1981 James Hardie 1000

The 1981 James Hardie 1000 was the 22nd running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on October 4, 1981 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The race was open to cars eligible to the locally developed CAMS Group C touring car regulations with three engine configuration based classes, a system used uniquely for this race.

[edit] Class structure

[edit] Class : 8 Cylinder & Over

This class was almost exclusively for V8s; Holden Commodores, Ford Falcons and Chevrolet Camaros. The exception being a V12 Jaguar XJS.

[edit] Class : 6 Cylinder (Includes Rotary Engines)

The class for six cylinder and rotary engined cars was contested mostly by Ford Capris, with a single factory supported BMW 635CSi and those Mazda RX7s entered, powered by Rotary engines.

[edit] Class : 4 Cylinder

The class for cars with four cylinder engines included Alfa Romeo Alfasud, Alfa Romeo Alfetta, Ford Escort, Isuzu Gemini, Mitsubishi Colt, Mitsubishi Lancer, Nissan Bluebird turbo, Toyota Celica, Toyota Corolla, Triumph Dolomite and Volkswagen Golf.

[edit] Hardies Heroes

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	9	Nine Network Racing Team	Kevin Bartlett	Chevrolet Camaro	2:36.432
2	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Falcon XD	2:38.813
3	05	Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VC	2:39.043
4	7	Bob Morris Motor Sport	Bob Morris	Ford Falcon XD	2:39.339
5	43	Peter Stuyvesant International Racing	Allan Moffat	Mazda RX-7	2:39.443
6	11	Soundwave Discos	Garry Rogers	Holden Commodore VC	2:41.315
7	3	Peter Janson	Larry Perkins	Holden Commodore VC	2:42.621
8	25	Holden Dealer Team	John Harvey	Holden Commodore VC	2:43.018
9	21	Ron Dickson	Ron Dickson	Chevrolet Camaro	2:44.505
10	27	Roadways Racing	Garth Wigston	Holden Commodore VC	2:46.248

