1976 Hang Ten 400

The 1976 Hang Ten 400 was an endurance race for Group C Touring Cars. The event was staged at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia on 12 September 1976 over 130 laps of the 3.11 km circuit, a total of 403.8 km. The event was Round 8 of the 1976 Australian Touring Car Championship and Round 1 of the 1976 Australian Championship of Makes. It was the eleventh running of the endurance race which would later become known as the Sandown 500. The race was won by Peter Brock driving a Holden Torana. Classes Cars competed in four classes:Official Programme, Hang Ten 400, Sept. 12 (1976) Class A: Up to 1300 cc Light Car Club of Australia, Official Provisional Results, Australian Grand Prix and Hang Ten 400 Meeting, 11th and 12th September 1976 Class B: 1301 to 2000 cc Class C: 2001 to 3000 cc Class D: 3001 cc and over Results Position Drivers No. Car Hang Ten 400, 12/9/1976, touringcarracing.net Entrant Class Class Pos. Laps 1 Peter Brock, Phillip Brock 5 Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34 Team Brock D 1 130 2 Allan Moffat 9 Ford Falcon XB GT Hardtop Moffat Ford Dealers D 2 128 3 Graeme Blanchard 16 Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34 Insul Fluf Home Insulation D 3 128 4 Charlie O'Brien 8 Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34 O'Brien's Transport Shell Sport D 4 128 5 Murray Carter 18 Ford Falcon XB GT Hardtop M. Carter D 5 128 6 Barry Seton 26 Ford Capri 3000 GT B. Benson C 1 122 7 Lakis Manticas, Doug Chivas 27 Ford Capri 3000 GT L. Manticas C 2 122 8 Lawrie Nelson, Barrie Nelson 32 Ford Capri 3000 GT H. M. Headers C 3 121 9 Graham Moore, Dick Johnson 28 Ford Capri 3000 GT Bryan Byrt Ford, Qld. C 4 120 10 Tony Wilkinson, Wayne Negus 21 Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34 Karquip D 6 120 11 Don Holland, Lyn Brown 23 Mazda RX-3 Penrith Mazda Centre C 5 119 12 Ron Dickson, Dick Johnson 39 Triumph Dolomite Sprint Ron Hodgson Motors B 1 119 13 Frank Porter 60 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT Clemens Sporting Car Serv. B 2 118 14 James Laing-Peach, Paul Gulson 38 Triumph Dolomite Sprint Endrust Australia B 3 118 15 John Pollard 22 Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34 Garry & Warren Smith D 7 118 16 Christine Gibson, Fred Gibson 58 Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Brian Foley P/L B 4 117 17 Chris Heyer, Peter Lander 53 Volkswagen Golf GTi Lennox Motors B 5 116 18 Bill Evans 71 Datsun 1200 Coupe John Roxburgh Motors A 1 112 19 David Seldon 36 Triumph Dolomite Sprint Orange City Leyland B 6 111 20 Roger Bonhomme 62 Honda Civic Mollison Motors A 2 109 21 David Crowther 74 Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior Fred's Treds Pty Ltd A 3 108 22 Robin Dudfield, Tony Niovanni 73 Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior Avanti Motors-Alfa A 4 108 23 Ray Molloy, Allan Braszell 76 Morris Clubman GT Ray Molloy Motors A 5 107 24 Brian Reed, Ian Chilman 64 Honda Civic I. Chilman A 6 106 25 Bob Forbes, Russ McRae 14 Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34 Suttons Motors P/L D 8 105 26 Tony Niovanni 42 Holden Gemini TX Peter Robinson Holden A 7 105 27 Max McGinley, John Lord 75 Honda Civic M. F. McGinley A 8 101 28 John English, Gary Scott 47 Ford Escort RS2000 Mk. 2Dickson Flies, Chequered Flag, October 1976, pages 35-37 Peak Performance P/L A 9 98 29 Geoff Wade, Colin Campbell 68 Ford Escort 1300 Peter Mac's Towing A 10 89 NC Peter Granger 56 BMW 2002 Tii B. Glazier B - 86 NC Kel Gough 10 Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34   D - 79 DNF Colin Bond 1 Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34 Marlboro Holden Dealer Team D - 111 DNF Garth Wigston 20 Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34 Roadways Pty Ltd D - 101 DNF Lyndon Arnel, Peter Hopwood 45 Ford Escort RS2000 Mk. 2 Bob Holden Shell Sport B - 97 DNF Allan Grice 12 Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34 Craven Mild Racing D - 89 DNF Bruce Hindhaugh 4 Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34 Gown-Hindhaugh Engine Devel. D - 86 DNF Bob Morris 7 Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34 Ron Hodgson Motors D - 77 DNF Greville Arnel, Greg Toepfer 67 Toyota Corolla G. Arnel A - 76 DNF Alan Cant, George Morrell 31 Ford Capri 3000 GT A.T.P. (Aust) P/L C - 73 DNF Ralph Radburn 57 BMW 2002 Tii R. Radburn B - 63 DNF Colin Campbell, Geoff Wade 33 Ford Escort RS2000 Mk. I Allan Coffey Motors B - 63 DNF Jim Murcott, Rod Stevens 49 Ford Escort RS2000 Mk. I Brian Wood Ford B - 52 DNF Warren Cullen, Max Stewart 6 Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34 Settlement Road Wrecking D - 42 DNF Bob Holden, Ray Cutchie 43 Ford Escort RS2000 Mk. 2 Bob Holden Shell Sport B - 40 DNF Peter Janson, Kevin Bartlett 15 Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34 Kellway-Egan D - 39 DNF Bernie Stack, Keith Poole 70 Volkswagen Passat Blackwood Cars P/L A - 37 DNF John Goss, Jim Richards 2 Ford Falcon XB GT Hardtop John Goss Racing P/L D - 33 DNF Ray Harrison, Craig Bradtke 24 Mazda RX-3 Rotary Exchange C - 25 DNF Paul Older, Barry Lake 34 BMW 3.0SiThe official history - Australian Touring Car Championship- 50 Years, page 169 Craven Mild Racing C - 25 DNF Jim Keogh, Nick Louis 11 Ford Falcon XB GT Hardtop Allan Coffey Motors D - 21 DNF Brian Porter, Joihn Ainsley 65 Mazda 1300 James Mason Motors C - 20 DNF Ken Harrison, David Turnbull 69 Ford Escort 1300 Ken Harrison Shell Sport A - 11 DNF John Dellaca, Terry Wade 35 Triumph Dolomite Sprint B & G Myers Leyland B - 7 Note: 53 cars are listed on the grid list published with the Hang Ten 400 race report in Racing Car News magazine.Hang Ten 400, Racing Car News, October 1976 References Further reading Sandown Park, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1977 Edition, pages 64 & 65 The Australian Racing History of Ford, © 1989 The Official Racing History of Holden, © 1988 Sandown 400 1975 Sandown 250 1976 1977 Hang Ten 400 Category:Motorsport at Sandown Hang Ten 500 Category:Pre-Bathurst 500