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The 1991 James Hardie 12 Hour was an endurance race for production cars staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, on 31 March 1991. It was the first "Bathurst 12 Hour". Of the 24 starters, 20 were classified as finishers. [1]
The race was won by Allan Grice, Peter Fitzgerald and Nigel Arkell [1] driving a Toyota Supra. [2]
The race was open to "Group E" cars [3] (officially Group 3E Series Production Cars [4] ) and other production cars. [3]
Cars competed in the following classes: [1]
| Pos. [1] | Drivers [1] | No. [1] | Car [1] | Entrant | Class [1] | Class pos. [1] | Laps [1] |
| 1 | Allan Grice Peter Fitzgerald Nigel Arkell | 2 | Toyota Supra Turbo [2] | Fitzgerald Racing | T | 1 | 242 |
| 2 | Kent Youlden Ken Douglas Brett Youlden | 7 | Ford Laser KF TX3 4WD Turbo [5] | Ford Motor Company | T | 2 | 239 |
| 3 | Warren Cullen Glenn Cullen Gary Cooke | 19 | Holden Commodore VN | D | 1 | 236 | |
| 4 | Peter Brock Neil Crompton Peter McKay | 05 | Holden Commodore VN | C | 1 | 235 | |
| 5 | John Bourke Bryan Thomson | 15 | Toyota Supra Turbo [2] | T | 3 | 234 | |
| 6 | Colin Bond John Smith Bruce Stewart | 8 | Toyota MR2 | Caltex CXT Racing | S | 1 | 233 |
| 7 | Garry Rogers Paul Fordham | 10 | Nissan 300ZX | Garry Rogers Motorsport | C | 2 | 232 |
| 8 | Tony Nicholson Gary McDonald Roland Hill | 9 | Holden Commodore VN | Positive Performance | D | 2 | 227 |
| 9 | George Fury Rod Jones Alf Grant | 4 | Mitsubishi Galant VR4 [3] | T | 4 | 227 | |
| 10 | Geoff Forshaw Mark Brame Henry Draper | 27 | Suzuki Swift GTi | A | 1 | 226 | |
| 11 | Tony Farrell Andrew Newton | 3 | Honda CRX | S | 2 | 224 | |
| 12 | Ray Vincent Todd Wanless Rod Dawson | 17 | Ford Falcon EA | C | 3 | 223 | |
| 13 | Peter Whitaker Calcin Gardner Geoff Full | 29 | Suzuki Swift GTi | A | 2 | 222 | |
| 14 | Robin Bennett David Borg Andrew Solness | 18 | Toyota Corolla | A | 3 | 222 | |
| 15 | Richard Vorst Kevin Burton Peter Johnston | 28 | Suzuki Swift GTi | A | 4 | 217 | |
| 16 | Phil Alexander Keith McCulloch Warren Rush | 35 | Suzuki Swift GTi | A | 5 | 216 | |
| 17 | Neal Bates Rick Bates Geoff Morgan | 12 | Toyota Celica | B | 1 | 215 | |
| 18 | David Ratciff Garry Wilmington Tom Watkinson | 11 | Toyota Corolla | A | 6 | 214 | |
| 19 | Damon Beck Colin Osborne Aaron McGill | 32 | Suzuki Swift GTi | A | 7 | 192 | |
| 20 | Peter McLeod Glenn Clark Barry Jones | 16 | Citroën BX 16v | B | 2 | 191 | |
| DNF | John Giddings Wayne Park Graham Nelson | 22 | Holden Commodore VN | D | - | 165 | |
| DNF | Tony Kavich Bob Griffin Trevor Hodge | 23 | Holden Commodore VN | C | - | 150 | |
| DNF | Max Bonney Malcolm Stenniken David James | 26 | Holden Commodore VN | C | - | 149 | |
| DNF | Paul Flottman Mal Rose | 44 | Holden Commodore VN | C | - | 67 |
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