I've been sitting on these results for a while, so time to put them up.
Have reviewed the highlights of the race uploaded to Youtube and from a DVD sent to me (thanks to ten-tenths member, Chavez), which has helped add in some minor details.
However, the complete grid and results are from Frank de Joeng's website here:
http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jon...ellington.html
1986 NISSAN MOBIL 500
Rd 1: Wellington
Starters: 39
| Grid | Race No | Drivers | Car | Time |
| 1 | 18 | Andy Rouse/David Oxton | Rouse Ford Sierra XR4Ti | 1m26.93 |
| 2 | 1 | Robbie Francevic/Thomas Lindstrom | Mark Petch Volvo 240T | 1m27.61 |
| 3 | 5 | Peter Brock/Allan Moffat | Mobil HDT Holden Commodore VK SS Group A | 1m27.84 |
| 4 | 17 | Dick Johnson/Neville Crichton | JPS Ford Mustang GT | 1m28.57 |
| 5 | 31 | Trevor Crowe/Tony Longhurst | Archibald BMW 635CSi | 1m28.78 |
| 6 | 16 | Allan Grice/Graeme Cameron | Roadways Holden Commodore VK SS Group A | 1m28.83 |
| 7 | 7 | John Harvey/Neal Lowe | Mobil HDT Holden Commodore VK SS Group A | 1m29.90 |
| 8 | 72 | Charlie O'Brien/Glenn McIntyre | State Coal BMW 635CSi | 1m29.64 |
| 9 | 2 | Denny Hulme/Ray Smith | AC&B Holden Commodore VK SS Group A | 1m30.11 |
| 10 | 99 | Graeme Bowkett/Wayne Wilkinson | Sleepyhead Roadways Holden Commdore VK SS Group A | 1m36.38 |
| | | *Top 10 shoot out time set in wet conditions | | |
RESULTS
| Position | | Drivers | Car | Laps | Grid |
| 1 | 5 | Peter Brock/Allan Moffat | Mobil HDT Holden Commodore VK SS Group A | 204 | 3 |
| 2 | 17 | Dick Johnson/Neville Crichton | JPS Ford Mustang GT | 203 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 | Per-Gunnar Andersson/Dave McMillan | Rockgas Volvo 240T | 195 | 13 |
| 4 | 42 | Mark Jennings/Dave Barrow | UDC Toyota Corolla GT | 190 | 23 |
| 5 | 41 | Paul Adams/Allan Woolf | UDC Toyota Corolla GT | 189 | 24 |
| 6 | 6 | Graeme Crosby/Lou McKinnon | Trans Tasman BMW 635CSI | 187 | 11 |
| 7 | 91 | Bryan Bate/Dennis Roderick | Toyota Corolla GT | 184 | 30 |
| 8 | 43 | Allan Drinkrow/Bruce Drinkrow | Toyota Corolla GT | 183 | 26 |
| 9 | 16 | Allan Grice/Graeme Cameron | Roadways Holden Commodore VK SS Group A | 182 | 6 |
| 10 | 26 | Chris Castle/John Billington | Holden Commodore VK SS | 180 | 27 |
| 11 | 35 | Phil Mhyre/Graham Lorimer | Lakeland Ford Ford Escort RS1600 | 178 | 29 |
| 12 | 51 | Barry Dryden/Robin Laing | Toyota Corolla GT | 178 | 37 |
| 13 | 28 | Bill McFarlane/Wayne Murdoch | Ford Capri 2.8i Mk3 | 176 | 34 |
| 14 | 23 | Don Halliday/Garry Croft | Nissan Bluebird Turbo | 175 | 33 |
| 15 | 33 | Bob Barry/Chris Heyer | Fiat Ritmo 130TC | 175 | 36 |
| 16 | 89 | Graham McGregor/Bob Holden | Toyota Corolla GT | 174 | 20 |
| 17 | 8 | Winston Wrigley/Robbie Ker | Holden Commodore VK SS | 168 | 31 |
| 18 | 45 | Warren Burt/Jeff Pascoe | Toyota Starlet | 151 | 32 |
| 19 | 44 | Steve Willy/David Janes | Toyota Corolla GT | 135 | 19 |
| 20 | 67 | Ed Lamont/Ray Gulson | ANZ Alfa Romeo GTV6 | 95 | 28 |
| DNF | 3 | John Morton/Jim Richards | BMW 635CSi | | 18 |
| DNF | 84 | Chris Toms/Rex Rattenbury | Ford Escort RS1600 | | 25 |
| DNF | 48 | Jim Clark/Paul Mabee | Ford Escort RS1600 | | 39 |
| DNF | 64 | Andrew Bagnell/Paul Radisich | Ford Escort RS1600 | | 22 |
| DNF | 11 | Allan Prince/Mike Hourigan | Jaguar XJS | | 38 |
| DNF | 44 | Tony Rutherford/Brian Friend | Toyota Corolla GT | | 35 |
| DNF | 38/39? | Rod Collingwood/Ian Tulloch | Holden Commodore VK SS Group A | | 21 |
| DNF | 99 | Graeme Bowkett/Wayne Wilkinson | Sleepyhead Roadways Holden Commodore VK SS Group A | | 10 |
| DNF | 18 | Andy Rouse/David Oxton | Rouse Ford Sierra XR4Ti | 5 | 1 |
| DNF | 1 | Robbie Francevic/Thomas Lindstrom | Mark Petch Volvo 240T | | 2 |
