The 1983 Castrol 400

Sandown 500

The Sandown 500 is an endurance motor race staged at the Sandown Raceway, near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia between 1964 and 2011. It was typically held in September, the month before Australia’s premier endurance race, the Bathurst 1000. The “500” was not run in 1966, 1967, 1999, 2000, 2008,...

was an endurance race for Touring Cars complying with CAMS

Confederation of Australian Motor Sport

The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....

 Group C

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...

 regulations. The event was staged at the Sandown Park

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:...

 circuit in Victoria, Australia on 11 September 1983 over 129 laps of the 3.1 km circuit, totalling 399.9 km. The event was Round 3 of the 1983 Australian Endurance Championship

Australian Endurance Championship

The Australian Endurance Championship was first contested in 1981, as a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for car manufacturers. Replacing the Australian Championship of Makes , it was decided over a series of endurance races for touring cars complying with CAMS Group C regulations.In the...

 and Round 3 of the 1983 Australian Endurance Championship for 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...

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Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Class	Laps
1	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...	43	Mazda RX-7	Peter Stuyvesant International	Over 3000cc	129
2	Jim Richards Jim Richards (race driver) Jim Richards is a New Zealand racing driver who has spent most of his racing life in Australia. While retired from professional racing, Richards continues to compete in the historic category Touring Car Masters while running a team in the Australian GT Championship...	31	BMW 635CSi BMW E24 The BMW E24 series was the first BMW 6 Series coupé, produced by the German automaker BMW between the 1976 and 1989 model years. The 6 Series name reappeared with the BMW E63 chassis beginning in the 2004 model year. The E24 borrowed heavily from contemporary 5-series cars .- Model history :The...	JPS Team BMW JPS Team BMW JPS Team BMW is a former motor racing team that ran primarily in Australia and New Zealand mainly in touring car racing but also ran in sports sedans and GT cars as well...	Over 3000cc	129
3	Warren Cullen, Ron Harrop	22	Holden VH Commodore Holden VH Commodore The Holden VH Commodore, an evolution of the previous Holden Commodore VC model, was released in October 1981. The frontal appearance was mildly facelifted with a new horizontal-slat grille and new lighting components designed to give a lower, wider look, and for interest of aerodynamics...	Cullen Automotive Industries	Over 3000cc	127
4	Murray Carter	18	Mazda RX-7	Valentine Greetings	Over 3000cc	126
5	Terry Shiel	37	Mazda RX-7	Eurocars (Northside)	Over 3000cc	123
6	Gregg Hansford Gregg Hansford Gregg Hansford was an Australian motorcycle and touring car racer.-Racing career:Hansford began racing motorcycles in Australia, winning the 1973 500cc Unlimited title, as well as competing in the New Zealand Marlboro Series in 1975/76 and 1977/78 on Team Kawasaki 750s. He also won one leg of the... , Gary Waldon	42	Mazda RX-7	Peter Stuyvesant International	Over 3000cc	122
7	Johnnie Walker, Gene Cook	32	Mazda RX-7	Johnnie Walker	Over 3000cc	120
8	Scott Taylor, Kevin Kennedy	24	Holden VH Commodore	Scotty Taylor Holden	Over 3000cc	119
9	Lawrie Nelson	59	Ford Capri V6	Capri Components	Up to 3000cc	119
10	Barry Jones, Peter Dane	41	Mazda RX-7	BF Goodrich Australia Ltd	Over 3000cc	119
11	Jim Myhill		Mazda RX-7		Up to 3000cc	114
12	Terry Ryan, Graham Storah		Mazda RX-7		Over 3000cc	113
13	Ray Cutchie, Mike Quinn		Ford Escort		Up to 3000cc	111
14	John White	61	Isuzu Gemini	John White	Up to 3000cc	108
15	Brian Winsall, Louis Stoopman		Isuzu Gemini		Up to 3000cc	95
16	Joe Beninca, Peter Beninca		Alfa Romeo GTV		Up to 3000cc	90
NC	Andrew Harris, Gary Cooke	9	Ford XE Falcon Ford XE Falcon The Ford XE Falcon is a car which was produced by the Ford Motor Company of Australia between 1982 and 1984. Introduced on 11 March 1982, the XE was a revised version of the XD Falcon, which it replaced...	Andrew Harris	Over 3000cc
