Sandown 500

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**Just Car Insurance 500**
Venue	Sandown International Raceway
Race Format
Race 1
- Laps	161
- Distance	500 km
Last Race (2007)
Winning Driver	Jamie Whincup/Craig Lowndes
Winning Team	TeamVodafone
Winning Manufacturer	Ford

The Sandown 500 was a touring car race held annually at Sandown Raceway near Melbourne, Australia.

The event was first run in 1964 and has been held in all but four years up until its end in 2007: 1966, 1967, 1999 and 2000 and it has been a round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series each year since 2003. It was typically held in September, the month before the season's other main endurance race, the Bathurst 1000.

After a change of promotor of Sandown Raceways motorsport activities, a changed V8 Supercar calender has seen Sandown allocated a sprint round and the 500 kilometre event moved to the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit for the 2008 season.^[1]

[edit] Past winners

Event	Driver(s)	Car
1964 Sandown 6 Hour International	Ralph Sach / Roberto Bussinello	Alfa Romeo Super Ti
1965 International 6 Hour Touring Car Race	Frank Gardner / Kevin Bartlett	Alfa Romeo Super Ti
1966	No race
1967	No race
1968 Datsun 3 Hour Trophy	Tony Roberts / Bob Watson	Holden Monaro HK GTS327
1969 Datsun Three Hour	Allan Moffat / John French	Ford Falcon XW GTHO
1970 Sandown Three Hour 250	Allan Moffat	Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II
1971 Sandown 250	Colin Bond	Holden Torana LC GTR XU-1
1972 Sandown 250	John Goss	Ford Falcon XY GTHO Phase III
1973 Sandown 250	Peter Brock	Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1
1974 Sandown 250	Allan Moffat	Ford Falcon XB GT
1975 Sandown 250	Peter Brock	Holden Torana LH SLR/5000 L34
1976 Hang Ten 400	Peter Brock	Holden Torana LH SLR/5000 L34
1977 Hang Ten 400	Peter Brock	Holden Torana LX A9X
1978 Hang Ten 400	Peter Brock	Holden Torana LX A9X
1979 Hang Ten 400	Peter Brock	Holden Torana LX SS5000 A9X
1980 Hang Ten 400	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VC
1981 Hang Ten 400	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VC
1982 Castrol 400	Allan Moffat	Mazda RX-7 PP
1983 Castrol 400	Allan Moffat	Mazda RX-7 PP
1984 Castrol 500	Peter Brock / Larry Perkins	Holden Commodore VK
1985 Castrol 500	Jim Richards / Tony Longhurst	BMW 635CSi
1986 Castrol 500	George Fury / Glenn Seton	Nissan Motors Skyline DR30 RS
1987 Castrol 500	George Fury / Terry Shiel	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS
1988 Enzed 500	Allan Moffat / Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500
1989 Sandown .05 500	Jim Richards / Mark Skaife	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R
1990 Sandown 500	George Fury / Glenn Seton	Ford Sierra RS500
1991 (Don't) Drink Drive 500	Mark Gibbs / Rohan Onslow	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
1992 (Don't) Drink Drive 500	Larry Perkins / Steve Harrington	Holden Commodore VL TWR SS Group A
1993 Sandown 500	Geoff Brabham / David Parsons	Ford Falcon EB
1994 Sandown 500	Dick Johnson / John Bowe	Ford Falcon EB
1995 Sandown 500	Dick Johnson / John Bowe	Ford Falcon EF
1996 Tickford 500	Craig Lowndes / Greg Murphy	Holden Commodore VR
1997 Tickford 500	Greg Murphy / Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore VS
1998 Tickford 500	Larry Perkins / Russell Ingall	Holden Commodore VT
1999	No race
2000	No race
2001 Clarion Sandown 500	John Bowe / Tom Waring	Ferrari F360
2002 Poolrite Sandown 500	Paul Stokell / Anthony Tratt	Lamborghini Diablo GTR
2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500	Mark Skaife / Todd Kelly	Holden Commodore VY
2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500	Marcos Ambrose / Greg Ritter	Ford Falcon BA
2005 Betta Electrical Sandown 500	Craig Lowndes / Yvan Muller	Ford Falcon BA
2006 Betta Electrical Sandown 500	Jason Bright / Mark Winterbottom	Ford Falcon BA
2007 Just Car Insurance 500	Craig Lowndes / Jamie Whincup	Ford Falcon BF

* The .05 (pronounced "point-oh-five") in the event name for 1989 was part of a Government campaign targeting drink-driving; 0.05% is the legal blood alcohol content limit in Australia.

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