1991 Australian Endurance Championship
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The 1991 Australian Endurance Championship was the eighth running of the Australian Endurance Championship
. It began on 8 September 1991 at Sandown Raceway
and ended on 6 October at the Mount Panorama Circuit
after two rounds. The championship was open to drivers of Group 3A Touring Cars
and rounds were run concurrently with those of the 1991 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
.
. The series consisted of two rounds of with one race per round.
consisted of two rounds.
Australian Endurance Championship
The Australian Endurance Championship was first contested in 1981, as a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for car manufacturers. Replacing the Australian Championship of Makes , it was decided over a series of endurance races for touring cars complying with CAMS Group C regulations.In the...
. It began on 8 September 1991 at Sandown Raceway
Sandown Raceway
Sandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...
and ended on 6 October at the Mount Panorama Circuit
Mount Panorama Circuit
Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Bathurst 12 Hour motor race, held each February, and the Bathurst 1000 motor race, held each October...
after two rounds. The championship was open to drivers of Group 3A Touring Cars
Group A
In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group A referred to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for outright competition. In contrast to the short-lived Group B and Group C, the Group A referred to production-derived vehicles limited in terms of power, weight, allowed...
and rounds were run concurrently with those of the 1991 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The Australian Manufacturers' Championship is a motor racing title awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the winning car manufacturer in a series of races held throughout Australia...
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Teams and drivers
The following drivers and teams competed in the 1991 Australian Endurance ChampionshipAustralian Endurance Championship
The Australian Endurance Championship was first contested in 1981, as a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for car manufacturers. Replacing the Australian Championship of Makes , it was decided over a series of endurance races for touring cars complying with CAMS Group C regulations.In the...
. The series consisted of two rounds of with one race per round.
| Team | Manufacturer | Car model | No | Driver |
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| Nissan Motorsport Australia Gibson Motor Sport Gibson Motor Sport was an Australian motor racing team. Originally established by Howard Marsden as the in-house factory Nissan motorsport operation, the team later passed into the ownership of Fred Gibson., who had won the 1967 Bathurst 500 as a driver, sharing with Harry Firth. In 1993 the team... |
Nissan Nissan Motors , usually shortened to Nissan , is a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan. It was a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn .... |
Skyline R32 GT-R | 1 |  Jim RichardsJim Richards (race driver) Jim Richards is a New Zealand racing driver who has spent most of his racing life in Australia. While retired from professional racing, Richards continues to compete in the historic category Touring Car Masters while running a team in the Australian GT Championship...  Mark SkaifeMark Skaife Mark Stephen Skaife OAM is an Australian motor racing driver. Skaife is a five time winner of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, including its predecessor the Australian Touring Car Championship. He is also a six-time winner of Australia's most prestigious domestic motor race, the Bathurst 1000... |
| 2 | Drew Price Garry Waldon Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Mark Stephen Skaife OAM is an Australian motor racing driver. Skaife is a five time winner of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, including its predecessor the Australian Touring Car Championship. He is also a six-time winner of Australia's most prestigious domestic motor race, the Bathurst 1000... |
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| Lansvale Racing Team Lansvale Racing Team Lansvale Racing Team, also known as Lansvale Smash Repairs Racing was an Australian motor racing team that competed in Australian touring car events in the 1980s and 1990s... |
Holden Holden GM Holden Ltd is an automaker that operates in Australia, based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer. In 1908 it moved into the automotive field, before becoming a subsidiary of the U.S.-based General Motors in 1931... |
Commodore VN SS Group A Holden VN Commodore The Holden VN Commodore was the sixth model of the Holden Commodore, a full-size car produced by the Australian automotive marque, Holden. It is essentially made out of an Opel donor body mated to either a Buick V6 or Holden V8, depending on the model, with slight tweaks to the front and rear ends... |
3 | Trevor Ashby Steve Reed |
| Bob Forbes Motorsport | Nissan | Skyline R32 GT-R | 4 | Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow |
| Holden | Commodore VN SS Group A | 22 | Graham Moore Michel Delcourt |
