1990 Australian Endurance Championship

The 1990 Australian Endurance Championship was the seventh running of the Australian Endurance Championship. It began on 9 September 1990 at Sandown Raceway and ended on 3 November at the Eastern Creek Raceway after three rounds. The championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Group 3A Touring Cars.^[1]

Teams and drivers[]

Win Percy & Allan Grice won the Bathurst round of the championship in a Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV

The following drivers and teams competed in the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship. The series consisted of three rounds with one race per round.

Team	Manufacturer	Car model	No	Driver
Nissan Motorsport Australia	Nissan	Skyline R32 GT-R	1	Jim Richards Mark Skaife
Alf Grant Racing	Nissan	Skyline HR31 GTS-R	2
Search for a Champion	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	3	Rick Bates
Lansvale Racing Team	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	4	Trevor Ashby Steve Reed
Mobil 1 Racing	Ford	Sierra RS500	05	Peter Brock David Parsons Andrew Miedecke Andy Rouse
			6	Peter Brock Charlie O'Brien Andrew Miedecke David Parsons
Holden Racing Team	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	7	Brad Jones Neil Crompton
			16	Win Percy Allan Grice Neil Crompton
Caltex CXT Racing	Ford	Sierra RS500	8	Colin Bond Graeme Crosby
			19
Allan Moffat Enterprises	Ford	Sierra RS500	9	Klaus Niedzwiedz Gregg Hansford Pierre Dieudonné
			10	Klaus Niedzwiedz Frank Biela Pierre Dieudonné
Perkins Engineering	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	11	Larry Perkins Tomas Mezera
John Holmes Motorsport	Ford	Sierra RS500	12	Garry Rush
Bob Forbes Racing	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	13	Kevin Bartlett Russell Ingall
			21
Murray Carter	Ford	Sierra RS500	14	Murray Carter
Toyota Team Australia	Toyota	Supra Turbo A	15
		Corolla FX-GT	70	Paul Stokell John Faulkner
			71	John Faulkner Neal Bates
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford	Sierra RS500	17	Dick Johnson John Bowe
			18	Jeff Allam Paul Radisich John Bowe
Bob Jones	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	19
Benson & Hedges Racing	Ford	Sierra RS500	20	Alan Jones Denny Hulme Gary Brabham David Brabham
			25	Tony Longhurst Alan Jones
Lusty Engineering	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	22	Peter Janson
			42
Chris Lambden	Nissan	Skyline HR31 GTS-R	23
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	26	Garry Rogers
Terry Finnigan	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	27
Playscape Racing	Ford	Sierra RS500	28	Andrew Bagnall
			38	Andrew Bagnall Robbie Francevic
Wayne Douglass Racing	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	29
Glenn Seton Racing	Ford	Sierra RS500	30	George Fury David Sears
			35	Glenn Seton George Fury Colin Bond
Laurie Donaher	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A	32
	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	33	Bob Pearson Bruce Stewart
Ray Gulson	BMW	635 CSi	34
Ian Carrig	BMW	635CSi	36
Brian Callaghan	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	37
		Commodore VL SS Group A	43	Jason Bargwanna
Everlast Battery Services	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	39	Bill O'Brien Brian Sampson
Mark Petch Raicng	Ford	Sierra RS500	40	Gianfranco Brancatelli Robb Gravett
Mulvihill Motorsport	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	41	Tony Mulvihill
Paul Trevathan	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A	44	Andrew McDowell
Lester Smerdon	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	45
	Toyota	Supra Turbo	46
Phil Ward Racing	Mercedes-Benz	190E	51	Phil Ward John Goss
M3 Motorsport	BMW	M3	52	Peter Doulman
Mike Twigden	BMW	323i	53
	BMW	M3	54	Brett Riley Craig Baird
David Sala	Toyota	Corolla	72
Bob Holden Motors	Toyota	Sprinter AE86	73	Bob Holden
		Corolla	74
			75	Garry Rogers
Peter Verheyen	Toyota	Sprinter AE86	76
Speedtech Motorsport	Toyota	Sprinter AE86	78
Daryl Hendrick	Holden	Commodore VL SS Group A SV	86

Results and standings[]

Race calendar[]

The 1990 Australian Endurance Championship consisted of three rounds.

Rd.	Race title	Circuit	City / state	Date	Winner(s)	Car	Team	Report
1	Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	9 September	Glenn Seton George Fury	Ford Sierra RS500	Glenn Seton Racing	Report
2	Tooheys 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	30 September	Win Percy Allan Grice	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	Holden Racing Team	Report
3	Nissan Sydney 500	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	10 November	Larry Perkins Tomas Mezera	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	Perkins Engineering	Report

Drivers Championship[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• Official V8 Supercar site
• Images from the Bathurst round of the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship