[William Dale Jr]

James Hardie Building Products AMSCAR Series
Round 1 (27/3/1988)

Circuit Length: 1.946 km
Weather: Sunny

Solid entry for the first AMSCAR round of the year. Bond puts the lone Sierra on pole, while Commodore-mounted AMSCAR regulars Ashby and Callaghan qualify strongly. Crompton gets his first run in Brock's BMW, while Finauer makes what would be his only appearance in Glen Molloy's ex-JPS M3.

Heat 1
Race Distance: 10 laps

Barry Jones is set to drive Tony Mulvihill's Commodore, but has to dash off to hospital when told his kidney transplant was ready; Mulvihill returns in time to pilot the car in Heat 2. Bond leads away from Callaghan and a slow-starting Ashby, with the Mobil BMWs trailing. Richards carves his way past the Commodores - with Crompton in tow - but just runs out of time to catch the Caltex Sierra.

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	4	Caltex CXT Racing	Colin Bond	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	9m12.70s		0m54.10s	0m52.33s	1
2	1	Mobil 1 Racing	Jim Richards	BMW M3	B	9m12.99s		0m54.05s	0m53.58s	3
3	7	Mobil 1 Racing	Neil Crompton	BMW M3	B	9m15.69s		0m54.22s	0m54.14s	7
4	47	Brian Callaghan Racing	Brian Callaghan	Holden Commodore VK	A	9m17.22s		0m54.13s	0m53.96s	5
5	39	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Trevor Ashby	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	9m19.92s		0m53.81s	0m52.54s	2
6	43	Plaspak Racing Team	Ludwig Finauer	BMW M3	B				0m53.91s	4
7	48	W. Park	Wayne Park	Holden Commodore VK	A				0m54.35s	8
8	34	Reithmuller/Ward International Motorsport	Phil Ward	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	B				0m55.17s	10
9	20	T. Finnigan	Terry Finnigan	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A				0m54.50s	9
10	82	W. Clift	Wayne Clift	Holden Commodore VK	A					12
11	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	C					13
DNF	35	Reithmuller/Ward International Motorsport	Llynden Reithmuller	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	B			0m57.38s	0m58.60s	11
DNS	44	Mulvihill Motorsport	Barry Jones	Holden Commodore VK	A		kidney transplant		0m54.13s	6

Heat 2
Race Distance: 20 laps

While the front row bogs down, Richards makes an electric start to lead the pack over Bitupave Hill. Bond is caught behind the Commodores for a couple of laps before setting off after Richards. Crompton exits the race with a hub failure, while Ashby and Callaghan drop back as their tyres go off. Bond catches and passes Richards late in the race to take the win.

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Grid Position
1	4	Caltex CXT Racing	Colin Bond	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	18m26.38s		0m53.44s	1
2	1	Mobil 1 Racing	Jim Richards	BMW M3	B	18m28.16s		0m53.58s	3
3	39	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Trevor Ashby	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	18m29.00s		0m54.12s	2
4	43	Plaspak Racing Team	Ludwig Finauer	BMW M3	B	18m35.03s		0m54.56s	4
5	20	T. Finnigan	Terry Finnigan	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	18m35.80s		0m54.96s	9
6	47	Brian Callaghan Racing	Brian Callaghan	Holden Commodore VK	A				5
7	48	W. Park	Wayne Park	Holden Commodore VK	A				8
8	82	W. Clift	Wayne Clift	Holden Commodore VK	A				12
9	44	Mulvihill Motorsport	Tony Mulvihill	Holden Commodore VK	A				14
10	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	C				13
DNF	34	Reithmuller/Ward International Motorsport	Phil Ward	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	B				10
DNF	7	Mobil 1 Racing	Neil Crompton	BMW M3	B		hub failure		7
DNF	35	Reithmuller/Ward International Motorsport	Llynden Reithmuller	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	B				11