1996 AMP Bathurst 1000

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1996 AMP Bathurst 1000
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The 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000 was an endurance race for Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Cars held on 6 October 1996 at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. The race, which was the 37th running of the Bathurst 1000, was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy driving a Holden VR Commodore.

Top ten run-off

Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy won the 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000 driving a Holden Racing Team-entered Holden VR Commodore similar to that pictured above
Pos No Entrant Driver Car TT10 Qual
Pole 30 Ford Credit Racing Australia Glenn Seton Ford EF Falcon 2:11.0160 2:10.00
2 1 Holden Racing Team Australia Craig Lowndes Holden VR Commodore 2:11.4000 2:10.39
3 301 Pack Leader Racing Australia Alan Jones Ford EF Falcon 2:11.7727 2:12.42
4 05 Holden Racing Team Australia Peter Brock Holden VR Commodore 2:11.8164 2:10.98
5 7 Coca-Cola Racing Australia Wayne Gardner Holden VR Commodore 2:12.0783 2:11.69
6 46 Betta Electrical / Fisher & Paykel New Zealand John Faulkner Holden VR Commodore 2:12.1418 2:12.46
7 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Australia Larry Perkins Holden VP Commodore 2:12.3123 2:12.24
8 25 Castrol Longhurst Ford Australia Tony Longhurst Ford EF Falcon 2:12.3157 2:12.02
9 2 Gibson Team Sega Australia Mark Skaife Holden VR Commodore 2:12.3485 2:11.24
10 17 Shell FAI Racing Australia Dick Johnson Ford EF Falcon 2:12.4699 2:12.00

Official results

Pos [1] No [1] Entrant [2] Drivers [1] Car [1] Laps [1] Qual
Pos		 Shootout
Pos
1 1 Holden Racing Team Australia Craig Lowndes
New Zealand Greg Murphy		 Holden VR Commodore 161 2 2
2 17 Shell FAI Racing Australia Dick Johnson
Australia John Bowe		 Ford EF Falcon 161 6 10
3 25 Castrol Longhurst Ford Australia Tony Longhurst
Australia Steven Ellery		 Ford EF Falcon 161 7 8
4 7 Coca-Cola Racing Australia Wayne Gardner
Australia Neil Crompton		 Holden VR Commodore 160 5 5
5 05 Holden Racing Team Australia Peter Brock
Australia Tomas Mezera		 Holden VR Commodore 160 3 4
6 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Australia Larry Perkins
Australia Russell Ingall		 Holden VP Commodore 160 8 7
7 2 Gibson Team Sega Australia Mark Skaife
United Kingdom John Cleland		 Holden VR Commodore 159 4 9
8 18 Shell FAI Racing Australia Steven Johnson
United States Tommy Kendall		 Ford EF Falcon 158 12
9 6 Gibson Team Sega Australia Garry Waldon
Australia Mark Noske		 Holden VR Commodore 158 18
10 9 Allan Moffat Enterprises Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz
Australia Ken Douglas		 Ford EB Falcon 157 25
11 201 Pack Leader Racing Australia Paul Romano
Australia Andrew Miedecke		 Ford EF Falcon 156 14
12 75 John Sidney Racing Australia Max Dumesny
Australia Kerry Baily		 Ford EF Falcon 156 23
13 29 M3 Motorsport Australia Peter Doulman
Australia John Cotter		 Holden VP Commodore 154 20
14 39 Chris Smerdon Australia Chris Smerdon
Australia Kevin Weeks
Australia Adam Kaplan		 Holden VR Commodore 154 28
15 30 Ford Credit Racing Australia Glenn Seton
Australia David Parsons		 Ford EF Falcon 152 1 1
16 20 Palmer Promotions Australia Ian Palmer
Australia Brett Peters		 Holden VR Commodore 151 30
17 36 Everlast Automotive Service Australia Bill O'Brien
Australia Brian Callaghan Jr
Australia Ron Barnacle		 Holden VR Commodore 150 29
18 37 The Xerox Shop Australia Alan Taylor
Australia Stephen Bell
Australia Bill Attard		 Holden VP Commodore 146 33
19 79 Cadillac Productions Australia Mike Conway
New Zealand Miles Pope		 Holden VP Commodore 142 34
20 38 Scotts Transport Australia Mark Poole
Australia Peter Gazzard		 Holden VR Commodore 141 22
21 3 Lansvale Smash Repairs Australia Steve Reed
Australia Trevor Ashby		 Holden VP Commodore 126 16
22 41 Garry Willmington Australia Garry Willmington
Australia Bill Sieders		 Ford EB Falcon 124 35
DNF 49 Alcair Airconditioning Australia Greg Crick
Australia David Parsons		 Holden VP Commodore 139 17
DNF 44 Mal Rose Australia Mal Rose
Australia Terry Shiel		 Holden VR Commodore 132 26
DNF 46 John Faulkner Racing New Zealand John Faulkner
Australia Steve Harrington		 Holden VR Commodore 119 10 6
DNF 52 Geoff Kendrick Australia Geoff Kendrick
Australia Geoff Full		 Holden VR Commodore 99 31
DNF 50 Enzed Australia Ryan McLeod
Australia Peter McLeod		 Holden VR Commodore 85 27
DNF 28 Playscape Racing Australia Kevin Waldock
Australia Wayne Park		 Ford EF Falcon 78 21
DNF 27 Sony Autosound Australia Terry Finnigan
Australia Stuart McColl		 Holden VP Commodore 37 19
DNF 32 Garry Rogers Motorsport New Zealand Steven Richards
New Zealand Jim Richards		 Holden VR Commodore 33 15
DNF 301 Pack Leader Racing Australia Alan Jones
Australia Allan Grice		 Ford EF Falcon 25 9 3
DNF 4 Coca-Cola Racing Australia Brad Jones
Australia Tony Scott		 Holden VR Commodore 23 13
DNF 62 Nokia / Union Steel Australia Wayne Russell
Australia Ric Shaw		 Holden VP Commodore 4 32
DNF 47 Daily Planet Melbourne P/L Australia John Trimbole
Australia David Attard		 Ford EB Falcon 4 24
DNF 10 Mitre 10 Racing Australia Mark Larkham
Australia Cameron McConville		 Ford EF Falcon 3 11
DNS [3] 40 [4] Michael Hart [4] Australia Michael Hart [4]
Australia Peter Lawrence [4]		 Holden VR Commodore [4]

Statistics

  • Provisional Pole Position – #30 Glenn Seton – 2:10.0077
  • Pole Position – #30 Glenn Seton – 2:11.0160
  • Fastest Lap – #1 Craig Lowndes – 2:13.1636 - Lap 149
  • Winners' Average Speed – 139.75 km/h [1]
  • Race Time - 7:09:28.3584

See also

1996 Australian Touring Car season

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Final Results after 161 laps, The Great Race - The official book of the 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000, page 243
  2. ↑ 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000, racing.natsoft.com.au > Circuit Racing > 1996 > 06/10/1996 > E8 Retrieved 25 October 2015
  3. ↑ The Great Race - The official book of the 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000, page 95
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 1996 Bathurst 1000 Entry List, Official Programme - Bathurst 1000, Mount Panorama, Sunday, October 6 1996, page 68

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