1997 Tickford 500

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Track map of the Sandown Raceway Sandown (Australia) track map.svg
Track map of the Sandown Raceway

The 1997 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars. [1] It was held on 14 September 1997 at the Sandown Raceway [1] and was the 32nd running of the Sandown 500.

Contents

The race was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy, driving a Holden VS Commodore [1] for the Holden Racing Team. [2]

Qualifying

The fastest lap in qualifying was set by Mark Skaife at 1:11.3142.

Top 10 Shootout

The Top 10 Shootout, which was contested by the fastest ten cars from Qualifying, determined the order of the first ten grid positions for the race.

PosNoEntrant [2] DriverCar
Pole05 Holden Racing Team Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Skaife Holden VS Commodore
210 Mitre 10 Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Larkham Ford EL Falcon
31 Ford Credit Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton Ford EL Falcon
49 Alan Jones Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Ford EL Falcon
597 Holden Racing Team Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bargwanna Holden VS Commodore
615 Holden Racing Team Flag of New Zealand.svg Greg Murphy Holden VS Commodore
746 Betta Electrical Flag of New Zealand.svg John Faulkner Holden VS Commodore
87 Wayne Gardner Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Holden VS Commodore
917 Shell Helix Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Johnson Ford EL Falcon
1025 Castrol Longhurst Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Longhurst Ford EL Falcon

Official results

Pos. [1] No. [2] Entrant [2] Drivers [1] Car [1] Laps [1]
115 Holden Racing Team Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes
Flag of New Zealand.svg Greg Murphy 		Holden VS Commodore 157
211 Castrol Perkins Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Ingall 		Holden VS Commodore 157
39 Alan Jones Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright 		Ford EL Falcon 157
446 John Faulkner Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg John Faulkner
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Win Percy 		Holden VS Commodore 156
534 Garry Rogers Motorsport Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Richards
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim Richards 		Holden VS Commodore 155
67 Wayne Gardner Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Crompton 		Holden VS Commodore 155
718 Dick Johnson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Johnson
Flag of New Zealand.svg Craig Baird 		Ford EL Falcon 154
845 Gibson Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darren Hossack
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Ellery 		Holden VR Commodore 154
997 Holden Young Lions Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bargwanna
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Noske 		Holden VS Commodore 153
1025 Longhurst Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Longhurst
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Charlie O'Brien 		Ford EL Falcon 151
111 Glenn Seton Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Parsons 		Ford EL Falcon 150
1205 Holden Racing Team Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Skaife 		Holden VS Commodore 150
1312Robert Smith Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruce Williams
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Gover 		Holden VS Commodore 148
1426 M3 Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Doulman
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Cotter 		Holden VP Commodore 148
1524 Romano Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Romano
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Allan Grice 		Holden VS Commodore 144
1614Malcolm Stenniken Flag of Australia (converted).svg Malcolm Stenniken
Flag of New Zealand.svg Norris Miles 		Holden VR Commodore 144
1716 Castrol Cougars Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melinda Price
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kerryn Brewer 		Holden VS Commodore 139
1849Alcair Airconditioning Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Crick [3]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Fitzgerald
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Finnigan 		Holden VR Commodore 132
DNF47 Bottlemagic Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Trimbole
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tomas Mezera 		Holden VS Commodore [4] 128
DNF28 Playscape Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Waldock
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Smith 		Ford EF Falcon 112
DNF17 Dick Johnson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Johnson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Bowe 		Ford EL Falcon 108
DNF79Cadillac Productions Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Conway
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gavin Monaghan 		Ford EB2 Falcon 95
DNF3 Lansvale Racing Team Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Reed
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trevor Ashby 		Holden VS Commodore 47
DNF10 Larkham Motor Sport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Larkham
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Miedecke 		Ford EL Falcon 33

The race was started in the rain under the control of the safety car. [1] The weather conditions resulted in a slower than expected average speed and the race did not run to its full 161 lap distance, being halted on lap 157 after 3 hours 45 minutes and 22.3508 seconds. [1]

Statistics

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 History Repeats, Australian Auto Action, 19–25 September 1997, page 46
  2. 1 2 3 4 Official Program, Tickford 500, Sandown, Australian Auto Action, 12–18 September 1997, page 4
  3. ↑ V8 Bathurst 1997, page 27
  4. ↑ Entry List in the Official Program shows Trimbole and Mezera in a VS Commodore. Results in Australian Auto Action show VP Commodore. An image of the car at the 1997 Tickford 500 on page 26 of the book "V8 Bathurst 1997" shows that it was not a VP Commodore
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