1996 Tickford 500

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 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.

Results

Pos.	No.	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps
1	1	Holden Racing Team	Craig Lowndes Greg Murphy	Holden VR Commodore	161
2	30	Glenn Seton Racing	Glenn Seton David Parsons	Ford EF Falcon	161
3	05	Holden Racing Team	Peter Brock Tomas Mezera	Holden VR Commodore	161
4	25	Longhurst Racing	Tony Longhurst Steven Ellery	Ford EF Falcon	160
5	11	Perkins Engineering	Larry Perkins Russell Ingall	Holden VR Commodore	160
6	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Dick Johnson John Bowe	Ford EF Falcon	159
7	7	Wayne Gardner Racing	Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton	Holden VR Commodore	159
8	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Steven Johnson Charlie O'Brien	Ford EF Falcon	157
9	3	Lansvale Racing Team	Trevor Ashby Steve Reed	Holden VP Commodore	157
10	201	Alan Jones Racing	Paul Romano Andrew Miedecke	Ford EF Falcon	155
11	75	John Sidney Racing	Max Dumesny Kerry Baily	Ford EF Falcon	154
12	96	Geoff Kendrick	Geoff Kendrick Allan McCarthy	Holden VR Commodore	150
13	2	Gibson Motorsport	Mark Skaife Gary Waldon Mark Noske	Holden VR Commodore	138
14	29	M3 Motorsport	Peter Doulman John Cotter	Holden VP Commodore	123
NC	79	Mike Conway	Mike Conway Miles Pope	Holden VP Commodore	123
DNF	46	John Faulkner Racing	John Faulkner Steven Harrington	Holden VR Commodore	115
DNF	301	Alan Jones Racing	Alan Jones Allan Grice	Ford EF Falcon	110
DNF	32	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Steven Richards Jim Richards	Holden VR Commodore	73
DNF	28	Playscape Racing	Kevin Waldock Wayne Park	Ford EF Falcon	66
NC	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Mark Larkham Cameron McConville	Ford EF Falcon	59
DNF	49	Alcair Air-conditioning	Greg Crick David Parsons	Holden VR Commodore	42
DNF	14	Malcolm Stenniken	Malcolm Stenniken Peter Brown	Holden VR Commodore	37

See also

1996 Australian Touring Car season

References

• Australian Auto Action, 5 - 11 September 1996
• Australian Auto Action, 12 - 18 September 1996
• CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1995