1990 Tooheys 1000 Explained

The 1990 Tooheys 1000 was a motor race held on 30 September 1990 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. The event was open to cars eligible under CAMS Group 3A regulations, commonly known as Group A Touring Cars, with three engine capacity classes. It was the 31st running of the "Bathurst 1000".

The race, which was Round 2 of both the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, resulted in an upset victory for British driver Win Percy and 1986 Bathurst 1000 winner Allan Grice in a Holden Racing Team entered Holden Commodore over the Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra of Jeff Allam and Paul Radisich and the Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore of Larry Perkins and Tomas Mezera.

The race marked the first Bathurst 1000 victory for the Holden Racing Team and the team's first race win since Larry Perkins won the Group A support race at the Australian Grand Prix in November 1988.

Class structure

Cars competed in three divisions as follows:^[1]

Division 1: 3001cc and Over

Division 1 featured the turbocharged Ford Sierras, Nissan Skylines and Toyota Supras, the V8 Holden Commodores and a BMW 635CSi.

Division 2: 1601 to 3000cc

Division 2 was composed of BMW M3s, a BMW 323i and a Mercedes-Benz 190E.

Division 3: Up to 1600cc

Division 3 was composed exclusively of various models of Toyota Corolla.

Tooheys Top Ten

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	TTT	Qual
Pole	10	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS500	2:13.94	2:15.00
2	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	2:14.17	2:14.26
3	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock	Ford Sierra RS500	2:14.71	2:14.72
4	35	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton	Ford Sierra RS500	2:15.77	2:14.44
5	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst	Ford Sierra RS500	2:16.01	2:13.84
6	16	Holden Racing Team	Allan Grice	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	2:16.17	2:15.62
7	11	Perkins Engineering	Larry Perkins	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	2:17.03	2:14.82
8	9	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	2:17.97	2:15.20
9	40	Mark Petch Motorsport	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Ford Sierra RS500	2:23.05	2:15.32
10	20	Benson & Hedges Racing	Alan Jones	Ford Sierra RS500	3:21.93	2:13.84^[2]

• After being fastest qualifier by almost half a second, and breaking George Fury's 1984 Hardies Heroes record time of 2:13.85 in the process (by just 0.01 seconds), and with his B&H Sierra the fastest car on Conrod Straight at over 2900NaN0, Tony Longhurst made a mistake in the shootout and lost over two seconds while teammate Alan Jones suffered gearbox problems on his shootout lap and did not record a time.
  * Klaus Niedzwiedz, who was only seven after official qualifying,^[3] improved his time by over a second to win his second Top Ten for Allan Moffat Racing after also winning the "for money only" shootout in 1988.
  * The Gibson Motorsport Nissan Skyline GT-R of Jim Richards and Mark Skaife, which was expected to take pole, failed to make the Top Ten, being only 0.04 behind the 10th placed Holden Racing Team Commodore of eventual race winners Win Percy and Allan Grice at the end of Friday's qualifying. During the final qualifying session, Richards reportedly matched Longhurst's top speed on Conrod.
  * 1990 was the fifth and last time that Allan Grice was the fastest of the Holden Commodore runners in the Top Ten. Previously he had led the Holden charge in 1982 (pole), 1985 (4th), 1986 (2nd) and 1987 (7th).
  * V8 Holdens were back in the runoff after missing out in 1989, with the Larry Perkins / Tomas Mezera car, and the Percy/Grice HRT car qualifying over 4 seconds faster than the Commodores had managed 12 months earlier.

