[William Dale Jr]

Castrol 500
Sandown Park, VIC (13/9/1987)

Circuit Length: 3.90 km
Race Distance: 129 laps
Weather: Cloudy with showers

The new RS500 made quite an impact on its Australian debut. Andrew Miedecke put his Sierra on pole, until co-driver Don Smith rolled the car late in the qualifying session, writing it off. Johnson then put his on pole in the qualifying shootout, but blew the team's last engine in the morning warmup. Johnson and Hansford switched to the #18 car for the race and, from 13th place on the grid, Johnson proceeded to simply drive past everyone on the straights until he reached the lead. However, not knowing how long the engine would last, Johnson gave Neville Crichton the chance to get some laps in the car in preparation for Bathurst, the car reaching lap 87 before it was pushed away.

Up front, it was a battle between the two PJ Skylines and Grice, but the orange Bob Jane car headed to the pits with a misfire. It went back to a three car dice as Johnson joined in, the Sierra making ground down the straights and the Skylines pulling it back in the twisty infield section. Seton led after Johnson made his first pitstop but he too was soon into the pits, a blown exhaust turbine wheel putting the #15 car out of contention.

The rest of the race was between Fury and Richards, as changing conditions favoured each car at different times. Eventually, the matter was settled a handful of laps from the end, the BMW's engine crying enough with 12 laps to go. Fury would score a comfortable win, the team's second consecutive triumph in the Sandown enduro.

