1997 Tickford 500

February 2020 October 2011 thumb|Track map of the Sandown Raceway The 1997 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars.History Repeats, Australian Auto Action, 19–25 September 1997, page 46 It was held on 14 September 1997 at the Sandown Raceway and was the 32nd running of the Sandown 500. The race was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy, driving a Holden VS Commodore for the Holden Racing Team.Official Program, Tickford 500, Sandown, Australian Auto Action, 12–18 September 1997, page 4 Qualifying The fastest lap in qualifying was set by Mark Skaife at 1:11.3142. Top 10 Shootout The Top 10 Shootout, which was contested by the fastest ten cars from Qualifying, determined the order of the first ten grid positions for the race. Pos No Entrant Driver Car Pole 05 Holden Racing Team Australia Mark Skaife Holden VS Commodore 2 10 Mitre 10 Racing Australia Mark Larkham Ford EL Falcon 3 1 Ford Credit Racing Australia Glenn Seton Ford EL Falcon 4 9 Alan Jones Racing Australia Alan Jones Ford EL Falcon 5 97 Holden Racing Team Australia Jason Bargwanna Holden VS Commodore 6 15 Holden Racing Team New Zealand Greg Murphy Holden VS Commodore 7 46 Betta Electrical New Zealand John Faulkner Holden VS Commodore 8 7 Wayne Gardner Racing Australia Wayne Gardner Holden VS Commodore 9 17 Shell Helix Racing Australia Dick Johnson Ford EL Falcon 10 25 Castrol Longhurst Australia Tony Longhurst Ford EL Falcon Official results Pos. No. Entrant Drivers Car Laps 1 15 Holden Racing Team Australia Craig LowndesNew Zealand Greg Murphy Holden VS Commodore 157 2 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Australia Larry PerkinsAustralia Russell Ingall Holden VS Commodore 157 3 9 Alan Jones Racing Australia Alan JonesAustralia Jason Bright Ford EL Falcon 157 4 46 John Faulkner Racing New Zealand John FaulknerUnited Kingdom Win Percy Holden VS Commodore 156 5 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport New Zealand Steven RichardsNew Zealand Jim Richards Holden VS Commodore 155 6 7 Wayne Gardner Racing Australia Wayne GardnerAustralia Neil Crompton Holden VS Commodore 155 7 18 Dick Johnson Racing Australia Steven JohnsonNew Zealand Craig Baird Ford EL Falcon 154 8 45 Gibson Motorsport Australia Darren HossackAustralia Steven Ellery Holden VR Commodore 154 9 97 Holden Young Lions Australia Jason BargwannaAustralia Mark Noske Holden VS Commodore 153 10 25 Longhurst Racing Australia Tony LonghurstAustralia Charlie O'Brien Ford EL Falcon 151 11 1 Glenn Seton Racing Australia Glenn SetonAustralia David Parsons Ford EL Falcon 150 12 05 Holden Racing Team Australia Peter BrockAustralia Mark Skaife Holden VS Commodore 150 13 12 Robert Smith Racing Australia Bruce WilliamsAustralia Paul Gover Holden VS Commodore 148 14 26 M3 Motorsport Australia Peter DoulmanAustralia John Cotter Holden VP Commodore 148 15 24 Romano Racing Australia Paul RomanoAustralia Allan Grice Holden VS Commodore 144 16 14 Malcolm Stenniken Australia Malcolm StennikenNew Zealand Norris Miles Holden VR Commodore 144 17 16 Castrol Cougars Australia Melinda PriceAustralia Kerryn Brewer Holden VS Commodore 139 18 49 Alcair Airconditioning Australia Greg CrickV8 Bathurst 1997, page 27Australia Peter FitzgeraldAustralia Terry Finnigan Holden VR Commodore 132 DNF 47 Bottlemagic Australia John TrimboleAustralia Tomas Mezera Holden VS CommodoreEntry List in the Official Program shows Trimbole and Mezera in a VS Commodore. Results in Australian Auto Action show VP Commodore. An image of the car at the 1997 Tickford 500 on page 26 of the book "V8 Bathurst 1997" shows that it was not a VP Commodore 128 DNF 28 Playscape Racing Australia Kevin WaldockAustralia John Smith Ford EF Falcon 112 DNF 17 Dick Johnson Racing Australia Dick JohnsonAustralia John Bowe Ford EL Falcon 108 DNF 79 Cadillac Productions Australia Mike ConwayAustralia Gavin Monaghan Ford EB2 Falcon 95 DNF 3 Lansvale Racing Team Australia Steve ReedAustralia Trevor Ashby Holden VS Commodore 47 DNF 10 Larkham Motor Sport Australia Mark LarkhamAustralia Andrew Miedecke Ford EL Falcon 33 The race was started in the rain under the control of the safety car. The weather conditions resulted in a slower than expected average speed and the race did not run to its full 161 lap distance, being halted on lap 157 after 3 hours 45 minutes and 22.3508 seconds. Statistics Pole position: Mark Skaife Fastest race lap: Mark Skaife – 1:17.4932 on lap 101 Race time of winning car: 3h 45:22.3508 References External links Official Supercars website Image of the winning car at i.pinimg.com, as archived at web.archive.org Sandown 500 1996 Tickford 500 1997 1998 Tickford 500 Category:Motorsport at Sandown Tickford 500 Category:Pre-Bathurst 500