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Symmons Plains

Symmons Plains Raceway, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Date: 10/3/1985
Track length: 2.410 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 13?
Finishers: 12?

Pole position: Francevic in 1.01,45
Fastest lap:

Distance: 40 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1985 Cars

 

Playing with the rear suspension surely did help the Volvo as well as the track, with long straights and tight corners. Francevic put the car on pole and was never challenged on his way to the flag. Johnson was a distant second and Brock had to fight with the BMWs and ended fourth behind Crichton and ahead of Richards, who was hampered by a faulty gear linkage.


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 21 Mark Petch Seals
Volvo 240 Turbo
Robbie Francevic, NZ
2141 tc L4 B 40 laps, 42.15,94 1 1.01,45    
2 1 17 Palmer Tube Mills
Ford Mustang 5.0 GT
Dick Johnson, AUS
4999 V8 C 40 2 1.01,83    
3 2 31 JPS Team BMW
BMW 635 CSi
Neville Crichton, NZ
3475 L6 C 40 5 1.03,54    
4 3 05 Mobil Holden Dealer Team
Holden VK Commodore
Peter Brock, AUS
5044 V8 C 40 3 1.02,09    
5 4 62 JPS Team BMW
BMW 635 CSi
Jim Richards, NZ
3475 L6 C 40 4 1.02,23   Gear linkage
6 5 20  
Holden VK Commodore
Jim Keogh, AUS
5044 V8 C 39 7 1.03,71    
7 2 27 Network Alfa
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Alan Jones, AUS
2491 V6 B 39 6 1.03,59    
8 3 26 Network Alfa
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Colin Bond, AUS
2491 V6 B 39 8 1.04,65    
9 6 28 Capri Components
Ford Mustang 5.0 GT
Lawrie Nelson, AUS
4999 V8 C 38 10      
10 1 11 Toyota Team Australia
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
John Smith, AUS
1587 L4 A 37 11      
11 2 13 Bob Holden Motors
Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86
Bob Holden, AUS
1587 L4 A   12      
12 3 36 Mike Minear Racing
Volvo 360 GLT
Mike Minear, AUS
1986 L4 A   13      
DNF   78 Melbourne Clutch and Brake service
Mitsubishi Starion Turbo A183
Brian Sampson, AUS
1998 tc L4 B   9      
DNS   66 Mitsubishi Ralliart
Mitsubishi Starion Turbo A183
Kevin Bartlett, AUS
1998 tc L4 B   (8) 1.04,09   Engines in practice