Position	Number	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position	Dulux Dozen Time
1	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury / Terry Shiel	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	4h10m28.06s		1m50.58s	1m49.79s	3	1m49.43s (Fury)
2	11	Enzed Team Perkins	Larry Perkins / Denny Hulme	Holden Commodore VK	A	128 laps		1m51.89s	1m50.70s	9	1m51.31s (Perkins)
3	25	Team Nissan Racing NZ	Kent Baigent / Graeme Bowkett	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	127 laps		1m51.90s	1m49.80s	6	1m50.01s (Bowkett)
4	6	HDT Racing P/L	Jon Crooke / Neil Crompton	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	126 laps		1m53.50s	1m51.17s	11	1m54.37s (Crompton)
5	3	JPS Team BMW	Robbie Francevic / Ludwig Finauer	BMW M3	B	125 laps		1m52.98s	1m51.20s	7	1m51.14s (Finauer)
6	14	Netcomm (Aust.) Racing	Murray Carter / Denis Horley	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	125 laps		1m52.65s	1m52.30s	10	1m53.92s (Carter)
7	40	Keiran Wills	Keiran Wills / Philip Henley	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	124 laps		1m53.56s	1m54.0s	18
8	43	John Sax	Graeme Lorimer / John Sax	BMW M3	B	123 laps		1m55.84s	1m55.1s	22
9	19	Everlast Automotive Service	Bill O'Brien / Brian Sampson	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	123 laps		1m54.57s	1m53.8s	17
10	60	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Mark Skaife / Grant Jarrett	Nissan Gazelle	C	121 laps		1m57.58s	1m57.6s	31
11	38	Wayne Clift	Wayne Clift / Bernie Stack	Holden Commodore VK	A	121 laps		1m52.63s	1m55.3s	23
12	36	Grellis Marketing	Ray Ellis / John Lusty	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	120 laps		1m54.67s	1m55.5s	24
13	32	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith / Drew Price	Toyota Corolla	C	119 laps		2m01.32s	1m58.1s	32
14	29	Mulvihill Racing	Tony Mulvihill / Ken Mathews	Holden Commodore VK	A	118 laps		1m54.84s	1m55.8s	26
15	78	Brian Bolwell	Brian Bolwell / R Smith	BMW 323i	B	117 laps		1m59.89s	2m03.2s	38
16	20	Salisbury North Service Station	Des Wall / John Virgo	BMW 635CSi	A	117 laps		1m59.35s	1m59.02s	34
17	24	Lockwood Bryce Homes	Bill Bryce / Leo Geoghegan	BMW 325i	B	116 laps		1m59.05s	2m06.18s	40
18	21	Lusty Engineering	Graham Lusty / Ken Lusty	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	115 laps		1m56.13s	1m55.6s	25
19	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden / Garry Willmington	Toyota Corolla	C	115 laps		2m01.79s	1m59.6s	36
20	22	DFC New Zealand Limited	Chris Castle / John Billington	Holden Commodore VK	A	114 laps		1m57.83s	1m57.3s	30
21	23	Yellow Pages	Tony Kavich / Kerry Baily	Holden Commodore VK	A	113 laps		1m54.92s	1m54.9s	21
22	88	David Sala	David Sala / Dale Smart	Holden Gemini PF60	C	111 laps		2m07.42s	2m08.15s	41
23	86	Gemspares	Daryl Hendrick / John White	Isuzu Gemini ZZ	C	106 laps		2m05.42s	2m05.0s	39
NC	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton / John Bowe	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	86 laps	insufficient laps	1m50.53s	1m50.59s	8	1m51.18s (Seton)
NC	28	Capri Components	Lawrie Nelson / Bob Jolly	Ford Mustang	A	78 laps	insufficient laps	1m58.11s	1m58.49s	33
NC	10	Reithmuller-Ward Int. Motorsport	Phil Ward / Llynden Reithmuller	Mercedes Benz 190E-16	B	55 laps	insufficient laps	1m57.81s	1m57.0s	29
DNF	1	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards / Tony Longhurst	BMW M3	B	118 laps	oil pressure	1m50.99s	1m50.13s	2	1m49.43s (Richards)
DNF	7	Canam Enterprises	Graeme Cameron / Wayne Wilkinson	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	116 laps		1m55.35s	1m53.7s	16
DNF	05	HDT Racing P/L	Peter Brock / David Parsons	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	113 laps	spun off	1m51.28s	1m50.55s	5	1m49.81s (Brock)
DNF	8	Warren Cullen	Warren Cullen / Gary Cooke	Holden Commodore VK	A	99 laps		1m53.91s		12	1m57.24s (Cullen)
DNF	44	Viacard Services	Trevor Crowe / Jim Keogh	BMW M3	B	93 laps	accident	1m54.96s	1m54.2s	20
DNF	31	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner / Mike Quinn	Toyota Corolla	C	91 laps		2m00.17s	1m59.34s	35
DNF	18	Shell Ultra Hi.Tech Racing	Dick Johnson / Neville Crichton / Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	87 laps	engine	1m50.28s	1m51.19s	13
DNF	34	OXO Supercube Motorsport	John Giddings / Bruce Stewart	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	82 laps		1m51.99s	1m51.80s	14
DNF	4	R.G. Lanyon	Graeme Crosby / Graeme McRae	Holden Commodore VK	A	74 laps		1m53.73s	1m53.2s	15
DNF	42	Jagparts Racing	Gerald Kay / Alf Grant	Holden Commodore VK	A	73 laps		1m56.93s	1m56.5s	27
DNF	58	Ratcliff Transport Spares	David Ratcliff / Mark Gibbs	Toyota Corolla	C	64 laps		2m02.34s	2m01.3s	37
DNF	45	Lester Smerdon	Lester Smerdon / Bruce Williams	Holden Commodore VK	A	43 laps		1m57.72s	1m56.59s	28
DNF	12	Petro Tech (Aust) Pty Ltd	Peter McLeod / Peter Fitzgerald	Holden Commodore VK	A	17 laps		1m55.65s	1m54.1s	19
DNF	2	Bob Jane T-Marts	Allan Grice / Win Percy	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	10 laps	misfire	1m50.59s	1m49.80s	4	1m49.63s (Grice)
DNF	27	Sunliner	Tony Hunter / Warren McKellar	Holden Commodore VK	A	1 lap		2m34.39s	NTR?	42
DNS	17	Shell Ultra Hi.Tech Racing	Dick Johnson / Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A		engine		1m50.55s	1	1m47.59s (Johnson)
DNS	35	OXO Supercube Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke / Don Smith	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A		practice accident		1m49.45s	13