1985 Australian Touring Car Racing - Discussion & Results

[Amaroo Park]

They had some good stuff in it, just shame most of those publications have now gone by the wayside

[DV_08]

Round 6 Calder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z299Py8aRYw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJTQIBfh79w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGuj_b3az68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4yIzrcKXHI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDTzUOJY3mM

[Morris 1100]

Originally Posted by William Dale Jr

Motorcraft 300
1985 Australian Endurance Championship
Round 5 - Surfers Paradise, QLD (27/10/1985)

Circuit Length: 3.2 km
Race Distance: 40 laps (90 laps scheduled, race duration reduced due to multi-car accident during first start)
Weather: Overcast and rainy

Heavy rains overnight had left the Surfers circuit well and truly waterlogged, including flooding the storm water drains around the circuit which forced the cancellation of supporting open-wheel races. More rain a few laps in mixed with oil left by the Davidson/Kramer Mustang caused over 2/3rds of the field to slip off into the ditch on the outside of Ipec corner. Greville Arnel was taken to hospital with neck injuries after Bond's Alfa slammed into his parked Starion as Arnel was getting out of the car. The carnage left Terry Finnigan leading John Smith; both had gone off in the oil and water but had somehow avoided getting stuck. The race was eventually stopped and completely restarted an hour later but without Brock and Harvey, both of whom had already caught a plane back to Melbourne! Skippy Parsons would take the wheel of the #7 Commodore.

Only 14 cars would take the restart, eventually won by Richards from O'Brien and Johnson. The Mustang led early before dropping back with tyres woes caused by a differential damaged in the carnage earlier, while bent suspension, also from the crash, meant O'Brien couldn't quite chase down Richards.

You are missing the Kevin Clark Mustang that made it's debut in this race. It didn't crash in the first part but got knocked off by Dick in the second part. (I think Dick wanted to sell Kevin his 83 panels)

[ART Racing]

Just a quick correction - the Ken Harrison Escort, which I bought off Ken after its Group A days, was not a 1600i but was his ex Group C Mk 2 Escort running as a Group A Mk 2 Escort Mexico, which has the 1600 Pinto engine. I suspect it is the only Group A Mk 2 Escort ever raced. Car is still around, running in historic Group C in its 1979 livery.

John

[Jesper OH]

Originally Posted by William Dale Jr

1985 Australian Touring Car Championship

Round 1 - Winton, VIC (10/2/1985)

Circuit Length: 2.03 km
Race Distance: 50 laps
Weather: Sunny

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	62	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	57m43.4s			1m05.8s	1
2	31	JPS Team BMW	Neville Crichton	BMW 635CSi	C	49 laps			1m	9
3	66	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Kevin Bartlett	Mitsubishi Starion	B	49 laps			1m08.8s	6
4	27	Network Alfa	Alan Jones	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	49 laps			1m06.5s	4
5	78	Melbourne Clutch & Brake	Brian Sampson	Mitsubishi Starion	B	48 laps			1m11.4s	11
6	28	Capri Components	Lawrie Nelson	Ford Mustang	C	48 laps			1m11.6s	12
7	11	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A	47 laps			1m09.4s	8
8	13	Bob Holden Motors Manly Vale	Bob Holden	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A	47 laps			1m12.9s	14
9	57		Laurie Hazelton	Ford Capri	B	47 laps			1m12.3s	13
10	36		Mike Minear	Volvo 360GT	A	45 laps			1m15.8s	15
DNF	12	Garry Willmington	Garry Willmington	Jaguar XJS	C				1m09.3s	7
DNF	51		Greville Arnel	Mitsubishi Starion	B				1m10.3s	10
DNF	33		Don Smith	Ford Mustang	B				1m08.7s	5
DNF	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang	C		overheating		1m05.9s	2
DNF	26	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	2 laps	oil leak, spun off		1m06.1s	3
DNA	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VK	C
DNA			Ron Dickson	Rover Vitesse	C
DNA
DNA
DNA
DNA

Quotet from William Dale Jr. A few numbers, change of class for Minear and six entries supposedly never made it to Winton. I'm wondering why Winton would have to wait till 1988, before being allocated a round of the ATCC again - or was it the organizers that decided to miss the ATCC?

I'm looking for team principals as well, and would like to know who would be considered for the following two teams:
Toyota Team Australia - Tony Niovanni?
Network Alfa - ?

