1985 Pukekohe 500

The 1985 Pukekohe 500 (known as the Nissan Sport 500 for sponsorship reasons) was an endurance race for Group A touring cars held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway in New Zealand on 3 February 1985. The race was the second and final round of the 1985 Nissan Sports Series. The race, held over 143 laps of the 2.841 km (1.765 mi) circuit for a total of 406 km (252 mi).[1]

The race, held a week after the Wellington 500, was won by New Zealand drivers Neville Crichton and Wayne Wilkinson driving a BMW 635 CSi from the Tom Walkinshaw Racing Rover Vitesse of Tom Walkinshaw and Win Percy with Kiwis Neal Lowe and Kent Baigent finishing third in their BMW 635.

After finishing third in Wellington, the win saw Crichton and Wilkinson as co-winners of the Nissan Sports Series.

The Nissan Sport Series was run to the FIA's international Group A rules and provided a number of Australian teams, including the famed Holden Dealer Team, to get some racing laps in their new cars before the 1985 Australian Touring Car Championship after changing from the locally developed Group C rules at the end of 1984.

Results

Position Class No. Entrant Drivers Car Laps Grid
1 Div.3 4 John Andrew Motorsport New Zealand Neville Crichton
New Zealand Wayne Wilkinson
BMW 635 CSi 143 2
2 Div.3 2 Tom Walkinshaw Racing United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw
United Kingdom Win Percy
Rover Vitesse 143 1
3 Div.3 3 H. Kent Baigent New Zealand Kent Baigent
New Zealand Neal Lowe
BMW 635 CSi 141 5
4 Div.3 11 Mark Petch Motorsport Belgium Michel Delcourt
New Zealand Robbie Francevic
Volvo 240T 141 6
5 Div.1 71 New Zealand Paul Adams
New Zealand Allan Woolf
Toyota Corolla GT AE86 127 11
6 Div.2 37 Dealer Team Nissan New Zealand Kevin Ryan
New Zealand Inky Tulloch
Nissan Bluebird Turbo 124 19
7 Div.2 67 Ray Gulson Australia Ray Gulson
Australia Grant O'Donnell
Alfa Romeo GTV6 124 8
8 Div.1 72 Bob Holden Motors Australia Bob Holden
Australia Glenn Clark
Toyota Sprinter 123 10
9 Div.2 32 New Zealand Glenn McIntyre
New Zealand Dennis Roderick
Isuzu Gemini ZZ 122 18
10 Div.2 32 MacDonald Halligan Motors New Zealand Derek MacDonald
New Zealand Ross MacDonald
Mitsubishi Mirage Turbo 122 16
11 Div.1 74 Sip ‘n Save Wines New Zealand Colin McGregor
New Zealand Bryce Platt
VW Golf GTI 117 15
?? Div.2 34 Chris Heyer's Kingswood Import Centre Australia Chris Heyer
New Zealand Graham McGregor
Audi 80 2.2 ?? 14
?? Div.1 73 K. Bolton New Zealand Steve Willy
New Zealand David Janes
Toyota Corolla GT AE86 ?? 13
?? Div.3 10 Pegasus Enterprises Ltd. New Zealand Robert Delbin
New Zealand Chris Delbin
Holden VK Commodore ?? 12
?? Div.3 9 New Zealand Lew McKinnon
New Zealand John Power
Holden VK Commodore ?? 9
DNF Div.3 6 Johnstone BMW Auckland New Zealand John Morton
United Kingdom Frank Sytner
BMW 635 CSi ?? 3
DNF Div.3 05 Holden Dealer Team Australia Peter Brock
Australia Larry Perkins
Holden VK Commodore ?? 7
DNF Div.3 17 Bruce Anderson New Zealand Bruce Anderson
Australia Dick Johnson
Ford XE Falcon ?? 4
DNF Div.2 31 L. Tattle New Zealand Bob Barry
New Zealand Rob Whitehouse
Fiat Ritmo 130TC ?? 17
DNS Div.2 8 Gemco Motor Sport New Zealand Gary Pederson
New Zealand Dave McMillan
Fiat Ritmo 130TC

* The event attracted 20 entries and 19 starters.

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