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1996 Tickford 500
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The 1996 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for 5.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group 3A regulations. The event was held at the Sandown International Motor Raceway in Victoria, Australia on 8 September 1996. Race distance was 161 laps of the 3.1 km circuit, a total of 499 km. It was the 31st running of the Sandown touring car endurance race. 25,000 spectators attended the race.
The race was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy driving a Holden VR Commodore.
Results
| Pos. | Drivers | No. | Car | Entrant | Laps | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NC | NC | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia Craig Lowndes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand Greg Murphy | 1 | Holden VR Commodore | Mobil Holden Racing Team | 161 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Glenn Seton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia David Parsons | 30 | Ford EF Falcon | Ford Credit Racing | 161 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Peter Brock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Tomas Mezera | 05 | Holden VR Commodore | Mobil Holden Racing Team | 161 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Tony Longhurst | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Steven Ellery | 25 | Ford EF Falcon | Castrol Longhurst Ford | 160 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Larry Perkins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Russell Ingall | 11 | Holden VR Commodore | Castrol Perkins Racing | 160 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Dick Johnson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia John Bowe | 17 | Ford EF Falcon | Shell-FAI Racing | 159 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Wayne Gardner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Neil Crompton | 7 | Holden VR Commodore | Coca-Cola Racing Team | 159 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Steven Johnson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Charlie O'Brien | 18 | Ford EF Falcon | Shell-FAI Racing | 157 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Trevor Ashby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Steve Reed | 3 | Holden VP Commodore | Lansvale Smash Repairs | 157 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Paul Romano | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Andrew Miedecke | 201 | Ford EF Falcon | Pack Leader Racing | 155 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Max Dumesny | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Kerry Baily | 75 | Ford EF Falcon | Valvoline / Autopro / JSR | 154 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Geoff Kendrick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Allan McCarthy | 96 | Holden VR Commodore | Geoff Kendrick | 150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Mark Skaife | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Gary Waldon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Mark Noske | 2 | Holden VR Commodore | Gibson Team Sega | 138 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Peter Doulman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia John Cotter | 29 | Holden VP Commodore | M3 Motorsport | 123 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Mike Conway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand Miles Pope | 79 | Holden VP Commodore | Mike Conway | 123 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Mark Larkham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Cameron McConville | 10 | Ford EF Falcon | Mitre 10 Racing | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand John Faulkner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Steven Harrington | 46 | Holden VR Commodore | Betta Electrical / Fisher & Paykel | 115 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Alan Jones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Allan Grice | 301 | Ford EF Falcon | Pack Leader Racing | 110 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand Steven Richards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand Jim Richards | 32 | Holden VR Commodore | GRM Valvoline / Cummins | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Kevin Waldock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Wayne Park | 28 | Ford EF Falcon | Playscape Racing | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Greg Crick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia David Parsons | 49 | Holden VR Commodore | Alcair Air-conditioning | 42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Malcolm Stenniken | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Peter Brown | 14 | Holden VR Commodore | Malcolm Stenniken | 37 |
Race statistics
- Pole position: Craig Lowndes, 1:12.9694
- Starters: 22
- Race time of winning car: 3h 25m 50.1828s
- Winning margin: 1.5144s
- Fastest lap: Craig Lowndes, 1:12.9941 (new lap record)
References
References
- The race report in Australian Auto Action refers to the cars as Group A cars. The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport defines the cars in the 1996 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport under the name Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Cars.
- Lowndes banishes the nightmare, Australian Auto Action, September 12-18 1996, pages 42 to 46
- Tickford 500 entry list, Official program, Tickford 500 Sandown, September 5-8 1996, as published in Australian Auto Action, 5–11 September 1996
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