1984 James Hardie 1000

The 1984 James Hardie 1000 was the 25th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 30 September 1984 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia and was Round 4 of the 1984 Australian Endurance Championship. This race was celebrated as 'The Last of the Big Bangers', in reference to the Group C touring cars, which were competing at Bathurst for the last time.

The race winning Brock/Perkins Holden Commodore

The race was won by Peter Brock and Larry Perkins driving a Holden Commodore for the Holden Dealer Team, the third consecutive victory for Brock, Perkins and the HDT. It was the most dominant team performance for the HDT in the history of the race as the team claimed a 1-2 finish with John Harvey and David Parsons backing up their team leaders by finishing second. Third place was taken by the Mazda RX-7 of Allan Moffat and Gregg Hansford.

The race also saw the first appearance of the international Group A cars. The Group A class was won by the TWR Mobil Rover Vitesse of race rookies Jeff Allam and Armin Hahne who finished 12th outright. Second in class and 15th outright was the JPS Team BMW 635 CSi of 1967 Formula One World Champion Denny Hulme and Bavarian Prince Leopold von Bayern. Third in Group A and 20th outright was the Barry Seton / Don Smith Ford Mustang.

Class structure

Group C

This was the last Bathurst to be held for Group C touring cars, which had first contested the Bathurst 1000 in 1973. While a production based category, continual parity adjustments to keep the leading vehicles roughly at the same pace had seen the cars become wildly over-specified.

Group A

The international Group A formula was allowed to enter for the first time as a prelude to their adoption for Bathurst and the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1985. The vehicles were closer to pure bred racing cars in concept, but without the extensive performance modifications allowed for Group C, were much slower, and thus formed their own class.

Hardies Heroes

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	HH	Qual
Pole	15	Nissan Motor Co.	George Fury	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	2:13.850	2:14.81
2	05	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden VK Commodore	2:14.039	2:14.31
3	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson	Ford XE Falcon	2:14.710	2:15.07
4	6	Roadways Racing Pty. Ltd.	Allan Grice	Holden VK Commodore	2:14.886	2:14.74
5	43	Peter Stuyvesant International Racing	Allan Moffat	Mazda RX-7	2:16.411	2:15.54
6	31	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards	BMW 635 CSi	2:16.795	2:16.49
7	2	Masterton Homes Pty. Ltd.	Steve Masterton	Ford XE Falcon	2:17.055	2:16.33
8	42	Peter Stuyvesant International Racing	Gregg Hansford	Mazda RX-7	2:18.051	2:15.85
9	41	Chequered Flag Magazine	Bob Morris	Mazda RX-7	2:18.107	2:16.05
10	12	John Goss Racing Pty. Ltd.	Tom Walkinshaw	Jaguar XJS	2:18.960	2:16.09

