That race was a triumph of the European entrants with the Jaguar XJ-S's of Tom Walkinshaw Racing first and third split by the Schnitzer Motorsport BMW. After leading in the early stages, because of better fuel mileage than the Jaguars, the JPS team's race was undone by oil on the track that put both team cars into the same sandtrap losing them four laps. Despite making back a lap he and up-and-coming co-driver Tony Longhurst could only manage 4th albeit first local entry home.