[William Dale Jr]

1987 Shell Ultra Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 3 - Lakeside, QLD (5/4/1987)

Circuit Length: 2.41 km
Race Distance: 60 laps
Weather: Overcast

Crosby couldn't find any sponsorship so the Roadways team were down to one car for Grice, but it was a brand-spanking-new VL, the first to run in the ATCC. Meanwhile, the former factory team were also down to one car after Gary Scott crashed Brock's #05 during mid-week testing. Brock would race #6 until his new VL was ready, qualifying it on the front row next to pole-sitter Seton.

Seton would lead from the start, before local hero Johnson powered through the field into the lead. It wasn't to last, the engine crying enough just after half-distance, the same taking out team-mate Hansford a few laps later. At another tyre-sensitive track, Richards' M3 again came through for the win, from Seton and Longhurst.

Post-race scrutineering revealed illegal impellers in the turbochargers of the Johnson cars. As the entrant, Dick was found guilty of presenting illegal cars and given a ban by CAMS, even if it was for only seven days. Dick said the impellers were the same as those being used in Europe...

I'm not sure whether to classify the Johnson cars as being disqualified or not. IIRC, I don't think my sources have. The OXO cars were for a similar offence later in the year.

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	0h58m48.3s		0m58.0s	0m56.9s	3
2	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	0h59m02.1s		0m57.8s	0m56.1s	1
3	4	JPS Team BMW	Tony Longhurst	BMW M3	B	0h59m02.9s		0m57.8s	0m56.9s	4
4	11	Enzed Team Perkins	Larry Perkins	Holden Commodore VK	A	0h59m22.2s		0m58.2s	0m57.0s	6
5	6	HDT Racing P/L	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VK	A	0h59m23.0s		0m57.8s	0m56.6s	2
6	2	Bob Jane T-Marts	Allan Grice	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	59 laps		0m57.8s	0m57.0s	5
7	75	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	B	58 laps		0m58.6s	0m58.1s	10
8		Lester Smerdon	Lester Smerdon	Holden Commodore VK	A	57 laps		1m00.8s	1m00.6s	15
9		Wayne Clift	Wayne Clift	Holden Commodore VK	A	56 laps		1m00.5s	1m01.5s	17
10	48	Wayne Park	Wayne Park	Holden Commodore VK	A	56 laps		1m00.5s	0m59.1s	14
11	32	Toyota Team Australia	Drew Price	Toyota Corolla AE82 Sedan	B	56 laps		1m02.2s	1m01.7s	19
12	27	Ray Gulson	Ray Gulson	BMW 635CSi	A	56 laps		1m01.8s	1m02.8s	20
13	50	John Donnelly	John Donnelly	Rover Vitesse	A	55 laps		1m02.1s	1m01.6s	18
14		Dulux Autocolour	Alf Grant	Holden Commodore VK	A	55 laps		0m59.7s	0m59.1s	13
15	10	John Andrew Motorsport	Denny Hulme	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	A	54 laps		0m59.1s	0m58.9s	11
DNF	34	OXO Supercube Motorsport	Don Smith	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A	39 laps		0m59.2s	1m01.0s	16
DNF	18	Shell Ultra Hi.Tech Racing	Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A	38 laps	turbo	0m58.2s	0m57.9s	9
DNF	17	Shell Ultra Hi.Tech Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A	34 laps	turbo	0m57.4s	0m57.4s	8
DNF	35	OXO Supercube Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS	A	23 laps		0m58.5s	0m59.0s	12
DNF	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury	Nissan Skyine DR-30	A	4 laps	boot explosion	0m	0m57.0s	7