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The 1996 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for 5.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group 3A regulations.The race report in Australian Auto Action refers to the cars as Group A cars. The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport defines the cars in the 1996 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport under the name Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Cars. The event was held at the
1996 Sandown 500 - Full Race, www.youtube.com
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The 1996 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for 5.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group 3A regulations.The race report in Australian Auto Action refers to the cars as Group A cars. The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport defines the cars in the 1996 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport under the name Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Cars. The event was held at the Sandown International Motor Raceway
Sandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in the suburb of Springvale in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. Sandown is considered a power circuit with its " drag strip" front and back straights be ...
in Victoria
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, Australia on 8 September 1996. Race distance was 161 laps of the 3.1 km circuit, a total of 499 km. It was the 31st running of the Sandown touring car endurance race. 25,000 spectators attended the race.Lowndes banishes the nightmare, Australian Auto Action, September 12-18 1996, pages 42 to 46
The race was won by Craig Lowndes
Craig Andrew Lowndes (born 21 June 1974) is an Australian racing driver in the Repco Supercars Championship competing in the Holden ZB Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineering. He is also a TV commentator.
Lowndes is a three-time V8 Sup ...
and Greg Murphy driving a Holden VR Commodore
The Holden Commodore (VR) is an executive car which was produced by Holden from 1993 to 1995. It was the third iteration of the second generation of the Holden Commodore. The VR range included the luxury variants, Holden Commodore Berlina (VR) ...
.
Results
Race statistics
* Pole position:Craig Lowndes
Craig Andrew Lowndes (born 21 June 1974) is an Australian racing driver in the Repco Supercars Championship competing in the Holden ZB Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineering. He is also a TV commentator.
Lowndes is a three-time V8 Sup ...
, 1:12.9694
* Starters: 22
* Race time of winning car: 3h 25m 50.1828s
* Winning margin: 1.5144s
* Fastest lap: Craig Lowndes
Craig Andrew Lowndes (born 21 June 1974) is an Australian racing driver in the Repco Supercars Championship competing in the Holden ZB Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineering. He is also a TV commentator.
Lowndes is a three-time V8 Sup ...
, 1:12.9941 (new lap record)
See also
1996 Australian Touring Car seasonReferences
Further reading
* Redemption, Tickford Sandown 500, The Great Race 1996, Chevron Publishing Group, pages 46 to 55External links
1996 Sandown 500 - Full Race, www.youtube.com
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