1985 Pukekohe 500

Layout of the Pukekohe Park Raceway (1967-1989)

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 . 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 driving a BMW 635 CSi from the Tom Walkinshaw Racing Rover Vitesse of Tom Walkinshaw and Win Percy with Kiwis and 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		Neville Crichton	BMW 635 CSi	143	2
2	Div.3	2	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Tom Walkinshaw Win Percy	Rover Vitesse	143	1
3	Div.3	3	H. Kent Baigent		BMW 635 CSi	141	5
4	Div.3	11	Mark Petch Motorsport	Robbie Francevic	Volvo 240T	141	6
5	Div.1	71		Paul Adams	Toyota Corolla GT AE86	127	11
6	Div.2	37	Dealer Team Nissan	Ian Tulloch	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	124	19
7	Div.2	67	Ray Gulson		Alfa Romeo GTV6	124	8
8	Div.1	72	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden	Toyota Sprinter	123	10
9	Div.2	32			Isuzu Gemini ZZ	122	18
10	Div.2	32	MacDonald Halligan Motors		Mitsubishi Mirage Turbo	122	16
11	Div.1	74	Sip ‘n Save Wines		VW Golf GTI	117	15
??	Div.2	34	Chris Heyer's Kingswood Import Centre		Audi 80 2.2	??	14
??	Div.1	73	K. Bolton		Toyota Corolla GT AE86	??	13
??	Div.3	10	Pegasus Enterprises Ltd.		Holden VK Commodore	??	12
??	Div.3	9			Holden VK Commodore	??	9
DNF	Div.3	6	Johnstone BMW Auckland	Frank Sytner	BMW 635 CSi	??	3
DNF	Div.3	05	Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock Larry Perkins	Holden VK Commodore	??	7
DNF	Div.3	17	Bruce Anderson	Dick Johnson	Ford XE Falcon	??	4
DNF	Div.2	31	L. Tattle		Fiat Ritmo 130TC	??	17
DNS	Div.2	8	Gemco Motor Sport	Dave McMillan	Fiat Ritmo 130TC

* The event attracted 20 entries and 19 starters.

Notes[]

• Pole Position: #2 Tom Walkinshaw, Rover Vitesse - 1:29.80
• Fastest Lap: N/A
• Race Time: N/A

References[]

See also[]

• James Hardie 1000, 1985/86
• The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989
• The Official Racing History of Holden, 1988