1994 Tooheys 1000 Explained

The 1994 Tooheys 1000 was a motor race held on 2 October 1994 at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. It was the 35th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. The race was open to cars complying with CAMS Group 3A Touring Car regulations, later known as V8 Supercars and those complying with FIA Class II Touring Car regulations, later known as Super Touring cars. In the lead up to the 2003 event, Wheels Magazine voted the 1994 Bathurst 1000 to be the greatest of all time.

The race was won by Dick Johnson and John Bowe in their Dick Johnson Racing entered Ford EB Falcon, with the latter driver holding off a late-race challenge from then-rookie Craig Lowndes in a Holden Racing Team entered VP Commodore he shared with Brad Jones, which eventually finished second. Larry Perkins and Gregg Hansford were third in their Holden VP Commodore entered by Perkins Engineering.

Entry list

	Class		Class	Team (Sponsor)
1	A	35	A	^[1]
2	A	36	A
3	A	37	A
4	A	38	A
05	A	39	A
6	A	41	A
7	A	42	A
8	B	44	A
9	A	45	B
10	A	46	B
11	A	47	A
12	A	48	B
14	A	49	A
015	A	50	A
16	B	51	B
17	A	52	B
18	A	54	A
20	A	56	B
24	A	57	B
25	A	60	A
26	A	62	A
27	A	89	B
28	A	98	B
30	A
Source:^[2]

Icon	Class
A	Class A
B	Class B

Entry list at the start of Practice One. Kevin Heffernan was entered in Car #50 but moved across to Car #44 prior to the race.

Class A

For 5.0 litre cars, later to become known as V8 Supercars, it consisted of V8 engined Ford Falcons and Holden Commodores.

Class B

For 2.0 litre cars, later to become known as Super Touring cars, it consisted of BMW 318i, Hyundai Lantra, Peugeot 405, Toyota Carina, Toyota Corolla, a modified DTM Mercedes-Benz 190E and older modified Group A BMW M3s and Ford Sierras.

Results

Top 10 shootout

The Tooheys Top Ten was restricted to the top ten cars from Qualifying. The results of this runoff determined the first ten places on the grid for the race. Additional prize money was paid to all entries in the Tooheys Top Ten.^[3]

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	TT10	Qual
Pole	1	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton	Ford EB Falcon	2:12.1464	2:12.03
2	05	Holden Racing Team	Peter Brock	Holden VP Commodore	2:12.3639	2:12.99
3	2	Winfield Racing	Mark Skaife	Holden VP Commodore	2:12.3646	2:12.36
4	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst	Holden VP Commodore	2:12.7549	2:13.90
5	4	Coca-Cola Racing	Wayne Gardner	Holden VP Commodore	2:12.9670	2:13.46
6	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Alan Jones	Ford EB Falcon	2:13.1276	2:13.44
7	18	Shell-FAI Racing	Allan Grice	Ford EB Falcon	2:13.1959	2:12.71
8	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Larry Perkins	Holden VP Commodore	2:13.2338	2:12.90
9	015	Holden Racing Team	Brad Jones	Holden VP Commodore	2:13.5126	2:13.15
10	17	Shell-FAI Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford EB Falcon	2:13.6164	2:12.43

Glenn Seton took his first ever pole position at Bathurst in his Ford EB Falcon. It was also the first Ford V8 on pole at Bathurst since Allan Moffat put his XB Falcon on pole in 1976. All other Ford pole positions since then (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1992) had been achieved in the turbocharged 4 cyl Ford Sierra RS500.
* After having an earlier time disallowed in qualifying due to a technical infringement, Peter Brock, in his first race at Bathurst for a factory backed Holden team since 1986, then qualified 6th in his Holden Racing Team VP Commodore. He improved in the shootout to qualify second for his first front row start since claiming pole position in a Ford Sierra RS500 in 1989.
* Dick Johnson qualified for his 17th straight Top Ten runoff having been the only driver to compete in every one since its inception in 1978. After qualifying 3rd, Johnson fell to 10th after the shootout when he ran wide and hit the wall coming out of The Cutting causing large amounts of tyre smoke from the right rear for the rest of the lap, though his time was only 1/10th slower than the HRT Commodore of Brad Jones.
* 1986 and 1990 race winner Allan Grice, who missed the race in 1993, made his first start at Bathurst in a Ford after 19 starts for Holden (1973-1992) and one start in a Fiat 124 Sport in 1968. He qualified his Dick Johnson Racing EB Falcon in 7th in the shootout, faster than team leader Dick Johnson who ended up 10th.
* Tony Longhurst and Brad Jones both equalled the record for driving different makes of cars in the Top Ten shootout. Longhurst had previously qualified for Ford (1988-1990) and BMW (1992), while Jones had previously qualified in a Mitsubishi (1986) and a Ford (1989). Both qualified their respective Holden VP Commodores for the 1994 Tooheys Top Ten. The record had been held solely by 1976 race winner Bob Morris who had qualified in the Top Ten for Holden (1978, 1979, 1983), Ford (1980, 1981, 1982) and Mazda (1984).

