1986 James Hardie 1000

1986 James Hardie 1000
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The 1986 James Hardie 1000 was an endurance motor race held on 5 October 1986 at the Mount Panorama Circuit, just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. The race, which was the 27th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race, was the fourth round of both the 1986 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1986 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.

The race saw the long-awaited victory of Allan Grice. Grice and his endurance race partner Graeme Bailey took their Holden Commodore to victory over the Holden Dealer Team Commodore John Harvey and Neal Lowe. Third was the factory prepared Nissan Skyline of Gary Scott and Terry Shiel.

1 Class structure
2 Hardies Heroes
3 Official results
4 Statistics
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Class structure

The race was held for cars complying with Australian Touring Car regulations, which were based on International Group A touring car rules. It included three engine capacity classes.

Class A

For cars of up to 2000cc engine capacity, it saw a variety of cars entered. Most numerous were variations of Toyota Corollas, with individual entries of a turbocharged Fiat Uno, a Ford Escort and a Nissan Gazelle.

Class B

For cars of between 2001 and 3000cc engine capacity, it featured the turbos; Mitsubishi Starion, Nissan Skyline and Volvo 240, but also included Alfa Romeo GTV6, BMW 323i, Mercedes-Benz 190E and Toyota Supra.

Class C

For cars of over 3000cc engine capacity. Apart from a strong presence of BMW 635CSi, the swansong of the Jaguar XJS and the first appearance of a turbocharged Ford Sierra, it was the domain of the V8; Holden Commodore, Ford Mustang and Rover Vitesse.

Hardies Heroes

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	HH	Qual
Pole	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Gary Scott	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	2:17.159	2:18.29
2	2	Chickadee Chicken	Allan Grice	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	2:17.246	2:16.16
3	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	2:19.044	2:18.68
4	11	Enzed Team Perkins	Larry Perkins	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	2:19.433	2:19.39
5	44	Volvo Dealer Team	John Bowe	Volvo 240T	2:19.594	2:18.58
6	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang	2:19.808	2:18.84
7	6	Bob Jane T-Marts	Graeme Crosby	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	2:20.370	2:19.93
8	1	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635 CSi	2:20.751	2:19.53
9	21	Goold Motorsport	Roberto Ravaglia	BMW 635 CSi	2:20.955	2:18.19
10	53	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Brad Jones	Mitsubishi Starion	2:35.969	2:18.91