Official results

Pos	Division	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	1	16	Holden Racing Team	Win Percy Allan Grice	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	161	10	6
2	1	18	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Jeff Allam Paul Radisich	Ford Sierra RS500	161	13
3	1	11	Perkins Engineering	Larry Perkins Tomas Mezera	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	161	6	7
4	1	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock Andy Rouse	Ford Sierra RS500	160	5	3
5	1	7	Holden Racing Team	Brad Jones Neil Crompton	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	159	16
6	1	28	Playscape Racing	Kevin Waldock Mike Preston	Ford Sierra RS500	159	18
7	1	38	Gullivers Travels Inc.	Andrew Bagnall Robbie Francevic	Ford Sierra RS500	155	17
8	1	39	Everlast Battery Service	Bill O'Brien Brian Sampson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	153	31
9	1	23	Chris Lambden	Chris Lambden Greg Crick	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	151	25
10	1	10	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Klaus Niedzwiedz Frank Biela Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS500	151	7	1
11	1	6	Mobil 1 Racing	Andrew Miedecke Charlie O'Brien David Parsons	Ford Sierra RS500	149	14
12	2	51	Phil Ward Racing	Phil Ward John Goss	Mercedes-Benz 190E	148	38
13	1	21	Bob Forbes Racing	Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	148	21
14	2	52	M3 Motorsport	Peter Doulman John Cotter	BMW M3	147	47
15	1	33	Pro-Duct Motorsport	Bob Pearson Bruce Stewart	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	147	32
16	1	34	Ray Gulson	Ray Gulson Graham Gulson	BMW 635 CSi	147	43
17	1	13	Bob Forbes Motorsport	Kevin Bartlett Russell Ingall Rohan Onslow	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	146	24
18	1	1	Nissan Motorsport Australia	Jim Richards Mark Skaife	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	146	11
19	1	12	Ray Lintott	Ray Lintott Gary Rush Terry Shiel	Ford Sierra RS500	143	19
20	1	46	Garry Willmington Performance	Garry Willmington Bryan Thomson	Toyota Supra Turbo	143	40
21	1	43	Brian Callaghan	Jason Bargwanna Brian Callaghan Jr John Gerwald	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	143	41
22	3	78	Phoenix Motorsport	Geoff Full David Ratcliff	Toyota Sprinter	142	49
23	1	44	Paul Trevathan	Paul Trevathan Andrew McDowell	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	138	45
24	2	53	Brian Bolwell Racing	Brian Bolwell David Pullen	BMW 323i	137	55
25	3	72	David Sala	David Sala Richard Vorst	Toyota Corolla	134	54
26	1	19	Car Trek Racing	Bob Jones Heather Spurle	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	133	42
27	3	70	Toyota Team Australia	Paul Stokell Mike Dowson John Faulkner	Toyota Corolla FX-GT	130	48
DNF	1	9	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Gregg Hansford Pierre Dieudonné Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS500	138	8	8
DNF	1	30	Peter Jackson Racing	George Fury Drew Price David Sears	Ford Sierra RS500	125	12
DNF	1	37	Brian Callaghan	Brian Callaghan Barry Graham	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	120	23
DNF	1	40	Mark Petch Motorsport	Gianfranco Brancatelli Robb Gravett	Ford Sierra RS500	118	9	9
NC	1	14	Netcomm Australia	Murray Carter Matt Wacker	Ford Sierra RS500	116	28
DNF	1	15	Toyota Team Australia	John Smith Peter McKay Mark Poole	Toyota Supra Turbo A	112	30
DNF	3	76	Peter Verheyen	Peter Verheyen Ron Searle Russell Becker	Toyota Sprinter	109	50
DNF	3	73	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden Mike Conway Garry Jones	Toyota Sprinter	101	53
DNF	1	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Dick Johnson John Bowe	Ford Sierra RS500	94	3	2
DNF	1	22	Lusty Engineering	Graham Lusty Peter Janson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	83	33
NC	1	45	Lester Smerdon	Lester Smerdon Warren Jonsson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	83	37
DNF	2	54	Bryce Racing	Brett Riley Craig Baird	BMW M3	82	34
DNF	1	35	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton Drew Price David Sears	Ford Sierra RS500	77	4	4
DNF	1	4	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	76	20
DNF	1	42	Lusty Engineering	John Lusty Bernie Stack	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	66	27
DNF	1	20	Benson & Hedges Racing	Alan Jones Denny Hulme Mark McLaughlin	Ford Sierra RS500	65	2	10
DNF	1	2	Alf Grant	Alf Grant Tim Grant	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	65	36
DNF	1	32	Hersonne Engineering	Laurie Donaher Marc Ducquet	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	64	44
DNF	3	75	Bob Holden Motors	Dennis Rogers Garry Jones Llynden Riethmuller	Toyota Corolla	60	52
DNF	3	71	Toyota Team Australia	John Faulkner Neal Bates	Toyota Corolla FX-GT	59	46
DNF	1	3	Search for a Champion	Peter Gazzard Rick Bates	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	57	35
DNF	1	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst Mark McLaughlin Alan Jones	Ford Sierra RS500	53	1	5
DNF	1	29	Alcair Air Conditioning	Wayne Park John English	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	51	29
DNF	1	8	Caltex CXT Racing Team	Colin Bond Graeme Crosby	Ford Sierra RS500	44	15
DNF	1	27	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan Geoff Leeds	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	37	26
DSQ^[4]	1	41	Tony Mulvihill	Tony Muvihill Glenn McIntyre Dave Barrow	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	18	39
DNF	1	26	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Graham Moore Garry Rogers	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	0	22
DNS	3	74	Alexander Rotary	Keith McCulloch Phil Alexander	Toyota Corolla		51

Statistics

• Provisional Pole Position - #25 Tony Longhurst - 2:13.84
• Pole Position - #10 Klaus Niedzwiedz - 2:13.94
• Fastest Lap - #1 Mark Skaife - 2:15.46 (165.12 km/h)^[5] - Lap 98 (new lap record)
• Race time of winning car - 6:40:52.64^[6]
• Race average of winning car - 149.72 km/h^[6]

See also

• 1990 Australian Touring Car season

External links

• Tooheys 1000 Bathurst 1990, touringcarracing.net
• "Tooheys 1000 - Mount Panorama, Bathurst - 30th September", 1990, www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au
• Images from Bathurst 1990, www.autopics.com.au

Notes and References

1. Entry List, Official Race Programme, Toohey 1000, Mt. Panorma Bathurst 1990
2. Australian Motor Racing Year 1990/91, page 228
3. Australian Motor Racing Year 1990/91, page 229
4. Clarke . Andrew . 1990–91 . Day of the Underdog . The Great Race . 10 . 184 . Chevron Publishing Group Pty Ltd . Hornsby . 1031-6124 . Tony Mulvihill had now retired his Commodore courtesy of a disqualification leading from its clutch failure....
5. Australian Motor Racing Year 1990/91, page 280
6. 1990 Tooheys 1000 Race Results, Tooheys 1000 Official 1991 Programme, page 29