1986 Castrol 500
The 1986 Castrol 500 was an endurance race for cars complying with CAMS Touring Car regulations, which were based on FIA Group A rules. The event was staged on 14 September 1986 over 129 laps of the 3.9 km Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit[1] in Victoria, Australia, a total distance of 503 km. The race, which was Round 3 of both the 1986 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1986 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, was the 21st "Sandown 500" endurance race.
Cars competed in three engine displacement classes:[1]
- Class A: Up to 3000ccc[1]
- Class B: 2001 to 3000cc[1]
- Class C: 3001 to 6000cc[1]
The race was won by the Peter Jackson Nissan Skyline turbo of George Fury and Glenn Seton from their teammates Gary Scott and Terry Sheil, with the V8 Holden Commodore of Allan Grice and Graeme Bailey finishing third. 1986 was the first time a turbo powered car had won the Sandown enduro, and the first of six consecutive Sandown 500's won by turbo power.
Peter Brock and Allan Moffat, who between them had won 14 of the previous 17 Sandown enduros dating back to Moffat's first win in 1969, finished 4th in their Holden Dealer Team Commodore. Brock had won pole for the race in Saturday's "Castrol Chargers" top ten runoff with a time of 1:49.84. Defending race winners Jim Richards and Tony Longhurst finished two laps down in 5th place in their JPS Team BMW 635 CSi.
Robbie Francevic, the 1986 Australian Touring Car Champion, failed to start the race after his car was withdrawn on race morning following his comments that the Volvo 240T he was to drive wouldn't be competitive as the Volvo Dealer Team had not been able to practice due to the team still building the car. Francevic's public comments saw him dismissed from the team by team manager John Shepherd the day after the race.
The Holden Commodore of Allan Grice and Graeme Bailey won Class C (3001 to 6000cc), the Nissan Skyline of George Fury and Glenn Seton won Class B (2001 to 3000cc) and the Toyota Corolla of Mike Quinn and John Faulkner placed first in Class A (Up to 2000cc).
The 1986 Castrol 500 saw the touring car racing debut of 19 year old Mark Skaife. Co-driving with Peter Williamson in his Toyota Celica Supra, the pair finished 10th outright.
Results
As sourced:[2]
Castrol Chargers
A "Castrol Chargers" session, contested for the first time in 1986, involved the top ten cars from qualifying undertaking two single-lap runs to determine the final grid order for the race.[2]
Pos | No | Entrant[1] | Driver | Car | Time | Qual |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 05 | HDT Racing Pty Ltd | ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 1:49.84 | 1:51.0 |
2 | 30 | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing | ![]() | Nissan Skyline DR30 RS | 1:50.22 | 1:50.1 |
3 | 15 | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing | ![]() | Nissan Skyline DR30 RS | 1:50.33 | 1:50.3 |
4 | 2 | Valley View Poultry Pty Ltd | ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 1:50.66 | ? |
5 | 3 | HDT Racing Pty Ltd | ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 1:51.26 | ? |
6 | 6 | Bob Jane T-Marts | ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 1:51.47 | ? |
7 | 1 | JPS Team BMW | ![]() | BMW 635 CSi | 1:51.49 | 1:51.9 |
8 | 17 | Palmer Tube Mills | ![]() | Ford Mustang GT | 1:51.95 | 1:51.9 |
9 | 4 | Autoport Centre | ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 1:53.05 | 1:53.3 |
10 | 36 | Everlast Battery Service | ![]() | Nissan Skyline DR30 RS | 1:53.85 | 1:53.1 |
Race
Position[3] | Class[1] | No. | Entrant[1] | Drivers | Car | Laps[3] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | B | 30 | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing | ![]() ![]() | Nissan Skyline DR30 RS | 129 |
2 | B | 15 | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing | ![]() ![]() | Nissan Skyline DR30 RS | 128 |
3 | C | 2 | Valley View Poultry Pty Ltd | ![]() ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 128 |
4 | C | 05 | HDT Racing Pty Ltd | ![]() ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 128 |
