1988 360 km of Sandown Park
# 1988 360 km of Sandown Park

The 1988 Lucas Supersprint was the eleventh and final round of the 1988 World Sports-Prototype Championship. It took place at Sandown Raceway, Victoria, Australia on 20 November 1988.

Due to being a short sprint and thus having a smaller points scale for the championship, several teams, most notably the Porsches of Brun Motorsport, Joest Racing, Kremer Racing, and Richard Lloyd Racing, opted not to attend this event.

Unlike the previous World Endurance Championship race held at Sandown in 1984 which included an invitation class for cars that competed in the Australian GT and Sports Car championships, the Lucas Supersprint was open to WSPC cars only. The only local entry was the Bernie van Elsen entered Veskanda Chevrolet driven by touring car stars John Bowe and Dick Johnson (Bowe was the car's driver when it dominated the 1986 Australian Sports Car Championship). The car was able to race as although it had been built to conform to Australia's Group A Sports Car rules, it also met the FIA's Group C rules as well as conforming to IMSA regulations.

## Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyre | Laps | Grid |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Engine | Tyre | Laps | Grid |
| 1 | C1 | 61 | Team Sauber Mercedes | Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass | Sauber C9 | M | 93 | 1 |
| 1 | C1 | 61 | Team Sauber Mercedes | Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass | Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8 | M | 93 | 1 |
| 2 | C1 | 62 | Team Sauber Mercedes | Mauro Baldi Stefan Johansson | Sauber C9 | M | 93 | 2 |
| 2 | C1 | 62 | Team Sauber Mercedes | Mauro Baldi Stefan Johansson | Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8 | M | 93 | 2 |
| 3 | C1 | 1 | Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing | Martin Brundle Eddie Cheever | Jaguar XJR-9 | D | 93 | 4 |
| 3 | C1 | 1 | Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing | Martin Brundle Eddie Cheever | Jaguar 7.0L V12 | D | 93 | 4 |
| 4 | C1 | 2 | Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing | Jan Lammers Johnny Dumfries | Jaguar XJR-9 | D | 92 | 3 |
| 4 | C1 | 2 | Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing | Jan Lammers Johnny Dumfries | Jaguar 7.0L V12 | D | 92 | 3 |
| 5 | C2 | 111 | Spice Engineering | Ray Bellm Gordon Spice | Spice SE88C | G | 88 | 5 |
| 5 | C2 | 111 | Spice Engineering | Ray Bellm Gordon Spice | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | G | 88 | 5 |
| 6 | C1 | 20 | Team Davey | Neil Crang Tim Lee-Davey | Porsche 962C | D | 88 | 6 |
| 6 | C1 | 20 | Team Davey | Neil Crang Tim Lee-Davey | Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 | D | 88 | 6 |
| 7 | C2 | 115 | ADA Engineering | Arthur Abrahams John Smith | ADA 03 | G | 88 | 12 |
| 7 | C2 | 115 | ADA Engineering | Arthur Abrahams John Smith | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | G | 88 | 12 |
| 8 | C2 | 109 | Kelmar Racing | Ranieri Randaccio Stefano Sebastiani | Tiga GC288 | A | 84 | 13 |
| 8 | C2 | 109 | Kelmar Racing | Ranieri Randaccio Stefano Sebastiani | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | A | 84 | 13 |
| 9 | C2 | 127 | Chamberlain Engineering | Andrew Miedecke Nick Adams | Spice SE86C | A | 82 | 11 |
| 9 | C2 | 127 | Chamberlain Engineering | Andrew Miedecke Nick Adams | Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4 | A | 82 | 11 |
| 10 | C2 | 183 | Walter Maurer Racing | Helmut Gall Walter Maurer | Maurer Lotec C87 | ? | 77 | 18 |
| 10 | C2 | 183 | Walter Maurer Racing | Helmut Gall Walter Maurer | BMW 2.0L Turbo I4 | ? | 77 | 18 |
| 11 | C2 | 178 | Automobiles Louis Descartes | Michel Lateste Louis Descartes | ALD 04 | A | 76 | 15 |
| 11 | C2 | 178 | Automobiles Louis Descartes | Michel Lateste Louis Descartes | BMW M80 3.5L I6 | A | 76 | 15 |
| 12 NC | C2 | 198 | Roy Baker Racing | Michael Hall John Bartlett | Tiga GC286 | D | 56 | 17 |
| 12 NC | C2 | 198 | Roy Baker Racing | Michael Hall John Bartlett | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | D | 56 | 17 |
| 13 NC | C2 | 103 | Spice Engineering | Eliseo Salazar Thorkild Thyrring | Spice SE88C | G | 54 | 9 |
| 13 NC | C2 | 103 | Spice Engineering | Eliseo Salazar Thorkild Thyrring | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | G | 54 | 9 |
| 14 DNF | C2 | 121 | Cosmik GP Motorsport | Philippe de Henning Costas Los | Spice SE87C | G | 87 | 10 |
| 14 DNF | C2 | 121 | Cosmik GP Motorsport | Philippe de Henning Costas Los | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | G | 87 | 10 |
| 15 DNF | C2 | 124 | MT Sport Racing | Jean Messaoudi Pierre-Francois Rousselot | Argo JM19C | A | 77 | 16 |
| 15 DNF | C2 | 124 | MT Sport Racing | Jean Messaoudi Pierre-Francois Rousselot | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | A | 77 | 16 |
| 16 DNF | C1 | 40 | Swiss Team Salamin | Giovanni Lavaggi Antoine Salamin | Porsche 962C | G | 41 | 14 |
| 16 DNF | C1 | 40 | Swiss Team Salamin | Giovanni Lavaggi Antoine Salamin | Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 41 | 14 |
| 17 DNF | C2 | 107 | Chamberlain Engineering | Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Ricci | Spice SE88C | A | 14 | 7 |
| 17 DNF | C2 | 107 | Chamberlain Engineering | Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Ricci | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | A | 14 | 7 |
| $DSQ^†$ | C1 | 26 | Bernie van Elsen | John Bowe Dick Johnson | Veskanda C1 | D | 87 | 8 |
| $DSQ^†$ | C1 | 26 | Bernie van Elsen | John Bowe Dick Johnson | Chevrolet 6.0L V8 | D | 87 | 8 |

† - The #26 Veskanda-Chevrolet of John Bowe and Dick Johnson was disqualified for using more fuel than the regulations allowed.

## Statistics

* Pole Position - Jean-Louis Schlesser - Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:28.620
* Fastest Lap - Jean-Louis Schlesser - Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:33.580
* Average Speed - 144.355 km/h
