1998_Tickford_500

1998 Tickford 500

1998 Tickford 500

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The 1998 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars. The event, which was the 33rd running of the Sandown 500, was held on 13 September 1998 at the Sandown International Motor Raceway. The race was won by Larry Perkins and Russell Ingall driving a Perkins Engineering Holden VT Commodore.

Track map of the Sandown Raceway

Class Structure

While still following long-term plans to abandon class structures within V8 Supercar, a class was instigated for the 1998 Tickford 500 and FAI 1000 Classic endurance races allowing smaller teams to save considerable budget by running a Dunlop control tyre, indicated here by CT. Most teams, particularly the professional teams, preferred to race with freedom of tyre choice, indicated by the class OC.

Top Ten Shootout

The top ten cars from Qualifying contested a Top Ten Shootout to determine the first ten grid positions for the race. Shootout results were as follows:[1]

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Official results

Race results were as follows:[2]

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Note: The race was scheduled to be run over 161 laps, however the slower lap times dictated by the wet weather conditions resulted in the race being shortened after reaching its three-hour-45-minute time limit.[3]

Statistics

  • Provisional pole position (qualifying) - #1 Mark Skaife - 1:11.9148[3]
  • Pole position (Top Ten Shootout) - #50 Greg Murphy - 1:22.3834[3]
  • Fastest race lap - #4 Jason Bright - 1:13.2534 (152 km/h)
  • Winners' race time - 03:45:09.5507[2]
  • Race average speed - 121 km/h[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Tickford 500 Sandown 1998 Sandown International Motor Raceway Tickford 500 Top Ten Shootout". National Software. 13 September 1998. Archived from the original on 9 September 2006. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
  2. [2]
    "Tickford 500 Sandown 1998 Sandown International Motor Raceway Tickford 500". National Software. 13 January 2021. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
  3. [3]
    Rain, What Rain? Australian Auto Action, 18–24 September 1998, pages 42-46

Further reading

  • Normoyle, Steve (1999). V8 Bathurst 2. Chevron Publishing Group. ISSN 1329-3184.
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