1986 James Hardie 1000

1986 James Hardie 1000

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Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit (1938–1986)

The 1986 James Hardie 1000 was an endurance motor race held on 5 October 1986 at the Mount Panorama Circuit, just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. The race, which was the 27th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race, was the fourth round of both the 1986 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1986 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.

Allan Grice (in his 15th Great Race start) and his 1986 co-driver and team sponsor through his Chickadee Chicken business Graeme Bailey, took their Roadways Racing built Holden VK Commodore SS Group A to victory over the similar Holden Dealer Team Commodore John Harvey and Neal Lowe. Third was the factory backed Nissan Skyline of pole winner Gary Scott and Terry Shiel.

Dick Johnson and Gregg Hansford finished fourth in their Ford Mustang, while the "Super" team of former rivals Peter Brock and Allan Moffat, who had won 12 of the previous 16 races at Bathurst, finished in fifth place one lap down in their repaired HDT Commodore after losing almost 3 laps in the pits with an oil cooler problem while in a strong second place.

Belgian jeweller Michel Delcourt, who finished 7th with veteran Graham Moore in a Commodore, won the Rookie of the Year award. Moore and Delcourt had qualified a Mitsubishi Starion in 50th place for the 1985 race, but the car was withdrawn and did not start.

Class structure

The race was held for cars complying with Australian Touring Car regulations, which were based on International Group A touring car rules. It included three engine capacity classes.

Class A

For cars of up to 2000cc engine capacity, it saw a variety of cars entered. Most numerous were variations of Toyota Corollas, with individual entries of a turbocharged Fiat Uno, a Ford Escort and a Nissan Gazelle.

Class B

For cars of between 2001 and 3000cc engine capacity, it featured the turbos; Mitsubishi Starion, Nissan Skyline and Volvo 240, but also included Alfa Romeo GTV6, BMW 323i, Mercedes-Benz 190E and Toyota Supra.

Class C

For cars of over 3000cc engine capacity. Apart from a strong presence of BMW 635 CSi, the swansong of the V12 Jaguar XJS, and the first appearance of a turbocharged Ford Sierra, it was the domain of the V8; Holden Commodore SS Group A, Ford Mustang and Rover Vitesse.

Hardies Heroes

In a major change to the format, 1986 was the first time in the history of Hardies Heroes that drivers only had one lap to set a time. From 1978–1985, drivers had two laps in which to set a time.

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	HH	Qual
Pole	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Template:Flagicon Gary Scott	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	2:17.159	2:18.29
2	2	Roadways Racing	Template:Flagicon Allan Grice	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	2:17.246	2:16.16
3	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Template:Flagicon George Fury	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	2:19.044	2:18.68
4	11	Enzed Team Perkins	Template:Flagicon Larry Perkins	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	2:19.433	2:19.39
5	44	Volvo Dealer Team	Template:Flagicon John Bowe	Volvo 240T	2:19.594	2:18.58
6	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Template:Flagicon Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang GT	2:19.808	2:18.84
7	6	Bob Jane T-Marts	Template:Flagicon Graeme Crosby	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	2:20.370*	2:19.93
8	1	JPS Team BMW	Template:Flagicon Jim Richards	BMW 635 CSi	2:20.751	2:19.53
9	21	Goold Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Roberto Ravaglia	BMW 635 CSi	2:20.955	2:18.19
10	53	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Template:Flagicon Brad Jones	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	2:35.969	2:18.91

