1997 Tickford 500
The 1997 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars.[1] It was held on 14 September 1997 at the Sandown Raceway [1] and was the 32nd running of the Sandown 500.
The race was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy, driving a Holden VS Commodore [1] for the Holden Racing Team.[2]
Qualifying
The fastest lap in qualifying was set by Mark Skaife at 1:11.3142.
Top ten shootout
Pos | No | Team | Driver | Car |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pole | 05 | Holden Racing Team | Mark Skaife | Holden VS Commodore |
2 | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Mark Larkham | Ford EL Falcon |
3 | 1 | Glenn Seton Racing | Glenn Seton | Ford EL Falcon |
4 | 9 | Alan Jones Racing | Alan Jones | Ford EL Falcon |
5 | 97 | Holden Young Lions | Jason Bargwanna | Holden VS Commodore |
6 | 15 | Holden Racing Team | Greg Murphy | Holden VS Commodore |
7 | 46 | John Faulkner Racing | John Faulkner | Holden VS Commodore |
8 | 7 | Wayne Gardner Racing | Wayne Gardner | Holden VS Commodore |
9 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford EL Falcon |
10 | 25 | Longhurst Racing | Tony Longhurst | Ford EL Falcon |
Official results
Pos. [1] | No. [2] | Team | Drivers [1] | Car [1] | Laps [1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 15 | Holden Racing Team | Craig Lowndes Greg Murphy |
Holden VS Commodore | 157 |
2 | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Larry Perkins Russell Ingall |
Holden VS Commodore | 157 |
3 | 9 | Alan Jones Racing | Alan Jones Jason Bright |
Ford EL Falcon | 157 |
4 | 46 | John Faulkner Racing | John Faulkner Win Percy |
Holden VS Commodore | 156 |
5 | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Steven Richards Jim Richards |
Holden VS Commodore | 155 |
6 | 7 | Wayne Gardner Racing | Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton |
Holden VS Commodore | 155 |
7 | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Steven Johnson Craig Baird |
Ford EL Falcon | 154 |
8 | 45 | Gibson Motorsport | Darren Hossack Steven Ellery |
Holden VR Commodore | 154 |
9 | 97 | Holden Young Lions | Jason Bargwanna Mark Noske |
Holden VS Commodore | 153 |
10 | 25 | Longhurst Racing | Tony Longhurst Charlie O'Brien |
Ford EL Falcon | 151 |
11 | 1 | Glenn Seton Racing | Glenn Seton David Parsons |
Ford EL Falcon | 150 |
12 | 05 | Holden Racing Team | Peter Brock Mark Skaife |
Holden VS Commodore | 150 |
13 | 12 | Rod Smith Racing | Bruce Williams Paul Gover |
Holden VS Commodore | 148 |
14 | 26 | M3 Motorsport | Peter Doulman John Cotter |
Holden VP Commodore | 148 |
15 | 24 | Romano Racing | Paul Romano Allan Grice |
Holden VS Commodore | 144 |
16 | 14 | Malcolm Stenniken | Malcolm Stenniken Norris Miles |
Holden VR Commodore | 144 |
17 | 16 | Perkins Engineering | Melinda Price Kerryn Brewer |
Holden VS Commodore | 139 |
18 | 49 | Greg Crick Motorsport | Greg Crick [3] Peter Fitzgerald Terry Finnigan |
Holden VR Commodore | 132 |
DNF | 47 | CDB Bottle Magic Racing | John Trimbole Tomas Mezera |
Holden VS Commodore [4] [5] | 128 |
DNF | 28 | Playscape Racing | Kevin Waldock John Smith |
Ford EF Falcon | 112 |
DNF | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Dick Johnson John Bowe |
Ford EL Falcon | 108 |
DNF | 79 | Cadillac Productions | Mike Conway Gavin Monaghan |
Ford EB2 Falcon | 95 |
DNF | 3 | Lansvale Racing Team | Steve Reed Trevor Ashby |
Holden VS Commodore | 47 |
DNF | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Mark Larkham Andrew Miedecke |
Ford EL Falcon | 33 |
The race was started in the rain under the control of the safety car.[1] The weather conditions resulted in a slower than expected average speed and the race did not run to its full 161 lap distance, being halted on lap 157 after 3 hours 45 minutes and 22.3508 seconds.[1]
Statistics
- Pole Position: Mark Skaife [1]
- Fastest race lap: Mark Skaife – 1:17.4932 on lap 101 [1]
- Race time of winning car: 3h 45:22.3508 [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 History Repeats, Australian Auto Action, 19-25 September 1997, page 46
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tickford 500 Entry, Australian Auto Action, 12-18 September 1997, page 4
- ↑ V8 Bathurst 1997, page 27
- ↑ Entry List in Australian Auto Action shows Trimbole and Mezera in a VS Commodore, Results in Australian Auto Action show VP Commodore, image at www.biante.com.au shows it was not a VP Commodore
- ↑ www.biante.com.au page containing image of Trimbole/Mezera Commodore at 1997 Tickford 500 Retrieved on 1 May 2012
External links
Preceded by 1996 Tickford 500 |
Sandown 500 1997 |
Succeeded by 1998 Tickford 500 |
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