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Symmons Plains

Symmons Plains Raceway, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Date: 11/3/1984
Track length: 2.410 m
Attendance: “enormous”
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Moffat
Fastest lap: Brock

Distance:
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Australian Group C
Car info:  

 

The weekend started with a qualifying dice which saw Moffat take pole in the dying moments. The crowd anticipated a great race, but it turned out Moffat’s engine was too hot after some tricks on the warm-up lap and lost its water in the first corner. Moffat was not the only one who suffered from a short race; Fury’s differential broke at the start. This Brock was never challenged and headed towards his second win, with Johnson scoring valuable points in second. Third, after a battle with Richards, was Grice.


Under and over 3000 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 05 Marlboro Holden Dealer Team
Holden VH SS Commodore
Peter Brock, AUS
5044 V8 +3000   2      
2 2 17 Palmer Tube Mills
Ford Falcon XE
Dick Johnson, AUS
5760 V8 +3000 4 seconds behind        
3 3 6 Roadways Pty Ltd
Holden VH SS Commodore
Allan Grice, AUS
5044 V8 +3000          
4 4 50 Petrolon Slick 50 Racing
Mazda RX-7 SA22C
Peter McLeod, AUS
2 x 654 R2 +3000          
5 5 4 Roadways Pty Ltd
Holden VH SS Commodore
Steve Harrington, AUS
5044 V8 +3000          
6 6 8 K-Mart Auto racing
Holden VH SS Commodore
Warren Cullen, AUS
5044 V8 +3000          
7 7 3 Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd
Holden VH SS Commodore
David "Skippy" Parsons, AUS
5044 V8 +3000         Tires
8 8 9 K-Mart Auto racing
Holden VH SS Commodore
Andrew Harris, AUS
5044 V8 +3000          
9 9 12/20  
Holden VH SS Commodore
Jim Keogh, AUS
5044 V8 +3000          
10 1? 18  
Mazda RX-7 SA22C
Murray Carter, AUS
2 x 573? R2 +3000          
11 11 21 Lusty Engineering P/L
Holden VH SS Commodore
Graham Lusty, AUS
5044 V8 +3000          
12 12 53 Swiss Motors
Mazda RX-7 SA22C
Ernie Carniello, AUS
2 x 654 R2 +3000          
13 2 59  
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Lawrie Nelson, AUS
2993 V6 3000          
14 3 28  
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Brian Bolwell, AUS
1993 L4 3000          
DNF   31 JPS Team BMW
BMW 635 CSi
Jim Richards, NZ
3475 L6 +3000         Half shaft
DNF   73  
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Bob Holden, AUS
1993 L4 3000          
DNF   43 Peter Stuyvesant International Racing
Mazda RX-7 SA22C 84
Allan Moffat, CDN
2 x 654 R2 +3000   1     Overheating
DNF   15 Nissan Motor Company Australia
Nissan Bluebird Turbo
George Fury, AUS
1770 tc L4 +3000         Differential
DNS      
Mazda RX-7 SA22C
Johnnie Walker, AUS
2 x 654? R2 +3000?          
DNS   39  
Mazda RX-7 SA22C
John Bundy, AUS
2 x 654 R2 +3000