The 1990 Sandown 500 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars.Sandown 500, touringcarracing.net
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on 9 September 1990. The race distance was 161 laps of the 3.10 km circuit, totaling 499 km. It was Round 1 of the

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and Round 1 of the 1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.Seton’s first big title, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1990/91, pages 219 to 239 The race was won by

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and

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driving a

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for Peter Jackson Racing.

Divisions

Cars competed in three Divisions. * Division 1 : * Division 2 : * Division 3 : Under 1600ccJohn Evans, Two of a kind, Australian Auto Action, No 508, September 2, 1990, pages 16 to 18 – this race report states that “John Faulkner and Neal Bates were fastest of the under-1600cc class in their TAA Corolla

Results

Top 10 Qualifiers

Although no official Top 10 run off was held during qualifying for the Sandown 500, the top 10 qualifiers were:

Race

27 cars qualified for the race and 25 started. Note: * NC = Not classified * DNF = Did not finish * DNS = Did not start

Statistics

* Pole Position - #17, Dick Johnson (

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), 1:15.22 * Fastest Lap - #17, Dick Johnson1990 Sandown 500, Racing Car News, October 1990, page 44 (

), 1:16.21

References

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