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1986 Castrol 500

The 1986 Castrol 500 was an endurance race for cars complying with CAMS Touring Car regulations, which were based on FIA Group A rules. The event was staged on 14 September 1986 over 129 laps of the 3.9 km Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit in Victoria, Australia, a total distance of 503 km. The race, which was Round 3 of both the 1986 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1986 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, was the 21st "Sandown 500" endurance race.

Cars competed in three engine displacement classes:

Class A: Up to 2000ccc
Class B: 2001 to 3000cc
Class C: 3001 to 6000cc

The race was won by the Peter Jackson Nissan Skyline turbo of George Fury and Glenn Seton from their teammates Gary Scott and Terry Sheil, with the V8 Holden Commodore of Allan Grice and Graeme Bailey finishing third. 1986 was the first time a turbo powered car had won the Sandown enduro, and the first of six consecutive Sandown 500's won by turbo power.

Peter Brock and Allan Moffat, who between them had won 14 of the previous 17 Sandown enduros dating back to Moffat's first win in 1969, finished 4th in their Holden Dealer Team Commodore. Brock had won pole for the race in Saturday's "Castrol Chargers" top ten runoff with a time of 1:49.84. Defending race winners Jim Richards and Tony Longhurst finished two laps down in 5th place in their JPS Team BMW 635 CSi.

Robbie Francevic, the 1986 Australian Touring Car Champion, failed to start the race after his car was withdrawn on race morning following his comments that the Volvo 240T he was to drive wouldn't be competitive as the Volvo Dealer Team had not been able to practice due to the team still building the car. Francevic's public comments saw him dismissed from the team by team manager John Shepherd the day after the race.

The Holden Commodore of Allan Grice and Graeme Bailey won Class C (3001 to 6000cc), the Nissan Skyline of George Fury and Glenn Seton won Class B (2001 to 3000cc) and the Toyota Corolla of Mike Quinn and John Faulkner placed first in Class A (Up to 2000cc).

The 1986 Castrol 500 saw the touring car racing debut of 19 year old Mark Skaife. Co-driving with Peter Williamson in his Toyota Celica Supra, the pair finished 10th outright.

Results

As sourced:

Castrol Chargers

A "Castrol Chargers" session, contested for the first time in 1986, involved the top ten cars from qualifying undertaking two single-lap runs to determine the final grid order for the race.

Pos	No	Entrant	Driver	Car	Time
05	HDT Racing Pty Ltd	AUS Peter Brock	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1:49.84	1:51.0
30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	AUS George Fury	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	1:50.22	1:50.1
15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	AUS Gary Scott	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	1:50.33	1:50.3
2	Valley View Poultry Pty Ltd	AUS Allan Grice	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1:50.66	?
3	HDT Racing Pty Ltd	AUS John Harvey	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1:51.26	?
6	Bob Jane T-Marts	NZL Graeme Crosby	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1:51.47	?
1	JPS Team BMW	NZL Jim Richards	BMW 635 CSi	1:51.49	1:51.9
17	Palmer Tube Mills	AUS Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang GT	1:51.95	1:51.9
4	Autoport Centre	AUS Peter McLeod	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1:53.05	1:53.3
36	Everlast Battery Service	Australia Murray Carter	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	1:53.85	1:53.1

