Oran Park V8 Supercar round

Oran Park V8 Supercar round
	Race Information
Venue	Oran Park Raceway
Number of times held	38
First held	1971
Last held	2008
	Race Format
	Race 1
Laps	46
Distance	120 km
	Race 2
Laps	46
Distance	120 km
	Race 3
Laps	46
Distance	120 km
	Last Event (2008)
	Overall Winner
Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team
	Race Winners
Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering
Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team
Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team

Last updated December 03, 2023

The Oran Park V8 Supercar round was a V8 Supercar, and formerly Australian Touring Car Championship, motor racing event held at Oran Park Raceway in Narellan, New South Wales, Australia. The event was held in every year from 1971 to 2008, with only three circuits having hosted more events in championship history as of 2020.

History

The Oran Park round of the championship was often held as the final round of the Australian Touring Car Championship and as such decided several championship titles. The first of these was in the inaugural event in 1971, with Bob Jane, Ian Geoghegan and Allan Moffat all entering the round with a chance of winning the championship. Moffat had led the race early before hitting problems, eventually closing down Jane in the final laps but unable to overtake. The race was also infamous for a spectator driving their Chrysler Valiant onto the circuit during the race, and in 2016 was considered as one of the top five races in championship history.^[1] In 1972, Moffat won the last championship round for the Ford Mustang nameplate until 2019.^[2] In the 1970s, two events were split into two races based on engine capacities. In these smaller capacity races, Ray Gulson in 1974 and Lawrie Nelson in 1979 won their only career championship races.^[3] The 1980 race was held on the Queen's Birthday public holiday Monday, having been postponed from the Sunday due to heavy rain.^[4] Bob Morris won the 1984 event, despite not only having not competed in any other championship round that year, but having not competed at all in the ATCC since he won the 1980 Oran Park event.^[5] The 1980s saw significant variety in the results, with seven different marques taking an event win. From 1985 to 1998 the circuit returned to the season-ending event on the calendar. One of the more controversial deciders in the circuit's history occurred in 1987 with championship combatants Jim Richards and Glenn Seton making contact as Richards took the lead and the championship victory.^[6] In 1989, long-time Holden driver Peter Brock won his first championship round aboard a Ford.^[7]

At the 1992 event, Mark Skaife won both the Australian Touring Car Championship and the Australian Drivers' Championship in a Formula Brabham open-wheeler on the same day.^[8] Four-time series champion Jim Richards won his final solo round at the 1993 event.^[9] The 1995 championship decider saw John Bowe defeat Seton and Brock in a three-way battle for the title.^[10] In 1997, Brock farewelled the sport as a full-time driver at the event, winning the first race and only losing a likely round victory late in the third race when a puncture dropped him down the order. At the same event, Glenn Seton secured his second championship, ten years after his battle with Richards, in another three-way decider.^[6] The 1997 event was part of a seven-year streak of wins from the Holden Racing Team, each of the last four going to Skaife. In doing this, Skaife joined Moffat with a record six round wins at the circuit.^[11]

The 2000 event was notable for a large start-line crash involving Larry Perkins, Paul Morris and Mark Larkham. Perkins stalled on the grid, and was hit by Morris who was then hit by Larkham, the latter two cars exploding into flames. All drivers escaped without serious injury.^[12] The 2005 event saw Russell Ingall win the only round of his championship-winning year.^[6] In 2007, Lee Holdsworth won his first championship race and round at the event in wet conditions.^[13] The 2008 event, branded under the Grand Finale umbrella, saw Jamie Whincup seal his first championship title, as well as Mark Skaife enter his final event as a full-time driver. It was also marred by an accident in the Australian Formula Ford Championship support category that saw Lucas Dumbrell left a quadriplegic.^[14] The event itself, won by Garth Tander, was the final championship event for the circuit, with Rick Kelly winning the final race at the circuit. Following the 2008 event the circuit was demolished for a housing redevelopment.

