1980 Hang Ten 400

The 1980 Hang Ten 400 was a motor race for Group C Touring Cars. The event, which was Round 2 of the 1980 Australian Championship of Makes, was staged on 14 September 1980 over 109 laps of the 3.1 km Sandown Park circuit in Victoria, Australia, a total distance of 337.9 km. ^[1] It was the fifteenth Sandown endurance race.

The race was won by Peter Brock driving a Holden Commodore VC.

Classes

The field was divided into the following four engine capacity classes:

• Class A : 3001 to 6000 cc ^[2]
• Class B : 2001 to 3000 cc ^[2]
• Class C : 1601 to 2000 cc ^[2]
• Class D : Up to 1600 cc ^[2]

Results

Position [3]	Drivers [3]	No. [3]	Car [3]	Entrant [3]	Class [3]	Class Pos.	Laps [3]
1	Peter Brock	05	Holden Commodore VC [4]	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team	A	1	109
2	Garry Rogers	16	Holden Commodore VB [5]	Greater Pacific Finance Co.	A	2	108
3	Allan Moffat	25	Holden Commodore VC [4]	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team	A	3	107
4	Murray Carter	18	Ford Falcon XD	Magnum Wheels	A	4	107
5	Gary Cooke	11	Holden Commodore VB [5]	Citizen Watches Aust. Pty Ltd	A	5	106
6	Ray Cutchie	40	Ford Escort RS2000 [6]	Rex Monahan	C	1	100
7	Peter Hopwood	36	Ford Capri	Trend Windows Pty Ltd	B	1	99
8	Terry Wade	52	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	B & G Myers Leyland	C	2	98
9	Joseph Beninca	48	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV	Beninca Motors	C	3	97
10	Ray Allford	26	Ford Falcon XD	R. Allford	A	6	97
11	Steven Brook	46	Ford Escort RS2000 [6]	Formula Ford Australia	C	4	95
12	Roger Cartwight	41	Ford Escort RS2000 [6]	R. Cartwright	C	5	95
13	Peter Granger	53	BMW 2002	Bob Glazier	C	6	95
14	Alan Browne [7]	15	Holden Commodore VB [5]	Re-Car Racing	A	7	92
15	Bob Holden	65	Ford Escort 1600 [6]	Formula Ford Australia	D	1	92
16	John Bristow	45	Toyota Celica	Cord Car Co.	C	7	91
17	Ian Burrell	57	Mitsubishi Lancer [8]	Scottune	D	2	91
18	Jim Faneco	60	Holden Gemini	Country Dealer Team	D	3	90
19	Steve Masterton, Colin Bond [9]	31	Ford Capri	Masterton Homes P/L	B	2	89
20	Kevin Kennedy	19	Holden Torana	Scotty Taylor Holden	A	8	89
21	Ken Price	55	Holden Gemini	C.A.R.S. Gemini Racing Team	D	4	87
22	Peter McLeod	30	Mazda RX-7	McLeod Mazda - Albion Park Rail	B	3	86
23	Graeme Bailey	51	Toyota Celica	Chickadee Chicken	C	8	84
DNF	Charlie O'Brien	10	Holden Commodore VC [4]	Roadways / Gown-Hindhaugh	A		86
DNF	Peter Williamson	44	Toyota Celica	Peter Williamson Pty Ltd	C		64
DNF	Lawrie Nelson	29	Ford Capri IIIS	Capri Components	B		61
DNF	John Faulkner	43	Ford Escort RS2000 [9]	Allbrells Autocar Centre	C		45
DNF	Ron Dickson	2	Chevrolet Camaro Z28 [10]	Ron Dickson Racing	A		33
DNF	Bob Morris	7	Ford Falcon XD	Channel 7 Breville Racing	A		32
DNF	Allan Grice	6	Holden Commodore VB [5]	Craven Mild 7 Racing	A		30
DNF	Ken Harrison	61	Ford Escort 1600 [9]	K. Harrison	D		30
DNF	Chris Heyer	63	Volkswagen Golf	Lennox Motors	D		27
DNF	John Bundy	33	Mazda RX-3	J. Bundy	B		25
DNF	Jim Keogh	22	Ford Falcon XD	J. Keogh	A		25
DNF	Gerald Kay	49	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Jag Parts	C		24
DNF	Gary Rowe	59	Holden Gemini	Country Dealer Team	D		16
DNF	Allan Bryant	28	Mazda RX-7	Precinct Performance	B		15
DNF	John Gates	23	Holden Torana SL/R 5000 [6]	"ITP" The Income Tax Professionals	A		12
DNF	Peter Janson	3	Holden Commodore VC [10]	Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd	A		9
DNF	Robert Muir, Kingsley Hibbard [6]	24	Ford Falcon XD	Robert Muir Motors	A		8
DNF	Larry Kogge	27	Mazda RX-3	L. Kogge	B		6
DNF	Graham Mein	50	Ford Escort RS2000 [9]	G. Mein	C		5
DNF	Lou Stoopman	71	BMW 2002	L. Stoopman	C		5
DNF	Colin Spencer	56	Holden Gemini	C.A.R.S. Gemini Racing Team	D		1

Notes

• Attendance: 45,000 ^[6]
• Pole position: Peter Brock, 1m 13.9s ^[6]

References

1. Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1980/81, pages 210-211 & 214-215
2. Raceday Competition Communicator, Sandown, September 13–14, 1980
3. Light Car Club of Australia, Official Provisional Results, Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit, Sunday, September 14th, 1980
4. Australian Championship of Makes, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1980/81, pages 210 & 211
5. 1980 C of M, Sandown, The official racing history of Holden, page 352
6. Brock - 7 Up!, Racing Car News, October 1980, pages 6 & 79
7. Official Results show Alan Brown but entry list in Raceday Competition Communicator shows Alan Browne
8. Chris de Fraga, Holden Surprises in Escort, Australian Auto Action, September 26, 1980, page 10
9. Ford - The racing history, 1980 CM, Sandown, page 304
10. Brock's Record Sandown, Australian Auto Action, September 26, 1980, pages 8 & 9

Further reading

• The Australian racing history of Ford, 1989, page 304
• The official racing history of Holden, 1988, pages 225-226 & 353

Preceded by 1979 Hang Ten 400

Sandown 400 1980

Succeeded by 1981 Hang Ten 400