1993 Tooheys 1000

1993 Tooheys 1000

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The 1993 Tooheys 1000 was the 34th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 3 October 1993 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. The race was held for cars eligible under CAMS Group 3A Touring Car regulations, which included 5.0 litre V8 engined cars (that later became known as V8 Supercars), International Class II 2.0 litre Touring Cars (that later became known as Super Touring cars and naturally aspirated two wheel drive cars complying with 1992 CAMS Group 3A regulations (which had been based on international Group A rules).^[1]

Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit

Class structure and entry list

Class structure

Class A

Over 2000cc

The class later to become known as V8 Supercar.
It consisted of V8 Ford Falcons and Holden Commodores with a special dispensation to allow Group A 2.5 litre BMW M3s and a BMW 635CSi to race.^[2]

Class B

Up to 2000cc

The class later to become known as Super Touring.
It consisted of a pair of Toyota Corollas and a Toyota Carina and a group of older modified Group A touring cars, BMW M3s, Ford Sierras and Toyota Corollas.^[2]

Entry list

47 cars were entered in the race.

No. Class Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car No. Class Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car 1 A   Mark Skaife   Jim Richards Gibson Motorsport (Winfield) Holden Commodore VP 26 A   Graham Lusty   John Lusty   Kevin Heffernan Darrell Dixon Racing (Bretts Timber and Hardware Queensland) Holden Commodore VL 2 A   David Brabham   Anders Olofsson Gibson Motorsport (Winfield) Holden Commodore VP 27 A   Terry Finnigan   Garry Rogers Terry Finnigan Racing Team (Foodtown Supermarkets) Holden Commodore VP 3 A   Steve Reed   Trevor Ashby Lansvale Smash Repairs (Dulux ICI Autocolor) Holden Commodore VP 28 A   Kevin Waldock   Michael Preston   Brett Peters Playscape Racing (Komatsu) Ford Falcon EB 4 A   Stuart McColl   Peter Gazzard Bob Forbes Racing (GIO Insurance) Holden Commodore VP 30 A   Glenn Seton   Alan Jones Glenn Seton Racing (Peter Jackson) Ford Falcon EB 05 A   Peter Brock   John Cleland Advantage Racing (Mobil 1) Holden Commodore VP 33 A   Bob Pearson   Phil Ward Pro-Duct Motorsport (Pro-Duct Air Conditioning) Holden Commodore VP 6 B   Neal Bates   John Smith Colin Bond Racing (Caltex) Toyota Corolla Mk.6 34 A   Bruce Stewart   Darren Stewart Pro-Duct Motorsport (Pro-Duct Air Conditioning) Holden Commodore VP 7 A   Neil Crompton   Mark Gibbs Bob Forbes Racing (GIO Insurance) Holden Commodore VP 35 A   Geoff Brabham   David Parsons Glenn Seton Racing (Peter Jackson) Ford Falcon EB 8 B   Colin Bond   Terry Bosnjak Colin Bond Racing (Caltex) Toyota Corolla Mk.6 39 A   Bill O'Brien   Brian Callaghan, Jr.   Barry Graham O'Brien Automotive (Everlast Automotive) Holden Commodore VL 10 A   Charlie O'Brien   Andrew Miedecke Allan Moffat Racing (Cenovis) Ford Falcon EB 41 A   Garry Willmington   Darren Pate   Tom Watkinson Willmington Performance (Eagle Homes) Ford Falcon EB 11 A   Larry Perkins   Gregg Hansford Perkins Engineering (Castrol) Holden Commodore VP 43 A   John Leeson   Steve Coulter   Greg Smith John Leeson Racing (Boss, Campbelltown Steering) Holden Commodore VL 12 A   Bob Jones   Greg Crick Bob Jones Racing (Ampol Max 3) Holden Commodore VP 44 A   Ken Mathews   John Mathews   Tony Mulvihill Lawless Racing (Northshore European Cars, Sydney 