The 1995 Tooheys 1000 was the 36th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 1 October 1995, at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The race was held for cars eligible under CAMS Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Car regulations, that later became known as V8 Supercars. This was the first Bathurst 1000 to be contested by single class.

Overview With only 32 cars on the starting grid it was the smallest field so far in the race's history. This was attributed to the fact that the race was run only for the outright class 5.0 Litre Touring Cars with no small car categories running for the first time in the history of the race going back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 at Phillip Island in Victoria.

Larry Perkins and Russell Ingall driving the #11 Castrol Commodore won the 1995 Tooheys 1000 in what was almost a last to first effort. Perkins clashed with the slow starting HRT Commodore of pole sitter Craig Lowndes before the first turn which pulled the valve out of a tyre forcing him to fall from third to second last on the first lap before pitting to replace the tyre. (The car credited by the official lap score with being in last place on the first lap was Russell/Shaw Commodore, which had pitted after the parade lap having broken the rear suspension. The car was repaired and they eventually came from last to finish 15th). The duo started to climb back up into contention, helped by cars ailing to go the race distance and Safety car periods including once after having just un-lapped themselves and were back in the top 5 with 20 laps to go.

Following the last Safety car, Perkins set about hauling in the leaders. He passed Brad Jones's Coke Commodore and the Peter Jackson Falcon of Alan Jones to move into second place about 7 seconds behind the Falcon of Jones' team leader Glenn Seton. Then going across the top of the mountain on lap 151, Seton's engine, built by the teams chief engine builder and Glenn's dad Barry Seton dropped a valve. Going into Murray's Corner Perkins had caught up to Seton and passed him for the lead. Perkins went on to win a famous victory while Seton's race ended less than half a lap later, the Falcon coming to a stop on the climb to the Cutting. In a show of courage, an obviously gutted Seton conducted an interview on Racecam with Channel 7 showing graciousness in defeat while the race continued with cameras in the pits showing his father Bo, head in hands not wanting to believe the race was lost after they were so close to winning.

Entry list Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car 1 25 2 27 3 28 4 30 05 33 7 35 9 36 10 37 11 38 12 39 015 49 17 54 18 55 20 60 21 62 24 74 Source:

Results Top 10 shootout

Pos No Team Driver Car TT10 Qual Pole 015 Holden Racing Team Craig Lowndes Holden VR Commodore 2:11.5540 2:12.32 2 1 Winfield Racing Mark Skaife Holden VR Commodore 2:11.9504 2:12.10 3 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Larry Perkins Holden VR Commodore 2:12.4759 2:11.58 4 7 Coca-Cola Racing Wayne Gardner Holden VR Commodore 2:12.5422 2:12.36 5 30 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Ford EF Falcon 2:12.5438 2:11.60 6 35 Peter Jackson Racing Alan Jones Ford EF Falcon 2:12.7075 2:12.79 7 18 Shell FAI Racing Steven Johnson Ford EF Falcon 2:13.1149 2:12.46 8 17 Shell FAI Racing Dick Johnson Ford EF Falcon 2:13.1854 2:11.90 9 25 Castrol Longhurst Ford Tony Longhurst Ford EF Falcon 2:13.8883 2:13.11 10 05 Holden Racing Team Peter Brock Holden VR Commodore DNF 2:12.03 * 1995 saw the first time a father and son both qualified for the shootout. Dick Johnson, competing in his 18th straight shootout, and his son Steven Johnson, in his first, qualified their Shell FAI Racing Ford EF Falcon's in 7th and 8th place, with the younger Johnson out qualifying his more experienced dad by 0.0705 seconds.* Peter Brock crashed his Holden Racing Team VR Commodore at The Cutting during his lap, thus he did not record a time and would start 10th. His HRT teammate Craig Lowndes claimed his first Bathurst pole position with a time of 2:11.554. This was 0.766 seconds faster than his qualifying time of 2:12.32.* Following a CAMS parity adjustment which saw a reduction in size to the front spoiler of the Ford EF Falcons which had dominated the 1995 ATCC, the Ford runners claimed that they were at least a second or more per lap slower than they would have been had they been able to run the originally homologated spoiler.

