1998 Tickford 500

January 2021 October 2011 thumb|Track map of the Sandown Raceway The 1998 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars. The event, which was the 33rd running of the Sandown 500, was held on 13 September 1998 at the Sandown International Motor Raceway. The race was won by Larry Perkins and Russell Ingall driving a Perkins Engineering Holden VT Commodore. Class Structure While still following long-term plans to abandon class structures within V8 Supercar, a class was instigated for the 1998 Tickford 500 and FAI 1000 Classic endurance races allowing smaller teams to save considerable budget by running a Dunlop control tyre, indicated here by CT. Most teams, particularly the professional teams, preferred to race with freedom of tyre choice, indicated by the class OC. Top Ten Shootout The top ten cars from Qualifying contested a Top Ten Shootout to determine the first ten grid positions for the race. Shootout results were as follows:http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?13/09/1998.SAND.Q5 Tickford 500 Sandown 1998 Sandown International Motor Raceway Tickford 500 Top Ten Shootout National Software 13 September 1998 2008-06-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20060909223144/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?13%2F09%2F1998.SAND.Q5 9 September 2006 dead Pos No Team Driver Car Time Pole 50 Holden Racing Team New Zealand Greg Murphy Holden VS Commodore 1:22.3834 2 1 Holden Racing Team Australia Mark Skaife Holden VT Commodore 1:22.4050 3 18 Dick Johnson Racing Australia John Bowe Ford EL Falcon 1:22.4548 4 4 Stone Brothers Racing Australia Jason Bright Ford EL Falcon 1:22.4990 5 5 Glenn Seton Racing Australia Glenn Seton Ford EL Falcon 1:23.3160 6 10 Larkham Motor Sport Australia Mark Larkham Ford EL Falcon 1:23.7831 7 25 Longhurst Racing Australia Tony Longhurst Ford EL Falcon 1:24.1355 8 17 Dick Johnson Racing Australia Dick Johnson Ford EL Falcon 1:24.3714 9 35 Garry Rogers Motorsport Australia Jason Bargwanna Holden VS Commodore 1:24.6735 10 11 Perkins Engineering Australia Larry Perkins Holden VT Commodore 1:25.9808 Official results Race results were as follows:http://racing.natsoft.com.au/638296967/object_904205.83u/View?25 Tickford 500 Sandown 1998 Sandown International Motor Raceway Tickford 500 National Software 13 January 2021 2008-06-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20210113034006/http://racing.natsoft.com.au/638296967/object_904205.83u/View?25%20 13 January 2021 dead Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps QualPos ShootoutPos 1 OC 11 Perkins Engineering Australia Larry PerkinsAustralia Russell Ingall Holden VT Commodore 147 7 10 2 OC 1 Holden Racing Team Australia Craig LowndesAustralia Mark Skaife Holden VT Commodore 147 1 2 3 OC 18 Dick Johnson Racing Australia John BoweAustralia Cameron McConville Ford EL Falcon 147 5 3 4 OC 5 Glenn Seton Racing Australia Glenn SetonAustralia Neil Crompton Ford EL Falcon 145 6 5 5 OC 4 Stone Brothers Racing Australia Jason BrightNew Zealand Steven Richards Ford EL Falcon 145 3 4 6 OC 50 Holden Racing Team New Zealand Greg MurphyAustralia Mark Noske Holden VS Commodore 145 2 1 7 OC 35 Garry Rogers Motorsport Australia Jason BargwannaNew Zealand Jim Richards Holden VS Commodore 144 8 9 8 OC 7 Gibson Motorsport Australia Darren HossackAustralia Darren Pate Holden VS Commodore 143 16 9 OC 32 Tomas Mezera Motorsport Australia Tomas MezeraAustralia Terry Finnigan Holden