1994 Lakeside ATCC round explained

Flag:Queensland
1994 Lakeside ATCC round
Round No:5
Season No:10
Year:1994
Series:ATCC
Track Map:Lakesidemap.JPG
Date:22-24 April
Location:Brisbane, Queensland
Circuit:Lakeside International Raceway
Weather:Fine
Race1 Laps:28
Race1 Dist:67
Pole1:Glenn Seton
Pole1 Team:Glenn Seton Racing
Pole1 Time:0:52.060
Winner1:Dick Johnson
Winner1 Team:Dick Johnson Racing
Race2 Laps:28
Race2 Dist:67
Winner2:Larry Perkins
Winner2 Team:Perkins Engineering
First Round:Larry Perkins
First Round Team:Perkins Engineering
First Pts:36
Second Round:Jim Richards
Second Round Team:Gibson Motorsport
Second Pts:30
Third Round:Mark Skaife
Third Round Team:Gibson Motorsport
Third Pts:24

The 1994 Lakeside ATCC round was the fifth round of the 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship. It was held on the weekend of 22 to 24 April at Lakeside International Raceway in Brisbane, Queensland. The Peter Jackson Dash was discontinued for this round.

Race results

Qualifying

Peter Brock took his first pole position of the year and the second for the Holden Racing Team. Just one-tenth behind was John Bowe and two-tenths behind was team-mate, Tomas Mezera.

NameTeamCarGrid
11 Glenn SetonGlenn Seton RacingFord EB Falcon0:52.060
217 Dick JohnsonDick Johnson RacingFord EB Falcon0:52.070
305 Peter BrockHolden Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore0:52.160
418 John BoweDick Johnson RacingFord EB Falcon0:52.280
525 Tony LonghurstLoGaMo RacingHolden VP Commodore0:52.360
630 Alan JonesAlan Jones RacingFord EB Falcon0:52.390
76 Jim RichardsGibson MotorsportHolden VP Commodore0:52.430
811 Larry PerkinsPerkins EngineeringHolden VP Commodore0:52.440
92 Mark SkaifeGibson MotorsportHolden VP Commodore0:52.480
1023 Paul MorrisLoGaMo RacingHolden VP Commodore0:52.490
11015 Tomas MezeraHolden Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore
124 Wayne GardnerWayne Gardner RacingHolden VP Commodore
137 Neil CromptonWayne Gardner RacingHolden VP Commodore
143 Trevor AshbyLansvale Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore
Sources:

Race 1

A dramatic start to the first race saw Dick Johnson beating Glenn Seton off the start and a tangle between Brock and Longhurst, which subsequently led to their retirements from the race. With Longhurst blocking the circuit, the race was restarted. On the restart, Seton beat Johnson off the start, only to be passed by Johnson several laps later. As Seton started to struggle with tyres, a train of Bowe, Jones, and Perkins caught up with him. After trying to pass Seton down the bottom of the hill into the last corner, Bowe tagged the back of Seton, sending him into a spin. Bowe subsequently incurred damage, leading to a flat tyre. As he limped around the circuit, he was hit by Tomas Mezera on turn four. This catapulted Mezera into the guardrail, taking him out of the race and causing extensive damage to both cars. Up the front, it was a clean performance from Dick Johnson as he took his first race win of the season, with Perkins second and Jim Richards in third.

NameTeamCarLapsGrid
117 Dick JohnsonDick Johnson RacingFord EB Falcon284
211 Larry PerkinsPerkins EngineeringHolden VP Commodore283
36 Jim RichardsGibson MotorsportHolden VP Commodore283
42 Mark SkaifeGibson MotorsportHolden VP Commodore283
53 Trevor AshbyLansvale Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore28
64 Wayne GardnerWayne Gardner RacingHolden VP Commodore28
724 Tony ScottPinnacle MotorsportHolden VP Commodore28
823 Paul MorrisLoGaMo RacingHolden VP Commodore28
97 Neil CromptonWayne Gardner RacingHolden VP Commodore28
1030 Alan JonesGlenn Seton RacingFord EB Falcon28
1112 Bob JonesAmpol Max 3 RacingHolden VP Commodore
1228 Kevin WaldockPlayscape RacingFord EB Falcon
131 Glenn SetonGlenn Seton RacingFord EB Falcon2
1420 Ian PalmerPalmer PromotionsHolden VP Commodore
1532 Kevin HeffernanPACE RacingHolden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
1636 Neil SchembriSchembri MotorsportHolden VP Commodore
Ret015 Tomas MezeraHolden Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore
Ret18 John BoweDick Johnson RacingFord EB Falcon3
Ret05 Peter BrockHolden Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore04
Ret25 Tony LonghurstLoGaMo RacingHolden VP Commodore06
Sources:[1]

Race 2

After bogging down at the start, Johnson wasted his front row start and found himself in fourth by the end of the first lap. After a couple of laps, Johnson began to climb back up the order and began to chase down race leader, Perkins. Toward the middle of the race, Neil Schembri blew his engine, laying down a trail of oil down the hill into the final corner. The smoke plume left meant that some of the leading drivers couldn't see the oil. The first driver to spin out was Dick Johnson, followed by Alan Jones, and finally Wayne Gardner. Toward the end of the race, Jim Richards began to rapidly close in on the back of Perkins. Though it proved not be enough. Perkins took the win, with Richards in second and Brock in third after a storming drive from the back of the grid.

NameTeamCarLapsGrid
111 Larry PerkinsPerkins EngineeringHolden VP Commodore282
26 Jim RichardsGibson MotorsportHolden VP Commodore283
305 Peter BrockHolden Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore2818
42 Mark SkaifeGibson MotorsportHolden VP Commodore284
523 Paul MorrisLoGaMo RacingHolden VP Commodore288
618 John BoweDick Johnson RacingFord EB Falcon2817
73 Trevor AshbyLansvale Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore285
81 Glenn SetonGlenn Seton RacingFord EB Falcon2813
97 Neil CromptonWayne Gardner RacingHolden VP Commodore289
1012 Bob JonesAmpol Max 3 RacingHolden VP Commodore2811
1128 Kevin WaldockPlayscape RacingFord EB Falcon12
1225 Tony LonghurstLoGaMo RacingHolden VP Commodore19
1324 Tony ScottPinnacle MotorsportHolden VP Commodore7
1420 Ian PalmerPalmer PromotionsHolden VP Commodore14
1532 Kevin HeffernanPACE RacingHolden VL Commodore SS Group A SV18
Ret17 Dick JohnsonDick Johnson RacingFord EB Falcon1
Ret30 Alan JonesGlenn Seton RacingFord EB Falcon10
Ret4 Wayne GardnerWayne Gardner RacingHolden VP Commodore6
Ret36 Neil SchembriSchembri MotorsportHolden VP Commodore16
WD015 Tomas MezeraHolden Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore
Sources:[2]

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship standings
DriverPoints
1 Mark Skaife184
2 Glenn Seton119
2 Peter Brock119
4 Jim Richards88
5 Larry Perkins77

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1994 Lakeside #1 . racing-reference.info . 2016-11-24 . 1994-04-24 .
  2. Web site: 1994 Lakeside #2 . racing-reference.info . 2016-11-24 . 1994-04-24 .