1998 Tickford 500


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.

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:
PosNoTeamDriverCarTime
Pole50Holden Racing Team Greg MurphyHolden VS Commodore1:22.3834
21Holden Racing Team Mark SkaifeHolden VT Commodore1:22.4050
318Dick Johnson Racing John BoweFord EL Falcon1:22.4548
44Stone Brothers Racing Jason BrightFord EL Falcon1:22.4990
55Glenn Seton Racing Glenn SetonFord EL Falcon1:23.3160
610Larkham Motor Sport Mark LarkhamFord EL Falcon1:23.7831
725Longhurst Racing Tony LonghurstFord EL Falcon1:24.1355
817Dick Johnson Racing Dick JohnsonFord EL Falcon1:24.3714
935Garry Rogers Motorsport Jason BargwannaHolden VS Commodore1:24.6735
1011Perkins Engineering Larry PerkinsHolden VT Commodore1:25.9808

Official results

Race results were as follows:
PosClassNoTeamDriversCarLapsQual
Pos		Shootout
Pos
1OC11Perkins Engineering Larry Perkins
Russell Ingall		Holden VT Commodore147710
2OC1Holden Racing Team Craig Lowndes
Mark Skaife		Holden VT Commodore14712
3OC18Dick Johnson Racing John Bowe
Cameron McConville		Ford EL Falcon14753
4OC5Glenn Seton Racing Glenn Seton
Neil Crompton		Ford EL Falcon14565
5OC4Stone Brothers Racing Jason Bright
Steven Richards		Ford EL Falcon14534
6OC50Holden Racing Team Greg Murphy
Mark Noske		Holden VS Commodore14521
7OC35Garry Rogers Motorsport Jason Bargwanna
Jim Richards		Holden VS Commodore14489
8OC7Gibson Motorsport Darren Hossack
Darren Pate		Holden VS Commodore14316
9OC32Tomas Mezera Motorsport Tomas Mezera
Terry Finnigan		Holden VT Commodore14317
10OC2Gibson Motorsport David Parsons
Simon Wills		Holden VS Commodore14322
11OC10Larkham Motor Sport Mark Larkham
Brad Jones		Ford EL Falcon14246
12CT3Lansvale Racing Team Steve Reed
Trevor Ashby		Holden VS Commodore14123
13OC49Greg Crick Motorsport Greg Crick
Dean Crosswell		Holden VS Commodore13921
14OC16Perkins Engineering Melinda Price
Kerryn Brewer		Holden VS Commodore13824
15CT99Clive Wiseman Racing Mick Donaher
Dean Lindstrom		Holden VS Commodore13326
16OC38James Rosenberg Racing Mark Poole
Tony Scott		Holden VS Commodore13313
17OC46John Faulkner Racing John Faulkner
Todd Kelly		Holden VS Commodore13133
18CT54Simon Emerzidis Simon Emerzidis
Garry Willmington		Ford EL Falcon12825
19CT14Imrie Motor Sport Mike Imrie
Rodney Crick		Holden VS Commodore12731
20CT72Robert Smith Racing Robert Smith
Bruce Williams		Holden VS Commodore12327
21CT48Rod Smith Racing D'arcy Russell
Colin Ivory		Holden VS Commodore12130
22OC79Cadillac Productions Mike Conway
Chris Hones		Ford EL Falcon11929
DNFOC75John Sidney Racing Anthony Tratt
Bob Jones		Ford EL Falcon12520
DNFOC43Paul Weel Racing Paul Weel
Neal Bates		Ford EL Falcon12218
NCOC8Perkins Engineering Dugal McDougall
Jason Wylie		Holden VS Commodore10919
DNFCT55Rod Nash Racing Rod Nash
Darren Edwards		Holden VS Commodore10228
DNFOC17Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson
Steven Johnson		Ford EL Falcon9998
DNFCT77V8 Racing Richard Mork
Bill Sieders		Holden VP Commodore9432
DNFOC96Wayne Gardner Racing Wayne Gardner
Paul Stokell		Holden VS Commodore7314
DNFOC34Garry Rogers Motorsport Garth Tander
Cameron McLean		Holden VS Commodore3012
DNFOC25Longhurst Racing Tony Longhurst
Geoff Brabham		Ford EL Falcon7107
DNFOC24Romano Racing Paul Romano
Steve Ellery		Holden VR Commodore615
DNFOC9Longhurst Racing Alan Jones
Adam Macrow		Ford EL Falcon011

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 shorted after reaching its three-hour-45-minute time limit.

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