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| Advantage Racing Holden Dealer Team The Holden Dealer Team was Holden’s semi-official racing team from 1969 until 1987, primarily contesting Australian Touring Car events but also rallying, rallycross and sports sedans during the 1970s... Perkins Engineering |
Holden | Commodore VN SS Group A | 05 | Peter Brock Peter Brock Peter Geoffrey Brock, AM otherwise known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain" or simply as "Brocky" was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other... Andrew Miedecke |
| 11 | Larry Perkins Larry Perkins Larry Clifton Perkins is a former racing driver and V8 Supercar team owner from Australia.-Career:... Tomas MezeraTomas Mezera Tomas Mezera, born November 5, 1958, in Czechoslovakia and now resides in Queensland, Australia. Mezera is best known as an Australian racing driver. Mezera's sporting career began as a downhill skier in his native Czechoslovakia, before he emigrated to Australia to be a ski instructor.-Formula... |
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| Alf Grant Racing | Nissan | Skyline HR31 GTS-R | 6 | Alf Grant Tim Grant |
| Holden Racing Team Holden Racing Team The Holden Racing Team is a Melbourne based motor racing team. HRT is the most successful V8 Supercar racing team in the history of the category, having won the drivers championship six times, and the series signature race the Bathurst 1000 seven times... |
Holden | Commodore VN SS Group A | 7 | Brad Jones Neil Crompton Neil Crompton Neil Crompton is a well-known V8 Supercars presenter and commentator for Australia's Channel Seven, having previously worked in a similar role at Network Ten... |
| 16 |  Win PercyWin Percy Winston "Win" Percy is a former motor racing driver from England. He competed in many classes of motorsport during his long career, but is perhaps most famous as one of the greats of touring car racing. Joe Saward of Autosport magazine once described him as being "often regarded as the World's... Allan GriceAllan Grice Allan Maxwell Grice OAM , known to motor-racing fans as Gricey, is an Australian former racing driver and politician, most famous for twice winning the prestigious Bathurst 1000 , and as a privateer driver of a Holden in the Australian Touring Car Championship.Grice also had a successful second... |
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| Caltex CXT Racing | Ford Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK... |
Sierra RS500 | 8 | Colin Bond Colin Bond Colin John Bond is a retired Australian racing driver. Bond reached the highest levels in Australian motorsport in 1969 when he was recruited by Harry Firth to the newly formed Holden Dealer Team... Graeme CrosbyGraeme Crosby Graeme Crosby is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from New Zealand. A supremely versatile rider, Crosby holds the distinction of having won the Daytona 200, the Imola 200, the Suzuka 8 Hours, and the Isle of Man TT.... |
| Allan Moffat Enterprises | Ford | Sierra RS500 | 9 | Gary Brabham Gary Brabham Gary Brabham is a former professional racing driver from Australia and a British Formula 3000 champion.-Racing career:... Steve MillenSteve Millen Steve Millen was a New Zealand IMSA racecar driver. In the 1970s and 1980s, Millen raced in hillclimbing and Formula Ford before doing stadium off-road racing in the United States in the Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group . He then began sports car racing, winning numerous championships in IMSA... |
| 10 | Charlie O'Brien Gianfranco BrancatelliGianfranco Brancatelli Gianfranco Brancatelli is a former racing driver from Italy. His racing career began in 1973, in the Formula Abarth series. In 1975, he advanced to Italian Formula 3 racing... |
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| John Holmes Motorsport | Ford | Sierra RS500 | 12 | Ray Lintott Tony Scott John English |
| Captain Peter Janson | Holden | Commodore VL SS Group A SV | 13 | Peter Janson Peter Gazzard |
| Warren Jonsson | Holden | Commodore VL SS Group A SV | 14 | Warren Jonsson Graham Jonsson |
| Toyota Team Australia | Toyota | Supra Turbo | 15 | John Smith Geoff Morgan |
| Corolla FX-GT | 70 | Neal Bates Neal Bates Neal Bates is an Australian rally and racing car driver. Throughout his career Bates has been associated with Toyota in the Australian Rally Championship and for 19 years his Neal Bates Motorsport outfit ran Toyota's official rally program in Australia... Rick Bates |
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| 71 | Ron Searle Don Griffiths |
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| Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing Dick Johnson Racing is Australia's oldest operating motor racing team. Founded by Dick Johnson, the team has won seven Australian Touring Car Championship titles and has taken three victories in Australia's hallmark race, the Bathurst 1000... |
Ford | Sierra RS500 | 17 | Dick Johnson John Bowe John Bowe (racing driver) John Bowe is an Australian racing driver, presently racing a 1969 Ford Mustang in the historic series, Touring Car Masters.... |
| 18 | Paul Radisich Paul Radisich Paul Radisich is a New Zealand racing driver of Croat origin. He has competed in saloon cars for many years - both European-style tourers and the V8 Supercars of Australia and New Zealand.-Early years:... Terry Shiel John BoweJohn Bowe (racing driver) John Bowe is an Australian racing driver, presently racing a 1969 Ford Mustang in the historic series, Touring Car Masters.... |
