Pole position: Fury in 1.50,7
Fastest lap: Francevic in 1.52,2
Distance: 25 laps, shortened to 21 because of TV commitments
Average speed:
Weather: Sunny
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1986 Cars
With Peter Brock racing in Europe, Neal Lowe was entrusted the #05 Commodore in front of the boss's home crowd. Other additions to the field were Glenn Seton in a second Peter Jackson Skyline, another Skyline was on hand for perennial privateer Murray Carter, while Peter McLeod was back with his Commodore after a rebuild. Francevic (now with more support from Volvo after his two wins) and Lowe outgunned polesitter Fury to the first corner, while chaos ensued behind. Seton outbraked himself trying to follow Fury past Harvey, sending the Mobil car into Crosby. Johnson and McLeod ran into each other trying to avoid the mess in front of them, while Richards and Longhurst both copped dented panels. All but Johnson eventually continued, the green Mustang retiring with both front shock absorbers broken. All the action left Francevic, Lowe and Fury well clear of McLeod. Lowe and Francevic traded the lead a couple of times, until the Volvo pilot punted Lowe into a spin at the hairpin at the end of the back straight. Lowe continued but was unable to make up the lost time. Meanwhile, Fury eventually snuck past Francevic, going on to take the first of four consecutive race wins for the DR30 Skyline at Sandown. An unlucky McLeod lost 4th on the last lap; his fuel pick-up was damaged in the opening lap carnage and was unable to pick up the last few litres. |
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Class A-C
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| 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 | 30 | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Nissan Skyline RS Turbo DR30 |
George Fury, AUS |
1990 tc | L4 | B | 21 laps, 39.42,2 | 1 | 1.50,7 | 1.52,3 | |
| 2 | 2 | 10 | Volvo Dealer Team Volvo 240 Turbo |
Robbie Francevic, NZ |
2141 tc | L4 | B | 21 laps, 39.44,8 | 2 | 1.51,8 | 1.52,2 | |
| 3 | 1 | 05 | Mobil Holden Dealer Team Holden VK Commodore |
Neal Lowe, NZ |
4980 | V8 | A | 21 laps, 40.23,3 | 3 | 1.52,6 | 1.53,1 | |
| 4 | 3 | 75 | Network Alfa Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6 |
Colin Bond, AUS |
2491 | V6 | B | 21 laps, 41.04,7 | 12 | 1.54,8 | 1.56,4 | |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Autopart Centre Holden VK Commodore |
Peter McLeod, AUS |
4980 | V8 | A | 21 laps, 41.12,4 | 8 | 1.53,8 | 1.54,1 | |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Mobil Holden Dealer Team Holden VK Commodore |
John Harvey, AUS |
4980 | V8 | A | 21 laps, 41.17,7 | 4 | 1.52,6 | 1.53,9 | |
| 7 | 4 | 36 | Everlast Battery Service Nissan Skyline RS Turbo DR30 |
Murray Carter, AUS |
1990 tc | L4 | B | 21 laps, 41.21,6 | 18 | 2.00,4 | 1.56,9 | |
| 8 | 5 | 25 | JPS Team BMW BMW 325i |
Tony Longhurst, AUS |
2494 | L6 | B | 21 laps, 41.29,9 | 10 | 1.54,3 | 1.56,0 | |
| 9 | 4 | 20 | Holden VK Commodore |
Jim Keogh, AUS |
4980 | V8 | A | 21 laps, 41.34,0 | 15 | 1.57,2 | 1.57,3 | |
| 10 | 5 | 23 | Lusty Engineering P/L Holden VK Commodore |
Graham Lusty, AUS |
4980 | V8 | A | 20 | 17 | 1.59,8 | 1.57,9 | |
| 11? | 7 | 28 | Capri Components Ford Mustang 5.0 GT |
Lawrie Nelson, AUS |
4999 | V8 | A | 20 | 5 | 1.52,9 | 1.59,9 | |
| 12? | 6 | 2 | Holden VK Commodore |
Graeme Crosby, NZ |
4980 | V8 | A | 20 | 16 | 1.59,2 | 1.53,3 | |
| 13 | 8 | 24 | Jagparts Racing Holden VK Commodore |
Gerald Kay, AUS |
4980 | V8 | A | 20 | 14 | 1.56,9 | 1.57,4 | |
| 14 | 6 | 15 | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Nissan Skyline RS Turbo DR30 |
Glenn Seton, AUS |
1990 tc | L4 | B | 18 | 9 | 1.54,0 | 1.55,3 | |
| DNF | 77 | Toyota Celica Supra MA61 |
Peter Williamson, AUS |
2759 | L6 | B | 13 | 13 | 1.56,1 | |||
| DNF | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport BMW 635 CSi |
Garry Rogers, AUS |
3475 | L6 | A | 9 | 11 | 1.54,4 | |||
| DNF | 38? | Grellis Marketing Holden VK Commodore |
Ray Ellis, AUS |
4980 | V8 | A | 7 | 19 | 2.00,4 | |||
| DNF | 1 | JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi |
Jim Richards, NZ |
3475 | L6 | A | 5 | 7 | 1.53,7 | Broken gear lever | ||
| DNF | 78 | Melbourne Clutch and Brake service Mitsubishi Starion Turbo A183 |
Brian Sampson, AUS |
1998 tc | L4 | B | 3 | 20 | 2.00,7 | |||
| DNF | 17 | Palmer Tube Mills Ford Mustang 5.0 GT |
Dick Johnson, AUS |
4999 | V8 | A | 6 | 1.53,0 | Accident damage | |||