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Motorcraft 300 Surfers Paradise

Surfers Paradise International Raceway, Queensland, Australia

Date: 27/10/1985
Track length: 3.200 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Richards in 1.16,6
Fastest lap:

Distance: 40 laps, shortened from 90 laps because of multi-car accident at the first start
Average speed:
Weather: Overcast and rainy
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1985 Cars

 

Heavy rains overnight had left the Surfers circuit well and truly waterlogged, including flooding the storm water drains around the circuit which forced the cancellation of supporting open-wheel races. More rain a few laps in mixed with oil left by the Davidson/Kramer Mustang caused over 2/3rds of the field to slip off into the ditch on the outside of Ipec corner. Greville Arnel was taken to hospital with neck injuries after Bond's Alfa slammed into his parked Starion as Arnel was getting out of the car. The carnage left Terry Finnigan leading John Smith; both had gone off in the oil and water but had somehow avoided getting stuck. The race was eventually stopped and completely restarted an hour later but without Brock and Harvey, both of whom had already caught a plane back to Melbourne! Skippy Parsons would take the wheel of the #7 Commodore.

Only 14 cars would take the restart, eventually won by Richards from O'Brien and Johnson. The Mustang led early before dropping back with tyres woes caused by a differential damaged in the carnage earlier, while bent suspension, also from the crash, meant O'Brien couldn't quite chase down Richards.
(William Dale Jr/www.ten-tenths.com)

Class A-C
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 1 JPS Team BMW
BMW 635 CSi		 Jim Richards, NZ
 3475 L6 Class C 40 laps 1 1.16,6    
2 2 22 Erle McRae Racing
BMW 635 CSi		 Charlie O'Brien, AUS
 3475 L6 Class C   3 1.17,5    
3 3 17 Palmer Tube Mills
Ford Mustang 5.0 GT		 Dick Johnson, AUS
 4999 V8 Class C   2 1.17,2    
4 4 40 Terry Finnigan
Holden VK Commodore		 Terry Finnigan, AUS
   V8 Class C          
5 1 10 Toyota Team Australia
Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86		 John Smith, AUS
 1587 L4 Class A          
6 5 12 Garry Willmington
Jaguar XJ-S		 Garry Willmington, AUS
 5344 V12 Class C          
      Grellis Marketing
Holden VK Commodore		 Ray Ellis, AUS
   V8 Class C          
       
Mazda RX-7		 Gerry Burgess, AUS
 2 x 573 R2 Class B          
    7 Mobil Holden Dealer Team
Holden VK Commodore		 David "Skippy" Parsons, AUS
 4980 V8 Class C          
    30 Lester Smerdon
Holden VK Commodore		 Lester Smerdon, AUS
   V8 Class C          
    20 Jim Keogh
BMW 635 CSi		 Jim Keogh, AUS
 3475 L6 Class C          
    41 Barry Jones
Holden VK Commodore		 Barry Jones, AUS
Tony Mulvihill, AUS
   V8 Class C          
    44 Peter Williamson Toyota
Toyota Celica Supra MA61		 Peter Williamson, AUS
 2759 L6 Class B          
    58 David Ratcliff
Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86		 David Ratcliff, AUS
Don Smith, AUS
 1587 L4 Class A          
    4 I.M.B. Team Wollongong
Holden VK Commodore		 Peter McLeod, AUS
   V8 Class C          
       
Isuzu Gemini PF60		 Unknown
 1817 L4 Class A          
    13 Bob Holden Motors
Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86		 Bob Holden, AUS
 1587 L4 Class A          
       
Ford Mustang 5.0 GT		 Kevin Clark, AUS
 4999 V8 Class C          
DNF      
Ford Mustang 5.0 GT		 Kevin Clark, AUS
 4999 V8 Class C         Accident
DNS   24 Jagparts Racing
Holden VK Commodore		 Gerald Kay, AUS
   V8 Class C         Accident at first start
DNS   38 Barry Wraith
Holden VK Commodore		 Barry Wraith, AUS
(Wayne Park, AUS)
   V8 Class C         Accident at first start
DNS   47 Network Alfa
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6		 Colin Bond, AUS
 2491 V6 Class B   5 1.18,?   Accident at first start
DNS   51 Greville Arnel
Mitsubishi Starion Turbo A183		 Greville Arnel, AUS
 1998 tc L4 Class B         Accident at first start
DNS   6?  
Triumph Dolomite Sprint		 Martin Power, AUS
 1998 L4 Class A         Accident at first start
DNS   7 Mobil Holden Dealer Team
Holden VK Commodore		 John Harvey, AUS
 4980 V8 Class C         Accident at first start
DNS   05 Mobil Holden Dealer Team
Holden VK Commodore		 Peter Brock, AUS
   V8 Class C   4 1.18,0   Timing chain - first start
DNS   16 Ken Davison
Ford Mustang 5.0 GT		 Ken Davison, AUS
(Wally Kramer, AUS)
 4999 V8 Class C         Engine - first start