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Originally Posted by William Dale Jr

1985 Australian Touring Car Championship

Round 2 - Sandown Park, VIC (24/2/1985)

Circuit Length: 3.9 km
Race Distance: 25 laps
Weather: Sunny

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VK	C	48m35.3s		1m54.9s	1m53.3s	1
2	62	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	48m37.0s		1m55.1s	1m53.6s	2
3	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang	C	25 laps		1m55.8s	1m53.7s	3
4	27	Network Alfa	Alan Jones	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	25 laps		1m56.9s	1m54.7s	4
5	31	JPS Team BMW	Neville Crichton	BMW 635CSi	C	25 laps		1m56.4s	1m54.9s	5
6	21	Mark Petch Mechanical Seals	Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	B	25 laps		1m57.0s	1m56.2s	6
7	20	Jim Keogh	Jim Keogh	Holden Commodore VK	C	24 laps		1m59.8s	1m58.3s	rear of grid/21
8	66	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Kevin Bartlett	Mitsubishi Starion	B	24 laps		1m59.4s	1m57.2s	9
9	11	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A	24 laps		2m04.1s	2m03.1s	10
10	51		Grevill Arnell	Mitsubishi Starion	B	23 laps		2m04.3s	2m03.7s	11
11	78	Melbourne Clutch & Brake	Brian Sampson	Mitsubishi Starion	B				2m04.4s	12
12	26	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B					7
13			Raymond Spencer	Mazda RX-7	B
14	49		Martin Power	Triumph Dolomite	A
15	13	Bob Holden Motors Manly Vale	Bob Holden	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A
16	28	Capri Components	Lawrie Nelson	Ford Mustang	C
	33		Don Smith	Ford Mustang	C					8
	12		Garry Willmington	Jaguar XJ-S	C				1m58.6s	rear of grid/22
	57		Laurie Hazelton	Ford Capri	B				2m08.1s	13
	36		Mike Minear	Volvo 360GT	A
	77		Iain Thompson	BMW 323i	B				2m54.4s	20

Quoted from William Dale Jr. Mostly car numbers and grid positions.

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Originally Posted by William Dale Jr

1985 Australian Touring Car Championship

Round 3 - Symmons Plains, TAS (11/3/1985)

Circuit Length: 2.4 km
Race Distance: 40 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	21	Mark Petch Mechanical Seals	Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	B	42m15.94s			1m01.45s	1
2	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang	C	40 laps			1m01.83s	2
3	31	JPS Team BMW	Neville Crichton	BMW 635CSi	C	40 laps			1m03.54s	5
4	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VK	C	40 laps			1m02.09s	3
5	62	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	40 laps			1m02.23s	4
6	20	Jim Keogh	Jim Keogh	Holden Commodore VK	C	39 laps			1m03.71s	7
7	27	Network Alfa	Alan Jones	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	39 laps			1m03.59s	6
8	26	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	39 laps			1m04.65s	8
9	28	Capri Components	Lawrie Nelson	Ford Mustang	C	38 laps				10
10	11	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A	37 laps				11
11	13	Bob Holden Motors Manly Vale	Bob Holden	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A					12
12	36		Mike Minear	Volvo 360GT	A					13
DNF	78		Brian Sampson	Mitsubishi Starion	B					9
DNS	66	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Kevin Bartlett	Mitsubishi Starion	B		engine - qualifying		1m04.09s	8

Quoted from William Dale Jr.

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

1985 Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 4 - Wanneroo, WA (31/3/1985)

Circuit Length: 2.4 km
Race Distance: 40 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	62	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	44m24.21s		1m05.34s	1m04.61s	1
2	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VK	C	44m27.95s		1m05.89s	1m04.82s	2
3	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang	C	44m56.06s		1m06.18s	1m05.14s	3
4	31	JPS Team BMW	Neville Crichton	BMW 635CSi	C	45m07.21s		1m06.35s	1m06.46s	6
5	96		Tim Slako	Rover Vitesse	C	45m08.11s		1m06.30s	1m06.62s	7
6	27	Network Alfa	Alan Jones	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	45m17.80s		1m07.27s	1m06.41s	5
7	66	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Kevin Bartlett	Mitsubishi Starion	B	45m23.27s		1m07.09s	1m06.73s	9
8	26	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	45m23.78s		1m07.27s	1m06.66s	8
9	21	Mark Petch Mechanical Seals	Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	B	38 laps/44m34.44s		1m06.08s	1m05.98s	4
10	20	Jim Keogh	Jim Keogh	Holden Commodore VK	C	38 laps/44m39.20s		1m07.78s		10
11	11	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith/Tony Niovanni (DNS)	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A	37 laps/44m36.54s		1m10.50s		11
12	13	Bob Holden Motors Manly Vale	Bob Holden	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A	36 laps/44m38.86s		1m13.18s		12

Quoted from William Dale Jr. Additional elapsed times from this link: http://www.terrywalkersplace.com/

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Better Brakes AMSCAR Series
Round 1 (7/4/1985)

Circuit Length: 1.946 km

Heat 1
Race Distance: 5 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	62		Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	5 laps			0m55.2s	1
2	21		Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	B	5 laps			0m56.0s	3
3	2		Steve Masterton	Holden Commodore VK	C	5 laps				4
4	23		Tony Longhurst	BMW 323i	B	5 laps			0m56.4s	5
5	26		Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	5 laps				2
6	12		Garry Willmington	Jaguar XJ-S	C	5 laps				6

