1980 Hang Ten 400

The 1980 Hang Ten 400 was a motor 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. It was the fifteenth Sandown endurance race.

The race was won by Peter Brock driving a Holden Commodore VC.

Classes

The field was divided into the following four engine capacity classes:

• Class A : 3001 to 6000 cc
• Class B : 2001 to 3000 cc
• Class C : 1601 to 2000 cc
• Class D : Up to 1600 cc

Results

Notes

• Attendance: 45,000
• Pole position: Peter Brock, 1m 13.9s

References

Further reading

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