1991 Australian Endurance Championship

The 1991 Australian Endurance Championship was the eighth running of the Australian Endurance Championship. It began on 8 September 1991 at Sandown Raceway and ended on 6 October at the Mount Panorama Circuit after two rounds. The championship was open to drivers of Group 3A Touring Cars and rounds were run concurrently with those of the 1991 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.

Contents

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 1991 Australian Endurance Championship. The series consisted of two rounds of with one race per round.

Team Manufacturer Car model No Driver
Nissan Motorsport Australia Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R 1 Jim Richards
Mark Skaife
2 Drew Price
Garry Waldon
Mark Skaife
Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore VN SS Group A 3 Trevor Ashby
Steve Reed
Bob Forbes Motorsport Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R 4 Mark Gibbs
Rohan Onslow
Holden Commodore VN SS Group A 22 Graham Moore
Michel Delcourt
Advantage Racing
Perkins Engineering		 Holden Commodore VN SS Group A 05 Peter Brock
Andrew Miedecke
11 Larry Perkins
Tomas Mezera
Alf Grant Racing Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 6 Alf Grant
Tim Grant
Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VN SS Group A 7 Brad Jones
Neil Crompton
16 Win Percy
Allan Grice
Caltex CXT Racing Ford Sierra RS500 8 Colin Bond
Graeme Crosby
Allan Moffat Enterprises Ford Sierra RS500 9 Gary Brabham
Steve Millen
10 Charlie O'Brien
Gianfranco Brancatelli
John Holmes Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500 12 Ray Lintott
Tony Scott
John English
Captain Peter Janson Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV 13 Peter Janson
Peter Gazzard
Warren Jonsson Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV 14 Warren Jonsson
Graham Jonsson
Toyota Team Australia Toyota Supra Turbo 15 John Smith
Geoff Morgan
Corolla FX-GT 70 Neal Bates
Rick Bates
71 Ron Searle
Don Griffiths
Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra RS500 17 Dick Johnson
John Bowe
18 Paul Radisich
Terry Shiel
John Bowe
19 Kayne Scott
Gregg Taylor
Benson & Hedges Racing BMW BMW M3 Evolution 20 Denny Hulme
Peter Fitzgerald
25 Peter Fitzgerald
Tony Longhurst
Alan Jones
Bob Jones Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV 21 Bob Jones
Ed Lamont
Mike Imrie
Laurie Donaher Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV 24 Laurie Donaher
Mick Donaher
Daryl Hendrick Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV 26 Daryl Hendrick
Chris Lambden
John White
Terry Finnigan Holden Commodore VN SS Group A 27 Terry Finnigan
Geoff Leeds
Playscape Racing Ford Sierra RS500 28 Kevin Waldock
Brett Peters
Glenn Seton Racing Ford Sierra RS500 30 Glenn Seton
Gregg Hansford
35 David 'Skippy' Parsons
Wayne Park
Peter Hudson Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV 31 Peter Hudson
Ian Carrig
Ian Clark
Pro-Duct Motorsport Holden Commodore VN SS Group A 32 Bob Tindal
Darren Stewart
33 Bob Pearson
Bruce Stewart
Ray Gulson BMW 635CSi 34 Ray Gulson
Graham Gulson
Ron Masing Mitsubishi Starion Turbo 36 Ron Masing
Greville Arnel
Everlast Battery Service Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV 39 Bill O'Brien
Brian Callaghan
Brian Callaghan Jr
Garry Willmington Performance Toyota Supra Turbo A 41 Garry Willmington
Reda Awadullah
Brian Bolwell Ford Sierra RS500 43 Brian Bolwell
Arthur Abrahams
44 Dave Barrow
Glenn McIntyre
Bryan Sala Ford Sierra RS500 50 Bryan Sala
Graham Lusty
M3 Motorsport BMW M3 52 Peter Doulman
John Cotter
Kiwi Motorsport BMW M3 54 Keith Sharp
Ian Spurle
Edgar Salwegter
David Sala Toyota Corolla 72 David Sala
Brad Stratton
Bob Holden Motors Toyota Corolla 73 Bob Holden
Rauno Aaltonen
Dennis Rogers
Sprinter AE86 75 Ted Dunford
Brad Wright
76 Mike Conway
Calvin Cardiner
Corolla 77 Geoff Forshaw
Richard Vorst
Peter Verheyen Toyota Sprinter AE86 74 Peter Verheyen
John Vernon
Speedtech Motorsport Toyota Sprinter AE86 78 Geoff Full
Paul Morris

Season review

Results and Standings

Race Calendar

The 1991 Australian Endurance Championship consisted of two rounds.

Rd. Race Title Circuit City / State Date Winner Team Report
1 Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 6 - 8 Sep Mark Gibbs
Rohan Onslow		 Bob Forbes Motorsport Report
2 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 2 - 6 Oct Jim Richards
Mark Skaife		 Nissan Motorsport Australia Report

Drivers Championship

Points were awarded 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 based on the top ten race positions.

Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Pts
1 Mark Gibbs 1st 3rd 32
1 Rohan Onslow 1st 3rd 32
3 Peter Fitzgerald 2nd 4th 25
4 Jim Richards 1st 20
4 Mark Skaife 1st 20
4 Kevin Waldock 3rd 5th 20
4 Brett Peters 3rd 5th 20
8 Win Percy Ret 2nd 15
8 Allan Grice Ret 2nd 15
8 Alan Jones 2nd Ret 15
11 Daryl Hendrick 4th 14th 10
11 John White 4th 14th 10
11 Denny Hulme 4th 10
14 Don Griffiths 5th 17th 8
14 Ron Searle 5th 17th 8
16 Geoff Full 6th 12th 6
16 Paul Morris 6th 12th 6
16 Alf Grant 6th 6
16 Tim Grant 6th 6
20 Peter Brock Ret 7th 4
20 Andrew Miedecke Ret 7th 4
22 Terry Finnigan 8th 3
22 Geoff Leeds 8th 3
24 Glenn Seton Ret 9th 2
24 Gregg Hansford Ret 9th 2
26 Bryan Sala 10th 1
26 Graham Lusty 10th 1
Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

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