1982 James Hardie 1000

The 1982 James Hardie 1000 was the 23rd running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on October 3, 1982 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 two engine capacity based classes.

[edit] Class structure

[edit] Class A

For cars over 3000cc, or three litres of engine capacity, the class featured the V8 Holden Commodores, Ford Falcons and Chevrolet Camaros. Also in this class were the Mazda RX-7s, the factory supported BMW 635CSi and a Jaguar XJS.

[edit] Class B

The under three litre class featured the turbo charged Nissan Bluebirds, considerably quicker than the opposition made up of Ford Capris, Alfa Romeo GTV6s, plus cars from previously featured two litre and 1.6 litres classes, like Toyota Celicas, Ford Escorts, Isuzu Geminis and an Audi 5+5.

[edit] Hardies Heroes

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	6	Re-Car Racing	Allan Grice	Holden Commodore VH	2:17.501
2	05	Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VH	2:17.836
3	56	Nissan Motor Co.	Masahiro Hasemi	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	2:18.870
4	9	Nine Network Racing Team	Kevin Bartlett	Chevrolet Camaro	2:18.946
5	16	Re-Car Racing	Garry Rogers	Holden Commodore VH	2:19.332
6	7	Alan Jones	Bob Morris	Ford Falcon XE	2:19.380
7	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Falcon XE	2:19.549
8	43	Peter Stuyvesant International Racing	Allan Moffat	Mazda RX-7	2:19.761
9	25	Holden Dealer Team	John Harvey	Holden Commodore VH	2:19.764
10	55	Nissan Motor Co.	George Fury	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	2:20.613

