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Originally Posted by William Dale Jr
1985 Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 5 - Adelaide International Raceway, SA (21/4/1985)
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1985 Australian Touring Car Championship
Round 5 - Adelaide International Raceway, SA (21/4/1985)
Circuit Length: 2.41 km
Race Distance: 42 laps
| Position | Number | Entrant | Driver | Car | Class | Race Time/Laps | Retirement Cause | Fastest Time | Qualifying Time | Grid Position |
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| 1 | 62 | JPS Team BMW | Jim Richards | BMW 635CSi | C | 43m01s | | 1m00.79s | 0m59.71s | 1 |
| 2 | 05 | Mobil Holden Dealer Team | Peter Brock | Holden Commodore VK | C | 42 laps | | 1m01.00s | 1m00.41s | 2 |
| 3 | 17 | Palmer Tube Mills | Dick Johnson | Ford Mustang | C | 42 laps | | 1m00.86s | 1m00.66s | 3 |
| 4 | 31 | JPS Team BMW | Neville Crichton | BMW 635CSi | C | 42 laps | | 1m01.11s | 1m00.97s | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | | Kent Baigent | BMW 635CSi | C | 42 laps | | 1m01.91s | 1m01.35s | 6 |
| 6 | 26 | Network Alfa | Colin Bond | Alfa Romeo GTV6 | B | 41 laps | | 1m02.43s | 1m01.67s | 8 |
| 7 | 77 | | Peter Williamson | Toyota Supra | B | 41 laps | | 1m02.45s | 1m02.14s | 13 |
| 8 | 66 | Mitsubishi Ralliart | Kevin Bartlett | Mitsubishi Starion | B | 41 laps | | 1m02.93s | 1m01.80s | 10 |
| 9 | 96 | | Tim Slako | Rover Vitesse | C | 40 laps | | 1m02.59s | 1m01.86s | 12 |
| 10 | 28 | Capri Components | Lawrie Nelson | Ford Mustang | C | 40 laps | | 1m03.58s | 1m02.45s | 15 |
| 11 | 57 | | Laurie Hazelton | Ford Capri | B | | | | | 18 |
| 12 | 10 | Toyota Team Australia | John Smith | Toyota Corolla AE86 Coupe | A | | | | | 17 |
| 13 | 11 | Toyota Team Australia | Drew Price | Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback | A | | | | | 16 |
| 14 | 13 | Bob Holden Motors | Bob Holden | Toyota Corolla AE86 Liftback | A | | | | | 19 |
| 15 | 12 | | Garry Willmington | Jaguar XJ-S | C | | | | | 11 |
| 16 | 27 | Network Alfa | Alan Jones | Alfa Romeo GTV6 | B | | | | 1m01.42s | 7 |
| 17 | 20 | | Jim Keogh | Holden Commodore VK | | | | | | 14 |
| 18 | 36 | | Mike Minear | Volvo 360GT | A | | | | | 20 |
| 19 | 49 | | Martin Power | Triumph Dolomite | A | | | | | 21 |
| 20 | 77 | | Iain Thompson | BMW 323i | B | | | | | 23 |
| ? | 33 | | Don Smith | Ford Mustang | C | | | | | 9 |
| DNF | 21 | Mark Petch Mechanical Seals | Robbie Francevic | Volvo 240T | B | 4 laps | clutch | | 1m00.68s | 4 |
| DNF | | | Ken Harrison | Ford Escort Mexico or RS2000 | A | 2 laps | | | | 22 |
| DNA | 7 | Mobil Holden Dealer Team | tba | Holden Commodore VK | C | | | | | |
| DNA | 54 | Brian Sampson | Brian Sampson | Mitsubishi Starion Turbo | B | | | | | |
Quoted from William Dale Jr. To my reckoning this was the first time TTA had two Toyota Corollas on the grid. So far John Smith had been driving the 3-door Coupé seen at Bathurst '84. This car was now in the hands of Drew Price, while Smith debuted a new 2-door sedan/coupé.
Jesper