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 Australia Glenn Seton Ford Sierra RS500 1:14.17
2 4 GIO Racing Australia Mark Gibbs Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R 1:14.66
3 05 Mobil 1 Racing Australia Peter Brock Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1:14.67
4 11 Mobil 1 Racing Australia Larry Perkins Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1:14.73
5 16 Holden Racing Team United Kingdom Win Percy Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1:15.38
6 28 Playscape Racing Australia Kevin Waldock Ford Sierra RS500 1:16.39
7 16 Holden Racing Team Australia Neil Crompton Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1:16.43
8 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Australia Alan Jones BMW M3 Evolution 1:17.27
9 26 Gemspares Australia Daryl Hendrick Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV NA
10 13 Car Trek Racing Pty. Ltd. Australia Bob Jones Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV NA

Race

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

Statistics

See also

1991 Australian Touring Car season

References

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

External links

Preceded by
1990 Sandown 500
Sandown 500
1991
Succeeded by
1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500
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