Winners

Year	Driver^[6]	Entrant	Car	Report
1971	Bob Jane	Bob Jane Racing Team	Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1
1972	Allan Moffat	Allan Moffat Racing	Ford Boss 302 Mustang
1973	Allan Moffat	Ford Works Team	Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3
1974	Allan Moffat	Allan Moffat Racing	Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop
1975	Allan Grice	Craven Mild Racing	Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34
1976	Allan Moffat	Allan Moffat Racing	Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop
1977	Allan Moffat	Allan Moffat Racing	Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop
1978	Peter Brock	Holden Dealer Team	Holden LX Torana A9X SS
1979	Bob Morris	Ron Hodgson Motors	Holden Torana LX A9X SS
1980	Bob Morris	Craven Mild Racing	Holden VB Commodore
1981	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford XD Falcon
1982	Kevin Bartlett	Nine Network Racing Team	Chevrolet Camaro Z28
1983	Allan Moffat	Allan Moffat Racing	Mazda RX-7
1984	Bob Morris	Barry Jones	Mazda RX-7
1985	Robbie Francevic	Mark Petch Motorsport	Volvo 240T
1986	George Fury	Gibson Motorsport	Nissan Skyline DR30 RS
1987	Jim Richards	JPS Team BMW	BMW M3
1988	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Sierra RS500
1989	Peter Brock	Mobil 1 Racing	Ford Sierra RS500
1990	Jim Richards	Gibson Motorsport	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
1991	Mark Skaife	Gibson Motorsport	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
1992	Mark Skaife	Gibson Motorsport	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
1993	Jim Richards	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore
1994	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford EB Falcon	Report
1995	John Bowe	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EF Falcon
1996	Peter Brock	Holden Racing Team	Holden VR Commodore
1997	Greg Murphy	Holden Racing Team	Holden VS Commodore
1998	Craig Lowndes	Holden Racing Team	Holden VS Commodore
1999	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden VT Commodore	Report
2000	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden VT Commodore
2001	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore	Report
2002	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore
2003	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon
2004	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon
2005	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon
2006	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon
2007	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	Report
2008	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	Holden VE Commodore	Report

Multiple winners

By driver

Wins	Driver	Years
6	Allan Moffat	1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1983
6	Mark Skaife	1991, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
3	Bob Morris	1979, 1980, 1984
	Jim Richards	1987, 1990, 1993
	Peter Brock	1978, 1989, 1996
2	Dick Johnson	1981, 1988
	Marcos Ambrose	2003, 2004
	Craig Lowndes	1998, 2006

By team

Wins	Team
8	Holden Racing Team
5	Allan Moffat Racing
5	Gibson Motorsport
3	Dick Johnson Racing
3	Stone Brothers Racing
2	Craven Mild Racing
2	Holden Dealer Team ¹

By manufacturer

Wins	Manufacturer
14	Ford
14	Holden
4	Nissan
2	Chevrolet
2	Mazda

Notes

^1 – Holden Dealer Team was known as Mobil 1 Racing from 1988 to 1990, hence their statistics are combined.

Event sponsors

1981: Marlboro
1982: ARCO
1984–86: Castrol
2007: Jim Beam
2008: NRMA Motoring & Services

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[1] Fogarty, Mark (15 April 2016). "The best of the V8 Supercars 500". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

[2] "McLaughlin, Mustang sweep Supercars opener". SBS News . 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

[3] Adam, Mitchell (1 January 2019). "Moffat out, Pye into unique Supercars club". Supercars. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

[4] Dale, Will (14 March 2020). "Feature: The Supercars races that never were". Supercars.com. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

[5] "Bob Morris". Speedcafe. 2 November 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2017.

[ATCC50-6] 1 2 3 4 Greenhalgh, David; Howard, Graham; Wilson, Stewart (2011). The official history: Australian Touring Car Championship - 50 Years. St Leonards, New South Wales: Chevron Publishing Group. pp. 102–111. ISBN 978-0-9805912-2-4.

[7] Tuckey, Bill (8 September 2016). "A tribute to Peter Brock". Motor Mag. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[8] Noonan, Aaron (14 June 2017). "MEMORY LANE: Mark Skaife's 1992 treble". Speedcafe. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[9] Dale, Will (3 October 2020). "SATURDAY SLEUTHING: THE SUPERCAR WITH THE MOST BATHURST STARTS | V8 Sleuth". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 4 October 2020.

[10] "FEATURE: Ten memorable Shell DJR moments". Speedcafe. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

[11] Tomarchio, Cameron (18 August 2007). "Skaife wins race one at Oran Park". Drive.com.au. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[12] Noonan, Aaron (24 June 2016). "Saturday Sleuthing: The Dude's lucky escape". Supercars.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

[13] "Rookie Holdsworth wins Oran Park round". ABC News. 19 August 2007. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[14] Lynch, Michael (17 December 2008). "Uncertain future in wake of tragedy". The Age . Retrieved 18 July 2021.

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