1990 Tooheys 1000

The 1990 Tooheys 1000 was a 1000 km endurance motor race for Group A Touring Cars. It was held on the 1st of October 1990 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. The race was run as the season finale to the World Touring Car Masters. It was the last race to be run under the Group A ruleset in WTCM.

Background

With the announcement having been made after the Birmingham round that 1990 would be the last year that WTCM would be run under the Group A ruleset, the 1990 Tooheys 1000 would prove to be the last race in WTCM's history to be run under the Group A rules.

With vastly most championships decided, the focus was on who would put their name on the trophy, and take final honours for Group A. With Manuel Reuter crowned championship after Nurburgring, he was looking to finally get his first Bathurst victory, while Nissan wanted to carry on the sucess of 1989, fielding their two cars with the goal to get victory. Local heroes Holden brought a brand new updated Commodore, an evolution of last year's Mk. II, that was their final hurrah in Group A in WTCM.

Class B was all year dominated by Audi, and the championship fight was down to the wire between team-mates Altfrid Heger and Derek Warwick, while Class C was a showndown between Mercedes and BMW drivers - who would win the race and get double points would most likelly than not be crowned the champion. Could BMW steal their first class championship? Class D was decided, with Bernd Schneider taking his first and only class championship in Group A history in WTCM.

Entry List

#	Team	Main Driver	Co-Driver	Vehicle	Class
Class A
05	Template:AUS Supercheap Auto Racing	Template:AUS Peter Brock	Denny Hulme	Template:GBR Ford Sierra RS500	A
5	Template:AUS Perkins Engineering	Template:AUS Larry Perkins	Template:AUS Tomas Mezera	Template:AUS Holden Commodore VL TWR	A
8	Template:AUS TWR Holden Racing Team	Template:GBR Win Percy	Template:AUS Mark Skaife	Template:AUS Holden Commodore VL TWR Mk. 2	A M
9		Template:AUS Alan Grice	Template:AUS Brad Jones
16		Template:AUS Neil Crompton	John Faulkner
10	Template:AUS Alan Moffat Enterprises	Template:FRA Guillaume Gauthier	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Template:GBR Ford Sierra RS500	A
13	Template:AUS Bob Forbes Racing	Template:AUS Kevin Bartlett	Template:AUS Russell Ingall	Template:AUS Holden Commodore VL TWR	A
14	Wolf Racing Team	Template:DEN Kris Nissen	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Template:GBR Ford Sierra RS500	A
17	Template:AUS Shell Ultra Hi Racing	Template:AUS Dick Johnson	Paul Radisich	Template:GBR Ford Sierra RS500	A
22	Template:AUS Nissan Motorsport Australia	Jim Richards	Template:AUS Geoff Brabham	Nissan Skyline R32	A
23	Nissan Motorsport	Naoki Nagasaka	Masahiro Hasemi	Nissan Skyline R32	A M
24		Roland Asch	Template:GBR Mark Blundell
25	Template:AUS Benson & Hedges Racing	Template:AUS Tony Longhurst	Template:AUS Alan Jones	Template:GBR Ford Sierra RS500	A
29	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	Template:GBR Steve Soper	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	Template:GBR Ford Sierra RS500	A
32	Impul	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Toshio Suzuki	Nissan Skyline R32	A
33		Takao Wada	Keiichi Tsuchiya
35	Template:AUS Glenn Seton Racing	Template:AUS Glenn Seton	Template:AUS George Fury	Template:GBR Ford Sierra RS500	A
78	Template:GBR Philips Car Systems Racing	Roberto Ravaglia	Template:AUS Peter Fitzgerald	Nissan Skyline R32	A
79	Philips Car Systems Racing Japan	Joachim Winkelhock	Valentino Nicchi	Nissan Skyline R32	A
82	Zakspeed	Manuel Reuter	Frank Biela	Template:GBR Ford Sierra RS500	A M
