1988 Shell Ultra Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 4 - Wanneroo Park, WA (24/4/1988)
Circuit Length: 2.41 km
Race Distance: 45 laps
Weather: Overcast with rain
Moffat makes his first appearance in his new ANZ Sierra, while the series regulars are joined by a couple of locals drivers.
DJR hold sway again in qualifying and look set to dominate the race until a rain storm hits the circuit on lap 13. Virtually all the leading contenders slide off the road, and the race is stopped. Confusion reigns over whether the race should be fully restarted, declared with half points, or run on aggregate times. In the end, the race is re-run in its entirety. Several cars struggle with problems caused by sand, ingested when they spun off when the rain hit. Among them Moffat, Miedecke (who lost several laps replacing an alternator) and Bowe, who spun off with brake problems caused by sand filling the cooling ducts. He recovered to finish third, while team boss Johnson ran out a comfortable winner again.
| Position | Number | Entrant | Driver | Car | Class | Race Time/Laps | Retirement Cause | Fastest Time | Qualifying Time | Grid Position | |
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| 1 | 17 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 | A | 0h48m18.20s | | 1m00.52s | 0m59.32s | 1 | |
| 2 | 4 | Caltex CXT Racing | Colin Bond | Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 | A | 0h48m36.05s | | 1m01.74s | 1m01.24s | 7 | |
| 3 | 18 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing | John Bowe | Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 | A | 0h48m41.21s | | 1m00.92s | 0m59.38s | 2 | |
| 4 | 05 | Mobil 1 Racing | Peter Brock | BMW M3 | B | 0h48m55.44s | | 1m02.51s | 1m01.68s | 9 | |
| 5 | 1 | Mobil 1 Racing | Jim Richards | BMW M3 | B | 44 laps | | 1m02.08s | 1m01.41s | 8 | |
| 6 | 11 | Holden Special Vehicles | Larry Perkins | Holden Commodore VL (HDT) | A | 44 laps | | 1m02.72s | 1m01.18s | 5 | |
| 7 | 26 | Kalari Transport | Tony Noske | Holden Commodore VK | A | 44 laps | | 1m04.26s | 1m02.84s | 11 | |
| 8 | 12 | Petro Tech | Peter McLeod | Holden Commodore VL (HDT) | A | 43 laps | | 1m05.13s | 1m03.88s | 13 | |
| 9 | 14 | Netcomm Australia | Murray Carter | Nissan Skyline DR-30 | A | 43 laps | | 1m03.38s | 1m04.65s | 14 | |
| 10 | 24 | Jagparts Racing | Gerald Kay | Holden Commodore VK | A | 41 laps | | 1m05.59s | 1m05.53s | 16 | |
| 11 | 32 | Toyota Team Australia | John Smith | Toyota Corolla AE82 Hatch | C | 41 laps | | 1m04.97s | 1m07.78s | 18 | |
| 12 | 27 | Ray Gulson | Ray Gulson | BMW 635CSi | A | 41 laps | | 1m07.44s | 1m06.46s | 17 | |
| 13 | 6 | Miedecke Motorsport | Andrew Miedecke | Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 | A | 35 laps | | 1m01.0s | 0m59.81s | 3 | |
| DNF | 3 | Freeport Motorsport | Tony Longhurst | Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 | A | 27 laps | broken stub axle | 1m01.4s | 1m00.04s | 4 | |
| DNF | 8 | Miedecke Motorsport | Andrew Bagnall | Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 | A | 22 laps | misfire | 1m02.7s | 1m02.07s | 10 | |
| DNF | 9 | Allan Moffat Racing | Allan Moffat | Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 | A | 11 laps | clutch | 1m07.7s | 1m01.18s | 6 | |
| DNS | 52 | John Farrell | John Farrell | Holden Commodore VL (HDT) | A | | camshaft - first start | | 1m03.87s | 12 | |
| DNS | 71 | Graeme Hooley | Graeme Hooley | Holden Commodore VK | A | | ? - first start | | 1m05.19s | 15 | |
| DNS | 86 | Gemspares | Daryl Hendrick | Isuzu Gemini ZZ | C | | ? - first start | | 1m10.96s | 19 | |
| DNQ | | | Ian Love | Ford Mustang | A | | engine | | | | |