1995 Sandown 500

Track map of the Sandown Raceway

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.^[1] Race distance was 161 laps of the 3.10 km circuit,^[1] totalling 499 km. It was the 30th "Sandown 500".

The race was won by Dick Johnson and John Bowe driving a Ford EF Falcon.^[1]

Race results

Race statistics

• Pole position: Craig Lowndes & Greg Murphy, 1m 13.1494s^[4]
• Race time of winning car: 3h 30m 22.82s^[1]
• Fastest race lap: Craig Lowndes, 1m 13.7557s on lap 36^[5]

See also

1995 Australian Touring Car season

References

1. Results, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, pages 277
2. Sandown 500 Entry List, Auto Action, 6 September 1995
3. The 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 www.supercars.com indicates that the car was "built in 1993 as a VP model Commodore" and "was updated to VR spec in 1996"
4. 1995 Sandown 500 - Business as Usual, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, pages 200-204
5. Sandown 500, Motorsport News, 8–21 September 1995, page 20

External links

• Aaron Noonan, On This Day: Johnson-Bowe go back-to-back, www.supercars.com
• 1995 Sandown 500 - Full Race video, www.youtube.com