The 1991 Drink Drive Sandown 500Official Souvenir Programme, Drink Drive Sandown 500, Sandown International Raceway, Friday 6th - Sunday 8th September 1991 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars.touringcarracing.net
Retrieved 29 November 2021 The event was held on 8 September 1991 at the

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circuit in

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over 161 laps of the 3.10 km "long" circuit, totalling 499 km. The race was the first round of both the 1991 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1991

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. The race was won by first time winners Mark Gibbs and Rohan Onslow driving for the Bob Forbes Corporation Pty. Ltd. in just their second race since taking delivery of their new

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developed

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. There were six classified finishers, the smallest number in the history of the

Sandown 500 The Sandown 500 (formally known as the Penrite Oil Sandown 500) is an annual endurance motor race which is staged at the Sandown Raceway, near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia from 1964. The event's name, distance – and the category of cars comp ...

touring car race.

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* Pole Position - 1:14.17 - #30

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* Fastest Lap - 1:15.74 - #4 Mark Gibbs -

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{{s-end Motorsport at Sandown Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500 Pre-Bathurst 500

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