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]

Track map of the Sandown Raceway

The race was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy driving a Holden VR Commodore.

Results

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Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy won the race driving a Holden VR Commodore for the Mobil Holden Racing Team. The picture above is of Lowndes in a Mobil Holden Racing Team Holden VR Commodore at a round of the 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship.
Pos.[2] Drivers[2] No.[3] Car[2] Entrant[3] Laps[2]
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

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See also

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1996 Australian Touring Car season

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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

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  • Redemption, Tickford Sandown 500, The Great Race 1996, Chevron Publishing Group, pages 46 to 55
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Preceded by Sandown 500
1996
Succeeded by