NC	Ken Harrison		Ford Escort	Ken Harrison	Up to 3000cc
NC	John Craft, Don Smith	56	Ford Capri V6		Up to 3000cc
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... , 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...	6	Holden VH Commodore	STP STP (motor oil company) STP is an American brand and trade name for the automotive additives, lubricants and performance division of Armored AutoGroup.Founded in 1953 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the company’s name, STP, was derived from “Scientifically Treated Petroleum”...  Roadways Racing	Over 3000cc
DNF	Andrew Manson, Geoff Manson		Holden VH Commodore	Roger Manson Holden	Over 3000cc
DNF	Christine Gibson	60	Nissan Pulsar EXA	Nissan Motorsport Australia Gibson Motor Sport Gibson Motor Sport was an Australian motor racing team. Originally established by Howard Marsden as the in-house factory Nissan motorsport operation, the team later passed into the ownership of Fred Gibson., who had won the 1967 Bathurst 500 as a driver, sharing with Harry Firth. In 1993 the team...	Up to 3000cc
DNF	David Parsons David 'Skippy' Parsons David John 'Skippy' Parsons , was an Australian racing driver, who while never a full time racing driver, drove for the biggest racing teams in Australia.... , Peter Janson	3	Holden VH Commodore	Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd	Over 3000cc
DNF	Dick Johnson	17	Ford XE Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing is Australia's oldest operating motor racing team. Founded by Dick Johnson, the team has won seven Australian Touring Car Championship titles and has taken three victories in Australia's hallmark race, the Bathurst 1000...	Over 3000cc	1
DNF	Fred Gibson Fred Gibson (motor racing) Fred Gibson is a former Australian racing driver and race team owner.-Competitor:After a career that began in small production sports cars, first an MGA, and later the first Lotus Elan to run in Australian competition , Gibson quickly moved up into the touring car ranks...	16	Nissan Bluebird Turbo Datsun Bluebird 910 The Datsun Bluebird 910 is an automobile which was produced by Nissan from 1979 to 1986.Nissan began realigning its export names with the home market with the 910 series in November 1979. The 'B' tags were dropped in favour of 'Bluebird', though the models were 'Datsun Bluebird' initially...	Nissan Motorsport Australia	Over 3000cc
DNF	Garry Rogers, Clive Benson-Brown	11	Holden VH Commodore	Soundwave Discos	Over 3000cc
DNF	George Fury George Fury George Fury is a retired Australian rally and racing car driver. For the majority of his career Fury was associated with Nissan, twice winning the Australian Rally Championship, and twice runner up in the Australian Touring Car Championship.-Rallying:Born in Hungary, Fury rose to prominence during...	15	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	Nissan Motorsport Australia	Over 3000cc
DNF	Jim Fanenco, Tony Hubbard		Ford XE Falcon		Over 3000cc
DNF	Jim Keogh, Leo Leonard	12	Holden VH Commodore	Team Toshiba	Over 3000cc
DNF	Mike Imrie, Graeme Treasure		Ford XE Falcon	CDT Performance Vehicles	Over 3000cc
DNF	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 VH Commodore	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...	Over 3000cc
DNF	Peter McLeod	50	Mazda RX-7	Petrolon Slick 50	Over 3000cc
DNF	Ron Dickson, Bob Stevens	21	Mazda RX-7		Over 3000cc
DNF	Rusty French, Alan Browne	4	Holden VH Commodore	John Sands Racing	Over 3000cc
DNF	Steve Harrington	14	Holden VH Commodore	STP Roadways Racing	Over 3000cc
DNF	Steve Masterton, Bruce Stewart	2	Ford XE Falcon	Masterton Homes	Over 3000cc
DNF	Craig Bradtke	62	Toyota Celica		Up to 3000cc
DISQ	Peter Brock, John Harvey John Harvey (motorsport) John Francis Harvey is a retired Australian racing driver. He was a top speedway driver for many years in the 1950s/1960s winning many championship races including NSW Championship 3 successive years, Victorian Championship twice.After switching from speedway to road racing, Harvey drove cars...	25	Holden VH Commodore	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team	Over 3000cc	127

Note : There were probably more starters than have been listed above and laps completed by the non finishers are not known.

Statistics

• Pole Position - #05 Peter Brock - 1:10.7
• Fastest Lap - #43 Allan Moffat - 1:10.9 (new lap record)