Heat 2
Race Distance: 10 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Grid Position
1	62	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	10 laps			1
2	2		Steve Masterton	Holden Commodore VK	C	10 laps			4
3	23		Tony Longhurst	BMW 323i	B	10 laps			5
4	21		Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	B	10 laps			3
5	26	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	10 laps			2
6	12		Garry Willmington	Jaguar XJ-S	C	10 laps			6
7	19		Ken Mathews	Holden Commodore VK	C	10 laps
8	22		Glenn Molloy	BMW 635CSi	C	10 laps
9			Laurie Hazelton	Ford Capri	B	10 laps

Heat 3
Race Distance: 15 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Grid Position
1	62		Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	20 laps			1
2	26		Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	20 laps			2
3	21		Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	B	20 laps			3
4	2		Steve Masterton	Holden Commodore VK	C	20 laps			4
5	23		Tony Longhurst	BMW 323i	B	20 laps			5
6	19		Ken Mathews	Holden Commodore VK	C	20 laps
7	22		Glenn Molloy	BMW 635CSi	C	20 laps
8			Laurie Hazelton	Ford Capri	B	20 laps
12			Garry Willmington	Jaguar XJS	C

Quoted from William Dale Jr. From my notes 17 drivers started this round of the AMSCAR series. Chris Heyer, Audi 5+5, being of of the 17, but no results for him.

Jesper

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

Round 1 - Winton, VIC (10/2/1985)[/B]

I'm looking for team principals as well, and would like to know who would be considered for the following two teams:
Toyota Team Australia - Tony Niovanni?
Network Alfa - ?

Jesper

I notice Ron Dickson was down as a non entry in a Rover. Wonder what the story was behins this one? A TWR car that never came off perhaps?

I think the Alfa Manager was one Enrico Zenarini (sp?) who later went onto manage Giancarlo Fisichella?

[Jesper OH]

Originally Posted by William Dale Jr

1985 Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 5 - Adelaide International Raceway, SA (21/4/1985)

1985 Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 5 - Adelaide International Raceway, SA (21/4/1985)

Circuit Length: 2.41 km
Race Distance: 42 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	62	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	43m01s		1m00.79s	0m59.71s	1
2	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VK	C	42 laps		1m01.00s	1m00.41s	2
3	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang	C	42 laps		1m00.86s	1m00.66s	3
4	31	JPS Team BMW	Neville Crichton	BMW 635CSi	C	42 laps		1m01.11s	1m00.97s	5
5	3		Kent Baigent	BMW 635CSi	C	42 laps		1m01.91s	1m01.35s	6
6	26	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	41 laps		1m02.43s	1m01.67s	8
7	77		Peter Williamson	Toyota Supra	B	41 laps		1m02.45s	1m02.14s	13
8	66	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Kevin Bartlett	Mitsubishi Starion	B	41 laps		1m02.93s	1m01.80s	10
9	96		Tim Slako	Rover Vitesse	C	40 laps		1m02.59s	1m01.86s	12
10	28	Capri Components	Lawrie Nelson	Ford Mustang	C	40 laps		1m03.58s	1m02.45s	15
11	57		Laurie Hazelton	Ford Capri	B					18
12	10	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith	Toyota Corolla AE86 Coupe	A					17
13	11	Toyota Team Australia	Drew Price	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A					16
14	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A					19
15	12		Garry Willmington	Jaguar XJ-S	C					11
16	27	Network Alfa	Alan Jones	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B				1m01.42s	7
17	20		Jim Keogh	Holden Commodore VK						14
18	36		Mike Minear	Volvo 360GT	A					20
19	49		Martin Power	Triumph Dolomite	A					21
20	77		Iain Thompson	BMW 323i	B					23
?	33		Don Smith	Ford Mustang	C					9
DNF	21	Mark Petch Mechanical Seals	Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	B	4 laps	clutch		1m00.68s	4
DNF			Ken Harrison	Ford Escort Mexico or RS2000	A	2 laps				22
DNA	7	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	tba	Holden Commodore VK	C
DNA	54	Brian Sampson	Brian Sampson	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	B

Quoted from William Dale Jr. To my reckoning this was the first time TTA had two Toyota Corollas on the grid. So far John Smith had been driving the 3-door Coupé seen at Bathurst '84. This car was now in the hands of Drew Price, while Smith debuted a new 2-door sedan/coupé.

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Originally Posted by chunterer

I notice Ron Dickson was down as a non entry in a Rover. Wonder what the story was behins this one? A TWR car that never came off perhaps?

Sorry, forgot to put some words to that entry. From Australian Motor Racing Year 1985/86 this was to have been one of the TWR Vitesses from Bathurst '84, but soon after the Winton round it was know that this car was back in Europe, for the ETCC.

Originally Posted by chunterer

I think the Alfa Manager was one Enrico Zenarini (sp?) who later went onto manage Giancarlo Fisichella?

Forgotten that name, but sure he was still around with Colin Bond when he graduated to the Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth later in the decade. Actually found him as Enrico Zanarini.

