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 Circuit[1] 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:[1]

  • Class A: Up to 3000ccc[1]
  • Class B: 2001 to 3000cc[1]
  • Class C: 3001 to 6000cc[1]

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Robbie Francevic, the 1986 Australian Touring Car Champion, failed to start the race after his car was withdrawn on race morning following his comments that the Volvo 240T he was to drive wouldn't be competitive as the Volvo Dealer Team had not been able to practice due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:[2]

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.[2]

Pos No Entrant[1] Driver Car Time Qual
1 05 HDT Racing Pty Ltd Australia Peter Brock Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 1:49.84 1:51.0
2 30 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Australia George Fury Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 1:50.22 1:50.1
3 15 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Australia Gary Scott Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 1:50.33 1:50.3
4 2 Valley View Poultry Pty Ltd Australia Allan Grice Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 1:50.66  ?
5 3 HDT Racing Pty Ltd Australia John Harvey Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 1:51.26  ?
6 6 Bob Jane T-Marts New Zealand Graeme Crosby Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 1:51.47  ?
7 1 JPS Team BMW New Zealand Jim Richards BMW 635 CSi 1:51.49 1:51.9
8 17 Palmer Tube Mills Australia Dick Johnson Ford Mustang GT 1:51.95 1:51.9
9 4 Autoport Centre Australia 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[3] Class[1] No. Entrant[1] Drivers Car Laps[3]
1 B 30 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Australia George Fury
Australia Glenn Seton		 Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 129
2 B 15 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Australia Gary Scott
Australia Terry Shiel		 Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 128
3 C 2 Valley View Poultry Pty Ltd Australia Allan Grice
Australia Graeme Bailey		 Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 128
4 C 05 HDT Racing Pty Ltd Australia Peter Brock
Canada Allan Moffat		 Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 128
5 C 1 JPS Team BMW New Zealand Jim Richards
Australia Tony Longhurst		 BMW 635 CSi 127
6 C 6 Bob Jane T-Marts New Zealand Graeme Crosby
New Zealand Wayne Wilkinson		 Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 127
7 B 36 Everlast Battery Service Australia Murray Carter
Australia Bill O'Brien		 Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 125
8 C 3 HDT Racing Pty Ltd Australia John Harvey
New Zealand Neal Lowe		 Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 125
9 C 33 Mike Burgmann Australia Mike Burgmann
Australia Mal Rose		 Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 125
10 B 77 Peter Williamson Toyota Australia Peter Williamson
Australia Mark Skaife		 Toyota Celica Supra 125
11 C 7 Goold Motorsport Australia Charlie O'Brien
Australia Garry Rogers		 BMW 635 CSi 125
12 C 38 Grellis Marketing Australia Ray Ellis
Australia Kerry Baily		 Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 125
13 C 19 Tony Mulvihill Australia Tony Mulvihill
Australia Ken Matthews		 Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 123
14 C 11 Enzed Team Perkins Australia Larry Perkins
Australia David Parsons		 Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 122
15 B 75 Network Alfa Australia Colin Bond
Australia Peter Fitzgerald		 Alfa Romeo GTV6 120
16 B 87 Brian Bolwell Australia Brian Bolwell
Australia Tony Farrell		 BMW 323i 119
17 A 61 Toyota Team Australia Australia Mike Quinn
New Zealand John Faulkner		 Toyota Corolla 119
18 A 60 Giddings Moss Vale Australia John Giddings
Australia Bruce Stewart		 Nissan Silvia RS[1] 118
19 A 42 David Morton Australia David Morton
Australia Chris Clearihan		 Toyota Corolla 115
20 A 62 Bob Holden Motors Australia Keith McClelland
Australia Brian Nightingale		 Toyota Sprinter 115
21 C 91 Graham Lorimer New Zealand Graham Lorimer
New Zealand Phil Myhre		 BMW 635 CSi 114
22 C 4 Autoport Centre Australia Peter McLeod
New Zealand Glenn Clark[4]		 Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 108
23 A 13 Bob Holden Motors Australia Bob Holden
Australia Ray Cutchie		 Toyota Sprinter 108
24 C 28 Capri Components Australia Lawrie Nelson
Australia Brian Sampson		 Ford Mustang GT 108
25 C 20 Jim Keogh Australia Jim Keogh
Australia Des Wall		 BMW 635 CSi 106
26 A 88 John White Australia John White
Les Szreniawski[1]		 Isuzu Gemini ZZ (PF60E)[1] 106
27 B 76 Hulcraft Automotive Rex Muldoon[1]
Australia David Sala		 Ford Capri 3000S 92
28 A 57 Mike Freeman Australia Mike Freeman
Australia Bruce Williams		 Toyota Celica 84
DNF C 8 Cullen Supa Salvage Australia Warren Cullen
Australia Gary Sprague		 Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 113
DNF B 44 Volvo Dealer Team Australia John Bowe
Australia Alfredo Costanzo		 Volvo 240T 112
DNF C 23 Lusty Engineering Pty Ltd Australia Graham Lusty
Australia Ken Lusty		 Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 68
DNF C 9 JPS Team BMW Australia Kevin Bartlett
New Zealand Trevor Crowe		 BMW 635 CSi 57
DNF A 16 Toyota Team Australia Australia Drew Price
Australia John Smith		 Toyota Corolla 48
DNF A 86 Gem Spares Australia Daryl Hendrick
Thomas Crozier[1]		 Isuzu Gemini 45
DNF C 24 Jagparts Australia Gerald Kay
Australia Bryan Thomson		 Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 18
DNF C 17 Palmer Tube Mills Australia Dick Johnson
Australia Gregg Hansford		 Ford Mustang GT 16
DNF B 99 Hulcraft Automotive Australia Denis Horley[5]
Australia Craig Harris		 Ford Capri 3000S 14
DNF A 58 Ratcliff Transport Spares Australia David Ratcliff
Australia Don Smith		 Toyota Corolla Levin 5
DNF B 49 Alfa City Pty Ltd Australia Ray Gulson
Australia Frank Porter		 Alfa Romeo GTV6 0[6]
DNS B 42[1] Volvo Dealer Team New Zealand Robbie Francevic
New Zealand Graham McRae		 Volvo 240T -
DNS[7] C[1] 12[1] Gary Willmington[1] Australia Gary Willmington[3]
New Zealand John Clinton[3]		 Jaguar XJ-S[1] -

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Official Programme, Castrol 500, 14 September 1986
  2. 1 2 Wilson, Stewart (1986). "Australian Endurance Championship". Australian Motor Racing Year. Killara: Berghouse Publishing Group Pty. Ltd. 16: 282–285 & 319. ISSN 0158-4138.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Bill Tuckey, Skylines for Skyline? - The Castrol 500, James Hardie 1000 1986/87 (book), pages 60-73
  4. ↑ Castrol 500, touringcarracing.net Retrieved 25 April 2017
  5. ↑ Stewart Wilson & Max Stahl, The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 316
  6. ↑ 1986 Castrol 500 Sandown, www.duluxalfa.com Retrieved 15 September 2018
  7. ↑ 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.
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