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 Shootoutedit
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:[1]
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.[3]
Statisticsedit
Provisional pole position (qualifying) - #1 Mark Skaife - 1:11.9148[3]
Pole position (Top Ten Shootout) - #50 Greg Murphy - 1:22.3834[3]
Fastest race lap - #4 Jason Bright - 1:13.2534 (152 km/h)
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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 Track map of the Sandown Raceway Contents 1 Class Structure 2 Top Ten Shootout 3 Official results 4 Statistics 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksClass Structure editWhile 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 editThe 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 1 Pos No Team Driver Car TimePole 50 Holden Racing Team nbsp Greg Murphy Holden VS Commodore 1 22 38342 1 Holden Racing Team nbsp Mark Skaife Holden VT Commodore 1 22 40503 18 Dick Johnson Racing nbsp John Bowe Ford EL Falcon 1 22 45484 4 Stone Brothers Racing nbsp Jason Bright Ford EL Falcon 1 22 49905 5 Glenn Seton Racing nbsp Glenn Seton Ford EL Falcon 1 23 31606 10 Larkham Motor Sport nbsp Mark Larkham Ford EL Falcon 1 23 78317 25 Longhurst Racing nbsp Tony Longhurst Ford EL Falcon 1 24 13558 17 Dick Johnson Racing nbsp Dick Johnson Ford EL Falcon 1 24 37149 35 Garry Rogers Motorsport nbsp Jason Bargwanna Holden VS Commodore 1 24 673510 11 Perkins Engineering nbsp Larry Perkins Holden VT Commodore 1 25 9808Official results editRace results were as follows 2 Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps QualPos ShootoutPos1 OC 11 Perkins Engineering nbsp Larry Perkins nbsp Russell Ingall Holden VT Commodore 147 7 102 OC 1 Holden Racing Team nbsp Craig Lowndes nbsp Mark Skaife Holden VT Commodore 147 1 23 OC 18 Dick Johnson Racing nbsp John Bowe nbsp Cameron McConville Ford EL Falcon 147 5 34 OC 5 Glenn Seton Racing nbsp Glenn Seton nbsp Neil Crompton Ford EL Falcon 145 6 55 OC 4 Stone Brothers Racing nbsp Jason Bright nbsp Steven Richards Ford EL Falcon 145 3 46 OC 50 Holden Racing Team nbsp Greg Murphy nbsp Mark Noske Holden VS Commodore 145 2 17 OC 35 Garry Rogers Motorsport nbsp Jason Bargwanna nbsp Jim Richards Holden VS Commodore 144 8 98 OC 7 Gibson Motorsport nbsp Darren Hossack nbsp Darren Pate Holden VS Commodore 143 169 OC 32 Tomas Mezera Motorsport nbsp Tomas Mezera nbsp Terry Finnigan Holden VT Commodore 143 1710 OC 2 Gibson Motorsport nbsp David Parsons nbsp Simon Wills Holden VS Commodore 143 2211 OC 10 Larkham Motor Sport nbsp Mark Larkham nbsp Brad Jones Ford EL Falcon 142 4 612 CT 3 Lansvale Racing Team nbsp Steve Reed nbsp Trevor Ashby Holden VS Commodore 141 2313 OC 49 Greg Crick Motorsport nbsp Greg Crick nbsp Dean Crosswell Holden VS Commodore 139 2114 OC 16 Perkins Engineering nbsp Melinda Price nbsp Kerryn Brewer Holden VS Commodore 138 2415 CT 99 Clive Wiseman Racing nbsp Mick Donaher nbsp Dean Lindstrom Holden VS Commodore 133 2616 OC 38 James Rosenberg Racing nbsp Mark Poole nbsp Tony Scott Holden VS Commodore 133 1317 OC 46 John Faulkner Racing nbsp John Faulkner nbsp Todd Kelly Holden VS Commodore 131 3318 CT 54 Simon Emerzidis nbsp Simon Emerzidis nbsp Garry Willmington Ford EL Falcon 128 2519 CT 14 Imrie Motor Sport nbsp Mike Imrie nbsp Rodney Crick Holden VS Commodore 127 3120 CT 72 Robert Smith Racing nbsp Robert Smith nbsp Bruce Williams Holden VS Commodore 123 2721 CT 48 Rod Smith Racing nbsp D arcy Russell nbsp Colin Ivory Holden VS Commodore 121 3022 OC 79 Cadillac Productions nbsp Mike Conway nbsp Chris Hones Ford EL Falcon 119 29DNF OC 75 Paul Little Racing nbsp Anthony Tratt nbsp Bob Jones Ford EL Falcon 125 20DNF OC 43 Paul Weel Racing nbsp Paul Weel nbsp Neal Bates Ford EL Falcon 122 18NC OC 8 Perkins Engineering nbsp Dugal McDougall nbsp Jason Wylie Holden VS Commodore 109 19DNF CT 55 Rod Nash Racing nbsp Rod Nash nbsp Darren Edwards Holden VS Commodore 102 28DNF OC 17 Dick Johnson Racing nbsp Dick Johnson nbsp Steven Johnson Ford EL Falcon 99 9 8DNF CT 77 V8 Racing nbsp Richard Mork nbsp Bill Sieders Holden VP Commodore 94 32DNF OC 96 Wayne Gardner Racing nbsp Wayne Gardner nbsp Paul Stokell Holden VS Commodore 73 14DNF OC 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport nbsp Garth Tander nbsp Cameron McLean Holden VS Commodore 30 12DNF OC 25 Longhurst Racing nbsp Tony Longhurst nbsp Geoff Brabham Ford EL Falcon 7 10 7DNF OC 24 Romano Racing nbsp Paul Romano nbsp Steve Ellery Holden VR Commodore 6 15DNF OC 9 Longhurst Racing nbsp Alan Jones nbsp Adam Macrow Ford EL Falcon 0 11DNS OC 95 Road Care Racing nbsp Steve Cramp nbsp 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 3 Statistics editProvisional pole position qualifying 1 Mark Skaife 1 11 9148 3 Pole position Top Ten Shootout 50 Greg Murphy 1 22 3834 3 Fastest race lap 4 Jason Bright 1 13 2534 152 km h Winners race time 03 45 09 5507 2 Race average speed 121 km h 2 References edit Tickford 500 Sandown 1998 Sandown International Motor Raceway Tickford 500 Top Ten Shootout National Software 13 September 1998 Archived from the original on 9 September 2006 Retrieved 3 June 2008 a b c Tickford 500 Sandown 1998 Sandown International Motor Raceway Tickford 500 National Software 13 January 2021 Archived from the original on 13 January 2021 Retrieved 3 June 2008 a b c Rain What Rain Australian Auto Action 18 24 September 1998 pages 42 46Further reading editNormoyle Steve 1999 V8 Bathurst 2 Chevron Publishing Group ISSN 1329 3184 External links editOfficial race results Official V8 Supercar website Thumbnail race images 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