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

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')