Race

Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps QualPos ShootoutPos 1 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Larry Perkins Russell Ingall Holden VR Commodore 161 1 3 2 35 Peter Jackson Racing Alan Jones Allan Grice David Parsons Ford EF Falcon 161 9 6 3 7 Coca-Cola Racing Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton Holden VR Commodore 161 7 4 4 2 Winfield Racing Anders Olofsson Steven Richards Holden VR Commodore 161 16 5 4 Coca-Cola Racing Brad Jones Win Percy Holden VR Commodore 161 11 6 21 Pinnacle Motorsport Tony Scott John Cleland Holden VR Commodore 158 13 7 18 Shell FAI Racing Charlie O'Brien Steven Johnson Ford EF Falcon 158 8 7 8 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock Mark McLaughlin Ford EF Falcon 152 24 9 25 Castrol Longhurst Ford Tony Longhurst Wayne Park Ford EF Falcon 149 10 9 10 39 Bill O'Brien Bill O'Brien Brian Callaghan Jr Ron Barnacle Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 149 30 11 37 Scotty Taylor Racing Alan Taylor Roger Hurd Stephen Bell Holden VP Commodore 146 31 12 74 PACE Racing Kevin Heffernan Stephen Voight Holden VP Commodore 144 27 13 54 Lamont Motor Sport NZ Ed Lamont Graham Gulson Holden VP Commodore 143 26 14 49 Alcair Racing David Attard Greg Crick Holden VP Commodore 130 14 15 62 Novacastrian Motorsport Wayne Russell Ric Shaw Holden VP Commodore 129 29 DNF 30 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton David Parsons Allan Grice Ford EF Falcon 152 2 5 DNF 38 James Rosenberg Racing Mark Poole Ed Ordynski Bernie Stack Holden VP Commodore 136 25 DNF 3 Lansvale Racing Team Steve Reed Trevor Ashby Holden VP Commodore 132 15 DNF 55 David Parsons David Parsons Rodney Crick Holden VR Commodore 127 17 NC 24 Romano Racing Paul Romano Troy Dunstan Holden VP Commodore 113 21 DNF 17 Shell FAI Racing Dick Johnson John Bowe Ford EF Falcon 110 3 8 DNF 33 Pro-Duct Motorsport Bob Pearson Bruce Stewart Holden VP Commodore 88 19 DNF 1 Winfield Racing Mark Skaife Jim Richards Holden VR Commodore 65 5 2 DNF 27 Terry Finnigan Terry Finnigan Peter Gazzard Holden VP Commodore 54 22 DNF 12 M3 Motorsport Peter Doulman John Cotter Holden VP Commodore 40 20 DNF 20 Palmer Promotions Ian Palmer Brett Peters Holden VR Commodore 38 28 DNF 05 Holden Racing Team Peter Brock Tomas Mezera Holden VR Commodore 32 4 10 DNF 10 Larkham Motor Sport Mark Larkham Warwick Rooklyn Ford EF Falcon 22 12 DNF 36 Schembri Motorsport Neil Schembri Graham Moore Holden VR Commodore 19 23 DNF 9 Allan Moffat Enterprises Andrew Miedecke Mark Noske Ford EB Falcon 16 18 DNF 015 Holden Racing Team Craig Lowndes Greg Murphy Holden VR Commodore 10 6 1 DNF 60 Enzed Racing Ryan McLeod Peter McLeod Holden VR Commodore 0 32

Statistics Provisional Pole Position – #11 Larry Perkins – 2:11.5764 Pole Position – #015 Craig Lowndes – 2:11.5540 Fastest Lap – #015 Craig Lowndes – 2:14.3239 - Lap 8 Average Speed – 157.72 km/hAustralian Motor Racing Year 1995, page 281 Race Time - 6:20:32.3766

Broadcast Channel Seven broadcast the race. This was Mike Raymond's last Bathurst 1000 with his contract with Channel Seven not renewed for 1996. Richard Hay and Mark Oastler spent time in both the booth and pit lane as part of the broadcast.

Channel 7 Host: Bruce McAvaneyBooth: Mike Raymond, Garry Wilkinson, Mark Oastler, Allan Moffat, Richard HayPit-lane: Andy Raymond

See also 1995 Australian Touring Car season

References

External links Official V8 Supercar website CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles race results 1995 Tooheys 1000 images from www.autopics.com.au