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
[edit]Class structure
[edit]- 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
[edit]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
[edit]Top 10 shootout
[edit]| 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
[edit]
| 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]1993 Australian Touring Car season