[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

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	3	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW M3	B	5 laps			0m53.50s	1
2	4	JPS Team BMW	Tony Longhurst	BMW M3	B	5 laps			0m53.78s	3
3	39	Lansvale Smash Repairs P/L	Trevor Ashby	Holden Commodore VK	A	5 laps			0m53.70s	2
4	35	OXO Supercube Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A	5 laps			0m54.20s	4
5	12	JPS Team BMW	Ludwig Finauer	BMW M3	B	5 laps			0m54.60s	6
6	23		Terry Finnigan	Holden Commodore VK	A	5 laps			0m54.20s	5
7	34	OXO Supercube Motorsport	Don Smith	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A	5 laps			0m55.38s	7
8			Peter Williamson	Toyota Supra	A	5 laps			0m55.58s	8
9			Kevin Bartlett	Mitsubishi Starion	A	5 laps			0m56.16s	10
10			Tony Mulvihill	Holden Commodore VK	A	5 laps			0m55.58s	9
11			David Ratcliff	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	B	5 laps			0m57.74s	11
12		Bob Holden Motors	Glenn Clark	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	B	5 laps			0m58.00s	12
13		Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	B	5 laps			0m58.52s	13
ENT	75		Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	B
ENT			Phil Ward	Mercedes-Benz 190E-16	B

Heat 2
Race Distance: 10 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time
1	39	Lansvale Smash Repairs P/L	Trevor Ashby	Holden Commodore VK	A	10 laps
2	23		Terry Finnigan	Holden Commodore VK	A	10 laps
3	4	JPS Team BMW	Tony Longhurst	BMW M3	B	10 laps
4	34	OXO Supercube Motorsport	Don Smith	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A	10 laps
5			Kevin Bartlett	Mitsubishi Starion	A	10 laps
6			Peter Williamson	Toyota Supra	A	10 laps
7		Bob Holden Motors	Glenn Clark	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	B	10 laps
8		Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	B	10 laps
DNF	3	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW M3	B		exhaust
DNF			Tony Mulvihill	Holden Commodore VK	A		overheating
DNF			David Ratcliff	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	B		electrical
DNF	35	OXO Supercube Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A	0 laps	accident damage
DNF	12	JPS Team BMW	Ludwig Finauer	BMW M3	B	0 laps	accident damage

Heat 3
Race Distance: 15 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time
1	4	JPS Team BMW	Tony Longhurst	BMW M3	B	15 laps
2	3	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW M3	B
3	39	Lansvale Smash Repairs P/L	Trevor Ashby	Holden Commodore VK	A
4	12	JPS Team BMW	Ludwig Finauer	BMW M3	B
5			Tony Mulvihill	Holden Commodore VK	A
6			Kevin Bartlett	Mitsubishi Starion	A
7			David Ratcliff	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	B
8		Bob Holden Motors	Glenn Clark	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	B
9		Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	B
DNF	34	OXO Supercube Motorsport	Don Smith	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A		puncture
DNF	35	OXO Supercube Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A		puncture
DNF			Peter Williamson	Toyota Supra	A		oil temp. gauge
DNF	23		Terry Finnigan	Holden Commodore VK	A	0 laps	puncture