1995 Tooheys 1000
The 1995 Tooheys 1000 was the 36th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 1 October 1995, at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The race was held for cars eligible under CAMS Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Car regulations, that later became known as V8 Supercars. This was the first Bathurst 1000 to be contested by single class.
With only 32 cars on the starting grid it was the smallest field so far in the race's history. This was attributed to the fact that the race was run only for the outright class 5.0 Litre Touring Cars with no small car categories running for the first time in the history of the race going back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 at Phillip Island in Victoria.
Larry Perkins and Russell Ingall driving the #11 Castrol Commodore won the 1995 Tooheys 1000 in what was literally a last to first effort. Perkins clashed with the slow starting HRT Commodore of pole sitter Craig Lowndes before the first turn which pulled the valve out of a tyre forcing him to fall from third to last on the first lap before pitting to replace the tyre. The duo started to climb back up into contention, helped by cars ailing to go the race distance and Safety car periods including once after having just un-lapped themselves and were back in the top 5 with 20 laps to go.
Following the last Safety car, Perkins set about hauling in the leaders. He passed Neil Crompton's Coke Commodore and the Peter Jackson Falcon of Alan Jones to move into second place about 7 seconds behind the Falcon of Jones' team leader Glenn Seton. Then going across the top of the mountain on lap 151, Seton's engine, built by the teams chief engine builder and Glenn's dad Barry Seton dropped a valve. Going into Murray's Corner Perkins had caught up to Seton and passed him for the lead. Perkins went on to win a famous victory while Seton's race ended less than half a lap later, the Falcon coming to a stop on the climb to BP Cutting. In a show of courage, an obviously gutted Seton conducted an interview on Racecam with Channel 7 showing graciousness in defeat while the race continued with cameras in the pits showing his father Bo, head in hands not wanting to believe the race was lost after they were so close to winning.
Had Glenn Seton won the race in 1995 it would have been 30 years since his father Bo Seton had won the 1965 race driving a Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500.
Entry list[]
No. | Drivers | Team (Sponsor) | Car | No. | Drivers | Team (Sponsor) | Car | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Skaife Jim Richards |
Gibson Motorsport (Winfield) |
Holden Commodore VR | 25 | Tony Longhurst |
Longhurst Racing (Castrol) |
Ford Falcon EF | |
2 | Steven Richards Anders Olofsson |
Gibson Motorsport (Winfield) |
Holden Commodore VR | 27 | |
(Sony Autosound) |
Holden Commodore VP | |
3 | Steve Reed Trevor Ashby |
Lansvale Smash Repairs (Dulux ICI Autocolor) |
Holden Commodore VP | 28 | Kevin Waldock |
Playscape Racing (Komatsu) |
Ford Falcon EF | |
4 | Brad Jones Win Percy |
Wayne Gardner Racing (Coca-Cola) |
Holden Commodore VR | 30 | Glenn Seton David Parsons |
Glenn Seton Racing (Peter Jackson) |
Ford Falcon EF | |
05 | Peter Brock Tomas Mezera |
Holden Racing Team (Holden, Mobil 1) |
Holden Commodore VR | 33 | Bruce Stewart |
(Pro-Duct Air Conditioning) |
Holden Commodore VP | |
7 | Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton |
Wayne Gardner Racing (Coca-Cola) |
Holden Commodore VR | 35 | Alan Jones Allan Grice |
Glenn Seton Racing (Peter Jackson) |
