1998 FAI 1000

The 1998 FAI 1000 Classic was the second running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 the previous year. It was the 41st race that traces its lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island. 1998 was the 36th year in which a touring car endurance race had been held at the Mount Panorama Circuit.

The event, which was contested by V8 Supercars, was held on 15 November 1998 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst.

Top ten shootout

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	1	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife	Holden VT Commodore	2:09.8945
2	25	Longhurst Racing	Tony Longhurst	Ford EL Falcon	2:10.4492
3	5	Glenn Seton Racing	Glenn Seton	Ford EL Falcon	2:10.8801
4	10	Stone Brothers Racing	Mark Larkham	Ford EL Falcon	2:10.9059
5	46	John Faulkner Racing	John Faulkner	Holden VS Commodore	2:12.2551
6	18	Dick Johnson Racing	John Bowe	Ford EL Falcon	2:12.3975
7	96	Wayne Gardner Racing	Wayne Gardner	Holden VS Commodore	2:12.9215
8	35	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Jason Bargwanna	Holden VS Commodore	2:12.9773
9	11	Perkins Engineering	Larry Perkins	Holden VT Commodore	2:13.0273
DNS	50	Holden Racing Team	Greg Murphy	Holden VT Commodore

* Mark Skaife became the first driver to lap a touring car around the 6.213 km (3.861 mi) Mount Panorama Circuit in under 2 minutes and 10 seconds. Skaife qualified his Holden Racing Team VR Commodore in 2:09.8945. His time was 2.93 seconds faster than his own time set in the twin-turbo, 4WD Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R in 1991, the fastest Group A time on The Mountain, and 3.96 seconds faster than George Fury's, Group C time in 1984 in a Nissan Bluebird Turbo on the old 6.172 km (3.835 mi) (pre-Caltex Chase) circuit.

Official results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	OC	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Jason Bright Steven Richards	Ford EL Falcon	161	15
2	OC	11	Perkins Engineering	Larry Perkins Russell Ingall	Holden VT Commodore	161	9	9
3	OC	35	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Jason Bargwanna Jim Richards	Holden VS Commodore	161	6	8
4	OC	10	Stone Brothers Racing	Mark Larkham Brad Jones	Ford EL Falcon	161	4	4
5	OC	5	Glenn Seton Racing	Glenn Seton Neil Crompton	Ford EL Falcon	160	1	3
6	OC	1	Holden Racing Team	Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife	Holden VT Commodore	159	3	1
7	OC	7	Gibson Motorsport	Darren Hossack Darren Pate	Holden VS Commodore	158	20
8	OC	25	Longhurst Racing	Tony Longhurst Geoff Brabham	Ford EL Falcon	157	2	2
9	OC	43	Paul Weel Racing	Paul Weel Neal Bates	Ford EL Falcon	155	22
10	CT	44	Mal Rose Racing	Mal Rose Allan McCarthy	Holden VS Commodore	154	27
11	OC	16	Perkins Engineering	Melinda Price Kerryn Brewer	Holden VS Commodore	151	33
12	OC	24	Romano Racing	Paul Romano Steven Ellery	Holden VS Commodore	151	17
13	OC	96	Wayne Gardner Racing	Wayne Gardner Paul Stokell	Holden VS Commodore	149	7	7
14	CT	23	NHP Electrical Engineering	Ray Hislop Tim Briggs	Ford EF Falcon	147	36
15	OC	37	The Xerox Shop	Alan Taylor Bill Attard Stephen Bell	Holden VS Commodore	146	42
16	CT	48	Rod Smith Racing	D'arcy Russell Rod Wilson	Holden VS Commodore	144	41
17	CT	79	Oamps Insurance	Mike Conway Chris Hones	Ford EL Falcon	144	32
18	CT	26	M3 Motorsport	Peter Doulman John Cotter	Holden VS Commodore	141	24
19	CT	45	Union Steel	Shane Beikoff Shane Cruikshank Andy Lloyd	Holden VS Commodore	134	43
20	CT	14	Armor All	Mike Imrie Rodney Crick	Holden VS Commodore	122	29
DNF	OC	27	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan Peter Gazzard	Holden VS Commodore	136	14
DNF	OC	46	John Faulkner Racing	John Faulkner Todd Kelly	Holden VS Commodore	136	8	5
DNF	CT	3	Lansvale Racing Team	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby	Holden VS Commodore	131	23
DNF	CT	20	Palmer Promotions	Ian Palmer Darren Palmer Domenic Beninca	Holden VS Commodore	121	38
DNF	OC	22	Colourscan Motorsport	Danny Osborne Brett Peters	Ford EL Falcon	115	31
DNF	CT	54	Simons Earthworks	Simon Emerzidis Garry Willmington	Ford EL Falcon	101	26
DNF	CT	36	Gearbox Motorsport	Neil Schembri Gary Quartly	Holden VS Commodore	100	40
DNF	OC	50	Holden Racing Team	Greg Murphy Mark Noske	Holden VT Commodore	86	5	DNS
DNF	CT	60	Pretty Motorsport	Nathan Pretty Nicole Pretty Grant Johnson	Holden VS Commodore	85	39
DNF	OC	18	Dick Johnson Racing	John Bowe Cameron McConville	Ford EL Falcon	80	10	6
DNF	OC	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Dick Johnson Steven Johnson	Ford EL Falcon	60	12
DNF	CT	39	Chris Smerdon	Chris Smerdon Charlie Cox	Holden VS Commodore	60	30
DNF	OC	9	Longhurst Racing	Alan Jones Adam Macrow	Ford EL Falcon	58	11
DNF	OC	2	Gibson Motorsport	David Parsons Simon Wills	Holden VS Commodore	57	18
DNF	CT	72	Robert Smith	Robert Smith David Parsons	Holden VS Commodore	56	28
DNF	CT	134	Power Racing	Alan Heath Ken Douglas	Ford EL Falcon	54	34
DNF	OC	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Garth Tander Cameron McLean	Holden VS Commodore	49	13
DNF	CT	77	A.R.D.C.	Richard Mork Bill Sieders	Holden VR Commodore	48	44
DNF	OC	75	Paul Little Racing	Anthony Tratt Bob Jones Garry Waldon	Ford EL Falcon	47	25
DNF	OC	28	Playscape Racing	Mark McLaughlin Ashley Stichbury	Ford EL Falcon	40	35
DNF	OC	38	James Rosenberg Racing	Mark Poole Tony Scott	Holden VS Commodore	34	21
DNF	CT	55	Rod Nash Racing	Rod Nash Darren Edwards	Holden VS Commodore	9	45
DNF	OC	32	Plaspack Racing - Denistron	Tomas Mezera Alain Menu	Holden VT Commodore	0	19
DSQ	OC	49	Greg Crick Motorsport	Greg Crick Dean Crosswell	Holden VS Commodore	151 [1]	17
DNS [2]	CT	99	Clive Wiseman Racing	Mick Donaher Dean Lindstrom	Holden VS Commodore		37

References

Statistics

• Provisional Position - #5 Glenn Seton - 2:11.4634
• Pole Position - #1 Mark Skaife - 2:09.8945
• Fastest Lap - #1 Craig Lowndes - 2:12.7771
• Average Speed - 149 km/h

External links

• Official race results
• Official V8 Supercar website
• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles
• race results
• 1998 FAI 1000 Classic and 1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 images