1985/1986 New Zealand Group A Racing - Discussion & Results

[Jesper OH]

As there seems to be some knowledge about the New Zealand Group A scene around this forum in general, a new threat or more seems appropriate. As usual the time line is centeret around the Kiwi summer season. I thought I didn't have anything to add but the obvious Nissan series races, but looking at my files I discovered the result of this particular Benson & Hedges 3 hour race, held on 20 October 1985 – two weeks after the 1985 James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst.

Pos.	#	Drivers	Car	Laps
1.	7	Robbie Francevic/Mark Petch	Volvo 240 Turbo	135/3h0m9.75s
2.	39	Graeme Bowkett/Wayne Wilkinson	Holden Commodore VK	135
3.	2	Ray Smith/Denny Hulme	Holden Commodore VK	135
4.	31	Trevor Crowe/Tony Longhurst	BMW 635CSi	135
5.	11	Alan Prince/Mike Hourigan	Jaguar XJ-S HE	123
6.	28	Bill McFarlane/Wayne Murdoch	Ford Capri	121
7.	45	Warren Burt/Jeff Pascoe	Toyota Starlet	121
8.	43	Bruce Drinkow/Allan Drinkow	Toyota Corolla GT	118
9.	62	Neil Allport/Rodger Freeth	Mazda 626i	116
10.	52	Roy Hiscock/Richard Gillies	Mitsubishi Cordia Turbo	116
11.	8	Danie Lupp/Robbie Ker	Holden Commodore VK	116
12.	42	Steve Willy/Dave Janes	Toyota Corolla GT	116
13.	72	Dave Barrow/Mark Jennings	Toyota Corolla GT	116
14.	54	Rupert Gardiner/Sydney Gardiner	Mitsubishi Cordia Turbo	115
15.	61	Garry Pedersen/Dave McMillan	Mazda 626i	115
16.	91	Dauntsey Teagle/Charlie Munro	Honda Civic 'S'	114
17.	71	Bryan Bate/Vallis Peet	Toyota Corolla GT	114
18.	81	Dave Slater/Ed Lamont	Ford Laser Sport	114
19.	92	Bryan Hartley/Richard Edgecombe	Honda Civic 'S'	114
20.	41	Paul Adams/Allan Woolf	Toyota Corolla GT	114

I'm sure that somebody can provide the track, and the source of this result might be from an apparently defunct Mark Petch site. DNFs/DNSs would be much appreciated, as a general synopsis of the race would be.

Jesper