1997 Tickford 500

The race was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy, driving a Holden VS Commodore[1] for the Holden Racing Team.

[2] The fastest lap in qualifying was set by Mark Skaife at 1:11.3142.

The Top 10 Shootout, which was contested by the fastest ten cars from Qualifying, determined the order of the first ten grid positions for the race.

The race was started in the rain under the control of the safety car.

[1] The weather conditions resulted in a slower than expected average speed and the race did not run to its full 161 lap distance, being halted on lap 157 after 3 hours 45 minutes and 22.3508 seconds.