1994 Sandown 500
The 1994 Sandown 500 was an endurance motor race for Group 3A Touring Cars and selected production cars held at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia on 4 September 1994. The event was staged over 161 laps of the 3.10 km circuit, a total distance of 499 km. It was the 29th race in a sequence of annual endurance races held at Sandown.
Dick Johnson and John Bowe won the race in their Dick Johnson Racing Ford EB Falcon. Second was the Gibson Motorsport Holden VP Commodore of Mark Skaife and Jim Richards, while third was the Perkins Engineering Commodore of Larry Perkins and Gregg Hansford. After first racing in the "Sandown 500" in 1977 when the race was known as the Hang Ten 400, Dick Johnson scored his first win in the classic.
The race was notable as it marked the debut race of future three-time Supercars champion Craig Lowndes.[1]
Results
Pos. [2] | Class | No. [3] | Entrant [3] | Drivers [2] | Car [2] | Laps [2] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | V8 | 17 | Shell FAI Racing | Dick Johnson John Bowe |
Ford EB Falcon | 161 |
2 | V8 | 2 | Winfield Racing | Mark Skaife Jim Richards |
Holden VP Commodore | 161 |
3 | V8 | 11 | Castrol Perkins Racing Team | Larry Perkins Gregg Hansford |
Holden VP Commodore | 161 |
4 | V8 | 25 | Benson & Hedges Racing | Tony Longhurst Charlie O'Brien |
Holden VP Commodore | 161 |
5 | V8 | 015 | Holden Racing Team | Brad Jones Craig Lowndes |
Holden VP Commodore | 161 |
6 | V8 | 05 | Holden Racing Team | Tomas Mezera Peter Brock |
Holden VP Commodore | 161 |
7 | V8 | 7 | Coca-Cola Racing | Win Percy Russell Ingall |
Holden VP Commodore | 159 |
8 | V8 | 18 | Shell FAI Racing | Allan Grice Steven Johnson |
Ford EB Falcon | 159 |
9 | V8 | 1 | Peter Jackson Racing | Glenn Seton Paul Radisich |
Ford EB Falcon | 158 |
10 | V8 | 47 | Daily Planet Racing | John Trimbole Steve Harrington |
Holden VP Commodore | 157 |
11 | V8 | 12 | Ampol Max 3 Racing | Bob Jones Troy Dunstan |
Holden VP Commodore | 156 |
12 | V8 | 39 | Anderson Consulting / Protech | Chris Smerdon Cameron McConville |
Holden VP Commodore | 155 |
13 | V8 | 24 | Pinnacle Motorsport | Greg Crick Tony Scott |
Holden VP Commodore | 154 |
14 | V8 | 26 | Don Watson Transport | Don Watson Ian Love |
Holden VP Commodore | 154 |
15 | Prod. | 9 | Neville Crichton | Neville Crichton Mark Brame |
BMW M3 | 141 |
16 | Prod. | 70 | BP Mazda Motorsport | Garry Waldon Colin Bond |
Mazda RX-7 | 140 |
17 | Prod. | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Steven Richards Garry Rogers |
Porsche 968CS | 140 |
18 | V8 | 28 | Playscape Racing | Kevin Waldock Michael Preston |
Ford EB Falcon | 133 |
19 | Prod. | 8 | Volvo Cars Australia Pty Ltd | Jan Lammers Kent Youlden |
Volvo 850 T-5 | 132 |
20 | Prod. | 19 | Murray Carter | Murray Carter Terri Sawyer |
Nissan Pulsar SSS | 129 |
21 | Prod. | 61 | Falken Tyres | Keith Carling Kevin Burton |
Mazda RX-7 | 126 |
22 | Prod. | 41 | Danny Bogut | Danny Bogut Ian Sawtell |
Mazda 626 | 123 |
DNF | V8 | 30 | Peter Jackson Racing | Alan Jones David Parsons |
Ford EB Falcon | 147 |
DNF | V8 | 44 [4] | Group Motorsport [4] | George Ayoub Mike Conway |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 130 |
NC | Prod. | 33 | David Sala | David Sala Steve Swaine |
Holden VP Commodore SS | 113 |
NC | V8 | 23 | Diet-Coke Racing | Paul Morris Geoff Brabham |
Holden VP Commodore | 94 |
DNF | V8 | 16 | Australian Boat Manufacturers | Graham Blythman Stephen Renshaw |
Holden VP Commodore | 56 |
DNF | V8 | 31 | Malcolm Stenniken | Brett Youlden Malcolm Stenniken |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 34 |
DNF | V8 | 4 | Coca-Cola Racing | Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton |
Holden VP Commodore | 27 |
Notes
- Pole position: Peter Brock, 1m 22.8269s [2]
- Race time of winning car: 3h 34m 14.4198s [2]
- Fastest lap: Dick Johnson / John Bowe, 1m 14.0747s [2]
See also
References
- Bartholomaeus, Stefan (17 November 2018). "How Lowndes' debut almost didn't happen". Supercars. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- Australian Motor Racing Year, 1994/95
- Official Program, Sandown 500, Sunday, 4 September 1994, as published in Australian Auto Action, 1 September 1994
- The Richards / Rogers Porche and the Ayoub / Conway Holden were not listed in the Official Program
External links
- Colin Young, Bowe goes charging to takeout 500 race, The Age, 5 September 1994, Sport Extra, Page 38, via newsstore.fairfax.com.au As archived at web.archive.org
- Image of the winning Ford EB Falcon of Dick Johnson and John Bowe, from d3spxwpngnho1k.cloudfront.ne As archived at webarchive.org
Preceded by 1993 Sandown 500 |
Sandown 500 1994 |
Succeeded by 1995 Sandown 500 |