The 1978 Hang Ten 400

Sandown 500

The Sandown 500 is an endurance motor race staged at the Sandown Raceway, near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia between 1964 and 2011. It was typically held in September, the month before Australia’s premier endurance race, the Bathurst 1000. The “500” was not run in 1966, 1967, 1999, 2000, 2008,...

 was an endurance race for Group C Touring Cars

Group C (Australia)

In relation to Australian motorsport, Group C refers to either of two sets of regulations devised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport for use in Australian touring car racing from 1965 to 1984...

. The event was staged at the Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit

Sandown Raceway

Sandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...

 in Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 on 10 September 1978 over a total distance of 401 km.
Cars competed in three engine capacity classes:

• 3001 to 6000cc
• 2001 to 3000cc
• Up to 2000cc

The event was Round 2 of the 1978 Australian Championship of Makes

Australian Manufacturers' Championship

The Australian Manufacturers' Championship is a motor racing title awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the winning car manufacturer in a series of races held throughout Australia...

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Results

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Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Class	Laps
1	Peter Brock Peter Brock Peter Geoffrey Brock, AM otherwise known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain" or simply as "Brocky" was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other...	05	Holden Torana LX SS A9X Hatchback Holden Torana The Holden Torana is a car which was produced by General Motors–Holden's , the Australian subsidiary of General Motors from 1967 to 1980. The name comes from an Aboriginal word meaning "to fly". The first Torana appeared in 1967 and was a four-cylinder compact vehicle that had its origins in the...	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Holden Dealer Team The Holden Dealer Team was Holden’s semi-official racing team from 1969 until 1987, primarily contesting Australian Touring Car events but also rallying, rallycross and sports sedans during the 1970s...	6000cc	129
2	John Harvey John Harvey (motorsport) John Francis Harvey is a retired Australian racing driver. He was a top speedway driver for many years in the 1950s/1960s winning many championship races including NSW Championship 3 successive years, Victorian Championship twice.After switching from speedway to road racing, Harvey drove cars...	15	Holden Torana LX SS A9X Hatchback	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team	6000cc	128
3	Barry Seton Barry Seton Barry Seton , , is an Australian racing driver. He won the Bathurst 500 in 1965 with co-driver Midge Bosworth driving a Ford Cortina GT500. He has competed in the Bathurst 500 22 times, competing every year from 1963 to 1984, and completing the race in fifteen of those...	33	Holden Torana LX SS A9X Hatchback	Amco Pty Ltd	6000cc	125
4	Allan Grice Allan Grice Allan Maxwell Grice OAM , known to motor-racing fans as Gricey, is an Australian former racing driver and politician, most famous for twice winning the prestigious Bathurst 1000 , and as a privateer driver of a Holden in the Australian Touring Car Championship.Grice also had a successful second...	6	Holden Torana LX SS A9X Hatchback	Craven Mild Racing	6000cc	122
5	Allan Taylor	13	Holden Torana LX SS A9X Hatchback	Scotty Taylor Holden	6000cc	122
6	Ron Dickson	14	Ford Falcon XC GS500 Hardtop	Thomson Ford	6000cc	119
7	Bill Evans	68	Ford Escort RS2000	Brian Wood Ford	2000cc	117
8	Lawrie Nelson	38	Ford Capri V6	Lawrie Nelson	3000cc	117
9	Peter Wiliamson	70	Toyota Celica GT	Peter Wiliamson P/L	2000cc	117
10	James Laing-Peach Steve Masterton	52	Ford Capri V6	Amco Pty Ltd	3000cc	116
11	John Duggan	51	Mazda RX-3 Mazda RX-3 The Mazda RX-3 is an automobile sold in the 1970s. It was intended to be smaller and sportier than its brother, the RX-2/Capella Rotary. In 1972 all rotary engines had their die-cast rotor housing coated with a new process: The new Transplant Coating Process featured sprayed-on steel which is...	John Duggan	3000cc	114
12	Jack Brabham Jack Brabham Sir John Arthur "Jack" Brabham, AO, OBE is an Australian former racing driver who was Formula One champion in , and . He was a founder of the Brabham racing team and race car constructor that bore his name....	8	Holden Torana LX SLR 5000 A9X 4-Door	Jack Brabham Holdings P/L	6000cc	113
