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2001 Clarion Sandown 500

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The 2001 Clarion Sandown 500 was a motor race for production-based Nations Cup cars and GT Production cars. The race, which was the 34th Sandown 500 endurance race, was held at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 16 September 2001. It was the first Sandown 500 held since 1998 when it was contested by V8 Supercars.

The race was won by John Bowe and Tom Waring driving a Ferrari 360 Challenge for Prancing Horse Racing.

Classes

Cars competed in four classes:

Nations Cup
GT Production Class A
GT Production Class B
GT Production Class C

Budweiser Top Gun Challenge

After qualifying was completed the fastest ten cars competed in a one-lap runoff for the top ten grid positions. Runoff results as follows:

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car
43	V.I.P. Petfoods	New Zealand Jim Richards	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	1:16.9760
64	Prancing Horse Racing	Australia John Bowe	Ferrari 360 Challenge	1:17.3195
54	Prancing Horse Racing	Australia Paul Morris	Ferrari 360 Challenge	1:17.9148
22	Tekno Autosports	Australia Neal Bates	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	1:18.0764
24	Prancing Horse Racing	New Zealand Craig Baird	Ferrari 360 Challenge	1:18.1601
666	Team Lamborghini Australia	Australia Paul Stokell	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	1:18.3006
8	Superrint
Yokohama	Australia Mike Downard	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	1:20.9100
20	Poolrite	Australia Ian Palmer	Honda NSX Brabham	1:22.3584
18	Murray Carter	Australia Murray Carter	Chevrolet Corvette C5	1:23.2543
7	D'arcy Russell Racing	Australia D'arcy Russell	Chrysler Viper ACR	1:25.7557

Official results

Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Race results as follows:

Pos	Class	No	Team
N	64	Prancing Horse Racing	Australia John Bowe
UK Tom Waring	Ferrari 360 Challenge	161
Ferrari 3.6L V8
N	22	Tekno Autosports	Australia Steve Webb
Australia Neal Bates	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	161
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
N	3	Fitzgerald Racing	Australia Peter Fitzgerald
Australia Geoff Morgan	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	159
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
N	54	Prancing Horse Racing	Australia Paul Morris
Australia John Teulan	Ferrari 360 Challenge	156
Ferrari 3.6L V8
N	8	Superprint
Yokohama	Australia Mike Downard
Australia Mark Zonneveld	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	156
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
A	15	Bob Hughes Special Vehicles	Australia Bob Hughes
Australia Rick Bates	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VI	150
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
A	59	Protecnica Racing	Australia Wayne Boatright
Australia Scott Anderson	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	149
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
A	16	Robert Lane
Kleenduct	New Zealand Damon Templeman
Australia Peter Phelan	Honda S2000 Sports	146
Honda F20C 2.0L I4
C	62	C + L Racing	Australia Scott Loadsman
Australia Warren Luff	Holden VX Commodore SS 5.7 V8	144
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
A	88	Michael Brock	Australia Michael Brock
Australia Gary Young	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V	143
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
C	95	Southern Rural Ford Dealers	Australia John McIlroy
Australia Brett Youlden	Ford AU Falcon XR8	143
Ford Windsor 5.0L V8
A	63	Haysom Motorsport	Australia Greg Haysom
Australia Craig Dean	Nissan 200SX Spec-R	142
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
B	66	Nilsson Motor Sport	Australia Len Cave
Australia Brad Wright	Honda Integra Type-R	142
Honda B18C 1.8L I4
B	27	Novacastrian Motorsport	Australia Wayne Russell
Australia Steve Cramp	BMW 323i	141
BMW M52B25 2.5L I4
C	69	Parts Plus Racing	Australia Kent Youlden
Australia Luke Youlden	Ford AU Falcon XR8	143
Ford Windsor 5.0L V8
B	13	Osborne Motorsport	Australia Colin Osborne
Australia Ric Shaw	Toyota MR2 Bathurst	131
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
A	38	Castran Gilbert	Australia Dennis Gilbert
Australia Trevor McGuiness	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V	138
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
B	5	MAZ Motor Wreckers	Australia Megan Kirkham
Australia Matt Lehmann
Australia Phil Kirkham	Mazda MX-5	134
Mazda BP 1.8L I4
N	7	D'arcy Russell Racing	Australia D'arcy Russell
Australia Darren Palmer	Chrysler Viper ACR	123
Dodge 8.0L V10
N	43	V.I.P. Petfoods	New Zealand Jim Richards
UK Tony Quinn	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	126
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
C	42	Wincross Motorsport	Australia Richard Winston
Australia Robert Coutts	Holden VT Commodore SS V8	119
Holden 5.0L V8
B	4	Anton E Mechtler	Australia Christian D’Agostin
Australia David Lawson	Toyota MR2 Bathurst	118
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
N	24	Prancing Horse Racing	Australia Steve Beards
New Zealand Craig Baird	Ferrari 360 Challenge	108
Ferrari 3.6L V8
A	57	Corio Auto Parts Plus	Australia Graham Alexander
Australia John Woodberry	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V	100
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
N	666	Team Lamborghini Australia	Australia Paul Stokell
Australia Steven Johnson	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	89
Lamborghini 5.7L V12
A	87	JNB Racing	Australia John Falk
Australia Neil McFadyen
Australia Ken Lusty	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	87
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
A	9	Prancing Horse Racing	Australia Ross Palmer
Australia David Wood	Ford Mustang Cobra RA	66
Ford Modular 5.4L V8
A	61	Team Yamaha	Australia Trevor Haines
Australia Scott Jacob
Australia Grant Kenny	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	57
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
A	31	Marget Engineering	Australia Drew Marget
Australia Vince Macaro	Nissan 200SX Spec-R	44
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
A	300	Floyd Motorsport	Australia Peter Floyd
Australia Cameron McConville	HSV VX GTS 300kW	43
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
N	18	Murray Carter	Australia Murray Carter
Australia Kosi Kalaitzidis	Chevrolet Corvette C5	38
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
C	79	Sandhurst Golf Estate	Australia Alan Holgersson
Australia Jeremy Mantello
Australia Les Walmsley	Toyota Camry CSi V6	27
Toyota 1MZ-FE 3.0L V6
A	14	Scotts Transport	Australia Clyde Lawrence
Australia Geoff Munday	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	15
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
B	44	Thrifty Car Rental	Australia Alan Shephard
Australia Steve Briffa	Honda Integra Type-R	14
Honda B18C 1.8L I4
A	28	Ross Palmer Motorsport	Australia Wayne Park
Australia Anton Mechtler	Honda S2000 Sports	12
Honda F20C 2.0L I4
N	20	Palmer Promotions	Australia Ian Palmer
Australia Brett Peters	Honda NSX Brabham	12
Honda C32B 3.2L V6
A	34	King Springs
Delphi	Australia Mark King
Australia Rod Wilson	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V	0
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
A	17	Quirks Refrigeration	Australia Peter Boylan
Australia Trevor Scheumack	BMW M3
BMW I6

Statistics

Provisional Pole Position - #666 Paul Stokell - 1:16.4012
Pole Position - #43 Jim Richards - 1:16.9760
Fastest Lap - #7 D'arcy Russell - 1:17.7024
Race Average Speed - 143.22 km/h

References

(15 September 2001). "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500 - Budweiser Top Gun Challenge". National Software.
(16 September 2001). "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500". National Software.
Australian Auto Action, 21–27 September 2001, page 19
(15 September 2001). "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500 Qualifying 1". National Software.

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