The 1992 Yokohama 6-Hour for Production Cars was an endurance motor race staged at the Winton Circuit in Victoria, Australia on 29 November 1992. [1] There were twenty one starters in the race, which was won by Mark Brame and Henry Draper driving a Suzuki Swift GTi. [1]
| Position [1] | Drivers [1] | No. [1] | Car [1] | Entrant [1] | Laps [1] |
| 1 | Mark Brame, Henry Draper | Suzuki Swift GTi | 282 | ||
| 2 | Steven Richards, Melinda Price | 22 | Nissan Pulsar SSS | Garry Rogers | 281 |
| 3 | Neal Bates, Peter McKay, Angas McKenzie | Toyota MR2 | Toyota | 280 | |
| 4 | Craig Dare, Brian Callaghan | Ford Laser TX3 Turbo 4WD [2] | 279 | ||
| 5 | Iain Thompson, Eric Houghton, Gary Waldon | Mitsubishi Lancer GSR | 279 | ||
| 6 | Kevin Burton, Mark Gibbs, Peter Vorst | Ford EBII Falcon | 278 | ||
| 7 | Colin Osborne, Ron Masing | Toyota Corolla S | 278 | ||
| 8 | Ferrier, Parsons, Robson | Suzuki Swift GTi | 278 | ||
| 9 | Bennett, Borg, Merlino | Toyota MR2 | 277 | ||
| 10 | Bogut, Craig, Janssen | Suzuki Swift GTi | 277 | ||
| 11 | |||||
| 12 [2] | Tim Lynas, Bob Jennings [2] | Ford Laser TX3 Turbo 4WD [2] | |||
| ? | Murray Carter, Peter Kyriakidis | Nissan Pulsar | |||
| ? | Kent Youlden, Brett Youlden | Ford Laser TX3 | |||
| ? | Renato, Muscat | Hyundai | |||
| ? | Alexander | Toyota Corolla | |||
| ? | Brierley, Hinton | Holden Commodore | |||
| ? | |||||
| DNF | Burton | Mitsubishi Lancer | |||
| DNF | Morriss, Lewis | Toyota Corolla | |||
| DNF | Rohan Cooke, Andrew Harris, John Trimble | Mitsubishi Lancer GSR | Nascon Racing | 58 |
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