2000) Holden Commodore VL 13 B   Bob Holden^1   David Sala^1   Dennis Rogers Bob Holden Motors (INJEC) Toyota Corolla Mk.6 45 A   Graham Gulson   Ray Gulson   Tania Gulson Gulson Racing (Green's Foods) BMW 635i E24 14 A   Warren Jonsson   Des Wall Jonsson Racing (Jonsson Racing) Holden Commodore VL 47 A   John Trimbole   Andrew Harris Daily Planet Racing (Daily Planet) Holden Commodore VL 15 A   Tomas Mezera   Win Percy Holden Racing Team (Holden, Telecom MobileNet) Holden Commodore VP 49 B   Matthew Martin   Spencer Martin   David McMillan Bob Holden Motors (McGuigan Brothers Wines) Toyota Corolla Mk.6 16 A   Brad Jones   Wayne Gardner Holden Racing Team (Holden, Telecom MobileNet) Holden Commodore VP 50 B   Steve Masterton   Peter Hills Knight Racing (Masterton Homes) Ford Sierra 17 A   Dick Johnson   John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing (Shell) Ford Falcon EB 52 B   Peter Doulman   John Cotter Doulman Automotive (Clark Sinks) BMW M3 E30 18 A   Paul Radisich   Cameron McConville Dick Johnson Racing (Shell) Ford Falcon EB 55 A   Steve Harrington   Troy Dunstan Advantage Racing (Quix Food Stores, Pepsi) Holden Commodore VP 19 A   Glenn Mason   Richard Wilson   Gregg McShane Glenn Mason Racing (Street Heat Magazine) Holden Commodore VL 66 B   Gregg Easton   Kurt Kratzmann Malcolm Rea Racing (Redline Lubricants) Toyota Corolla Mk.7 20 A   Jeff Allam   John Blanchard LoGaMo Racing (Benson and Hedges) BMW M3 E30 72 B   Brad Stratton   Chris Madden Brad Stratton Motorsport (AVP Performance Engineering) Toyota Corolla Mk.6 21 A   Laurie Donaher   Mick Donaher Donaher Racing (Mocopan Coffee) Holden Commodore VL 75 B   Frank Binding   Frank Dartell Binding Smash Repairs (Binding Smash Repairs, Mosman Toyota) Toyota Corolla Mk.6 22 A   John English   Brett Youlden Wayne Douglass Racing (Marathon Foods, Dru Truss) Holden Commodore VL 77 B   Steve Ellery   Garry Gosatti Phoenix Motorsport (Chelgrave Contracting) Ford Sierra 23 A   Paul Morris   Joachim Winkelhock LoGaMo Racing (Diet Coke) BMW M3 E30 79 B   Mike Conway   Calvin Gardiner   Gavin Monaghan Conway Racing (Cadillac Films, Tanduay Rum) Toyota Corolla Mk.7 24 A   Geoff Full   Peter Fitzgerald LoGaMo Racing (Diet Coke) BMW M3 E30 99 B   Steve Cramp   Dennis Cribbin Malcolm Rea Racing (Redline Lubricants) Toyota Corolla Mk.7 25 A   Tony Longhurst   Steve Soper LoGaMo Racing (Benson and Hedges) BMW M3 E30 Source:^[3]

Icon Class A Class A B Class B

• ^1 – Bob Holden and David Sala withdrew separately from Car #13 prior to the race. Sala was replaced with Peter Hopwood.

Results

Top 10 shootout

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	TT10	Qual
Pole	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Larry Perkins	Holden VP Commodore	2:13.013	2:12.86
2	1	Winfield Racing Team	Mark Skaife	Holden VP Commodore	2:13.573	2:13.06
3	15	Holden Racing Team	Tomas Mezera	Holden VP Commodore	2:14.450	2:14.06
4	16	Holden Racing Team	Wayne Gardner	Holden VP Commodore	2:14.903	2:14.31
5	17	Shell Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford EB Falcon	2:15.386	2:14.76
6	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton	Ford EB Falcon	2:15.459	2:14.37
7	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock	Holden VP Commodore	2:16.251	2:14.42
8	2	Winfield Racing Team	David Brabham	Holden VP Commodore	2:16.308	2:15.82
9	18	Shell Racing	Paul Radisich	Ford EB Falcon	2:16.545	2:14.96
10	7	GIO Racing	Neil Crompton	Holden VP Commodore	2:29.902	2:14.98