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Originally Posted by William Dale Jr

1985 Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 6 - Eurovox Trophy - Calder Park, VIC (28/4/1985)

1985 Australian Touring Car Championship[/SIZE]
Round 6 - Eurovox Trophy - Calder Park, VIC (28/4/1985)[/B]


Circuit Length: 1.61 km
Race Distance: 60 laps
Weather: Sunny

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	62	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	49m32.33s		0m48.64s	0m48.07s	2
2	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang	C	60 laps		0m48.96s	0m48.38s	4
3	31	JPS Team BMW	Neville Crichton	BMW 635CSi	C	60 laps		0m49.02s	0m48.89s	7
4	27	Network Alfa	Alan Jones	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	60 laps		0m49.21s	0m48.59s	6
5	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	John Harvey	Holden Commodore VK	C	60 laps		0m49.46s	0m49.73s	11
6	26	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	59 laps		0m49.54s	0m48.98s	8
7	21	Mark Petch Mechanical Seals	Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	B	59 laps		0m48.73s	0m48.26s	3
8	3		Kent Baigent	BMW 635CSi	C	59 laps		0m50.07s	0m49.40s	10
9	66	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Kevin Bartlett	Mitsubishi Starion	B	59 laps		0m49.49s	0m49.16s	9
10	78		Brian Sampson	Mitsubishi Starion	B	58 laps		0m50.52s	0m50.09s
11	10	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith	Toyota Corolla AE86 Coupe	A
12	11	Toyota Team Australia	Drew Price	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A
13	19		Ken Mathews	Holden Commodore VK	C
14	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A
15	34		Ken Harrison	Ford Escort RSMexico or RS2000	A
16	36		Mike Minear	Volvo 360GT	A				0m55.37s
DNF	28		Lawrie Nelson	Ford Mustang	C				NTR
DNF	7	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VK	C		overheating		0m48.03s	1
DNF	2		Steve Masterton	Holden Commodore VK	C		differential		0m48.51s	5
DNF	33	Don Smith	Don Smith	Ford Mustang	C
DNF	20	Jim Keogh	Jim Keogh	Holden Commodore VK	C					12

Quoted from William Dale Jr.

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

Originally Posted by William Dale Jr

1985 Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 7 - Surfers Paradise, QLD (19/5/1985)

1985 Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 7 - Surfers Paradise, QLD (19/5/1985)

Circuit Length: 3.2 km
Race Distance: ? laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	62	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	48m35.3s		1m18.0s	1m17.0s
2	21	Mark Petch Mechanical Seals	Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	B			1m18.6s	1m17.8s
3	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VK	C			1m18.8s	1m17.3s
4	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang	C			1m19.0s	1m18.0s
5	31	JPS Team BMW	Neville Crichton	BMW 635CSi	C			1m18.7s	1m19.0s
6	7	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Larry Perkins	Holden Commodore VK	C			1m19.6s	1m19.1s
7	27	Network Alfa	Alan Jones	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B			1m19.7s	1m18.6s
8								1m20.5s	1m19.7s
9								1m20.4s	1m20.4s
10								1m22.6s	1m22.2s
	2		Steve Masterton	Holden Commodore VK	C					10
	77		Peter Williamson	Toyota Supra	B
16	26	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B
8	3		Kent Baigent	BMW 635CSi	C
	78		Brian Sampson	Mitsubishi Starion	B
11	20		Jim Keogh	Holden Commodore VK	C
10	10		John Smith	Toyota Corolla AE86 Coupe	A
	19		Ken Mathews	Holden Commodore VK	C
15	13		Bob Holden	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A
14			Ross Burbidge	Mazda RX-7	B
			Mike Minear	Volvo 360GT	A
9	66	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Kevin Bartlett	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	C
12	19	Ken Mathews	Ken Mathews	Holden Commodore VK	C
13		Russell Worthington	Russell Worthington	Mazda RX-7	B
DNF	51	Greville Arnel	Greville Arnel	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	B

Quoted from William Dale Jr. AMRY 1985/86 seems to have messed the results for this race completely. They have Peter Brock as the race winner after a 25 lap distance, but if you read the race report, Jim Richards was the winner by 1.9 seconds from Robbie Francevic with Brock third. I think the results I have added might come from the wikipedia site or a points table. Strangely the enduro race at Surfers later in the year also seems to suffer from messed up results.

Jesper

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

Sorry, forgot to put some words to that entry. From Australian Motor Racing Year 1985/86 this was to have been one of the TWR Vitesses from Bathurst '84, but soon after the Winton round it was know that this car was back in Europe, for the ETCC.



Forgotten that name, but sure he was still around with Colin Bond when he graduated to the Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth later in the decade. Actually found him as Enrico Zanarini.

Jesper

Shame that Rover deal never materialised, it would've been a very competitive proposition against what was generally speaking quite a weak entry, in terms of depth, if not quality. The Tim Slako Rover managed to run well as selected events and there is little doubt, based on their relative performances in the 1984 BTCC, that a TWR car would've been quicker than the already quite elderly ex Patrick/Rouse car that Slako had bought from Sawyer-Hoare.

It was good to see the numbers swell as the season wore on with numerous people debuting Commodore's and the other cars like 635's sourced from Europe and NZ I think?

Cheers for the spelling correction on Enrico's surname as well Jesper.

