The 1996 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for 5.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group 3A regulations. The event was held at the Sandown International Motor Raceway, Victoria, Australia on 8 September 1996. It was the 31st running of the Sandown touring car endurance race.
Race distance was 161 laps of the 3.1 km circuit, a total of 499 km.
1996 Australian Touring Car season
| Preceded by 1995 Sandown 500 |
Sandown 500 1996 |
Succeeded by 1997 Tickford 500 |