1986 Castrol 500

The 1986 Castrol 500 was an endurance race for cars complying with CAMS Touring Car regulations, which were based on FIA Group A rules. The event was staged on 14 September 1986 over 129 laps of the 3.9 km Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia, a total distance of 503 km. The race was Round 3 of both the 1986 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1986 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.

There were only two classes, based on engine capacity with the cut-off between the two set at 2.5 litres.

The race was won by the Peter Jackson Nissan Skyline turbo of George Fury and Glenn Seton from their team mates Gary Scott and Terry Sheil, with the V8 Holden Commodore of Allan Grice and Graeme Bailey finishing third. 1986 was the first time a turbo powered car had won the Sandown enduro, and the first of six consecutive Sandown 500's won by turbo power.

The "Dream Team" of Peter Brock and Allan Moffat, who between them had won 14 of the previous 17 Sandown enduros dating back to Moffat's first win in 1969, finished 4th in their Holden Dealer Team Commodore. Brock had won pole for the race in Saturday's "Castrol Chargers" top ten runoff with a time of 1:49.84. Defending race winners Jim Richards and Tony Longhurst finished two laps down in 5th place in their JPS Team BMW 635 CSi.

Robbie Francevic, the 1986 Australian Touring Car Champion, failed to start the race after his car was withdrawn on race morning following his comments that the Volvo 240T he was to drive wouldn't be competitive as the Volvo Dealer Team had not been able to practice due to the team still building the car. Francevic's public comments saw him fired by team manager John Shepherd the day after the race.

The Alfa Romeo GTV6 of Colin Bond and Peter Fitzgerald won Class A (up to 2.5 litres), and finished the race in 15th position outright.

The 1986 Castrol 500 saw the touring car racing debut of 19 year old Mark Skaife. Co-driving with Peter Williamson in Willo's Toyota Celica Supra, the pair finished 10th outright.

Results

As sourced:^[1]

Castrol Chargers

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	CC	Qual
Pole	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1:49.84	1:51.0
2	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	1:50.22	1:50.1
3	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Gary Scott	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	1:50.33	1:50.3
4	2	Roadways Racing	Allan Grice	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1:50.66	NA
5	3	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	John Harvey	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1:51.26	NA
6	6	Bob Jane T-Marts	Graeme Crosby	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1:51.47	NA
7	1	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635 CSi	1:51.49	1:51.9
8	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang GT	1:51.95	1:51.9
9	4	Petro Tech	Peter McLeod	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	1:53.05	1:53.3
10	36	Everlast Battery Service	Murray Carter	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	1:53.85	1:53.1

Race

Position	Class	No.	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps
1	B	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury Glenn Seton	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	129
2	B	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Gary Scott Terry Shiel	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	128
3	B	2	Roadways Racing	Allan Grice Graeme Bailey	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	128
4	B	05	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock Allan Moffat	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	128
5	B	1	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards Tony Longhurst	BMW 635 CSi	127
6	B	6	Bob Jane T-Marts Racing	Graeme Crosby Wayne Wilkinson	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	127
7	B	36	Everlast Battery Service	Murray Carter Bill O'Brien	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS	125
8	B	3	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	John Harvey Neal Lowe	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	125
9	B	33	Michael Burgmann	Mike Burgmann Mal Rose	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	125
10	B	77	Peter Williamson Toyota	Peter Williamson Mark Skaife	Toyota Celica Supra	125
11	B	7	Goold Motorsport	Charlie O'Brien Garry Rogers	BMW 635 CSi	125
12	B	38	Grellis Marketing	Ray Ellis Kerry Baily	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	123
13	B	19	Tony Mulvihill	Tony Mulvihill Ken Matthews	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	122
14	B	11	Enzed Perkins Racing	Larry Perkins David Parsons	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	122
15	A	75	Network Alfa	Colin Bond Peter Fitzgerald	Alfa Romeo GTV6	120
16	A	87	Brian Bolwell	Brian Bolwell Tony Farrell	BMW 323i	119
17	A	61	Toyota Team Australia	Mike Quinn John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla	119
18	A	60	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	John Giddings Bruce Stewart	Nissan Gazelle	118
19	A	42	Toyota Team Australia	David Morton Chris Clearihan	Toyota Corolla	117
20	A	62	Bob Holden Motors	Keith McClelland Brian Nightingale	Toyota Sprinter	115
21	B	91	Graham Lorimer	Graham Lorimer Phil Myhre	BMW 635 CSi	114
22	B	4	Petro Tech	Peter McLeod Glenn Clark	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	113
23	A	13	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden Ray Cutchie	Toyota Sprinter	108
24	B	28	Capri Components	Lawrie Nelson Brian Sampson	Ford Mustang GT	108
25	B	20	Viacard Services	Jim Keogh Des Wall	BMW 635 CSi	106
26	A	88		John White L. Szreniawski	Isuzu Gemini	106
DNF	B	76		R. Muldoon David Sala	Ford Capri 3000S
DNF	A	57		Mike Freeman Bruce Williams	Toyota Celica
DNF	B	8	Warren Cullen	Warren Cullen Gary Sprague	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A
DNF	B	44	Volvo Dealer Team	John Bowe Alfredo Costanzo	Volvo 240T
DNF	B	23	Lusty Engineering	Graham Lusty Ken Lusty	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A
DNF	B	9	JPS Team BMW	Kevin Bartlett Trevor Crowe	BMW 635 CSi
DNF	A	16	Toyota Team Australia	Drew Price John Smith	Toyota Corolla
DNF	A	86	Gemspares	Daryl Hendrick T. Crozier	Isuzu Gemini
DNF	B	24	Jagparts Racing	Gerald Kay Bryan Thompson	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A
DNF	B	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson Gregg Hansford	Ford Mustang GT
DNF	B	99	Nettcomm Racing Australia	Denis Horley [2] Craig Harris	Ford Capri 3000S
DNF	A	58	David Ratcliff	David Ratcliff Don Smith	Toyota Corolla Levin
DNF	A	49	Ray Gulson	Ray Gulson Frank Porter	Alfa Romeo GTV6
DNS	B	10	Volvo Dealer Team	Robbie Francevic Graham McRae	Volvo 240T

Statistics

• Pole Position - #05 Peter Brock - Holden VK Commodore SS Group A - 1:49.84
• Fastest Lap - #2 Allan Grice - Holden VK Commodore SS Group A - 1:52.10 (Group A Lap Record)

See also

1986 Australian Touring Car season

• 1986 Castrol 500 Sandown highlights

References

1. Wilson, Stewart (1986). "Australian Endurance Championship". Australian Motor Racing Year. Killara: Berghouse Publishing Group Pty. Ltd. 16: 282–285 & 319. ISSN 0158-4138.
2. Stewart Wilson & Max Stahl, The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 316