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1981 Hang Ten 400

The 1981 Hang Ten 400 was an endurance race for Group C Touring Cars. 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

DNSAllan Gough61Isuzu Gemini CoupeCountry Dealer TeamD-

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

References

  1. Official Programme, Hang Ten 400, Sandown, 11–13 September 1981
  2. Official Provisional Results, Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit, Sunday 13 September 1981
  3. Stewart Wilson & Max Stahl, The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 307
  4. Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1981, pages 244-245
  5. Graham Slater & Greg Stanfield, Brock's Number Seven!, Racing Car News, October 1981, pages 32-34
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