[William Dale Jr]

1986 Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 2 - Symmons Plains, TAS (9/3/1986)

Circuit Length: 2.41 km
Race Distance: 40 laps
Weather: Cloudy

As at Amaroo, Fury is fast in practice, but this time the Skyline is able to keep its tyres in good shape. Fury takes pole and leads the first half of the race, before Francevic muscles his way past and opening up a three second lead. Brock was closing in on the blue and white Skyline until an oil filter split, ending his race. Team-mate Harvey had his best ATCC result in many years, finishing the race on the podium, heading Crosby, Johnson and Richards, who again chose the 635. Surprisingly, Richards wasn't the fastest 635 in practice, with Charlie O'Brien qualifying ahead of the JPS car. Unfortunately the crowd were deprived of a good dice between the pair, the Queenslander's race ending on lap one with a broken gear selector.

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	10	Mark Petch Mechanical Seals	Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	B	40m58.36s		1m00.63s	0m59.21s	2
2	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury	Nissan Skyline DR-30	B	40 laps		1m00.88s	0m59.16s	1
3	3	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	John Harvey	Holden Commodore VK	C	40 laps		1m00.98s	1m00.13s	4
4	2		Graeme Crosby	Holden Commodore VK	C	40 laps		1m01.13s	1m00.18s	5
5	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang	C	40 laps		1m00.93s	1m00.23s	6
6	62	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi		40 laps	C	1m01.71s	1m01.13s	8
7	25	JPS Team BMW	Tony Longhurst	BMW 325i		39 laps	B	1m03.93s	1m02.73s	9
8	23	JPS Team BMW	Garry Rogers	BMW 325i	B	39 laps		1m04.38s	1m03.45s	10
9	11	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith	Toyota Corolla	A	38 laps		1m05.34s	1m04.66s	11
DNF	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VK	C		split oil filter		0m59.61s	3
DNF	7		Charlie O'Brien	BMW 635CSi	C	0 laps	gear selector	NTR	1m00.58s	7