1993 Tooheys 1000
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]
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.
- ^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 | Australia Larry Perkins | Holden VP Commodore | 2:13.013 | 2:12.86 |
2 | 1 | Winfield Racing Team | Australia Mark Skaife | Holden VP Commodore | 2:13.573 | 2:13.06 |
3 | 15 | Holden Racing Team | Australia Tomas Mezera | Holden VP Commodore | 2:14.450 | 2:14.06 |
4 | 16 | Holden Racing Team | Australia Wayne Gardner | Holden VP Commodore | 2:14.903 | 2:14.31 |
5 | 17 | Shell Racing | Australia Dick Johnson | Ford EB Falcon | 2:15.386 | 2:14.76 |
6 | 30 | Peter Jackson Racing | Australia Glenn Seton | Ford EB Falcon | 2:15.459 | 2:14.37 |
7 | 05 | Mobil 1 Racing | Australia Peter Brock | Holden VP Commodore | 2:16.251 | 2:14.42 |
8 | 2 | Winfield Racing Team | Australia David Brabham | Holden VP Commodore | 2:16.308 | 2:15.82 |
9 | 18 | Shell Racing | New Zealand Paul Radisich | Ford EB Falcon | 2:16.545 | 2:14.96 |
10 | 7 | GIO Racing | Australia 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
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Qual Pos |
Shootout Pos |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A | 11 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Australia Larry Perkins Australia Gregg Hansford |
Holden VP Commodore | 161 | 1 | 1 |
2 | A | 1 | Winfield Racing Team | Australia Mark Skaife New Zealand Jim Richards |
Holden VP Commodore | 161 | 2 | 2 |
3 | A | 16 | Holden Racing Team | Australia Wayne Gardner Australia Brad Jones |
Holden VP Commodore | 160 | 4 | 4 |
4 | A | 2 | Winfield Racing Team | Australia David Brabham Sweden Anders Olofsson |
Holden VP Commodore | 159 | 10 | 8 |
5 | A | 55 | Pepsi Quix Racing | Australia Troy Dunstan Australia Steve Harrington |
Holden VP Commodore | 156 | 12 | |
6 | A | 35 | Peter Jackson Racing | Australia Geoff Brabham Australia David Parsons |
Ford EB Falcon | 154 | 14 | |
7 | A | 12 | Ampol Max 3 Racing | Australia Bob Jones Australia Greg Crick |
Holden VP Commodore | 153 | 15 | |
8 | A | 18 | Shell Racing | New Zealand Paul Radisich Australia Cameron McConville |
Ford EB Falcon | 151 | 8 | 9 |
9 | A | 27 | Terry Finnigan | Australia Terry Finnigan Australia Garry Rogers |
Holden VP Commodore | 150 | 20 | |
10 | A | 33 | Pro-Duct Motorsport | Australia Bob Pearson Australia Bruce Stewart Australia Phil Ward |
Holden VP Commodore | 148 | 17 | |
11 | A | 20 | Benson & Hedges Racing | Australia John Blanchard United Kingdom Jeff Allam |
BMW M3 Evolution | 148 | 24 | |
12 | A | 21 | Laurie Donaher | Australia Laurie Donaher Australia Mick Donaher |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 147 | 22 | |
13 | A | 14 | Warren Jonsson | Australia Warren Jonsson Australia Des Wall |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 146 | 27 | |
14 | A | 47 | Daily Planet Racing | Australia John Trimbole Australia Andrew Harris |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 146 | 28 | |
15 | A | 23 | Diet Coke Racing | Australia Paul Morris Germany Joachim Winkelhock |
BMW M3 Evolution | 146 | 11 | |
16 | A | 28 | Playscape Racing | Australia Mike Preston Australia Brett Peters Australia Kevin Waldock |
Ford EB Falcon | 145 | 19 | |
17 | A | 05 | Mobil 1 Racing | Australia Peter Brock United Kingdom John Cleland |
Holden VP Commodore | 142 | 6 | 7 |
18 | A | 4 | GIO Racing | Australia Stuart McColl Australia Peter Gazzard |
Holden VP Commodore | 140 | 23 | |
19 | B | 52 | M3 Motorsport | Australia Peter Doulman Australia John Cotter |
BMW M3 | 136 | 36 | |
20 | A | 26 | Darrel Dixon | Australia Graham Lusty Australia Kevin Heffernan Australia John Lusty |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 135 | 29 | |