Race

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	A	17	Shell-FAI Racing	Dick Johnson John Bowe	Ford EB Falcon	161	3	10
2	A	015	Holden Racing Team	Brad Jones Craig Lowndes	Holden VP Commodore	161	7	9
3	A	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Larry Perkins Gregg Hansford	Holden VP Commodore	161	5	8
4	A	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst Charlie O'Brien	Holden VP Commodore	161	10	4
5	A	7	Coca-Cola Racing	Win Percy Russell Ingall	Holden VP Commodore	161	11
6	A	6	Winfield Racing	Colin Bond Anders Olofsson	Holden VP Commodore	161	12
7	A	18	Shell-FAI Racing	Allan Grice Steven Johnson	Ford EB Falcon	160	4	7
8	A	9	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Andrew Miedecke Jeff Allam	Ford EB Falcon	157	16
9	A	47	Daily Planet Racing	John Trimbole Garry Waldon	Holden VP Commodore	156	19
10	B	46	Diet Coke Racing	Paul Morris Altfrid Heger	BMW 318i	155	31
11	B	45	Diet Coke Racing	Craig Baird Brett Riley	BMW 318i	152	35
12	B	48	Benson & Hedges Racing	Warwick Rooklyn John Blanchard	BMW 318i	152	32
13	A	39	Challenge Motorsport	Chris Smerdon Cameron McConville	Holden VP Commodore	151	21
14	A	20	Palmer Promotions	Ian Palmer Brett Peters	Holden VP Commodore	151	25
15	A	36	Schembri Motorsport	Neil Schembri Rodney Crick	Holden VP Commodore	149	23
16	A	12	Ampol Max 3 Racing	Bob Jones Troy Dunstan	Holden VP Commodore	148	17
17	A	54	Ed Lamont	Ed Lamont Graham Gulson	Holden VP Commodore	146	22
18	A	37	Scotty Taylor Racing	Alan Taylor Roger Hurd Stephen Bell	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV	145	36
19	B	52	M3 Motorsport	Peter Doulman John Cotter	BMW M3 2.0L	144	38
20	A	38	Brian Callaghan	Barry Graham Brian Callaghan Jr	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV	143	29
21	A	35	Steven McLaine Motorsport	Richard Wilson Troy Nicholson Ric Shaw	Holden VP Commodore	143	27
22	A	14	Stuart McColl	Stuart McColl Peter Gazzard	Holden VP Commodore	142	24
23	B	56	Bruce Miles	Greg Murphy James Kaye	Toyota Carina	136	33
24	A	3	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby	Holden VP Commodore	134	15
25	B	16	Phil Ward Racing	Peter McKay Jamie Miller	Mercedes-Benz 190E	126	43
26	A	44	Group Motorsport	Mike Conway George Ayoub Kevin Heffernan	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV	123	37
DNF	A	24	Pinnacle Motorsport	Tony Scott Greg Crick	Holden VP Commodore	158	14
DNF	A	05	Holden Racing Team	Peter Brock Tomas Mezera	Holden VP Commodore	138	6	2
NC	A	41	Garry Willmington Performance	Garry Willmington Jeff Barnes	Ford EB Falcon	109	28
NC	A	10	Phil Ward Racing	Phil Ward Steven Ellery	Holden VP Commodore	100	13
DNF	A	4	Coca-Cola Racing	Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton	Holden VP Commodore	99	9	5
NC	A	42	Glenn Mason	Greg Fahey Dennis Cribbin	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV	97	42
DNF	A	27	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan Steve Williams	Holden VP Commodore	95	18
DNF	A	60	Peter McLeod	Ryan McLeod Peter McLeod Kevin Burton	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV	83	26
DNF	A	1	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton Paul Radisich	Ford EB Falcon	82	1	1
DNF	A	62	Novacastrian Motorsport	Wayne Russell Bernie Gillon	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV	71	34
DNF	B	57	Darrel Dixon	Bill Sieders Allan Letcher	Peugeot 405 Mi16	63	41
DNF	A	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Alan Jones David Parsons	Ford EB Falcon	52	8	6
DNF	A	2	Winfield Racing	Mark Skaife Jim Richards	Holden VP Commodore	39	2	3
DNF	B	98	Knight Racing	Peter Hills Dennis Rogers	Ford Sierra	34	44
DNF	B	8	Hyundai Automotive	Steve Hardman Geoff Full	Hyundai Lantra	26	45
DNF	A	49	Malcolm Stenniken	Brett Youlden Malcolm Stenniken	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV	24	30
DNF	A	28	Playscape Racing	Kevin Waldock Mike Preston	Ford EB Falcon	19	20
DNF	B	89	Phoenix Motorsport	Ken Mathews Matthew Martin	Peugeot 405 Mi16	17	39
DNF	B	51	Inspired Racing	Andrew Reid Melinda Price Garry Jones	Toyota Corolla Seca	16	40
DNS	A	26	Don Watson	Don Watson Ian Love	Holden VP Commodore
DNS	A	50	Easton Motorsport	Gregg Easton Kevin Heffernan	Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV

Notes:

- Don Watson was killed in an accident at the Chase during Thursday qualifying, which resulted in his entry being withdrawn from the race.
- Greg Easton's car was badly damaged after an accident during Friday qualifying, and was subsequently withdrawn. Co-driver Kevin Heffernan was later moved into the #44 Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV of Mike Conway & George Ayoub.

Statistics

Provisional Pole Position - #1 Glenn Seton - 2:12.0290
Pole Position - #1 Glenn Seton - 2:12.1464
Fastest Lap - #17 Dick Johnson - 2:14.1458 - Lap 108
Winners' Race Time - 7:03:45.8425^[4]
Winners' Average Speed - 142.63 km/h^[4]

External links

Notes and References

News: 94813 - Richard Wilson / Troy Nicholson / Richard Shaw, Commodore VP - Tooheys 1000 Bathurst 1994 - Photographer Marshall Cass. Autopics. 2 October 1994.
Book: Noonan, Aaron. 25 November 2021. Bathurst Every Car, the Photographic History 1990-1999. AN1 Media . 94–111 . 9780648786344.
1994 Tooheys 1000 Prize Money, Official Programme, Toohey 1000, 2 October 1994, page 134
Last Year's Race, Official Programme, Tooheys 1000, 1 October 1995, page 24