Sandown Challenge

Not to be confused with the Sandown 500, the endurance race held at Sandown Raceway.
Victoria (Australia) Sandown Challenge
Race Information
Venue Sandown Raceway
Number of times held 33
First held 1965
Last held 2011
Race Format
Race 1
Laps 39
Distance 120 km
Race 2
Laps 65
Distance 200 km
Last Event (2011)
Overall Winner
Australia Will Davison Ford Performance Racing
Race Winners
Australia Rick Kelly Kelly Racing
Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering

The Sandown Challenge was a V8 Supercar motor racing event held at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was held in various years from 1965 to 2011.

History

Opened in 1962, Sandown Raceway has traditionally been known as the host of endurance races, the first of which was held in 1964, an event which later evolved into the Sandown 500 event. As well as this, Sandown has a long history of hosting sprint rounds of the championship. Sandown held its first championship sprint round in 1965, as the only event of the 1965 Australian Touring Car Championship, but would not hold another championship event until 1970, when the series expanded to seven rounds.[1] Since then, in various forms and with the exception of 1975, 1990 and 1993, Sandown has been included in every running of the Australian Touring Car Championship, which later became known as V8 Supercars. In fact, Sandown has hosted more championship rounds than any other circuit.[1] In many of these years, Sandown hosted both a sprint and endurance event, while it also hosted the season-ending V8 Ultimate event in 2001 and 2002. In recent years, the Sandown 500 has become part of the championship calendar, and as such, the necessity for Sandown to also host a sprint race has diminished. As a result of this, Sandown hosted its last sprint round in 2011, with the Sandown 500 returning in 2012.

Winners

Year Driver[1] Team Car Report
1965 Australia Norm Beechey Neptune Racing Team Ford Mustang Report
1966

1969
not held
1970 Australia Norm Beechey Beechey Shell Racing Team Holden Monaro HT GTS350
1971 Australia Bob Jane Bob Jane Racing Team Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1
1972 Canada Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Racing Ford Boss 302 Mustang
1973 Canada Allan Moffat Ford Works Team Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase III
1974 Canada Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Racing Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop
1975 event cancelled
19761 Australia Colin Bond Holden Dealer Team Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34
19771 Canada Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Racing Ford XB Falcon GT
1978 Australia Ian Geoghegan Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden LX Torana A9X
1979 Australia Bob Morris Ron Hodgson Channel 7 Racing Holden LX Torana SS 5000 A9X
1980 Australia Kevin Bartlett Nine Network Racing Team Chevrolet Camaro Z28
1981 Australia Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford XD Falcon
1982 Australia Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford XD Falcon
1983 Australia Allan Grice Roadways Racing Holden VH Commodore SS
1984 Australia Peter Brock Holden Dealer Team Holden VH Commodore SS
1985 Australia Peter Brock Holden Dealer Team Holden VK Commodore
1986 Australia George Fury Gibson Motorsport Nissan Skyline DR30 RS
1987 Australia Glenn Seton Gibson Motorsport Nissan Skyline DR30 RS
1988 Australia Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500
1989 Australia Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500
1990 not held
1991 New Zealand Jim Richards Gibson Motorsport Nissan Skyline BNR32 GT-R
1992 Australia John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500
1993 not held
1994 Australia Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport Holden VP Commodore
1995 Australia Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering Holden VR Commodore
1996 Australia Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden VR Commodore
1997 Australia Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford EL Falcon
1998 Australia Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore
1999 Australia Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden VT Commodore
2000 New Zealand Paul Radisich Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon
2001

2007
not held 2 3
2008 Australia Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BF Falcon Report
2009 Australia Will Davison Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore Report
2010 Australia James Courtney Dick Johnson Racing Ford FG Falcon
2011 Australia Will Davison Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon
Notes

Multiple winners

By driver

Wins Driver Years
4 Canada Allan Moffat 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977
Australia Dick Johnson 1981, 1982, 1988, 1989
2 Australia Norm Beechey 1965, 1970
Australia Peter Brock 1984, 1985
Australia Craig Lowndes 1996, 1998
Australia Mark Skaife 1994, 1999
Australia Will Davison 2009, 2011

By team

Wins Team
7 Dick Johnson Racing
4 Gibson Motorsport
Holden Racing Team
3 Allan Moffat Racing
Holden Dealer Team

By manufacturer

Wins Manufacturer
15 Ford
13 Holden
3 Nissan
2 Chevrolet

Event sponsors

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Greenhalgh, David; Howard, Graham; Wilson, Stewart (2011). The official history: Australian Touring Car Championship - 50 Years. St Leonards, New South Wales: Chevron Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-9805912-2-4.
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