1988 Enzed Sandown 500

thumb|250px|Layout of the Sandown Raceway international circuit (1984-1998) The 1988 Enzed Sandown 500 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars. The event was held at the Sandown International Raceway in Victoria, Australia on 11 September 1988 over 129 laps of the 3.9 km circuit, a total distance of 503 km. This was the last time that the 3.9 km International configuration of the Sandown circuit was used for Australian touring car racing. The race was the 23rd running of the "Sandown enduro". 1988 would be the only year that New Zealand based hydraulic hose and connector repair company Enzed, a former sponsor of Larry Perkins, would sponsor the event. Allan Moffat and Gregg Hansford won the race in their Eggenberger Motorsport built Ford Sierra RS500. It was Moffat's 6th and final Sandown enduro win having previously won in 1969, 1970, 1974, 1982 and 1983, while for Hansford it would be is only Sandown 500 win. It would also prove to be Moffat's final race win as both a driver and team owner in Australia. Second was the new Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV of Larry Perkins and 1967 Formula One World Drivers' Champion Denny Hulme, while third after numerous troubles was the pole winning Sierra of Dick Johnson and John Bowe. Class B was won by the Mobil 1 Racing BMW M3 of Peter Brock, Jim Richards and David Parsons which finished 7th outright, 7 laps down on the Moffat/Hansford Sierra. Class C was won by the Nissan Gazelle of David Sala and Ross Burbidge which finished 11th outright, 20 laps down on the Sierra. The race was broadcast live throughout Australia by the ABC with commentary provided by Will Hagon, Peter Gee and Melbourne motor racing personality "Captain" Peter Janson with John Thompson doing the pit reports. Class structure The race was contested in three displacement classes:Official Program, ENZED Sandown 500 Class A: Outright Class B: 2001 cc to 3000 cc Class C: Up to 2000 cc Results Qualifying Grid positions were determined by three 30 minute qualifying sessions.Mike Jacobson, Moffat's Sandown, Australian Auto Action, 16 September 1988, pages 10-15 The first ten positions were: PosPit Lane, Thunderdome - Australian Motor Sport, October 1988, page 59 No. Entrant Driver Car Time 1 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing AUS Dick Johnson Ford Sierra RS500 1:46.94 2 25 Benson & Hedges Racing AUS Tony Longhurst Ford Sierra RS500 1:48.30 3 15 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing AUS Glenn Seton Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 1:48.82 4 05 Mobil 1 Racing AUS Peter Brock BMW M3 1:50.04 5 8 Andrew Bagnall AUS Andrew Miedecke Ford Sierra RS500 1:50.09 6 10 Holden Special Vehicles AUS Larry Perkins Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1:50.18 7 9 Allan Moffat Racing CAN Allan Moffat Ford Sierra RS500 1:50.40 8 30 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing AUS George Fury Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 1:50.68 9 11 Holden Special Vehicles FRG Armin Hahne Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1:52.23 10 44 Caltex CXT Racing Team AUS John Giddings Ford Sierra RS500 1:52.24 Race Position"Provisional - Results - 1988 Enzed Sandown 500 - Sandown International Raceway, Victoria - 11 September 1988", as obtained from the Eric Rainsford Library, Sporting Car Club of South Australia Class No. Entrant Drivers Car Laps 1 A 9 Allan Moffat Racing CAN Allan MoffatAUS Gregg Hansford Ford Sierra RS500 129 2 A 10 Holden Special Vehicles AUS Larry PerkinsNZL Denny Hulme Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 129 3 A 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing AUS Dick JohnsonAUS John Bowe Ford Sierra RS500 125 4 A 26 Strathfield Car Radios AUS Tony NoskeAUS Graham Moore Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 124 5 A 25 Benson & Hedges Racing AUS Tony LonghurstAUS Tomas Mezera Ford Sierra RS500 123 6 A 18 Shell Ultra Hi Racing AUS John SmithAUS Alfredo Costanzo Ford Sierra RS500 123 7 B 05 Mobil 1 Racing AUS Peter BrockNZL Jim