Official results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	C	05	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock Larry Perkins	Holden VK Commodore	163	1	2
2	C	25	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team	John Harvey David Parsons	Holden VK Commodore	161	12
3	C	42	Peter Stuyvesant International Racing	Gregg Hansford Allan Moffat	Mazda RX-7	161	6	8
4	C	8	K-Mart Auto Racing	Warren Cullen Alan Jones	Holden VK Commodore	161	13
5	C	28	Bayside Spare Parts	Barry Lawrence Alan Browne	Holden VH Commodore	158	17
6	C	10	John Sands Racing	Rusty French Geoff Russell	Holden VH Commodore	154	31
7	C	47	Brian Callaghan	Barry Graham Brian Callaghan	Ford XE Falcon	154	21
8	C	33	Michael Burgmann	Mike Burgmann Bob Stevens	Mazda RX-7	153	39
9	C	35	Goodyear Car Owners Club	Ron Gillard Mark Gibbs	Mazda RX-7	153	19
10	C	27	Bryan Byrt ford	Alf Grant Craig Harris	Ford XD Falcon	153	42
11	C	52	Fred Geissler	Fred Geissler Ralph Radburn	Holden VH Commodore	153	27
12	A	61	Mobil Rover Racing	Jeff Allam Armin Hahne	Rover Vitesse	152	36
13	C	19	Ken Mathews Prestige Cars	Ken Mathews Greg Toepfer	Holden VH Commodore	151	32
14	C	21	Lusty Engineering Pty. Ltd.	Graham Lusty John Lusty	Holden VH Commodore	148	35
15	A	62	JPS Team BMW	Denny Hulme Leopold von Bayern	BMW 635 CSi	148	49
16	C	15	Nissan Motor Co.	George Fury Gary Scott	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	146	3	1
17	C	7	Qld Highway Patrol Racing Team	Lester Smerdon Wayne Park	Holden VK Commodore	145	53
18	C	51	Tokico	Tony Mulvihill Brian Nightingale	Mazda RX-7	140	44
19	C	37	Graham Stones	Graham Stones Ian Stones	Mazda RX-7	138	47
20	A	69	Don Smith	Barry Seton Don Smith	Ford Mustang	136	56
21	A	65	Hulcraft Autos	John Craft Les Grose	Ford Capri Mk.III	135	60
22	A	67	Ray Gulson	Ray Gulson Grant O'Donnell	Alfa Romeo GTV6	131	58
23	C	24	Scotty Taylor Holden	Alan Taylor Kevin Kennedy	Holden VH Commodore	130	33
24	C	45	James Keogh	Bernie Stack Wayne Clift Terry Shiel	Holden VH Commodore	130	23
25	C	38	Bayswater Auto Wreckers Pty. Ltd.	Colin Campbell John Faulkner	Holden VH Commodore	130	23
26	A	73	Racing Car News	Bob Holden Alexandra Surplice	Toyota Sprinter AE86	125	63
27	C	32	Berklee Exhausts	Chris Clearihan David Grose	Mazda RX-7	123	50
28	A	63	Chris Heyer's Kingswood Import Centre	Chris Heyer Gerard Murphy	Audi 5+5	117	64
29	A	60	Mobil Rover Racing	Steve Soper Ron Dickson	Rover Vitesse	116	38
DNF	C	13	Bruce Keith Smith	Bruce Smith Graeme Waswo	Holden VH Commodore	123	37
DNF	C	49	Kenmar Agency Pty. Ltd.	John Donnelly Simon Harrex	Ford XD Falcon	122	55
DNF	C	22	P.F. Motor Racing	Bryan Thomson John Mann	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	121	45
DNF	A	75	Laurie Hazelton	Laurie Hazelton Jerry Strauberg	Ford Capri Mk.III	119	62
DNF	C	30	Tony Kavich	Tony Kavich John Duggan	Mazda RX-7	117	43
DNF	C	44	Chequered Flag Magazine	Graham Moore Peter McKay	Mazda RX-7	116	30
DNF	A	70	Network Alfa	Colin Bond Alfredo Costanzo	Alfa Romeo GTV6	111	52
DNF	C	40	King George Tavern	Joe Moore Bob Muir	Ford XE Falcon	110	24
DNF	C	3	Cadbury Schweppes Pty. Ltd.	Peter Janson Garry Rogers	Holden VH Commodore	109	16
DNF	C	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson John French	Ford XE Falcon	107	3	3
DNF	C	26	Everlast Battery Service	Bill O'Brien Gary Cooke	Ford XD Falcon	104	28
DNF	A	72	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith Stephen Brook	Toyota Sprinter AE86	100	57
DNF	C	41	Chequered Flag Magazine	Bob Morris Barry Jones	Mazda RX-7	97	7	9
DNF	A	68	Greville Arnel	Greville Arnel Lyndon Arnel	Mitsubishi Starion	95	54
DNF	C	29	Freedom Fence	Paul Jones Peter Hopwood	Ford XE Falcon	88	20
DNF	C	39	John Bundy	John Bundy Norm Carr	Mazda RX-7	83	34
DNF	C	16	Nissan Motor Co.	Christine Gibson Glenn Seton	Nissan Pulsar EXA	76	26
DNF	C	6	Roadways Racing Pty. Ltd.	Allan Grice Steve Harrington	Holden VK Commodore	70	2	4
DNF	C	9	K-Mart Auto Racing	Andrew Harris Ron Harrop	Holden VH Commodore	51	18
DNF	C	4	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan Geoff Leeds	Holden VH Commodore	48	14
DNF	C	31	JPS Team BMW	Jim Richards Tony Longhurst	BMW 635 CSi	39	10	6
DNF	C	50	Petrolon Slick 50	Peter McLeod Graeme Bailey	Mazda RX-7	39	15
DNF	C	11	Magic Eleven	Garry Willmington Mike Griffin	Ford XD Falcon	37	41
DNF	C	14	John English	John English Paul Gulson	Ford XD Falcon	34	29
DNF	A	66	Equipe Sixty Six (Hong Kong)	Kevin Bartlett Peter Fitzgerald	Mitsubishi Starion	27	61
DNF	C	20	Jim Keogh	Jim Keogh Terry Shiel	Holden VH Commodore	17	25
DNF	C	2	Masterton Homes Pty. Ltd.	Steve Masterton Bruce Stewart	Ford XE Falcon	16	9	7
DNF	C	43	Peter Stuyvesant International Racing	Allan Moffat Gregg Hansford	Mazda RX-7	15	5	5
DNF	C	36	Roadways Racing Pty. Ltd.	Steve Harrington Allan Grice	Holden VH Commodore	7	11
DNF	A	64	Capri Components	Lawrie Nelson Peter Jones	Ford Mustang	1	59
DNF	C	18	Valentine Greetings	Murray Carter John Murdern	Mazda RX-7	0	22
DNF	C	12	John Goss Racing Pty. Ltd.	John Goss Tom Walkinshaw	Jaguar XJS	0	8	10
DNF	C	34	Pennant Hills Suspension Centre	John Tesoriero Bob Tindal	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	0	46
DNF	A	77	Peter Williamson Toyota	Peter Williamson Charlie O'Brien	Toyota Celica Supra	0	51
DNS	A	71	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson John French	Ford Mustang		48

Notes

• Cars 12, 34 & 77 were involved in a startline accident which caused the race to be stopped. All three cars failed to take the restart.^[1]

• Car 18 was involved in a separate accident during the first lap of the initial race being shunted off the track and into a fence on Conrod Straight by another car not heeding the red flags and was also unable to front for the second start.^[1]

References

Statistics

• Provisional Pole Position - #05 Peter Brock - 2:14.31
• Pole Position - #15 George Fury - 2:13.850
• Fastest Lap - #05 Peter Brock - 2:15.13 (lap record)
• Average Speed - 158 km/h
• Race Time - 6:23:13.06

External links

• Australian Titles Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 30 March 2009
• 1984 James Hardie 1000 race results Retrieved from www.touringcarracing.net on 4 October 2007
• 1984 James Hardie 1000 race results & Official Programme Retrieved from www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au on 4 October 2007
• Images from the 1984 James Hardie 1000 Retrieved from www.autopics.com.au on 30 March 2009