1990 Tooheys 1000

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Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit

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".

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

The race winning Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV of Win Percy and Allan Grice Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV of Percy & Grice.jpg
The race winning Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV of Win Percy and Allan Grice

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
Pole10 Allan Moffat Enterprises Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Niedzwiedz Ford Sierra RS500 2:13.942:15.00
217 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Johnson Ford Sierra RS500 2:14.172:14.26
305 Mobil 1 Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock Ford Sierra RS500 2:14.712:14.72
435 Peter Jackson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton Ford Sierra RS500 2:15.772:14.44
525 Benson & Hedges Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Longhurst Ford Sierra RS500 2:16.012:13.84
616 Holden Racing Team Flag of Australia (converted).svg Allan Grice Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 2:16.172:15.62
711 Perkins Engineering Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 2:17.032:14.82
89 Allan Moffat Enterprises Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gregg Hansford Ford Sierra RS500 2:17.972:15.20
940 Mark Petch Motorsport Flag of Italy.svg Gianfranco Brancatelli Ford Sierra RS500 2:23.052:15.32
1020 Benson & Hedges Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Ford Sierra RS500 3:21.932:13.84 [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, who had matched Longhurst's time in qualifying, suffered gearbox problems on his shootout lap and did not record a competitive time.
* Klaus Niedzwiedz, who was only 7th 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.
* Gibson Motorsport's 4WD, 640 bhp (477 kW; 649 PS) twin turbo 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 with the improvement in speed put down to both Perkins and the HRT having a full season of actual racing development throughout 1990 compared to their very limited campaign through 1989.

Official results

PosDivisionNoTeamDriversCarLapsQual
Pos
Shootout
Pos
1116 Holden Racing Team Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Win Percy
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Allan Grice
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 161106
2118 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jeff Allam
Flag of New Zealand.svg Paul Radisich
Ford Sierra RS500 16113
3111 Perkins Engineering Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tomas Mezera
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 16167
4105 Mobil 1 Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Rouse
Ford Sierra RS500 16053
517 Holden Racing Team Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Jones
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Crompton
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 15916
6128 Playscape Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Waldock
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Preston
Ford Sierra RS500 15918
7138 Gullivers Travels Inc. Flag of New Zealand.svg Andrew Bagnall
Flag of New Zealand.svg Robbie Francevic
Ford Sierra RS500 15517
8139Everlast Battery Service Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill O'Brien
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Sampson
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 15331
9123Chris Lambden Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Lambden
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Crick
Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 15125
10110 Allan Moffat Enterprises Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Niedzwiedz
Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Pierre Dieudonné
Ford Sierra RS500 15171
1116 Mobil 1 Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Miedecke
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Charlie O'Brien
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Parsons
Ford Sierra RS500 14914
12251 Phil Ward Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phil Ward
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Goss
Mercedes-Benz 190E 14838
13121 Bob Forbes Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Gibbs
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rohan Onslow
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 14821
14252 M3 Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Doulman
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Cotter
BMW M3 14747
15133 Pro-Duct Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Pearson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruce Stewart
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 14732
16134Ray Gulson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ray Gulson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Gulson
BMW 635 CSi 14743
17113Bob Forbes Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Bartlett
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Ingall
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rohan Onslow
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 14624
1811 Nissan Motorsport Australia Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim Richards
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Skaife
Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R 14611
19112Ray Lintott Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ray Lintott
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gary Rush
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Shiel
Ford Sierra RS500 14319
20146 Garry Willmington Performance Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Willmington
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bryan Thomson
Toyota Supra Turbo 14340
21143Brian Callaghan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bargwanna
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Callaghan Jr
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Gerwald
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 14341
22378Phoenix Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Full
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Ratcliff
Toyota Sprinter 14249
23144Paul Trevathan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Trevathan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew McDowell
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 13845
24253Brian Bolwell Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Bolwell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Pullen
BMW 323i 13755
25372David Sala Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Sala
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Vorst
Toyota Corolla 13454
26119 Car Trek Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Jones
Flag of New Zealand.svg Heather Spurle
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 13342
27370 Toyota Team Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Stokell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Dowson
Flag of New Zealand.svg John Faulkner
Toyota Corolla FX-GT 13048
DNF19 Allan Moffat Enterprises Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gregg Hansford
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Pierre Dieudonné
Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Niedzwiedz
Ford Sierra RS500 13888
DNF130 Peter Jackson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg George Fury
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Drew Price
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Sears
Ford Sierra RS500 12512
DNF137Brian Callaghan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Callaghan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barry Graham
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 12023
DNF140 Mark Petch Motorsport Flag of Italy.svg Gianfranco Brancatelli
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robb Gravett
Ford Sierra RS500 11899
NC114Netcomm Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Murray Carter
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Wacker
Ford Sierra RS500 11628
DNF115 Toyota Team Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Smith
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter McKay
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Poole
Toyota Supra Turbo A 11230
DNF376Peter Verheyen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Verheyen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ron Searle
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Russell Becker
Toyota Sprinter 10950
DNF373 Bob Holden Motors Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Holden
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Conway
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Jones
Toyota Sprinter 10153
DNF117 Shell Ultra Hi Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Johnson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Bowe
Ford Sierra RS500 9432
DNF122Lusty Engineering Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Lusty
Flag of New Zealand.svg Peter Janson
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 8333
NC145Lester Smerdon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lester Smerdon
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warren Jonsson
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 8337
DNF254Bryce Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Brett Riley
Flag of New Zealand.svg Craig Baird
BMW M3 8234
DNF135 Peter Jackson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Drew Price
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Sears
Ford Sierra RS500 7744
DNF14 Lansvale Smash Repairs Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Reed
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trevor Ashby
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 7620
DNF142Lusty Engineering Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Lusty
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bernie Stack
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 6627
DNF120 Benson & Hedges Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones
Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark McLaughlin
Ford Sierra RS500 65210
DNF12Alf Grant Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alf Grant
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Grant
Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 6536
DNF132Hersonne Engineering Flag of Australia (converted).svg Laurie Donaher
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Ducquet
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 6444
DNF375Bob Holden Motors Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dennis Rogers
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Jones
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Llynden Riethmuller
Toyota Corolla 6052
DNF371 Toyota Team Australia Flag of New Zealand.svg John Faulkner
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neal Bates
Toyota Corolla FX-GT 5946
DNF13Search for a Champion Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Gazzard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rick Bates
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 5735
DNF125 Benson & Hedges Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Longhurst
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark McLaughlin
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones
Ford Sierra RS500 5315
DNF129Alcair Air Conditioning Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Park
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John English
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 5129
DNF18 Caltex CXT Racing Team Flag of Australia (converted).svg Colin Bond
Flag of New Zealand.svg Graeme Crosby
Ford Sierra RS500 4415
DNF127 Terry Finnigan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Finnigan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Leeds
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 3726
DSQ [4] 141Tony Mulvihill Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Muvihill
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn McIntyre
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dave Barrow
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1839
DNF126 Garry Rogers Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Moore
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Rogers
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 022
DNS374Alexander Rotary Flag of Australia (converted).svg Keith McCulloch
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phil Alexander
Toyota Corolla 51

Statistics

See also

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. 10. Hornsby: Chevron Publishing Group Pty Ltd: 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. 1 2 1990 Tooheys 1000 Race Results, Tooheys 1000 Official 1991 Programme, page 29