The 1996 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for 5.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group 3A regulations.The race report in Australian Auto Action refers to the cars as Group A cars. The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport defines the cars in the 1996 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport under the name Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Cars. The event was held at the Sandown International Motor Raceway in Victoria, Australia on 8 September 1996. Race distance was 161 laps of the 3.1 km circuit, a total of 499 km. It was the 31st running of the Sandown touring car endurance race. 25,000 spectators attended the race.Lowndes banishes the nightmare, Australian Auto Action, September 12-18 1996, pages 42 to 46
The race was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy driving a Holden VR Commodore.
Results
Pos. Drivers No.Tickford 500 entry list, Official program, Tickford 500 Sandown, September 5-8 1996, as published in Australian Auto Action, 5–11 September 1996 Car Entrant Laps 1 Craig Lowndes Greg Murphy 1 Holden VR Commodore Mobil Holden Racing Team 161 2 Glenn Seton David Parsons 30 Ford EF Falcon Ford Credit Racing 161 3 Peter Brock Tomas Mezera 05 Holden VR Commodore Mobil Holden Racing Team 161 4 Tony Longhurst Steven Ellery 25 Ford EF Falcon Castrol Longhurst Ford 160 5 Larry Perkins Russell Ingall 11 Holden VR Commodore Castrol Perkins Racing 160 6 Dick Johnson John Bowe 17 Ford EF Falcon Shell-FAI Racing 159 7 Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton 7 Holden VR Commodore Coca-Cola Racing Team 159 8 Steven Johnson Charlie O'Brien 18 Ford EF Falcon Shell-FAI Racing 157 9 Trevor Ashby Steve Reed 3 Holden VP Commodore Lansvale Smash Repairs 157 10 Paul Romano Andrew Miedecke 201 Ford EF Falcon Pack Leader Racing 155 11 Max Dumesny Kerry Baily 75 Ford EF Falcon Valvoline / Autopro / JSR 154 12 Geoff Kendrick Allan McCarthy 96 Holden VR Commodore Geoff Kendrick 150 13 Mark Skaife Gary Waldon Mark Noske 2 Holden VR Commodore Gibson Team Sega 138 14 Peter Doulman John Cotter 29 Holden VP Commodore M3 Motorsport 123 NC Mike Conway Miles Pope 79 Holden VP Commodore Mike Conway 123 NC Mark Larkham Cameron McConville 10 Ford EF Falcon Mitre 10 Racing 59 DNF John Faulkner Steven Harrington 46 Holden VR Commodore Betta Electrical / Fisher & Paykel 115 DNF Alan Jones Allan Grice 301 Ford EF Falcon Pack Leader Racing 110 DNF Steven Richards Jim Richards 32 Holden VR Commodore GRM Valvoline / Cummins 73 DNF Kevin Waldock Wayne Park 28 Ford EF Falcon Playscape Racing 66 DNF Greg Crick David Parsons 49 Holden VR Commodore Alcair Air-conditioning 42 DNF Malcolm Stenniken Peter Brown 14 Holden VR Commodore Malcolm Stenniken 37
Race statistics Pole position: Craig Lowndes, 1:12.9694 Starters: 22 Race time of winning car: 3h 25m 50.1828s Winning margin: 1.5144s Fastest lap: Craig Lowndes, 1:12.9941 (new lap record)
See also 1996 Australian Touring Car season
References
Further reading Redemption, Tickford Sandown 500, The Great Race 1996, Chevron Publishing Group, pages 46 to 55
External links 1996 Sandown 500 - Full Race, www.youtube.com