1986 Castrol 500

March 2024 thumb|250px|Layout of the Sandown Raceway international circuit (1984-1998) 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 CircuitOfficial Programme, Castrol 500, 14 September 1986 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 Nissan Australia 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 Robbie Francevic, the 1986 Australian Touring Car Champion, failed to start the race after his car was withdrawn on race morning following his comments that the Volvo 240T he was to drive wouldn't be competitive as the Volvo Dealer Team had not been able to practice due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:Wilson Stewart 1986 Australian Endurance Championship Australian Motor Racing Year 16 282–285 & 319 Berghouse Publishing Group Pty. Ltd. Killara 0158-4138 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 Qual 1 05 HDT Racing Pty Ltd AUS Peter Brock Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 1:49.84 1:51.0 2 30 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing AUS George Fury Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 1:50.22 1:50.1 3 15 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing AUS Gary Scott Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 1:50.33 1:50.3 4 2 Valley View Poultry Pty Ltd AUS Allan Grice Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 1:50.66 ? 5 3 HDT Racing Pty Ltd AUS John Harvey Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 1:51.26 ? 6 6 Bob Jane T-Marts NZL Graeme Crosby Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 1:51.47 ? 7 1 JPS Team BMW NZL Jim Richards BMW 635 CSi 1:51.49 1:51.9 8 17 Palmer Tube Mills AUS Dick Johnson Ford Mustang GT 1:51.95 1:51.9 9 4 Autoport Centre AUS Peter McLeod Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 1:53.05 1:53.3 10 36 Everlast Battery Service Australia Murray Carter Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 1:53.85 1:53.1 Race Position Class No. Entrant Drivers Car Laps 1 B 30 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing AUS George FuryAUS Glenn Seton Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 129 2 B 15 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing AUS Gary ScottAUS Terry Shiel Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 128 3 C 2 Valley View Poultry Pty Ltd AUS Allan Grice AUS Graeme Bailey Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 128 4 C 05 HDT Racing Pty Ltd AUS Peter BrockCAN Allan Moffat Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 128 5 C 1 JPS Team BMW NZL Jim RichardsAUS Tony Longhurst BMW 635 CSi 127 6 C 6 Bob Jane T-Marts NZL Graeme CrosbyNZL Wayne Wilkinson Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 127 7 B 36 Everlast Battery Service AUS Murray CarterAUS Bill O'Brien Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 125 8 C 3 HDT Racing Pty Ltd AUS John HarveyNZL Neal Lowe Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 125 9 C 33 Mike Burgmann AUS Mike BurgmannAUS Mal Rose Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 125 10 B 77 Peter Williamson Toyota AUS Peter WilliamsonAUS Mark Skaife Toyota Celica Supra 125 11 C 7 Goold Motorsport AUS Charlie O'BrienAUS Garry Rogers BMW 635 CSi 125 12 C 38 Grellis Marketing AUS Ray EllisAUS Kerry Baily Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 125 13 C 19 Tony Mulvihill AUS Tony MulvihillAUS Ken Matthews Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 123 14 C 11 Enzed Team Perkins AUS Larry PerkinsAUS David Parsons Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 122 15 B 75 Network Alfa AUS Colin BondAUS Peter Fitzgerald Alfa Romeo GTV6 120 16 B 87 Brian Bolwell AUS Brian BolwellAUS Tony Farrell BMW 323i 119 17 A 61 Toyota Team Australia AUS Mike QuinnNZL John Faulkner Toyota Corolla 119 18 A 60 Giddings Moss Vale AUS John GiddingsAUS Bruce Stewart Nissan Silvia RS 118 19 A 42 David Morton AUS David MortonAUS Chris Clearihan Toyota Corolla 115 20 A 62 Bob Holden Motors AUS Keith McClellandAUS Brian Nightingale Toyota Sprinter 115 21 C 91 Graham Lorimer NZL Graham LorimerNZL Phil Myhre BMW 635 CSi 114 22 C 4 Autoport Centre AUS Peter McLeodNZL Glenn ClarkCastrol 500, touringcarracing.net Retrieved 25 April 2017 Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 108 23 A 13 Bob Holden Motors AUS Bob HoldenAUS Ray Cutchie Toyota Sprinter 108 24 C 28 Capri Components AUS Lawrie NelsonAUS Brian Sampson Ford Mustang GT 108 25 C 20 Jim Keogh AUS Jim KeoghAUS Des Wall BMW 635 CSi 106 26 A 88 John White AUS John WhiteLes Szreniawski Isuzu Gemini ZZ (PF60E) 106 27 B 76 Hulcraft Automotive Rex Muldoon AUS David Sala Ford Capri 3000S 92 28 A 57 Mike Freeman AUS Mike FreemanAUS Bruce Williams Toyota Celica 84 DNF C 8 Cullen Supa Salvage AUS Warren CullenAUS Gary Sprague Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 113 DNF B 44 Volvo Dealer Team AUS John BoweAUS Alfredo Costanzo Volvo 240T 112 DNF C 23 Lusty Engineering Pty Ltd AUS Graham LustyAUS Ken Lusty Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 68 DNF C 9 JPS Team BMW AUS Kevin BartlettNZL Trevor Crowe BMW 635 CSi 57 DNF A 16 Toyota Team Australia AUS Drew PriceAUS John Smith Toyota Corolla 48 DNF A 86 Gem Spares AUS Daryl Hendrick Thomas Crozier Isuzu Gemini 45 DNF C 24 Jagparts AUS Gerald KayAUS Bryan Thomson Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 18 DNF C 17 Palmer Tube Mills AUS Dick JohnsonAUS Gregg Hansford Ford Mustang GT 16 DNF B 99 Hulcraft Automotive AUS Denis HorleyStewart Wilson & Max Stahl, The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 316 AUS Craig Harris Ford Capri 3000S 14 DNF A 58 Ratcliff Transport Spares AUS David RatcliffAUS Don Smith Toyota Corolla Levin 5 DNF B 49 Alfa City Pty Ltd AUS Ray GulsonAUS Frank Porter Alfa Romeo GTV6 01986 Castrol 500 Sandown, www.duluxalfa.com Retrieved 15 September 2018 DNS B 42 Volvo Dealer Team NZL Robbie FrancevicNZL Graham McRae Volvo 240T - DNSThe 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. C 12 Gary Willmington AUS Gary WillmingtonBill Tuckey, Skylines for Skyline? - The Castrol 500, James Hardie 1000 1986/87 (book), pages 60-73 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) See also 1986 Australian Touring Car season References External links 1986 Castrol 500 Sandown highlights, www.youtube.com Sandown 500 1985 Castrol 500 1986 1987 Castrol 500 Category:Motorsport at Sandown Castrol 500 Category:Pre-Bathurst 500