1991 Tooheys 1000
The 1991 Tooheys 1000 was a motor race which was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 6 October 1991. It was the 32nd running of the Bathurst 1000. The 1000 km race was held for cars complying with the provisions of Australian Group 3A Touring Car regulations[1] with the field divided into three engine capacity divisions. It was the Round 2 of both the 1991 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1991 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.[2]
The Richards / Skaife Nissan GT-R recorded a one lap victory from the
With the overall race time of 6h 19m 14.80s breaking the 1984 record of 6h 23m 13.06s. The 1991 time remained as the race record for the 1000 km event[3] until it was broken at the 2010 event with a 6h 12m 51.4153s race time. As of the end of 2018 the 1991 edition is still one of the fastest races in the history of this event, being the sixth fastest.
Divisional structure
Division 1
For
Division 2
For
Division 3
For Group 3A cars of Up to 1600cc engine capacity, it was composed exclusively of various models of Toyota Corolla.
Tooheys Top 10
Pos | No | Team | Driver | Car | TT10 | Qual |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pole | 1 | Nissan Motorsport Australia | Mark Skaife | Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
|
2:12.630 | 2:12.84 |
2 | 4 | GIO Racing | Mark Gibbs | Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
|
2:13.876 | 2:15.08 |
3 | 30 | Peter Jackson Racing | Glenn Seton | Ford Sierra RS500
|
2:14.892 | 2:15.26 |
4 | 18 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing | John Bowe | Ford Sierra RS500
|
2:15.679 | 2:16.06 |
5 | 17 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford Sierra RS500
|
2:16.033 | 2:16.56 |
6 | 05 | Mobil 1 Racing | Peter Brock | Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV
|
2:16.071 | 2:16.44 |
7 | 2 | Nissan Motorsport Australia | Drew Price | Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
|
2:16.296 | 2:15.62 |
8 | 11 | Mobil 1 Racing | Larry Perkins | Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV
|
2:17.018 | 2:16.20 |
9 | 35 | Peter Jackson Racing | David Parsons
|
Ford Sierra RS500
|
2:17.581 | 2:17.54 |
10 | 16 | Holden Racing Team
|
Win Percy | Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV
|
2:17.732 | 2:16.96 |
* After breaking
Official results
Pos | Division[5] | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Qual Pos |
Shootout Pos |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 1 | Nissan Motorsport Australia | Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
|
161 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | 1 | 16 | Holden Racing Team
|
Win Percy Allan Grice |
Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV
|
160 | 9 | 10 |
3 | 1 | 4 | GIO Racing | Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow |
Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R | 159 | 2 | 2 |
4 | 2 | 20 | Benson & Hedges Racing | Denny Hulme Peter Fitzgerald |
BMW M3 Evolution
|
157 | 19 | |
5 | 1 | 28 | Playscape Racing | Kevin Waldock Brett Peters |
Ford Sierra RS500
|
155 | 18 | |
6 | 1 | 6 | Alf Grant | Alf Grant Tim Grant |
Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R
|
148 | 27 | |
7 | 1 | 05 | Mobil 1 Racing | Andrew Miedecke
|
Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV | 147 | 7 | 6 |
8 | 1 | 27 | Terry Finnigan | Terry Finnigan Geoff Leeds |
Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV | 146 | 24 | |
9 | 1 | 30 | Peter Jackson Racing | Glenn Seton Gregg Hansford |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 146 | 3 | 3 |
10 | 1 | 50 | Bryan Sala | Bryan Sala Graham Lusty |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 140 | 35 | |
11 | 1 | 14 | Warren Jonsson | Warren Jonsson Graham Jonsson |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
|
140 | 28 | |
12 | 3 | 78 | Speedtech Motorsport | Geoff Full Paul Morris |
Toyota Sprinter | 140 | 39 | |
13 | 1 | 3 | Lansvale Smash Repairs | Trevor Ashby
|
Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV | 137 | 16 | |
14 | 1 | 26 | Daryl Hendrick | Daryl Hendrick Chris Lambden John White |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 137 | 36 | |
15 | 1 | 22 | Perkins Engineering Formula 1 Investments |
Graham Moore Michel Delcourt Peter McKay |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 136 | 21 | |
16 | 1 | 34 | Ray Gulson | Ray Gulson Graham Gulson |
BMW 635 CSi
|
134 | 34 | |
17 | 3 | 71 | Toyota Team Australia | Ron Searle Don Griffiths |
Toyota Corolla FX-GT | 133 | 42 | |
18 | 1 | 15 | Toyota Team Australia | John Smith Geoff Morgan |
