Track map of the Sandown Raceway

The 2001 Clarion Sandown 500 was an Australian motor race for Sports and Production Cars which drew its entries from those competing in the Australian Nations Cup Championship and Australian GT Production Car Championship. It was the first Sandown 500 held since the former touring car endurance race was revived for production cars.

The race, which was the 34th Sandown 500 endurance race was held at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia over the weekend of 15 September 2001.

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:[1]

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

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps
Engine
1 N 64 Prancing Horse Racing Australia John Bowe
United Kingdom Tom Waring
Ferrari 360 Challenge 161
Ferrari 3.6L V8
2 N 22 Tekno Autosports Australia Steve Webb
Australia Neal Bates
Porsche 996 GT3 161
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
3 N 3 Fitzgerald Racing Australia Peter Fitzgerald
Australia Geoff Morgan
Porsche 996 GT3 159
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
4 N 54 Prancing Horse Racing Australia Paul Morris
Australia John Teulan
Ferrari 360 Challenge 156
Ferrari 3.6L V8
5 N 8 Superprint
Yokohama
Australia Mike Downard
Australia Mark Zonneveld
Porsche 996 GT3 156
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
6 A 15 Bob Hughes Special Vehicles Australia Bob Hughes
Australia Rick Bates
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VI 150
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
7 A 59 Protecnica Racing Australia Wayne Boatright
Australia Scott Anderson
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 149
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
8 A 16 Robert Lane
Kleenduct
New Zealand Damon Templeman
Australia Peter Phelan
Honda S2000 Sports 146
Honda F20C 2.0L I4
9 C 62 C + L Racing Australia Scott Loadsman
Australia Warren Luff
Holden VX Commodore SS 5.7 V8[3] 144
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
10 A 88 Michael Brock Australia Michael Brock
Australia Gary Young
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 143
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
11 C 95 Southern Rural Ford Dealers Australia John McIlroy
Australia Brett Youlden
Ford AU Falcon XR8 143
Ford Windsor 5.0L V8
12 A 63 Haysom Motorsport Australia Greg Haysom
Australia Craig Dean
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 142
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
13 B 66 Nilsson Motor Sport Australia Len Cave
Australia Brad Wright
Honda Integra Type-R 142
Honda B18C 1.8L I4
14 B 27 Novacastrian Motorsport Australia Wayne Russell
Australia Steve Cramp
BMW 323i 141
BMW M52B25 2.5L I4
15 C 69 Parts Plus Racing Australia Kent Youlden
Australia Luke Youlden
Ford AU Falcon XR8 143
Ford Windsor 5.0L V8
16 B 13 Osborne Motorsport Australia Colin Osborne
Australia Ric Shaw
Toyota MR2 Bathurst 131
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
17 A 38 Castran Gilbert Australia Dennis Gilbert
Australia Trevor McGuiness
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 138
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
18 B 5 MAZ Motor Wreckers Australia Megan Kirkham
Australia Matt Lehmann
Australia Phil Kirkham
Mazda MX-5 134
Mazda BP 1.8L I4
19 N 7 D'arcy Russell Racing Australia D'arcy Russell
Australia Darren Palmer
Chrysler Viper ACR 123
Dodge 8.0L V10
DNF N 43 V.I.P. Petfoods New Zealand Jim Richards
United Kingdom Tony Quinn
Porsche 996 GT3 126
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
NC C 42 Wincross Motorsport Australia Richard Winston
Australia Robert Coutts
Holden VT Commodore SS V8 119
Holden 5.0L V8
NC B 4 Anton E Mechtler Australia Christian D’Agostin
Australia David Lawson
Toyota MR2 Bathurst 118
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
DNF N 24 Prancing Horse Racing Australia Steve Beards
New Zealand Craig Baird
Ferrari 360 Challenge 108
Ferrari 3.6L V8
NC A 57 Corio Auto Parts Plus Australia Graham Alexander
Australia John Woodberry
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 100
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF N 666 Team Lamborghini Australia Australia Paul Stokell
Australia Steven Johnson
Lamborghini Diablo GTR 89
Lamborghini 5.7L V12
NC A 87 JNB Racing Australia John Falk
Australia Neil McFadyen
Australia Ken Lusty
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 87
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
DNF A 9 Prancing Horse Racing Australia Ross Palmer
Australia David Wood
Ford Mustang Cobra RA 66
Ford Modular 5.4L V8
DNF A 61 Team Yamaha Australia Trevor Haines
Australia Scott Jacob
Australia Grant Kenny
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 57
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
DNF A 31 Marget Engineering Australia Drew Marget
Australia Vince Macaro
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 44
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF A 300 Floyd Motorsport Australia Peter Floyd
Australia Cameron McConville
HSV VX GTS 300kW 43
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
DNF N 18 Murray Carter Australia Murray Carter
Australia Kosi Kalaitzidis
Chevrolet Corvette C5 38
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
DNF C 79 Sandhurst Golf Estate Australia Alan Holgersson
Australia Jeremy Mantello
Australia Les Walmsley
Toyota Camry CSi V6 27
Toyota 1MZ-FE 3.0L V6
DNF A 14 Scotts Transport Australia Clyde Lawrence
Australia Geoff Munday
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 15
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
DNF B 44 Thrifty Car Rental Australia Alan Shephard
Australia Steve Briffa
Honda Integra Type-R 14
Honda B18C 1.8L I4
DNF A 28 Ross Palmer Motorsport Australia Wayne Park
Australia Anton Mechtler
Honda S2000 Sports 12
Honda F20C 2.0L I4
DNF N 20 Palmer Promotions Australia Ian Palmer
Australia Brett Peters
Honda NSX Brabham 12
Honda C32B 3.2L V6
DNF A 34 King Springs
Delphi
Australia Mark King
Australia Rod Wilson
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 0
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
DNS[3] A 17 Quirks Refrigeration Australia Peter Boylan
Australia Trevor Scheumack
BMW M3
BMW l6

Statistics

  • Provisional Pole Position - #666 Paul Stokell - 1:16.4012[4]
  • 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

  1. "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500 - Budweiser Top Gun Challenge". National Software. 15 September 2001. Archived from the original on 4 September 2004. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  2. "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500". National Software. 16 September 2001. Archived from the original on 6 September 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  3. 1 2 Australian Auto Action, 21–27 September 2001, page 19
  4. "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500 Qualifying 1". National Software. 15 September 2001. Archived from the original on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
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