1993 James Hardie 12 Hour

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The 1993 James Hardie 12 Hour was an endurance race for production cars staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 11 April 1993. The race, which was the third James Hardie 12 Hour, was won by Alan Jones and Garry Waldon driving a Mazda RX-7 entered by Mazda Australia.

Class structure

The field was divided into six classes:

Class A

Class A : Touring Cars Under 1800cc - featured a battle between Toyota Corolla and smaller, lighter Suzuki Swift.

Class B

Class B : Touring Cars 1801- 2500cc - was made up of a variety of cars, Citroën BX, Hyundai Lantra, Mazda 323, Nissan Pintara and Nissan Pulsar

Class C

Class C : Touring Cars 2501-4000cc - a class intended for six cylinder Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore saw an influx of naturally aspirated sports cars, Honda NSX and Porsche 968 which were expected to be outright threats.

Class D

Class D : Touring Cars Over 4000cc - featured V8 powered Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore with the production car version of the Holden touring car expected to be fastest.

Class S

Class S : Sports Cars Under 2200cc - was dominated by Toyota MR2 but also contained Honda CRX and Nissan NX.

Class T

Class T : Turbo and 4WD Cars - mixed class featuring small turbos, Ford Laser, Hyundai Scoupe and Mitsubishi Lancer but also larger Mitsubishi Galant and Subaru Liberty but was largely dominated by larger sports cars, Lotus Esprit, Nissan Skyline GT-R, Toyota Supra and in particular the factory supported team of Mazda RX-7s.

Results

Results of the event are given below.

