1983 James Hardie 1000


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 was 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 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. 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 Holder 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.

Class structure

Entries were divided into two classes based on engine capacity:

Over 3000 cc

For cars of over 3000cc engine capacity, it featured BMW 635 CSi, Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Falcon, Holden Commodore, Mazda RX-7 and Nissan Bluebird.

Under 3000 cc

For cars of under 3000cc engine capacity, it featured Alfa Romeo GTV6, Audi 5+5, Ford Capri, Isuzu Gemini and Nissan Pulsar.

Hardies Heroes

The final order of the first ten grid positions was established in the "Hardies Heroes" session on the day before the race. 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. The fastest lap of each car set its grid position.
PosNoEntrantsDriverCarHHQual
Pole05Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Peter BrockHolden VH Commodore SS2:16.2702:15.3
215Nissan Motor Co. Australia P/L George FuryNissan Bluebird Turbo2:17.5092:17.2
33Cadbury-Schweppes Pty. Ltd. David ParsonsHolden VH Commodore SS2:18.2122:17.8
431JPS Team BMW Jim RichardsBMW 635 CSi2:18.4142:17.6
525Marlboro Holden Dealer Team John HarveyHolden VH Commodore SS2:18.5492:18.0
622Cullen Automotive Industries Warren CullenHolden VH Commodore SS2:18.5632:18.3
711Soundwave Discos Garry RogersHolden VH Commodore SS2:18.6482:18.5
86STP Roadways Racing Allan GriceHolden VH Commodore SS2:18.9632:17.8
94John Sands Racing Bob MorrisHolden VH Commodore SS2:21.1842:19.1
1017Palmer Tube Mills Dick JohnsonFord XE FalconNo time2:16.3

