The 2001 Clarion Sandown 500 was a motor race for production-based Nations Cup cars and GT Production cars. The race, which was the 34th Sandown 500 endurance race, was held at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 16 September 2001. It was the first Sandown 500 held since 1998 when it was contested by V8 Supercars.

The race was won by John Bowe and Tom Waring driving a Ferrari 360 Challenge for Prancing Horse Racing.

Classes Cars competed in four classes: Nations Cup GT Production Class A GT Production Class B GT Production Class C

Budweiser Top Gun Challenge After qualifying was completed the fastest ten cars competed in a one-lap runoff for the top ten grid positions. Runoff results as follows:

Pos No Team Driver Car Time Pole 43 V.I.P. Petfoods Jim Richards Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 1:16.9760 2 64 Prancing Horse Racing John Bowe Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:17.3195 3 54 Prancing Horse Racing Paul Morris Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:17.9148 4 22 Tekno Autosports Neal Bates Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 1:18.0764 5 24 Prancing Horse Racing Craig Baird Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:18.1601 6 666 Team Lamborghini Australia Paul Stokell Lamborghini Diablo GTR 1:18.3006 7 8 SuperrintYokohama Mark Zonneveld Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 1:20.9100 8 20 Poolrite Ian Palmer Honda NSX Brabham 1:22.3584 9 18 Murray Carter Murray Carter Chevrolet Corvette C5 1:23.2543 10 7 D'arcy Russell Racing D'arcy Russell Chrysler Viper ACR 1:25.7557

Official results Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Race results as follows:

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps Engine 1 N 64 Prancing Horse Racing John Bowe Tom Waring Ferrari 360 Challenge 161 Ferrari 3.6L V8 2 N 22 Tekno Autosports Steve Webb Neal Bates Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 161 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 3 N 3 Fitzgerald Racing Peter Fitzgerald Geoff Morgan Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 159 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 4 N 54 Prancing Horse Racing Paul Morris John Teulan Ferrari 360 Challenge 156 Ferrari 3.6L V8 5 N 8 SuperprintYokohama Mike Downard Mark Zonneveld Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 156 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 6 A 15 Bob Hughes Special Vehicles Bob Hughes Rick Bates Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VI 150 Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4 7 A 59 Protecnica Racing Wayne Boatright Scott Anderson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 149 Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4 8 A 16 Robert LaneKleenduct Damon Templeman Peter Phelan Honda S2000 Sports 146 Honda F20C 2.0L I4 9 C 62 C + L Racing Scott Loadsman Warren Luff Holden VX Commodore SS 5.7 V8Australian Auto Action, 21–27 September 2001, page 19 144 Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 10 A 88 Michael Brock Michael Brock Gary Young Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 143 Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4 11 C 95 Southern Rural Ford Dealers John McIlroy Brett Youlden Ford AU Falcon XR8 143 Ford Windsor 5.0L V8 12 A 63 Haysom Motorsport Greg Haysom Craig Dean Nissan 200SX Spec-R 142 Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4 13 B 66 Nilsson Motor Sport Len Cave Brad Wright Honda Integra Type-R 142 Honda B18C 1.8L I4 14 B 27 Novacastrian Motorsport Wayne Russell Steve Cramp BMW 323i 141 BMW M52B25 2.5L I4 15 C 69 Parts Plus Racing Kent Youlden Luke Youlden Ford AU Falcon XR8 143 Ford Windsor 5.0L V8 16 B 13 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne Ric Shaw Toyota MR2 Bathurst 131 Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4 17 A 38 Castran Gilbert Dennis Gilbert Trevor McGuiness Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 138 Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4 18 B 5 MAZ Motor Wreckers Megan Kirkham Matt Lehmann Phil Kirkham Mazda MX-5 134 Mazda BP 1.8L I4 19 N 7 D'arcy Russell Racing D'arcy Russell Darren Palmer Chrysler Viper ACR 123 Dodge 8.0L V10 DNF N 43 V.I.P. Petfoods Jim Richards Tony Quinn Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 126 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 NC C 42 Wincross Motorsport Richard Winston Robert Coutts Holden VT Commodore SS V8 119 Holden 5.0L V8 NC B 4 Anton E Mechtler Christian D’Agostin David Lawson Toyota MR2 Bathurst 118 Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4 DNF N 24 Prancing Horse Racing Steve Beards Craig Baird Ferrari 360 Challenge 108 Ferrari 3.6L V8 NC A 57 Corio Auto Parts Plus Graham Alexander John Woodberry Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 100 Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4 DNF N 666 Team Lamborghini Australia Paul Stokell Steven Johnson Lamborghini Diablo GTR 89 Lamborghini 5.7L V12 NC A 87 JNB Racing John Falk Neil McFadyen Ken Lusty Subaru Impreza WRX STI 87 Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4 DNF A 9 Prancing Horse Racing Ross Palmer David Wood Ford Mustang Cobra RA 66 Ford Modular 5.4L V8 DNF A 61 Team Yamaha Trevor Haines Scott Jacob Grant Kenny Subaru Impreza WRX STI 57 Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4 DNF A 31 Marget Engineering Drew Marget Vince Macaro Nissan 200SX Spec-R 44 Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4 DNF A 300 Floyd Motorsport Peter Floyd Cameron McConville HSV VX GTS 300kW 43 Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 DNF N 18 Murray Carter Murray Carter Kosi Kalaitzidis Chevrolet Corvette C5 38 Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 DNF C 79 Sandhurst Golf Estate Alan Holgersson Jeremy Mantello Les Walmsley Toyota Camry CSi V6 27 Toyota 1MZ-FE 3.0L V6 DNF A 14 Scotts Transport Clyde Lawrence Geoff Munday Subaru Impreza WRX STI 15 Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4 DNF B 44 Thrifty Car Rental Alan Shephard Steve Briffa Honda Integra Type-R 14 Honda B18C 1.8L I4 DNF A 28 Ross Palmer Motorsport Wayne Park Anton Mechtler Honda S2000 Sports 12 Honda F20C 2.0L I4 DNF N 20 Palmer Promotions Ian Palmer Brett Peters Honda NSX Brabham 12 Honda C32B 3.2L V6 DNF A 34 King SpringsDelphi Mark King Rod Wilson Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 0 Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4 DNS A 17 Quirks Refrigeration Peter Boylan Trevor Scheumack BMW M3 BMW I6

Statistics Provisional Pole Position - #666 Paul Stokell - 1:16.4012 Pole Position - #43 Jim Richards - 1:16.9760 Fastest Lap - #7 D'arcy Russell - 1:17.7024 Race Average Speed - 143.22 km/h

References

External links 2001 Sandown 500, www.youtube.com Images from the 2001 Clarion Sandown 500 Retrieved from web.archive.org on 19 January 2009