[William Dale Jr]

Better Brakes AMSCAR Series
Round 1 (27/3/1986)

Circuit Length: 1.946 km

One for the underdogs! Garry Willmington took a win in his self-built Jaguar, while Charlie O'Brien and Garry Rogers beat the JPS 635s on their home ground, Rogers in Richards championship-winning car from the year before.

Jim Richards' invincibility of 1985 must have seemed a long time ago; three race meetings into the year and the reigning AMSCAR and ATCC champ was still winless.

Heat 1
Race Distance: 5 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	12		Garry Willmington	Jaguar XJ-S		4m38.74s			0m53.77s	1
2	75		Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6		4m38.94s			0m53.90s	3
3	1	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi		4m39.32s			0m53.85s	2
4	33		Mike Burgmann	Holden Commodore VK		4m40.45s			0m54.13s	4
5			Graham Moore	Holden Commodore VK		4m43.68s			0m54.70s	7
6	34		Garry Rogers	BMW 635CSi					0m54.64s	6
7	28		Tony Kavich	Holden Commodore VK					0m55.39s	11
8	7		Charlie O'Brien	BMW 635CSi					0m54.29s	5
9	25	JPS Team BMW	Tony Longhurst	BMW 325i					0m55.82s	10
10	19		Ken Mathews	Holden Commodore VK					0m	9
11	47		Barry Graham	Holden Commodore VK					0m
12	27		Alf Grant	Holden Commodore VK					0m
13			Kevin Bartlett	Mitsubishi Starion					0m
14			Ken Davison	Ford Mustang					0m
15			Kevin Clark	Ford Mustang					0m
16			David Ratcliff	Toyota Levin					0m
17	13		Bob Holden	Toyota Sprinter					0m
18			Don Smith	Ford Capri					0m
DNF	77		Peter Williamson	Toyota Supra		2 laps	fouled plugs		0m54.98s	8

Heat 2
Race Distance: 10 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time
1	34		Garry Rogers	BMW 635CSi		9m17.5s
2	12		Garry Willmington	Jaguar XJ-S		9m19.63s
3	7		Charlie O'Brien	BMW 635CSi		9m20.30s
4	75		Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6		9m20.56s
5	25	JPS Team BMW	Tony Longhurst	BMW 325i		9m20.74s
6	77		Peter Williamson	Toyota Supra
7			Graham Moore	Holden Commodore VK
8	28		Tony Kavich	Holden Commodore VK
9	27		Alf Grant	Holden Commodore VK
10	47		Barry Graham	Holden Commodore VK
11	19		Ken Mathews	Holden Commodore VK
12	1	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi
13			Ken Davison	Ford Mustang
14	13		Bob Holden	Toyota Sprinter
15			David Ratcliff	Toyota Levin
16*	33		Mike Burgmann	Holden Commodore VK
DNF			Kevin Clark	Ford Mustang			overheating
DNS			Don Smith	Ford Capri
DNS			Kevin Bartlett	Mitsubishi Starion			accident damage

Heat 3
Race Distance: 20 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time
1	7		Charlie O'Brien	BMW 635CSi		18m28.61s
2	34		Garry Rogers	BMW 635CSi		18m
3	75		Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6		18m35.28s
4	77		Peter Williamson	Toyota Supra		18m39.93s
5	25	JPS Team BMW	Tony Longhurst	BMW 325i		18m43.19s
6	1	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi
7	28		Tony Kavich	Holden Commodore VK
8	27		Alf Grant	Holden Commodore VK
9	12		Garry Willmington	Jaguar XJ-S
10			Graham Moore	Holden Commodore VK
11	19		Ken Mathews	Holden Commodore VK
12			Ken Davison	Ford Mustang
13	13		Bob Holden	Toyota Sprinter
14	47		Barry Graham	Holden Commodore VK
15			David Ratcliff	Toyota Levin
16	33		Mike Burgmann	Holden Commodore VK		9 laps	accident
DNF			Kevin Clark	Ford Mustang
DNS			Don Smith	Ford Capri
DNS			Kevin Bartlett	Mitsubishi Starion			accident damage