21 | A | 22 | Wayne Douglass Racing | Australia Brett Youlden Australia John English |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 134 | 26 | |
22 | B | 13 | Bob Holden Motors | Australia Dennis Rogers Australia Peter Hopwood Australia David Sala |
Toyota Sprinter | 128 | 44 | |
23 | B | 79 | Cadillac Productions | Australia Mike Conway Australia Calvin Gardiner Australia Gavin Monaghan |
Toyota Sprinter | 127 | 38 | |
DNF | A | 30 | Peter Jackson Racing | Australia Glenn Seton Australia Alan Jones |
Ford EB Falcon | 147 | 5 | 6 |
DNF | A | 7 | GIO Racing | Australia Neil Crompton Australia Mark Gibbs |
Holden VP Commodore | 125 | 9 | 10 |
DNF | B | 50 | Knight Racing | Australia Steve Masteron Australia Peter Hills |
Ford Sierra | 122 | 45 | |
DNF | B | 6 | Caltex CXT Racing Team | Australia John Smith Australia Neal Bates |
Toyota Corolla Seca | 113 | 33 | |
DNF | A | 15 | Holden Racing Team | Australia Tomas Mezera United Kingdom Win Percy |
Holden VP Commodore | 107 | 3 | 3 |
DNF | B | 72 | Brad Stratton | Australia Brad Stratton Australia Chris Madden |
Toyota Corolla | 100 | 41 | |
DNF | A | 17 | Shell Racing | Australia Dick Johnson Australia John Bowe |
Ford EB Falcon | 96 | 7 | 5 |
DNF | A | 19 | Lansvale Smash Repairs | Australia Glenn Mason Australia Richard Wilson Australia Gregg McShane |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 93 | 34 | |
DNF | A | 39 | Bill O'Brien | Australia Bill O'Brien Australia Barry Graham Australia Brian Callaghan Jr |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 81 | 25 | |
DNF | A | 3 | Lansvale Smash Repairs | Australia Steve Reed Australia Trevor Ashby |
Holden VP Commodore | 80 | 16 | |
DNF | A | 25 | Benson & Hedges Racing | Australia Tony Longhurst United Kingdom Steve Soper |
BMW M3 Evolution | 79 | 13 | |
NC | A | 45 | Ray Gulson | Australia Ray Gulson Australia Graham Gulson Australia Tania Gulson |
BMW 635 CSi | 70 | 31 | |
DNF | B | 8 | Caltex CXT Racing Team | Australia Colin Bond Australia Terry Bosnjak |
Toyota Corolla Seca | 64 | 35 | |
DNF | B | 77 | Phoenix Motorsport | Australia Steven Ellery Australia Gary Gosatti |
Ford Sierra | 62 | 37 | |
DNF | B | 99 | Malcolm Rea | Australia Steve Cramp Australia Dennis Cribbin |
Toyota Sprinter | 57 | 43 | |
DNF | A | 24 | Diet Coke Racing | Australia Geoff Full Australia Peter Fitzgerald |
BMW M3 Evolution | 53 | 21 | |
DNF | B | 75 | Frank Binding | Australia Frank Binding Australia Frank Dartell |
Toyota Corolla | 52 | 39 | |
DNF | B | 49 | Bob Holden Motors | New Zealand Dave McMillan Australia Matthew Martin Australia Spencer Martin |
Toyota Corolla FX-GT | 46 | 40 | |
DNF | A | 10 | Allan Moffat Enterprises | Australia Andrew Miedecke Australia Charlie O'Brien |
Ford EB Falcon | 41 | 18 | |
DNF | A | 44 | Stuart McColl | Australia Ken Mathews Australia Tony Mulvihill Australia John Mathews |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 31 | 30 | |
DNF | A | 41 | Garry Willmington Performance | Australia Garry Willmington Australia Darren Pate Australia Tom Watkinson |
Ford EB Falcon | 29 | 32 | |
DNF | B | 66 | Malcolm Rea | Australia Gregg Easton Australia Kurt Kratzmann |
Toyota Sprinter | 8 | 42 | |
DNS | A | 34 | Pro-Duct Motorsport | Australia Bruce Stewart Australia Darren Stewart |
Holden VP Commodore | |||
DNQ | A | 43 | John Leeson | Australia John Leeson Australia Steve Coulter Australia Greg Smith |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | |||
DNA | B | 88 | Malcolm Rea | Australia Malcolm Rea Australia Ken Talbert New Zealand 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