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