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Some other quick notes;

- Don Smith ran as #36 at the Calder and Symmons Plains ATCC rounds

- Rd2 of the AMSCAR Series was promoted as the "Wilson Fabric AMSCAR Series". Of course Rd1 was promoted as the "Hardie Iplex AMSCAR Series"... perhaps the overall name for the series was just the "James Hardie Building Products AMSCAR Series" as it was in 1988, they just gave some of their other companies naming rights of the individual rounds? (abit trivial i know, but isn't this what these threads are about )

Originally Posted by William Dale Jr

James Hardie Industries Iplex AMSCAR Series
Round 1 (27/3/1987)

Circuit Length: 1.946 km

The first AMSCAR round of the year saw Frank Gardner enter three of the little M3s, with the team's engine builder Ludwig Finauer making his first Group A start. Peter Williamson also entered his Supra, hopefully free of the bad luck that seemed to have plagued it since the car dealer brought it into the country.

The rounds would follow the same structure: three heats of 5, 10 and 15 laps. The winner of the round was a surprise, Trevor Ashby upsetting the JPS armada after Richards' exhaust problems in heat 2. Ashby's win in that heat would be the last race win for a Commodore (excluding Brock's 'eventual' win at Bathurst) until the end of 1988.

Heat 1
Race Distance: 5 laps


Heat 2
Race Distance: 10 laps


Heat 3
Race Distance: 15 laps

I know that Trevor Ashby was credited with the overall win, and given the points lead after Round 1, but i very much struggle to understand how.

In the three heats Ashby had a 3rd, 1st & 3rd
Longhurst had a 2nd, 3rd & 1st

How did Ashby wind up ahead?