[William Dale Jr]

Castrol 500
1986 Australian Endurance Championship
Round 3 - Sandown Park, VIC (14/9/1986)

Circuit Length: 3.9 km
Race Distance: 129 laps
Weather: Cloudy

The big story is the turmoil in the Volvo camp. Neither the RHD ATCC car nor a brand new one were ready for qualifying. Francevic allegedly made some negative comments about the management of the team which led to his sacking on Saturday evening, leaving the current ATCC champion without a drive.

Position	Number	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position	Castrol Chargers
1	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury / Glenn Seton	Nissan Skyline DR-30	B	4h05m37.3s		1m52.3s	1m50.1s	2	1m50.22 (Fury)
2	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Gary Scott / Terry Shiel	Nissan Skyline DR-30	B	128 laps		1m52.3s	1m50.3s	3	1m50.33 (Scott)
3	2	Chickadee Chicken	Allan Grice / Graeme Bailey	Holden Commodore VK	C	128 laps		1m52.1s		4	1m50.66s (Grice)
4	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock / Allan Moffat	Holden Commodore VK	C	128 laps		1m52.4s	1m51.0s	1	1m49.84s (Brock)
5	1	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards / Tony Longhurst	BMW 635CSi	C	127 laps		1m53.1s	1m51.9s	7	1m51.59s (Richards)
6	6	Bob Jane T-Marts	Graeme Crosby / Wayne Wilkinson	Holden Commodore VK	C	127 laps		1m53.5s		6	1m51.47s (Crosby)
7	36	Everlast Battery Service	Murray Carter / Bill O'Brien	Nissan Skyline DR-30	B	125 laps		1m54.4s	1m53.1s	10	1m53.85s (Carter)
8	3	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	John Harvey / Neal Lowe	Holden Commodore VK	C	125 laps		1m53.7s		5	1m51.26s (Harvey)
9	33	Michael Burgmann	Mike Burgmann / Mal Rose	Holden Commodore VK	C	125 laps		1m55.0s	1m54.4s	13
10	77	Williamson Toyota	Peter Williamson / Mark Skaife	Toyota Supra	B	125 laps		1m55.7s	1m55.0s	16
11	7	Bob Jane T-Marts	Charlie O'Brien / Garry Rogers	BMW 635CSi	C	125 laps		1m55.4s	1m55.4s	19
12	38	Grellis Marketing	Ray Ellis / Kerry Baily	Holden Commodore VK	C	123 laps		1m55.8s	1m55.6s	20
13	19	T. Mulvihill	Tony Mulvihill / Ken Mathews	Holden Commodore VK	C	122 laps		1m56.0s	1m55.0s	17
14	11	Enzed Team Perkins	Larry Perkins / David Parsons	Holden Commodore VK	C	122 laps		1m54.0s	1m53.7s	11
15	75	Network Alfa	Colin Bond / Peter Fitzgerald	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	120 laps		1m56.8s	1m54.8s	15
16	87	B. Bolwell	Brian Bolwell / Tony Farrell	BMW 323i	B	119 laps		2m00.8s	2m01.3s	30
17	61	Toyota Team Australia	Mike Quinn / John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla AE86 Coupe	A	119 laps		1m59.9s	1m58.6s	23
18	60	Giddings Manly Vale Nissan	John Giddings / Bruce Stewart	Nissan Gazelle	A	118 laps		1m58.8s	1m59.0s	26
19			David Morton / Chris Clearihan	Toyota Corolla AE82 Hatch	A	117 laps		2m00.9s	2m01.3s	29
20	62	Bob Holden Motors	Keith McClelland / Brian Nightingale	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A	115 laps		2m04.3s	2m04.2s	36
21	91	G. Lorimer	Graeme Lorimer / Phil Myhre	BMW 635CSi	C	114 laps		2m02.8s	2m02.8s	32
22	4	Autopart Centre	Peter McLeod / Glenn Clark	Holden Commodore VK	C	113 laps		1m54.7s	1m53.3s	9	1m53.05s (McLeod)
23	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden / Ray Cutchie	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A	108 laps		2m03.6s	2m03.6s	34
24	28	Capri Componenets	Laurie Nelson / Brian Sampson	Ford Mustang	C	108 laps		1m58.9s	1m58.9s	25
25	20	James Keogh	Jim Keogh / Des Wall	BMW 635CSi	C	106 laps		1m58.2s	1m59.3s	27
26			John White / Les Szreniawski	Isuzu Gemini ZZ	A	106 laps		2m06.4s	2m04.0s	35
27			Rex Muldoon / David Sala	Ford Capri 3000S	B	92 laps		2m05.4s	2m05.9s	37
28	27		Mike Freeman / Bruce Williams	Toyota Celica RA40	B	84 laps		2m07.1s	2m08.1s	38
DNF	8	Cullen Supa Salvage	Warren Cullen / Gary Sprague	Holden Commodore VK	C	113 laps	engine	1m55.1s	1m53.9s	12
DNF	44	Volvo Dealer Team	John Bowe / Alfredo Costanzo	Volvo 240T	B	112 laps	rear suspension	1m52.3s	NTR	22
DNF	21	Lusty Engineering P/L	Graham Lusty / Ken Lusty	Holden Commodore VK	C	68 laps	differential	1m55.4s	1m56.2s	21
DNF	9	JPS Team BMW	Trevor Crowe / Kevin Bartlett	BMW 635CSi	C	57 laps	cracked sump	1m56.0s	1m55.2s	18
DNF	16	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith / Drew Price	Toyota Corolla AE86 Coupe	A	48 laps	gearbox	1m59.2s	1m58.7s	24
DNF	86	Gemspares	Daryl Hendrick / Thomas Crozier	Isuzu Gemini ZZ	A	45 laps	differential	2m08.4s	2m08.5s	39
DNF	24	Jagparts	Gerald Kay / Bryan Thomson	Holden Commodore VK	C	18 laps	differential	1m56.5s	1m54.4s	14
DNF	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson / Gregg Hansford	Ford Mustang	C	16 laps	gearbox	1m53.6s	1m51.9s	8	1m51.95s (Johnson)
DNF			Denis Horley / Craig Harris	Ford Capri 3000S	C	14 laps		2m08.2s	2m10.0s	40
DNF	58	Ratcliff Transport Spares	David Ratcliff / Don Smith	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A	5 laps	broken wheel	2m12.1s	2m11.3s	41
DNF	49	R. Gulson	Ray Gulson / Frank Porter	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	0 laps	gearbox	NTR	2m00.5s	28
DNS	42	Volvo Dealer Team	Robbie Francevic / Graham McRae	Volvo 240T	B				NTR	33
DNS			John Clinton / Garry Willmington	Jaguar XJ-S	C				2m02.8s	31