1982 James Hardie 1000

Motor race in Australia January 2021 October 2011 1982 James Hardie 1000 1981 1983 thumb|250px|Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit (1938–1986) The 1982 James Hardie 1000 was the 23rd running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 3 October 1982 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. The race, which was Round 3 of both the 1982 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1982 Australian Endurance Championship of Makes, was open to cars eligible to the locally developed CAMS Group C touring car regulations with two engine capacity based classes. The race was won by Peter Brock and Larry Perkins of the Holden Dealer Team driving a Holden Commodore. It was Brock's sixth victory, a record, the Holden Dealer Team's sixth win and the first win in the race for a car carrying a Racecam unit. Holden Commodores filled the top four positions, but only after Dick Johnson was disqualified after originally finishing in fourth spot. Brock and Perkins finished a lap ahead of Allan Grice and Alan Browne. It was the second time Grice had finished second but had yet to win. The second Holden Dealer Team Commodore of John Harvey and Gary Scott finished third, equalling the best previous performance of the HDT, their first in 1969. Class structure Class A thumb|The race winning Holden Commodore VH SS, pictured in 2010 thumb|right|Bartlett/Bond Chevrolet CamaroOfficially designated as the Over 3000cc class,Official Programme, 1982 James Hardie 1000, pages 44 Retrieved from www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au on 12 December 2008 it featured the V8 Holden Commodores, Ford Falcons and Chevrolet Camaros. Also in this class were the Mazda RX-7s, the factory supported BMW 635CSis and a Jaguar XJS. Class B Officially designated as the Under 3000cc class,Official Programme, 1982 James Hardie 1000, pages 45 Retrieved from www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au on 12 December 2008 it featured the turbo charged Nissan Bluebirds, considerably quicker than the opposition made up of Ford Capris, Alfa Romeo GTV6s, and an Audi 5+5, plus cars from the previously featured 2.0 litre class such as Toyota Celicas, Ford Escorts and Isuzu Geminis. As a round of the Australian Endurance Championship there was also a secondary class structure applied which divided cars into four engine capacity classes. Up to 1600cc 1601 to 2000cc 2001 to 3000cc 3001 to 6000ccCAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1982, page 90 There were no starters in the Up to 1600cc class.Australian Motor Racing Year, 1982/83, page 254 Hardies Heroes In official qualifying, Re-Car team owner and driver Alan Browne put up a $5,000 reward for the first Touring Car driver to break the 100 mph km/h on average lap barrier. The favourite to win the money was the Bathurst pole winner of the past two years, Kevin Bartlett in his 500 bhp kW PS 0 on V8 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (Bartlett had actually set the very first 100 mph lap of Bathurst during the 1967 Easter meeting when driving a 2.5 L Coventry Climax powered Brabham BT16 for Alec Mildren). However, when his co-driver Colin Bond crashed the car due to a tyre blowout, the subsequent repairs put the Camaro's preparation a day behind and its chance was gone. The Holden Dealer Team had announced Peter Brock to have broken the barrier in qualifying and Browne actually congratulated Brock. However it was revealed that Brock's time of 2:18.1 fell short of 100 mph average. Coincidentally it was Browne's co-driver Allan Grice who pocketed the cash in Friday's qualifying session with a time of 2:17.8 to set the first ever 100 mph lap of the 6.172 km Mount Panorama circuit. After qualifying 31st and 43rd in 1981, the appearance of the Nissan Bluebird Turbos in the top 10 in qualifying came as a surprise to the V8 fraternity which had dominated the race since 1967, and was a sign of things to come at Bathurst. From 