1979 Hang Ten 400

The 1979 Hang Ten 400 was an endurance motor race held at the Sandown Park circuit in Victoria, Australia on 9 September 1979. It was staged over 129 laps of the 3.11 km circuit, a total of 401 km. The race was Round 1 of the 1979 Australian Championship of Makes and as such it was open to Group C Touring Cars. It was the fourteenth in a sequence of annual Sandown long distance races. The race was won by Peter Brock.

Classes

Cars competed in three classes according to engine capacity:

Class A: 3001 to 6000cc
Class B: 2001 to 3000cc
Class C: Up to 2000cc

Results

Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Class	Laps
1	Peter Brock	05	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback	Holden Dealer Team	A	129
2	John Harvey	26	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback	Holden Dealer Team	A	128
3	Peter Janson Larry Perkins	9	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback	Captain P Janson	A	125
4	Murray Carter	18	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop	Brian Wood Ford	A	123
5	Alan Browne	24	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback	Re-Car Consolidated Industries	A	122
6	Allan Taylor	15	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback	Scotty Taylor Holden	A	120
7	John Gates	46	Mazda RX-3	Barry Lee	B	114
8	Graeme Bailey	61	Toyota Celica	Brian Hilton Toyota	C	113
9	Graham Mein	55	Ford Escort RS2000	G Mein	C	112
10	Roger Cartwright	54	Ford Escort RS2000	R Cartwright	C	112
11	Peter Kuebler	63	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV	Safcol Snappy Tom	C	109
12	Ian Wells	72	Holden Gemini	Modulaire Air Conditioning	C	106
13	Chris Heyer	73	Volkswagen Golf	Lennox Motors	C	106
14	Ken Price	74	Holden Gemini	Modulaire Air Conditioning	C	102
15	Jim Faneco	75	Holden Gemini	Victorian Police Motor Sports Club	C	102
16	Dean Gall	45	Mazda RX-7	Precinct Performance	B	100
17	Martin Power	62	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Jagparts	C	93
18	Frank Porter	59	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV	Beninca Motors	C	92
19	Larry Kogge	41	Mazda RX-3	L Kogge	B	90
20	John Faulkner	79	Ford Escort RS2000		C	88
21	Brian Boyd	42	BMW 3.0	Brian Boyd	B	87
22	Mal Smith	69	Holden Gemini	Victorian Police Motor Sports Club	C	87
DNF	Allan Grice	6	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback	Craven Mild Racing	A
DNF	Allan Moffat	25	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop	Allan Moffat Racing	A
DNF	Bill O'Brien	30	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop	Everlast Battery Service	A
DNF	Bob Morris	7	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback	Ron Hodgson Channel 7 Racing	A
DNF	Charlie O'Brien	21	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback	Roadways / Gown-Hindhaugh	A
DNF	Colin Bond	4	Ford XC Falcon GS 500 Hardtop	Thomson Ford	A
DNF	David Earle	68	Ford Escort	Bob Holden	C
DNF	Garry Rogers	34	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback	Greater Pacific Finance	A
DNF	Garth Wigston	20	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback	Roadways / Gown-Hindhaugh	A
DNF	Gary Cooke	11	Holden LX Torana SS A9X 4-Door	Citizen Watches Australia Pty Ltd	A
DNF	Jim Keogh	12	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop	Rusty French Racing	A
DNF	Michael Quinn	77	Toyota Corolla Levin	Peter Williamson Pty Ltd	C
DNF	Ray Allford	28	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop	Ray Allford Motors	A
DNF	Ray Farrar	46	Ford Capri V6	R Farrar	B
DNF	Rod Stevens	36	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop	Brian Wood Ford	A
DNF	Ron Wanless	27	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop	Denimac Ford Pty Ltd	A
DNF	Rusty French	10	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop	Rusty French Racing	A
DNF	Warren Cullen	22	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback	Settlement Road Wreckers	A
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There were 48 starters and 22 finishers in the race.
The known non-finishers are listed in alphabetical order due to a lack of information concerning laps completed.