The 1996 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for 5.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group 3A regulations.[1] 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.[2]
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The race was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy driving a Holden VR Commodore.
Results edit
Race statistics edit
- Pole position: Craig Lowndes, 1:12.9694[2]
- Starters: 22[2]
- Race time of winning car: 3h 25m 50.1828s[2]
- Winning margin: 1.5144s[2]
- Fastest lap: Craig Lowndes, 1:12.9941 (new lap record)[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Lowndes banishes the nightmare, Australian Auto Action, September 12-18 1996, pages 42 to 46
- ^ a b Tickford 500 entry list, Official program, Tickford 500 Sandown, September 5-8 1996, as published in Australian Auto Action, 5–11 September 1996
Further reading edit
- Redemption, Tickford Sandown 500, The Great Race 1996, Chevron Publishing Group, pages 46 to 55