1985 Castrol 500

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Layout of the Sandown Raceway international circuit (1984-1998)

The 1985 Castrol 500 was an endurance race for "Group A" Touring Cars staged at the Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit in Victoria on 15 September 1985. Race distance was 129 laps of the 3.878 km (1.928 mi) circuit, totaling 500.262 km.

The event was Round 3 of both the 1985 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1985 Australian Manufacturers' Championship. There were 36 starters, of which 21 were classified as finishers.[1]

The race was won by the JPS Team BMW 635 CSi of Australian Touring Car Champion Jim Richards, and his co-driver Tony Longhurst. It was Longhurst's first major win in Australian touring car racing. JPS Team BMW made it a 1-2 finish when their second car, driven by Neville Crichton and on-loan Nissan team driver George Fury finished only a few seconds behind. Finishing in third place was the surprising Toyota Supra of Peter Williamson and 1985 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series winner Tomas Mezera.

The 1985 Castrol 500 was the first time since 1972 that neither Peter Brock or Allan Moffat had won the Sandown enduro. 1984 Castrol 500 winner Brock, who claimed pole position with a time of 1:52.3 in his Holden Dealer Team VK Commodore SS, suffered engine failure after 41 laps, while Moffat, who was without a drive in 1985 due to Mazda not racing in Group A, was part of the ABC television commentary team.

Classes

The field was divided into three classes according to engine displacement.[2]

  • Class A : 3001 cc to 6000 cc [2]
  • Class B : 2001 cc to 3000 cc [2]
  • Class C : Up to 2000 cc [2]

Results

Top 10 Qualifiers

Pos No.[2] Entrant [2] Driver Car [1] Time
Pole 05 Mobil Holden Dealer Team Template:Flagicon Peter Brock Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 1:52.3
2 6 Roadways Racing Services Template:Flagicon Allan Grice Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 1:52.4
3 17 Palmer Tube Mills Template:Flagicon Dick Johnson Ford Mustang GT 1:52.4
4 1 JPS Team BMW Template:Flagicon Jim Richards BMW 635 CSi 1:52.7
5 55 Mark Petch Template:Flagicon Robbie Francevic Volvo 240T 1:52.9
6 43 Mitsubishi Ralliart Template:Flagicon Peter Fitzgerald Mitsubishi Starion turbo 1:53.3
7 7 Mobil Holden Dealer Team Template:Flagicon John Harvey Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 1:53.7
8 42 Mitsubishi Ralliart Template:Flagicon Kevin Bartlett Mitsubishi Starion turbo 1:54.4
9 31 JPS Team BMW Template:Flagicon George Fury BMW 635 CSi 1:54.4
10 3 K. Baigent Template:Flagicon Neal Lowe BMW 635 CSi 1:54.4

