1985 Pukekohe 500
# 1985 Pukekohe 500

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 1985 Nissan Sports Series. The race, held over 143 laps of the 2.841 km (1.765 mi) circuit for a total of 406 km (252 mi).

The race, held a week after the Wellington 500, was won by New Zealand drivers Neville Crichton and Wayne Wilkinson driving a BMW 635 CSi from the Tom Walkinshaw Racing Rover Vitesse of Tom Walkinshaw and Win Percy with Kiwis Neal Lowe and Kent Baigent 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 | John Andrew Motorsport | Neville Crichton Wayne Wilkinson | 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 | Kent Baigent Neal Lowe | BMW 635 CSi | 141 | 5 |
| 4 | Div.3 | 11 | Mark Petch Motorsport | Michel Delcourt Robbie Francevic | Volvo 240T | 141 | 6 |
| 5 | Div.1 | 71 | | Paul Adams Allan Woolf | Toyota Corolla GT AE86 | 127 | 11 |
| 6 | Div.2 | 37 | Dealer Team Nissan | Kevin Ryan Ian Tulloch | Nissan Bluebird Turbo | 124 | 19 |
| 7 | Div.2 | 67 | Ray Gulson | Ray Gulson Grant O'Donnell | Alfa Romeo GTV6 | 124 | 8 |
| 8 | Div.1 | 72 | Bob Holden Motors | Bob Holden Glenn Clark | Toyota Sprinter | 123 | 10 |
| 9 | Div.2 | 32 | | Glenn McIntyre Dennis Roderick | Isuzu Gemini ZZ | 122 | 18 |
| 10 | Div.2 | 32 | MacDonald Halligan Motors | Derek MacDonald Ross MacDonald | Mitsubishi Mirage Turbo | 122 | 16 |
| 11 | Div.1 | 74 | Sip ‘n Save Wines | Colin McGregor Bryce Platt | VW Golf GTI | 117 | 15 |
| ?? | Div.2 | 34 | Chris Heyer's Kingswood Import Centre | Chris Heyer Graham McGregor | Audi 80 2.2 | ?? | 14 |
| ?? | Div.1 | 73 | K. Bolton | Steve Willy David Janes | Toyota Corolla GT AE86 | ?? | 13 |
| ?? | Div.3 | 10 | Pegasus Enterprises Ltd. | Robert Delbin Chris Delbin | Holden VK Commodore | ?? | 12 |
| ?? | Div.3 | 9 | | Lew McKinnon John Power | Holden VK Commodore | ?? | 9 |
| DNF | Div.3 | 6 | Johnstone BMW Auckland | John Morton 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 | Bruce Anderson Dick Johnson | Ford XE Falcon | ?? | 4 |
| DNF | Div.2 | 31 | L. Tattle | Bob Barry Rob Whitehouse | Fiat Ritmo 130TC | ?? | 17 |
| DNS | Div.2 | 8 | Gemco Motor Sport | Gary Pederson Dave McMillan | Fiat Ritmo 130TC | | |

* The event attracted 20 entries and 19 starters.