| DNF | 9 | Tom Walkinshaw/Win Percy | Whittakers Peanut Slab TWR Rover Vitesse | | 12 |
| DNF | 10 | Armin Hahne/Ron Dickson | Whittakers Peanut Slab TWR Rover Vitesse | | 14 |
| DNF | 72 | Charlie O'Brien/Glen McIntyre | State Coal BMW 635CSi | | 8 |
| DNF | 7 | John Harvey/Neal Lowe | Mobil HDT Holden Commodore VK SS Group A | | 7 |
| DNF | 20 | Jim Keogh/Straun Robertson | BMW 635CSi | | 16 |
| DNF | 31 | Trevor Crowe/Tony Longhurst | Archibald BMW 635CSi | | 5 |
| DNF | 2 | Denny Hulme/Ray Smith | AC&B Holden Commodore VK SS Group A | | 9 |
| DNF | 24 | Gerald Kay/Bryan Thomson | Jagparts Racing Holden Commodore VK SS Group A | | 15 |
| DNF* | 33 | Bruce Anderson/Leo Leonard | Ford Mustang GT | | 17 |
*Rolled one car in practice, but believe they swapped to second car for race.
For its second year, the Nissan Mobil 500 attracted a very strong field. The newly homologated evolution Holden Commodore VKs of Brock/Moffat, Grice/Cameron, Hulme/Smith and Bowkett/Wilkinson were expected to take the race to the two TWR Rovers of Walkinshaw/Percy and Hahne/Dickson and the Volvo 240T of Francevic/Lindstrom.
Andy Rouse came down to NZ to share his BTCC winning Sierra XR4Ti with David Oxton, and while considered a strong prospect for the pole, not many people thought the car would last the distance.
The Mustang of Johnson/Crichton and the BMWs of Crowe/Longhurst, Morton/Richards, Crosby/McKinnon, O'Brien/McIntyre and Keogh/Robertson were expected to go the distance, but would be relying on legendary reliability or rain to score a result.
As it turned out, the weather played a big role in the race.
Rouse did take the pole - in a top 10 shoot out held in very wet conditions. Francevic was alongside, followed by Brock, Johnson, Crowe, Grice, Harvey, O'Brien, Hulme and Bowkett.
From the start, on a dry track, the Volvo took the lead and Brock quickly found a way past Rouse as well.
The Volvo would lead for the first 1/3rd of the race, chased by Brock's Commodore.
Behind, the Bowkett Commodore was an early casualty after clipping a wall and Grice suffered early problems dropping him well back.
Rouse's Sierra retired on lap 5, parked on the opposite side of the track from the pit wall.
Meanwhile, Denis Hulme had moved the AC&B Commodore up ahead of Crowe into the top three.
The Volvo retired about 1/3rd distance, leaving Brock in charge from Hulme and Crowe.
Then the weather arrived and the Holden Dealer Team gambled on intermediates, leaving Moffat struggling and falling down the field.
The Hulme/Smith car took on full wets and took the lead of the race, with the Crowe/Longhurst BMW - also on wets - grabbing second and closing quickly on the AC&B Commodore.
The great run of the AC&B Commodore came to an end when the gear lever came off in Smith's hands at 2/3rd distance, leaving the Crowe/Longhurst BMW with a huge two lap lead over the Brock/Moffat Commodore. The rain had stopped by 2/3rd distance, and on a drying track Brock took on the task of hauling in the BMW, lapping some 2.5 seconds a lap quicker than the BMW. However, Longhurst seemingly had it all under control until a suspension failure pitched the BMW into the wall with 10 laps to go.
This promoted Brock into the lead, ahead of Dick Johnson, John Harvey in the second HDT Commodore and Per-Gunnar Andersson in the visiting Rockgas Volvo. However, no sooner had Harvey taken over third, then he exited the race with engine failure, promoting the Volvo into third.
This is the way they finished, with the amazing little factory backed UDC Toyota NZ Corollas of Jennings/Barrow and Adams/Woolf finishing 1st & 2nd in class and 4th and 5th outright.
The Nissan Bluebird Turbo of Halliday/Croft won the 1,601-2,500cc class ahead of the Barry/Heyer Fiat Ritmo 130TC.