83		Klaus Ludwig	Template:DEN Kurt Thiim
100	Jagermeister Ford Racing	Kayne Scott	Beate Nodes	Template:GBR Ford Sierra RS500 Sapphire	A
159	Template:USA Rick Miller Racing	Template:USA Deborah Gregg	Oscar Castellano	Template:USA Ford Merkur RS500	A
Class B
15	Volvo Dealer Team	Jochen Mass	Template:AUS John Bowe	Volvo 240 Turbo	B M
40		Ulf Granberg	Anders Olofsson
18	Template:AUT Union Saver Developments	Template:GBR David Leslie	Template:GBR John Cleland	Toyota Supra Turbo	B M
19		Template:GBR Will Hoy	Keke Rosberg
44	Schmidt Motorsport Technik	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Walter Röhrl	Audi V8	B
56	Sax Racing	John Sax	Leonhard von Gottorp	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	B
64	Template:USA Gulf Racing	Template:USA Danilo di Longo	Template:AUS Neal Bates	Audi V8	B
71	Mitsubishi Motors	Akihiko Nakaya	Template:AUS Andrew Miedecke	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	B M
72		Masanori Sekiya	Template:AUS Murray Carter
75	Audiwerke Motorsports	Altfrid Heger	Andrea Geisler	Audi V8	B M
76		Template:GBR Derek Warwick	Frank Jelinski
80	Larsen Racing System	Slim Borgudd	Andreas Larsen	Volvo 240 Turbo	B
87	Renzo Engineering	Antonio Bizzarri	Tommy Suharto	Maserati Biturbo	B
194	Joest Racing	Franz Englster	Template:FRA Henri Pescarolo	Porsche 944	B
Class C
1	Mercedes-Benz AMG Team SONAX	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	Armin Hahne	Mercedes-Benz 190E	C M
11		Template:GBR Tim Harvey	Mauro Baldi
3	Template:FRA Diac Voeckler Renalt	Template:FRA Rene Arnoux	Template:FRA Jacques Laffite	Template:FRA Renault 21	C M
21		Template:FRA Sophie Fabron	Template:FRA Alain Cudini
2	Template:FRA GEC Alsthom Voeckler Renault	Template:FRA Jeremy-Etienne Voeckler	Template:FRA Frederic-Maxime Voeckler	Template:FRA Renault 21	C
28	Il Barone Rampante	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alessandro Zanardi	Alfa Romeo 75	C
42	Volker Schmidt Racing	Template:AUT Dieter Quester	Thomas Winkelhock	BMW E30 M3	C
49	Template:AUS BMW Dealers Australia	Template:AUS Peter Doulman	Template:AUS John Cotter	BMW E30 M3 Evo	C
61	Team Take One	Charles Kwan	Template:GBR Sean Walker	BMW E30 M3	C
62	Template:SUI Sports Promotion	Template:SUI Mario Hytten	Template:SUI Christophe Hurni	Mercedes-Benz 190E	C
77	Lennart Konig	Bettina Sonntag	Lennart Konig	Alfa Romeo 75	C
83	Andersson/Rex Rotary	Gary Croft	Per-Gunnar Andersson	BMW E30 M3	C
94	BMW Motorsport	Christian Danner	Marc Hessel	BMW E30 M3 Evo	C M
95		Markus Ostreich	Template:FRA Fabien Giroix
102	Template:GBR Arquati Racing Team	Template:GBR Jerry Mahony	Template:AUS Gary Brabham	BMW E30 M3	C
108	Template:BEL Waterloo Motors	Template:BEL Marc Duez	Template:BEL Jean-Michel Martin	Mercedes-Benz 190E	C
777	Template:GBR Prodrive	Johnny Cecotto	Template:GBR Frank Sytner	BMW E30 M3	C
947	Scuderia Giudici	Gianni Giudici	Erica B. Mancino	BMW E30 M3	C
Class D
20	Template:AUS Larkham Motor Sport	Template:AUS Mark Larkham	Template:AUS Paul Morris	Toyota Corolla Levin	D
35	Opel Team Irmscher	Bernd Schneider	Volker Strycek	Opel Kadett E GSi 16V	D M
44	Daewoo Motors	Kang Ji Hoon	Whang Sung-Min	Daewoo Racer	D
54	Volkswagen Racing	Jorg van Ommen	Wolfgang Kudrass	Volkswagen Golf Mk2	D M
55		Massimo Sigala	Helmut Maier
71	Template:AUS Bob Holden Motors	Craig Baird	Template:AUS Jason Bargwanna	Volkswagen Golf Mk1	D
90	Luigi Racing	Giorgio Francia	Michele di Gioia	Fiat Uno	D
99	Template:GBR Hunter Autosport	Template:GBR Barbara Cowell	Template:FRA Yannick Dalmas	Template:GBR Opel Kadett E GSi 16V	D
180	Template:AUS Team Madison Motors	Template:AUS Geoff Full	Template:AUS Michael Adcock	Volkswagen Golf Mk1	D