1998 Tickford 500

The 1998 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars. The event, which was the 33rd running of the Sandown 500, was held on 12 September 1998 at the Sandown International Motor Raceway. The race was won by Larry Perkins and Russell Ingall driving a Perkins Engineering Holden VT Commodore.

Class Structure

While still following long-term plans to abandon class structures within V8 Supercar, a class was instigated for the 1998 Tickford 500 and FAI 1000 Classic endurance races allowing smaller teams to save considerable budget by running a Dunlop control tyre, indicated here by CT. Most teams, particularly the professional teams, preferred to race with freedom of tyre choice, indicated by the class OC.

Top Ten Shootout

The top ten cars from Qualifying contested a Top Ten Shootout to determine the first ten grid positions for the race. Shootout results were as follows:^[1]

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	50	Holden Racing Team	Greg Murphy	Holden VS Commodore	1:22.3834
2	1	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife	Holden VT Commodore	1:22.4050
3	18	Dick Johnson Racing	John Bowe	Ford EL Falcon	1:22.4548
4	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Jason Bright	Ford EL Falcon	1:22.4990
5	5	Glenn Seton Racing	Glenn Seton	Ford EL Falcon	1:23.3160
6	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Mark Larkham	Ford EL Falcon	1:23.7831
7	25	Longhurst Racing	Tony Longhurst	Ford EL Falcon	1:24.1355
8	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford EL Falcon	1:24.3714
9	35	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Jason Bargwanna	Holden VS Commodore	1:24.6735
10	11	Perkins Engineering	Larry Perkins	Holden VT Commodore	1:25.9808

Official results

Race results were as follows:^[2]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	OC	11	Perkins Engineering	Larry Perkins Russell Ingall	Holden VT Commodore	147	7	10
2	OC	1	Holden Racing Team	Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife	Holden VT Commodore	147	1	2
3	OC	18	Dick Johnson Racing	John Bowe Cameron McConville	Ford EL Falcon	147	5	3
4	OC	5	Glenn Seton Racing	Glenn Seton Neil Crompton	Ford EL Falcon	145	6	5
5	OC	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Jason Bright Steven Richards	Ford EL Falcon	145	3	4
6	OC	50	Holden Racing Team	Greg Murphy Mark Noske	Holden VS Commodore	145	2	1
7	OC	35	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Jason Bargwanna Jim Richards	Holden VS Commodore	144	8	9
8	OC	7	Gibson Motorsport	Darren Hossack Darren Pate	Holden VS Commodore	143	16
9	OC	32	Tomas Mezera Motorsport	Tomas Mezera Terry Finnigan	Holden VT Commodore	143	17
10	OC	2	Gibson Motorsport	David Parsons Simon Wills	Holden VS Commodore	143	22
11	OC	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Mark Larkham Brad Jones	Ford EL Falcon	142	4	6
12	CT	3	Lansvale Racing Team	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby	Holden VS Commodore	141	23
13	OC	49	Greg Crick Motorsport	Greg Crick Dean Crosswell	Holden VS Commodore	139	21
14	OC	16	Perkins Engineering	Melinda Price Kerryn Brewer	Holden VS Commodore	138	24
15	CT	99	Clive Wiseman Racing	Mick Donaher Dean Lindstrom	Holden VS Commodore	133	26
16	OC	38	James Rosenberg Racing	Mark Poole Tony Scott	Holden VS Commodore	133	13
17	OC	46	John Faulkner Racing	John Faulkner Todd Kelly	Holden VS Commodore	131	33
18	CT	54	Simon Emerzidis	Simon Emerzidis Garry Willmington	Ford EL Falcon	128	25
19	CT	14	Imrie Motor Sport	Mike Imrie Rodney Crick	Holden VS Commodore	127	31
20	CT	72	Robert Smith Racing	Robert Smith Bruce Williams	Holden VS Commodore	123	27
21	CT	48	Rod Smith Racing	D'arcy Russell Colin Ivory	Holden VS Commodore	121	30
22	OC	79	Cadillac Productions	Mike Conway Chris Hones	Ford EL Falcon	119	29
DNF	OC	75	John Sidney Racing	Anthony Tratt Bob Jones	Ford EL Falcon	125	20
DNF	OC	43	Paul Weel Racing	Paul Weel Neal Bates	Ford EL Falcon	122	18
NC	OC	8	Perkins Engineering	Dugal McDougall Jason Wylie	Holden VS Commodore	109	19
DNF	CT	55	Rod Nash Racing	Rod Nash Darren Edwards	Holden VS Commodore	102	28
DNF	OC	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Dick Johnson Steven Johnson	Ford EL Falcon	99	9	8
DNF	CT	77	V8 Racing	Richard Mork Bill Sieders	Holden VP Commodore	94	32
DNF	OC	96	Wayne Gardner Racing	Wayne Gardner Paul Stokell	Holden VS Commodore	73	14
DNF	OC	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Garth Tander Cameron McLean	Holden VS Commodore	30	12
DNF	OC	25	Longhurst Racing	Tony Longhurst Geoff Brabham	Ford EL Falcon	7	10	7
DNF	OC	24	Romano Racing	Paul Romano Steve Ellery	Holden VR Commodore	6	15
DNF	OC	9	Longhurst Racing	Alan Jones Adam Macrow	Ford EL Falcon	0	11

Note: The race was scheduled to be run over 161 laps, however the slower lap times dictated by the wet weather conditions resulted in the race being shorted after reaching its three hour 45 minute time limit.^[3]

Statistics

Provisional Pole Position (Qualifying) - #1 Mark Skaife - 1:11.9148 ^[3]
Pole Position (Top Ten Shootout) - #50 Greg Murphy - 1:22.3834 ^[3]
Fastest Race Lap - #4 Jason Bright - 1:13.2534 (152 km/h)
Winners' race time - 03:45:09.5507 ^[2]
Average Race Speed - 121 km/h ^[2]

References

↑ "Tickford 500 Sandown 1998 Sandown International Motor Raceway Tickford 500 Top Ten Shootout". National Software. 13 September 1998. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
1 2 3 "Tickford 500 Sandown 1998 Sandown International Motor Raceway Tickford 500". National Software. 14 September 1998. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
1 2 3 Rain, What Rain? Australian Auto Action, 18-24 September 1998, pages 42-46

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