* Peter Brock had qualified the #05 Holden Dealer Team Commodore 2nd fastest with a 2:18.10 but the car was heavily damaged in a crash in Fridays's qualifying by Allan Moffat and was not repaired in time for Hardies Heroes and was subsequently withdrawn from the session by the team. Race organisers the Australian Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) then elevated the Graeme Crosby Commodore into the Top 10 Runoff in its place. Brock had also qualified the HDT's #3 car with a time of 2:17.7 (good enough for 2nd behind Grice), but the race rules prevented car swapping in qualifying and his time only served to qualify him in car #3 for the race and not Hardie's Heroes. It was the first time Brock would not appear in the Saturday morning runoff since its inception in 1978, leaving Dick Johnson as the only driver to have done so.
* Allan Grice became the first Group A driver to lap the 6.172 km (3.835 mi) circuit at over with a 2:16.16 lap in Friday qualifying in his Holden VK Commodore SS Group A. Grice had also been the first to lap the track at over 100 mph in a Group C touring car in 1982 driving a VH Commodore. He had also set his qualifying time running on Dunlop Tyres and not the Yokohama's he was required by contract to run when the television cameras were running in the runoff.
* Through their mutual Philip Morris cigarette sponsorship, the Peter Jackson Nissan team had tyre warmers for their cars flown out from the McLaren Formula One team in England to cope with the cold conditions, the first time the technology had been used in Australian touring car racing. Despite this and the fact that he was the only driver to improve on his qualifying time, pole winner Gary Scott believed the tyres on the Nissan Skyline RS DR30 were still not up to full operating temperature. This was put down to the fact that after team finally got the blankets working, Ch.7 had the Top 10 cars line up for 45 minutes on pit straight to film part of their TV package shown around the country later in the afternoon during which time the tyres cooled back down.
* Roberto Ravaglia had been officially second fastest in qualifying behind Grice with a time of 2:18.19, aided by a tow from a couple of Commodore's down Conrod Straight. Without the tow, Ravaglia fell to 9th in the runoff. Ravaglia and his co-driver Dieter Quester weren't originally scheduled to drive the BMW 635 CSi. Originally advertised to be driving were BMW factory Formula One drivers Riccardo Patrese and Gerhard Berger.
* The 1986 version of Hardie's Heroes saw four new drivers contesting the Saturday morning runoff for pole position. Pole winner Scott, John Bowe (5th), Graeme Crosby (7th), and Brad Jones (10th). Scott (1979 and 1982) and Bowe (1985) had previously been in cars that had qualified for the runoff, but it was their respective co-drivers who had set the times.
* Brad Jones, whose Mitsubishi Starion had been the fastest car on Conrod Straight during qualifying at , was forced by officials to run on smaller width wheels during the runoff after checks revealed the car was using wider tyres than was allowed. Jones aborted his lap in Hardies Heroes at the top of the mountain after the smaller wheels caused the car to handle badly.

