2001 Clarion Sandown 500

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The 2001 Clarion Sandown 500 was an Australian motor race for Sports and Production Cars which drew its entries from those competing in the Australian Nations Cup Championship and Australian GT Production Car Championship. It was the first Sandown 500 held since the former touring car endurance race was revived for production cars.

The race, which was the 34th Sandown 500 endurance race was held at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia over the weekend of 15 September 2001.

Classes

Cars competed in four classes:

  • Nations Cup
  • GT Production Class A
  • GT Production Class B
  • GT Production Class C

Budweiser Top Gun Challenge

After qualifying was completed the fastest ten cars competed in a one-lap runoff for the top ten grid positions. Runoff results as follows:[1]

Pos No Team Driver Car Time
Pole 43 V.I.P. Petfoods New Zealand Jim Richards Porsche 996 GT3 1:16.9760
2 64 Prancing Horse Racing Australia John Bowe Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:17.3195
3 54 Prancing Horse Racing Australia Paul Morris Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:17.9148
4 22 Tekno Autosports Australia Neal Bates Porsche 996 GT3 1:18.0764
5 24 Prancing Horse Racing New Zealand Craig Baird Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:18.1601
6 666 Team Lamborghini Australia Australia Paul Stokell Lamborghini Diablo GTR 1:18.3006
7 8 Superrint
Yokohama		 Australia Mike Downard Porsche 996 GT3 1:20.9100
8 20 Poolrite Australia Ian Palmer Honda NSX Brabham 1:22.3584
9 18 Murray Carter Australia Murray Carter Chevrolet Corvette C5 1:23.2543
10 7 D'arcy Russell Racing Australia D'arcy Russell Chrysler Viper ACR 1:25.7557

