The APC Enduro Championship has confirmed the AASA 6 Hours of Sandown will conclude its season by headlining a new Australian Auto-Sport Alliance (AASA) event in December.
Originally scheduled to end its season as part of the Hi-Tec Oils Super Series finale at Calder Park, the APC Enduro Championship has instead accepted an opportunity to headline a new AASA-promoted event at Sandown.
Two three-hour races will feature as part of the event schedule where some of the fastest production-based models will battle it out, harking back to the last six-hour event 23-years ago.
Sandown’s history is predominantly known as the venue for the pre-Bathurst 1000 endurance race, which began as a six-hour event in 1964. This inaugural race welcomed international drivers to Melbourne and lasted two years before reverting to a shorter duration.
The last six-hour event held at Sandown was another pre-Bathurst warm-up, this time for the then-burgeoning 12-Hour production car race. Peter Fitzgerald and Brett Peters won the race in a factory-supported Porsche 968 CS.
Ending the APC Enduro Championship season at Sandown provides a perfect ending to the schedule by returning endurance racing to the historic venue as a large field is expected thanks to the inclusive regulations announced earlier this year.
The AASA 6 Hours of Sandown will conclude the APC Enduro Championship on December 5-6.
Full 2026 APC Enduro Championship calendar:
- Rd 1 - Ipswich 3 Hour - May 1-2 - QR
- Rd 2 - Sydney 3 Hour - July 17-18 - SMSP
- Rd 3 - Fight in the Night - Aug 14-15 - QR
- Rd 4 - Winton 3 Hour - Sept 25-26 - Winton
- Rd 5 - AASA 6 Hours of Sandown - Dec 5-6 - Sandown
QUOTES
Paul Buccini
Category Manager, APC Enduro Championship
“Sandown is one of the most iconic circuits in Australian motorsport, so to finish the season there with the AASA 6 Hours of Sandown is a fantastic outcome.
"Running it across two three-hour races keeps the endurance DNA while creating a great weekend format for teams and plenty of action for spectators.”
Marcos Ambrose
Commercial and Competition Director, Australian Auto-Sport Alliance
"Our 2026 season with conclude with AASA's first 6 hour event in the modern era. Unique in Australia, the twin 3 hour races will be a huge challenge to APC drivers and teams and also a fantastic way to end the AASA circuit racing season.
"We expect a huge field for the 6 hour races as well as a packed support program which we are in the process of inviting categories to.
"APC is a huge part of our racing program in 2026 and to be able to offer the APC teams a blue ribbon event to finish their season is very satisfying.
"The AASA 6 Hours of Sandown is another example of the our effort to give competitors more quality events and unique formats to make racing more rewarding and meaningful."
Stephen Whyte
CEO, Australian Auto-Sport Alliance
"It's been an incredible start to the 2026 season for AASA and to bookend the year at Sandown is quite a defining moment for the whole organisation.
"To be conducting an event at the iconic Sandown Raceway will be quite a tip of the hat moment to those partners and stakeholders that have believed in AASA and most definitely a real confirmation of the hard work led by Marcos in the off season.
"To host a significant endurance event also connects us to the historic days of the endurance events held at Sandown. I really can't wait."
