1990 Tooheys 1000

The 1990 Tooheys 1000 was a motor race held on 30 September 1990 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. The event was open to cars eligible under CAMS Group 3A regulations, commonly known as Group A Touring Cars, with three engine capacity classes. It was the 31st running of the "Bathurst 1000".

1990 Tooheys 1000
Previous: 1989 Next: 1991

The race, which was Round 2 of both the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, resulted in an upset victory for British driver Win Percy and 1986 Bathurst 1000 winner Allan Grice in a Holden Racing Team entered Holden Commodore over the Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra of Jeff Allam and Paul Radisich and the Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore of Larry Perkins and Tomas Mezera.

The race marked the first Bathurst 1000 victory for the Holden Racing Team and the team's first race win since Larry Perkins won the Group A support race at the Australian Grand Prix in November 1988.

Class structure

Cars competed in three divisions as follows: [1]

Division 1: 3001cc and Over

Division 1 featured the turbocharged Ford Sierras, Nissan Skylines and Toyota Supras, the V8 Holden Commodores and a BMW 635CSi.

Division 2: 1601 to 3000cc

Division 2 was composed of BMW M3s, a BMW 323i and a Mercedes-Benz 190E.

Division 3: Up to 1600cc

Division 3 was composed exclusively of various models of Toyota Corolla.

Tooheys Top Ten

PosNoTeamDriverCarTTTQual
Pole 10 Allan Moffat Enterprises Klaus Niedzwiedz Ford Sierra RS500 2:13.94 2:15.00
2 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Dick Johnson Ford Sierra RS500 2:14.17 2:14.26
3 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock Ford Sierra RS500 2:14.71 2:14.72
4 35 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Ford Sierra RS500 2:15.77 2:14.44
5 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst Ford Sierra RS500 2:16.01 2:13.84
6 16 Holden Racing Team Allan Grice Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 2:16.17 2:15.62
7 11 Perkins Engineering Larry Perkins Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 2:17.03 2:14.82
8 9 Allan Moffat Enterprises Gregg Hansford Ford Sierra RS500 2:17.97 2:15.20
9 40 Mark Petch Motorsport Gianfranco Brancatelli Ford Sierra RS500 2:23.05 2:15.32
10 20 Benson & Hedges Racing Alan Jones Ford Sierra RS500 3:21.93 2:13.84 [2]

* After being fastest qualifier by almost half a second, and breaking George Fury's 1984 Hardies Heroes record time of 2:13.85 in the process (by just 0.01 seconds), and with his B&H Sierra the fastest car on Conrod Straight at over 290 km/h (180 mph), Tony Longhurst made a mistake in the shootout and lost over two seconds while teammate Alan Jones suffered gearbox problems on his shootout lap and did not record a time.
* Klaus Niedzwiedz, who was only seven after official qualifying,[3] improved his time by over a second to win his second Top Ten for Allan Moffat Racing after also winning the "for money only" shootout in 1988.
* The Gibson Motorsport Nissan Skyline GT-R of Jim Richards and Mark Skaife, which was expected to take pole, failed to make the Top Ten, being only 0.04 behind the 10th placed Holden Racing Team Commodore of eventual race winners Win Percy and Allan Grice at the end of Friday's qualifying. During the final qualifying session, Richards reportedly matched Longhurst's top speed on Conrod.
* 1990 was the fifth and last time that Allan Grice was the fastest of the Holden Commodore runners in the Top Ten. Previously he had led the Holden charge in 1982 (pole), 1985 (4th), 1986 (2nd) and 1987 (7th).
* V8 Holdens were back in the runoff after missing out in 1989, with the Larry Perkins / Tomas Mezera car, and the Percy/Grice HRT car qualifying over 4 seconds faster than the Commodores had managed 12 months earlier.