[edit] Results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	A	05	Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock Larry Perkins	Holden Commodore VH	163		2
2	A	6	Re-Car Racing	Allan Grice Alan Browne	Holden Commodore VH	162		1
3	A	25	Holden Dealer Team	John Harvey Gary Scott	Holden Commodore VH	162		9
4	A	3	Peter Janson	Peter Janson David Parsons	Holden Commodore VH	158	17
5	A	31	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards David Hobbs	BMW 635CSi	157	19
6	A	43	Peter Stuyvesant International Racing	Allan Moffat Yoshimi Katayama	Mazda RX-7	156		8
7	A	2	Masterton Homes	Steve Masterton Bruce Stewart	Ford Falcon XE	155	31
8	B	56	Nissan Motor Co.	Masahiro Hasemi Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	153		3
9	A	40	Peter McLeod	Peter McLeod Peter Dane	Mazda RX-7	153	22
10	A	35	Ron Gillard	Ron Gillard Phil Alexander	Mazda RX-7	149	30
11	A	6	Ron Dickson	Ron Dickson Bob Stevens	Chevrolet Camaro	149	23
12	B	50	Barry Seton	Barry Seton Don Smith	Ford Capri Mk.III	147	43
13	A	30	Bangalow Motors Pty Ltd	Tony Kavich Phil Ward	Mazda RX-7	145	34
14	B	54	Les Grose	Les Grose Alan Cant	Ford Capri Mk.III	144	48
15	B	63	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden Neville Bridges	Ford Escort 2.0 GL	141	50
16	B	53	Chris Heyer	Chris Heyer Peter Lander	Audi 5+5	139	52
17	B	57	Walter Scott	Walter Scott Peter Walton	Toyota Celica	137	51
18	A	44	Ron Horner	Paul Jones Bob Skelton	Mazda RX-7	137	40
19	B	64	Ray Gulson	Ray Gulson Bruce Lynton	Alfa Romeo GTV6	136	54
20	A	26	Everlast Battery Service	Bill O'Brien Brian Sampson	Ford Falcon XD	134	24
21	A	12	Ron Dickson	Geoff Leeds Peter Fitzgerald	Chevrolet Camaro	134	26
22	A	19	Ken Mathews	Ken Mathews Greg Toepfer	Holden Commodore VH	130	36
DNF	A	11	Soundwave Discos	Charlie O'Brien Clive Benson-Browne	Holden Commodore VH	143	28
DNF	B	52	Hulcraft Autos	John Craft Russell Skaife	Ford Capri	132	46
DNF	A	37	Eurocars (Northside) P/L	Terry Shiel Peter Hopwood	Mazda RX-7	121	20
DNF	A	49	Greg Symes	Greg Symes Bruce Smith	Holden Commodore VB	121	37
DNF	A	10	John Goss Racing	John Goss Bob Tullius	Jaguar XJS	119	14
DNF	A	16	Re-Car Racing	Ron Wanless Garry Rogers	Holden Commodore VH	119		5
DNF	A	38	Bernie Stack	Bernie Stack Tony Parkinson	Holden Commodore VH	118	35
DNF	A	46	Rosco Rotary	Ross Burbidge Craig Kinmoth	Mazda RX-7	109	45
DNF	A	32	Scotty Taylor	Alan "Scotty" Taylor Kevin Kennedy	Holden Commodore VC	102	39
DNF	B	60	Country Dealer Team	Jim Faneco Allan Gough	Isuzu Gemini	96	53
DNF	A	41	JPS Team BMW	Denny Hulme Stephen Brook	BMW 635CSi	96	38
DNF	A	21	Roadways Racing	Steve Harrington Garth Wigston	Holden Commodore VH	90	13
DNF	A	27	Alan Jones	Alan Jones Barry Jones	Mazda RX-7	88	15
DNF	A	20	King George Tavern	Joe Moore Graham Moore	Ford Falcon XE	75	42
DNF	A	8	Garry Willmington Performance	Garry Willmington Mike Griffin	Ford Falcon XD	68	21
DNF	B	61	Chickadee Chicken	Graeme Bailey Steve Land	Toyota Celica	65	49
DNF	A	22	Warren Cullen	Warren Cullen Gary Cooke	Holden Commodore VH	54	11
DNF	A	29	John Donnelly	John Donnelly Ian McGee	Ford Falcon XD	51	44
DNF	A	23	Alfred Grant	Alf Grant Leo Leonard	Ford Falcon XD	48	33
DNF	B	55	Nissan Motor Co.	George Fury Fred Gibson	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	40		10
DNF	A	9	Nine Network Racing Team	Kevin Bartlett Colin Bond	Chevrolet Camaro	27		4
DNF	A	18	Murray Carter Racing	Murray Carter Rusty French	Ford Falcon XE	25	32
DNF	A	14	John English	John English Paul Gulson	Ford Falcon XD	17	25
DNF	B	51	Capri Components	Lawrie Nelson Peter Jones	Ford Capri	17	41
DNF	A	33	B.F. Goodrich Australia	Gerry Burges Lynn Brown	Mazda RX-7	13	47
DNF	A	15	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan John Gates	Holden Commodore VH	9	12
DNF	A	48	Fred Geissler	Fred Geissler Ralph Radburn	Holden Commodore VH	4	29
DNF	A	34	Penrith Mazda Centre P/L	John Duggan Don Bretland	Mazda RX-7	4	16
DNF	A	28	Bayside Spares	Barry Lawrence Geoff Russell	Holden Commodore VH	1	27
DSQ	A	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Dick Johnson John French	Ford Falcon XE	160		7
DSQ	A	47	Brian Callaghan Racing	Brian Callaghan Bob Muir	Ford Falcon XE	150	18
DNS	A	7	Alan Jones	Bob Morris John Fitzpatrick	Ford Falcon XE			7
DNS	B	62	Gary Leggatt	Gary Leggatt Phil McDonnell	Alfa Romeo GTV6
DNS	A	42	Peter Stuyvesant International Racing	Gregg Hansford Lucio Cesario	Mazda RX-7

[edit] Statistics

• Pole Position - #4 Allan Grice - 2:17.501
• Fastest Lap - #05 Peter Brock - 2:20.1
• Average Speed - 154km/h

[edit] External links

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