Race

Position	Class	No.	Entrant	Drivers	Car
B	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	AUS George Fury
AUS Glenn Seton	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	129
B	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	AUS Gary Scott
AUS Terry Shiel	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	128
C	2	Valley View Poultry Pty Ltd	AUS Allan Grice
AUS Graeme Bailey	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	128
C	05	HDT Racing Pty Ltd	AUS Peter Brock
CAN Allan Moffat	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	128
C	1	JPS Team BMW	NZL Jim Richards
AUS Tony Longhurst	BMW 635 CSi	127
C	6	Bob Jane T-Marts	NZL Graeme Crosby
NZL Wayne Wilkinson	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	127
B	36	Everlast Battery Service	AUS Murray Carter
AUS Bill O'Brien	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	125
C	3	HDT Racing Pty Ltd	AUS John Harvey
NZL Neal Lowe	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	125
C	33	Mike Burgmann	AUS Mike Burgmann
AUS Mal Rose	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	125
B	77	Peter Williamson Toyota	AUS Peter Williamson
AUS Mark Skaife	Toyota Celica Supra	125
C	7	Goold Motorsport	AUS Charlie O'Brien
AUS Garry Rogers	BMW 635 CSi	125
C	38	Grellis Marketing	AUS Ray Ellis
AUS Kerry Baily	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	125
C	19	Tony Mulvihill	AUS Tony Mulvihill
AUS Ken Matthews	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	123
C	11	Enzed Team Perkins	AUS Larry Perkins
AUS David Parsons	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	122
B	75	Network Alfa	AUS Colin Bond
AUS Peter Fitzgerald	Alfa Romeo GTV6	120
B	87	Brian Bolwell	AUS Brian Bolwell
AUS Tony Farrell	BMW 323i	119
A	61	Toyota Team Australia	AUS Mike Quinn
NZL John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla	119
A	60	Giddings Moss Vale	AUS John Giddings
AUS Bruce Stewart	Nissan Silvia RS	118
A	42	David Morton	AUS David Morton
AUS Chris Clearihan	Toyota Corolla	115
A	62	Bob Holden Motors	AUS Keith McClelland
AUS Brian Nightingale	Toyota Sprinter	115
C	91	Graham Lorimer	NZL Graham Lorimer
NZL Phil Myhre	BMW 635 CSi	114
C	4	Autoport Centre	AUS Peter McLeod
NZL Glenn Clark	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	108
A	13	Bob Holden Motors	AUS Bob Holden
AUS Ray Cutchie	Toyota Sprinter	108
C	28	Capri Components	AUS Lawrie Nelson
AUS Brian Sampson	Ford Mustang GT	108
C	20	Jim Keogh	AUS Jim Keogh
AUS Des Wall	BMW 635 CSi	106
A	88	John White	AUS John White
Les Szreniawski	Isuzu Gemini ZZ (PF60E)	106
B	76	Hulcraft Automotive	AUS}} David Sala	Ford Capri 3000S	92
A	57	Mike Freeman	AUS Mike Freeman
AUS Bruce Williams	Toyota Celica	84
C	8	Cullen Supa Salvage	AUS Warren Cullen
AUS Gary Sprague	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	113
B	44	Volvo Dealer Team	AUS John Bowe
AUS Alfredo Costanzo	Volvo 240T	112
C	23	Lusty Engineering Pty Ltd	AUS Graham Lusty
AUS Ken Lusty	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	68
C	9	JPS Team BMW	AUS Kevin Bartlett
NZL Trevor Crowe	BMW 635 CSi	57
A	16	Toyota Team Australia	AUS Drew Price
AUS John Smith	Toyota Corolla	48
A	86	Gem Spares	AUS Daryl Hendrick
Thomas Crozier	Isuzu Gemini	45
C	24	Jagparts	AUS Gerald Kay
AUS Bryan Thomson	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	18
C	17	Palmer Tube Mills	AUS Dick Johnson
AUS Gregg Hansford	Ford Mustang GT	16
B	99	Hulcraft Automotive	AUS Denis Horley
AUS Craig Harris	Ford Capri 3000S	14
A	58	Ratcliff Transport Spares	AUS David Ratcliff
AUS Don Smith	Toyota Corolla Levin	5
B	49	Alfa City Pty Ltd	AUS Ray Gulson
AUS Frank Porter	Alfa Romeo GTV6	0
B	42	Volvo Dealer Team	NZL Robbie Francevic
NZL Graham McRae	Volvo 240T	-
C	12	Gary Willmington	AUS Gary Willmington
NZL John Clinton	Jaguar XJ-S	-

Statistics

Pole Position - #05 Peter Brock - Holden VK Commodore SS Group A - 1:49.84
Fastest Lap - #2 Allan Grice - Holden VK Commodore SS Group A - 1:52.10 (Touring Car Lap Record)

References

Official Programme, Castrol 500, 14 September 1986
Wilson, Stewart. (1986). "Australian Endurance Championship". Berghouse Publishing Group Pty. Ltd..
[http://touringcarracing.net/Races/1986%20Sandown%20AEC.html Castrol 500, touringcarracing.net] Retrieved 25 April 2017
Stewart Wilson & Max Stahl, The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 316
[http://www.duluxalfa.com/history/1986-castrol-500-sandown--.html 1986 Castrol 500 Sandown, www.duluxalfa.com] Retrieved 15 September 2018
The Willmington/Clinton Jaguar is included in the Castrol 500 Grid table on page 64 of the James Hardie 1000 1986/87 (book) but is not included in the Castrol 500 Results table on page 73 of the same publication.
Bill Tuckey, Skylines for Skyline? - The Castrol 500, James Hardie 1000 1986/87 (book), pages 60-73

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