1996 Tickford 500
The 1996 Tickford 500 was an endurance motor race for 5.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group 3A regulations. The event was held at the Sandown International Motor Raceway in Victoria, Australia on 8 September 1996. Race distance was 161 laps of the 3.1 km circuit, a total of 499 km. It was the 31st running of the Sandown touring car endurance race. 25,000 spectators attended the race.
The race was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy driving a Holden VR Commodore.
Results
.| Pos. | Drivers | No. | Car | Entrant | Laps |
| 1 |  Craig Lowndes Greg Murphy | 1 | Holden VR Commodore | Mobil Holden Racing Team | 161 |
| 2 | Glenn Seton David Parsons | 30 | Ford EF Falcon | Ford Credit Racing | 161 |
| 3 | Peter Brock Tomas Mezera | 05 | Holden VR Commodore | Mobil Holden Racing Team | 161 |
| 4 | Tony Longhurst Steven Ellery | 25 | Ford EF Falcon | Castrol Longhurst Ford | 160 |
| 5 | Larry Perkins Russell Ingall | 11 | Holden VR Commodore | Castrol Perkins Racing | 160 |
| 6 | Dick Johnson John Bowe | 17 | Ford EF Falcon | Shell-FAI Racing | 159 |
| 7 | Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton | 7 | Holden VR Commodore | Coca-Cola Racing Team | 159 |
| 8 | Steven Johnson Charlie O'Brien | 18 | Ford EF Falcon | Shell-FAI Racing | 157 |
| 9 | Trevor Ashby Steve Reed | 3 | Holden VP Commodore | Lansvale Smash Repairs | 157 |
| 10 | Paul Romano Andrew Miedecke | 201 | Ford EF Falcon | Pack Leader Racing | 155 |
| 11 | Max Dumesny Kerry Baily | 75 | Ford EF Falcon | Valvoline / Autopro / JSR | 154 |
| 12 | Geoff Kendrick Allan McCarthy | 96 | Holden VR Commodore | Geoff Kendrick | 150 |
| 13 | Mark Skaife Gary Waldon Mark Noske | 2 | Holden VR Commodore | Gibson Team Sega | 138 |
| 14 | Peter Doulman John Cotter | 29 | Holden VP Commodore | M3 Motorsport | 123 |
| NC | Mike Conway Miles Pope | 79 | Holden VP Commodore | Mike Conway | 123 |
| NC | Mark Larkham Cameron McConville | 10 | Ford EF Falcon | Mitre 10 Racing | 59 |
| DNF | John Faulkner Steven Harrington | 46 | Holden VR Commodore | Betta Electrical / Fisher & Paykel | 115 |
| DNF | Alan Jones Allan Grice | 301 | Ford EF Falcon | Pack Leader Racing | 110 |
| DNF | Steven Richards Jim Richards | 32 | Holden VR Commodore | GRM Valvoline / Cummins | 73 |
| DNF | Kevin Waldock Wayne Park | 28 | Ford EF Falcon | Playscape Racing | 66 |
| DNF | Greg Crick David Parsons | 49 | Holden VR Commodore | Alcair Air-conditioning | 42 |
| DNF | Malcolm Stenniken Peter Brown | 14 | Holden VR Commodore | Malcolm Stenniken | 37 |
Race statistics
- Pole position: Craig Lowndes, 1:12.9694
- Starters: 22
- Race time of winning car: 3h 25m 50.1828s
- Winning margin: 1.5144s
- Fastest lap: Craig Lowndes, 1:12.9941