1996 Tickford 500

February 2020 September 2011 thumb|Track map of the Sandown Raceway The 1996 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for 5.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group 3A regulations.The race report in Australian Auto Action refers to the cars as Group A cars. The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport defines the cars in the 1996 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport under the name Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Cars. The event was held at the Sandown International Motor Raceway in Victoria, Australia on 8 September 1996. Race distance was 161 laps of the 3.1 km circuit, a total of 499 km. It was the 31st running of the Sandown touring car endurance race. 25,000 spectators attended the race.Lowndes banishes the nightmare, Australian Auto Action, September 12-18 1996, pages 42 to 46 The race was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy driving a Holden VR Commodore. Results thumb|Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy won the race driving a Holden VR Commodore for the Mobil Holden Racing Team. The picture above is of Lowndes in a Mobil Holden Racing Team Holden VR Commodore at a round of the 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship. Pos. Drivers No.Tickford 500 entry list, Official program, Tickford 500 Sandown, September 5-8 1996, as published in Australian Auto Action, 5–11 September 1996 Car Entrant Laps 1 Australia Craig LowndesNew Zealand Greg Murphy 1 Holden VR Commodore Mobil Holden Racing Team 161 2 Australia Glenn SetonAustralia David Parsons 30 Ford EF Falcon Ford Credit Racing 161 3 Australia Peter BrockAustralia Tomas Mezera 05 Holden VR Commodore Mobil Holden Racing Team 161 4 Australia Tony LonghurstAustralia Steven Ellery 25 Ford EF Falcon Castrol Longhurst Ford 160 5 Australia Larry PerkinsAustralia Russell Ingall 11 Holden VR Commodore Castrol Perkins Racing 160 6 Australia Dick JohnsonAustralia John Bowe 17 Ford EF Falcon Shell-FAI Racing 159 7 Australia Wayne GardnerAustralia Neil Crompton 7 Holden VR Commodore Coca-Cola Racing Team 159 8 Australia Steven JohnsonAustralia Charlie O'Brien 18 Ford EF Falcon Shell-FAI Racing 157 9 Australia Trevor AshbyAustralia Steve Reed 3 Holden VP Commodore Lansvale Smash Repairs 157 10 Australia Paul RomanoAustralia Andrew Miedecke 201 Ford EF Falcon Pack Leader Racing 155 11 Australia Max DumesnyAustralia Kerry Baily 75 Ford EF Falcon Valvoline / Autopro / JSR 154 12 Australia Geoff KendrickAustralia Allan McCarthy 96 Holden VR Commodore Geoff Kendrick 150 13 Australia Mark SkaifeAustralia Gary WaldonAustralia Mark Noske 2 Holden VR Commodore Gibson Team Sega 138 14 Australia Peter DoulmanAustralia John Cotter 29 Holden VP Commodore M3 Motorsport 123 NC Australia Mike ConwayNew Zealand Miles Pope 79 Holden VP Commodore Mike Conway 123 NC Australia Mark LarkhamAustralia Cameron McConville 10 Ford EF Falcon Mitre 10 Racing 59 DNF New Zealand John FaulknerAustralia Steven Harrington 46 Holden VR Commodore Betta Electrical / Fisher & Paykel 115 DNF Australia Alan JonesAustralia Allan Grice 301 Ford EF Falcon Pack Leader Racing 110 DNF New Zealand Steven RichardsNew Zealand Jim Richards 32 Holden VR Commodore GRM Valvoline / Cummins 73 DNF Australia Kevin WaldockAustralia Wayne Park 28 Ford EF Falcon Playscape Racing 66 DNF Australia Greg CrickAustralia David Parsons 49 Holden VR Commodore Alcair Air-conditioning 42 DNF Australia Malcolm StennikenAustralia Peter Brown 14 Holden VR Commodore Malcolm Stenniken 37 Race statistics Pole position: Craig Lowndes, 1:12.9694 Starters: 22 Race time of winning car: 3h 25m 50.1828s Winning margin: 1.5144s Fastest lap: Craig Lowndes, 1:12.9941 (new lap record) See also 1996 Australian Touring Car season References Further reading Redemption, Tickford Sandown 500, The Great Race 1996, Chevron Publishing Group, pages 46 to 55 External links 1996 Sandown 500 - Full Race, www.youtube.com Sandown 500 1995 Sandown 500 1996 1997 Tickford 500 Category:Motorsport at Sandown Tickford 500 Category:Pre-Bathurst 500