1985 Better Brakes 300
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The 1985 Better Brakes 300 was an endurance race for Group A touring cars held at the Amaroo Park circuit in Sydney, New South Wales on 4 August 1985. The race was the opening round of the 1985 Australian Endurance Championship. It was held over 155 laps of the tight 1.94 km (1.21 mi) circuit for a total of 300.7 km (186.8 mi).[1]
The field was divided into three classes according to engine displacement.
- Class A : 3001cc to 6000cc
- Class B : 2001cc to 3000cc
- Class C : Up to 2000cc
The race was won by the 1985 Australian Touring Car Champion Jim Richards driving his championship winning JPS Team BMW 635 CSi. Richards won the race by two laps from two more New Zealanders, Kent Baigent and Neal Lowe driving an ex-Schnitzer BMW 635 CSi, with Peter Brock in his Mobil Holden Dealer Team VK Commodore finishing third.
Colin Bond and Gregg Hansford finished 5th outright and 1st in Class B driving the Network Alfa Romeo GTV6 after a race long battle with the JPS BMW 323i of Tony Longhurst. Class C was won by the Team Toyota Australia Corolla of former open wheel star driver John Smith who also finished 7th outright.
One of the pre-race favourites, the Volvo 240T of Kiwi Robbie Francevic was out before the race started as the left front wheel parted company with the car on the formation lap going through Suttons Corner. Allan Grice, having his first ever Group A start driving in The Toy Shop Alfa GTV6, was out after just three laps with gearbox failure.
Richards qualified on pole for the race with a time of 53.80 seconds.[2]
Results
[edit]Position | Class | No. | Entrant | Drivers | Car | Laps | Grid |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A | 62 | JPS Team BMW | ![]() |
BMW 635 CSi | 155 | 1 |
2 | A | 3 | H. Kent Baigent | ![]() ![]() |
BMW 635 CSi | 153 | 8 |
3 | A | 05 | Mobil Holden Dealer Team | ![]() |
Holden VK Commodore | 153 | 2 |
4 | A | 7 | Mobil Holden Dealer Team | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VK Commodore | 153 | 10 |
5 | B | 27 | Network Alfa | ![]() ![]() |
Alfa Romeo GTV6 | 153 | 5 |
6 | B | 23 | JPS Team BMW | ![]() |
BMW 323i | 152 | 9 |
7 | C | 10 | Toyota Team Australia | ![]() |
Toyota Corolla | 148 | 11 |
8 | A | 19 | Ken Mathews Prestige Cars | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VK Commodore | 147 | 14 |
9 | A | 33 | Mike Bergmann | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VK Commodore | 144 | 17 |
10 | A | 24 | Jagparts | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VK Commodore | 144 | 16 |
?? | A | 30 | Yellow Pages | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VK Commodore | 13 | |
?? | A | ![]() |
Holden VK Commodore | ||||
?? | A | 39 | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VK Commodore | 15 | ||
?? | B | 39 | Chris Heyer | ![]() |
Audi 5+5 | 19 | |
?? | C | 13 | Bob Holden Motors | ![]() ![]() |
Toyota Corolla AE86 | 12 | |
?? | C | 11 | Toyota Team Australia | ![]() |
Toyota Corolla AE86 | 18 | |
?? | B | 65 | Hulcraft Autos | ![]() |
Ford Capri Mk.III | 20 | |
?? | B | Hulcraft Autos | ![]() |
Ford Capri Mk.III | 22 | ||
?? | A | 29 | Ken Davison | ![]() |
Ford Mustang | 24 | |
?? | A | 28 | Capri Components | ![]() |
Ford Mustang | 21 | |
DNF | A | 2 | Masterton Homes | ![]() |
Holden VK Commodore | 6 | |
DNF | B | 77 | Peter Williamson Toyota | ![]() ![]() |
Toyota Supra | 7 | 4 |
DNF | B | 26 | The Toy Shop | ![]() |
Alfa Romeo GTV6 | 3 | 7 |
DNS | B | 21 | Mark Petch Motorsport | ![]() |
Volvo 240T | 3 |
* The event attracted 24 starters.
Notes
[edit]- Pole Position: #1 Jim Richards, BMW 635 CSi - 0:53.80
- Fastest Lap: #1 Jim Richards, BMW 635 CSi - 0:55.11
- Race Time: 2:28:08.6
References
[edit]See also
[edit]- Australian Motor Racing Year, 1985/86
- James Hardie 1000, 1985/86
- The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989
- The Official Racing History of Holden, 1988