1990 Tooheys 1000

The 1990 Bathurst 1000, known for naming rights reasons as the 1990 Tooheys 1000, was a motor race held on 30 September 1990 at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. The event was open to Group A touring cars, with three engine capacity classes.

The race, which was Round 2 of both the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, It was won by the Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VL of Win Percy and Allan Grice over the Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500 of Jeff Allam and Paul Radisich and the Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VL of Larry Perkins and Tomas Mezera.Bathurst 1000 Canberra Times 1 October 1990 page 18

The Bill O'Brien and Brian Sampson Holden Commodore was initially classified as a non-finisher having crossed the line half a second ahead of the race winning car and failing to complete another lap. It was reinstated to eight place upon an appeal to the Confederation of Australian Motorsport.O'Brien wins Bathurst appeal Auto Action issue 513 30 November 1990 page 3

Class structure

Cars competed in three divisions as follows:Entry List, Official Race Programme, Toohey 1000, Mt. Panorma Bathurst 1990

Division 1: 3001cc and Over Division 1 featured Ford Sierra RS500s, Nissan Skylines, Toyota Supras, Holden Commodore VLs 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 Pos No Team Driver Car TTT Qual 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 2:13.84Australian Motor Racing Year 1990/91, page 228

Official results

Pos Division No Team Drivers Car Laps QualPos ShootoutPos 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 Garry Jones 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 34 DNF 1 35 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Drew Price David Sears 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 Mark McLaughlin 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 Llynden Riethmuller 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 Alan Jones 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 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 DNS 3 74 Alexander Rotary Keith McCulloch Phil Alexander Toyota Corolla 51

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)Australian Motor Racing Year 1990/91, page 280 - Lap 98 (new lap record) Race time of winning car - 6:40:52.641990 Tooheys 1000 Race Results, Tooheys 1000 Official 1991 Programme, page 29 Race average of winning car - 149.72 km/h

See also 1990 Australian Touring Car season

References

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