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, was staged on 13 September over 119 laps of the 3.1 km

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in Victoria,

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. It was the 16th race in the history of what is now known as the Sandown 500.

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drove a

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Holden VC Commodore to a record sixth consecutive Sandown endurance win and his seventh victory in the race. 1981 Australian Touring Car Champion Dick Johnson finished second after starting from pole position in the Plamer Tube Mills

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. Third was the Roadways Gown Hindhaugh Holden VC Commodore of Steven Harrington and Garth Wigston. Colin Bond and Steve Masterton were the winners of Class B in a

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's Peter Williamson won Class C with a Toyota Celica. Class D was won by Craig Bradtke and Rod Stevens driving a Mitsubishi Lancer.

Classes

The field was divided into four engine capacity classes: * Class A : 3001 to 6000 cc * Class B : 2001 to 3000 cc * Class C : 1601 to 2000 cc * Class D : Up to 1600 cc

Results

Statistics

* Entries in Official Programme - 55 * Pole Position - Dick Johnson (

) - 1m 11.9s * Starters - 46 * Finishers - 26 * Non-finishers - 20 * Race time of winning car - 2h 30m 39.6s * Fastest Lap - Unknown

References

External links

Touring Cars 1981, www.autopics.com.au
Motorsport at Sandown

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Pre-Bathurst 500

Classes

Results

Statistics

References

Further reading

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