[Jesper OH]

[QUOTE=William Dale Jr;2810994]Better Brakes AMSCAR Series
Round 2 (28/5/1985)


Better Brakes AMSCAR Series
Round 2 (28/5/1985)

Circuit Length: 1.946 km

Heat 1
Race Distance: 5 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	62	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	5 laps			0m54.23s	1
2	2		Steve Masterton	Holden Commodore VK	C	5 laps				6
3	26	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	5 laps		0m55.22s	0m54.41s	2
4	31	JPS Team BMW	Neville Crichton	BMW 635CSi	C	5 laps			0m54.95s	5
5	3		Neal Lowe	BMW 635CSi	C	5 laps				9
6			Ken Mathews	Holden Commodore VK	C	5 laps
12	27	Network Alfa	Alan Jones	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	5 laps	jumped the start		0m54.90s	4
13	23		Tony Longhurst	BMW 323i	B	5 laps				7
	21		Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	B				0m54.45s	3
	12		Garry Willmington	Jaguar XJ-S	C					8
	77		Peter Williamson	Toyota Supra	B					10
	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden	Toyota Corolla Sprinter GT	A
	65		John Craft	Ford Capri	B
			Chris Heyer	Audi 5+5	B
			unknown

Heat 2
Race Distance: 10 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Grid Position
1	62	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	10 laps			1
2	26	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	10 laps			2
3	2		Steve Masterton	Holden Commodore VK	C	10 laps			6
4	3		Neal Lowe	BMW 635CSi	C	10 laps			9
5	12		Garry Willmington	Jaguar XJ-S	C	10 laps			8
6	23		Tony Longhurst	BMW 323i	B	10 laps			7
7	77		Peter Williamson	Toyota Supra	B	10 laps			10
12	31	JPS Team BMW	Neville Crichton	BMW 635CSi	C		jumped the start		5
DNF	27	Network Alfa	Alan Jones	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B		puncture		4

Heat 3
Race Distance: 15 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Grid Position
1	62	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	20 laps		0m55.20s	1
2	26	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	20 laps			2
3	23		Tony Longhurst	BMW 323i	B	20 laps			7
4	2		Steve Masterton	Holden Commodore VK	C	20 laps			6
5	31	JPS Team BMW	Neville Crichton	BMW 635CSi	C	20 laps			5
6	27	Network Alfa	Alan Jones	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	20 laps			4
7	12		Garry Willmington	Jaguar XJ-S	C	20 laps			8
8	77		Peter Williamson	Toyota Supra	B	20 laps			10
DNF	3		Neal Lowe	BMW 635CSi	C		accident		9

Quoted from William Dale Jr. This round of the AMSCAR series had 15 starters for the first heat according to the AMRY report. From the season review Craft scored a total of 31 points from this round, Heyer 26 points, Holden 37 points.

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

[QUOTE=William Dale Jr;2810997]1985 Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 8 - Lakeside, QLD (23/6/1985)


1985 Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 8 - Lakeside, QLD (23/6/1985)

Circuit Length: 2.41 km
Race Distance: 40 laps
Weather: Sunny

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	62	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	34m47.8s		0m58.5s	0m58.1s	1
2	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang	C	34m49.1s		0m58.3s	0m58.2s	2
3	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VK	C	35 laps		0m59.2s	0m58.3s	3
4	21	Mark Petch Mechanical Seals	Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	B	35 laps		0m58.9s	0m58.5s	5
5	26	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	35 laps		0m59.6s	0m59.3s	7
6	31	JPS Team BMW	Neville Crichton	BMW 635CSi	C	35 laps		0m59.1s	0m59.2s	6
7	23		Tony Longhurst	BMW 323i	B	35 laps		0m59.2s	0m59.5s	8
8	10	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith	Toyota Corolla AE86 Coupe	A	34 laps		1m01.1s	1m01.0s
9	20	Jim Keogh	Jim Keogh	Holden Commodore VK	C	34 laps		1m01.1s	1m00.8s	12
10	11	Toyota Team Australia	Drew Price	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A	33 laps		1m01.9s	1m02.2s
11		Russell Worthington	Russell Worthington	Mazda RX-7	B
12		Ross Burbidge	Ross Burbidge	Mazda RX-7	B
	3		Kent Baigent	BMW 635CSi	C				0m59.7s	9
DNF	7	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Larry Perkins	Holden Commodore VK	C	36 laps	tyres		0m58.4s	4
DNF	13	Bob Holden Motors	Mike Quinn	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A	29 laps	out of fuel		1m02.5s
DNF			Peter Williamson	Toyota Supra	B				1m00.5s	11
DNF	2		Steve Masterton	Holden Commodore VK	C	13 laps	accident damage		1m00.0s	10

Quoted from William Dale Jr. There seems to be some problems with the number of laps completed in this race. Third placed Peter Brock was not five laps down at the finish. There used to be a ½hour+ clip of this race on YouTube, alas no longer. I also have Alan Jones (Alfa Romeo) and Kevin Bartlett (Mitsubishi) as DNSs at this race, but neither mentioned in the AMRY race report as to why they failed to start or how they qualified. Were they present at Lakeside at all?

