1994 Amaroo Park ATCC round

1994 Amaroo Park ATCC round

Event Information
Round 1 of 10 in the 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship
Date	25-27 February 1994
Location	Sydney, New South Wales
Venue	Amaroo Park
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 28 laps 54 km Pole position Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport 49.795 Winner Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport
Race 2 Distance 28 laps 54 km Winner Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport
Round Results First Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport 46 pts Second Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing 32 pts Third Peter Brock Holden Racing Team 24 pts

The 1994 Amaroo Park ATCC round was the first round of the 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship. It was held on the weekend of 25 to 27 February at Amaroo Park in Sydney, New South Wales. This would be the last time the Australian Touring Car Championship would compete at Amaroo Park, whilst the circuit itself would close down just four years later. It was won by Mark Skaife, who took a clean sweep and took maximum points from the weekend.

Race results

Qualifying

Mark Skaife took the first pole position of the year, with Glenn Seton just three-tenths slower.

Pos	No	Name	Team	Vehicle	Time
1	2	Mark Skaife	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	49.795
2	1	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford EB Falcon	49.827
3	30	Alan Jones	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford EB Falcon	50.024
4	17	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	50.073
5	015	Tomas Mezera	Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	50.133
6	18	John Bowe	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	50.141
7	05	Peter Brock	Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	50.182
8	23	Paul Morris	LoGaMo Racing	Holden VP Commodore	50.306
9	11	Larry Perkins	Perkins Engineering	Holden VP Commodore	50.306
10	25	Tony Longhurst	LoGaMo Racing	Holden VP Commodore	50.341
11	7	Neil Crompton	Wayne Gardner Racing	Holden VP Commodore	50.378
12	6	Jim Richards	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	50.434
13	4	Wayne Gardner	Wayne Gardner Racing	Holden VP Commodore	50.575
14	3	Trevor Ashby	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	50.804
15	33	Bob Pearson	Pro-Duct Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	51.145
16	27	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan Racing	Holden VP Commodore	51.190
17	12	Bob Jones	Ampol Max 3 Racing	Holden VP Commodore	51.748
18	28	Kevin Waldock	Playscape Racing	Ford EB Falcon	52.125
19	39	Chris Smerdon	Challenge Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	52.582
20	47	John Trimble	Daily Planet Racing	Holden VP Commodore	53.922
21	79	Mike Conway	Cadillac Productions	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	54.542
22	88	Steven Ellery	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford Sierra RS	54.683
23	42	Glenn Mason	Glenn Mason Racing	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	54.922
24	36	Neil Schembri	Schembri Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	54.943
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Peter Jackson Dash

Mark Skaife took out the Peter Jackson Dash with a commanding win - leading from the drop of the flag to the finish. Tomas Mezera was the big mover of the pack, moving from fifth place to second, thereby putting himself on the front row for race one. Meanwhile, Glenn Seton went from second to sixth, losing his front row start.

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Grid
1	2	Mark Skaife	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	1
2	015	Tomas Mezera	Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	5
3	30	Alan Jones	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford EB Falcon	3
4	18	John Bowe	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	6
5	17	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	4
6	1	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford EB Falcon	2
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Race 1

After Mezera was relegated to the back of the grid after being unable to get his engine started for the warm-up lap on time, Skaife was effectively given a free front-row. Using this to his advantage, he got off to an early lead and would keep it all the way to the flag for the first race win of the 1994 season. Down the pack, there were some drivers making moves. Glenn Seton would pass the Dick Johnson Racing duo of Bowe and Johnson and team-mate Alan Jones, who would later incur a puncture, effectively dropping him out of the race. Mezera would climb from 23rd to ninth in a stirring drive. Skaife took a convincing win, with Seton in second and Bowe in third.

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Laps	Grid
1	2	Mark Skaife	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	28	1
2	1	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford EB Falcon	28	6
3	18	John Bowe	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	28	4
4	17	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	28	5
5	05	Peter Brock	Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	28	7
6	23	Paul Morris	LoGaMo Racing	Holden VP Commodore	28	8
7	11	Larry Perkins	Perkins Engineering	Holden VP Commodore	28	9
8	6	Jim Richards	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	28	12
9	015	Tomas Mezera	Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	28	24 1
10	25	Tony Longhurst	LoGaMo Racing	Holden VP Commodore	28	10
11	4	Wayne Gardner	Wayne Gardner Racing	Holden VP Commodore		13
12	27	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan Racing	Holden VP Commodore		16
13	33	Bob Pearson	Pro-Duct Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore		15
14	28	Kevin Waldock	Playscape Racing	Ford EB Falcon		18
15	39	Chris Smerdon	Challenge Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore		19
16	7	Neil Crompton	Wayne Gardner Racing	Holden VP Commodore		11
17	47	John Trimble	Daily Planet Racing	Holden VP Commodore		20
18	30	Alan Jones	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford EB Falcon		3
19	79	Mike Conway	Cadillac Productions	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV		21
20	88	Steven Ellery	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford Sierra RS		22
21	12	Bob Jones	Ampol Max 3 Racing	Holden VP Commodore		17
22	3	Trevor Ashby	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore		14
23	42	Glenn Mason	Glenn Mason Racing	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV		23
WD	36	Neil Schembri	Schembri Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore
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Notes

1.^ – Mezera was relegated to the back of the grid after failing to start his engine on time for the warm-up lap.

Race 2

In the final Australian Touring Car Championship race at Amaroo Park, Skaife took another flag-to-flag victory, in a relatively uneventful race. Although closer than the previous race, Skaife was never really challenged and walked away from the weekend with maximum points toward his assault on the 1994 season. The podium was completed by Seton and Brock.

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Laps	Grid
1	2	Mark Skaife	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	28	1
2	1	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford EB Falcon	28	2
3	05	Peter Brock	Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	28	5
4	015	Tomas Mezera	Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	28	9
5	6	Jim Richards	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	28	8
6	25	Tony Longhurst	LoGaMo Racing	Holden VP Commodore	28	10
7	23	Paul Morris	LoGaMo Racing	Holden VP Commodore	28	6
8	17	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	28	4
9	18	John Bowe	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	28	3
10	4	Wayne Gardner	Wayne Gardner Racing	Holden VP Commodore	28	11
11	7	Neil Crompton	Wayne Gardner Racing	Holden VP Commodore		16
12	3	Trevor Ashby	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore		22
13	33	Bob Pearson	Pro-Duct Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore		13
14	12	Bob Jones	Ampol Max 3 Racing	Holden VP Commodore		21
15	11	Larry Perkins	Perkins Engineering	Holden VP Commodore		7
16	27	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan Racing	Holden VP Commodore		12
17	39	Chris Smerdon	Challenge Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore		15
18	47	John Trimble	Daily Planet Racing	Holden VP Commodore		17
19	79	Mike Conway	Cadillac Motorsport	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV		19
20	30	Alan Jones	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford EB Falcon		18
21	42	Glenn Mason	Glenn Mason Racing	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV		23
Ret	88	Steven Ellery	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford Sierra RS		20
Ret	28	Kevin Waldock	Playscape Racing	Ford EB Falcon		14
WD	36	Neil Schembri	Schembri Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore
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Championship Standings

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Mark Skaife	46
	2	Glenn Seton	32
	3	Peter Brock	24
	4	John Bowe	16
	5	Dick Johnson	16

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