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| 19 | Kayne Scott Kayne Scott Kayne Scott started his motorsport career by competing in motocross at the age of 12. Scott is a five time New Zealand Trans-Am champion and won the 2005/06 New Zealand V8s series... Gregg Taylor |
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| Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst Racing Tony Longhurst Racing is a former V8 Supercar team. The team, based on Queenslands Gold Coast at the Longhurst family owned Dreamworld adventure park, made its debut in Group A touring car racing in the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship at Melbourne's Calder Park Raceway and made its last... |
BMW BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands... |
BMW M3 Evolution | 20 | Denny Hulme Denny Hulme Denis Clive "Denny" Hulme, OBE was a New Zealand racing driver, the 1967 Formula One World Champion for the Brabham team.... Peter Fitzgerald |
| 25 | Peter Fitzgerald Tony Longhurst Tony Longhurst Tony Longhurst is an Australian former racing driver and Australian Champion water skier. He is most noted for his career in the Australian Touring Car Championship and V8 Supercar series.... Alan JonesAlan Jones (Formula 1) Alan Stanley Jones MBE is an Australian former Formula One driver. He was the first driver to win a Formula One World Championship with the Williams team, becoming the 1980 World Drivers' Champion.... |
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| Bob Jones | Holden | Commodore VL SS Group A SV | 21 | Bob Jones Ed Lamont Mike Imrie |
| Laurie Donaher | Holden | Commodore VL SS Group A SV | 24 | Laurie Donaher Mick Donaher |
| Daryl Hendrick | Holden | Commodore VL SS Group A SV | 26 | Daryl Hendrick Chris Lambden John White |
| Terry Finnigan | Holden | Commodore VN SS Group A | 27 | Terry Finnigan Geoff Leeds |
| Playscape Racing | Ford | Sierra RS500 | 28 | Kevin Waldock Brett Peters |
| Glenn Seton Racing Glenn Seton Racing Glenn Seton Racing was a V8 Supercar racing team that competed in the V8 Supercar series in Australia.Glenn Seton formed his own team in 1989, using Ford Sierras. Seton had been a protege of the works Nissan team, and took the Peter Jackson cigarette sponsorship of that team with him. Former F1... |
Ford | Sierra RS500 | 30 | Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Glenn Seton is an Australian racing driver.Seton, father of Courtney and Aaron Seton and husband to Jayne Seton, retired from full time racing after the 2005 V8 Supercar season, and is only one of five drivers to have competed in over 200 rounds in the series. The other drivers are Dick Johnson ,... Gregg HansfordGregg Hansford Gregg Hansford was an Australian motorcycle and touring car racer.-Racing career:Hansford began racing motorcycles in Australia, winning the 1973 500cc Unlimited title, as well as competing in the New Zealand Marlboro Series in 1975/76 and 1977/78 on Team Kawasaki 750s. He also won one leg of the... |
| 35 | David 'Skippy' Parsons David 'Skippy' Parsons David John 'Skippy' Parsons , was an Australian racing driver, who while never a full time racing driver, drove for the biggest racing teams in Australia.... Wayne Park |
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| Peter Hudson | Holden | Commodore VL SS Group A SV | 31 | Peter Hudson Ian Carrig Ian Clark |
| Pro-Duct Motorsport | Holden | Commodore VN SS Group A | 32 | Bob Tindal Darren Stewart |
| 33 | Bob Pearson Bruce Stewart |
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| Ray Gulson | BMW | 635CSi BMW E24 The BMW E24 series was the first BMW 6 Series coupé, produced by the German automaker BMW between the 1976 and 1989 model years. The 6 Series name reappeared with the BMW E63 chassis beginning in the 2004 model year. The E24 borrowed heavily from contemporary 5-series cars .- Model history :The... |
34 | Ray Gulson Graham Gulson |
| Ron Masing | Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Motors is a multinational automaker headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. In 2009 it was the fifth-largest Japan-based automaker and the 17th-largest in the world measured by production... |
Starion Turbo Mitsubishi Starion The Mitsubishi Starion is a two-door, turbocharged four-cylinder rear-wheel drive four-seat sports car that was in production from 1982 to 1989. It was also marketed in North America as the Conquest under the Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth names; both the Starion and Conquest came to an end in 1989... |
36 | Ron Masing Greville Arnel |
| Everlast Battery Service | Holden | Commodore VL SS Group A SV | 39 | Bill O'Brien Brian Callaghan Brian Callaghan Jr |
| Garry Willmington Performance | Toyota | Supra Turbo A | 41 | Garry Willmington Reda Awadullah |
| Brian Bolwell | Ford | Sierra RS500 | 43 | Brian Bolwell Arthur Abrahams Arthur Abrahams Arthur Abrahams was an Australian race car driver. He won the 1987 Australian Formula 2 Championship driving a Cheetah Mk8. He also competed in Formula Holden for three years, debuting in 1994 and leaving the category in 1996... |
| 44 | Dave Barrow Glenn McIntyre |
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| Bryan Sala | Ford | Sierra RS500 | 50 | Bryan Sala Graham Lusty |
| M3 Motorsport | BMW | M3 | 52 | Peter Doulman John Cotter |
| Kiwi Motorsport | BMW | M3 | 54 | Keith Sharp Ian Spurle Edgar Salwegter |
| David Sala | Toyota | Corolla | 72 | David Sala Brad Stratton |