Toyota Supra Turbo-A | 131 | 17 | |
19 | 3 | 75 | Bob Holden Motors
|
Ted Dunford Brad Wright |
Toyota Corolla | 126 | 46 | |
20 | 3 | 73 | Bob Holden Motors | Bob Holden Rauno Aaltonen Dennis Rogers |
Toyota Corolla | 124 | 47 | |
21 | 1 | 12 | Ray Lintott | Ray Lintott Tony Scott John English |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 122 | 20 | |
DSQ | 1 | 10 | Allan Moffat Enterprises | Gianfranco Brancatelli Charlie O'Brien |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 158 | 12 | |
DNF | 1 | 18 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing | Paul Radisich Terry Shiel John Bowe |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 152 | 5 | 4 |
DNF | 1 | 8 | Caltex CXT Racing Team | Colin Bond Graeme Crosby |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 152 | 14 | |
DNF | 1 | 21 | Ampol Max 3 Racing | Bob Jones Mike Imrie |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 139 | 33 | |
DNF | 2 | 25 | Benson & Hedges Racing | Tony Longhurst Alan Jones |
BMW M3 Evolution | 138 | 11 | |
DNF | 1 | 2 | Nissan Motorsport Australia | Drew Price Garry Waldon Mark Skaife |
Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R | 135 | 4 | 7 |
DNF | 2 | 52 | M3 Motorsport | John Cotter
|
BMW M3
|
133 | 32 | |
DNF | 1 | 9 | Allan Moffat Enterprises | Gary Brabham Steve Millen |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 128 | 15 | |
DNF | 1 | 17 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing | Dick Johnson John Bowe |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 123 | 8 | 5 |
DNF | 1 | 24 | Hersonne Engineering | Laurie Donaher Mick Donaher |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 123 | 38 | |
NC | 1 | 39 | Everlast Battery Service | Bill O'Brien Brian Callaghan Brian Callaghan Jr |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 116 | 26 | |
DNF | 1 | 43 | Brian Bolwell Racing | Brian Bolwell Arthur Abrahams |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 113 | 22 | |
DNF | 1 | 7 | Holden Racing Team | Brad Jones Neil Crompton |
Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV | 100 | 13 | |
DNF | 3 | 77 | Bob Holden Motors | Geoff Forshaw Richard Vorst |
Toyota Corolla | 96 | 48 | |
DNF | 1 | 44 | Brian Bolwell Racing | Glenn McIntyre Dave Barrow |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 93 | 31 | |
DNF | 1 | 19 | Shell Ultra Hi Racing | Kayne Scott Gregg Taylor |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 90 | 25 | |
DNF | 3 | 74 | Peter Verheyen | Peter Verheyen John Vernon |
Toyota Sprinter | 86 | 44 | |
DNF | 3 | 70 | Toyota Team Australia | Neal Bates Rick Bates |
Toyota Corolla FX-GT | 76 | 41 | |
DNF | 1 | 11 | Mobil 1 Racing | Larry Perkins Tomas Mezera |
Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV | 65 | 6 | 8 |
DNF | 1 | 35 | Peter Jackson Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | 60 | 10 | 9 | |
DNF | 1 | 41 | Garry Willmington Performance | Garry Willmington Reda Awadullah |
Toyota Supra Turbo | 56 | 30 | |
DNF | 1 | 13 | Peter Janson | Peter Janson Peter Gazzard |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 53 | 28 | |
DNF | 1 | 33 | Pro-Duct Motorsport | Bob Pearson Bruce Stewart |
Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV | 48 | 23 | |
DNF | 2 | 54 | Kiwi Motorsport | Keith Sharp Ian Spurle Edgar Salwegter |
BMW M3 | 34 | 40 | |
DNF | 3 | 72 | David Sala | David Sala Brad Stratton |
Toyota Corolla | 28 | 43 | |
DNS | 1 | 32 | Pro-Duct Motorsport | Bob Tindal Darren Stewart |
Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV | 37 | ||
DNS | 3 | 76 | Bob Holden Motors | Mike Conway Calvin Gardiner |
Toyota Corolla | 45 | ||
DNQ | 1 | 36 | Ron Masing | Ron Masing Greville Arnel |
Mitsubishi Starion Turbo | 49 | ||
DNP | 3 | 79 | Malcolm Rea | Malcolm Rea Brian Selby Garry Jones |
Toyota Sprinter |
Statistics
- Provisional Pole Position - #1 Mark Skaife - 2:12.84
- Pole Position – #1 Mark Skaife – 2:12.63
- Fastest Lap – #2 Mark Skaife – 2:14.50 - Lap 130 (new lap record)
- Average Speed – 158 km/h
- Race Time - 6:19:14.80 (new race record)
See also
1991 Australian Touring Car season
References
- ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1991, page 170
- ^ Australian Motor Racing Year, 1991/92, pages 238–239
- ISBN 1-875221-12-3.
- ^ 1991 Bathurst 1000 - Top 10 Shootout
- ^ Toohey 1000 Official 1991 Programme, Entry List, page 61
External links
- Australian titles Retrieved from CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport on 28 September 1991
- www.touringcarracing.net
- race results
- 1991 Tooheys 1000 images Retrieved from Autopics on 28 September 1991