Race

Position [1] Class [2] No.[2] Entrant [2] Drivers [1] Car [1] Laps [1]
1 A 1 JPS Team BMW Template:Flagicon Jim Richards
Template:Flagicon Tony Longhurst 		BMW 635 CSi 129
2 A 31 JPS Team BMW Template:Flagicon Neville Crichton
Template:Flagicon George Fury 		BMW 635 CSi 129
3 B 44 Peter Williamson Toyota Template:Flagicon Peter Williamson
Template:Flagicon Tomas Mezera 		Toyota Supra 127
4 B 47 Network Alfa Template:Flagicon Colin Bond
Template:Flagicon Gregg Hansford 		Alfa Romeo GTV6[2] 126
5 A 36 Lusty Engineering Pty Ltd Template:Flagicon Graham Lusty
Template:Flagicon Ken Lusty 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 123
6 A 39 Sleepy Head Bedding Co. Template:Flagicon Graeme Bowkett
Template:Flagicon Wayne Wilkinson 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 123
7 A 14 Auckland Coin & Bullion Exchange Co. Template:Flagicon Denny Hulme
Template:Flagicon Ray Smith 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 121
8 A 13 Grellis Marketing Template:Flagicon Ray Ellis
Template:Flagicon Bernie McLure 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 120
9 C 61 Toyota Team Australia Template:Flagicon Ray Cutchie
Template:Flagicon John Faulkner 		Toyota Sprinter 115
10 C 57 Bob Holden Motors Template:Flagicon Bob Holden
Template:Flagicon Glenn Clark 		Toyota Sprinter 115
11 C 58 Bob Holden Motors Template:Flagicon David Ratcliffe [2]
Template:Flagicon Don Smith 		Toyota Sprinter 114
12 C 88 J. White Template:Flagicon John White
Template:Flagicon Les Szreniawski 		Isuzu Gemini ZZ 112
13 B 45 Alfa City Template:Flagicon Ray Gulson
Template:Flagicon Frank Porter 		Alfa Romeo GTV6 111
14 B 53 Hulcraft Auto Template:Flagicon John Craft
Template:Flagicon Les Grose 		Ford Capri 107
15 B 52 Hulcraft Auto Template:Flagicon Pat Hogbin
Template:Flagicon John Hogbin 		Ford Capri 102
16 C 64 K. Harrison Template:Flagicon Ken Harrison
Template:Flagicon Ian Wells 		Ford Escort 100
17 B 42 Mitsubishi Ralliart Template:Flagicon Kevin Bartlett
Template:Flagicon Peter McKay 		Mitsubishi Starion turbo[2] 100
18 B 50 J. L. Hazelton Template:Flagicon Laurie Hazelton
Template:Flagicon Jerry Stauberg 		Ford Capri 100
19 A 17 Palmer Tube Mills Template:Flagicon Dick Johnson
Template:Flagicon Larry Perkins 		Ford Mustang GT[2] 92
20 C 66 Jagparts Racing Template:Flagicon Lorraine Orchard
Template:Flagicon Paul Taylor 		Triumph Dolomite 84
21 B 54 Melbourne Clutch & Brake Service Template:Flagicon Brian Sampson
Template:Flagicon Garry Waldon 		Mitsubishi Starion turbo[2] 51
DNF A 41 B. Jones Template:Flagicon Barry Jones
Template:Flagicon Tony Mulvihill 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 92
DNF A 24 Jagparts Racing Template:Flagicon Gerald Kay
Template:Flagicon Martin Power 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 92
DNF A 12 G. Willmington Template:Flagicon Gary Willmington [2]
Template:Flagicon Peter Janson 		Jaguar XJS 81
DNF A 7 Mobil Holden Dealer Team Template:Flagicon John Harvey
Template:Flagicon David Parsons 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 78
DNF A 6 Roadways Racing Services Template:Flagicon Allan Grice
Template:Flagicon Warren Cullen 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 68
DNF C 60 Toyota Team Australia Template:Flagicon John Smith
Template:Flagicon Drew Price 		Toyota Corolla 66
DNF B 49 J. Bundy Template:Flagicon John Bundy
Template:Flagicon Norm Carr 		Mazda RX-7 65
DNF B 55 Mark Petch Template:Flagicon Robbie Francevic
Template:Flagicon John Bowe 		Volvo 240T 60
DNF B 43 Mitsubishi Ralliart Template:Flagicon Peter Fitzgerald
Template:Flagicon Brad Jones 		Mitsubishi Starion turbo[2] 50
DNF A 21 Erle McRae Motor Sport Template:Flagicon Charlie O'Brien
Template:Flagicon Andrew Miedecke 		BMW 635 CSi 50
DNF A 05 Mobil Holden Dealer Team Template:Flagicon Peter Brock
Template:Flagicon David Oxton 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 41
DNF A 28 Capri Components Template:Flagicon Laurie Nelson
Template:Flagicon Bill O'Brien 		Ford Mustang 41
DNF A 20 J. Keogh Template:Flagicon Jim Keogh
Template:Flagicon Garry Rogers 		BMW 635 CSi 39
DNF A 3 K. Baigent Template:Flagicon Kent Baigent
Template:Flagicon Neal Lowe 		BMW 635 CSi 38
DNF C 56 M. Minear Template:Flagicon Mike Minear
Template:Flagicon Paul Elliott 		Volvo 360 GLT 22

Notes

References

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Barry Naismith, Bathurst 1985/86, page 77
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Official Programme, Castrol 500, September 14 and 15, 1985

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  • Australian Motor Racing Year, 1985/86
  • James Hardie 1000, 1985/86
  • Official Programme, Castrol 500, 14 and 15 September 1985
  • The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989
  • The Official Racing History of Holden, 1988

External links

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