1993 Sandown 6 Hour

September 2023 January 2020 thumb|Track map of the Sandown Raceway The 1993 Sandown 6 Hour was an endurance race for production cars which was staged at Sandown Raceway, near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia on Sunday, 21 February 1993.Blitzkrieg! Australian Auto Action, 5 March 1993, pages 26 &27 (race report) The race was won by Peter Fitzgerald and Brett Peters, driving a Porsche 968 CS.Colin Young, Porsche powers home in debut, Melbourne Age, 22 February 1993 Classes Cars competed in six classes:Sandown 6 Hour, Australian Auto Action, 5 March 1993, page 26 (results table – does not include first names of drivers) Class A Class B Class C Class D Class S Class T The defining parameters of the six classes have not yet been ascertained. Qualifying The fastest lap in Qualifying was set by Gregg Hansford, driving a Mazda RX-7, with a lap time of 1:25.06.Graham Smith, Hansford wins pole in Mazda, Sunday Age, 21 February 1993 Results Pos. Class No. Team Drivers Car Laps 1 C 4 Australia Peter Fitzgerald Australia Brett PetersAustralia Nicholas Leutwiler Porsche 968 CS 239 2 C 5 Australia John Smith Australia Geoff Morgan Australia Kevin Waldock Porsche 968 CS 239 3 T 7 Australia John Bowe Australia Garry Waldon Mazda RX-7 238 4 T 1 Australia Charlie O'Brien Australia Gregg Hansford Mazda RX-7 238 5 C 8 Australia Ian Palmer Australia Wayne Gardner Australia Ross Palmer Honda NSX 234 6 T 41 Australia John Trimbole Australia Rohan Cooke Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 220 7 A 42 Australia Mark Brame Australia Henry Draper Suzuki Swift GTi 220 8 S 2 Australia Peter Whitaker Australia Calvin Gardiner Australia Geoff Forshaw Toyota MR2 218 9 B 53 Australia Steve Hardman Australia David Stone Australia Jon Targett Hyundai Lantra 215 10 A 21 Australia Danny Bogut Australia Peter Howard Australia Owen Crombie Suzuki Swift GTi 214 11 T 17 Dick Johnson Racing Australia Dick Johnson Australia Cameron McConville Australia Steven Johnson Ford Laser TX3 4WD 214 12 B 18 Australia Murray Carter Australia John Morriss Australia Phil Morriss Nissan Pulsar SSS 213 13 S 28 Australia David Wood Australia Stephen Craig Australia Peter Janssen Nissan NX Coupe 211 14 T 23 Australia Ryan Australia Dutton Australia Runciman Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 210 15 A 33 Australia Sala Australia Swaine Australia Zagame Toyota Corolla SX 210 16 B 16 Australia Peter McLeod Australia Glenn Clark Great Britain Peter Janson Citroën BX 193 17 B 22 Garry Rogers Motorsport Australia Steven Richards Australia Melinda Price Australia Paul Fordham Nissan Pulsar SSS 185 NC C 50 Australia Kevin Burton Australia Peter Vorst Australia Mark Gibbs Ford EB Falcon S 179 NC D 9 Australia Jim Baird Australia Mark Larmour Australia Kent Youlden Ford Falcon XR8 79 DNF A 21 Australia Ferrier Australia Parsons Australia Robson Suzuki Swift GTi 137 DNF B 11 Australia Renato Australia Muscat Hyundai Lantra 107 DNF T 6 Australia Thomson Australia Sala Australia Showers Mitsubishi Lancer GSR 87 Race time of winning car: 6-00:09.72 Fastest race lap: 1:25.84 – Bowe/Waldon (Mazda RX-7) References Further reading Sandown Shakedown, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 February 1993, page 39 Category:Motorsport at Sandown Sandown 6 Hour