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The 1983 James Hardie 1000 was a motor race for Group C Touring Cars contested at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 2 October 1983. It was the 24th "Bathurst 1000" and the third to carry the James Hardie 1000 name. The race, which took place as part of Round 4 of the 1983 Australian Endurance Championship, was contested over 163 laps of the 6.172 km circuit, a total distance of 1006.036 km.
The Holden Dealer Team took a controversial, but legal, victory with the team's second Holden VH Commodore SS driven by John Harvey, Peter Brock and Larry Perkins. Harvey and Phil Brock qualified the car but after the #05 car blew its engine on lap 8, Peter Brock and Perkins transferred themselves into Harvey's car. Phil Brock never drove the car on race day and was forced to spectate as his three teammates won the race in the car he qualified in, a decision that he claimed was made by Perkins as team manager despite Perkins being the slowest qualifier of the quartet and despite it also being legal for four drivers to drive one car (something Perkins refutes claiming the rules only allowed a maximum of three drivers per car). The car was also the car which Peter Brock and Larry Perkins had won the race in 1982 and updated to 1983 specs, meaning this Holden Commodore became the first race car to win the Bathurst 1000 twice. The Holden Dealer Team Commodore finished a lap ahead of Allan Moffat and Japanese driver Yoshimi Katayama in their Peter Stuyvesant sponsored Mazda RX-7. It would be the closest Mazda would get to winning the race. Third was the STP Roadways Racing Holden Commodore driven by 1982 pole sitter Allan Grice and 1969 winner Colin Bond.
Only three cars in the race were driven by drivers who had both previously won the race. The three cars were: the #05 Holden Dealer Team (entered Holden VH Commodore SS of defending race winners Brock and Perkins), the #17 Ford XE Falcon of Dick Johnson and Kevin Bartlett, and the #16 Nissan Bluebird Turbo of Fred Gibson and John French.
Entries were divided into two classes based on engine capacity:[1]
For cars of over 3000cc engine capacity, it featured BMW 635 CSi, Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Falcon, Holden Commodore, Mazda RX-7 and Nissan Bluebird. [1]
For cars of under 3000cc engine capacity, it featured Alfa Romeo GTV6, Audi 5+5, Ford Capri, Isuzu Gemini and Nissan Pulsar.[1]the race for the under 3 litre class was won by Australian Driver Allan "ACE" Cant and co driver and team owner NZ born Les Grose in the #64 wideline windows ford capri.
The final order of the first ten grid positions was established in the "Hardies Heroes" session on the day before the race.[2] This involved the fastest eight cars from qualifying plus two others at the discretion of the organisers contesting two, single timed laps, one car at a time.[2] The fastest lap of each car set its grid position.[2]
Pos | No | Entrants | Driver | Car | HH | Qual |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pole | 05 | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team | ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 2:16.270 | 2:15.3 |
2 | 15 | Nissan Motor Co. Australia P/L | ![]() |
Nissan Bluebird Turbo | 2:17.509 | 2:17.2 |
3 | 3 | Cadbury-Schweppes Pty. Ltd. | ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 2:18.212 | 2:17.8 |
4 | 31 | JPS Team BMW | ![]() |
BMW 635 CSi | 2:18.414 | 2:17.6 |
5 | 25 | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team | ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 2:18.549 | 2:18.0 |
6 | 22 | Cullen Automotive Industries | ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 2:18.563 | 2:18.3 |
7 | 11 | Soundwave Discos | ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 2:18.648 | 2:18.5 |
8 | 6 | STP Roadways Racing | ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 2:18.963 | 2:17.8 |
9 | 4 | John Sands Racing | ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 2:21.184 | 2:19.1 |
10 | 17 | Palmer Tube Mills | ![]() |
Ford XE Falcon | No time | 2:16.3 |
Full results of the 1983 James Hardie 1000 were:
Pos | Class | No | Entrants | Drivers | Car | Laps | Qual Pos |
Shootout Pos |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Over 3000 cc | 25 | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 163 | 7 | 5 |
2 | Over 3000 cc | 43 | Peter Stuyvesant International | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 162 | 14 | |
3 | Over 3000 cc | 6 | STP Roadways Racing | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 160 | 5 | 8 |
4 | Over 3000 cc | 14 | STP Roadways Racing | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 158 | 11 | |
5 | Over 3000 cc | 50 | Petrolon Slick 50 | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 158 | 19 | |
6 | Over 3000 cc | 12 | Team Toshiba | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 157 | 17 | |
7 | Over 3000 cc | 27 | Alf Grant | ![]() ![]() |
Ford XD Falcon | 156 | 26 | |
8 | Over 3000 cc | 4 | John Sands Racing | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 154 | 10 | 9 |
9 | Over 3000 cc | 35 | Tokico | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 153 | 24 | |
10 | Over 3000 cc | 9 | Andrew Harris | ![]() ![]() |
Ford XE Falcon* Holden VH Commodore SS |
151 | 30 | |
11 | Over 3000 cc | 41 | B.F. Goodrich Australia Ltd. | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 151 | 40 | |
