1988 360 km of Sandown Park


The 1988 Lucas Supersprint was the eleventh and final round of the 1988 World Sports-Prototype Championship. It took place at Sandown Raceway, Victoria, Australia on 20 November 1988.
Due to being a short sprint and thus having a smaller points scale for the championship, several teams, most notably the Porsches of Brun Motorsport, Joest Racing, Kremer Racing, and Richard Lloyd Racing, opted not to attend this event.
Unlike the previous World Endurance Championship race held at Sandown in 1984 which included an invitation class for cars that competed in the Australian GT and Sports Car championships, the Lucas Supersprint was open to WSPC cars only. The only local entry was the Bernie van Elsen entered Veskanda Chevrolet driven by touring car stars John Bowe and Dick Johnson. The car was able to race as although it had been built to conform to Australia's Group A Sports Car rules, it also met the FIA's Group C rules as well as conforming to IMSA regulations.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified.
PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLapsGrid
PosClassNoTeamDriversEngineTyreLapsGrid
1C161 Team Sauber Mercedes Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jochen Mass
Sauber C9931
1C161 Team Sauber Mercedes Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jochen Mass
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8931
2C162 Team Sauber Mercedes Mauro Baldi
Stefan Johansson
Sauber C9932
2C162 Team Sauber Mercedes Mauro Baldi
Stefan Johansson
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8932
3C11 Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Martin Brundle
Eddie Cheever
Jaguar XJR-9934
3C11 Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Martin Brundle
Eddie Cheever
Jaguar 7.0L V12934
4C12 Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Jan Lammers
Johnny Dumfries
Jaguar XJR-9923
4C12 Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Jan Lammers
Johnny Dumfries
Jaguar 7.0L V12923
5C2111 Spice Engineering Ray Bellm
Gordon Spice
Spice SE88C885
5C2111 Spice Engineering Ray Bellm
Gordon Spice
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8885
6C120 Team Davey Neil Crang
Tim Lee-Davey
Porsche 962C886
6C120 Team Davey Neil Crang
Tim Lee-Davey
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6886
7C2115 ADA Engineering Arthur Abrahams
John Smith
ADA 038812
7C2115 ADA Engineering Arthur Abrahams
John Smith
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V88812
8C2109 Kelmar Racing Ranieri Randaccio
Stefano Sebastiani
Tiga GC2888413
8C2109 Kelmar Racing Ranieri Randaccio
Stefano Sebastiani
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V88413
9C2127 Chamberlain Engineering Andrew Miedecke
Nick Adams
Spice SE86C8211
9C2127 Chamberlain Engineering Andrew Miedecke
Nick Adams
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I48211
10C2183 Walter Maurer Racing Helmut Gall
Walter Maurer
Maurer Lotec C87?7718
10C2183 Walter Maurer Racing Helmut Gall
Walter Maurer
BMW 2.0L Turbo I4?7718
11C2178 Automobiles Louis Descartes Michel Lateste
Louis Descartes
ALD 047615
11C2178 Automobiles Louis Descartes Michel Lateste
Louis Descartes
BMW M80 3.5L I67615
12
NC
C2198 Roy Baker Racing Michael Hall
John Bartlett
Tiga GC2865617
12
NC
C2198 Roy Baker Racing Michael Hall
John Bartlett
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V85617
13
NC
C2103 Spice Engineering Eliseo Salazar
Thorkild Thyrring
Spice SE88C549
13
NC
C2103 Spice Engineering Eliseo Salazar
Thorkild Thyrring
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8549
14
DNF
C2121 Cosmik GP Motorsport Philippe de Henning
Costas Los
Spice SE87C8710
14
DNF
C2121 Cosmik GP Motorsport Philippe de Henning
Costas Los
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V88710
15
DNF
C2124 MT Sport Racing Jean Messaoudi
Pierre-Francois Rousselot
Argo JM19C7716
15
DNF
C2124 MT Sport Racing Jean Messaoudi
Pierre-Francois Rousselot
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V87716
16
DNF
C140 Swiss Team Salamin Giovanni Lavaggi
Antoine Salamin
Porsche 962C4114
16
DNF
C140 Swiss Team Salamin Giovanni Lavaggi
Antoine Salamin
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-64114
17
DNF
C2107 Chamberlain Engineering Claude Ballot-Léna
Jean-Louis Ricci
Spice SE88C147
17
DNF
C2107 Chamberlain Engineering Claude Ballot-Léna
Jean-Louis Ricci
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8147
DSQC126 Bernie van Elsen John Bowe
Dick Johnson
Veskanda C1878
DSQC126 Bernie van Elsen John Bowe
Dick Johnson
Chevrolet 6.0L V8878

† - The #26 Veskanda-Chevrolet of John Bowe and Dick Johnson was disqualified for using more fuel than the regulations allowed.

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