runoff results as follows:http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?08/09/2002.SAND.Q9 Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500 - Budweiser Top Gun Challenge National Software 15 September 2001 17 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20040904212838/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?08%2F09%2F2002.SAND.Q9 4 September 2004 dead dmy-all Pos No Team Driver Car Time Pole 43 V.I.P. Petfoods New Zealand Jim Richards Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 1:16.9760 2 64 Prancing Horse Racing Australia John Bowe Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:17.3195 3 54 Prancing Horse Racing Australia Paul Morris Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:17.9148 4 22 Tekno Autosports Australia Neal Bates Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 1:18.0764 5 24 Prancing Horse Racing New Zealand Craig Baird Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:18.1601 6 666 Team Lamborghini Australia Australia Paul Stokell Lamborghini Diablo GTR 1:18.3006 7 8 SuperrintYokohama Australia Mark Zonneveld Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 1:20.9100 8 20 Poolrite Australia Ian Palmer Honda NSX Brabham 1:22.3584 9 18 Murray Carter Australia Murray Carter Chevrolet Corvette C5 1:23.2543 10 7 D'arcy Russell Racing Australia D'arcy Russell Chrysler Viper ACR 1:25.7557 Official results Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Race results as follows:http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?16/09/2001.SAND.E12 Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500 National Software 16 September 2001 17 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20060906024602/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?16%2F09%2F2001.SAND.E12 6 September 2006 dead dmy-all Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Engine 1 N 64 Prancing Horse Racing Australia John BoweUK Tom Waring Ferrari 360 Challenge 161 Ferrari 3.6L V8 2 N 22 Tekno Autosports Australia Steve WebbAustralia Neal Bates Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 161 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 3 N 3 Fitzgerald Racing Australia Peter FitzgeraldAustralia Geoff Morgan Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 159 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 4 N 54 Prancing Horse Racing Australia Paul MorrisAustralia John Teulan Ferrari 360 Challenge 156 Ferrari 3.6L V8 5 N 8 SuperprintYokohama Australia Mike DownardAustralia Mark Zonneveld Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 156 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 6 A 15 Bob Hughes Special Vehicles Australia Bob HughesAustralia Rick Bates Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VI 150 Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4 7 A 59 Protecnica Racing Australia Wayne BoatrightAustralia Scott Anderson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 149 Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4 8 A 16 Robert LaneKleenduct New Zealand Damon TemplemanAustralia Peter Phelan Honda S2000 Sports 146 Honda F20C 2.0L I4 9 C 62 C + L Racing Australia Scott LoadsmanAustralia Warren Luff Holden VX Commodore SS 5.7 V8Australian Auto Action, 21–27 September 2001, page 19 144 Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 10 A 88 Michael Brock Australia Michael BrockAustralia Gary Young Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 143 Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4 11 C 95 Southern Rural Ford Dealers Australia John McIlroyAustralia Brett Youlden Ford AU Falcon XR8 143 Ford Windsor 5.0L V8 12 A 63 Haysom Motorsport Australia Greg HaysomAustralia Craig Dean Nissan 200SX Spec-R 142 Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4 13 B 66 Nilsson Motor Sport Australia Len CaveAustralia Brad Wright Honda Integra Type-R 142 Honda B18C 1.8L I4 14 B 27 Novacastrian Motorsport Australia Wayne RussellAustralia Steve Cramp BMW 323i 141 BMW M52B25 2.5L I4 15 C 69 Parts Plus Racing Australia Kent YouldenAustralia Luke Youlden Ford AU Falcon XR8 143 Ford Windsor 5.0L V8 