Full results of the 1983 James Hardie 1000 were:
PosClassNoEntrantsDriversCarLapsQual
Pos
Shootout
Pos
1Over 3000 cc25Marlboro Holden Dealer Team John Harvey
Peter Brock
Larry Perkins
Holden VH Commodore SS16375
2Over 3000 cc43Peter Stuyvesant International Allan Moffat
Yoshimi Katayama
Mazda RX-716214
3Over 3000 cc6STP Roadways Racing Allan Grice
Colin Bond
Holden VH Commodore SS16058
4Over 3000 cc14STP Roadways Racing Steve Harrington
Garth Wigston
Holden VH Commodore SS15811
5Over 3000 cc50Petrolon Slick 50 Peter McLeod
Graeme Bailey
Mazda RX-715819
6Over 3000 cc12Team Toshiba Jim Keogh
Leo Leonard
Holden VH Commodore SS15717
7Over 3000 cc27Alf Grant Alf Grant
David Seldon
Ford XD Falcon15626
8Over 3000 cc4John Sands Racing Bob Morris
Rusty French
Holden VH Commodore SS154109
9Over 3000 cc35Tokico Phil Alexander
Ron Gillard
Mazda RX-715324
10Over 3000 cc9Andrew Harris Andrew Harris
Gary Cooke
Ford XE Falcon*
Holden VH Commodore SS
15130
11Over 3000 cc41B.F. Goodrich Australia Ltd. Barry Jones
Rod Millen
Mazda RX-715140
12Over 3000 cc11Soundwave Discos Garry Rogers
Clive Benson-Brown
Holden VH Commodore SS14997
13Over 3000 cc8Everlast Battery Service Garry Willmington
Mike Griffin
Ford XD Falcon14733
14Over 3000 cc24Scotty Taylor Holden Alan Taylor
Kevin Kennedy
Holden VH Commodore SS14636
15Under 3000 cc64Les Grose Les Grose
Alan Cant
Ford Capri Mk. III14447
16Over 3000 cc13Greg Symes Greg Symes
Bruce Smith
Holden VH Commodore SS14131
17Under 3000 cc58Ray Gulson Ray Gulson
Gerard Murphy
Alfa Romeo GTV614151
18Over 3000 cc51Tony Mulvihill Tony Mulvihill
John Murden
Mazda RX-713849
19Over 3000 cc26Everlast Battery Service Bill O'Brien
Brian Sampson
Ford XD Falcon13622
20Over 3000 cc47Brian Callaghan Barry Graham
Brian Callaghan
Ford XE Falcon13628
21Over 3000 cc32Johnnie Walker Johnnie Walker
Gene Cook
Mazda RX-713544
22Over 3000 cc16Nissan Motor Co. Australia P/L Fred Gibson
John French
Nissan Bluebird Turbo13418
23Over 3000 cc19Ken Mathews Prestige Cars P/L Ken Mathews
Greg Toepfer
Holden VH Commodore SS13223
24Under 3000 cc63Chris Heyer's Kingswood Import Centre Chris Heyer
Don Bretland
Audi 5+513257
25Under 3000 cc61John White John White
Bernie McLure
Isuzu Gemini12552
26Under 3000 cc59Capri Components Lawrie Nelson
Peter Jones
Ford Capri Mk. III11448
DNFUnder 3000 cc55Barry Seton Barry Seton
Glenn Seton
Ford Capri Mk. III13441
DNFOver 3000 cc15Nissan Motor Co. Australia P/L George Fury
Garry Scott
Nissan Bluebird Turbo13032
DNFOver 3000 cc37Eurocars Pty. Ltd. Terry Shiel
Wally Storey
Mazda RX-712215
DNFOver 3000 cc33Dreamworld Mike Burgmann
Tony Longhurst
Chevrolet Camaro Z2812121
DNFOver 3000 cc53Fred Geissler Fred Geissler
Ralph Radburn
Holden VH Commodore SS11629
DNFOver 3000 cc22Cullen Automotive Industries Warren Cullen
Ron Harrop
Holden VH Commodore SS11686
DNFOver 3000 cc3Cadbury-Schweppes Pty. Ltd. Peter Janson
David Parsons
Holden VH Commodore SS10663
DNFOver 3000 cc42T. P. Ryan Terry Ryan
Graham Storah
Mazda RX-78456
DNFOver 3000 cc48Roger Manson Holden Andrew Manson
Geoffrey Manson
Holden VH Commodore SS8038
NCOver 3000 cc38Gawler, SA Bernie Stack
Bob Jennings
Holden VH Commodore SS6832
DNFOver 3000 cc10Terry Finnigan Terry Finnigan
Geoff Leeds
Holden VH Commodore SS6216
DNFUnder 3000 cc57L. J. Hazelton Laurie Hazelton
Jerry Strauberg
Ford Capri Mk. III6154
DNFOver 3000 cc17Palmer Tube Mills Dick Johnson
Kevin Bartlett
Ford XE Falcon*61210
NCOver 3000 cc34Peter Stuyvesant International Gregg Hansford
Garry Waldon
Mazda RX-74912
DNFOver 3000 cc29John Donnelly John Donnelly
Kerry Baily
Ford XD Falcon3746
DNFOver 3000 cc36Gerry Burges Gerry Burges
Roger Mandeville
Mazda RX-73539
DNFOver 3000 cc23Bryan Byrt Ford John English
Paul Gulson
Ford XD Falcon3227
DNFOver 3000 cc21Ron Dickson Ron Dickson
Bob Stevens
Mazda RX-72434
DNFOver 3000 cc20King George Tavern Joe Moore
Graham Moore
Ford XE Falcon1735
DNFOver 3000 cc2Masterton Homes Pty. Ltd. Steve Masterton
Bruce Stewart
Ford XE Falcon1713
DNFOver 3000 cc18Valentine Greetings Murray Carter
David Clement
Mazda RX-71425
DNFUnder 3000 cc60Nissan Motor Co. Australia P/L Christine Gibson
Bob Muir
Nissan Pulsar EXA1437
DNFOver 3000 cc05Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Peter Brock
Holden VH Commodore SS811
DNFOver 3000 cc39John Bundy John Bundy
Mazda RX-7842
DNFOver 3000 cc31JPS Team BMW Jim Richards
BMW 635 CSi644
DNFOver 3000 cc45Gary Hinton Gary Hinton
Lester Smerdon
Holden VC Commodore550
DNFUnder 3000 cc56Hulcraft Autos John Craft
Don Smith
Ford Capri Mk. III343
DNFOver 3000 cc40CDT Performance Vehicles Tony Hubbard
Ford XE Falcon345
DNFOver 3000 cc52Ron Grose
David Grose
Mazda RX-7353
DNSUnder 3000 cc62Daily Planet
Toyota Celica055
DNSOver 3000 cc28Bayside Spare Parts
Holden VH Commodore SS*20
DNSOver 3000 cc30Tony Kavich
Mazda RX-758

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