1983 James Hardie 1000

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1983 James Hardie 1000
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The 1983 James Hardie 1000 was an endurance race for Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group C regulations. The race was held at the Mount Panorama circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales on 2 October 1983. The race distance was 163 laps x 6.172 km = 1006.036 km.

Entries were divided into two classes:

  • Class A : Over 3000cc
  • Class B : Under 3000cc.

Full results of the 1983 James Hardie 1000 were:

Position Drivers No. Car Class Laps
1 Peter Brock, John Harvey, Larry Perkins 25 Holden Commodore VH A 163
2 Allan Moffat, Yoshimi Katayama 43 Mazda RX-7 A 162
3 Allan Grice, Colin Bond 6 Holden Commodore VH A 160
4 Garth Wigston, Steve Harrington 14 Holden Commodore VH A 158
5 Peter McLeod, Graeme Bailey 50 Mazda RX-7 A 158
6 Jim Keogh, Leo Leonard 12 Holden Commodore VH A 157
7 Alf Grant, David Seldon 27 Ford Ford Falcon XD A 156
8 Bob Morris, Rusty French 4 Holden Commodore VH A 154
9 Phil Alexander, Ron Gillard 35 Mazda RX-7 A 153
10 Andrew Harris, Gary Cooke 9 Holden Commodore VH A 151
11 Barry Jones, Rod Millen 41 Mazda RX-7 A 151
12 Garry Rogers, Clive Benson-Brown 11 Holden Commodore VH A 149
13 Garry Willmington, Mike Griffin 8 Ford Falcon XD A 147
14 Alan Taylor, Kevin Kennedy 24 Holden Commodore VH A 146
15 Les Grose, Alan Cant 64 Ford Capri V6 B 144
16 Greg Symes, Bruce Smith 13 Holden Commodore VH A 141
17 Ray Gulson, Gerard Murphy 58 Alfa Romeo GTV6 B 141
18 Tony Mulvihill, John Murden 51 Mazda RX-7 A 138
19 Bill O'Brien, Brian Sampson 28 Ford Falcon XD A 136
20 Brian Callaghan, Barry Graham 47 Ford Falcon XE A 136
21 Johnnie Walker, Gene Cook 32 Mazda RX-7 A 135
22 Fred Gibson, John French 16 Nissan Bluebird Turbo B 134
23 Ken Matthews, Greg Toepfer 19 Holden Commodore VH A 132
24 Chris Heyer, Don Bretland 63 Audi 5 + 5 B 132
25 John White, Bernie McLure 61 Isuzu Gemini B 125
26 Lawrie Nelson, Peter Jones 59 Ford Capri V6 B 114
DNF Barry Seton, Glenn Seton 50 Ford Capri V6 B 134
DNF George Fury, Garry Scott 14 Nissan Bluebird Turbo B 130
DNF Terry Shiel, Wally Storey 36 Mazda RX-7 A 122
DNF Mike Burgmann, Tony Longhurst 32 Chevrolet Camaro A 121
DNF Fred Geissler, Ralph Radburn 49 Holden Commodore VH A 116
DNF Warren Cullen, Ron Harrop 21 Holden Commodore VH A 116
DNF Peter Janson, David Parsons 3 Holden Commodore VH A 106
DNF Terry Ryan, Graham Storah 41 Mazda RX-7 A 84
DNF Andrew Manson, Geoffrey Manson 45 Holden Commodore VH A 80
NC Bernie Stack, Bob Jennings 38 Holden Commodore VH A 68
DNF Terry Finnigan, Geoff Leeds 9 Holden Commodore VH A 62
DNF Laurie Hazelton, Jerry Strauberg 52 Ford Capri V6 B 61
DNF Dick Johnson, Kevin Bartlett 17 Ford Falcon XE A 61
NC Gregg Hansford, Garry Waldon 33 Mazda RX-7 A 49
DNF John Donnelly, Kerry Baily 28 Ford Falcon XD A 37
DNF Gerry Burges, Roger Mandeville 35 Mazda RX-7 A 35
DNF John English, Paul Gulson 22 Ford Falcon XD A 32
DNF Ron Dickson, Bob Stevens 21 Mazda RX-7 A 24
DNF Joe Moore, Graham Moore 20 Ford Falcon XE A 17
DNF Steven Masterton, Bruce Stewart 2 Ford Falcon XE A 17
DNF Murray Carter, David Clement 18 Mazda RX-7 A 14
DNF Christine Gibson, Bob Muir 60 Nissan Pulsar EXA B 14
DNF Peter Brock, Larry Perkins 05 Holden Commodore VH A 8
DNF John Bundy, Norm Carr 39 Mazda RX-7 A 8
DNF Jim Richards, Frank Gardner 31 BMW 635CSi A 6
DNF Gary Hinton, Lester Smerdon 45 Holden Commodore VC A 5
DNF John Craft, Don Smith 56 Ford Capri V6 B 3
DNF Tony Hubbard, Jim Faneco 40 Ford Falcon XE A 3
DNF Ron Grose, David Grose 52 Mazda RX-7 A 3

[edit] References

  • Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1983/84
  • Australia's Greatest Motor Race, 1960-1989 (©1990)
  • James Hardie 1000, 1983/84
  • Modern Motor, December 1983