1998 AMP Bathurst 1000

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The 1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 was the 40th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 4 October 1998 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. It was the second year of the controversial split between race organisers, the Australian Racing Drivers Club, and V8 Supercar, which had led to Australia's leading touring car series leaving the Bathurst 1000. The V8 Supercar teams raced the 1998 FAI 1000 race, held six weeks later. The race distance was 161 laps, approximately 1000 km.

Class structure

The 1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 was an endurance race for Super Touring Cars, New Zealand Touring Cars and Production Cars.

ST

The class featured International Group 2 Touring Cars, otherwise known as Supertouring. It featured teams from Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain fielding a total of 28 cars. Featured cars were: Alfa Romeo 155, Audi A4, BMW 318i, BMW 320i, Ford Mondeo, Holden Vectra, Honda Accord, Hyundai Lantra, Nissan Primera, Peugeot 405, Peugeot 406, Toyota Carina, Vauxhall Cavalier, Vauxhall Vectra and Volvo S40.

NZ

The New Zealand touring car series, Schedule S, was invited and the ten car entry featured: BMW 320i, BMW 325i, Ford Telstar, Honda Integra, Nissan Sentra, Peugeot 405, Suzuki Baleno, Toyota Corolla and Toyota Corona.

3E

Production cars, conforming to an older version of the Australian Production Car Championship regulations were also invited with five cars arriving. They cars were: Honda Civic, Mazda 626 and Toyota Camry.

Top ten run-off

Post-qualifying shootout results as follows:^[1]

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
1	40	Volvo S40 Racing	Rickard Rydell	Volvo S40	2:14.9265
2	34	Team Dynamics	Steven Richards	Nissan Primera	2:16.4143
3	4	Volvo S40 Racing	Tim Harvey	Volvo S40	2:16.4672
4	80	Team Vectra	Greg Murphy	Holden Vectra	2:16.7782
5	8	Team Vectra	Derek Warwick	Vauxhall Vectra	2:17.3103
6	2	Audi Sport Australia	Paul Morris	Audi A4 Quattro	2:18.2657
7	1	Audi Sport Australia	Brad Jones	Audi A4 Quattro	2:18.3658
8	29	Brookes Motorsport	Lee Brookes	Honda Accord	2:18.9932
9	12	Greenfield Mowers Racing	Cameron McLean	BMW 320i	2:19.1715
10	88	Knight Racing	Peter Hills	Ford Mondeo	2:22.9436