Official results

Pos Division No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos
Shootout
Pos
1 1 16 Holden Racing Team Win Percy
Allan Grice
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 161 10 6
2 1 18 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Jeff Allam
Paul Radisich
Ford Sierra RS500 161 13
3 1 11 Perkins Engineering Larry Perkins
Tomas Mezera
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 161 6 7
4 1 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock
Andy Rouse
Ford Sierra RS500 160 5 3
5 1 7 Holden Racing Team Brad Jones
Neil Crompton
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 159 16
6 1 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock
Mike Preston
Ford Sierra RS500 159 18
7 1 38 Gullivers Travels Inc. Andrew Bagnall
Robbie Francevic
Ford Sierra RS500 155 17
8 1 39 Everlast Battery Service Bill O'Brien
Brian Sampson
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 153 31
9 1 23 Chris Lambden Chris Lambden
Greg Crick
Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 151 25
10 1 10 Allan Moffat Enterprises Klaus Niedzwiedz
Frank Biela
Pierre Dieudonné
Ford Sierra RS500 151 7 1
11 1 6 Mobil 1 Racing Andrew Miedecke
Charlie O'Brien
David Parsons
Ford Sierra RS500 149 14
12 2 51 Phil Ward Racing Phil Ward
John Goss
Mercedes-Benz 190E 148 38
13 1 21 Bob Forbes Racing Mark Gibbs
Rohan Onslow
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 148 21
14 2 52 M3 Motorsport Peter Doulman
John Cotter
BMW M3 147 47
15 1 33 Pro-Duct Motorsport Bob Pearson
Bruce Stewart
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 147 32
16 1 34 Ray Gulson Ray Gulson
Graham Gulson
BMW 635 CSi 147 43
17 1 13 Bob Forbes Motorsport Kevin Bartlett
Russell Ingall
Rohan Onslow
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 146 24
18 1 1 Nissan Motorsport Australia Jim Richards
Mark Skaife
Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R 146 11
19 1 12 Ray Lintott Ray Lintott
Gary Rush
Terry Shiel
Ford Sierra RS500 143 19
20 1 46 Garry Willmington Performance Garry Willmington
Bryan Thomson
Toyota Supra Turbo 143 40
21 1 43 Brian Callaghan Jason Bargwanna
Brian Callaghan Jr
John Gerwald
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 143 41
22 3 78 Phoenix Motorsport Geoff Full
David Ratcliff
Toyota Sprinter 142 49
23 1 44 Paul Trevathan Paul Trevathan
Andrew McDowell
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 138 45
24 2 53 Brian Bolwell Racing Brian Bolwell
David Pullen
BMW 323i 137 55
25 3 72 David Sala David Sala
Richard Vorst
Toyota Corolla 134 54
26 1 19 Car Trek Racing Bob Jones
Heather Spurle
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 133 42
27 3 70 Toyota Team Australia Paul Stokell
Mike Dowson
John Faulkner
Toyota Corolla FX-GT 130 48
DNF 1 9 Allan Moffat Enterprises Gregg Hansford
Pierre Dieudonné
Klaus Niedzwiedz
Ford Sierra RS500 138 8 8
DNF 1 30 Peter Jackson Racing George Fury
Drew Price
David Sears
Ford Sierra RS500 125 12
DNF 1 37 Brian Callaghan Brian Callaghan
Barry Graham
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 120 23
DNF 1 40 Mark Petch Motorsport Gianfranco Brancatelli
Robb Gravett
Ford Sierra RS500 118 9 9
NC 1 14 Netcomm Australia Murray Carter
Matt Wacker
Ford Sierra RS500 116 28
DNF 1 15 Toyota Team Australia John Smith
Peter McKay
Mark Poole
Toyota Supra Turbo A 112 30
DNF 3 76 Peter Verheyen Peter Verheyen
Ron Searle
Russell Becker
Toyota Sprinter 109 50
DNF 3 73 Bob Holden Motors Bob Holden
Mike Conway
Toyota Sprinter 101 53
DNF 1 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Dick Johnson
John Bowe
Ford Sierra RS500 94 3 2
DNF 1 22 Lusty Engineering Graham Lusty
Peter Janson
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 83 33
NC 1 45 Lester Smerdon Lester Smerdon
Warren Jonsson
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 83 37
DNF 2 54 Bryce Racing Brett Riley
Craig Baird
BMW M3 82 47
DNF 1 35 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton
Drew Price
Ford Sierra RS500 77 4 4
DNF 1 4 Lansvale Smash Repairs Steve Reed
Trevor Ashby
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 76 20
DNF 1 42 Lusty Engineering John Lusty
Bernie Stack
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 66 27
DNF 1 20 Benson & Hedges Racing Alan Jones
Denny Hulme
Ford Sierra RS500 65 2 10
DNF 1 2 Alf Grant Alf Grant
Tim Grant
Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 65 36
DNF 1 32 Hersonne Engineering Laurie Donaher
Marc Ducquet
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 64 44
DNF 3 75 Bob Holden Motors Dennis Rogers
Garry Jones
Toyota Corolla 60 52
DNF 3 71 Toyota Team Australia John Faulkner
Neal Bates
Toyota Corolla FX-GT 59 46
DNF 1 3 Search for a Champion Peter Gazzard
Rick Bates
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 57 35
DNF 1 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst
Mark McLaughlin
Ford Sierra RS500 53 1 5
DNF 1 29 Alcair Air Conditioning Wayne Park
John English
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 51 29
DNF 1 8 Caltex CXT Racing Team Colin Bond
Graeme Crosby
Ford Sierra RS500 44 15
DNF 1 27 Terry Finnigan Terry Finnigan
Geoff Leeds
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 37 26
DSQ[4] 1 41 Tony Mulvihill Tony Muvihill
Glenn McIntyre
Dave Barrow
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 18 39
DNF 1 26 Garry Rogers Motorsport Graham Moore
Garry Rogers
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 0 22

Statistics

  • Provisional Pole Position - #25 Tony Longhurst - 2:13.84
  • Pole Position - #10 Klaus Niedzwiedz - 2:13.94
  • Fastest Lap - #1 Mark Skaife - 2:15.46 (165.12 km/h) [5] - Lap 98 (new lap record)
  • Race time of winning car - 6:40:52.64 [6]
  • Race average of winning car - 149.72 km/h [6]

See also

1990 Australian Touring Car season

References

  1. Entry List, Official Race Programme, Toohey 1000, Mt. Panorma Bathurst 1990
  2. Australian Motor Racing Year 1990/91, page 228
  3. Australian Motor Racing Year 1990/91, page 229
  4. Clarke, Andrew (1990–91). "Day of the Underdog". The Great Race. Hornsby: Chevron Publishing Group Pty Ltd. 10: 184. ISSN 1031-6124. Tony Mulvihill had now retired his Commodore courtesy of a disqualification leading from its clutch failure...
  5. Australian Motor Racing Year 1990/91, page 280
  6. 1990 Tooheys 1000 Race Results, Tooheys 1000 Official 1991 Programme, page 29
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