1983, turbo powered cars would qualify first or second in every year other than 1985 until CAMS banned turbos at the end of 1992, with 1983 (Brock in a V8 Holden Commodore VH SS), and 1985 (Tom Walkinshaw's V12 Jaguar XJS) being the only years a turbo powered car did not qualify on pole at Bathurst. The turbos prime year would come in 1989 when all 10 cars in the Saturday morning runoff were turbo powered (nine Fords and one Nissan). Also surprising the V8 runners was four time race winner Allan Moffat who qualified his rotary powered Mazda RX-7 in Hardies Heroes for the second year running. Pos No Team Driver Car Time Pole 4 Re-Car Racing AUS Allan Grice Holden Commodore VH SS 2:17.501 2 05 Marlboro Holden Dealer Team AUS Peter Brock Holden Commodore VH SS 2:17.836 3 56 Nissan JPN Masahiro Hasemi Nissan Bluebird Turbo 2:18.870 4 9 Nine Network Racing Team AUS Kevin Bartlett Chevrolet Camaro Z28 2:18.946 5 16 Re-Car Racing AUS Garry Rogers Holden Commodore VH SS 2:19.332 6 7 Seiko Watches AUS Bob Morris Ford XE Falcon 2:19.380 7 17 Palmer Tube Mills AUS Dick Johnson Ford XE Falcon 2:19.549 8 43 Peter Stuyvesant International Racing CAN Allan Moffat Mazda RX-7 2:19.761 9 25 Marlboro Holden Dealer Team AUS John Harvey Holden Commodore VH SS 2:19.764 10 55 Nissan AUS George Fury Nissan Bluebird Turbo 2:20.613 * The first and only pole position for Allan Grice at Bathurst, and the first of only two times in 26 starts between 1968 and 2002 that he qualified on the front row. He finished 2nd in the 1986 Hardies Heroes, but had been the fastest qualifier going into the runoff.* Masahiro Hasemi became the first and (as of 2024) only Japanese driver to appear in the runoff.* 1982 saw the first time a turbocharged car qualified for the runoff. Hasemi and former Australian Rally Champion George Fury qualified their Nissan Motorsport Bluebird Turbos 3rd and 10th respectively* Nissan became the 5th make of car to appear in Hardies Heroes, following Holden, Ford, Chevrolet and Mazda. The Bluebirds were also the first cars in the runoff to use a 4 cyl engine.* 1976 race winners Bob Morris and John Fitzpatrick were due to start in their Alan Jones owned Ford XE Falcon after Morris finished 6th in the runoff. Unfortunately during Saturday afternoon's final practice session, Fitzpatrick suffered a broken wheel going into Forrest's Elbow and crashed the car heavily into the bank. The damage was sufficient to see the car withdrawn from the race. Results Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps QualPos ShootoutPos 1 A 05 Marlboro Holden Dealer Team AUS Peter BrockAUS Larry Perkins Holden Commodore VH SS 163 2 2 2 A 4 Re-Car Racing AUS Allan GriceAUS Alan Browne Holden Commodore VH SS 162 1 1 3 A 25 Marlboro Holden Dealer Team AUS John HarveyAUS Gary Scott Holden Commodore VH SS 162 4 9 4 A 3 Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd. NZL Peter JansonAUS David Parsons Holden Commodore VH SS 158 17 5 A 31 JPS Team BMW NZL Jim RichardsGBR David Hobbs BMW 635 CSi 157 19 6 A 43 Peter Stuyvesant International Racing CAN Allan MoffatJPN Yoshimi Katayama Mazda RX-7 156 3 8 7 A 2 Masterton Homes AUS Steve MastertonAUS Bruce Stewart Ford XE Falcon 155 31 8 B 56 Nissan JPN Masahiro HasemiJPN Kazuyoshi Hoshino Nissan Bluebird Turbo 153 5 3 9 A 40 Strongbow Racing Team AUS Peter McLeodAUS Peter Dane Mazda RX-7 153 22 10 A 35 Ron Gillard AUS Ron GillardAUS Phil Alexander Mazda RX-7 149 30 11 A 6 Ron Dickson AUS Ron DicksonAUS Bob Stevens Chevrolet Camaro Z28 149 23 12 B 50 Barry Seton AUS Barry SetonAUS Don Smith Ford Capri Mk.III 147 43 13 A 30 Bangalow Motors Pty Ltd AUS Tony KavichAUS Phil Ward Mazda RX-7 145 34 14 B 54 Les Grose AUS Les GroseAUS Alan Cant Ford Capri Mk.III 144 48 15 B 63 Bob Holden Motors AUS Bob HoldenAUS Neville Bridges Ford Escort 2.0 GL 141 50 16 B 53 Chris Heyer AUS Chris HeyerAUS Peter Lander Audi 5+5 139 52 17 B 57 Walter Scott AUS Walter ScottAUS Peter Walton Toyota Celica 137 51 18 A 44 Ron Horner AUS Paul