1988 Enzed 500

The 1988 Enzed 500 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars. The event was held at the Sandown International Raceway in Victoria, Australia on 11 September 1988 over 129 laps of the 3.9 km circuit, a total distance of 503 km. This was the last time that the 3.9 km International configuration of the Sandown circuit was used for Australian touring car racing. The race was the 23rd running of the "Sandown enduro".

1988 would be the only year that New Zealand based hydraulic hose and connector repair company Enzed, a former sponsor of Larry Perkins, would sponsor the event.

Allan Moffat and Gregg Hansford won the race in their Eggenberger built Ford Sierra RS500. It was Moffat's 6th and final Sandown enduro win having previously won in 1969, 1970, 1974, 1982 and 1983. It was also Moffat's final race win as a driver in Australia. Second was the new Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV of Larry Perkins and Denny Hulme, while third after numerous troubles was the pole winning Sierra of Dick Johnson and John Bowe.

Class B was won by the Mobil 1 Racing BMW M3 of Peter Brock, Jim Richards and David Parsons who finished 7th outright, 7 laps down on the Moffat/Hansford Sierra. Class C was won by the Nissan Gazelle of David Sala and Ross Burbidge who finished 11th outright, 20 laps down on the Sierra.

The race was broadcast live throughout Australia by the ABC with commentary provided by Will Hagon, Peter Gee and Melbourne motor racing personality "Captain" Peter Janson.

Class structure

Cars competed in three classes based on engine capacity.

• Class A: Over 3 litre
• Class B: 2 to 3 litre
• Class C: Under 2 litre

Results

Top 10 Qualifiers

Although no official Top 10 run off was held during qualifying for the Enzed 500, the top 10 qualifiers were:

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Qual
1	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	1:46.94
2	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst	Ford Sierra RS500	1:48.30
3	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	1:48.82
4	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock	BMW M3	1:50.04
5	8	Miedecke Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke	Ford Sierra RS500	1:50.09
6	10	Holden Special Vehicles	Larry Perkins	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	1:50.18
7	9	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Allan Moffat	Ford Sierra RS500	1:50.40
8	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	1:50.68
9	11	Holden Special Vehicles	Armin Hahne	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	1:52.23
10	44	Caltex CXT Racing Team	John Giddings	Ford Sierra RS500	1:52.24

Race

Position	Class	No.	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps
1	A	9	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Allan Moffat Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	129
2	A	10	Holden Special Vehicles	Larry Perkins Denny Hulme	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	129
3	A	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Dick Johnson John Bowe	Ford Sierra RS500	125
4	A	26	Kalari Racing	Tony Noske Graham Moore	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	124
5	A	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst Tomas Mezera	Ford Sierra RS500	123
6	A	18	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	John Smith Alfredo Costanzo	Ford Sierra RS500	123
7	B	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock Jim Richards David Parsons	BMW M3	122
8	A	46	Sunliner Campmobiles	Tony Hunter Steve Harrington	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	121
9	A	22	Lusty Engineering	Ken Lusty Graham Lusty	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	121
10	A	24	Jagparts Racing	Gerald Kay Geoff Munday	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	117
11	C	88	David Sala	David Sala Ross Burbidge	Nissan Gazelle	109
12	A	42	Matt Wacker	Matt Wacker Larry Kogge	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	99
DNF	A	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury Mark Skaife	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	94
DNF	A	36	Everlast Battery Service	Bill O'Brien Ray Lintott	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	81
NC	C	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden Garry Jones Damon Beck	Toyota Sprinter	81
NC	A	87	Joe Sommariva	Joe Sommariva Darrell Belsky Warren McKellar	BMW 635 CSi	79
DNF	A	38	Grellis Marketing	Ray Ellis Bruce Williams	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	78
DNF	B	34	Phil Ward Racing	Phil Ward David Clement	Mercedes-Benz 190E	69
DNF	B	7	Mobil 1 Racing	Neil Crompton David Parsons Peter Brock	BMW M3	58
DNF	A	11	Holden Special Vehicles	Jeff Allam Armin Hahne	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	56
DNF	C	32	Toyota Team Australia	Brett Riley Peter McKay	Toyota Corolla	44
DNF	A	8	Miedecke Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke Andrew Bagnall	Ford Sierra RS500	28
DNF	A	23	Beaurepaires	Chris Lambden Kerry Baily	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	26
DNF	A	20	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan Ken Mathews	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	25
DNF	C	31	Toyota Team Australia	Mike Oliver Mike Freeman	Toyota Corolla	23
DNF	A	3	Yellow Pages	Peter McLeod Jim Keogh	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	21
DNF	C	86	Gemspares	Darryl Hendrick John White	Isuzu Gemini ZZ	17
DNF	A	44	Caltex CXT Race Team	John Giddings Bruce Stewart Alan Jones	Ford Sierra RS500	15
DNF	C	91	Bryan Bate	Bryan Bate Andrew Maher	Toyota Corolla	11
DNF	A	28	Capri Components	Lawrie Nelson Bob Jolly	Ford Mustang	3
DNF	A	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton Anders Olofsson	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	1
DNF	C	29	Toyota Team Australia	Drew Price John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla	1
DNS	A	14	Netcomm	Murray Carter Steve Masterton	Ford Sierra RS500
DNS	A	4	Caltex CXT Race Team	Colin Bond Alan Jones	Ford Sierra RS500

Statistics

• Pole Position - #17 Dick Johnson - 1:46.94
• Fastest Lap - #17 John Bowe - 1:47.65 (lap 81 - new lap record)

See also

1988 Australian Touring Car season

• 1988 Sandown 500 highlights - 1/4
• 1988 Sandown 500 highlights - 2/4
• 1988 Sandown 500 highlights - 3/4
• 1988 Sandown 500 highlights - 4/4

References

Preceded by 1987 Castrol 500

Sandown 500 1988

Succeeded by 1989 .05 - 500