13	Gary Dumbrell John Faulkner John Faulkner (racing driver) John Murray Faulkner, born 24 August 1952, in Palmerston North, New Zealand, is a retired racing driver. Faulkner spent the majority in sedan based classes, initial small touring cars, Ford Escorts and Capris initially before joining Toyota Team Australia's team of factory supported Toyota Corolla...	49	Ford Capri V6	Wynns Friction Proofing Racing Team	3000cc	113
14	Peter Granger	67	BMW BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...	Bob Glassier	2000cc	112
15	Brain Potts	48	Mazda RX-3	B Potts	3000cc	112
16	Bob Holden Bob Holden (racing driver) Robin John Holden born December 1, 1932, is an Australian racing driver. Holden raced small-engined touring cars throughout his career, racing Peugeots in the early 1960s, establishing a reputation for himself which saw him become a regular part of BMC Australias racing program for Minis which...	63	Ford Escort RS2000	Bob Holden / Shellsport	2000cc	111
17	Roger Cartwright	65	Ford Escort RS2000	R Cartwright	2000cc	111
18	Garth Wigston	20	Holden Torana LX SS A9X Hatchback	Roadways / Gown-Hindhaugh	6000cc	110
19	Geoffrey Wade	62	Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of cars. Founded as A.L.F.A. on June 24, 1910, in Milan, the company has been involved in car racing since 1911, and has a reputation for building expensive sports cars...		2000cc	110
20	Noel Edwards	44	Mazda	Noel Edwards	3000cc	109
21	Ian Chilman	41	Mazda	Ian Chilman	3000cc	109
22	Peter Janson	9	Holden Torana LX SS A9X Hatchback		6000cc	108
23	Ian Lees	42	Ford Capri V6	Hillrise Properties P/L	3000cc	106
24	Ian Messner	57	Ford Escort RS2000	Bob Holden Shellsport	2000cc	105
25	Robin Dudfield	55	Alfa Romeo	R.C. Dudfield	2000cc	105
26	Matthew Philip	75	Honda Civic Honda Civic (first generation) Honda began selling the 1169 cc transversely mounted inline four-cylinder Civic for about US$2,200. The car produced roughly 50 hp and included power front disc brakes, vinyl seating, reclining bucket seats, and a woodgrain-accented dashboard. The hatchback version added a fold-down...	Mollison Motors P/L	2000cc	104
27	Colin Campbell	50	Ford Capri V6	Ranger Truck Rentals P/L	3000cc	103
DNF	Wayne Negus	21	Holden Torana LX SS A9X Hatchback	Roadways / Gown-Hindhaugh	6000cc	94
DNF	Murray Carter	18	Ford Falcon XC GS500 Hardtop	Brian Wood Ford	6000cc	75
DNF	Gary Cooke	11	Holden Torana LX SS A9X Hatchback	Citizen Watches Australia P/L	6000cc
DNF	Bob Morris Bob Morris (motor racing) Robert Morris is an Australian former racing driver. Morris was one of the leading touring car drivers during the 1970s and continued racing until 1984. Morris won Australia's premier Touring car race, the Bathurst 1000 in 1976. He also won the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1979...	7	Holden Torana LX SS A9X Hatchback	Ron Hodgson Channel 7 Racing	6000cc
DNF	Garry Rogers	34	Holden Torana LX SS A9X Hatchback	Greater Pacific Finance	6000cc
DNF	John Latham Brian Reed	26	Holden Torana LX SS A9X Hatchback	Bruce Spicer	6000cc
DNF	Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Allan George Moffat, OBE is an Australian racing driver known for his four wins in the Australian Touring Car Championship, six wins in the Sandown 500 and his four wins in the Bathurst 1000...	1	Ford Falcon XC Cobra Ford Falcon Cobra The Cobra was a limited edition of the Ford Falcon released by Ford Australia in 1978. It was based on the XC Hardtop .-History:In 1978, Ford Australia unveiled plans for an all-new Falcon, dubbed the XD, that would be released in 1979...	Allan Moffat Racing	6000cc
DNF	Colin Bond Colin Bond Colin John Bond is a retired Australian racing driver. Bond reached the highest levels in Australian motorsport in 1969 when he was recruited by Harry Firth to the newly formed Holden Dealer Team...	2	Ford Falcon XC Cobra	Allan Moffat Racing	6000cc
DNF	Jim Keogh	24	Ford Falcon XC GS500 Hardtop	Shellsport / Henderson Federal Spring Works P/L	6000cc
DNF	Dick Johnson	17	Ford Falcon XC Cobra	Bryan Byrt Ford	6000cc
DNF	Warwick Brown Warwick Brown Warwick Brown is a former racing driver from Australia.Brown participated in a single Formula One Grand Prix, on 10 October 1976. He drove a Williams-Wolf at the US GP and finished 14th....	32	Ford Falcon XC GS500 Hardtop	Bryan Byrt Ford	6000cc
DNF	Bill O'Brien	30	Ford Falcon XC GS500 Hardtop	Everlast Battery Service	6000cc
DNF	Ray Farrar	46	Ford Capri V6	Brian Wood Ford	3000cc
DNF	Rod Stevens	69	Ford Escort RS2000	Brian Wood Ford	2000cc
DNF	David Cannon	77	Ford Escort RS2000		2000cc
DNF	Greville Arnel	64	Ford Escort RS2000	Bob Holden Shellsport	2000cc
DNF	Ian Sonneman	61	Ford Escort RS2000		2000cc
DNF	Phillip Brock	16	Holden Torana LX SS A9X Hatchback		6000cc

Note: The above results listing is incomplete with regard to the non-finishers shown.

External links

• Image of the Allan Moffat Ford XC Falcon Cobra at the 1978 Hang Ten 400 Retrieved from www.flickr.com on 2 May 2009