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

[QUOTE=William Dale Jr;2810998]1985 Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 9 - Amaroo Park, NSW (7/7/1985)


1985 Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 9 - Amaroo Park, NSW (7/7/1985)
also Round 3 of the Better Brakes AMSCAR Series

Circuit Length: 1.946 km
Race Distance: 52 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	62	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	48m53.25s		0m55.03s	0m54.28s	3
2	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang	C	52 laps		0m55.12s	0m54.27s	2
3	23		Tony Longhurst	BMW 323i	B	52 laps		0m55.62s	0m55.19s	6
4	26	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	52 laps		0m55.64s	0m53.99s	1
5	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VK	C	52 laps		0m55.46s	0m54.79s	5
6	7	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	David Parsons	Holden Commodore VK	C	52 laps		0m56.10s	0m56.01s	10
7	3		Kent Baigent	BMW 635CSi	C	52 laps		0m56.40s	0m56.30s	11
8	96		Tim Slako	Rover Vitesse	C	51 laps		0m56.36s	0m55.49s	8
9	31	JPS Team BMW	Neville Crichton	BMW 635CSi	C	51 laps		0m56.42s	0m55.63s	9
10	10	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith	Toyota Corolla AE86 Coupe	A	50 laps		0m56.96s	0m56.49s	12
11	11	Toyota Team Australia	Drew Price	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A
12	20		Jim Keogh	Holden Commodore VK	C
13	57	Laurie Hazelton	Laurie Hazelton	Ford Capri	B
14	65		John Craft	Ford Capri	B
15	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A				NTR	22
16	53	Chris Heyer	Chris Heyer	Audi 5+5	B
17		Phil Parsons	Phil Parsons	Ford Capri	B
	77		Peter Williamson	Toyota Celica Supra	B
	22		Glenn Molloy	BMW 635CSi	C
	78		Brian Sampson	Mitsubishi Starion	B
DNF	12		Garry Willmington	Jaguar XJ-S	C		misfire		0m55.19s	7
DNF	21	Mark Petch Mechanical Seals	Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	B		turbo hose		0m54.78s	4

Quoted from William Dale Jr. 22 starters reported from this race.

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

[QUOTE=William Dale Jr;2810999]1985 Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 10 - Oran Park, NSW (14/7/1985)

1985 Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 10 - Oran Park, NSW (14/7/1985)

Circuit Length: 2.62 km
Race Distance: 35 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	55	Mark Petch Mechanical Seals	Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	B	35 laps		1m16.8s	1m16.3s	3
2	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang	C	35 laps		1m17.0s	1m16.3s	1
3	62	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	35 laps		1m16.7s	1m16.3s	2
4	26	Network Alfa	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	35 laps		1m18.0s	1m17.6s
5	7	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	John Harvey	Holden Commodore VK	C	35 laps		1m18.2s	1m18.2s
6	96		Tim Slako	Rover Vitesse	C	35 laps		1m18.2s	1m18.2s
7	2		Steve Masterton	Holden Commodore VK	C	35 laps		1m18.1s	1m17.2s
8	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VK	C	35 laps		1m17.2s	1m16.3s	4
9	12		Garry Willmington	Jaguar XJ-S	C	35 laps		1m18.4s	1m17.7s
10	27?	Toy Shop	Gregg Hansford	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	35 laps		1m19.2s	1m18.4s
11	54	Brian Sampson	Brian Sampson	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	B
12	23	Frank Gardner	Tony Longhurst	BMW 323i	B
13	3		Kent Baigent	BMW 635CSi	C
14	11		Drew Price	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A
15	10		John Smith	Toyota Corolla AE86 Coupe	A
DNF	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A		engine
DNF	31	JPS Team BMW	Neville Crichton	BMW 635CSi	C
DNF	77		Peter Williamson	Toyota Supra	B	8 laps	broken flywheel			8

Quoted from William Dale Jr. The AMRY race report says that Hansford raced in Toy Shop colours, the car being ex-Network Alfa.

Jesper

[racer69]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

Quotet from William Dale Jr. A few numbers, change of class for Minear and six entries supposedly never made it to Winton. I'm wondering why Winton would have to wait till 1988, before being allocated a round of the ATCC again - or was it the organizers that decided to miss the ATCC?

Winton hosted the penultimate round of the 1986 ATCC, won by Jim Richards (after Gary Scott was disqualified)

Winton wanted a round for 1987, but CAMS reduced the number of rounds and Wintom missed out. They did get the opening round of the 2-Litre ATCC though that year.

They got their round back in 1988 after Surfers Paradise was closed at the end of 1987.

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

From my notes 17 drivers started this round of the AMSCAR series

Interesting to hear there were 17 starters... that would be the biggest AMSCAR grid since 1982

Why was there only 2 standalone AMSCAR rounds in 1985. In previous years the AMSCAR Series had been a standalone 4 round series.. In 1985 they obviously got an ATCC race for the first time since 1978 which took up one date. The Better Brakes 300 was run as rd4 (and doubled as the AEC opener), but in previous the years the 300 didn't count for the AMSCAR series.

