BAILEY/GRICE 1986 BATHURST 1000 Full Highlights

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The 1986 James Hardie 1000 was an endurance motor race held on 5 October 1986 at the Mount Panorama Circuit, just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia.
The race, which was the 27th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race, was the fourth round of both the 1986 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1986 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.
The race saw the long-awaited victory of Allan Grice. Grice (in his 15th Great Race start) and his 1986 co-driver and team sponsor through his Chickadee Chicken business Graeme Bailey, took their Roadways Racing (Les Small) built Holden VK Commodore SS Group A to victory over the similar Holden Dealer Team Commodore of John Harvey and Neal Lowe.
Gary Scott took out Pole Position in the Nissan Skyline DR30 RS.
For full results see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Ja...
Allan Grice wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_G...
Allan Grice Facebook:
/ allan.grice.1
Graeme Bailey wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_...
Sydney Morning Herald 30th Anniversary story:
www.smh.com.au/sport/motorspor...
Commentated by:
Mike Raymond, Garry Wilkinson, Neil Crompton, Neville Hay, Richard Hay, Pat Welsh.
All credit to Channel 7 Sport Australia.
Brilliant video editing by Noel Brady.
VHS from the Allan Grice Collection.
Music:
www.audioblocks.com
Organic Grunge Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Dedicated to the memory of Mike Burgmann.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Bu...
Motor sport is an international language.

[@beatlemike9]

There's nothing more relaxing than Brocky casually thrashing a car with his arm on the window sill, having a chat!

[@slymcp7087]

16:15 RIP Mike Bergman

[@brettwatson-will3388]

John Harvey drove really well in this race... R.I.P Legend.

[@HereIsMyOffer]

47:42 Never get tired of this footage...The sound of Brocks Commodore and that smooth double clutching is magical!

[@MrLeverington]

I was only 17 and watched this on the lounge nursing a massive hangover after our footy presentation the night before. Even as a Ford fan, I was happy for to Grice win. I'm from Mailtand and he was from Cessnock, so not too far away. I've met Gricey a couple of times and he's a real down to earth guy. He had a business in Hawks Nest where I'd go for the holidays and he gave my friend and I a free soft drink as our order was taking a while.

[@davidcarr2649]

I had just turned 18 and lived in Sydney Fairly sure I had a hangover too. lol

[@janreznak881]

Thank you thank you thank you for leaving Mike Raymond's opening in this clip. They really add to the presentation of the individual events. It's a shame so many clips don't have them. Whilst I don't agree with a lot of the things he did behind the scenes, I did enjoy his commentary immensely, even when his biases were on display.

[@markmark5269]

Les Small won this race, and he doesn't get enough credit for it. Holy smoke did Grice's Commodore have some grunt, blew away every other Commodore in a straight line, and in Europe, the Mobil Commodores couldn't get near it.

[@colinstewart1432]

Really enjoyed this blast from back in the day. Those old V8 engines sound absolutely gorgeous especially on downshift. Brocks' commentary lap was great stuff. Great upload 🤘😎🤘

[@justinreynolds2235]

The race we lost Mike Burgmann

[@geoffhill6992]

he hit the tyre wall at bridgestone bridge at at least 200kph ended up in the back seat and died from massive internal bleeding from the whiplash - i remember when the extracted him from the car - the poor guy was pale as a ghost

[@StFidjnr]

@@geoffhill6992 the year after that they added the chase

[@darren2514fv]

The main 1.6-2.5 class rival for the Mercedes 190E 2.3 16 in the UK was the Escort Turbo in the rest of Europe it was the BMW 323i/325i

[@geoffhill6992]

gricey gets his first - twas magic back in the day

[@marknatasha89]

Loving some of that background music - hits of the day by Lena Pelay, Steve Winwood, I'm Talking, Machinations, etc. Equally legendary to the cars and drivers.

[@tysoncrow8071]

Geejus I'm 46 now and I can still remember watching all day and hoping for the chickadee commodore would win even though I knew nothing about racing except my dad was supporting them because he was a rally driver a privateer no sponsors and he was driver mechanic pit crew you name it and he done it on very limited funds and I saw the sacrifices he made ( selling his boat and caravan ), spending long nights out in the workshop and he never won anything not even the local chook raffle so I understood that the chickadee car and team put in so much effort . And it felt good to see the little man give it to them.

[@gregbassace1]

TYSON CROW: I remembered he once owned the Chickadee factory til it was sold to Ingram’s in 2006. We live up the hill behind the complex and can smell the cooking in the night air. His car was on display at a car repair shop at West Gosford for a week in 2006 celebrating 20 years since that win. When the now extinct Gosford Car Museum featured a history of Bathurst cars, the Chickadee Commodore was on display.

[@MrZeddy100]

Last of the privateers.

[@stonecoldfrostgamingstudio2532]

my grandfather helped build this car when my dad was a young

[@markbrophy4331]

Great channel.

[@MrTonifumi]

That Nissan was pole dancing. Awesome

[@captainkaos1770]

Mighty Vk. Still own a 308 Vk Calais and my first has been passed to my brother as a keepsake, both in mint condition. Nothing beats cracking the old secondarys open on a sunny day and smelling fuel. Mmmm

[@BruceLee-sw4ms]

The Holden ran a 304 V8 because of group A regulations.

[@Pablo668]

I remember this race because of the sad race accident that claimed a life and the first time I'd seen a Sierra there. It was odd how the Sierra dropped out early yet by the next year they were dominating. Seriously good race car they turned out to be.

[@BruceLee-sw4ms]

The Sierra in this race was a XR4Ti 2.3 litre 8 valve engine - only had 2 weeks to develop the car which was not designed to race like the Cosworth 16valve twin cam RS & RS500 was the car. Built to the rules at the time to be a winner.

[@davidcarr2649]

R.I.P Mike Bergman.

[@shanebarker3131]

Loved the stance this car had , it just looked fatter compared to the HDT cars

[@druslocallawncare109]

love the sound of brokys vk always found the gear pattern weird when watching it lol

[@Hapkido82AUS]

Reverse H pattern 5 speed, so 2-3/4-5 are straight line shifts (and leaves 1st out on a dogleg for starts only etc) Some on-board from same 80s era BMW'S are the same (Getrag)

[@darren2514fv]

Was this the Bathurst that Prince Philip attended and visited the HDT pit garage and talking to Allan Moffatt

[@simonkevnorris]

Yes, watch around the 16:55 mark.

[@nealadsett8484]

Does anyone know what the second piece of music is? The one where the narrator is explaining about the race and competitors. I alway loved that music since 86 but don’t know what it is.

[@AutoRockinRacing94]

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[@nealadsett8484]

Your a star! That takes me right back to the start of my love of Bathurst when I was about 10, watching the highlights in the Uk.

[@nealadsett8484]

Another song Australian channel 7 used for motor sport was Angry Anderson , Bound For Glory. Another song that takes me right back! Have a listen.

[@charleyfarley9366]

“Holy Word” by I’m Talking is playing in the background during the starting grid segment.

[@lyndongervais3374]

Big boost only good for qualifying not for long distance races at that time.

[@alfredneuman6488]

You would hardly know from the commentary that the car was owned and co driven by Graeme Bailey......

[@sigmundsakoman7448]

And still in his Garage today………

[@alfredneuman6488]

@@sigmundsakoman7448yup.