* Larry Perkins was the only Commodore driver in the runoff to actually have a Holden V8 engine in his car. The rest of the Holden runners had the 5.0L Chevrolet engine in their cars.
* David Brabham became the first second generation driver to compete in the runoff, emulating his triple Formula One World Championship winning father Jack who drove in the inaugural Top 10 runoff in 1978. By coincidence, both finished their respective runoffs in 8th position. The younger Brabham also became the 6th ex-F1 driver to qualify for the runoff following Jack Brabham, Derek Bell, Larry Perkins, Johnny Cecotto and Alan Jones.
* After the Ford EB Falcons had dominated the first six rounds of the ATCC, CAMS allowed a new aero package for the Holden VP Commodores. At Bathurst this allowed the Commodore runners to qualify almost 3 seconds faster than they had in 1992 while the fastest Ford driver in official qualifying Glenn Seton (the only Falcon runner in 1992) could only improve his 1992 time by 1.2 seconds.
* The first driver to run against the clock, Neil Crompton, spun on oil coming into Caltex Chase on his fast lap. During his television interview upon returning to the pits, an angry Crompton said he was stunned to find oil flags waving going into the chase and questioned why the drivers were not told about the oil before the runoff started. As it happened, it was his own GIO Commodore that had been dropping the oil onto the track during both his warm up and official lap, causing grip problems for the next eight drivers to run. Only Perkins and a last out (due to an official mix-up) Dick Johnson said that they found none of the oil.

Race

 

