1985 Castrol 500

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 Peter Brock Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 1:52.3
2 6 Roadways Racing Services Allan Grice Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 1:52.4
3 17 Palmer Tube Mills Dick Johnson Ford Mustang GT 1:52.4
4 1 JPS Team BMW Jim Richards BMW 635 CSi 1:52.7
5 55 Mark Petch Robbie Francevic Volvo 240T 1:52.9
6 43 Mitsubishi Ralliart Peter Fitzgerald Mitsubishi Starion turbo 1:53.3
7 7 Mobil Holden Dealer Team John Harvey Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 1:53.7
8 42 Mitsubishi Ralliart Kevin Bartlett Mitsubishi Starion turbo 1:54.4
9 31 JPS Team BMW George Fury BMW 635 CSi 1:54.4
10 3 K. Baigent 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 Jim Richards
Tony Longhurst 		BMW 635 CSi 129
2 A 31 JPS Team BMW Neville Crichton
George Fury 		BMW 635 CSi 129
3 B 44 Peter Williamson Toyota Peter Williamson
Tomas Mezera 		Toyota Supra 127
4 B 47 Network Alfa Colin Bond
Gregg Hansford 		Alfa Romeo GTV6[2] 126
5 A 36 Lusty Engineering Pty Ltd Graham Lusty
Ken Lusty 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 123
6 A 39 Sleepy Head Bedding Co. Graeme Bowkett
Wayne Wilkinson 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 123
7 A 14 Auckland Coin & Bullion Exchange Co. Denny Hulme
Ray Smith 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 121
8 A 13 Grellis Marketing Ray Ellis
Bernie McLure 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 120
9 C 61 Toyota Team Australia Ray Cutchie
John Faulkner 		Toyota Sprinter 115
10 C 57 Bob Holden Motors Bob Holden
Glenn Clark 		Toyota Sprinter 115
11 C 58 Bob Holden Motors David Ratcliffe [2]
Don Smith 		Toyota Sprinter 114
12 C 88 J. White John White
Les Szreniawski 		Isuzu Gemini ZZ 112
13 B 45 Alfa City Ray Gulson
Frank Porter 		Alfa Romeo GTV6 111
14 B 53 Hulcraft Auto John Craft
Les Grose 		Ford Capri 107
15 B 52 Hulcraft Auto Pat Hogbin
John Hogbin 		Ford Capri 102
16 C 64 K. Harrison Ken Harrison
Ian Wells 		Ford Escort 100
17 B 42 Mitsubishi Ralliart Kevin Bartlett
Peter McKay 		Mitsubishi Starion turbo[2] 100
18 B 50 J. L. Hazelton Laurie Hazelton
Jerry Stauberg 		Ford Capri 100
19 A 17 Palmer Tube Mills Dick Johnson
Larry Perkins 		Ford Mustang GT[2] 92
20 C 66 Jagparts Racing Lorraine Orchard
Paul Taylor 		Triumph Dolomite 84
21 B 54 Melbourne Clutch & Brake Service Brian Sampson
Garry Waldon 		Mitsubishi Starion turbo[2] 51
DNF A 41 B. Jones Barry Jones
Tony Mulvihill 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 92
DNF A 24 Jagparts Racing Gerald Kay
Martin Power 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 92
DNF A 12 G. Willmington Gary Willmington [2]
Peter Janson 		Jaguar XJS 81
DNF A 7 Mobil Holden Dealer Team John Harvey
David Parsons 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 78
DNF A 6 Roadways Racing Services Allan Grice
Warren Cullen 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 68
DNF C 60 Toyota Team Australia John Smith
Drew Price 		Toyota Corolla 66
DNF B 49 J. Bundy John Bundy
Norm Carr 		Mazda RX-7 65
DNF B 55 Mark Petch Robbie Francevic
John Bowe 		Volvo 240T 60
DNF B 43 Mitsubishi Ralliart Peter Fitzgerald
Brad Jones 		Mitsubishi Starion turbo[2] 50
DNF A 21 Erle McRae Motor Sport Charlie O'Brien
Andrew Miedecke 		BMW 635 CSi 50
DNF A 05 Mobil Holden Dealer Team Peter Brock
David Oxton 		Holden VK Commodore SS[2] 41
DNF A 28 Capri Components Laurie Nelson
Bill O'Brien 		Ford Mustang 41
DNF A 20 J. Keogh Jim Keogh
Garry Rogers 		BMW 635 CSi 39
DNF A 3 K. Baigent Kent Baigent
Neal Lowe 		BMW 635 CSi 38
DNF C 56 M. Minear Mike Minear
Paul Elliott 		Volvo 360 GLT 22

Notes

References

  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
  • 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
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