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

Forgotten that name, but sure he was still around with Colin Bond when he graduated to the Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth later in the decade. Actually found him as Enrico Zanarini.

I think Zanarini left the Australian motorsport scene when Bond left for the Sierra, as Enrico was an Alfa Romeo employee. He was quite involved in motorsport, he'd been behind the Alfasud one-make PRO/Am series that had been run in 1983 and (infamously) 1984

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

AMRY 1985/86 seems to have messed the results for this race completely. They have Peter Brock as the race winner after a 25 lap distance, but if you read the race report, Jim Richards was the winner by 1.9 seconds from Robbie Francevic with Brock third.

Richards definatly wins from Francevic, the tape doesn't lie ;-) Run in cloudy conditions with rain threatening throughout.

Also as a matter of interest, $25,000 was put up for who got pole.

Originally Posted by chunterer

Shame that Rover deal never materialised, it would've been a very competitive proposition against what was generally speaking quite a weak entry, in terms of depth, if not quality

According the "The Chequered Flag" magazine in early 1985, Dickson talks of running the two Bathurst cars in a full ATCC & AMSCAR campaign, complete with a rotation of works TWR drivers!

He also says that Mobil leaving to go to Brock wouldn't change any of their plans

As you say a big shame they didn't run

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

I also have Alan Jones (Alfa Romeo) and Kevin Bartlett (Mitsubishi) as DNSs at this race, but neither mentioned in the AMRY race report as to why they failed to start or how they qualified. Were they present at Lakeside at all?

Neither driver would have turned up.

Jones had his last ATCC race for Alfa at Surfers as intended, as after that he was on his way back to Europe to run F1 with Haas/Beatrice/Lola (whichever )

Mitsubishi had withdrawn from the series due to poor results and wanting to do some development for the enduro's

[racer69]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

The AMRY race report says that Hansford raced in Toy Shop colours, the car being ex-Network Alfa.

Thats correct.

The car was plain white, running as #27. It was the ex-Bond car from earlier in the year (when Jones left, Bond took over his Luigi-built car)

Allan Grice would drive this car in the Better Brakes 300 at Amaroo, & Bond would later run this car at the Adelaide AGP support race after the Luigi car was written off the previous weekend at the Surfers AEC round, and 'Captain' Peter Janson would also use the 'Toy Shop' Alfa in a rallysprint.

[Jesper OH]

Originally Posted by William Dale Jr

Better Brakes 300
1985 Australian Endurance Championship
Round 1 - Amaroo Park, NSW (4/8/1985)
also Round 4 of the Better Brakes AMSCAR Series

Better Brakes 300
1985 Australian Endurance Championship
Round 1 - Amaroo Park, NSW (4/8/1985)
also Round 4 of the Better Brakes AMSCAR Series

Circuit Length: 1.946 km
Race Distance: 155 laps

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver/s	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	1	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	2h28m08.06s		0m55.11s	0m53.80s	1
2	3	H. Kent Baigent	Kent Baigent / Neal Lowe	BMW 635CSi	C	153 laps		0m55.11s	0m55.53s	8
3	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VK	C	153 laps		0m55.29s	0m54.34s	2
4	7	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	John Harvey / David Parsons	Holden Commodore VK	C	153 laps		0m56.33s	0m55.81s
5	27	Network Alfa	Colin Bond / Gregg Hansford	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	153 laps		0m56.33s	0m55.10s	5
6	23	JPS Team BMW	Tony Longhurst	BMW 323i	B	152 laps		0m57.01s	0m55.62s	9
7	10	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith	Toyota Corolla	A	148 laps		0m58.00s	0m56.36s
8	19	Ken Mathews Prestige Cars	Ken Mathews / Terry Finnigan	Holden Commodore VK	C	147 laps		0m57.75s	0m56.64s
9	33	Mike Burgmann	Mike Burgmann / Bob Stevens	Holden Commodore VK	C	144 laps		0m58.47s	0m57.84s
10	24	Jagparts	Gerald Kay / Don Bretland	Holden Commodore VK	C	144 laps		0m57.98s	0m57.52s
13	25	Yellow Pages	Tony Kavich / Ralph Radburn	Holden Commodore VK	C
			Bernie McClure	Holden Commodore VK	C
	39	Graeme Bowkett	Graeme Bowkett / Wayne Wilkinson	Holden Commodore VK	C
	53		Chris Heyer	Audi 5+5	B
	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden / Mike Quinn	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A
	11	Toyota Team Australia	Drew Price	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A
DNF	2	Masterton Homes Pty Ltd	Steve Masterton	Holden Commodore VK	C		lost wheel
DNF	77		Peter Williamson / Charlie O'Brien	Toyota Supra	B	7 laps	clutch		0m54.56s	4
DNF	26	The Toy Shop	Allan Grice	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	3 laps	gearbox		0m55.47s	7
DNS	21		Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	B		lost wheel - warm-up lap			3

[/QUOTE]

Quoted from William Dale Jr. Almost nothing to add, but was this the first Group A race for Allan Grice? Only recently I learned he disliked the catagory, which might explain why he one-make series at this time.

