1986 Castrol 500

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

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 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:

• Class A: Up to 2000ccc
• Class B: 2001 to 3000cc
• Class C: 3001 to 6000cc

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Robbie Francevic, the 1986 Australian Touring Car Champion, failed to start the race after his car was withdrawn on race morning following his comments that the Volvo 240T he was to drive wouldn't be competitive as the Volvo Dealer Team had not been able to practice due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:

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.

Pos	No	Entrant	Driver	Car	Time	Qual
1	05	HDT Racing Pty Ltd	Template:Flagicon Peter Brock	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1:49.84	1:51.0
2	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Template:Flagicon George Fury	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	1:50.22	1:50.1
3	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Template:Flagicon Gary Scott	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	1:50.33	1:50.3
4	2	Valley View Poultry Pty Ltd	Template:Flagicon Allan Grice	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1:50.66	?
5	3	HDT Racing Pty Ltd	Template:Flagicon John Harvey	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1:51.26	?
6	6	Bob Jane T-Marts	Template:Flagicon Graeme Crosby	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1:51.47	?
7	1	JPS Team BMW	Template:Flagicon Jim Richards	BMW 635 CSi	1:51.49	1:51.9
8	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Template:Flagicon Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang GT	1:51.95	1:51.9
9	4	Autoport Centre	Template:Flagicon Peter McLeod	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1:53.05	1:53.3
10	36	Everlast Battery Service	Template:Flagicon Murray Carter	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	1:53.85	1:53.1

Race

Position	Class	No.	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps
1	B	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Template:Flagicon George Fury Template:Flagicon Glenn Seton	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	129
2	B	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Template:Flagicon Gary Scott Template:Flagicon Terry Shiel	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	128
3	C	2	Valley View Poultry Pty Ltd	Template:Flagicon Allan Grice Template:Flagicon Graeme Bailey	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	128
4	C	05	HDT Racing Pty Ltd	Template:Flagicon Peter Brock Template:Flagicon Allan Moffat	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	128
5	C	1	JPS Team BMW	Template:Flagicon Jim Richards Template:Flagicon Tony Longhurst	BMW 635 CSi	127
6	C	6	Bob Jane T-Marts	Template:Flagicon Graeme Crosby Template:Flagicon Wayne Wilkinson	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	127
7	B	36	Everlast Battery Service	Template:Flagicon Murray Carter Template:Flagicon Bill O'Brien	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	125
8	C	3	HDT Racing Pty Ltd	Template:Flagicon John Harvey Template:Flagicon Neal Lowe	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	125
9	C	33	Mike Burgmann	Template:Flagicon Mike Burgmann Template:Flagicon Mal Rose	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	125
10	B	77	Peter Williamson Toyota	Template:Flagicon Peter Williamson Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife	Toyota Celica Supra	125
11	C	7	Goold Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Charlie O'Brien Template:Flagicon Garry Rogers	BMW 635 CSi	125
12	C	38	Grellis Marketing	Template:Flagicon Ray Ellis Template:Flagicon Kerry Baily	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	125
13	C	19	Tony Mulvihill	Template:Flagicon Tony Mulvihill Template:Flagicon Ken Matthews	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	123
14	C	11	Enzed Team Perkins	Template:Flagicon Larry Perkins Template:Flagicon David Parsons	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	122
15	B	75	Network Alfa	Template:Flagicon Colin Bond Template:Flagicon Peter Fitzgerald	Alfa Romeo GTV6	120
16	B	87	Brian Bolwell	Template:Flagicon Brian Bolwell Template:Flagicon Tony Farrell	BMW 323i	119
17	A	61	Toyota Team Australia	Template:Flagicon Mike Quinn Template:Flagicon John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla	119
18	A	60	Giddings Moss Vale	Template:Flagicon John Giddings Template:Flagicon Bruce Stewart	Nissan Silvia RS	118
19	A	42	David Morton	Template:Flagicon David Morton Template:Flagicon Chris Clearihan	Toyota Corolla	115
20	A	62	Bob Holden Motors	Template:Flagicon Keith McClelland Template:Flagicon Brian Nightingale	Toyota Sprinter	115
21	C	91	Graham Lorimer	Template:Flagicon Graham Lorimer Template:Flagicon Phil Myhre	BMW 635 CSi	114
22	C	4	Autoport Centre	Template:Flagicon Peter McLeod Template:Flagicon Glenn Clark	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	108
23	A	13	Bob Holden Motors	Template:Flagicon Bob Holden Template:Flagicon Ray Cutchie	Toyota Sprinter	108
24	C	28	Capri Components	Template:Flagicon Lawrie Nelson Template:Flagicon Brian Sampson	Ford Mustang GT	108
25	C	20	Jim Keogh	Template:Flagicon Jim Keogh Template:Flagicon Des Wall	BMW 635 CSi	106
26	A	88	John White	Template:Flagicon John White Les Szreniawski	Isuzu Gemini ZZ (PF60E)	106
27	B	76	Hulcraft Automotive	Rex Muldoon Template:Flagicon David Sala	Ford Capri 3000S	92
28	A	57	Mike Freeman	Template:Flagicon Mike Freeman Template:Flagicon Bruce Williams	Toyota Celica	84
DNF	C	8	Cullen Supa Salvage	Template:Flagicon Warren Cullen Template:Flagicon Gary Sprague	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	113
DNF	B	44	Volvo Dealer Team	Template:Flagicon John Bowe Template:Flagicon Alfredo Costanzo	Volvo 240T	112
DNF	C	23	Lusty Engineering Pty Ltd	Template:Flagicon Graham Lusty Template:Flagicon Ken Lusty	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	68
DNF	C	9	JPS Team BMW	Template:Flagicon Kevin Bartlett Template:Flagicon Trevor Crowe	BMW 635 CSi	57
DNF	A	16	Toyota Team Australia	Template:Flagicon Drew Price Template:Flagicon John Smith	Toyota Corolla	48
DNF	A	86	Gem Spares	Template:Flagicon Daryl Hendrick Thomas Crozier	Isuzu Gemini	45
DNF	C	24	Jagparts	Template:Flagicon Gerald Kay Template:Flagicon Bryan Thomson	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	18
DNF	C	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Template:Flagicon Dick Johnson Template:Flagicon Gregg Hansford	Ford Mustang GT	16
DNF	B	99	Hulcraft Automotive	Template:Flagicon Denis Horley Template:Flagicon Craig Harris	Ford Capri 3000S	14
DNF	A	58	Ratcliff Transport Spares	Template:Flagicon David Ratcliff Template:Flagicon Don Smith	Toyota Corolla Levin	5
DNF	B	49	Alfa City Pty Ltd	Template:Flagicon Ray Gulson Template:Flagicon Frank Porter	Alfa Romeo GTV6	0
DNS	B	42	Volvo Dealer Team	Template:Flagicon Robbie Francevic Template:Flagicon Graham McRae	Volvo 240T	-
DNS	C	12	Gary Willmington	Template:Flagicon Gary Willmington Template:Flagicon John Clinton	Jaguar XJ-S	-

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

External links

• 1986 Castrol 500 Sandown highlights, www.youtube.com