1985 Pukekohe 500

thumb|250px|Layout of the Pukekohe Park Raceway (1967-1989) The 1985 Pukekohe 500 (known as the Nissan Sport 500 for sponsorship reasons) was an endurance race for Group A touring cars held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway in New Zealand on 3 February 1985. The race was the second and final round of the 1985 Nissan Sports Series. The race, held over 143 laps of the 2841 m mi 2 circuit for a total of 406 km mi 0.1985 Nissan Sport 500 at History of Touring Car Racing The race, held a week after the Wellington 500, was won by New Zealand drivers Neville Crichton and Wayne Wilkinson driving a BMW 635 CSi from the Tom Walkinshaw Racing Rover Vitesse of Tom Walkinshaw and Win Percy with Kiwis Neal Lowe and Kent Baigent finishing third in their BMW 635. After finishing third in Wellington, the win saw Crichton and Wilkinson as co-winners of the Nissan Sports Series. The Nissan Sport Series was run to the FIA's international Group A rules and provided a number of Australian teams, including the famed Holden Dealer Team, to get some racing laps in their new cars before the 1985 Australian Touring Car Championship after changing from the locally developed Group C rules at the end of 1984. Results Position Class No. Entrant Drivers Car Laps Grid 1 Div.3 4 John Andrew Motorsport NZL Neville Crichton NZL Wayne Wilkinson BMW 635 CSi 143 2 2 Div.3 2 Tom Walkinshaw Racing GBR Tom Walkinshaw GBR Win Percy Rover Vitesse 143 1 3 Div.3 3 H. Kent Baigent NZL Kent Baigent NZL Neal Lowe BMW 635 CSi 141 5 4 Div.3 11 Mark Petch Motorsport BEL Michel Delcourt NZL Robbie Francevic Volvo 240T 141 6 5 Div.1 71 NZL Paul Adams NZL Allan Woolf Toyota Corolla GT AE86 127 11 6 Div.2 37 Dealer Team Nissan NZL Kevin Ryan NZL Ian Tulloch Nissan Bluebird Turbo 124 19 7 Div.2 67 Ray Gulson AUS Ray Gulson AUS Grant O'Donnell Alfa Romeo GTV6 124 8 8 Div.1 72 Bob Holden Motors AUS Bob Holden AUS Glenn Clark Toyota Sprinter 123 10 9 Div.2 32 NZL Glenn McIntyre NZL Dennis Roderick Isuzu Gemini ZZ 122 18 10 Div.2 32 MacDonald Halligan Motors NZL Derek MacDonald NZL Ross MacDonald Mitsubishi Mirage Turbo 122 16 11 Div.1 74 Sip ‘n Save Wines NZL Colin McGregor NZL Bryce Platt VW Golf GTI 117 15 ?? Div.2 34 Chris Heyer's Kingswood Import Centre AUS Chris Heyer NZL Graham McGregor Audi 80 2.2 ?? 14 ?? Div.1 73 K. Bolton NZL Steve Willy NZL David Janes Toyota Corolla GT AE86 ?? 13 ?? Div.3 10 Pegasus Enterprises Ltd. NZL Robert Delbin NZL Chris Delbin Holden VK Commodore ?? 12 ?? Div.3 9 NZL Lew McKinnon NZL John Power Holden VK Commodore ?? 9 DNF Div.3 6 Johnstone BMW Auckland NZL John Morton GBR Frank Sytner BMW 635 CSi ?? 3 DNF Div.3 05 Holden Dealer Team AUS Peter Brock AUS Larry Perkins Holden VK Commodore ?? 7 DNF Div.3 17 Bruce Anderson NZL Bruce Anderson AUS Dick Johnson Ford XE Falcon ?? 4 DNF Div.2 31 L. Tattle NZL Bob Barry NZL Rob Whitehouse Fiat Ritmo 130TC ?? 17 DNS Div.2 8 Gemco Motor Sport NZL Gary Pederson NZL Dave McMillan Fiat Ritmo 130TC * The event attracted 20 entries and 19 starters. Notes Pole Position: #2 Tom Walkinshaw, Rover Vitesse - 1:29.80 Fastest Lap: N/A Race Time: N/A References See also James Hardie 1000, 1985/86 The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989 The Official Racing History of Holden, 1988 Nissan Sport 500 Category:Auto races in New Zealand Category:Touring car races Category:February 1985 sports events in Oceania