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1988 360 km of Sandown Park


The 1988 Lucas Supersprint was the eleventh and final round of the 1988 World Sports-Prototype Championship. It took place at Sandown Raceway, Victoria, Australia on 20 November 1988.

Due to being a short sprint and thus having a smaller points scale for the championship, several teams, most notably the Porsches of Brun Motorsport, Joest Racing, Kremer Racing, and Richard Lloyd Racing, opted not to attend this event.

Unlike the previous World Endurance Championship race held at Sandown in 1984 which included an invitation class for cars that competed in the Australian GT and Sports Car championships, the Lucas Supersprint was open to those who complied with WSPC rules, with only the Group C1 and C2 classes being represented. The only local entry was the Bernie van Elsen entered Veskanda C1 Chevrolet driven by touring car stars John Bowe and Dick Johnson (Bowe was the car's driver when it dominated the 1986 Australian Sports Car Championship). The car was able to race as although it had been built to conform to Australia's Group A Sports Car rules, it also met the FIA's Group C regulations. As its name suggested, the Australian Veskanda was a Group C1 (outright) car, although local television broadcasters ABC erroneously labeled it as a Group C2 car.

Official results

Qualifying Results

Pos.ClassNoEntrantCarTimePole23456789101112131415161718
C161SWI Team Sauber MercedesSauber C9 Mercedes-Benz1:28.620
C162SWI Team Sauber MercedesSauber C9 Mercedes-Benz1:29.980
C12GBR Silk Cut Jaguar
GBR Tom Walkinshaw RacingJaguar XJR-91:30.200
C11GBR Silk Cut Jaguar
GBR Tom Walkinshaw RacingJaguar XJR-91:30.950
C2111GBR Spice EngineeringSpice SE88C Ford1:34.950
C120GBR Team DaveyPorsche 962C1:35.030
C2107GBR Chamberlain EngineeringSpice SE88C Ford1:35.500
C126AUS Bernie van ElsenVeskanda C1 Chevrolet1:35.510
C2103GBR Spice EngineeringSpice SE88C Ford1:35.650
C2121GBR Cosmik GP MotorsportSpice SE87C Ford1:36.230
C2127GBR Chamberlain EngineeringSpice SE86C Hart1:36.300
C2115GBR ADA EngineeringADA 03 Ford1:37.110
C2109ITA Kelmar RacingTiga GC288 Ford1:37.410
C140SWI Swiss Team SalaminPorsche 962C1:40.050
C2178FRA Automobiles Louis DescartesALD 04 BMW1:41.810
C226FRA MT Sport RacingArgo JM19C Ford1:44.340
C2198GBR Roy Baker RacingTiga GC286 Ford1:44.850
C2183FRG Walter Maurer RacingMaurer Lotec C87 BMW1:45.340

Race

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLapsGridEngine123456789101112
NC13
NC14
DNF15
DNF16
DNF17
DNFDSQ†
C161SWI Team Sauber MercedesFRA Jean-Louis Schlesser
FRG Jochen MassSauber C9931
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8
C162SWI Team Sauber MercedesITA Mauro Baldi
SWE Stefan JohanssonSauber C9932
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8
C11GBR Silk Cut Jaguar
GBR Tom Walkinshaw RacingGBR Martin Brundle
USA Eddie CheeverJaguar XJR-9934
Jaguar 7.0L V12
C12GBR Silk Cut Jaguar
GBR Tom Walkinshaw RacingNED Jan Lammers
GBR Johnny DumfriesJaguar XJR-9923
Jaguar 7.0L V12
C2111GBR Spice EngineeringGBR Ray Bellm
GBR Gordon SpiceSpice SE88C885
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
C120GBR Team DaveyAUS Neil Crang
GBR Tim Lee-DaveyPorsche 962C886
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
C2115GBR ADA EngineeringAUS Arthur Abrahams
AUS John SmithADA 038812
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
C2109ITA Kelmar RacingITA Ranieri Randaccio
ITA Stefano SebastianiTiga GC2888413
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
C2127GBR Chamberlain EngineeringAUS Andrew Miedecke
GBR Nick AdamsSpice SE86C8211
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
C2183FRG Walter Maurer RacingFRG Helmut Gall
FRG Walter MaurerMaurer Lotec C87?7718
BMW 2.0L Turbo I4
C2178FRA Automobiles Louis DescartesFRA Michel Lateste
FRA Louis DescartesALD 047615
BMW M80 3.5L I6
C2198GBR Roy Baker RacingAUS Michael Hall
GBR John BartlettTiga GC2865617
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
C2103GBR Spice EngineeringChile Eliseo Salazar
DEN Thorkild ThyrringSpice SE88C549
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
C2121GBR Cosmik GP MotorsportFRA Philippe de Henning
GRE Costas LosSpice SE87C8710
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
C2124FRA MT Sport RacingFRA Jean Messaoudi
FRA Pierre-Francois RousselotArgo JM19C7716
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
C140SWI Swiss Team SalaminITA Giovanni Lavaggi
SWI Antoine SalaminPorsche 962C4114
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
C2107GBR Chamberlain EngineeringFRA Claude Ballot-Léna
FRA Jean-Louis RicciSpice SE88C147
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
C126AUS Bernie van ElsenAUS John Bowe
AUS Dick JohnsonVeskanda C1878
Chevrolet 6.0L V8

† - The #26 Veskanda-Chevrolet of John Bowe and Dick Johnson was disqualified for using more fuel than the regulations allowed.

Statistics

  • Pole Position - Jean-Louis Schlesser - Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:28.620
  • Fastest Lap - Jean-Louis Schlesser - Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:33.580
  • Average Speed - 144.355 km/h

References

References

  1. Official Programme, Castrol 500, Sandown, September 9 (1984)
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