1995 Sandown 500
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The 1995 Sandown 500 was an endurance race for 5.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group 3A regulations. The event was staged at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia on 3 September 1995.Results, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, pages 277 Race distance was 161 laps of the 3.10 km circuit, totalling 499 km. It was the 30th "Sandown 500".
The race was won by Dick Johnson and John Bowe driving a Ford EF Falcon.
Race results
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! 1 | align="center" | 17 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Dick Johnson | 161 |
| 2
| align="center" | 30 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Glenn Seton | 161 |
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| 3
| align="center" | 18 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Charlie O'Brien | 161 |
| 4
| align="center" | 25 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Tony Longhurst | 160 |
| 5
| align="center" | 11 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Larry Perkins | 160 |
| 6
| align="center" | 24 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Paul Romano | 159 |
| 7
| align="center" | 6 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Tony Scott | 158 |
| 8
| align="center" | 1 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Mark Skaife | 155 |
| 9
| align="center" | 28 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Kevin Waldock | 155 |
| 10
| align="center" | 38 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Mark Poole | Holden VP CommodoreThe Auto Action Entry List has Poole & Ordynski in a VP Commodore and the Australian Motor Racing Year Results has them in a VR Commodore. A 2013 article at [https://web.archive.org/web/20161105042543/http://www.supercars.com/news/championship/saturday-sleuthing-perkins-93-bathurst-winner/ www.supercars.com] indicates that the car was "built in 1993 as a VP model Commodore" and "was updated to VR spec in 1996" | 155 |
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| align="center" | 3 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Trevor Ashby | 150 |
| N/C
| align="center" | 20 | Palmer Promotions | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Ian Palmer | 80 |
| DNF
| align="center" | 7 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Wayne Gardner | 139 |
| DNF
| align="center" | 35 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Alan Jones | 136 |
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| align="center" | 015 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Craig Lowndes | 132 |
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| align="center" | 55 | Parsons Racing | {{Flagicon|Australia}} David Parsons | 126 |
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| align="center" | 39 | Protech Computers | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Chris Smerdon | 123 |
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| align="center" | 10 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Mark Larkham | 111 |
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| align="center" | 4 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Brad Jones | 98 |
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| align="center" | 49 | Alcair Airconditioning | {{Flagicon|Australia}} David Attard | 93 |
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| align="center" | 05 | {{Flagicon|Australia}} Peter Brock | 67 |
=Race statistics=
- Pole position: Craig Lowndes & Greg Murphy, 1m 13.1494s1995 Sandown 500 - Business as Usual, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, pages 200-204
- Race time of winning car: 3h 30m 22.82s
- Fastest race lap: Craig Lowndes, 1m 13.7557s on lap 36Sandown 500, Motorsport News, 8–21 September 1995, page 20
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.supercars.com/news/championship/on-this-day-johnson-bowe-go-back-to-back/ Aaron Noonan, On This Day: Johnson-Bowe go back-to-back, www.supercars.com]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3y_ZcbFnBc 1995 Sandown 500 - Full Race video, www.youtube.com]
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