Position [1] Drivers [1] No. [1] CarEntrantClassLaps [1]
1 Alan Jones
Garry Waldon
7 Mazda RX-7 Mazda AustraliaT263
2 Charlie O'Brien
Gregg Hansford
1 Mazda RX-7 Mazda AustraliaT261
3Ian Palmer
Wayne Gardner
Ross Palmer
8 Honda NSX Palmer Tube MillsC253
4Graham Neilsen
Keith Carling
Bill Gillespie
3 Nissan Skyline GT-R Falken TyresT247
5Kent Youlden
Brett Youlden
Chris Muscat
25 Ford EB Falcon XR6 Kent YouldenC245
6 Juan Manuel Fangio II
Peter McKay
Rick Bates
2 Toyota MR2 Neal Bates MotorsportS245
7John Trimbole
Rohan Cooke
David Grose
41 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR Daily Planet Racing T242
8Tony Scott
Peter Brock
6 Holden VP Commodore SS Castle Hill RacingD242
9Peter Whitaker
Calvin Gardner
Neal Bates
20 Toyota MR2 Peter WhitakerS240
10James Baird
Andrew Solness
Ray Lintott
9 Ford EB Falcon XR8 James BairdD240
11Kevin Burton
Peter Vorst
Keith McCulloch
50 Ford EB Falcon SS Kevin BurtonC239
12Mark Brame
Henry Draper
Barry Devlin
56 Suzuki Swift GTi Mark BrameA238
13Robin Bennett
David Borg
Gary Merlino
32 Toyota MR2 Robin BennettS238
14Mark Williams
Darren Parmenter
Chris Madden
57 Ford Laser TX3 Turbo Fourtech PerformanceT237
15Harry Bargwanna
Chris Symonds
Trevor Symonds
34 Toyota Corolla Larry KingA237
16Murray Carter
Damon Beck
Brian Wilshire
12 Nissan Pulsar SSS Murray Carter RacingB236
17Geoff Forshaw
Warren Rush
Phil Alexander
24 Ford Laser TX3 Turbo Geoff Forshaw [2] T235
18David Sala
John Faulkner
Geoff Full
30 Toyota Corolla David SalaA235
19John Mathews
Rod Jones
Mick Newton
11 Mitsubishi Galant VR4 Ded. Micros AustraliaT234
20Chris Walker
Andrew Wilson
Russell Becker
33 Mazda 323 Astina SP Falken TyresB234
21 Steven Richards
Paul Fordham
Melina Price
22 Nissan Pulsar SSS Garry Rogers Motorsport B234
22Glenn Jordan
Bill Harris
53 Suzuki Swift GTi Glenn JordanA233
23Mark Ferrier
Phil Parsons
Neil Robson
28 Suzuki Swift GTi Clark AustraliaA230
24Colin Osborne
Keith Byrn
Tony Regan
51 Toyota Corolla Colin OsborneA228
25Terry Skene
Tim Grant
Kevin Heffernan
40 Holden VP Commodore SS Spirit of LoganC227
26Roland Hill
Jeff Edwards
Evert Harder
37 Holden VN Commodore S Evert HarderC226
27Danny Bogut
Fred Sayers
Warren Thompson
29 Suzuki Swift GTi Autobarn SpringvaleA225
28Bevan Purcell
John Lusty
Steven Pocock
36 Nissan Pintara TRX Bevan PurcellB222
29Danny Osborne
Barney Morris
Adam Kaplan
52 Toyota Corolla Colin OsborneA221
30Ron Masing
Peter Howard
26 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR Ron MasingT216
31Glenn Clark
Glen McIntyre
Terry Lewis
16 Citroën BX16 Peter McLeod B215
32Mark Williamson
Ian Sawtell
58 Suzuki Swift GTi Carrier Air ConditioningA215
33John Bourke
Allan Grice
15 Toyota Supra Hardie Iplex PipeT214
34Garry Rogers
Terry Sheil
21 Subaru Liberty RS Turbo Garry Rogers Motorsport T211
35Steve Vass
Trevor Hine
Phillip Johnson
54 Ford Laser TX3 Turbo Steve VassT207
36Peter Janssen
Mark Craig
David Gittus
47 Nissan NX Peter JanssenS207
37Steve Hardman
David Stone
John Targett
10 Hyundai Lantra Steve HardmanB205
38Richard Wilson
Troy Nicholson
Darren Pate
43 Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV Richard WilsonD199
39Bob Griffen
Geoff Fickling
Peter Taffa
38 Holden VP Commodore SS Bob GriffenC199
DNFStephen Shedden
Jason Bargwanna
Scott Bargwanna
55 Toyota MR2 Fowler Bathroom ProductsS229
DNFJames Faneco
Alan Gough
35 Hyundai Scoupe James FanecoT194
DNF Peter McLeod
Peter Dane
Peter Janson
19 Citroën BX16 Peter McLeod B191
DNFDarrell Dixon
Graham Lusty
Alan Letcher
42 Ford EA Falcon S Darrell DixonC191
DNFGeorge Santana
John Pollard
48 Honda CRX Revolution RacegearS183
DNF Larry Perkins
Ron Barnacle
18 Lotus Esprit S4 Team Sony LotusT174
DNFChris Clearihan
Jane Taylor
Chris Wiles
14 Citroën BX16 Peter McLeod B74
DNFCraig Dare
Terry Finnigan
Brian Callaghan
27 Ford Laser TX3 Turbo Craig DareT54
DNFTom Watkinson
Garry Willmington
Michael Craig
49 Toyota Corolla Tom WatkinsonA30
DNFChris Sexton
Rod Dawson
Wayne Osborne
39 Ford EB Falcon S Chistopher SextonC13
DNFRay Ryan
Harry Dutton
Jim Runciman
23 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR Ray RyanT2
DNF Dick Johnson
Cameron McConville
Steven Johnson
17 Ford Laser TX3 Turbo Dick Johnson Racing T1
DSQJohn Smith
Kevin Waldock
Geoff Morgan
5 Porsche 968 CS Quell Fire & Safety EquipmentC263
DSQPeter Fitzgerald
Brett Peters
Nicholas Leutweiler
4 Porsche 968 CS Hardie DuxC263
DNS [2] Iain Thomson [3]
L. Renato [2]
Phil Showers [3]
59 [2] Mitsubishi Lancer GSR [2] Iain Thomson [2] T-

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