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.

Results

Pos. [1] Class No. [2] Entrant [2] Drivers [1] Car [1] Laps [1]
1 V8 17 Shell FAI Racing Australia Dick Johnson
Australia John Bowe
Ford EB Falcon 161
2 V8 2 Winfield Racing Australia Mark Skaife
New Zealand Jim Richards
Holden VP Commodore 161
3 V8 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Team Australia Larry Perkins
Australia Gregg Hansford
Holden VP Commodore 161
4 V8 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Australia Tony Longhurst
Australia Charlie O'Brien
Holden VP Commodore 161
5 V8 015 Holden Racing Team Australia Brad Jones
Australia Craig Lowndes
Holden VP Commodore 161
6 V8 05 Holden Racing Team Australia Tomas Mezera
Australia Peter Brock
Holden VP Commodore 161
7 V8 7 Coca-Cola Racing United Kingdom Win Percy
Australia Russell Ingall
Holden VP Commodore 159
8 V8 18 Shell FAI Racing Australia Allan Grice
Australia Steven Johnson
Ford EB Falcon 159
9 V8 1 Peter Jackson Racing Australia Glenn Seton
New Zealand Paul Radisich
Ford EB Falcon 158
10 V8 47 Daily Planet Racing Australia John Trimbole
Australia Steve Harrington
Holden VP Commodore 157
11 V8 12 Ampol Max 3 Racing Australia Bob Jones
Australia Troy Dunstan
Holden VP Commodore 156
12 V8 39 Anderson Consulting / Protech Australia Chris Smerdon
Australia Cameron McConville
Holden VP Commodore 155
13 V8 24 Pinnacle Motorsport Australia Greg Crick
Australia Tony Scott
Holden VP Commodore 154
14 V8 26 Don Watson Transport Australia Don Watson
Australia Ian Love
Holden VP Commodore 154
15 Prod. 9 Neville Crichton New Zealand Neville Crichton
Australia Mark Brame
BMW M3 141
16 Prod. 70 BP Mazda Motorsport Australia Garry Waldon
Australia Colin Bond
Mazda RX-7 140
17 Prod. 34 [3] Garry Rogers Motorsport [3] New Zealand Steven Richards
Australia Garry Rogers
Porsche 968CS 140
18 V8 28 Playscape Racing Australia Kevin Waldock
Australia Michael Preston
Ford EB Falcon 133
19 Prod. 8 Volvo Cars Australia Pty Ltd Netherlands Jan Lammers
Australia Kent Youlden
Volvo 850 T-5 132
20 Prod. 19 Murray Carter Australia Murray Carter
Australia Terri Sawyer
Nissan Pulsar SSS 129
21 Prod. 61 Falken Tyres Australia Keith Carling
Australia Kevin Burton
Mazda RX-7 126
22 Prod. 41 Danny Bogut Australia Danny Bogut
Australia Ian Sawtell
Mazda 626 123
DNF V8 30 Peter Jackson Racing Australia Alan Jones
Australia David Parsons
Ford EB Falcon 147
DNF V8 44 [3] Group Motorsport [3] Australia George Ayoub
Australia Mike Conway
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 130
NC Prod. 33 David Sala Australia David Sala
Australia Steve Swaine
Holden VP Commodore SS 113
NC V8 23 Diet-Coke Racing Australia Paul Morris
Australia Geoff Brabham
Holden VP Commodore 94
DNF V8 16 Australian Boat Manufacturers Australia Graham Blythman
Australia Stephen Renshaw
Holden VP Commodore 56
DNF V8 31 Malcolm Stenniken Australia Brett Youlden
Australia Malcolm Stenniken
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 34
DNF V8 4 Coca-Cola Racing Australia Wayne Gardner
Australia Neil Crompton
Holden VP Commodore 27

Notes

See also

1994 Australian Touring Car season

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Australian Motor Racing Year, 1994/95
  2. 1 2 Official Program, Sandown 500, Sunday, 4 September 1994, as published in Australian Auto Action, 1 September 1994
  3. 1 2 3 4 The Richards / Rogers Porche and the Ayoub / Conway Holden were not listed in the Official Program

External links

Preceded by
1993 Sandown 500
Sandown 500
1994
Succeeded by
1995 Sandown 500
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