BP Plus 300
1986 Australian Endurance Championship
Round 2 - Surfers Paradise, QLD (24/8/1986)
Circuit Length: 3.2 km
Race Distance: 85 laps
Weather: Cloudy
Fury wins comfortably, while Richards drives back through to second after first lap contact mired him back in the field. The Brock/Moffat Commodore kept blistering its rubber, while John Smith hopped in David Morton's ex-TTA Corolla after his works car died on the warm up lap.
Position | Number | Entrant | Driver/s | Car | Class | Race Time/Laps | Retirement Cause | Fastest Time | Qualifying Time | Grid Position |
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1 | 30 | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing | George Fury / Glenn Seton | Nissan Skyline DR-30 | B | 1h50m53.3s | | 1m16.7s | 1m15.2s | 1 |
2 | 1 | JPS Team BMW | Jim Richards | BMW 635CSi | C | 1h51m24.8s | | 1m16.7s | 1m16.1s | 5 |
3 | 17 | Palmer Tube Mills | Dick Johnson / Gregg Hansford | Ford Mustang | C | 84 laps | | | 1m16.4s | 6 |
4 | 25 | JPS Team BMW | Tony Longhurst | BMW 325i | B | 84 laps | | | 1m16.4s | 7 |
5 | 6 | Bob Jane T-Marts | Graeme Crosby / Wayne Wilkinson | Holden Commodore VK | C | 84 laps | | | 1m15.2s | 2 |
6 | 05 | Mobil Holden Dealer Team | Peter Brock / Allan Moffat | Holden Commodore VK | C | 84 laps | | 1m16.4s | 1m15.9s | 4 |
7 | 36 | Everlast Battery Service | Murray Carter | Nissan Skyline DR-30 | B | 83 laps | | | 1m19.2s | 18 |
8 | 75 | Network Alfa | Colin Bond | Alfa Romeo GTV6 | B | 83 laps | | | 1m18.1s | 13 |
9 | 27 | Dulux Auto Colour | Alf Grant / John French | Holden Commodore VK | C | 81 laps | | | 1m18.2s | |
10 | 2 | Chickadee Chicken | Graeme Bailey | Holden Commodore VK | C | 81 laps | | | 1m16.8s | 10 |
11 | 60 | Giddings Manly Vale Nissan | John Giddings / Bruce Stewart | Nissan Gazelle | A | 81 laps | | | 1m21.0s | 24 |
12 | 34 | Lansvale Smash Repairs P/L | Trevor Ashby | Holden Commodore VK | C | 81 laps | | | 1m19.6s | |
13 | 35 | L. Smerdon | Lester Smerdon / Geoff Russell | Holden Commodore VK | C | 79 laps | | | 1m20.2s | |
14 | | | David Morton / John Smith | Toyota Corolla AE82 Hatch | A | 78 laps | | | 1m24.2s | |
15 | 58 | Ratcliff Transport Spares | David Ratcliff | Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback | A | 77 laps | | | 1m24.1s | |
16 | 4 | Autopart Centre | Peter McLeod | Holden Commodore VK | C | 75 laps | | | 1m17.0s | 11 |
17 | | | Greg Whitaker / Charlie Senese | Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback | A | 74 laps | | | 1m25.2s | |
DNF | | | Brad Jones / Akihiko Nakaya | Mitsubishi Starion | B | | turbo | | 1m16.7s | 9 |
| | | Bruce Anderson / John English | Ford Mustang | C | | | | | 15 |
DNF | | | Fred Geissler | Holden Commodore VK | C | 31 laps | | | 1m17.9s | 12 |
DNF | 7 | | Charlie O'Brien | BMW 635CSi | C | 13 laps | rocker arm | | 1m16.4s | 8 |
DNF | 15 | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing | Gary Scott | Nissan Skyline DR-30 | B | 0 laps | drivetrain | NTR | 1m15.4s | 3 |
DNS | | Toyota Team Australia | John Smith | Toyota Corolla AE86 Coupe | A | | electrics - warm up lap | | 1m20.1s | 20 |
DNS | | | John Clinton | Jaguar XJ-S | C | | | | 1m25.4s | 28 |
DNQ | | | Troy Dunstan | BMW 635CSi | C | | driven by O'Brien | | | |
DNQ | 7 | | Charlie O'Brien | BMW 635CSi | C | | practice crash | | | |