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Originally Posted by William Dale Jr
Heat 3
Race Distance: 15 laps
My copy of the broadcast of this meeting doesn't have the final heat, so I really can't tell you what happened other than the final results 
| Position | Number | Entrant | Driver | Car | Class | Race Time/Laps | Retirement Cause | Fastest Time | Grid Position |
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| 1 | 25 | Benson & Hedges Racing | Tony Longhurst | Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 | A | 13m36.50s | | | 1 | | 2 | 4 | Caltex CXT Race Team | Colin Bond | Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 | A | 13m37.78s | | | 5 | | 3 | 37 | Brian Callaghan | Brian Callaghan | Holden Commodore VL (TWR) | A | 13m49.04s | | | 2 | | 4 | 19 | Caltex CXT Race Team | Ken Mathews | Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 | A | 13m54.30s | | | 4 | | 5 | 46 | Riethmuller Pentecost Racing | Llynden Reithmuller | Holden Commodore VL (TWR) | A | 13m54.76s | | | 6 | | 6 | 32 | Toyota Team Australia | John Faulkner | Toyota Corolla AE82 Hatch | C | 14m29.44s | | | 9 | | 7 | 13 | Bob Holden Motors | Bob Holden | Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback | C | 14 laps | | | 14 | | 8 | 99 | Richard Scarf | Rick Scarf | Holden Commodore VK | A | 14 laps | | | 11 | | 9 | 51 | Bob Holden Motors | Denis Rogers | Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback | C | 14 laps | | | 13 | | 10 | 78 | Team Madison Racing | Michael Adcock | Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback | C | 14 laps | | | 12 | | DNF | 69 | Blue Haven Pools | Reda Awadallah | Holden Commodore VL (TWR) | A | 12 laps | electrical | | 10 | | DNF | 29 | Mark Petch Motorsport | Robbie Francevic | Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 | A | 6 laps | broken tie rod | | 3 | | DNF | 43 | Brian Callaghan | Brian Callaghan Jnr | Holden Commodore VK | A | 6 laps | accident | | 7 | | DNF | 11 | Ray Gulson | Graham Gulson | BMW 635CSi | A | 1 lap | puncture | | 8 | | DNS | 36 | Bob Forbes Corporation P/L | Mark Gibbs | Holden Commodore VL (TWR) | A | | accident - heat 1 | | | | DNS | 48 | Mistic Mould Destroyer | Wayne Park | Holden Commodore VL (HDT) | A | | practice accident | | | | DNP | 35 | Lansvale Smash Repairs P/L | Trevor Ashby | Holden Commodore VL (TWR) | A | | engine | | |
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I can help here.
Matthews jumped the start, while Callaghan was creeping, but the order stayed as per the start grid for the top 5 round the first few corners. Longhurst started to skip away pretty easily, while Bond pulled a good move on Francevic at the Lake Corner at the end of lap 1, and started to harrass his teammate
He got by Matthews at the Lake Corner on lap 2, and half a lap later dispensed with Callaghan, and set his sights on Longhurst, who by now had a 3+ second lead.
Francevic managed to get up to third place before his retirement, presumebly getting past Callagahan at the Dunlop Loop on lap 4 (presumebly because the camera at Dunlop Loop wasn't working, so the only footage was from there was whenever they took Racecam in Bonds car.
The race was pretty static from there