1981 Hang Ten 400

March 2024 The 1981 Hang Ten 400 was an endurance race for Group C Touring Cars.Official Programme, Hang Ten 400, Sandown, 11–13 September 1981 The event, which was Round 3 of the 1981 Australian Endurance Championship, was staged on 13 September over 119 laps of the 3.1 km Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit in Victoria, Australia. It was the 16th race in the history of what is now known as the Sandown 500. Peter Brock drove a Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Holden VC Commodore to a record sixth consecutive Sandown endurance win and his seventh victory in the race. 1981 Australian Touring Car Champion Dick Johnson finished second after starting from pole position in the Plamer Tube Mills Ford XD Falcon. Third was the Roadways Gown Hindhaugh Holden VC Commodore of Steven Harrington and Garth Wigston. Colin Bond and Steve Masterton were the winners of Class B in a Ford Capri V6, while Sydney's Peter Williamson won Class C with a Toyota Celica. Class D was won by Craig Bradtke and Rod Stevens driving a Mitsubishi Lancer. Classes The field was divided into four engine capacity classes: Class A : 3001 to 6000 cc Class B : 2001 to 3000 cc Class C : 1601 to 2000 cc Class D : Up to 1600 cc Results Pos.Official Provisional Results, Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit, Sunday 13 September 1981 Drivers No. Car Entrant Class Laps 1 Peter Brock 05 Holden VC Commodore Marlboro Holden Dealer Team A 119 2 Dick Johnson 17 Ford XD Falcon Palmer Tube Mills A 118 3 Steven Harrington Garth Wigston 27 Holden VC Commodore Roadways Gown Hindhaugh A 117 4 John Harvey Vern Schuppan 25 Holden VC Commodore Marlboro Holden Dealer Team A 117 5 Murray Carter 18 Ford XD Falcon Murray Carter A 116 6 Allan Moffat 43 Mazda RX-7 Peter Stuyvesant International Racing A 115 7 Allan Grice 44 BMW 635 CSi Allan Grice Racing Pty. Ltd. A 114 8 Neil Cunningham 19 Holden VC Commodore Neil Cunningham A 114 9 Colin Bond Steve Masterton 32 Ford Capri V6Stewart Wilson & Max Stahl, The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 307 Masterton Homes Pty. Ltd. B 112 10 Joe Moore Christine Gibson 20 Ford XD Falcon King George Tavern A 111 11 Peter McLeod Peter Dane 40 Mazda RX-7 Peter McLeod A 110 12 Gerry Burges 54 Mazda RX-7 Gerry Burges B 108 13 Garry Whittaker 78 Holden LX Torana SLR 5000 A9XAustralian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1981, pages 244-245 Garry Whittaker A 107 14 Ray Allford John Mann 14 Ford XD Falcon Ray Allford A 106 15 John Bundy Norm Carr 69 Mazda RX-3 John Bundy B 106 16 Peter Williamson 77 Toyota Celica Toyota Dealer Team C 103 17 Craig Bradtke Rod Stevens 68 Mitsubishi Lancer 1600 Dandenong Mitsubishi D 102 18 Bob Holden 52 Ford Escort Mk. II Bob Holden Motors Manly Vale C 102 19 Shane Cowhan Brain Wheeler 73 Mazda RX-3 Shane Cowhan B 102 20 Peter Boston 72Isuzu Gemini Peter Boton D 101 21 John White 59 Holden Gemini John White D 98 22 Phil Brock Gary Scott 65 Holden Gemini H.D.T. Special Vehicles Pty Ltd C 97 23 Phillip Revell Ron Barnacle 84 Ford Escort 1.6 Ghia Bob Holden Motors Manly Vale D 94 24 Joseph Beninca Peter Beninca 46 Alfa Romeo Alfetta Beninca Motors C 88 25 Chris Heyer 53 Volkswagen Golf GTi Lennox Motors D 87 26 Martin Power Lorraine Orchard 49 Triumph Dolomite Martin Power D 69 DNF Terry Daly Peter Hopwood 36 Ford Capri IIS Trend Windows Pty. Ltd. B 83 DNF Ken Price Steve Jonas 48 Isuzu PF50 Douglas B Rutter D 69 DNF Alan Browne Tony Edmondson 4 Holden VC Commodore Re-Car Racing A 65 DNF Ron Wanless Ralph Radburn 16 Holden VC Commodore Re-Car Racing A 63 DNF John Faulkner Gary Dumbrell 63 Ford Escort Cherry City Ford C 52 DNF J.Duggan 42 Mazda RX-7 J.Duggan A 51 DNF Charlie O'Brien 2 Holden VC Commodore Citizens Watches Australia A 49 DNF Bill O'BrienGarry Cooke 30 Ford XD Falcon Bill O'Brien A 41 DNF Jim Keogh Andrew Newton 22 Ford XD Falcon John Sands 3MP Racing A 40 DNF Garry Rogers Clive Benson-Browne 11 Holden VC Commodore The Launceston Hotel Pty. Ltd. A 39 DNF Peter Janson Larry Perkins 3 Holden VC Commodore Cadbury Schweppes Racing A 38 DNF Graeme Bailey Steven Land 51 Toyota Celica Chickadee Chicken C 37 DNF Scotty Taylor Kevin Kennedy 26Holden VC Commodore Scotty Taylor Holden A 28 DNF Ian Burrell Rob Shute 66Mitsubishi Colt Mirage Scottune D 28 DNF Warren Cullen 1 Holden VC Commodore Warren Cullen A 20 DNFJohn Goss Barry Seton 10 Jaguar XJ-S Goss Garage A 10 DNF James Faneco 60 Isuzu PF50 Gemini Coupe Country Dealer Team D 8 DNF Colin Spencer 60 Isuzu Gemini Colin Spencer D 4 DNF Lawrie Nelson Peter Jones 39 Ford Capri IIIS Capri Components B 2 DNF Rusty French Leo Leonard 6 Ford XD Falcon Rusty French A 0 DNSGraham Slater & Greg Stanfield, Brock's Number Seven!, Racing Car News, October 1981, pages 32-34 Allan Gough 61 Isuzu Gemini Coupe Country Dealer Team D - Statistics Entries in Official Programme - 55 Pole Position - Dick Johnson (Ford XD Falcon) - 1m 11.9s Starters - 46 Finishers - 26 Non-finishers - 20 Race time of winning car - 2h 30m 39.6s Fastest Lap - Unknown References Further reading The Official Racing History of Holden, 1988, page 308 The Age, Monday, 14 September 1981, page 30 Sandown 400 1980 Hang Ten 400 1981 1982 Castrol 400 External links Touring Cars 1981, www.autopics.com.au Category:Motorsport at Sandown Hang Ten 400 Category:Pre-Bathurst 500