JonesAUS Bob Skelton Mazda RX-7 137 40 19 B 64 Ray Gulson AUS Ray GulsonAUS Bruce Lynton Alfa Romeo GTV6 136 54 20 A 26 Everlast Battery Service AUS Bill O'BrienAUS Brian Sampson Ford XD Falcon 134 24 21 A 12 Ron Dickson AUS Geoff LeedsAUS Peter Fitzgerald Chevrolet Camaro Z28 134 26 22 A 19 Ken Mathews AUS Ken MathewsAUS Greg Toepfer Holden Commodore VH SS 130 36 DSQ A 17 Palmer Tube Mills AUS Dick JohnsonAUS John French Ford XE Falcon 160 6 7 DSQ A 47 Brian Callaghan Racing AUS Brian CallaghanAUS Bob Muir Ford XE Falcon 150 18 DNF A 11 Soundwave Discos AUS Charlie O'BrienGBR Clive Benson-Browne Holden Commodore VH SS 143 28 DNF B 52 Hulcraft Autos AUS John CraftAUS Russell Skaife Ford Capri Mk.III 132 46 DNF A 37 Eurocars (Northside) P/L AUS Terry ShielAUS Peter Hopwood Mazda RX-7 121 20 DNF A 49 Greg Symes AUS Greg SymesNZL Bruce Smith Holden VB Commodore 121 37 DNF A 10 John Goss Racing AUS John GossUSA Bob Tullius Jaguar XJS 119 14 DNF A 16 Re-Car Racing AUS Ron WanlessAUS Garry Rogers Holden Commodore VH SS 119 9 5 DNF A 38 Gawler, SA AUS Bernie StackAUS Tony Parkinson Holden Commodore VH SS 118 35 NC A 46 Rosco Rotary AUS Ross BurbidgeAUS Craig Kinmoth Mazda RX-7 109 45 NC A 32 Scotty Taylor AUS Alan TaylorAUS Kevin Kennedy Holden VC Commodore 102 39 NC B 60 Country Dealer Team AUS Jim FanecoAUS Allan Gough Isuzu Gemini ZZ 96 53 DNF A 41 JPS Team BMW NZL Denny HulmeAUS Stephen Brook BMW 635 CSi 96 38 NC A 21 STP Roadways Racing AUS Steve HarringtonAUS Garth Wigston Holden Commodore VH SS 90 13 DNF A 27 Seiko Watches AUS Alan JonesAUS Barry Jones Mazda RX-7 88 15 DNF A 20 King George Tavern AUS Joe MooreAUS Graham Moore Ford XE Falcon 75 42 DNF A 8 Garry Willmington Performance AUS Garry WillmingtonAUS Mike Griffin Ford XD Falcon 68 21 DNF B 61 Chickadee Chicken AUS Graeme BaileyAUS Steve Land Toyota Celica 65 49 DNF A 22 Cullen Automotive Industries AUS Warren CullenAUS Gary Cooke Holden Commodore VH SS 54 11 DNF A 29 John Donnelly AUS John DonnellyAUS Ian McGee Ford XD Falcon 51 44 DNF A 23 Alfred Grant AUS Alf GrantNZL Leo Leonard Ford XD Falcon 48 33 DNF B 55 Nissan AUS George FuryAUS Fred Gibson Nissan Bluebird Turbo 40 7 10 DNF A 9 Nine Network Racing Team AUS Kevin BartlettAUS Colin Bond Chevrolet Camaro Z28 27 8 4 DNF A 18 Murray Carter Racing AUS Murray CarterAUS Rusty French Ford XE Falcon 25 32 DNF A 14 John English AUS John EnglishAUS Paul Gulson Ford XD Falcon 17 25 DNF B 51 Capri Components AUS Lawrie NelsonAUS Peter Jones Ford Capri Mk.III 17 41 DNF A 33 B.F. Goodrich Australia AUS Gerry BurgesAUS Lynn Brown Mazda RX-7 13 47 DNF A 15 Terry Finnigan AUS Terry FinniganAUS John Gates Holden Commodore VH SS 9 12 DNF A 48 Fred Geissler AUS Fred GeisslerAUS Ralph Radburn Holden Commodore VH SS 4 29 DNF A 34 Penrith Mazda Centre P/L AUS John DugganAUS Don Bretland Mazda RX-7 4 16 DNF A 28 Bayside Spares AUS Barry LawrenceAUS Geoff Russell Holden Commodore VH SS 1 27 DNS A 7 Seiko Watches AUS Bob MorrisGBR John Fitzpatrick Ford XE Falcon 10 6 DNS B 62 Gary Leggatt AUS Gary LeggattAUS Phil McDonnell Alfa Romeo GTVAustralian Motor Racing Year, 1982/83, page 230 DNS A 42 Peter Stuyvesant International Racing AUS Gregg HansfordAUS Lucio Cesario Mazda RX-7 DNQAustralia's Greatest Motor Race, 1960–1989, page 312 A 24 Glenn Molloy AUS Chris HonesAUS Ross Mathiesen Ford XD Falcon DNQ DNQ B 58 The Daily Planet AUS Craig BradtkeAUS Graham Harrison Toyota Celica DNQ References Statistics Provisional Pole Position - #4 Allan Grice - 2:17.8 Pole Position - #4 Allan Grice - 2:17.501 Fastest Lap - #05 Peter Brock - 2:20.1 (lap record) Average Speed - 154 km/h Race Time - 6:32:03.2 External links CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles https://web.archive.org/web/20070929003221/http://www.camsmanual.com.au/pdf/records/1403%20Australian%20titles%20Q307.pdf 29 September 2007 www.touringcarracing.net race results Autopics Bathurst images Category:Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales James Hardie 1000