Jesper

[Jesper OH]

[QUOTE=William Dale Jr;2811002]Pepsi 250
1985 Australian Endurance Championship
Round 2 - Oran Park, NSW (18/8/1985)

Pepsi 250
1985 Australian Endurance Championship
Round 2 - Oran Park, NSW (18/8/1985)

Circuit Length: 2.62 km
Race Distance: 100 laps

Johnson dominates the race, but suffers a stub axle failure with just over 10 laps to go. Who inherits the win? That black BMW...again!

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver/s	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Retirement Cause	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	1	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	C	2h12m07.2s			1m15.9s	2
2	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VK	C	99 laps			1m16.6s	5
3	21	Petch Mechanical Seals	Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	B	99 laps			1m16.8s	7
4	30	Yellow Pages Racing	Allan Grice/Tony Kavich - DNS	Holden Commodore VK	C	98 laps			1m16.5s	4
5	12		Garry Willmington / Ron Gillard	Jaguar XJ-S	C	98 laps			1m17.2s	8
6		Network Alfa	Colin Bond / Gregg Hansford	Alfa Romeo GTV6	B	98 laps			1m17.7s
7			Kevin Bartlett/Peter Fitzgerald?	Mitsubishi Starion	B	98 laps			1m17.3s
8	3	H. Kent Baigent	Kent Baigent/Neal Lowe?	BMW 635CSi	C	97 laps			1m16.7s	6
9	39	Graeme Bowkett	Graeme Bowkett / Wayne Wilkinson	Holden Commodore VK	C	97 laps			1m18.4s
10	23	JPS Team BMW	Tony Longhurst	BMW 323i	B	97 laps			1m18.9s
?/(1)	10	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith	Toyota Corolla	A
?/(2)	13	Bob Holden Motors	Mike Quinn/Bob Holden?	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	A
DNF	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang	C	88 laps	stub axle		1m15.1s	1
	36	Lusty Engineering P/L	Graham Lusty	Holden Commodore VK	C
DNF	14	Auckland - Coin & Bullion Exchange Ltd	Denny Hulme / Ray Smith	Holden Commodore VK	C
	19	Ken Mathews Prestige Cars	Ken Mathews	Holden Commodore VK	C
	33	Mike Burgmann	Mike Burgmann	Holden Commodore VK	C
	41	Barry Jones	Barry Jones	Holden Commodore VK	C
	37	Brian Callaghan	Brian Callaghan	Holden Commodore VK	C
	4		Peter McLeod / Barry Jones?	Holden Commodore VK	C
DNF	77		Peter Williamson / Tomas Mezera	Toyota Supra	B	15 laps	accident		1m16.5s	3
DNF	8	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan / Barry Lawrence	Holden Commodore VK	C
DNF	7	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	John Harvey	Holden Commodore VK	C		oil line
DNF	2	Masterton Homes Pty Ltd	Steve Masterton	Holden Commodore VK	C		engine
DNF	27	Alf Grant	John French / Alf Grant	Holden Commodore VK	C	32/38 laps?	lost wheel
			Wally Kramer / Jon Davison	Ford Mustang GT	C

Quoted from William Dale Jr. I have notes of second drivers on some cars. Please remark the ? in those cases. One particular case I'm especially curious of is the Peter McLeod and Barry Jones Commodores. According to my notes Jones raced with McLeod in this race, but Williams record shows the two drivers in separate cars. I have a note saying 15 Commodores raced at Oran Park and if I fill in my blanck spaces with the record of William Dale Jr., I end up with drivers for all 15! ..but with Barry Jones racing two cars!?

Jesper

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by Jesper OH

Almost nothing to add, but was this the first Group A race for Allan Grice? Only recently I learned he disliked the catagory, which might explain why he one-make series at this time.

Jesper

Is that right? Crikey that's interesting Jesper.

He must've been one of the most successful pedallers not to like the category during its time though! Twice Bathurst winner and pretty much always a front runner when he competed whether at home or in Europe.

Wonder what he could've achieved if he did like it!!

I would venture that had he come to Europe earlier (or for longer) he would certainly have racked up some wins whether in a Commodore or latterly with the Nissan.

[racer69]

With Grice i think it was more he didn't really see the need to drop Group C. Also in early 1985 he was heavily involved in the running of the ARDC, had opened up a new business on the Central Coast, and also had a minor fishing accident.

He was just mainly hanging back and waiting to see the lie of the land with Group A before deciding what to do. With the chance to go to Europe, i think his interest was raised.

His team, Roadways, also adopted a wait and see approach, they helped out with the Mark Petch Volvo during the season as well as converting and building some Group A VK's, the Bathurst effort was done in conjunction with Warren Cullen's team as well. His main 1985 racing amounted to just the Nissan-backed Pulsar ET series (won by Jim Richards)