1998 Tickford 500
# 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:

| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Car | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pole | 50 | Holden Racing Team | Greg Murphy | Holden VS Commodore | 1:22.3834 |
| 2 | 1 | Holden Racing Team | Mark Skaife | Holden VT Commodore | 1:22.4050 |
| 3 | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | John Bowe | Ford EL Falcon | 1:22.4548 |
| 4 | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Jason Bright | Ford EL Falcon | 1:22.4990 |
| 5 | 5 | Glenn Seton Racing | Glenn Seton | Ford EL Falcon | 1:23.3160 |
| 6 | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Mark Larkham | Ford EL Falcon | 1:23.7831 |
| 7 | 25 | Longhurst Racing | Tony Longhurst | Ford EL Falcon | 1:24.1355 |
| 8 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford EL Falcon | 1:24.3714 |
| 9 | 35 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Jason Bargwanna | Holden VS Commodore | 1:24.6735 |
| 10 | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Larry Perkins | Holden VT Commodore | 1:25.9808 |

## Official results

Race results were as follows:

| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Qual Pos | Shootout Pos |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | OC | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Larry Perkins Russell Ingall | Holden VT Commodore | 147 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | OC | 1 | Holden Racing Team | Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife | Holden VT Commodore | 147 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | OC | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | John Bowe Cameron McConville | Ford EL Falcon | 147 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | OC | 5 | Glenn Seton Racing | Glenn Seton Neil Crompton | Ford EL Falcon | 145 | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | OC | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Jason Bright Steven Richards | Ford EL Falcon | 145 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | OC | 50 | Holden Racing Team | Greg Murphy Mark Noske | Holden VS Commodore | 145 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | OC | 35 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Jason Bargwanna Jim Richards | Holden VS Commodore | 144 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | OC | 7 | Gibson Motorsport | Darren Hossack Darren Pate | Holden VS Commodore | 143 | 16 | |
| 9 | OC | 32 | Tomas Mezera Motorsport | Tomas Mezera Terry Finnigan | Holden VT Commodore | 143 | 17 | |
| 10 | OC | 2 | Gibson Motorsport | David Parsons Simon Wills | Holden VS Commodore | 143 | 22 | |
| 11 | OC | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Mark Larkham Brad Jones | Ford EL Falcon | 142 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | CT | 3 | Lansvale Racing Team | Steve Reed Trevor Ashby | Holden VS Commodore | 141 | 23 | |
| 13 | OC | 49 | Greg Crick Motorsport | Greg Crick Dean Crosswell | Holden VS Commodore | 139 | 21 | |
| 14 | OC | 16 | Perkins Engineering | Melinda Price Kerryn Brewer | Holden VS Commodore | 138 | 24 | |
| 15 | CT | 99 | Clive Wiseman Racing | Mick Donaher Dean Lindstrom | Holden VS Commodore | 133 | 26 | |
| 16 | OC | 38 | James Rosenberg Racing | Mark Poole Tony Scott | Holden VS Commodore | 133 | 13 | |
| 17 | OC | 46 | John Faulkner Racing | John Faulkner Todd Kelly | Holden VS Commodore | 131 | 33 | |
| 18 | CT | 54 | Simon Emerzidis | Simon Emerzidis Garry Willmington | Ford EL Falcon | 128 | 25 | |
| 19 | CT | 14 | Imrie Motor Sport | Mike Imrie Rodney Crick | Holden VS Commodore | 127 | 31 | |
| 20 | CT | 72 | Robert Smith Racing | Robert Smith Bruce Williams | Holden VS Commodore | 123 | 27 | |
| 21 | CT | 48 | Rod Smith Racing | D'arcy Russell Colin Ivory | Holden VS Commodore | 121 | 30 | |
| 22 | OC | 79 | Cadillac Productions | Mike Conway Chris Hones | Ford EL Falcon | 119 | 29 | |
| DNF | OC | 75 | Paul Little Racing | Anthony Tratt Bob Jones | Ford EL Falcon | 125 | 20 | |
| DNF | OC | 43 | Paul Weel Racing | Paul Weel Neal Bates | Ford EL Falcon | 122 | 18 | |
| NC | OC | 8 | Perkins Engineering | Dugal McDougall Jason Wylie | Holden VS Commodore | 109 | 19 | |
| DNF | CT | 55 | Rod Nash Racing | Rod Nash Darren Edwards | Holden VS Commodore | 102 | 28 | |
| DNF | OC | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Dick Johnson Steven Johnson | Ford EL Falcon | 99 | 9 | 8 |
| DNF | CT | 77 | V8 Racing | Richard Mork Bill Sieders | Holden VP Commodore | 94 | 32 | |
| DNF | OC | 96 | Wayne Gardner Racing | Wayne Gardner Paul Stokell | Holden VS Commodore | 73 | 14 | |
| DNF | OC | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Garth Tander Cameron McLean | Holden VS Commodore | 30 | 12 | |
| DNF | OC | 25 | Longhurst Racing | Tony Longhurst Geoff Brabham | Ford EL Falcon | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| DNF | OC | 24 | Romano Racing | Paul Romano Steve Ellery | Holden VR Commodore | 6 | 15 | |
| DNF | OC | 9 | Longhurst Racing | Alan Jones Adam Macrow | Ford EL Falcon | 0 | 11 | |
| DNS | OC | 95 | Road Care Racing | Steve Cramp Gary Baxter | Ford EL Falcon | - | | |

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

## Statistics

* Provisional pole position (qualifying) - #1 Mark Skaife - 1:11.9148
* Pole position (Top Ten Shootout) - #50 Greg Murphy - 1:22.3834
* Fastest race lap - #4 Jason Bright - 1:13.2534 (152 km/h)
* Winners' race time - 03:45:09.5507
* Race average speed - 121 km/h