The Gregg Easton / Kurt Kratzmann Toyota Sprinter did not finish the race.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	A	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Larry Perkins   Gregg Hansford	Holden VP Commodore	161	1	1
2	A	1	Winfield Racing Team	Mark Skaife   Jim Richards	Holden VP Commodore	161	2	2
3	A	16	Holden Racing Team	Wayne Gardner   Brad Jones	Holden VP Commodore	160	4	4
4	A	2	Winfield Racing Team	David Brabham   Anders Olofsson	Holden VP Commodore	159	10	8
5	A	55	Pepsi Quix Racing	Troy Dunstan   Steve Harrington	Holden VP Commodore	156	12
6	A	35	Peter Jackson Racing	Geoff Brabham   David Parsons	Ford EB Falcon	154	14
7	A	12	Ampol Max 3 Racing	Bob Jones   Greg Crick	Holden VP Commodore	153	15
8	A	18	Shell Racing	Paul Radisich   Cameron McConville	Ford EB Falcon	151	8	9
9	A	27	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan   Garry Rogers	Holden VP Commodore	150	20
10	A	33	Pro-Duct Motorsport	Bob Pearson   Bruce Stewart   Phil Ward	Holden VP Commodore	148	17
11	A	20	Benson & Hedges Racing	John Blanchard   Jeff Allam	BMW M3 Evolution	148	24
12	A	21	Laurie Donaher	Laurie Donaher   Mick Donaher	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	147	22
13	A	14	Warren Jonsson	Warren Jonsson   Des Wall	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	146	27
14	A	47	Daily Planet Racing	John Trimbole   Andrew Harris	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	146	28
15	A	23	Diet Coke Racing	Paul Morris   Joachim Winkelhock	BMW M3 Evolution	146	11
16	A	28	Playscape Racing	Mike Preston   Brett Peters   Kevin Waldock	Ford EB Falcon	145	19
17	A	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock   John Cleland	Holden VP Commodore	142	6	7
18	A	4	GIO Racing	Stuart McColl   Peter Gazzard	Holden VP Commodore	140	23
19	B	52	M3 Motorsport	Peter Doulman   John Cotter	BMW M3	136	36
20	A	26	Darrel Dixon	Graham Lusty   Kevin Heffernan   John Lusty	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	135	29
21	A	22	Wayne Douglass Racing	Brett Youlden   John English	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	134	26
22	B	13	Bob Holden Motors	Dennis Rogers   Peter Hopwood   David Sala	Toyota Sprinter	128	44
23	B	79	Cadillac Productions	Mike Conway   Calvin Gardiner   Gavin Monaghan	Toyota Sprinter	127	38
DNF	A	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton   Alan Jones	Ford EB Falcon	147	5	6
DNF	A	7	GIO Racing	Neil Crompton   Mark Gibbs	Holden VP Commodore	125	9	10
DNF	B	50	Knight Racing	Steve Masteron   Peter Hills	Ford Sierra	122	45
DNF	B	6	Caltex CXT Racing Team	John Smith   Neal Bates	Toyota Corolla Seca	113	33
DNF	A	15	Holden Racing Team	Tomas Mezera   Win Percy	Holden VP Commodore	107	3	3
DNF	B	72	Brad Stratton	Brad Stratton   Chris Madden	Toyota Corolla	100	41
DNF	A	17	Shell Racing	Dick Johnson   John Bowe	Ford EB Falcon	96	7	5
DNF	A	19	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Glenn Mason   Richard Wilson   Gregg McShane	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	93	34
DNF	A	39	Bill O'Brien	Bill O'Brien   Barry Graham   Brian Callaghan Jr	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	81	25
DNF	A	3	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Steve Reed   Trevor Ashby	Holden VP Commodore	80	16
DNF	A	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst   Steve Soper	BMW M3 Evolution	79	13
NC	A	45	Ray Gulson	Ray Gulson   Graham Gulson   Tania Gulson	BMW 635 CSi	70	31
DNF	B	8	Caltex CXT Racing Team	Colin Bond   Terry Bosnjak	Toyota Corolla Seca	64	35
DNF	B	77	Phoenix Motorsport	Steven Ellery   Gary Gosatti	Ford Sierra	62	37
DNF	B	99	Malcolm Rea	Steve Cramp   Dennis Cribbin	Toyota Sprinter	57	43
DNF	A	24	Diet Coke Racing	Geoff Full   Peter Fitzgerald	BMW M3 Evolution	53	21
DNF	B	75	Frank Binding	Frank Binding   Frank Dartell	Toyota Corolla	52	39
DNF	B	49	Bob Holden Motors	Dave McMillan   Matthew Martin   Spencer Martin	Toyota Corolla FX-GT	46	40
DNF	A	10	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Andrew Miedecke   Charlie O'Brien	Ford EB Falcon	41	18
DNF	A	44	Stuart McColl	Ken Mathews   Tony Mulvihill   John Mathews	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	31	30
DNF	A	41	Garry Willmington Performance	Garry Willmington   Darren Pate   Tom Watkinson	Ford EB Falcon	29	32
DNF	B	66	Malcolm Rea	Gregg Easton   Kurt Kratzmann	Toyota Sprinter	8	42
DNS	A	34	Pro-Duct Motorsport	Bruce Stewart   Darren Stewart	Holden VP Commodore
DNQ	A	43	John Leeson	John Leeson   Steve Coulter   Greg Smith	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
DNA	B	88	Malcolm Rea	Malcolm Rea   Ken Talbert   Chris Barns	Toyota Sprinter

Statistics

• Provisional Pole Position - #11 Larry Perkins - 2:12.86
• Pole Position – #11 Larry Perkins – 2:13.013
• Fastest Lap – #1 Mark Skaife – 2:14.803 (165.92 km/h) on lap 84^[4]
• Race time of winning car - 6:29:06.69^[4]
• Winners' Average Speed – 154.51 km/h^[4]

See also

1993 Australian Touring Car season

References

1. CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1993, page 205
2. Official Programme, Tooheys 1000, 1993, page 43
3. Noonan, Aaron (25 November 2021). Bathurst Every Car, the Photographic History 1990-1999. AN1 Media Pty Limited. p. 74–91. ISBN 9780648786344.
4. Official Programme, Tooheys 1000, 1994, page 30

External links

• Race results, www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au
• Bathurst 1993 images, autopics.com.au