Official results

Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Race results as follows:[2]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps
Engine
1 N 64 Prancing Horse Racing Australia John Bowe
United Kingdom Tom Waring		 Ferrari 360 Challenge 161
Ferrari 3.6L V8
2 N 22 Tekno Autosports Australia Steve Webb
Australia Neal Bates		 Porsche 996 GT3 161
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
3 N 3 Falken Tyres
Fitzgerald Racing		 Australia Peter Fitzgerald
Australia Geoff Morgan		 Porsche 996 GT3 159
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
4 N 54 Prancing Horse Racing Australia Paul Morris
Australia John Teulan		 Ferrari 360 Challenge 156
Ferrari 3.6L V8
5 N 8 Superrint
Yokohama		 Australia Mike Downard
Australia Mark Zonneveld		 Porsche 996 GT3 156
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
6 A 15 Bob Hughes Special Vehicles Australia Bob Hughes
Australia Rick Bates		 Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VI 150
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
7 A 59 Altiris Software Australia Wayne Boatright
Australia Scott Anderson		 Subaru Impreza WRX STI 149
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
8 A 16 Robert Lane
Kleenduct		 New Zealand Daynom Templeman
Australia Peter Phelan		 Honda S2000 Sports 146
Honda F20C 2.0L I4
9 C 62 C + L Racing Australia Scott Loadsman
Australia Warren Luff		 Holden VX Commodore SS 5.7 V8 [3] 144
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
10 A 88 Michael Brock Australia Michael Brock
Australia Greg Young		 Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 143
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
11 C 95 Southern Rural Ford Dealers Australia John McIlroy
Australia Brett Youlden		 Ford AU Falcon XR8 143
Ford Windsor 5.0L V8
12 A 63 Fluff Australia Greg Haysom
Australia Craig Dean		 Nissan 200SX Spec-R 142
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
13 B 66 A.P.S. Australia Len Cave
Australia B.Wright		 Honda Integra Type-R 142
Honda B18C 1.8L I4
14 B 27 Go Karts Go Aust Australia Wayne Russell
Australia Steve Cramp		 BMW 323i 141
BMW M52B25 2.5L I4
15 C 69 Patrs Plus Racing Australia Kent Youlden
Australia Luke Youlden		 Ford AU Falcon XR8 143
Ford Windsor 5.0L V8
16 B 13 Osborne Motorsport Australia Colin Osborne
Australia Ric Shaw		 Toyota MR2 Bathurst 131
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
17 A 38 Castran Gilbert Australia Dennis Gilbert
Australia Trevor McGuiness		 Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 138
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
18 B 5 MAZ Motor Wreckers Australia Megan Kirkham
Australia Matt Lehmann
Australia Phil Kirkham		 Mazda MX-5 134
Mazda BP 1.8L I4
19 N 7 D'arcy Russell Racing Australia D'arcy Russell
Australia Darren Palmer		 Chrysler Viper ACR 123
Dodge 8.0L V10
DNF N 43 V.I.P. Petfoods New Zealand Jim Richards
United Kingdom Tony Quinn		 Porsche 996 GT3 126
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
NC C 42 Wincross Motorsport Australia R Winston
Australia R Coutts		 Holden VT Commodore SS V8 119
Holden 5.0L V8
NC B 4 Anton E Mechtler Australia Christian D'Agostin
Australia D.Lawson		 Toyota MR2 Bathurst 118
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
DNF N 24 Prancing Horse Racing Australia Steve Beards
New Zealand Craig Baird		 Ferrari 360 Challenge 108
Ferrari 3.6L V8
NC A 57 Corio Auto Parts Plus Australia Graham Alexander
Australia John Woodberry		 Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 100
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF N 666 Team Lamborghini Australia Australia Paul Stokell
Australia Steven Johnson		 Lamborghini Diablo GTR 89
Lamborghini 5.7L V12
NC A 87 JNB Racing Australia John Falk
Australia Neil McFadyen
Australia Ken Lusty		 Subaru Impreza WRX STI 87
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
DNF A 9 Budweiser Australia Ross Palmer
Australia David Wood		 Ford Mustang Cobra RA 66
Ford Modular 5.4L V8
DNF A 61 Team Yamaha Australia Trevor Haines
Australia Scott Jacob
Australia Grant Kenny		 Subaru Impreza WRX STI 57
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
DNF A 31 Marget Engineering Australia Drew Marget
Australia Vince Macaro		 Nissan 200SX Spec-R 44
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF A 300 Floyd Motorsport Australia Peter Floyd
Australia Cameron McConville		 HSV VX GTS 300kW 43
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
DNF N 18 Murray Carter Australia Murray Carter
Australia Kosi Kalaitzidis		 Chevrolet Corvette C5 38
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
DNF C 79 Sandhurst Golf Estate Australia A.Holgersson
Australia J.Mantello
Australia L.Walmsley		 Toyota Camry CSi V6 27
Toyota 1MZ-FE 3.0L V6
DNF A 14 Scotts Transport Australia Clyde Lawrence
Australia G.Munday		 Subaru Impreza WRX STI 15
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
DNF B 44 Thrifty Car Rental Australia Alan Shephard
Australia Steve Briffa		 Honda Integra Type-R 14
Honda B18C 1.8L I4
DNF A 28 Poolrite Australia Wayne Park
Australia Anton Mechtler		 Honda S2000 Sports 12
Honda F20C 2.0L I4
DNF N 20 Poolrite Australia Ian Palmer
Australia Brett Peters		 Honda NSX Brabham 12
Honda C32B 3.2L V6
DNF A 34 King Springs
Delphi		 Australia Mark King
Australia Rod Wilson		 Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 0
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
DNS [3] A 17 Quirks Refrigeration Australia Peter Boylan
Australia Trevor Scheumack		 BMW M3
BMW l6

Statistics

  • Provisional Pole Position - #666 Paul Stokell - 1:16.4012[4]
  • Pole Position - #43 Jim Richards - 1:16.9760
  • Fastest Lap - #7 D'arcy Russell - 1:17.7024
  • Race Average Speed - 143.22 km/h

References

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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Australian Auto Action, 21-27 September 2001, page 19
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Preceded by Sandown 500
2001		 Succeeded by
2002 Sandown 500
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