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 |
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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 | Joachim Winkelhock | Valentino Nicchi | |||
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |