1979 Hang Ten 400

The 1979 Hang Ten 400 was an endurance motor race held at the Sandown Park circuit in Victoria, Australia on 9 September 1979.^[1] It was staged over 129 laps of the 3.11 km circuit, a total of 401 km.^[1] The race was Round 1 of the 1979 Australian Championship of Makes^[1] and as such it was open to Group C Touring Cars.^[2] It was the fourteenth in a sequence of annual Sandown long distance races.^[3] The race was won by Peter Brock.^[1]

Classes

Cars competed in three classes according to engine capacity:^[4]

• Class A: 3001 to 6000cc^[4]
• Class B: 2001 to 3000cc^[4]
• Class C: Up to 2000cc^[4]

Results

Peter Brock won the 1979 Hang Ten 400 driving a Holden LX Torana SS 5000 A9X for the Marlboro Holden Dealer Team

Position[1]	Drivers[1]	No.[4]	Car[1]	Entrant[4]	Class[1]	Laps[1]
1	Peter Brock	05	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback[5]	Holden Dealer Team	A	129
2	John Harvey	26	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback[5]	Holden Dealer Team	A	128
3	Peter Janson Larry Perkins	9	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback[5]	Captain P Janson	A	125
4	Murray Carter	18	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop[6]	Brian Wood Ford	A	123
5	Alan Browne	24	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback[7]	Re-Car Consolidated Industries	A	122
6	Allan Taylor	15	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback[8]	Scotty Taylor Holden	A	120
7	John Gates	46	Mazda RX-3	Barry Lee	B	114
8	Graeme Bailey	61	Toyota Celica	Brian Hilton Toyota	C	113
9	Graham Mein	55	Ford Escort RS2000[6]	G Mein	C	112
10	Roger Cartwright	54	Ford Escort RS2000[6]	R Cartwright	C	112
11	Peter Kuebler	63	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV[9]	Safcol Snappy Tom	C	109
12	Ian Wells	72	Holden Gemini[10]	Modulaire Air Conditioning	C	106
13	Chris Heyer	73	Volkswagen Golf	Lennox Motors	C	106
14	Ken Price	74	Holden Gemini[10]	Modulaire Air Conditioning	C	102
15	Jim Faneco	75	Holden Gemini[10]	Victorian Police Motor Sports Club	C	102
16	Dean Gall	45	Mazda RX-7[11]	Precinct Performance	B	100
17	Martin Power	62	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Jagparts	C	93
18	Frank Porter	59	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV[4]	Beninca Motors	C	92
19	Larry Kogge	41	Mazda RX-3	L Kogge	B	90
20	John Faulkner	79	Ford Escort RS2000[6]	[12]	C	88
21	Brian Boyd	42	BMW 3.0[13]	Brian Boyd	B	87
22	Mal Smith	69	Holden Gemini[10]	Victorian Police Motor Sports Club	C	87
DNF[14]	Allan Grice[14]	6	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback[5]	Craven Mild Racing	A
DNF[6]	Allan Moffat[6]	25	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop[6]	Allan Moffat Racing	A
DNF[6]	Bill O'Brien[6]	30	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop[6]	Everlast Battery Service	A
DNF[10]	Bob Morris[10]	7	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback[5]	Ron Hodgson Channel 7 Racing	A
DNF[10]	Charlie O'Brien[10]	21	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback[15]	Roadways / Gown-Hindhaugh	A
DNF[6]	Colin Bond[6]	4	Ford XC Falcon GS 500 Hardtop[6]	Thomson Ford	A
DNF[6]	David Earle[6]	68	Ford Escort[6]	Bob Holden	C
DNF[10]	Garry Rogers[10]	34	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback[5]	Greater Pacific Finance	A
DNF[10]	Garth Wigston[10]	20	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback[16]	Roadways / Gown-Hindhaugh	A
DNF[10]	Gary Cooke[10]	11	Holden LX Torana SS A9X 4-Door[17]	Citizen Watches Australia Pty Ltd	A
DNF[6]	Jim Keogh[6]	12	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop[6]	Rusty French Racing	A
DNF[18]	Michael Quinn[18]	77	Toyota Corolla Levin[19]	Peter Williamson Pty Ltd	C
DNF[6]	Ray Allford[6]	28	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop[6]	Ray Allford Motors	A
DNF[6]	Ray Farrar[6]	46	Ford Capri V6[6]	R Farrar	B
DNF[6]	Rod Stevens[6]	36	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop[6]	Brian Wood Ford	A
DNF[6]	Ron Wanless[6]	27	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop[6]	Denimac Ford Pty Ltd	A
DNF[6]	Rusty French[6]	10	Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop[6]	Rusty French Racing	A
DNF[10]	Warren Cullen[10]	22	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback[20]	Settlement Road Wreckers	A
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There were 48 starters and 22 finishers in the race.^[19]

The known non-finishers are listed in alphabetical order due to a lack of information concerning laps completed.