VT Commodore 143 17 10 OC 2 Gibson Motorsport Australia David ParsonsNew Zealand Simon Wills Holden VS Commodore 143 22 11 OC 10 Larkham Motor Sport Australia Mark LarkhamAustralia Brad Jones Ford EL Falcon 142 4 6 12 CT 3 Lansvale Racing Team Australia Steve ReedAustralia Trevor Ashby Holden VS Commodore 141 23 13 OC 49 Greg Crick Motorsport Australia Greg CrickAustralia Dean Crosswell Holden VS Commodore 139 21 14 OC 16 Perkins Engineering Australia Melinda PriceAustralia Kerryn Brewer Holden VS Commodore 138 24 15 CT 99 Clive Wiseman Racing Australia Mick DonaherAustralia Dean Lindstrom Holden VS Commodore 133 26 16 OC 38 James Rosenberg Racing Australia Mark PooleAustralia Tony Scott Holden VS Commodore 133 13 17 OC 46 John Faulkner Racing New Zealand John FaulknerAustralia Todd Kelly Holden VS Commodore 131 33 18 CT 54 Simon Emerzidis Australia Simon EmerzidisAustralia Garry Willmington Ford EL Falcon 128 25 19 CT 14 Imrie Motor Sport Australia Mike ImrieAustralia Rodney Crick Holden VS Commodore 127 31 20 CT 72 Robert Smith Racing Australia Robert SmithAustralia Bruce Williams Holden VS Commodore 123 27 21 CT 48 Rod Smith Racing Australia D'arcy RussellAustralia Colin Ivory Holden VS Commodore 121 30 22 OC 79 Cadillac Productions Australia Mike ConwayAustralia Chris Hones Ford EL Falcon 119 29 DNF OC 75 Paul Little Racing Australia Anthony TrattAustralia Bob Jones Ford EL Falcon 125 20 DNF OC 43 Paul Weel Racing Australia Paul WeelAustralia Neal Bates Ford EL Falcon 122 18 NC OC 8 Perkins Engineering Australia Dugal McDougallAustralia Jason Wylie Holden VS Commodore 109 19 DNF CT 55 Rod Nash Racing Australia Rod NashAustralia Darren Edwards Holden VS Commodore 102 28 DNF OC 17 Dick Johnson Racing Australia Dick JohnsonAustralia Steven Johnson Ford EL Falcon 99 9 8 DNF CT 77 V8 Racing Australia Richard MorkAustralia Bill Sieders Holden VP Commodore 94 32 DNF OC 96 Wayne Gardner Racing Australia Wayne GardnerAustralia Paul Stokell Holden VS Commodore 73 14 DNF OC 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Australia Garth TanderAustralia Cameron McLean Holden VS Commodore 30 12 DNF OC 25 Longhurst Racing Australia Tony LonghurstAustralia Geoff Brabham Ford EL Falcon 7 10 7 DNF OC 24 Romano Racing Australia Paul RomanoAustralia Steve Ellery Holden VR Commodore 6 15 DNF OC 9 Longhurst Racing Australia Alan JonesAustralia Adam Macrow Ford EL Falcon 0 11 DNS OC 95 Road Care Racing Australia Steve Cramp Australia Gary Baxter Ford EL Falcon - Note: The race was scheduled to be run over 161 laps, however the slower lap times dictated by the wet weather conditions resulted in the race being shortened after reaching its three-hour-45-minute time limit.Rain, What Rain? Australian Auto Action, 18–24 September 1998, pages 42-46 Statistics Provisional pole position (qualifying) - #1 Mark Skaife - 1:11.9148 Pole position (Top Ten Shootout) - #50 Greg Murphy - 1:22.3834 Fastest race lap - #4 Jason Bright - 1:13.2534 (152 km/h) Winners' race time - 03:45:09.5507 Race average speed - 121 km/h References Further reading V8 Bathurst 2 Normoyle Steve Chevron Publishing Group 1999 1329-3184 External links Official race results Official V8 Supercar website Thumbnail race images at web.archive.org 1998 Sandown 500 - Full Race video at www.youtube.com Sandown 500 1997 Tickford 500 1998 2001 Clarion Sandown 500 Tickford 500 Category:Motorsport at Sandown Category:Pre-Bathurst 500 Category:September 1998 sports events in Australia