1988 Tooheys 1000

1988 Tooheys 1000
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The 1988 Tooheys 1000 was the 29th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 2 October 1988 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The race was also part of a short lived South Pacific Touring Car Championship in 1988..

In the days prior to the race there was controversy as Tom Walkinshaw lodged a formal protest against the leading Australia's Sierra's (all three DJR cars along with the Longhurst and Bond Sierra's). Curiously all European built Fords were not protested, Walkinshaw claiming it was only the Australian cars as they were the fastest, despite the presence of the Eggenberger built Allan Moffat Racing Sierra as 4th fastest qualifier. This was countered by the Dick Johnson team who protested the HSV team Commodore's. Ultimately the Walkinshaw protest was dismissed as it was found his protest was illegal as the HSV Team was entered by Larry Perkins and not Walkinshaw, the Scot had no authority to lodge a protest and the stewards of the meeting erred in allowing it to proceed. However, the damage was done to the leading Aussie Fords and it was only race winners Tony Longhurst Racing who managed to get their car back up to speed after being dismantled by scrutineers on the Friday before the Top 10 run off. In an ironic twist, the DJR protest against the three HSV team cars was successful, though not needed as one car was withdrawn before the race and both the Walkinshaw/Jeff Allam and the Perkins/Denny Hulme/Walkinshaw cars failed to finish.

The 1988 race, under the first time sponsorship of Tooheys Brewery, was won by Tony Longhurst and Tomas Mezera driving a Ford Sierra RS500. It was the races first victory for a turbocharged vehicle, and the first victory by a four cylinder car since 1966. It was also the only time in the races history that the race had a rolling rather than a standing start as dictated by FISA regulations. The Ford Sierras dominated the race as expected but reliability had plagued the Fords. Several that had led the race retired however sufficient of them finished to fill the podium positions. Second was the last survivor of the three car Dick Johnson Racing team, driven by former factory Toyota racer John Smith and DJR lead drivers Dick Johnson and John Bowe who's own cars had both failed early. Alfredo Costanzo qualified in the DJR Sierra but did not get to race as Johnson and Bowe took over the Smith/Costanzo car. Third was the Sierra of Colin Bond and Alan Jones. The Caltex Sierra of Bond/Jones had to survive a protest and post race disqualification (later overruled) to be finally classified 3rd in December '88.

1 Class structure
2 Tooheys Dozen
3 Official results
4 Statistics
5 See also
6 External links

Class structure

The race was held for cars eligible for International Group A touring car regulations for three engine capacity classes.

Class A

For Group A cars of over 2500cc engine capacity, it featured the turbocharged Ford Sierras, Nissan Skylines and Mitsubishi Starions, the V8 Holden Commodores and a BMW 635 CSi.

Class B

For Group A cars of over 1601-2500cc engine capacity, it was composed of BMW M3s and a Mercedes-Benz 190E.

Class C

For Group A cars of under 1600cc engine capacity, it was composed exclusively of various models of Toyota Corolla.

Tooheys Dozen

Due to FISA regulations the Top 10 run-off was not for Pole Position in 1988 but only for money. This was the only time since the run off began as Hardies Heroes in 1978 that the top 10 grid positions have not been decided in the run off. As a result the Australian Racing Drivers Club invited non-top 10 qualifiers Allan Grice and Peter Brock to participate.

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	TD	Qual
1	9	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS500	2:18.24	2:18.02
2	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst	Ford Sierra RS500	2:18.51	2:17.96
3	28	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	John Bowe	Ford Sierra RS500	2:18.95	2:17.52
4	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	2:19.22	2:16.46
5	6	Andrew Miedecke	Steve Soper	Ford Sierra RS500	2:19.60	2:18.78*
6	4	Caltex CXT Racing Team	Colin Bond	Ford Sierra RS500	2:20.33	2:19.84
7	8	Andrew Bagnall	Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS500	2:20.71	2:20.34
8	21	Team CMS Sweden	Ulf Granberg	Ford Sierra RS500	2:21.82	2:22.20
9	10	Holden Special Vehicles	Larry Perkins	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	2:22.47	2:21.00
10	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	2:22.72	2:21.92*
11	2	ICL Racing	Allan Grice	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	2:22.87	2:22.32
12	56	Mobil 1 Racing Team	Peter Brock	BMW M3	2:25.11	2:23.76*

* Andrew Miedecke set the qualifying time in the #6 Ford Sierra RS500
* 9th fastest qualifier George Fury used the #15 Nissan Skyline as co-driver Mark Skaife had crashed the #30 car in practice and it was still being repaired at the time of the Top 10
* Jim Richards set the qualifying time in the #56 BMW M3