Official results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	C	2	Roadways Racing	Template:Flagicon Allan Grice Template:Flagicon Graeme Bailey	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	163	1	2
2	C	3	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Template:Flagicon John Harvey Template:Flagicon Neal Lowe	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	163	13
3	B	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Template:Flagicon Gary Scott Template:Flagicon Terry Shiel	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	163	3	1
4	C	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Template:Flagicon Dick Johnson Template:Flagicon Gregg Hansford	Ford Mustang GT	162	5	6
5	C	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Template:Flagicon Peter Brock Template:Flagicon Allan Moffat	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	162	11
6	C	1	JPS Team BMW	Template:Flagicon Jim Richards Template:Flagicon Tony Longhurst	BMW 635 CSi	161	8	8
7	C	22	Formula 1 Investments P/L	Template:Flagicon Graham Moore Template:Flagicon Michel Delcourt	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	158	18
8	C	8	Cullen Supa Salvage	Template:Flagicon Warren Cullen Template:Flagicon Gary Sprague	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	157	12
9	B	41	Bob Jane T-Marts	Template:Flagicon Denny Hulme Template:Flagicon Franz Klammer	Mercedes-Benz 190E	157	23
10	B	36	Everlast Battery Service	Template:Flagicon Murray Carter Template:Flagicon Bill O'Brien	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	157	42
11	B	42	Volvo Dealer Team	Template:Flagicon Graham McRae Template:Flagicon Neville Crichton Template:Flagicon John Bowe	Volvo 240T	156	24
12	C	37	Airport Car Rental	Template:Flagicon Chris Clearihan Template:Flagicon Fred Geissler	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	156	34
13	C	6	Bob Jane T-Marts	Template:Flagicon Graeme Crosby Template:Flagicon Wayne Wilkinson	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	156	10	7
14	C	19	Tony Mulvihill	Template:Flagicon Ken Mathews Template:Flagicon Tony Mulvihill Template:Flagicon Barry Jones	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	155	31
15	C	23	Lusty Engineering P/L	Template:Flagicon Graham Lusty Template:Flagicon John Lusty	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	154	37
16	C	38	Grellis Marketing	Template:Flagicon Kerry Baily Template:Flagicon Ray Ellis	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	150	33
17	C	26	Simon Emmerling	Template:Flagicon Simon Emmerling Template:Flagicon Trevor Hine	BMW 635 CSi	149	45
18	B	57	Network Alfa	Template:Flagicon Lucio Cesario Template:Flagicon Warwick Rooklyn	Alfa Romeo GTV6	148	47
19	A	61	Toyota Team Australia	Template:Flagicon John Faulkner Template:Flagicon Mike Quinn	Toyota Corolla GT	148	52
20	C	91	Graham Lorimer	Template:Flagicon Graham Lorimer Template:Flagicon Phil Myhre	BMW 635 CSi	146	51
21	A	60	Giddings Moss Vale Nissan	Template:Flagicon Bruce Stewart Template:Flagicon John Giddings	Nissan Gazelle	146	50
22	C	18	Terry Finnigan	Template:Flagicon Terry Finnigan Template:Flagicon Steve Williams	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	144	30
23	C	48	The Xerox Shop	Template:Flagicon Alan Taylor Template:Flagicon Kevin Kennedy	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	144	44
24	C	10	John Goss	Template:Flagicon John Goss Template:Flagicon Bob Muir	Jaguar XJS	140	26
25	C	11	Enzed Team Perkins	Template:Flagicon Larry Perkins Template:Flagicon David Parsons	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	140	7	4
26	A	58	Ratcliff Transport Spares	Template:Flagicon David Ratcliff Template:Flagicon Don Smith	Toyota Sprinter AE86	140	58
27	A	13	Bob Holden Motors	Template:Flagicon Bob Holden Template:Flagicon Geoff Kimber-Smith	Toyota Sprinter AE86	138	55
DNF	C	47	Brian Callaghan	Template:Flagicon Barry Graham Template:Flagicon Brian Callaghan	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	140	25
DNF	C	24	Jagparts	Template:Flagicon Gerald Kay Template:Flagicon Martin Power	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	135	29
DNF	B	87	Brian Bolwell	Template:Flagicon Brian Bolwell Template:Flagicon Tony Farrell	BMW 323i	124	54
DNF	B	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Template:Flagicon George Fury Template:Flagicon Glenn Seton	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	114		3
DNF	B	44	Volvo Dealer Team	Template:Flagicon John Bowe Template:Flagicon Alfredo Costanzo	Volvo 240T	113	9	5
DNF	B	75	Network Alfa	Template:Flagicon Colin Bond Template:Flagicon Peter Fitzgerald	Alfa Romeo GTV6	111	36
DNF	C	34	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Template:Flagicon Steve Reed Template:Flagicon Trevor Ashby	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	111	16
NC	A	56	Frank Cecchele	Template:Flagicon Gordon Mitchell Template:Flagicon Allan McCarthy	Fiat Uno Turbo	110	59
DNF	C	9	JPS Team BMW	Template:Flagicon Kevin Bartlett Template:Flagicon Trevor Crowe	BMW 635 CSi	109	17
NC	C	32	John English	Template:Flagicon John English Template:Flagicon Glenn McIntyre	BMW 635 CSi	101	40
DNF	C	35	Lester Smerdon	Template:Flagicon Lester Smerdon Template:Flagicon Geoff Russell	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	100	28
DNF	C	50	John Donnelly	Template:Flagicon John Donnelly Template:Flagicon Simon Harrex	Rover Vitesse	98	53
NC	B	49	Ray Gulson	Template:Flagicon Ray Gulson Template:Flagicon Frank Porter	Alfa Romeo GTV6	94	46
NC	C	39	Trevor McLean	Template:Flagicon Trevor McLean Template:Flagicon Rod Downs	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	90	43
DNF	C	12	Garry Willmington	Template:Flagicon Garry Willmington Template:Flagicon Peter Janson	Jaguar XJS	88	14
DNF	C	43	Anderson & O'Leary Ltd.	Template:Flagicon Bruce Anderson Template:Flagicon Wayne Anderson	Ford Mustang GT	81	39
DNF	C	96	Tim Slako	Template:Flagicon Tim Slako Template:Flagicon Geoff Leeds	Rover Vitesse	77	32
DNF	B	53	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Template:Flagicon Brad Jones Template:Flagicon Akihiko Nakaya	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	61	6	10
DNF	C	4	Autopart Centre	Template:Flagicon Peter McLeod Template:Flagicon Glenn Clark	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	48	15
DNF	A	62	Bob Holden Motors	Template:Flagicon Keith McClelland Template:Flagicon Brian Nightingale	Toyota Sprinter AE86	38	57
DNF	C	29	Ken Davison	Template:Flagicon Ken Davison Template:Flagicon Wally Kramer	Ford Mustang GT	36	48
DNF	C	20	James Keogh	Template:Flagicon Jim Keogh Template:Flagicon Des Wall	BMW 635 CSi	30	41
DNF	C	40	Motorsport Pacific Ltd.	Template:Flagicon Robbie Francevic Template:Flagicon Leo Leonard	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	27	21
DNF	A	55	Motorsport Pacific Ltd.	Template:Flagicon Andrew Bagnall Template:Flagicon Ted Jarvis	Ford Escort RS 1600i	23	56
DNF	C	7	Goold Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Charlie O'Brien Template:Flagicon Garry Rogers	BMW 635 CSi	19	22
DNF	B	51	Team Nissan Racing NZ	Template:Flagicon Graeme Bowkett Template:Flagicon Kent Baigent	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	13	38
DNF	C	27	Dulux Auto Colour	Template:Flagicon Alf Grant Template:Flagicon John French	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	11	20
DNF	C	33	Michael Burgmann	Template:Flagicon Mike Burgmann Template:Flagicon Mal Rose	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	5	27
DNF	C	28	Yellow Pages	Template:Flagicon Tony Kavich Template:Flagicon Ralph Radburn	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	4	19
DNF	A	16	Toyota Team Australia	Template:Flagicon John Smith Template:Flagicon Drew Price	Toyota Corolla GT	3	49
DNF	C	21	Goold Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Roberto Ravaglia Template:Flagicon Dieter Quester	BMW 635 CSi	2	2	9
DNF	B	14	Bob Jane T-Marts	Template:Flagicon Andrew Miedecke Template:Flagicon Jörg van Ommen	Mercedes-Benz 190E	1	35
DNS	B	77	Peter Williamson Toyota	Template:Flagicon Peter Williamson Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife	Toyota Celica Supra
DNS	B	25	JPS Team BMW	Template:Flagicon Tony Longhurst Template:Flagicon Trevor Crowe	BMW 325i