| Bob Holden Motors | Toyota | Corolla | 73 | Bob Holden Bob Holden (racing driver) Robin John Holden born December 1, 1932, is an Australian racing driver. Holden raced small-engined touring cars throughout his career, racing Peugeots in the early 1960s, establishing a reputation for himself which saw him become a regular part of BMC Australias racing program for Minis which...  Rauno AaltonenRauno Aaltonen Rauno August Aaltonen , also known as "The Rally Professor", is a Finnish former professional rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1970s. Before WRC was established Aaltonen competed in the European Rally Championship. He won the championship in 1965, with Tony... Dennis Rogers |
| Sprinter AE86 Toyota AE86 The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla lineup. For the purpose of brevity, the insider-chassis code of "AE86" is used to describe the whole range... |
75 | Ted Dunford Brad Wright |
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| 76 | Mike Conway Calvin Cardiner |
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| Corolla | 77 | Geoff Forshaw Richard Vorst |
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| Peter Verheyen | Toyota | Sprinter AE86 | 74 | Peter Verheyen John Vernon |
| Speedtech Motorsport | Toyota | Sprinter AE86 | 78 | Geoff Full Paul Morris Paul Morris (motorsport) Paul Morris is a V8 Supercar racecar driver.-Early career:Paul Morris started his motor racing career at the age of 19 in 1987, driving in the Queensland Gemini Series. He won Rookie of the Year in his debut season, and won the state championship the following year. He spent the next three years... |
Race Calendar
The 1991 Australian Endurance ChampionshipAustralian Endurance Championship
The Australian Endurance Championship was first contested in 1981, as a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for car manufacturers. Replacing the Australian Championship of Makes , it was decided over a series of endurance races for touring cars complying with CAMS Group C regulations.In the...
consisted of two rounds.
| Rd. | Race Title | Circuit | City / State | Date | Winner | Team | Report |
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| 1 | Sandown 500 Sandown 500 The Sandown 500 is an endurance motor race staged at the Sandown Raceway, near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia between 1964 and 2011. It was typically held in September, the month before Australia’s premier endurance race, the Bathurst 1000. The “500” was not run in 1966, 1967, 1999, 2000, 2008,... |
Sandown Raceway Sandown Raceway Sandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:... |
Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... , Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively.... |
6 - 8 Sep | Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow |
Bob Forbes Motorsport | Report 1991 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500 The 1991 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500 was an endurance race for Group 3A Touring Cars. The event was held on 8 September 1991 at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia over 161 laps of the 3.10 km "long" circuit, totalling 499 km... |
| 2 | Bathurst 1000 Bathurst 1000 The Bathurst 1000 is a touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia... |
Mount Panorama Circuit Mount Panorama Circuit Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Bathurst 12 Hour motor race, held each February, and the Bathurst 1000 motor race, held each October... |
Bathurst Bathurst, New South Wales -CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments... , New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... |
2 - 6 Oct | Jim Richards Jim Richards (race driver) Jim Richards is a New Zealand racing driver who has spent most of his racing life in Australia. While retired from professional racing, Richards continues to compete in the historic category Touring Car Masters while running a team in the Australian GT Championship... Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Mark Stephen Skaife OAM is an Australian motor racing driver. Skaife is a five time winner of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, including its predecessor the Australian Touring Car Championship. He is also a six-time winner of Australia's most prestigious domestic motor race, the Bathurst 1000... |
Nissan Motorsport Australia Gibson Motor Sport Gibson Motor Sport was an Australian motor racing team. Originally established by Howard Marsden as the in-house factory Nissan motorsport operation, the team later passed into the ownership of Fred Gibson., who had won the 1967 Bathurst 500 as a driver, sharing with Harry Firth. In 1993 the team... |
Report 1991 Tooheys 1000 The 1991 Tooheys 1000 was the 32nd running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 6 October 1991 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The 1000 km race was held for cars complying with the provisions of Australian Group 3A Touring Car regulations with the field... |
Drivers Championship
Points were awarded 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 based on the top ten race positions.EWLINE
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External links
- Official V8 Supercar site
- Images from Round 2 of the 1991 Australian Endurance Championship Retrieved on 10/7/08
- Australian Titles from CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport Retrieved on 10/7/2008