Richards AUS David ParsonsDavid Segal, Enzed 500, Australian Motor Racing Year 1988/89, pages 264-267 BMW M3 122 8 A 46 Sunliner Campmobiles NZL Tony HunterAUS Steve Harrington Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 121 9 A 22 Lusty Engineering Pty Ltd AUS Ken LustyAUS Graham Lusty Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 121 10 A 24 Jagparts Racing AUS Gerald KayAUS Geoff Munday Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 117 11 C 88 David SalaSandown Entry List, Racing Car News, September 1988, page 7 AUS David SalaAUS Ross Burbidge Nissan Gazelle 109 12 A 42 Hella Australia P/L AUS Matt WackerAUS Larry Kogge Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 99 NC C 13 Bob Holden Motors AUS Bob HoldenAUS Garry Jones AUS Damon Beck Toyota Sprinter 81 DNF A 30 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing AUS George FuryAUS Mark Skaife Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 94 DNF A 36 Everlast Battery Service AUS Bill O'BrienAUS Ray Lintott Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 81 DNF A 87 Joe Sommariva AUS Joe Sommariva AUS Darrell Belsky AUS Warren McKellar BMW 635 CSi 79 DNF A 38 Grellis Marketing AUS Ray EllisAUS Bruce Williams Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 78 DNF B 34 Phil Ward Automotive Services Motor Racing Division AUS Phil WardAUS David Clement Mercedes-Benz 190E 69 DNF B 7 Mobil 1 Racing AUS Neil CromptonAUS David Parsons AUS Peter Brock BMW M3 58 DNF A 11 Holden Special Vehicles GBR Jeff AllamFRG Armin Hahne Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 56 DNF C 32 Toyota Team Australia NZL Brett RileyAUS Peter McKay Toyota Corolla 44 DNF A 8 Andrew Bagnall AUS Andrew MiedeckeNZL Andrew Bagnall Ford Sierra RS500 28 DNF A 23 Beaurepaires Motorsport GBR Chris LambdenAUS Kerry Baily Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 26 DNF A 20 Terry Finnigan AUS Terry FinniganAUS Ken Mathews Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 25 DNF C 31 Toyota Team Australia AUS Mike OliverAUS Mike Freeman Toyota Corolla 23 DNF A 3 Yellow Pages AUS Peter McLeodAUS Jim Keogh Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 21 DNF C 86 Gemspares AUS Darryl HendrickAUS John White Isuzu Gemini ZZ 17 DNF A 44 Caltex CXT Racing Team AUS John GiddingsAUS Bruce Stewart Ford Sierra RS500 15 DNF C 91 Bryan Bate Motors Ltd AUS Bryan BateAUS Andrew Maher Toyota Corolla 11 DNF A 28 Capri Components AUS Lawrie NelsonAUS Bob Jolly Ford Mustang 3 DNF A 15 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing AUS Glenn SetonSWE Anders Olofsson Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 1 DNF C 29 Toyota Team Australia AUS Drew PriceNZL John Faulkner Toyota Corolla 1 DNS A 4 Caltex CXT Racing Team AUS Colin BondAUS Alan Jones Ford Sierra RS500 DNS A 14 Netcomm AUS Murray Carter AUS Steve Masterton Ford Sierra RS500 Note: Car 13 was still running at the finish of the race but had not completed 75% of the race winners' distance.Bill Tuckey, "And Johnson rolled his eyes to the bilious skies" - The Enzed 500, The Great Race, #8, Chevron Publishing Group Pty Limited, 1989, pages 52 to 60 Statistics Pole Position - #17 Dick Johnson - 1:46.94 Winners' race time: 4 hrs 4 mins 11.24 secEnzed 500, touringcarracing.net Retrieved 11 March 2017 Fastest Lap - #17 John Bowe - 1:47.65 (lap 81 - new lap record) Race name Sources differ in referring to the race as either the Enzed Sandown 500 or simply as the Enzed 500. The former is used in the Official Program and in the Provisional Results and has been used here. See also 1988 Australian Touring Car season References Further reading Mike Jacobson, Moffat's Sandown, Australian Auto Action, September 16, 1988, pages 10–15 External links 1988 Sandown 500 highlights - Part 1 of 4, www.youtube.com 1988 Sandown 500 highlights - Part 2 of 4, www.youtube.com 1988 Sandown 500 highlights - Part 3 of 4, www.youtube.com 1988 Sandown 500 highlights - Part 4 of 4, www.youtube.com Sandown 500 1987 Castrol 500 1988 1989 .05 - 500 Category:Motorsport at Sandown Enzed Sandown 500 Category:Pre-Bathurst 500