1995 Tooheys 1000


The 1995 Tooheys 1000 was the 36th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 1 October 1995, at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The race was held for cars eligible under CAMS Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Car regulations, that later became known as V8 Supercars. This was the first Bathurst 1000 to be contested by single class.
With only 32 cars on the starting grid it was the smallest field so far in the race's history. This was attributed to the fact that the race was run only for the outright class 5.0 Litre Touring Cars with no small car categories running for the first time in the history of the race going back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 at Phillip Island in Victoria.
Larry Perkins and Russell Ingall driving the #11 Castrol Commodore won the 1995 Tooheys 1000 in what was literally a last to first effort. Perkins clashed with the slow starting HRT Commodore of pole sitter Craig Lowndes before the first turn which pulled the valve out of a tyre forcing him to fall from third to last on the first lap before pitting to replace the tyre. The duo started to climb back up into contention, helped by cars ailing to go the race distance and Safety car periods including once after having just un-lapped themselves and were back in the top 5 with 20 laps to go.
Following the last Safety car, Perkins set about hauling in the leaders. He passed Neil Crompton's Coke Commodore and the Peter Jackson Falcon of Alan Jones to move into second place about 7 seconds behind the Falcon of Jones' team leader Glenn Seton. Then going across the top of the mountain on lap 151, Seton's engine, built by the teams chief engine builder and Glenn's dad Barry Seton dropped a valve. Going into Murray's Corner Perkins had caught up to Seton and passed him for the lead. Perkins went on to win a famous victory while Seton's race ended less than half a lap later, the Falcon coming to a stop on the climb to BP Cutting. In a show of courage, an obviously gutted Seton conducted an interview on Racecam with Channel 7 showing graciousness in defeat while the race continued with cameras in the pits showing his father Bo, head in hands not wanting to believe the race was lost after they were so close to winning.
Had Glenn Seton won the race in 1995 it would have been 30 years since his father Bo Seton had won the 1965 race driving a Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500.

Tooheys Top 10

PosNoTeamDriverCarTT10Qual
Pole015Holden Racing Team Craig LowndesHolden VR Commodore2:11.55402:12.32
21Winfield Racing Mark SkaifeHolden VR Commodore2:11.95042:12.10
311Castrol Perkins Racing Larry PerkinsHolden VR Commodore2:12.47592:11.58
47Coca-Cola Racing Wayne GardnerHolden VR Commodore2:12.54222:12.36
530Peter Jackson Racing Glenn SetonFord EF Falcon2:12.54382:11.60
635Peter Jackson Racing Alan JonesFord EF Falcon2:12.70752:12.79
718Shell FAI Racing Steven JohnsonFord EF Falcon2:13.11492:12.46
817Shell FAI Racing Dick JohnsonFord EF Falcon2:13.18542:11.90
925Castrol Longhurst Ford Tony LonghurstFord EF Falcon2:13.88832:13.11
1005Holden Racing Team Peter BrockHolden VR CommodoreDNF2:12.03

PosNoTeamDriversCarLapsQual
Pos
Shootout
Pos
111Castrol Perkins Racing Larry Perkins
Russell Ingall
Holden VR Commodore16113
235Peter Jackson Racing Alan Jones
Allan Grice
David Parsons
Ford EF Falcon16196
37Coca-Cola Racing Wayne Gardner
Neil Crompton
Holden VR Commodore16174
42Winfield Racing Anders Olofsson
Steven Richards
Holden VR Commodore16116
54Coca-Cola Racing Brad Jones
Win Percy
Holden VR Commodore16111
621Pinnacle Motorsport Tony Scott
John Cleland
Holden VR Commodore15813
718Shell FAI Racing Charlie O'Brien
Steven Johnson
Ford EF Falcon15887
828Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock
Mark McLaughlin
Ford EF Falcon15224
925Castrol Longhurst Ford Tony Longhurst
Wayne Park
Ford EF Falcon149109
1039Bill O'Brien Bill O'Brien
Brian Callaghan Jr
Ron Barnacle
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV14930
1137Scotty Taylor Racing Alan Taylor
Roger Hurd
Stephen Bell
Holden VP Commodore14631
1274PACE Racing Kevin Heffernan
Stephen Voight
Holden VP Commodore14427
1354Ed Lamont Ed Lamont
Graham Gulson
Holden VP Commodore14326
1449Alcair Racing David Attard
Greg Crick
Holden VP Commodore13014
1562Novacastrian Motorsport Wayne Russell
Ric Shaw
Holden VP Commodore12929
DNF30Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton
David Parsons
Allan Grice
Ford EF Falcon15225
DNF38James Rosenberg Racing Mark Poole
Ed Ordynski
Bernie Stack
Holden VP Commodore13625
DNF3Lansvale Racing Team Steve Reed
Trevor Ashby
Holden VP Commodore13215
DNF55David Parsons David Parsons
Rodney Crick
Holden VR Commodore12717
NC24Romano Racing Paul Romano
Troy Dunstan
Holden VP Commodore11321
DNF17Shell FAI Racing Dick Johnson
John Bowe
Ford EF Falcon11038
DNF33Pro-Duct Motorsport Bob Pearson
Bruce Stewart
Holden VP Commodore8819
DNF1Winfield Racing Mark Skaife
Jim Richards
Holden VR Commodore6552
DNF27Terry Finnigan Terry Finnigan
Peter Gazzard
Holden VP Commodore5422
DNF12M3 Motorsport Peter Doulman
John Cotter
Holden VP Commodore4020
DNF20Palmer Promotions Ian Palmer
Brett Peters
Holden VR Commodore3828
DNF05Holden Racing Team Peter Brock
Tomas Mezera
Holden VR Commodore32410
DNF10Larkham Motor Sport Mark Larkham
Warwick Rooklyn
Ford EF Falcon2212
DNF36Schembri Motorsport Neil Schembri
Graham Moore
Holden VR Commodore1923
DNF9Allan Moffat Enterprises Andrew Miedecke
Mark Noske
Ford EB Falcon1618
DNF015Holden Racing Team Craig Lowndes
Greg Murphy
Holden VR Commodore1061
DNF60Enzed Racing Ryan McLeod
Peter McLeod
Holden VR Commodore032

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