12 | Over 3000 cc | 11 | Soundwave Discos | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 149 | 9 | 7 |
13 | Over 3000 cc | 8 | Everlast Battery Service | ![]() ![]() |
Ford XD Falcon | 147 | 33 | |
14 | Over 3000 cc | 24 | Scotty Taylor Holden | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 146 | 36 | |
15 | Under 3000 cc | 64 | Les Grose | ![]() ![]() |
Ford Capri Mk. III | 144 | 47 | |
16 | Over 3000 cc | 13 | Greg Symes | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 141 | 31 | |
17 | Under 3000 cc | 58 | Ray Gulson | ![]() ![]() |
Alfa Romeo GTV6 | 141 | 51 | |
18 | Over 3000 cc | 51 | Tony Mulvihill | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 138 | 49 | |
19 | Over 3000 cc | 26 | Everlast Battery Service | ![]() ![]() |
Ford XD Falcon | 136 | 22 | |
20 | Over 3000 cc | 47 | Brian Callaghan | ![]() ![]() |
Ford XE Falcon | 136 | 28 | |
21 | Over 3000 cc | 32 | Johnnie Walker | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 135 | 44 | |
22 | Over 3000 cc | 16 | Nissan Motor Co. Australia P/L | ![]() ![]() |
Nissan Bluebird Turbo | 134 | 18 | |
23 | Over 3000 cc | 19 | Ken Mathews Prestige Cars P/L | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 132 | 23 | |
24 | Under 3000 cc | 63 | Chris Heyer's Kingswood Import Centre | ![]() ![]() |
Audi 5+5 | 132 | 57 | |
25 | Under 3000 cc | 61 | John White | ![]() ![]() |
Isuzu Gemini | 125 | 52 | |
26 | Under 3000 cc | 59 | Capri Components | ![]() ![]() |
Ford Capri Mk. III | 114 | 48 | |
DNF | Under 3000 cc | 55 | Barry Seton | ![]() ![]() |
Ford Capri Mk. III | 134 | 41 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 15 | Nissan Motor Co. Australia P/L | ![]() ![]() |
Nissan Bluebird Turbo | 130 | 3 | 2 |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 37 | Eurocars (Northside) Pty. Ltd. | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 122 | 15 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 33 | Dreamworld | ![]() ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro Z28 | 121 | 21 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 53 | Fred Geissler | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 116 | 29 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 22 | Cullen Automotive Industries | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 116 | 8 | 6 |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 3 | Cadbury-Schweppes Pty. Ltd. | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 106 | 6 | 3 |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 42 | T. P. Ryan | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 84 | 56 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 48 | Roger Manson Holden | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 80 | 38 | |
NC | Over 3000 cc | 38 | Gawler, SA | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 68 | 32 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 10 | Terry Finnigan | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 62 | 16 | |
DNF | Under 3000 cc | 57 | L. J. Hazelton | ![]() ![]() |
Ford Capri Mk. III | 61 | 54 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 17 | Palmer Tube Mills | ![]() ![]() |
Ford XE Falcon* | 61 | 2 | 10 |
NC | Over 3000 cc | 34 | Peter Stuyvesant International | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 49 | 12 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 29 | John Donnelly | ![]() ![]() |
Ford XD Falcon | 37 | 46 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 36 | Gerry Burges | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 35 | 39 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 23 | Bryan Byrt Ford | ![]() ![]() |
Ford XD Falcon | 32 | 27 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 21 | Ron Dickson | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 24 | 34 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 20 | King George Tavern | ![]() ![]() |
Ford XE Falcon | 17 | 35 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 2 | Masterton Homes Pty. Ltd. | ![]() ![]() |
Ford XE Falcon | 17 | 13 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 18 | Valentine Greetings | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 14 | 25 | |
DNF | Under 3000 cc | 60 | Nissan Motor Co. Australia P/L | ![]() ![]() |
Nissan Pulsar EXA | 14 | 37 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 05 | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS | 8 | 1 | 1 |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 39 | John Bundy | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 8 | 42 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 31 | JPS Team BMW | ![]() ![]() |
BMW 635 CSi | 6 | 4 | 4 |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 45 | Gary Hinton | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VC Commodore | 5 | 50 | |
DNF | Under 3000 cc | 56 | Hulcraft Autos | ![]() ![]() |
Ford Capri Mk. III | 3 | 43 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 40 | CDT Performance Vehicles | ![]() ![]() |
Ford XE Falcon | 3 | 45 | |
DNF | Over 3000 cc | 52 | Ron Grose | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 3 | 53 | |
DNS | Under 3000 cc | 62 | Daily Planet | ![]() ![]() |
Toyota Celica | 0 | 55 | |
DNS | Over 3000 cc | 28 | Bayside Spare Parts | ![]() ![]() |
Holden VH Commodore SS* | 20 | ||
DNS | Over 3000 cc | 30 | Tony Kavich | ![]() ![]() |
Mazda RX-7 | 58 |
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