The 1980 Hang Ten 400

Sandown 500

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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, which was Round 2 of the 1980 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...

 was staged on 14 September 1980 over 109 laps of the 3.1 km Sandown Park 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)

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, Australia

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, a total distance of 337.9 km.

The field was divided into the following four engine capacity classes:

• Class A : Over 3000 cc
• Class B : 2000 - 3000 cc
• Class C : 1601 - 2000 cc
• Class D : 0 - 1600 cc

Results

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Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Class Pos.	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 Commodore VC	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...	1	A	109
2	Garry Rogers, Fred Geissler	16	Holden Commodore VC	Greater Pacific Finance	2	A	108
3	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...	25	Holden Commodore VC	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team	3	A	107
4	Murray Carter	18	Ford Falcon XD Ford XD Falcon The Ford XD Falcon is a car that was produced by the Ford Motor Company of Australia between 1979 and 1982.The XD series was introduced on 28 March 1979 and was initially offered in five models:* Falcon GL * Fairmont...	Magnum Wheels	4	A	107
5	Gary Cooke, 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....	11	Holden Commodore	Citizen Watches	5	A	106
6	Ray Cutchie		Ford Escort RS2000	Rex Monahan	1	C	99
7	Peter Hopwood, Terry Daly		Ford Capri V6	Trend Windows	1	B	99
8	Terry Wade		Triumph Dolomite Triumph Dolomite The Triumph Dolomite was a popular small saloon car produced by the Triumph Motor Company division of the British Leyland Corporation in Canley, Coventry between October 1972 and August 1980.-History:...	B&G Myers	2	C	98
9	Joe Beninca		Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV	Beninca Motors	3	C	97
10	Ray Alford		Ford Falcon XD	Ray Alford	6	A	97
11	Roger Cartwight, Rod Stevens		Ford Escort RS2000	Roger Cartwright	4	C	95
12	Stephen Brook, Wally Storey		Ford Escort RS2000	Formula Ford Australia	5	C	93
13	Alan Browne, Brian Sampson		Holden Commodore	Re-Car Racing	7	A	92
14	Bob Holden, David Earle		Ford Escort 1600	Formula Ford Australia	1	D	92
15	Jim Faneco		Holden Gemini	Country Dealer Team	2	D	90
16	Ian Burrell, Rob Shute		Mitsubishi Lancer	Scottune	3	D	90
17	Steve Masterton, 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...	31	Ford Capri V6	Masterton Homes	2	B	89
18	Kevin Kennedy, Scotty Taylor		Holden Torana LX SS5000	Scotty Taylor Holden	8	A	89
19	John Bristow, Greg Toepfer		Toyota Celica	Cord Car Co	6	C	89
20	Ken Price, Steve Jonas		Holden Gemini	CARS Gemini Team	4	D	86
21	?
22	?
23	Graeme Bailey Graeme Bailey Graeme Alfred Bailey , was an Australian racing driver, best known as co-winner of the 1986 Bathurst 1000.... , Doug Clark		Toyota Celica	Chickadee Chicken		C
?	Allan Bryant		Mazda RX-7 Mazda RX-7 Series 1 is commonly referred to as the "SA22C" from the first alphanumerics of the vehicle identification number. This series of RX-7 had exposed steel bumpers and a high-mounted indentation-located license plate, called by Werner Buhrer of Road & Track magazine a "Baroque depression."In 1980...			B
?	Chris Heyer		Volkswagen Golf Volkswagen Golf Mk1 In May 1974, Volkswagen presented the first-generation Golf as a modern front-wheel-drive, hatchback replacement for the Volkswagen Beetle.-History:...	Lennox Motors		D
?	Gerald Kay, Martin Power		Triumph Dolomite			C
?	John Bundy, Norm Carr		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...			B
?	Larry Kogge, J Chambers		Mazda RX-3			B
?	L Stoopman		BMW 2002			C
?	Martin Power, Gerald Kay		Triumph Dolomite			C
?	Peter McLeod Peter McLeod Peter Gerard McLeod , was an Australian racing driver, best known as co-winner of the 1987 James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst and for driving the distinctive yellow and black Slick 50 Mazda RX-7 Group C touring car during the early to mid 1980's.-Group C Touring Cars:McLeod began his racing career in... , Mal Brewster		Mazda RX-7			B
?	Peter Granger		BMW 2002			C
?	Warwick Henderson, Graham Harrison		Alfa Romeo Alfetta			C
DNF	Charlie O'Brien Charlie O'Brien (racing driver) This article is about the Australian racing driver. For other people, see Charles O'Brien.Charles Lindsay O'Brien is a former Australian race car driver. From 1976 to 2003, he held the record for being the youngest winner of an Australian Touring Car Championship round.-Career results:-References:...	10	Holden Commodore VC	Roadways		A	84
DNF	Ron Dickson		Chevrolet Camaro	Avco		A	71
DNF	Peter Williamson, Mike Quinn	44	Toyota Celica			C	64
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... , Bill O'Brien	7	Ford Falcon XD	Channel 7 Breville Racing		A	31
DNF	Bob Muir, Kingsley Hibbard		Ford Falcon XD			A	7
DNF	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 Commodore VC	Craven Mild		A
DNF	Colin Spencer, Allan Gough		Holden Gemini			D
DNF	Gary Rowe, Geoff Wade		Holden Gemini Coupe	Country Dealer Team		D
DNF	Graham Mein, Geoff Russell		Ford Escort RS2000			C
DNF	J Gates, P Lyon		Holden Torana SLR5000			A
DNF	Jim Keogh, Ross Mathieson		Ford Falcon XD			A
DNF	John Faulkner, Gary Dumbrell		Ford Escort RS2000			C
DNF	Ken Harrison, Ian Wells		Ford Escort 1600			D
DNF	Lawrie Nelson, Tony Farrell		Ford Capri V6			B
DNF	Peter Janson, Larry Perkins Larry Perkins Larry Clifton Perkins is a former racing driver and V8 Supercar team owner from Australia.-Career:...		Holden Commodore VC	Cadbury-Schweppes		A
DNF	Rusty French, Leo Leonard		Ford Falcon XD			A

Note : Of the forty seven starters, twenty three were classified as finishers.
Of the ten for which the results are unknown, eight were non-finishers and the remaining two placed 21st and 22nd.

Further reading

• The Australian racing history of Ford, 1989, page 304
• The official racing history of Holden, 1988, pages 225-226 & 353