CREATE TABLE table_203_271 (id NUMBER, "date" CLOB, "series" CLOB, "circuit" CLOB, "city / state" CLOB, "winner" CLOB, "team" CLOB, "car" CLOB, "report" CLOB)

did the drink/drive sandown 500 happen before the tooheys 1000 ?
SELECT (SELECT "date" FROM table_203_271 WHERE "series" = 'drink/drive sandown 500') < (SELECT "date" FROM table_203_271 WHERE "series" = 'tooheys 1000')
SELECT (SELECT "date" FROM "table_203_271" WHERE "series" = 'drink/drive sandown 500') < (SELECT "date" FROM "table_203_271" WHERE "series" = 'tooheys 1000')