1985 Australian Touring Car Racing - Discussion & Results

[William Dale Jr]

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	6	Roadways Racing Services	Allan Grice	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	Mitsubishi Starion	B	98 laps			1m17.3s
8	3	H. Kent Baigent	Kent Baigent	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
	10	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith	Toyota Corolla	A
	13	Bob Holden Motors	Mike Quinn	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
	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	Holden Commodore VK	C
DNF	77		Peter Williamson / Tomas Mezera	Toyota Supra	B	15 laps	accident		1m16.5s	3
DNF	8		Terry Finnigan	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		lost wheel