1984 Castrol 500
Position Drivers No Car Entrant Class Laps
1 Peter Brock Larry Perkins 05 Holden VK Commodore Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Over 3000cc 129
2 Allan Moffat Gregg Hansford 43 Mazda RX-7 Peter Stuyvesant International Racing Over 3000cc 128
3 John Harvey David Parsons 25 Holden VK Commodore Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Over 3000cc 127
4 Murray Carter John Goss 18 Mazda RX-7 Valentine Greetings Over 3000cc 125
5 Bernie Stack Wayne Clift Jim Keogh 20 Holden VH Commodore SS Jim Keogh Over 3000cc 122
6 Peter Williamson Charlie O'Brien 77 Toyota Celica Supra Peter Williamson Toyota Group A 119
7 Alf Grant Craig Harris 27 Ford XD Falcon Bryan Byrt Ford Over 3000cc 118
8 Tony Mulvihill Brian Nightingale 51 Mazda RX-7 Tokico Over 3000cc 113
9 Dean Lindstrom Larry Kogge 74 Mazda RX-7 Dean Lindstrom Up to 3000cc 111
10 John Craft Les Grose 56 Ford Capri Mk III Hulcraft Autos Group A 109
11 Brian Bolwell Ray Cutchie 28 Ford Escort Mk II Brian Bolwell Up to 3000cc 107
12 Warren Cullen Alan Jones 8 Holden VK Commodore K. Mart Auto Racing Over 3000cc 102
13 Ken Harrison Ian Wells 80 Ford Escort Mk II Ken Harrison Up to 3000cc 96
14 Martin Power Philip Larmour 49 Triumph Dolomite Sprint Martin Power Up to 3000cc 95
NC Rusty French Geoff Russell 10 Holden VH Commodore SS John Sands Racing Over 3000cc 91
DNF Allan Grice Steve Harrington 6 Holden VK Commodore Roadways Racing Over 3000cc 103
DNF Colin Bond Peter Fitzgerald 70 Alfa Romeo GTV6 Network Alfa Group A 93
DNF Graham Lusty John Lusty 21 Holden VH Commodore SS Lusty Engineering Pty Ltd Over 3000cc 84
DNF Lawrie Nelson Peter Jones 64 Ford Capri Mk III Capri Components Up to 3000cc 76
DNF Jim Richards Tony Longhurst 31 BMW 635 CSi JPS Team BMW Over 3000cc 72
Results -- Race
The 1984 Castrol 500 was an endurance motor race staged at the Sandown Park circuit in Victoria, Australia on 9 September 1984. The event was open to Group C Touring Cars, competing in two engine capacity classes, Up to 3000cc and Over 3000cc. It also included a class for Group A cars which were to replace Group C cars in Australian Touring Car racing in 1985. The race, which was held over a distance of 503 km, was Round 3 of the 1984 Australian Endurance Championship. This was the first Sandown endurance race where the distance was 500 km and the first of five races on the new 3.878 km (1.928 mi) long 'International Circuit'. Prior to 1984 the Sandown Enduro had been held over distances including: 6 Hours (1964-65), 3 Hours (1968-69), 250 miles (1970-75) and 400 km (1976-83), all held on the old 3.100 km (1.926 mi) circuit. The meeting also saw the opening of the new International standard Sandown Park with changes including the relocating of the pits from between turns 1 and 2 to a new $600,000 pit complex at the start of the main straight, and the lengthening and re-profiling of the circuit to the minimum length required for an International circuit of 3.9 km, primarily by the inclusion of an 800-metre infield section, which for the first time saw the circuit cross to the inside of the venue's horse racing track.