Italics indicate driver practiced this car but did not race.

Statistics

• Provisional Pole Position - #2 Allan Grice - 2:16.16
• Pole Position - #15 Gary Scott - 2:17.159
• Fastest Lap - #2 Allan Grice - 2:18.99
• Average Speed - 155 km/h
• Race Time - 6:30:35.68

Mike Burgmann

The 1986 James Hardie 1000 is unfortunately also remembered for the death of Sydney privateer Mike Burgmann. On lap 5, Burgmann's Holden VK Commodore SS Group A and the privateer Jaguar XJS of his friend Garry Willmington were neck and neck over the notorious second hump on Conrod Straight at approximately when the front of the Commodore got airborne (as cars did coming over the hump at that speed, more so for cars on the right hand side or outside part of the track which is where Burgmann was). The front of the Commodore moved slightly to the left and Burgmann, who was only a part-time racer, tried to correct by turning the wheel to the right. Unfortunately for Burgmann, the front tyres suddenly gripped when they landed and the car then turned into and hit the tyre barrier at the bottom of the well-known curved bridge at the end of Conrod with unabated speed causing the entire front end to be pushed back to the firewall. The car's roll cage did its job and the cabin survived the violent impact mostly intact. However, when officials reached the car they found Burgmann in what would normally be the back seat of the vehicle. While his driving seat had remained intact the force of the impact had broken the seat belt buckle which caused his body to be thrown out of the seat. Mike Burgmann became the first driver to die while competing in the Bathurst 1000 when he was pronounced dead on arrival at Bathurst Hospital.

See also

• 1986 Australian Touring Car season

External links

• Bathurst 1000 winners at CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > Race > About CAMS > Titles - Australian Titles
• Race results at www.touringcarracing.net
• Race results at www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au
• Race images at www.autopics.com.au