1980 Hang Ten 400

The 1980 Hang Ten 400 was an endurance race for Group C Touring Cars. The event, which was Round 2 of the 1980 Australian Championship of Makes was staged on 14 September 1980 over 109 laps of the 3.1 km Sandown Park circuit in Victoria, Australia, a total distance of 337.9 km.^[1]

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

Position^[2]	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Class pos.	Class	Laps
1	Peter Brock	05	Holden VC Commodore	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team	1	A	109
2	Garry Rogers Fred Geissler	16	Holden VC Commodore	Greater Pacific Finance	2	A	108
3	Allan Moffat	25	Holden VC Commodore	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team	3	A	107
4	Murray Carter	18	Ford XD Falcon	Magnum Wheels	4	A	107
5	Gary Cooke Warwick Brown	11	Holden VC Commodore	Citizen Watches	5	A	106
6	Ray Cutchie	40	Ford Escort RS2000	Rex Monahan	1	C	99
7	Peter Hopwood Terry Daly	37	Ford Capri Mk.III	Trend Windows	1	B	99
8	Terry Wade	52	Triumph Dolomite	B&G Myers	2	C	98
9	Joe Beninca		Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV	Beninca Motors	3	C	97
10	Ray Alford		Ford XD Falcon	Ray Alford	6	A	97
11	Roger Cartwright Rod Stevens	41	Ford Escort RS2000	Roger Cartwright	4	C	95
12	Stephen Brook Wally Storey	46	Ford Escort RS2000	Formula Ford Australia	5	C	93
13	Alan Browne Brian Sampson	15	Holden Commodore	Re-Car Racing	7	A	92
14	Bob Holden David Earle	65	Ford Escort 1600	Formula Ford Australia	1	D	92
15	Jim Faneco	60	Holden Gemini	Country Dealer Team	2	D	90
16	Ian Burrell Rob Shute	57	Mitsubishi Lancer	Scottune	3	D	90
17	Steve Masterton Colin Bond	31	Ford Capri Mk.II	Masterton Homes	2	B	89
18	Kevin Kennedy Scotty Taylor	34	Holden LX Torana 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	55	Holden Gemini	CARS Gemini Team	4	D	86
21	?
22	?
23	Graeme Bailey Doug Clark	51	Toyota Celica	Chickadee Chicken		C
?	Allan Bryant	28	Mazda RX-7			B
?	Chris Heyer	63	Volkswagen Golf	Lennox Motors		D
?	Gerald Kay Martin Power	49	Triumph Dolomite			C
?	John Bundy Norm Carr		Mazda RX-3			B
?	Larry Kogge J Chambers		Mazda RX-3			B
?	L Stoopman		BMW 2002			C
?	Martin Power Gerald Kay		Triumph Dolomite			C
?	Peter McLeod Mal Brewster	30	Mazda RX-7			B
?	Peter Granger		BMW 2002			C
?	Warwick Henderson Graham Harrison	42	Alfa Romeo Alfetta			C
DNF	Charlie O'Brien	10	Holden VC Commodore	Roadways		A	84
DNF	Ron Dickson	2	Chevrolet Camaro	Avco		A	71
DNF	Peter Williamson Mike Quinn	44	Toyota Celica	Peter Williamson Toyota		C	64
DNF	Bob Morris Bill O'Brien	7	Ford XD Falcon	Channel 7 Breville Racing		A	31
DNF	Bob Muir Kingsley Hibbard	24	Ford XD Falcon	Army Reserve		A	7
DNF	Allan Grice	6	Holden VC Commodore	Craven Mild Racing		A
DNF	Colin Spencer Allan Gough	56	Holden Gemini			D
DNF	Gary Rowe Geoff Wade	59	Holden Gemini Coupe	Country Dealer Team		D
DNF	Graham Mein Geoff Russell	45	Ford Escort RS2000			C
DNF	J Gates P Lyon	23	Holden Torana SLR5000			A
DNF	Jim Keogh Ross Mathieson	22	Ford XD Falcon			A
DNF	John Faulkner Gary Dumbrell	43	Ford Escort RS2000			C
DNF	Ken Harrison Ian Wells	61	Ford Escort 1600			D
DNF	Lawrie Nelson Tony Farrell	29	Ford Capri V6			B
DNF	Peter Janson Larry Perkins	4	Holden VC Commodore	Cadbury-Schweppes		A
DNF	Rusty French Leo Leonard		Ford XD Falcon			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.

References

1. Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1980/81, pages 210-211 & 214-215
2. Racing Car News, October 1980, page 79

Further reading

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

Preceded by 1979 Hang Ten 400

Sandown 400 1980

Succeeded by 1981 Hang Ten 400