2001 Clarion Sandown 500


The 2001 Clarion Sandown 500 was a motor race for production-based Nations Cup cars and GT Production cars. The race, which was the 34th Sandown 500 endurance race, was held at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 16 September 2001. It was the first Sandown 500 held since 1998 when it was contested by V8 Supercars.
The race was won by John Bowe and Tom Waring driving a Ferrari 360 Challenge for Prancing Horse Racing.

Classes

Cars competed in four classes:

Budweiser Top Gun Challenge

After qualifying was completed the fastest ten cars competed in a one-lap runoff for the top ten grid positions. Runoff results as follows:
PosNoTeamDriverCarTime
Pole43V.I.P. Petfoods

Official results

Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified. Race results as follows:
PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisLaps
PosClassNoTeamDriversEngineLaps
1N64Prancing Horse Racing

Statistics