1991 ATCC - Round 8 - Lakeside - Highlights

The penultimate round, round 8 of the Shell Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) held at Lakeside Raceway in Queensland on July 14 1991. With stronger pace from all the top teams, all the contenders were running faster than they were in round 4 with some running a little too hard resulting in excessive tyre wear.
The Benson & Hedges team of Tony Longhurst and Alan Jones took a giant killing 1 2 victory in their BMW M3 Evolutions from Jim Richards in the Gibson Motorsport Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R.
All rights and credit goes to Channel 7 Sport, Australia.
For historic and educational purposes only.
Full Results:
1 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst BMW M3 Evolution 2 49m07.89s 0m53.53s 0m53.40s 4
2 20 Benson & Hedges Racing Alan Jones BMW M3 Evolution 2 49m18.61s 0m53.67s 0m53.65s 5
3 1 Nissan Motor Sport Jim Richards Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 1 49m29.62s 0m53.32s 0m53.23s 3
4 2 Nissan Motor Sport Mark Skaife Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 1 49m33.89s 0m53.16s 0m52.78s 1
5 30 Glenn Seton Racing P/L Glenn Seton Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 1 53 laps 0m54.70s 0m53.78s 6
6 05 Mobil 1 Racing Team Peter Brock Holden Commodore VN 1 53 laps 0m53.87s 0m53.19s 2
7 8 Caltex CXT Racing Colin Bond Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 1 53 laps 0m55.24s 11
8 16 Holden Racing Team Allan Grice Holden Commodore VN 1 53 laps 0m54.64s 10
9 27 Foodtown Supermarkets Terry Finnigan Holden Commodore VN 1 52 laps 0m55.86s 13
10 21 Bob Forbes Corporation P/L Mark Gibbs Holden Commodore VN 1 52 laps 0m55.70s 12
11 14 Warren A Jonsson Warren Jonsson Holden Commodore VL (TWR) 1 52 laps 0m56.26s 15
12 11 Mobil 1 Racing Team Larry Perkins Holden Commodore VN 1 52 laps 0m54.72s 0m53.93s 9
13 48 Peter Verheyen Peter Verheyen Toyota Corolla AE86 3 47 laps 1m02.72s 16
14 13 Bob Holden Motors Bob Holden Toyota Corolla AE86 3 45 laps 1m04.17s 17
DNF 18 Shell Racing John Bowe Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 1 28 laps steering 0m55.00s 8
DNF 17 Shell Racing Dick Johnson Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 1 14 laps radiator 0m55.06s 7
DNF 32 Kevin Heffernan Holden Commodore VL (TWR) 1 13 laps 0m56.30s 14
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[@tippersimracing6070]

Those DTM BMWs were mega! And they were pegged back from the DTM series to fit in the ATCC aswell.

[@johncarl5505]

How was it pegged back compared to DTM?

[@23yearsand76]

I was there that Race at 21yo and got to speak to Fred Gibson from the Nissan GTR team in the Pits about the Car's

[@EDGEDAZZA]

Brocks driving is superb

[@TouringCarsofAus]

Sure was! Especially towards the later end of 1991 when they finally fixed the handling and performance issues with the VN.

[@raywise]

Went for a drive to Lakeside yesterday, havent been there really since this race and the ‘93 round. Fantastic memories, great track. Although I noticed the Control Tower is gone now 😳

[@wadedixon6780]

Was at the track for this one as a then 6 year old. Great times 👍

[@TouringCarsofAus]

Stay tuned for Monday and you'll get to relive those memories at this awesome track!

[@pHiLoKiD1]

I feel Tony Longhurst never got the credit he deserved racing the E30 M3.

[@Surfnoosa4567]

"Poll Posissan" LOL!

[@madmick3794]

When Australian racing was fun to watch and the winner was not known till the black and white flag dropped.

[@TouringCarsofAus]

Yeap! The good old days

[@太間之浦魁夷-t1v]

This M3 is DTM spec, engin sound is high rpm clearly than Japanese gr-a.