[edit] Results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	8 Cylinder & Over	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Dick Johnson John French	Ford Falcon XD	120		2
2	8 Cylinder & Over	7	Bob Morris Motor Sport	Bob Morris John Fitzpatrick	Ford Falcon XD	120		4
3	6 Cylinder & Rotary	43	Peter Stuyvesant International Racing	Allan Moffat Derek Bell	Mazda RX-7	119		5
4	8 Cylinder & Over	11	Soundwave Discos	Garry Rogers Clive Benson-Browne	Holden Commodore VC	118		6
5	8 Cylinder & Over	4	Re-Car Racing	Alan Browne Tony Edmondson	Holden Commodore VC	117	11
6	8 Cylinder & Over	20	King George Tavern	Joe Moore Christine Gibson	Ford Falcon XD	115	25
7	6 Cylinder & Rotary	44	JPS Team BMW	Allan Grice David Hobbs	BMW 635CSi	113	12
8	6 Cylinder & Rotary	32	Masterton Homes	Colin Bond Don Smith	Ford Capri	113	32
9	8 Cylinder & Over	8	Garry Willmington Performance	Garry Willmington Mike Griffin	Ford Falcon XD	113	18
10	8 Cylinder & Over	15	Valley Meat Hall	John English John Donnelly	Ford Falcon XD	112	22
11	6 Cylinder & Rotary	33	Masterton Homes	Steve Masterton Bruce Stewart	Ford Capri	111	34
12	4 Cylinder	77	Toyota Dealer Team	Peter Williamson John Smith	Toyota Celica	111	36
13	8 Cylinder & Over	9	Nine Network Racing Team	Kevin Bartlett Bob Forbes	Chevrolet Camaro	111		1
14	8 Cylinder & Over	29	Brian Callaghan Racing	Brian Callaghan Peter McKay	Ford Falcon XD	111	24
15	8 Cylinder & Over	26	Scotty Taylor	Alan "Scotty" Taylor Kevin Kennedy	Holden Commodore VC	109	29
16	8 Cylinder & Over	21	Ron Dickson	Ron Dickson Bob Stevens	Chevrolet Camaro	108		9
17	6 Cylinder & Rotary	39	Capri Components	Lawrie Nelson Peter Jones	Ford Capri	108	41
18	6 Cylinder & Rotary	46	Hulcraft Autos	John Gates John Craft	Ford Capri	108	40
19	4 Cylinder	50	Gary Leggatt	Gary Leggatt Phil McDonnell	Alfa Romeo GTV6	107	45
20	4 Cylinder	60	Country Dealer Team	Jim Faneco Allan Gough	Isuzu Gemini	103	52
21	8 Cylinder & Over	05	Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock Jim Richards	Holden Commodore VC	103		3
22	8 Cylinder & Over	6	John Sands Racing	Rusty French Leo Leonard	Ford Falcon XD	100	30
23	4 Cylinder	68	Dandenong Mitsubishi	Rod Stevens Craig Bradtke	Mitsubishi Lancer	100	53
24	4 Cylinder	59	Bathurst Light Car Club	Tony Mulvihill Brian Nightingale	Ford Escort RS2000	97	56
25	8 Cylinder & Over	31	Ron Dickson	Graham Moore Steve Dymand	Chevrolet Camaro	96	28
26	6 Cylinder & Rotary	40	Peter McLeod	Peter McLeod Peter Dane	Mazda RX-7	96	28
27	4 Cylinder	64	Bob Holden Motors	Phillip Revell Ron Barnacle	Ford Escort 1.6	93	59
28	8 Cylinder & Over	24	Army Reserve Racing Team	Bob Muir Ian Geoghegan	Ford Falcon XD	92	13
DNF	8 Cylinder & Over	18	Murray Carter Racing	Murray Carter Graeme Lawrence	Ford Falcon XD	109	16
DNF	4 Cylinder	62	Alexandra Surplice	Alexandra Surplice Doug Clark	Toyota Corolla Levin	88	47
DNF	8 Cylinder & Over	14	Fred Geissler	Fred Geissler Graham Watson	Holden Commodore VC	85	14
DNF	4 Cylinder	66	Scottune	Ian Burrell Rob Shute	Mitsubishi Colt	83	57
DNF	4 Cylinder	49	Jagparts	Martin Power Brian Winsall	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	80	55
DNF	8 Cylinder & Over	16	Re-Car Racing	Ron Wanless Ralph Radburn	Holden Commodore VC	79	15
DNF	4 Cylinder	70	Colin Spencer	Colin Spencer John White	Isuzu Gemini	75	60
DNF	8 Cylinder & Over	30	Everlast Battery Service	Bill O'Brien Gary Cooke	Ford Falcon XD	74	17
DNF	6 Cylinder & Rotary	41	West End Mazda	Barry Jones Geoff Leeds	Mazda RX-7	74	26
DNF	4 Cylinder	61	Rex Monaghan	Ray Cutchie Ray Farrar	Ford Escort 1.6	73	58
DNF	8 Cylinder & Over	10	John Goss Racing	John Goss Barry Seton	Jaguar XJS	73	19
DNF	4 Cylinder	63	Cherry City Ford	John Faulkner Gary Dumbrell	Ford Escort 2.0 GL	72	51
DNF	4 Cylinder	57	Sutton Motors P/L	David Seldon Gary Rowe	Isuzu Gemini ZZ	70	46
DNF	8 Cylinder & Over	3	Peter Janson	Peter Janson Larry Perkins	Holden Commodore VC	67		7
DNF	4 Cylinder	56	Nissan Motor Co.	Masahiro Hasemi Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	66	31
DNF	6 Cylinder & Rotary	37	Trend Windows P/L	Terry Daly Peter Hopwood	Ford Capri	56	37
DNF	6 Cylinder & Rotary	45	Precinct Performance P/L	Allan Bryant Dean Gall	Mazda RX-7	54	39
DNF	8 Cylinder & Over	27	Roadways Racing	Garth Wigston Steve Harrington	Holden Commodore VC	53		10
DNF	4 Cylinder	47	Walter Scott	Walter Scott Peter Walton	Toyota Celica	50	48
DNF	8 Cylinder & Over	12	Warren Cullen	Warren Cullen Alan Jones	Holden Commodore VC	48	20
DNF	6 Cylinder & Rotary	35	Alexander Rotary Engines	Phil Alexander Ron Gillard	Mazda RX-7	46	38
DNF	4 Cylinder	52	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden Wally Storey	Ford Escort 2.0 GL	44	49
DNF	8 Cylinder & Over	23	Great Eastland Television	Paul Gulson Rodney Coombs	Holden Commodore VB	42	21
DNF	8 Cylinder & Over	25	Holden Dealer Team	John Harvey Vern Schuppan	Holden Commodore VC	37		8
DNF	4 Cylinder	65	Holden Dealer Team	Phil Brock Gary Scott	Isuzu Gemini ZZ	36	44
DNF	4 Cylinder	51	Chickadee Chicken	Graeme Bailey Steve Land	Toyota Celica	34	42
DNF	4 Cylinder	58	Graham Mein	Graham Mein Geoff Russell	Ford Escort RS2000	34	50
DNF	4 Cylinder	55	Nissan Motor Co.	George Fury Fred Gibson	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	30	43
DNF	4 Cylinder	54	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan Ross Wittig	Isuzu Gemini	29	54
DNF	8 Cylinder & Over	2	Citizen Watches Australia P/L	Charlie O'Brien Mike Quinn	Holden Commodore VC	16	23
DNF	6 Cylinder & Rotary	34	Penrith Mazda Centre	Terry Shiel Don Holland	Mazda RX-7	13	27
DNF	6 Cylinder & Rotary	42	Mazcars Croyden	John Duggan Michael O'Hehir	Mazda RX-7	1	35
DNQ	8 Cylinder & Over	19	Neil Cunningham	Neil Cunningham Rod Coppins	Holden Commodore VC	16	23
DNQ	6 Cylinder & Rotary	38	Les Grose	Les Grose Alan Cant	Ford Capri
DNQ	4 Cylinder	53	Chris Heyer	Chris Heyer Peter Lander	Volkswagen Golf
DNQ	4 Cylinder	71	Ken Harrison	Ken Harrison Ian Wells	Ford Escort 1.6
DNS	4 Cylinder	67	Ray Gulson	Ray Gulson Gordon Mackinlay	Alfa Romeo Alfasud

[edit] Statistics

• Pole Position - #9 Kevin Bartlett - 2:36.432
• Fastest Lap - #17 Dick Johnson - 2:20.98
• Average Speed - 151km/h

[edit] External links

• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles
• www.touringcarracing.net
• race results
• Autopics Bathurst images