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The event was first run in 1964 and has been held in all but four years up until its end in 2007: 1966, 1967, 1999 and 2000 and it has been a round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series each year since 2003. It was typically held in September, the month before the season's other main endurance race, the Bathurst 1000. The Bathurst 1000 (currently officially known as the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000) is a 1,000-kilometre touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. ...

After a change of promotor of Sandown Raceways motorsport activities, a changed V8 Supercar calender has seen Sandown allocated a sprint round and the 500 kilometre event moved to the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit for the 2008 season.^[1] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Previous names

• Sandown 6 Hour International (1964)
• International 6 Hour Touring Car Race (1965)
• Datsun 3 Hour (1968-1969)
• Sandown 3 Hour (1970)
• Sandown 250 (1971-1975)
• Hang Ten 400 (1976-1981)
• Castrol 400 (1982-1983)
• Castrol 500 (1984-1987)
• Enzed 500(1988)
• Sandown .05 500 (1989)*
• Sandown 500 (1990, 1993-1995, 2001-2002)
• (Don't) Drink Drive 500 (1991-1992)
• Tickford 500 (1996-1998)
• Clarion Sandown 500 (2001)
• Poolrite Sandown 500 (2002)
• Betta Electrical 500 (2003-2006)
• Just Car Insurance 500 (2007)

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Past winners

Year	Driver(s)	Car
1964	Ralph Sach / Roberto Bussinello	Alfa Romeo Super Ti
1965	Frank Gardner / Kevin Bartlett	Alfa Romeo Super Ti
1966	No race
1967	No race
1968	Tony Roberts / Bob Watson	Holden Monaro HK GTS327
1969	Allan Moffat / John French	Ford Falcon XW GTHO
1970	Allan Moffat	Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II
1971	Colin Bond	Holden Torana LC GTR XU-1
1972	John Goss	Ford Falcon XY GTHO Phase III
1973	Peter Brock	Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1
1974	Allan Moffat	Ford Falcon XB GT
1975	Peter Brock	Holden Torana LH SLR/5000 L34
1976	Peter Brock	Holden Torana LH SLR/5000 L34
1977	Peter Brock	Holden Torana LX A9X
1978	Peter Brock	Holden Torana LX A9X
1979	Peter Brock	Holden Torana LX SS5000 A9X
1980	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VC
1981	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VC
1982	Allan Moffat	Mazda RX-7 PP
1983	Allan Moffat	Mazda RX-7 PP
1984	Peter Brock / Larry Perkins	Holden Commodore VK
1985	Jim Richards / Tony Longhurst	BMW 635CSi
1986	George Fury / Glenn Seton	Nissan Motors Skyline DR30 RS
1987	George Fury / Terry Shiel	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS
1988	Allan Moffat / Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500
1989	Jim Richards / Mark Skaife	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R
1990	George Fury / Glenn Seton	Ford Sierra RS500
1991	Mark Gibbs / Rohan Onslow	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
1992	Larry Perkins / Steve Harrington	Holden Commodore VL TWR SS Group A
1993	Geoff Brabham / David Parsons	Ford Falcon EB
1994	Dick Johnson / John Bowe	Ford Falcon EB
1995	Dick Johnson / John Bowe	Ford Falcon EF
1996	Craig Lowndes / Greg Murphy	Holden Commodore VR
1997	Greg Murphy / Craig Lowndes	Holden Commodore VS
1998	Larry Perkins / Russell Ingall	Holden Commodore VT
1999	No race
2000	No race
2001	John Bowe / Tom Waring	Ferrari F360
2002	Paul Stokell / Anthony Tratt	Lamborghini Diablo GTR
2003	Mark Skaife / Todd Kelly	Holden Commodore VY
2004	Marcos Ambrose / Greg Ritter	Ford Falcon BA
2005	Craig Lowndes / Yvan Muller	Ford Falcon BA
2006	Jason Bright / Mark Winterbottom	Ford Falcon BA
2007	Craig Lowndes / Jamie Whincup	Ford Falcon BF

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References

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External links

• Just Car Insurance 500 Official event website