1991 Tooheys 1000

1991 Tooheys 1000
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The 1991 Tooheys 1000 was the 32nd running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 6 October 1991 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. 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 overall race time of 6h 19m 14.80s 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.

Contents 1 Divisional structure 1.1 Division 1 1.2 Division 2 1.3 Division 3 2 Tooheys Top 10 3 Official results 4 Statistics 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

Divisional structure

Division 1

For Group 3A cars of 3001cc and Over engine capacity, it featured the turbocharged Nissan Skylines, Ford Sierras, Toyota Supras and a Mitsubishi Starion, the V8 Holden Commodores and a BMW 635CSi.

Division 2

For Group 3A cars of 1601-3000cc engine capacity, it was composed exclusively of BMW M3s.

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	Time
Pole	1	Nissan Motorsport Australia	Mark Skaife	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	2:12.630
2	4	GIO Racing	Mark Gibbs	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	2:13.876
3	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton	Ford Sierra RS500	2:14.892
4	18	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	John Bowe	Ford Sierra RS500	2:15.679
5	17	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	2:16.033
6	05	Mobil 1 Racing Perkins Engineering	Peter Brock	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	2:16.071
7	2	Nissan Motorsport Australia	Drew Price	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	2:16.296
8	11	Mobil 1 Racing Perkins Engineering	Larry Perkins	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	2:17.018
9	35	Peter Jackson Racing	David Parsons	Ford Sierra RS500	2:17.581
10	16	Holden Racing Team	Win Percy	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	2:17.732

Official results

Pos	Division [4]	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	1	1	Nissan Motorsport Australia	Jim Richards Mark Skaife	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	161		1
2	1	16	Holden Racing Team	Win Percy Allan Grice	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	160		10
3	1	4	GIO Racing	Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	159		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 Perkins Engineering	Peter Brock Andrew Miedecke	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	147		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
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	137	28
12	3	78	Speedtech Motorsport	Geoff Full Paul Morris	Toyota Sprinter	140	39
13	1	3	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Steve Reed 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 Motorsport Formula 1 Investements	Graham Moore Michel Delcourt Peter McKay	Holden VN 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
DNF	1	18	Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Paul Radisich Terry Shiel John Bowe	Ford Sierra RS500	152		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		7
DNF	2	52	M3 Motorsport	Peter Doulman 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		5
DNF	1	24	Hersonne Engineering	Laurie Donaher Mick Donaher	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	123	38
DNF	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 Greg 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 Perkins Engineering	Larry Perkins Tomas Mezera	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	65		8
DNF	1	35	Peter Jackson Racing	David Parsons Wayne Park	Ford Sierra RS500	60		9
DNF	1	41	Garry Willmington Performance	Garry Willmington Reda Awadullah	Toyota Supra Turbo	56	30
DNF	1	24	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
DNF	1	32	Pro-Duct Motorsport	Bob Tindal Darren Stewart	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	28	43
DSQ	1	10	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Gianfranco Brancatelli Charlie O'Brien	Ford Sierra RS500	158	12
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

• Pole Position – #1 Mark Skaife – 2:12.63
• Fastest Lap – #2 Mark Skaife – 2:14.50 (new lap record)
• Average Speed – 158 km/h

See also

1991 Australian Touring Car season

References

1. ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1991, page 170
2. ^ Australian Motor Racing Year, 1991/92, pages 238–239
3. ^ * Greenhalgh, David; Thomas B. Floyd, Bill Tuckey (2000). Australia's Greatest Motor Race 1960–1999. Chevron Publishing Group. p. 479. ISBN 1-875221-12-3. 
4. ^ 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

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