Ford Falcon EF | |
9 | Andrew Miedecke Mark Noske |
Allan Moffat Racing (Cenovis) |
Ford Falcon EB | 36 | |
(Awesome OZ Promotions)[1] |
Holden Commodore VR | |
10 | Mark Larkham |
Larkham Motorsport (Mitre 10) |
Ford Falcon EF | 37 | |
(The Xerox Shop) |
Holden Commodore VP | |
11 | Larry Perkins Russell Ingall |
Perkins Engineering (Castrol) |
Holden Commodore VR | 38 | Ed Ordynski |
James Rosenberg Racing (Gawler Farm Machinery) |
Holden Commodore VP | |
12 | Peter Doulman John Cotter |
Doulman Automotive (Australian College of Driving) |
Holden Commodore VP | 39 | |
(Everlast Automotive) |
Holden Commodore VL | |
015 | Craig Lowndes Greg Murphy |
Holden Racing Team (Holden, Mobil 1) |
Holden Commodore VR | 49 | |
(Alcair Air Conditioning) |
Holden Commodore VP | |
17 | Dick Johnson John Bowe |
Dick Johnson Racing (Shell, FAI Insurance) |
Ford Falcon EF | 54 | |
(AC Delco) |
Holden Commodore VP | |
18 | Charlie O'Brien Steven Johnson |
Dick Johnson Racing (Shell, FAI Insurance) |
Ford Falcon EF | 55 | David Parsons |
Parsons Transport (Parsons Transport) |
Holden Commodore VR | |
20 | |
(Hungry Jack's) |
Holden Commodore VR | 60 | Peter McLeod |
McLeod Racing (Enzed Hoses and Fittings) |
Holden Commodore VR | |
21 | John Cleland |
Pinnacle Motorsport (Pinnacle Motorsport) |
Holden Commodore VR | 62 | Wayne Russell |
Novocastrian Motorsport (Roadchill Express, Union Steel) |
Holden Commodore VP | |
24 | Paul Romano |
Romano Racing (Beaumont Tiles) |
Holden Commodore VP | 74 | |
(Price Attack) |
Holden Commodore VP | |
Source:[2] |
Results[]
Top 10 shootout[]
Pos | No | Team | Driver | Car | TT10 | Qual |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pole | 015 | Holden Racing Team | Craig Lowndes | Holden VR Commodore | 2:11.5540 | 2:12.32 |
2 | 1 | Winfield Racing | Mark Skaife | Holden VR Commodore | 2:11.9504 | 2:12.10 |
3 | 11 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Larry Perkins | Holden VR Commodore | 2:12.4759 | 2:11.58 |
4 | 7 | Coca-Cola Racing | Wayne Gardner | Holden VR Commodore | 2:12.5422 | 2:12.36 |
5 | 30 | Peter Jackson Racing | Glenn Seton | Ford EF Falcon | 2:12.5438 | 2:11.60 |
6 | 35 | Peter Jackson Racing | Alan Jones | Ford EF Falcon | 2:12.7075 | 2:12.79 |
7 | 18 | Shell FAI Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford EF Falcon | 2:13.1149 | 2:12.46 |
8 | 17 | Shell FAI Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford EF Falcon | 2:13.1854 | 2:11.90 |
9 | 25 | Castrol Longhurst Ford | Tony Longhurst | Ford EF Falcon | 2:13.8883 | 2:13.11 |
10 | 05 | Holden Racing Team | Peter Brock | Holden VR Commodore | DNF | 2:12.03 |
* 1995 saw the first time a father and son both qualified for the shootout. Dick Johnson, competing in his 18th straight shootout, and his son Steven Johnson, in his first, qualified their Shell FAI Racing Ford EF Falcon's in 7th and 8th place, with the younger Johnson out qualifying his more experienced dad by 0.0705 seconds.
* Peter Brock crashed his Holden Racing Team VR Commodore at The Cutting during his lap, thus he did not record a time and would start 10th. His HRT teammate Craig Lowndes claimed his first Bathurst pole position with a time of 2:11.554. This was 0.766 seconds faster than his qualifying time of 2:12.32.
* Following a CAMS parity adjustment which saw a reduction in size to the front spoiler of the Ford EF Falcons which had dominated the 1995 ATCC, the Ford runners claimed that they were at least a second or more per lap slower than they would have been had they been able to run the originally homologated spoiler.
