1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500

File:Sandown (Australia) track map.svg

Track map of the Sandown Raceway

The 1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500 was an endurance motor race open to Group 3A Touring Cars (commonly known as Group A cars), 1993 Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Cars (later to become known as V8 Supercars) and Group 3E Series Production Cars. It was held at the Sandown International Motor Raceway, in Victoria, Australia, on 13 September 1992, over 136 laps of the 3.1 km circuit, a total distance of approximately 422 km. The race, which was the 27th Sandown 500, was won by Larry Perkins and Steve Harrington driving a Holden VL Commodore.

The race was intended to be run over 150 laps, but it was significantly delayed by several periods of slow running behind the pace car. With the Sandown circuit operating under an Environmental Protection Agency curfew of 5pm, the race was shortened to 136 laps.

Top 10 Qualifiers

Although no official Top 10 run off was held during qualifying for the Sandown 500, the top 10 qualifiers were:

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Qual
1	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Template:Flagicon Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	1:15.87
2	15	Holden Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Tomas Mezera	Holden VP Commodore	1:16.62
3	11	Bob Jane T-Marts Perkins Racing	Template:Flagicon Larry Perkins	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	1:17.50
4	16	Holden Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Win Percy	Holden VP Commodore	1:17.71
5	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Template:Flagicon Peter Brock	Holden VP Commodore	1:17.79
6	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Template:Flagicon Glenn Seton	Ford EB Falcon	1:17.80
7	35	Peter Jackson Racing	Template:Flagicon Wayne Park	Ford Sierra RS500	1:18.16
8	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Template:Flagicon Tony Longhurst	BMW M3 Evolution	1:18.16
9	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Template:Flagicon Terry Sheil	Ford Sierra RS500	1:18.75
10	13	Ampol Max 3 Racing	Template:Flagicon Bob Jones	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	1:22.76

Results

Position	Group	No.	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps
1	3A	11	Bob Jane T-Marts Perkins Racing	Template:Flagicon Larry Perkins Template:Flagicon Steve Harrington	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	136
2	3A	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Template:Flagicon Tony Longhurst Template:Flagicon Paul Morris	BMW M3 Evolution	136
3	3A (1993)	15	Holden Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Tomas Mezera Template:Flagicon Brad Jones	Holden VP Commodore	133
4	3A	13	Ampol Max 3 Racing	Template:Flagicon Bob Jones Template:Flagicon Peter Janson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	122
5	3E	10	Robinson Racing Developments	Template:Flagicon Ken Douglas Template:Flagicon Kent Youlden	Ford EB Falcon	117
6	3E	4	Robert Ogilvie	Template:Flagicon Robert Ogilvie Template:Flagicon Paul Fordham	Holden VP Commodore SS	116
7	3E	7	Palmer Promotions	Template:Flagicon Ian Palmer Template:Flagicon Brett Bull	Holden VP Commodore SS	114
8	3A	75	Bob Holden Motors	Template:Flagicon Brad Wright Template:Flagicon Ted Dunford	Toyota Corolla	110
9	3E	6	Bridgestone Australia	Template:Flagicon Tony Scott Template:Flagicon Ed Lamont	Holden VP Commodore SS	110
10	3A	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Template:Flagicon Peter Brock Template:Flagicon Troy Dunstan	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	110
11	3E	21	Autobarn - Springvale	Template:Flagicon Danny Bogut Template:Flagicon Henry Draper	Suzuki Swift GTi	106
12	3E	14	Murray Carter	Template:Flagicon Murray Carter Template:Flagicon Chris Muscat	Nissan Pulsar SSS	102
DNF	3A	28	Playscape Racing	Template:Flagicon Kevin Waldock Template:Flagicon Brett Peters	Ford Sierra RS500	130
DNF	3A (1993)	16	Holden Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Win Percy Template:Flagicon Allan Grice	Holden VP Commodore	109
DNF	3E	3	Fitzgerald Racing	Template:Flagicon Peter Fitzgerald Template:Flagicon Terry Lewis	Holden VP Commodore SS	109
DNF	3A	18	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Template:Flagicon Terry Shiel Template:Flagicon Greg Crick	Ford Sierra RS500	108
DNF	3E	41	Caltex CXT Race Team	Template:Flagicon Terry Bosnjak Template:Flagicon Peter Hopwood	Holden VP Commodore SS	100
DNF	3A	39	Protech Microsystems	Template:Flagicon Chris Smerdon Template:Flagicon Mark Poole	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	90
NC	3A	26	Gemspares	Template:Flagicon Daryl Hendrick Template:Flagicon John Blanchard	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	88
DNF	3A	35	Peter Jackson Racing	Template:Flagicon Wayne Park Template:Flagicon David Parsons	Ford Sierra RS500	82
NC	3A	73	Bob Holden Motors	Template:Flagicon Bob Holden Template:Flagicon Dennis Rogers	Toyota Levin	72
NC	3A	52	M3 Motorsport	Template:Flagicon John Cotter Template:Flagicon Peter Doulman	BMW M3	69
DNF	3A	29	Mountain Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Calvin Gardiner Template:Flagicon Mike Conway	Toyota Levin	35
DNF	3A	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Template:Flagicon Dick Johnson Template:Flagicon John Bowe	Ford Sierra RS500	31
DNF	3A (1993)	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Template:Flagicon Glenn Seton Template:Flagicon Alan Jones	Ford EB Falcon	18
DNF	3A	88	Mountain Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Gregg Easton Template:Flagicon Brad Stratton	Toyota Levin	12
DNF	3A	31	Ampol Max 3 Racing	Template:Flagicon Robbi Ker Template:Flagicon Don Watson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	2
DNS	3E	22	Valvoline Oils	Template:Flagicon Melinda Price Template:Flagicon Steven Richards	Nissan Pulsar SSS

Statistics

• Pole Position - 1:15.87 - #17 Dick Johnson - Ford Sierra RS500
• Fastest Lap - 1:16.88 - #17 Dick Johnson/John Bowe - Ford Sierra RS500

See also

1992 Australian Touring Car season

External links

• Image of program cover, www.progcovers.com, as archived at web.archive.org
• Image of the winning car, cdn1.bigcommerce.com, as archived at web.archive.org