16 B 13 Osborne Motorsport Australia Colin OsborneAustralia Ric Shaw Toyota MR2 Bathurst 131 Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4 17 A 38 Castran Gilbert Australia Dennis GilbertAustralia Trevor McGuiness Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 138 Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4 18 B 5 MAZ Motor Wreckers Australia Megan KirkhamAustralia Matt LehmannAustralia Phil Kirkham Mazda MX-5 134 Mazda BP 1.8L I4 19 N 7 D'arcy Russell Racing Australia D'arcy RussellAustralia Darren Palmer Chrysler Viper ACR 123 Dodge 8.0L V10 DNF N 43 V.I.P. Petfoods New Zealand Jim RichardsUK Tony Quinn Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 126 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 NC C 42 Wincross Motorsport Australia Richard WinstonAustralia Robert Coutts Holden VT Commodore SS V8 119 Holden 5.0L V8 NC B 4 Anton E Mechtler Australia Christian D’AgostinAustralia David Lawson Toyota MR2 Bathurst 118 Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4 DNF N 24 Prancing Horse Racing Australia Steve BeardsNew Zealand Craig Baird Ferrari 360 Challenge 108 Ferrari 3.6L V8 NC A 57 Corio Auto Parts Plus Australia Graham AlexanderAustralia John Woodberry Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 100 Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4 DNF N 666 Team Lamborghini Australia Australia Paul StokellAustralia Steven Johnson Lamborghini Diablo GTR 89 Lamborghini 5.7L V12 NC A 87 JNB Racing Australia John FalkAustralia Neil McFadyenAustralia Ken Lusty Subaru Impreza WRX STI 87 Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4 DNF A 9 Prancing Horse Racing Australia Ross PalmerAustralia David Wood Ford Mustang Cobra RA 66 Ford Modular 5.4L V8 DNF A 61 Team Yamaha Australia Trevor HainesAustralia Scott JacobAustralia Grant Kenny Subaru Impreza WRX STI 57 Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4 DNF A 31 Marget Engineering Australia Drew MargetAustralia Vince Macaro Nissan 200SX Spec-R 44 Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4 DNF A 300 Floyd Motorsport Australia Peter FloydAustralia Cameron McConville HSV VX GTS 300kW 43 Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 DNF N 18 Murray Carter Australia Murray CarterAustralia Kosi Kalaitzidis Chevrolet Corvette C5 38 Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 DNF C 79 Sandhurst Golf Estate Australia Alan HolgerssonAustralia Jeremy MantelloAustralia Les Walmsley Toyota Camry CSi V6 27 Toyota 1MZ-FE 3.0L V6 DNF A 14 Scotts Transport Australia Clyde LawrenceAustralia Geoff Munday Subaru Impreza WRX STI 15 Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4 DNF B 44 Thrifty Car Rental Australia Alan ShephardAustralia Steve Briffa Honda Integra Type-R 14 Honda B18C 1.8L I4 DNF A 28 Ross Palmer Motorsport Australia Wayne ParkAustralia Anton Mechtler Honda S2000 Sports 12 Honda F20C 2.0L I4 DNF N 20 Palmer Promotions Australia Ian PalmerAustralia Brett Peters Honda NSX Brabham 12 Honda C32B 3.2L V6 DNF A 34 King SpringsDelphi Australia Mark KingAustralia Rod Wilson Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 0 Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4 DNS A 17 Quirks Refrigeration Australia Peter BoylanAustralia Trevor Scheumack BMW M3 BMW I6 Statistics Provisional Pole Position - #666 Paul Stokell - 1:16.4012 http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?16/09/2001.SAND.Q8 Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500 Qualifying 1 National Software 15 September 2001 17 January 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091014063335/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?16%2F09%2F2001.SAND.Q8 14 October 2009 dead dmy-all Pole Position - #43 Jim Richards - 1:16.9760 Fastest Lap - #7 D'arcy Russell - 1:17.7024 Race Average Speed - 143.22 km/h References External links 2001 Sandown 500, www.youtube.com Images from the 2001 Clarion Sandown 500 Retrieved from web.archive.org on 19 January 2009 Sandown 500 1998 Tickford 500 2001 2002 Sandown 500 Clarion Sandown 500 Category:Motorsport at Sandown Category:September 2000 sports events in Australia