AASA 6 Hours of Sandown to close out APC Enduro Championship season
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
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 of the 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."