1994 Sandown 500

The 1994 Sandown 500 was endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars and selected production cars held at the Sandown circuit on 4 September 1994. The event was staged over 161 laps of the 3.10 km circuit, a total distance of 499 km.

Dick Johnson and John Bowe won the race in their Dick Johnson Racing Ford EB Falcon. Second was the Gibson Motorsport Holden VP Commodore of Mark Skaife and Jim Richards, while third was the Perkins Engineering Commodore of Larry Perkins and Gregg Hansford.

After first racing in the Sandown 500 in 1977 when the race was known as the Hang Ten 400, Dick Johnson scored his first win in the classic.

Results

Pos.	Class	No.	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps
1	V8	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Dick Johnson John Bowe	Ford EB Falcon	161
2	V8	2	Gibson Motorsport	Mark Skaife Jim Richards	Holden VP Commodore	161
3	V8	11	Perkins Engineering	Larry Perkins Gregg Hansford	Holden VP Commodore	161
4	V8	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst Charlie O'Brien	Holden VP Commodore	161
5	V8	015	Holden Racing Team	Brad Jones Craig Lowndes	Holden VP Commodore	161
6	V8	05	Holden Racing Team	Tomas Mezera Peter Brock	Holden VP Commodore	161
7	V8	7	Wayne Gardner Racing	Win Percy Russell Ingall	Holden VP Commodore	159
8	V8	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Allan Grice Steven Johnson	Ford EB Falcon	159
9	V8	1	Glenn Seton Racing	Glenn Seton Paul Radisich	Ford EB Falcon	158
10	V8	47	Daily Planet Racing	John Trimbole Steve Harrington	Holden VP Commodore	157
11	V8	12	Ampol Max 3 Racing	Bob Jones Troy Dunstan	Holden VP Commodore	156
12	V8	39	Anderson Consulting / Protech	Chris Smerdon Cameron McConville	Holden VP Commodore	155
13	V8	24	Pinnacle Motorsport	Greg Crick Tony Scott	Holden VP Commodore	154
14	V8	26	Don Watson Transport	Don Watson Ian Love	Holden VP Commodore	154
15	Prod.	9	Neville Crichton	Neville Crichton Mark Brame	BMW M3	141
16	Prod.	70	BP Mazda Motorsport	Garry Waldon Colin Bond	Mazda RX-7	140
17	Prod.	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Steven Richards Garry Rogers	Porsche 968CS	140
18	V8	28	Playscape Racing	Kevin Waldock Michael Preston	Ford EB Falcon	133
19	Prod.	8	Volvo Cars Australia	Jan Lammers Kent Youlden	Volvo 850 T-5	132
20	Prod.	19	Murray Carter	Murray Carter Terri Sawyer	Nissan Pulsar SSS	129
21	Prod.	61	Falken Tyres	Keith Carling Kevin Burton	Mazda RX-7	126
22	Prod.	41	Danny Bogut	Danny Bogut Ian Sawtell	Mazda 626	123
DNF	V8	30	Glenn Seton Racing	Alan Jones David Parsons	Ford EB Falcon	147
DNF	V8	44	Group Motorsport	George Ayoub Mike Conway	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	130
NC	Prod.	33	David Sala	David Sala Steve Swaine	Holden VP Commodore SS	113
NC	V8	23	Diet-Coke Racing	Paul Morris Geoff Brabham	Holden VP Commodore	94
DNF	V8	16	Australian Boat Manufacturers	Graham Blythman Stephen Renshaw	Holden VP Commodore	56
DNF	V8	31	Malcolm Stenniken	Brett Youlden Malcolm Stenniken	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	34
DNF	V8	4	Wayne Gardner Racing	Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton	Holden VP Commodore	27

See also

1994 Australian Touring Car season

References

• Australian Auto Action, 2 September 1994
• Australian Motor Racing Year, 1994/95