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Symmons Plains

Symmons Plains Raceway, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Date: 8/3/1987
Track length: 2.410 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 15
Finishers: 12

Pole position: Grice in 0.58,6
Fastest lap: Grice in 0.59,3

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

 

A much smaller field appeared seven days later at Symmons Plains, but all the lead runners were there. Grice and Fury locked out the front row, the Commodore driver leading the race comfortably until overheating crippled the car with 10 laps to go. Fury went on to win from Richards, who charged through to 2nd as the bigger cars ran out of tyres after half distance. The Sierras teams were still struggling to replicate the results from their European counterparts, turning down the boost and sacrificing speed for reliability.
(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 30 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing
Nissan Skyline RS DR30
George Fury, AUS
1990 L4 A 60 laps, 1:00.29,1 2 0.58,6 0.59,7  
2 1 3 JPS Team BMW
BMW M3
Jim Richards, NZ
2332 L4 B 60 laps, 1:00.35,4 6 0.59,5 0.59,9  
3 2 05 Mobil Holden Dealer Team
Holden VK Commodore
Peter Brock, AUS
4980 V8 A 60 laps, 1:00.39,0 3 0.58,7 1.00,1  
4 3 15 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing
Nissan Skyline RS DR30
Glenn Seton, AUS
1990 L4 A 60 laps, 1:00.39,4 4 0.58,8 0.59,8  
5 2 4 JPS Team BMW
BMW M3
Tony Longhurst, AUS
2332 L4 B 60 laps, 1:00.42,9 8 0.59,8 0.59,9  
6 4 18 Shell Ultra Hi Tech Racing Team
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Gregg Hansford, AUS
1993 tc L4 A 60 laps, 1:01.06,7 11 1.00,5 1.00,3  
7 5 11 Enzed team Perkins
Holden VK Commodore
Larry Perkins, AUS
4980 V8 A 60 laps, 1:01.07,3 5 0.59,1 0.59,9  
8 6 35 OXO Supercube Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Andrew Miedecke, AUS
1993 tc L4 A 60 laps, 1:01.24,2 9 0.59,9 1.00,5  
9 7 17 Shell Ultra Hi Tech Racing Team
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Dick Johnson, AUS
1993 tc L4 A 59 12 1.00,7 1.00,8  
10 8 36 OXO Supercube Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Don Smith, AUS
1993 tc L4 A 58 13 1.01,6 1.02,0  
11 3 75 Network Alfa
Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Colin Bond, AUS
1779 tc L4 B 58 15 1.09,2 1.02,6  
12 9 27 Ray Gulson
BMW 635 CSi
Ray Gulson, AUS
3475 L6 A 56 14 1.04,3 1.03,7  
DNF   8 ICL Racing Pty Ltd
Holden VK Commodore
Graeme Crosby, NZ
4980 V8 A 58 7 0.59,3 (?) 1.00,0 Out of fuel
DNF   2 Bob Jane T-Marts
Holden VK Commodore
Allan Grice, AUS
4980 V8 A 51 1 0.58,6 0.59,3 Overheating
DNF   6 Mobil Holden Dealer Team
Holden VK Commodore
Gary Scott, AUS
4980 V8 A 15 10 1.00,0 1.00,1 Propshaft