1985 Pepsi 250

thumb|250px|Layout of the Oran Park Raceway (1985–2010) The 1985 Pepsi 250 was an endurance race for Group A touring cars held at the Oran Park Raceway in Sydney, New South Wales on 18 August 1985. The race was the second round of the 1985 Australian Endurance Championship. It was held over 100 laps of the 2.620 km mi on circuit for a total of 262 km mi on.Pepsi 250 Highlights The field was divided into three classes according to engine displacement. Class A : 3001cc to 6000cc Class B : 2001cc to 3000cc Class C : Up to 2000cc The JPS Team BMW's golden season continued as Jim Richards drove his BMW 635 CSi to a second straight AEC win after winning the opening round at Amaroo Park. Unlike the 1985 Australian Touring Car Championship and at Amaroo though, Richards did not have it all his own way. The 1 August homologation had seen the Ford Mustang back into winning contention and it was only a broken stub axle on lap 88 that resulted in the car losing a wheel which saw pole sitter and runaway leader Dick Johnson give up his stranglehold on the race (sturdier axle stubs had been homologated for the Mustang and the Palmer Tube Mills team had the new items, but did not have time pre-race to fit them to the car). Richards won the race by a lap from Peter Brock in his Mobil Holden Dealer Team VK Commodore with the Volvo 240T of Robbie Francevic finishing third. Francevic's 3rd place also saw him win Class B. Dick Johnson showed the benefit of the homologation gain, putting his Mustang on pole with a time of 1:15.1, some 1.2 seconds faster than his pole time at the circuit for the final round of the ATCC just over a month earlier. Results Position Class No. Entrant Drivers Car Laps Grid 1 A 62 JPS Team BMW NZL Jim Richards BMW 635 CSi 100 2 2 A 05 Mobil Holden Dealer Team AUS Peter Brock Holden VK Commodore 99 5 3 B 21 Mark Petch Motorsport NZL Robbie Francevic Volvo 240T 99 7 4 A 30 Yellow Pages Racing AUS Allan GriceAUS Tony Kavich Holden VK Commodore 98 4 5 A 12 Garry Willmington Performance AUS Garry Willmington Jaguar XJS 98 8 6 B 27 Network Alfa AUS Colin BondAUS Gregg Hansford Alfa Romeo GTV6 98 10 7 B 66 Mitsubishi Ralliart AUS Kevin BartlettAUS Peter Fitzgerald Mitsubishi Starion Turbo 98 9 8 A 3 H. Kent Baigent NZL Kent BaigentNZL Neal Lowe BMW 635 CSi 98 6 9 A 39 NZL Graeme BowkettNZL Wayne Wilkinson Holden VK Commodore 97 13 10 B 23 JPS Team BMW AUS Tony Longhurst BMW 323i 97 16 ?? C 10 Toyota Team Australia AUS John Smith Toyota Corolla ?? C 13 Bob Holden Motors AUS Bob HoldenAUS Mike Quinn Toyota Corolla AE86 23 ?? A 36 Lusty Engineering P/L AUS Graham Lusty Holden VK Commodore ?? A 14 Auckland - Coin & Bullion Exchange Ltd NZL Denny HulmeNZL Ray Smith Holden VK Commodore 20 ?? A 19 Ken Mathews Prestige Cars AUS Ken Mathews Holden VK Commodore 17 ?? A 33 Mike Burgmann AUS Mike Burgmann Holden VK Commodore 19 ?? A 41 Barry Jones AUS Barry Jones Holden VK Commodore 33 ?? A 37 Brian Callaghan AUS Brian Callaghan Holden VK Commodore 15 ?? A 4 I.M.B. Team Wollongong AUS Peter McLeod Holden VK Commodore 18 ?? A 29 Ken Davison AUS Ken DavisonAUS Wally Kramer Ford Mustang GT 29 ?? B 65 Hulcraft Autos AUS John Craft Ford Capri Mk.III 27 ?? B Hulcraft Autos AUS Les Grose Ford Capri Mk.III 30 ?? A 25 Jagparts AUS Gerald Kay Holden VK Commodore DNF A 17 Palmer Tube Mills AUS Dick Johnson Ford Mustang GT 88 1 DNF B 77 Peter Williamson Toyota AUS Peter Williamson Toyota Celica Supra 15 3 DNF A 8 Terry Finnigan AUS Terry Finnigan Holden VK Commodore DNF A 7 Mobil Holden Dealer Team AUS John Harvey Holden VK Commodore 11 DNF A 2 Masterton Homes AUS Steve Masterton Holden VK Commodore 12 DNF A 27 Alf Grant AUS Alf Grant Holden VK Commodore 14 * The event had 33 starters1985 Pepsi 250 Notes Pole Position: #17 Dick Johnson, Ford Mustang - 1:15.1 Fastest Lap: N/A Race Time: 2:12:07.2 References Australian Motor Racing Year, 1985/86 James Hardie 1000, 1985/86 The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989 The Official Racing History of Holden, 1988 Pepsi 250