1988 Australian Group A Touring Car Racing - Discussion & Results

William Dale Jr · 4 Jan 2011, 06:35 (Ref:2810822)

James Hardie Building Products AMSCAR Series
Round 4 (31/7/1988)

Circuit Length: 1.946 km
Weather: Sunny

Johnson is in the commentary booth instead of a car for the final AMSCAR round, while Brock once again enters three BMWs. The ex-Sampson/Hunter/Trevethan Starion has its first run in Xerox Shop hands.

Heat 1
Race Distance: 10 laps

Longhurst comfortably wins the first heat, while Bond fights an ill-handling Sierra on his way to third. The AMSCAR title goes down to the last heat with Bond in a commanding position.

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Fastest Time	Qualifying Time	Grid Position
1	3	Freeport Motorsport	Tony Longhurst	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	8m55.92s	0m52.00s	0m51.42s	1
2	1	Mobil 1 Racing	Jim Richards	BMW M3	B	8m56.58s	0m52.32s	0m51.96s	3
3	2	Caltex CXT Racing	Colin Bond	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	8m57.70s	0m52.06s	0m51.48s	2
4	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock	BMW M3	B	8m58.96s	0m52.82s	0m52.44s	4
5	7	Mobil 1 Racing	Neil Crompton	BMW M3	B	8m59.74s	0m52.82s	0m52.72s	5
6	47	Brian Callaghan	Brian Callaghan	Holden Commodore VK	A	9m14.44s	0m53.82s	0m52.68s	6
7	42	Steve Williams	Steve Williams	Holden Commodore VK	A	9m39.38s	0m56.64s	0m56.56s	10
8	29	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla AE86 Coupe	C	9m39.74s	0m56.42s	0m56.18s	8
9	27	Craig Kinmonth	Craig Kinmonth	Holden Commodore VK	A	9m44.98s	0m56.28s	0m56.48s	9
10	79	Marc Ducquet	Marc Ducquet	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	C	9m51.50s	0m57.22s	0m58.72s	13
11	51	Bob Holden Motors	Dennis Rogers	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	C	9m51.84s	0m56.98s	0m57.82s	11
DNF	39	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Trevor Ashby	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	6 laps	0m54.06s	0m53.28s	7
DNS	6	The Xerox Shop	Scotty Taylor	Mitsubishi Starion	A			0m58.48s	12

Heat 2
Race Distance: 20 laps

Status quo from the first heat; Longhurst wins from Richards, Bond fights his Caltex Sierra all the way to third place, locking up the AMSCAR title.

Position	Number	Entrant	Driver	Car	Class	Race Time/Laps	Fastest Time
1	3	Freeport Motorsport	Tony Longhurst	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	17m54.12s	0m52.34s
2	1	Mobil 1 Racing	Jim Richards	BMW M3	B	17m54.74s	0m52.86s
3	2	Caltex CXT Racing	Colin Bond	Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500	A	18m04.60s	0m52.38s
4	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock	BMW M3	B	18m11.02s	0m53.06s
5	7	Mobil 1 Racing	Neil Crompton	BMW M3	B	18m14.92s	0m53.86s
6	47	Brian Callaghan	Brian Callaghan	Holden Commodore VK	A	18m21.72s	0m53.70s
7	39	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Trevor Ashby	Holden Commodore VL (HDT)	A	18m26.04s	0m54.26s
8	29	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla AE86 Coupe	C	19 laps	0m56.22s
9	42	Steve Williams	Steve Williams	Holden Commodore VK	A	19 laps	0m56.20s
10	27	Craig Kinmonth	Craig Kinmonth	Holden Commodore VK	A	19 laps	0m56.32s
11	79	Marc Ducquet	Marc Ducquet	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	C	18 laps	0m56.32s
DNS	51	Bob Holden Motors	Dennis Rogers	Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback	C
DNS	6	The Xerox Shop	Scotty Taylor	Mitsubishi Starion	A

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