1991 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500

The 1991 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars. The event was held on 8 September 1991 at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia over 161 laps of the 3.10 km "long" circuit, totalling 499 km. The race was the first round of both the 1991 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1991 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.

The race was won by first time winners Mark Gibbs and Rohan Onslow and the Bob Forbes Racing team in just their second race since taking delivery of the team's new Gibson Motorsport developed Nissan Skyline GT-R. With six classified it was the smallest number of classified finishers in the history of the Sandown 500 touring car race.

Results

Top 10 Qualifiers

Although no official Top 10 run off was held during qualifying for the Sandown 500, the top 10 qualifiers were:

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Qual
1	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton	Ford Sierra RS500	1:14.17
2	4	GIO Racing	Mark Gibbs	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	1:14.66
3	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	1:14.67
4	11	Mobil 1 Racing	Larry Perkins	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	1:14.73
5	16	Holden Racing Team	Win Percy	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	1:15.38
6	28	Playscape Racing	Kevin Waldock	Ford Sierra RS500	1:16.39
7	16	Holden Racing Team	Neil Crompton	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	1:16.43
8	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Alan Jones	BMW M3 Evolution	1:17.27
9	26	Gemspares	Daryl Hendrick	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	NA
10	13	Car Trek Racing Pty. Ltd.	Bob Jones	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	NA

Race

Pos.[1]	Class	No.	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps
1	A	4	GIO Racing	Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	161
2	B	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Alan Jones Peter Fitzgerald	BMW M3 Evolution	155
3	A	28	Playscape Racing	Kevin Waldock Brett Peters	Ford Sierra RS500	152
4	A	26	Gemspares	Daryl Hendrick John White	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	144
5	C	71	Toyota Team Australia	Ron Searle Don Griffiths	Toyota Corolla	141
6	C	78	Speedtech Motorsport	Geoff Full Paul Morris	Toyota Sprinter	122
DNF	A	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	146
DNF	A	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock Andrew Miedecke Tomas Mezera	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	133
DNF	A	21	Car Trek Racing Pty. Ltd.	Bob Jones Ed Lamont	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	122
DNF	A	7	Holden Racing Team	Neil Crompton Brad Jones	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	103
DNF	A	11	Mobil 1 Racing	Larry Perkins Peter Brock Tomas Mezera	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	103
DNF	C	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden Dennis Rogers	Toyota Corolla	103
DNF	A	16	Holden Racing Team	Win Percy Allan Grice	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	101
NC	C	76	Bob Holden Motors	Mike Conway Calvin Gardiner	Toyota Sprinter	97
DNF	A	31	Peter Hudson	Peter Hudson Ian Carrig Ian Clark	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	56

Statistics

• Pole Position - 1:14.17 - #30 Glenn Seton - Ford Sierra RS500
• Fastest Lap - 1:15.74 - #4 Mark Gibbs - Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R

See also

1991 Australian Touring Car season

References

1. Australian Motor Racing Year, 1991/92, pages 240-245 & 297

External links

• The winning Nissan at the 1991 Don’t Drink Drive Sandown 500