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Lakeside

Lakeside International Raceway, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Date: 5/4/1987
Track length: 2.410 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 20
Starters: 20
Finishers: 15

Pole position: Seton in 0.56,1
Fastest lap: Johnson in 0.57,4

Distance: 60 laps
Average speed:
Weather: Overcast
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1987 Cars

 

Crosby couldn't find any sponsorship so the Roadways team were down to one car for Grice, but it was a brand-spanking-new VL, the first to run in the ATCC. Meanwhile, the former factory team were also down to one car after Gary Scott crashed Brock's #05 during mid-week testing. Brock would race #6 until his new VL was ready, qualifying it on the front row next to pole-sitter Seton.
Seton would lead from the start, before local hero Johnson powered through the field into the lead. It wasn't to last, the engine crying enough just after half-distance, the same taking out team-mate Hansford a few laps later. At another tyre-sensitive track, Richards' M3 again came through for the win, from Seton and Longhurst.
Post-race scrutineering revealed illegal impellers in the turbochargers of the Johnson cars. As the entrant, Dick was found guilty of presenting illegal cars and given a ban by CAMS, even if it was for only seven days. Dick said the impellers were the same as those being used in Europe...

(William Dale Jr/www.ten-tenths.com)

Class A-B
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 3 JPS Team BMW
BMW M3		 Jim Richards, NZ
 2332 L4 B 60 laps, 58.48,3 3 0.56,9 0.58,0  
2 1 15 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing
Nissan Skyline RS DR30		 Glenn Seton, AUS
 1990 L4 A 60 laps, 59.02,1 1 0.56,1 0.57,8  
3 2 4 JPS Team BMW
BMW M3		 Tony Longhurst, AUS
 2332 L4 B 60 laps, 59.02,9 4 0.56,9 0.57,8  
4 2 11 Enzed team Perkins
Holden VK Commodore		 Larry Perkins, AUS
 4980 V8 A 60 laps, 59.22,2 6 0.57,0 0.58,2  
5 3 6 HDT Racing P/L
Holden VK Commodore		 Peter Brock, AUS
 4980 V8 A 60 laps, 59.23,0 2 0.56,6 0.57,8  
6 4 2 Bob Jane T-Marts
Holden VL Commodore		 Allan Grice, AUS
 4980 V8 A 59 5 0.57,0 0.57,8  
7 3 75 Network Alfa
Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo		 Colin Bond, AUS
 1779 tc L4 B 58 10 0.58,1 0.58,6  
8 5 45 Lester Smerdon
Holden VK Commodore		 Lester Smerdon, AUS
 4980 V8 A 57 15 1.00,6 1.00,8  
9 6 28 Wayne Clift
Holden VK Commodore		 Wayne Clift, AUS
 4980 V8 A 56 17 1.01,5 1.00,5  
10 7 48 Wayne Park
Holden VK Commodore		 Wayne Park, AUS
 4980 V8 A 56 14 0.59,1 1.00,5  
11 4 32 Toyota Team Australia
Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE82		 Drew Price, AUS
 1587 L4 B 56 19 1.01,7 1.02,2  
12 8 27 Ray Gulson
BMW 635 CSi		 Ray Gulson, AUS
 3475 L6 A 56 20 1.02,8 1.01,8  
13 9 50  
Rover Vitesse		 John Donnelly, AUS
 3532 V8 A 56 18 1.01,6 1.02,1  
14 10 23 Dulux Auto Colour
Holden VK Commodore		 Alf Grant, AUS
 4980 V8 A 55 13 0.59,1 0.59,7  
15 11 10 John Andrew Motorsport
Ford Sierra XR4 TI		 Denny Hulme, NZ
 2320 tc L4 A 54 11 0.58,9 0.59,1  
DNF   34 OXO Supercube Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth		 Don Smith, AUS
 1993 tc L4 A 39 16 1.01,0 0.59,2  
DNF   18 Shell Ultra Hi Tech Racing Team
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth		 Gregg Hansford, AUS
 1993 tc L4 A 38 9 0.57,9 0.58,2 Turbo, but disqualified afterwards for an illegal turbo impeller
DNF   17 Shell Ultra Hi Tech Racing Team
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth		 Dick Johnson, AUS
 1993 tc L4 A 34 8 0.57,4 0.57,4 Turbo, but disqualified afterwards for an illegal turbo impeller
DNF   35 OXO Supercube Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth		 Andrew Miedecke, AUS
 1993 tc L4 A 23 12 0.59,0 0.58,5  
DNF   30 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing
Nissan Skyline RS DR30		 George Fury, AUS
 1990 L4 A 4 7 0.57,0   Boot explosion (!)
DNS   05 HDT Racing P/L
Holden VK Commodore		 Gary Scott, AUS
 4980 V8 A         Accident in testing