Official results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos
1	A	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst Tomas Mezera	Ford Sierra RS500	161	3
2	A	18	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	John Smith Dick Johnson John Bowe Alfredo Costanzo	Ford Sierra RS500	160	12
3	A	4	Caltex CXT Racing Team	Colin Bond Alan Jones	Ford Sierra RS500	158	6
4	B	53	John Sax	Trevor Crowe Peter Janson	BMW M3	156	36
5	A	44	Caltex CXT Racing Team	Bruce Stewart John Giddings	Ford Sierra RS500	155	28
6	A	37	Brain Callaghan	Brian Callaghan Barry Graham	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	152	20
7	A	46	Sunliner Campmobiles	Steve Harrington Tony Hunter	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	151	33
8	A	24	Jagparts	Gerald Kay Geoff Munday	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	150	38
9	C	71	Toyota Team Australia	Drew Price John Faulkner	Toyota Sprinter AE86	146	41
10	A	31	Ralliart Australia	Brad Jones Terry Shiel	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	145	27
11	C	73	Toyota Team Australia	Brett Riley Peter McKay	Toyota Corolla Hatchback	145	42
12	C	74	Bryan Bate	Andrew Maher Bryan Bate Dave Barrow	Toyota Sprinter	145	42
13	A	23	Chris Lambden	Chris Lambden Kerry Baily	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	141	35
14	A	12	Bob Forbes Corporation P/L	Kevin Bartlett John Harvey	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	140	22
15	A	2	ICL Racing	Allan Grice Win Percy	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	139	11
16	C	72	Toyota Team Australia	Mike Freeman Mike Oliver	Toyota Corolla Hatchback	133	44
17	C	78	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden Jim Faneco Damon Beck	Toyota Sprinter	128	45
18	A	49	Alcair Air Conditioning	Bob Tindal Wayne Park	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	127	32
19	B	55	Bryce Racing	Paul Radisich Ludwig Finauer	BMW M3	113	19
DNF	A	22	Lusty Engineering P/L	Graham Lusty John Lusty	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	141	34
DNF	A	10	Holden Special Vehicles	Larry Perkins Denny Hulme Tom Walkinshaw	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	137	8
DNF	A	39	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	135	26
DNF	A	9	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Allan Moffat Klaus Niedzwiedz Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	129	4
DNF	A	41	Mulvihill Motorsport	Tony Mulvihill Geoff Leeds	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	118	31
DNF	C	75	Belgrave 2-Way Radio Services	David Ratcliff Mike Mortimer	Toyota Sprinter	118	48
DNF	A	45	Mark Petch-Wolf Racing	Robbie Francevic Armin Hahne	Ford Sierra RS500	103	14
DNF	A	6	Andrew Miedecke	Andrew Miedecke Steve Soper	Ford Sierra RS500	102	5
DNF	A	50	Leeson Civil Engineering	Garry Willmington John Leeson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	101	30
DNF	B	54	John Sax	John Sax John Sorenson Kayne Scott	BMW M3	100	40
DNF	B	56	Mobil 1 Racing Team	Peter Brock Neil Crompton Jim Richards	BMW M3	89	16
DNF	C	76	Bob Holden Motors	Dennis Rogers Garry Jones	Toyota Sprinter	89	47
DNF	A	16	Ralliart Australia	Gary Scott Akihiko Nakaya	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	88	15
DNF	C	77	Marc Ducquet	Marc Ducquet Brian Selby	Toyota Sprinter	85	46
DNF	A	19	Mathews/Finnigan Racing	Terry Finnigan Ken Mathews	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	84	23
DNF	A	26	Formula 1 Investments	Graham Moore Tony Noske	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	79	21
DNF	B	57	Mobil 1 Racing Team	David Parsons Jim Richards Neil Crompton	BMW M3	68	24
DNF	A	36	Everlast Battery Service	Bill O'Brien Brian Sampson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	66	25
DNF	A	33	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Garry Rogers John Andretti	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	37	18
DNF	B	51	Phil Ward	Phil Ward David Clement	Mercedes-Benz 190E	27	39
DNF	A	28	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	John Bowe Robb Gravett Neville Crichton	Ford Sierra RS500	26	2
DNF	A	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Dick Johnson John Bowe	Ford Sierra RS500	22	1
DNF	A	14	Netcomm Australia	Murray Carter Steve Masterton	Ford Sierra RS500	22	37
DNF	A	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	George Fury Mark Skaife	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	17	9
DNF	A	8	Andrew Bagnall	Andrew Bagnall Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS500	9	7
DNF	A	3	Yellow Pages	Peter McLeod Jim Keogh	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	7	29
DNF	A	21	Team CMS Sweden	Ulf Granberg Christer Simonssen Ian Tulloch	Ford Sierra RS500	6	10
DNF	A	20	Holden Special Vehicles	Tom Walkinshaw Jeff Allam	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	5	13
DNF	A	15	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Glenn Seton Anders Olofsson	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	0	17
DNQ	A	11	Ray Gulson	Ray Gulson Graham Gulson	BMW 635 CSi
DNQ	A	47	Craig Kinmoth	Alf Grant Craig Kinmoth	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A
DNQ	A	38	Grellis Marketing	Ray Ellis Bruce Williams	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A
DNQ	A	48	Tony Kavich	Tony Kavich Ken Davison	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A
DNQ	A	29	The Xerox Shop	Alan Taylor Kevin Kennedy	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo
DNS	A	40	Holden Special Vehicles	Tom Walkinshaw Larry Perkins	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV