1980 Hang Ten 400

March 2024 The 1980 Hang Ten 400 was a motor race for Group C Touring Cars. The event, which was Round 2 of the 1980 Australian Championship of Makes, was staged on 14 September 1980 over 109 laps of the 3.1 km Sandown Park circuit in Victoria, Australia, a total distance of 337.9 km.Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1980/81, pages 210-211 & 214-215 It was the fifteenth Sandown endurance race. The race was won by Peter Brock driving a Holden Commodore VC. Classes The field was divided into the following four engine capacity classes: Class A : 3001 to 6000 ccRaceday Competition Communicator, Sandown, September 13–14, 1980 Class B : 2001 to 3000 cc Class C : 1601 to 2000 cc Class D : Up to 1600 cc Results PositionLight Car Club of Australia, Official Provisional Results, Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit, Sunday, September 14th, 1980 Drivers No. Car Entrant Class Class Pos. Laps 1 Peter Brock 05 Holden Commodore VCAustralian Championship of Makes, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1980/81, pages 210 & 211 Marlboro Holden Dealer Team A 1 109 2 Garry Rogers 16 Holden Commodore VB1980 C of M, Sandown, The official racing history of Holden, page 352 Greater Pacific Finance Co. A 2 108 3 Allan Moffat 25 Holden Commodore VC Marlboro Holden Dealer Team A 3 107 4 Murray Carter 18 Ford Falcon XD Magnum Wheels A 4 107 5 Gary Cooke 11 Holden Commodore VB Citizen Watches Aust. Pty Ltd A 5 106 6 Ray Cutchie 40 Ford Escort RS2000Brock - 7 Up!, Racing Car News, October 1980, pages 6 & 79 Rex Monahan C 1 100 7 Peter Hopwood 36 Ford Capri Trend Windows Pty Ltd B 1 99 8 Terry Wade 52 Triumph Dolomite Sprint B & G Myers Leyland C 2 98 9 Joseph Beninca 48 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Beninca Motors C 3 97 10 Ray Allford 26 Ford Falcon XD R. Allford A 6 97 11 Steven Brook 46 Ford Escort RS2000 Formula Ford Australia C 4 95 12 Roger Cartwight 41 Ford Escort RS2000 R. Cartwright C 5 95 13 Peter Granger 53 BMW 2002 Bob Glazier C 6 95 14 Alan BrowneOfficial Results show Alan Brown but entry list in Raceday Competition Communicator shows Alan Browne 15 Holden Commodore VB Re-Car Racing A 7 92 15 Bob Holden 65 Ford Escort 1600 Formula Ford Australia D 1 92 16 John Bristow 45 Toyota Celica Cord Car Co. C 7 91 17 Ian Burrell 57 Mitsubishi LancerChris de Fraga, Holden Surprises in Escort, Australian Auto Action, September 26, 1980, page 10 Scottune D 2 91 18 Jim Faneco 60 Holden Gemini Country Dealer Team D 3 90 19 Steve Masterton, Colin BondFord - The racing history, 1980 CM, Sandown, page 304 31 Ford Capri Masterton Homes P/L B 2 89 20 Kevin Kennedy 19 Holden Torana Scotty Taylor Holden A 8 89 21 Ken Price 55 Holden Gemini C.A.R.S. Gemini Racing Team D 4 87 22 Peter McLeod 30 Mazda RX-7 McLeod Mazda - Albion Park Rail B 3 86 23 Graeme Bailey 51 Toyota Celica Chickadee Chicken C 8 84 DNF Charlie O'Brien 10 Holden Commodore VC Roadways / Gown-Hindhaugh A   86 DNF Peter Williamson 44 Toyota Celica Peter Williamson Pty Ltd C   64 DNF Lawrie Nelson 29 Ford Capri IIIS Capri Components B   61 DNF John Faulkner 43 Ford Escort RS2000 Allbrells Autocar Centre C   45 DNF Ron Dickson 2 Chevrolet Camaro Z28Brock's Record Sandown, Australian Auto Action, September 26, 1980, pages 8 & 9 Ron Dickson Racing A   33 DNF Bob Morris 7 Ford Falcon XD Channel 7 Breville Racing A   32 DNF Allan Grice 6 Holden Commodore VB Craven Mild 7 Racing A   30 DNF Ken Harrison 61 Ford Escort 1600 K. Harrison D   30 DNF Chris Heyer 63 Volkswagen Golf Lennox Motors D   27 DNF John Bundy 33 Mazda RX-3 J. Bundy B   25 DNF Jim Keogh 22 Ford Falcon XD J. Keogh A   25 DNF Gerald Kay 49 Triumph Dolomite Sprint Jag Parts C   24 DNF Gary Rowe 59 Holden Gemini Country Dealer Team D   16 DNF Allan Bryant 28 Mazda RX-7 Precinct Performance B   15 DNF John Gates 23 Holden Torana SL/R 5000 "ITP" The Income Tax Professionals A   12 DNF Peter Janson 3 Holden Commodore VC Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd A   9 DNF Robert Muir, Kingsley Hibbard 24 Ford Falcon XD Robert Muir Motors A   8 DNF Larry Kogge 27 Mazda RX-3 L. Kogge B   6 DNF Graham Mein 50 Ford Escort RS2000 G. Mein C   5 DNF Lou Stoopman 71 BMW 2002 L. Stoopman C   5 DNF Colin Spencer 56 Holden Gemini C.A.R.S. Gemini Racing Team D   1 Notes Attendance: 45,000 Pole position: Peter Brock, 1m 13.9s References Further reading The Australian racing history of Ford, 1989, page 304 The official racing history of Holden, 1988, pages 225-226 & 353 Sandown 400 1979 Hang Ten 400 1980 1981 Hang Ten 400 Category:Motorsport at Sandown Hang Ten Category:Pre-Bathurst 500