5 | C | 1 | JPS Team BMW | ![]() ![]() | BMW 635 CSi | 127 |
6 | C | 6 | Bob Jane T-Marts | ![]() ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 127 |
7 | B | 36 | Everlast Battery Service | ![]() ![]() | Nissan Skyline DR30 RS | 125 |
8 | C | 3 | HDT Racing Pty Ltd | ![]() ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 125 |
9 | C | 33 | Mike Burgmann | ![]() ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 125 |
10 | B | 77 | Peter Williamson Toyota | ![]() ![]() | Toyota Celica Supra | 125 |
11 | C | 7 | Goold Motorsport | ![]() ![]() | BMW 635 CSi | 125 |
12 | C | 38 | Grellis Marketing | ![]() ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 125 |
13 | C | 19 | Tony Mulvihill | ![]() ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 123 |
14 | C | 11 | Enzed Team Perkins | ![]() ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 122 |
15 | B | 75 | Network Alfa | ![]() ![]() | Alfa Romeo GTV6 | 120 |
16 | B | 87 | Brian Bolwell | ![]() ![]() | BMW 323i | 119 |
17 | A | 61 | Toyota Team Australia | ![]() ![]() | Toyota Corolla | 119 |
18 | A | 60 | Giddings Moss Vale | ![]() ![]() | Nissan Silvia RS[1] | 118 |
19 | A | 42 | David Morton | ![]() ![]() | Toyota Corolla | 115 |
20 | A | 62 | Bob Holden Motors | ![]() ![]() | Toyota Sprinter | 115 |
21 | C | 91 | Graham Lorimer | ![]() ![]() | BMW 635 CSi | 114 |
22 | C | 4 | Autoport Centre | ![]() ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 108 |
23 | A | 13 | Bob Holden Motors | ![]() ![]() | Toyota Sprinter | 108 |
24 | C | 28 | Capri Components | ![]() ![]() | Ford Mustang GT | 108 |
25 | C | 20 | Jim Keogh | ![]() ![]() | BMW 635 CSi | 106 |
26 | A | 88 | John White | ![]() Les Szreniawski[1] | Isuzu Gemini ZZ (PF60E)[1] | 106 |
27 | B | 76 | Hulcraft Automotive | Rex Muldoon[1] ![]() | Ford Capri 3000S | 92 |
28 | A | 57 | Mike Freeman | ![]() ![]() | Toyota Celica | 84 |
DNF | C | 8 | Cullen Supa Salvage | ![]() ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 113 |
DNF | B | 44 | Volvo Dealer Team | ![]() ![]() | Volvo 240T | 112 |
DNF | C | 23 | Lusty Engineering Pty Ltd | ![]() ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 68 |
DNF | C | 9 | JPS Team BMW | ![]() ![]() | BMW 635 CSi | 57 |
DNF | A | 16 | Toyota Team Australia | ![]() ![]() | Toyota Corolla | 48 |
DNF | A | 86 | Gem Spares | ![]() Thomas Crozier[1] | Isuzu Gemini | 45 |
DNF | C | 24 | Jagparts | ![]() ![]() | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 18 |
DNF | C | 17 | Palmer Tube Mills | ![]() ![]() | Ford Mustang GT | 16 |
DNF | B | 99 | Hulcraft Automotive | ![]() ![]() | Ford Capri 3000S | 14 |
DNF | A | 58 | Ratcliff Transport Spares | ![]() ![]() | Toyota Corolla Levin | 5 |
DNF | B | 49 | Alfa City Pty Ltd | ![]() ![]() | Alfa Romeo GTV6 | 0[6] |
DNS | B | 42[1] | Volvo Dealer Team | ![]() ![]() | Volvo 240T | - |
DNS[7] | C[1] | 12[1] | Gary Willmington[1] | ![]() ![]() | Jaguar XJ-S[1] | - |
Statistics
- Pole Position - #05 Peter Brock - Holden VK Commodore SS Group A - 1:49.84
- Fastest Lap - #2 Allan Grice - Holden VK Commodore SS Group A - 1:52.10 (Touring Car Lap Record)
See also
1986 Australian Touring Car season
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Official Programme, Castrol 500, 14 September 1986
- ^ a b Wilson, Stewart (1986). "Australian Endurance Championship". Australian Motor Racing Year. 16. Killara: Berghouse Publishing Group Pty. Ltd.: 282–285 & 319. ISSN 0158-4138.
- ^ a b c d Bill Tuckey, Skylines for Skyline? - The Castrol 500, James Hardie 1000 1986/87 (book), pages 60-73
- ^ Castrol 500, touringcarracing.net Retrieved 25 April 2017
- ^ Stewart Wilson & Max Stahl, The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 316
- ^ 1986 Castrol 500 Sandown, www.duluxalfa.com Retrieved 15 September 2018
- ^ The Willmington/Clinton Jaguar is included in the Castrol 500 Grid table on page 64 of the James Hardie 1000 1986/87 (book) but is not included in the Castrol 500 Results table on page 73 of the same publication.
External links
- 1986 Castrol 500 Sandown highlights, www.youtube.com
Preceded by | Sandown 500 1986 | Succeeded by |