Race[]
Pos | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Qual Pos |
Shootout Pos |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 11 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Larry Perkins Russell Ingall |
Holden VR Commodore | 161 | 1 | 3 |
2 | 35 | Peter Jackson Racing | Alan Jones Allan Grice David Parsons |
Ford EF Falcon | 161 | 9 | 6 |
3 | 7 | Coca-Cola Racing | Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton |
Holden VR Commodore | 161 | 7 | 4 |
4 | 2 | Winfield Racing | Anders Olofsson Steven Richards |
Holden VR Commodore | 161 | 16 | |
5 | 4 | Coca-Cola Racing | Brad Jones Win Percy |
Holden VR Commodore | 161 | 11 | |
6 | 21 | Pinnacle Motorsport | John Cleland |
Holden VR Commodore | 158 | 13 | |
7 | 18 | Shell FAI Racing | Charlie O'Brien Steven Johnson |
Ford EF Falcon | 158 | 8 | 7 |
8 | 28 | Playscape Racing | |
Ford EF Falcon | 152 | 24 | |
9 | 25 | Castrol Longhurst Ford | Tony Longhurst |
Ford EF Falcon | 149 | 10 | 9 |
10 | 39 | Bill O'Brien | |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 149 | 30 | |
11 | 37 | Stephen Bell |
Holden VP Commodore | 146 | 31 | ||
12 | 74 | |
Holden VP Commodore | 144 | 27 | ||
13 | 54 | Ed Lamont | |
Holden VP Commodore | 143 | 26 | |
14 | 49 | David Attard |
Holden VP Commodore | 130 | 14 | ||
15 | 62 | Novacastrian Motorsport | Ric Shaw |
Holden VP Commodore | 129 | 29 | |
DNF | 30 | Peter Jackson Racing | Glenn Seton David Parsons Allan Grice |
Ford EF Falcon | 152 | 2 | 5 |
DNF | 38 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ed Ordynski |
Holden VP Commodore | 136 | 25 | |
DNF | 3 | Lansvale Racing Team | Steve Reed Trevor Ashby |
Holden VP Commodore | 132 | 15 | |
DNF | 55 | David Parsons | David Parsons |
Holden VR Commodore | 127 | 17 | |
NC | 24 | Romano Racing | Paul Romano |
Holden VP Commodore | 113 | 21 | |
DNF | 17 | Shell FAI Racing | Dick Johnson John Bowe |
Ford EF Falcon | 110 | 3 | 8 |
DNF | 33 | Bob Pearson Bruce Stewart |
Holden VP Commodore | 88 | 19 | ||
DNF | 1 | Winfield Racing | Mark Skaife Jim Richards |
Holden VR Commodore | 65 | 5 | 2 |
DNF | 27 | |
Holden VP Commodore | 54 | 22 | ||
DNF | 12 | M3 Motorsport | Peter Doulman John Cotter |
Holden VP Commodore | 40 | 20 | |
DNF | 20 | |
Holden VR Commodore | 38 | 28 | ||
DNF | 05 | Holden Racing Team | Peter Brock Tomas Mezera |
Holden VR Commodore | 32 | 4 | 10 |
DNF | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Mark Larkham |
Ford EF Falcon | 22 | 12 | |
DNF | 36 | |
Holden VR Commodore | 19 | 23 | ||
DNF | 9 | Allan Moffat Enterprises | Andrew Miedecke Mark Noske |
Ford EB Falcon | 16 | 18 | |
DNF | 015 | Holden Racing Team | Craig Lowndes Greg Murphy |
Holden VR Commodore | 10 | 6 | 1 |
DNF | 60 | Enzed Racing | Ryan McLeod Peter McLeod |
Holden VR Commodore | 0 | 32 |
Statistics[]
- Provisional Pole Position – #11 Larry Perkins – 2:11.5764
- Pole Position – #015 Craig Lowndes – 2:11.5540
- Fastest Lap – #015 Craig Lowndes – 2:14.3239 - Lap 8
- Average Speed – 157.72 km/h[3]
- Race Time - 6:20:32.3766
See also[]
1995 Australian Touring Car season
References[]
- ^ "95802 - NEIL SCHEMBRI / GRAHAM MOORE - COMMODORE VR - Tooheys 1000 - Bathurst 1995 - Photographer Marshall Cass". Autopics. 1 October 1995.
- ^ Noonan, Aaron (25 November 2021). Bathurst Every Car, the Photographic History 1990-1999. AN1 Media Pty Limited. p. 114–125. ISBN 9780648786344.
- ^ Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, page 281
External links[]
- Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales
- 1995 in Australian motorsport