Official results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	C	2	Chickadee Chicken	Allan Grice Graeme Bailey	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	163	1	2
2	C	3	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	John Harvey Neal Lowe	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	163	13
3	B	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Gary Scott Terry Shiel	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	163	3	1
4	C	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson Gregg Hansford	Ford Mustang	162	5	6
5	C	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock Allan Moffat	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	162	11
6	C	1	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards Tony Longhurst	BMW 635 CSi	161	8	8
7	C	22	Formula 1 Investments P/L	Graham Moore Michel Delcourt	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	158	18
8	C	8	Cullen Supa Salvage	Warren Cullen Gary Sprague	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	157	12
9	B	41	Bob Jane T-Marts	Denny Hulme Franz Klammer	Mercedes-Benz 190E	157	23
10	B	36	Everlast Battery Service	Murray Carter Bill O'Brien	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	157	42
11	B	42	Volvo Dealer Team	Graham McRae Neville Crichton John Bowe	Volvo 240T	156	24
12	C	37	Airport Car Rental	Chris Clearihan Fred Geissler	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	156	34
13	C	6	Bob Jane T-Marts	Graeme Crosby Wayne Wilkinson	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	156	10	7
14	C	19	Tony Mulvihill	Ken Mathews Tony Mulvihill Barry Jones	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	155	31
15	C	23	Lusty Engineering P/L	Graham Lusty John Lusty	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	154	37
16	C	38	Grellis Marketing	Kerry Baily Ray Ellis	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	150	33
17	C	26	Simon Emmerling	Simon Emmerling Trevor Hine	BMW 635 CSi	149	45
18	B	57	Network Alfa	Lucio Cesario Warwick Rooklyn	Alfa Romeo GTV6	148	47
19	A	61	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner Mike Quinn	Toyota Corolla GT	148	52
20	C	91	Graham Lorimer	Graham Lorimer Phil Myhre	BMW 635 CSi	146	51
21	A	60	Giddings Moss Vale Nissan	Bruce Stewart John Giddings	Nissan Gazelle	146	50
22	C	18	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan Steve Williams	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	144	30
23	C	48	The Xerox Shop	Alan Taylor Kevin Kennedy	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	144	44
24	C	10	John Goss	John Goss Bob Muir	Jaguar XJS	140	26
25	C	11	Enzed Team Perkins	Larry Perkins David Parsons	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	140	7	4
26	A	58	Ratcliff Transport Spares	David Ratcliff Don Smith	Toyota Sprinter AE86	140	58
27	A	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden Geoff Kimber-Smith	Toyota Sprinter AE86	138	55
DNF	C	47	Brian Callaghan	Barry Graham Brian Callaghan	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	140	25
DNF	C	24	Jagparts	Gerald Kay Martin Power	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	135	29
DNF	B	87	Brian Bolwell	Brian Bolwell Tony Farrell	BMW 323i	124	54
DNF	B	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury Glenn Seton	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	114		3
DNF	B	44	Volvo Dealer Team	John Bowe Alfredo Costanzo	Volvo 240T	113	9	5
DNF	B	75	Network Alfa	Colin Bond Peter Fitzgerald	Alfa Romeo GTV6	111	36
DNF	C	34	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	111	16
DNF	A	56	Frank Cecchele	Gordon Mitchell Allan McCarthy	Fiat Uno Turbo	110	59
DNF	C	9	JPS Team BMW	Kevin Bartlett Trevor Crowe	BMW 635 CSi	109	17
DNF	C	32	John English	John English Glenn McIntyre	BMW 635 CSi	101	40
DNF	C	35	Lester Smerdon	Lester Smerdon Geoff Russell	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	100	28
DNF	C	50	John Donnelly	John Donnelly Simon Harrex	Rover Vitesse	98	53
DNF	B	49	Ray Gulson	Ray Gulson Frank Porter	Alfa Romeo GTV6	94	46
DNF	C	39	Trevor McLean	Trevor McLean Rod Downs	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	90	43
DNF	C	12	Garry Willmington	Garry Willmington Peter Janson	Jaguar XJS	88	14
DNF	C	43	Anderson & O'Leary Ltd.	Bruce Anderson Wayne Anderson	Ford Mustang	81	39
DNF	C	96	Tim Slako	Tim Slako Geoff Leeds	Rover Vitesse	77	32
DNF	B	53	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Brad Jones Akihiko Nakaya	Mitsubishi Starion	61	6	10
DNF	C	4	Autopart Centre	Peter McLeod Glenn Clark	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	48	15
DNF	A	62	Bob Holden Motors	Keith McClelland Brian Nightingale	Toyota Sprinter AE86	38	57
DNF	C	29	Ken Davison	Ken Davison Wally Kramer	Ford Mustang	36	48
DNF	C	20	James Keogh	Jim Keogh Des Wall	BMW 635 CSi	30	41
DNF	C	40	Motorsport Pacific Ltd.	Robbie Francevic Leo Leonard	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	27	21
DNF	A	55	Motorsport Pacific Ltd.	Andrew Bagnall Ted Jarvis	Ford Escort RS 1600i	23	56
DNF	C	7	Goold Motorsport	Charlie O'Brien Garry Rogers	BMW 635 CSi	19	22
DNF	B	51	Team Nissan Racing NZ	Graeme Bowkett Kent Baigent	Nissan Skyline RS DR30	13	38
DNF	C	27	Dulux Auto Colour	Alf Grant John French	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	11	20
DNF	C	33	Michael Burgmann	Mike Burgmann Mal Rose	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	5	27
DNF	C	28	Yellow Pages	Tony Kavich Ralph Radburn	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	4	19
DNF	A	16	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith Drew Price	Toyota Corolla GT	3	49
DNF	C	21	Goold Motorsport	Roberto Ravaglia Dieter Quester	BMW 63 5CSi	2	2	9
DNS	B	77	Peter Williamson Toyota	Peter Williamson Mark Skaife	Toyota Celica Supra
DNS	B	25	JPS Team BMW	Tony Longhurst Trevor Crowe	BMW 325i