Official results

Race results as follows:^[2]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	ST	40	Volvo S40 Racing	Rickard Rydell Jim Richards	Volvo S40	161	6:54:23.4756	1
2	ST	34	Team Dynamics	Steven Richards Matt Neal	Nissan Primera	161	+1.9975	2
3	ST	1	Audi Sport Australia	Brad Jones Cameron McConville	Audi A4 Quattro	161	+25.7516	7
4	ST	12	Greenfield Mowers Racing	Cameron McLean Tony Scott	BMW 320i	159	+2 laps	9
5	ST	8	Team Vectra	Derek Warwick John Cleland	Vauxhall Vectra	157	+4 laps	5
6	ST	88	Knight Racing	Peter Hills Domenic Beninca	Ford Mondeo	155	+6 laps	10
7	ST	30	Roadchill Express	Troy Searle Luke Searle	BMW 320i	152	+9 laps	12
8	ST	22	Rod Wilson Racing	Rodney Forbes Rod Wilson	BMW 318i	152	+9 laps	15
9	ST	16	Faber-Castell Racing	Justin Mathews Bob Holden Paul Nelson	BMW 318i	145	+16 laps	16
10	NZ	64	International Motorsport	Kevin Bell Rod Hicks	BMW 320i	144	+17 laps	28
11	ST	20	Brian Bradshaw Race Preparation	Dennis Chapman Brian Bradshaw	BMW 318i	144	+17 laps	22
12	NZ	65	International Motorsport	Aaron Harris Miles Worsley	BMW 325i	141	+20 laps	33
13	ST	45	Gun Motorsport	David Auger Lawrie Kyte	Alfa Romeo 155	137	+24 laps	17
14	3E	35	Tom Watkinson	Tom Watkinson Calvin Gardiner	Mazda 626	136	+25 laps	36
15	3E	71	Rebound Clothing Co.	Phil Kirkham Matt Lehmann	Mazda 626	135	+26 laps	34
16	NZ	67	Geoff Short	Geoff Short Greg Goudie	Ford Telstar	131	+30 laps	32
17	3E	37	Ken Talbert	Ken Talbert Carlos Rolfo	Mazda 626	130	+31 laps	40
18	ST	25	Rodney Jones Racing	Mike Newton Jamie Miller	Vauxhall Cavalier	128	+33 laps	30
DNF	ST	14	Racing Projects	Blair Smith Jim Cornish	Nissan Primera	139	Crash damage	13
DNF	NZ	63	International Motorsport	Jason Richards Barrie Thomlinson	BMW 320i	128	Engine	24
NC	NZ	68	Wayne Johnson	Wayne Johnson Maurice O'Reilly	Honda Integra	120	Not Classified	37
NC	ST	49	Grid Motorsport	Anthony Robson Ric Shaw	BMW 318i	112	Not Classified	21
DNF	NZ	70	Air Vanuatu / Bartercard	Ted Jarvis Tony Rutherford	Toyota Corolla	111	Engine	42
NC	ST	11	All Auto Parts	Milton Leslight Dennis Cribbin	Toyota Carina	110	Not Classified	27
NC	ST	58	HVE Motorsport	Paul Pickett Peter Rushton Nigel Stones	Hyundai Lantra	107	Not Classified	19
DNF	ST	2	Audi Sport Australia	Paul Morris Paul Radisich	Audi A4 Quattro	84	Crash damage	6
DNF	ST	80	Team Vectra	Greg Murphy Russell Ingall	Holden Vectra	83	Crash	4
DNF	ST	4	Volvo S40 Racing	Tim Harvey Jan Nilsson	Volvo S40	82	Crash	3
DNF	ST	98	Knight Racing	Paula Elstrek Damien Digby Heidi O'Neill	Ford Mondeo	78	Spun Off	25
DNF	ST	77	Motorsport Developments	Malcolm Rea Wayne Wakefield	Toyota Carina	76	Crash	23
DNF	ST	24	Bruce Miles	Bruce Miles Murray Cleland	BMW 318i	63	Gearbox	20
DNF	3E	38	Phoenix Motorsport	David Ratcliff Ron Searle	Toyota Camry	59	Electrical	35
DNF	NZ	61	Prestige Motorsports Management	Peter Van Breugel Ian Spurle Mike Eady	Nissan Sentra SSS	56	Crash	26
DNF	ST	10	TC Motorsport	Tony Newman Mark Williamson	Peugeot 406	52	Engine	11
DNF	ST	29	Brookes Motorsport	Robb Gravett Lee Brookes	Honda Accord	49	Oil Sump	8
DNF	NZ	90	Robert Ker	Bernie Gillon Paul Pedersen	Toyota Corona	47	Engine/Driveshaft	31
DNF	NZ	62	BT Motorsport	Bill Tunzelmann Malcolm Udy	Peugeot 405	47	Steering	41
DNF	3E	33	Burwood Motorsport	Allan Letcher Adam Macrow Cameron Edwards	Honda Civic	34	Suspension	38
DNF	ST	18	Aaron McGill	Aaron McGill Clayton Haynes	Peugeot 405	24	Suspension	18
DNF	ST	60	Knight Racing	Warren Luff Mark Zonneveld	Ford Mondeo	18	Engine	14
DNF	ST	23	MF Motorsport	Mike Fitzgerald Jenni Thompson	Peugeot 405	17	Suspension	29
DNF	ST	15	Racing Projects	Jamie Wall Mark Adderton	Honda Accord	14	Steering	43
DNS	NZ	66	Suzuki Value Finance	Max Pennington Grant Aitken Chris Bird	Suzuki Baleno		Crash in Qualifying	39

Statistics

Provisional Pole Position – #80 Greg Murphy
Pole Position – #40 Rickard Rydell – 2:14.9265
Fastest Lap – #40 Rickard Rydell – 2:17.9558 – Lap 153
Average Speed – N/A
Race Time – 6:54:23.4756

References

↑ "1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Bathurst Session 21 – Run off AMP BATHURST 1000". National Software. 3 October 1998. Archived from the original on 12 September 1999. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
↑ "1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Bathurst Session 30 – 1998 AMP BATHURST 1000". National Software. 4 October 1998. Archived from the original on 3 September 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2008.

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[1] "1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Bathurst Session 21 – Run off AMP BATHURST 1000". National Software. 3 October 1998. Archived from the original on 12 September 1999. Retrieved 1 June 2008.

[2] "1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Bathurst Session 30 – 1998 AMP BATHURST 1000". National Software. 4 October 1998. Archived from the original on 3 September 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2008.

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