[William Dale Jr]

1988 Shell Ultra Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 8 - Amaroo Park, NSW (19/6/1988)
also Round 3 of the James Hardie Building Products AMSCAR Series

Circuit Length: 1.946 km
Race Distance: 70 laps
Weather: Sunny

Nissan have two cars ready for the first time, while Brock enters a third M3 for Crompton. Miedecke's Sierra runs unsponsored this weekend, to hopefully attract a sponsor. Toyota Team Australia only runs two Corollas, with John Smith out of favour over his Bathurst drive with DJR.

Bond puts in a scintillating lap to beat Johnson to pole, but it's the Shell Sierras that hold sway in the race. Bond misses a gear away from the line and drops to fourth, before he's delayed by a pitstop to change a broken alternator. Johnson drops back with a misfire late in the race, letting Bowe through for his second win of the year, clinching a Shell 1-2 in the championship.

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	18	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	John Bowe	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	1h03m19.00s		0m52.50s	0m51.20s	3
2	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	1h03m19.30s		0m52.16s	0m51.14s	2
3	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Motorsport	George Fury	Nissan Skyline GTS-R HR-31	A	1h03m49.06s		0m53.28s	0m52.42s	10
4	1	Mobil 1 Racing	Jim Richards	BMW M3	B	1h03m51.90s		0m53.39s	0m51.88s	6
5	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock	BMW M3	B	69 laps		0m53.96s	0m52.38s	9
6	9	Allan Moffat Racing	Allan Moffat	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	69 laps		0m53.94s	0m52.68s	12
7	11	Holden Special Vehicles	Larry Perkins	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	69 laps		0m53.46s	0m52.04s	7
8	7	Mobil 1 Racing	Neil Crompton	BMW M3	B	68 laps		0m54.34s	0m52.94s	13
9	47	Brian Callaghan	Brian Callaghan	Holden Commodore VK	A	68 laps		0m54.22s	0m53.38s	16
10	48	Wayne Park	Wayne Park	Holden Commodore VK	A	67 laps		0m55.22s	0m54.02s	17
11	39	Lansvale Smash Repairs P/L	Trevor Ashby	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	66 laps		0m54.22s	0m52.96s	14
12	14	Netcomm Australia	Murray Carter	Nissan Skyline DR-30	A	66 laps		0m56.50s	0m55.16s	19
13	4	Caltex CXT Racing	Colin Bond	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	66 laps		0m53.10s	0m50.76s	1
14	29	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla AE86 Coupe	C	64 laps		0m56.50s	0m56.30s	21
15	31	Toyota Team Australia	Drew Price	Toyota Corolla AE82 Hatch	C	64 laps		0m57.82s	0m57.54s	23
16	79	Marc Ducquet	Marc Ducquet	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	C	63 laps		0m59.18s	0m58.62s	24
17	51	Bob Holden Motors	Dennis Rogers	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	C	63 laps		0m59.10s	0m59.96s	25
18	20	Finnigan Racing	Terry Finnigan	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	63 laps		0m55.80s	0m54.70s	18
DNF	6	Miedecke Motorsport	Andrew Miedecke	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	43 laps	alternator	0m52.96s	0m51.68s	5
DNF	24	Jagparts Racing	Gerald Kay	Holden Commodore VK	A	38 laps		0m55.62s	0m55.82s	20
DNF	16	Ralliart Australia	Gary Scott	Mitsubishi Starion	A	32 laps	overheating	0m54.38s	0m52.66s	11
DNF	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Motorsport	Glenn Seton	Nissan Skyline GTS-R HR-31	A	32 laps	rear suspension	0m53.44s	0m52.18s	8
DNF	8	Miedecke Motorsport	Andrew Bagnall	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	27 laps		0m54.02s	0m53.16s	15
DNF	3	Freeport Motorsport	Tony Longhurst	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	14 laps	gear linkage	0m52.22s	0m51.32s	4
DNF	42	Steve Williams	Steve Williams	Holden Commodore VK	A	7 laps		0m56.26s	0m56.64s	22
DNQ	69	Paul Trevethan	Paul Trevethan	Mitsubishi Starion	A				0m56.88s
DNQ	87	Sommariva Concrete	Darrell Belskyj	BMW 635CSi	A				0m57.24s
DNQ	75	Murphy Johnson Imported Cars	Gerard Murphy	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	A				1m02.36s