1990 Nissan 500
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The 1990 Nissan 500 was a 500 kilometre touring car
race held on November 10, 1990 at Eastern Creek Raceway
in Sydney
, Australia
. The race was held for cars eligible for International Group A
touring car regulations for three engine capacity classes. It was also the third and final round of the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship
.
cars of over 2500cc engine capacity, it featured the turbocharged
Ford Sierra
s, Nissan Skyline
s and Toyota Supra
s and V8
Holden Commodore
s.
cars of over 1601-2500cc engine capacity, it was composed of BMW M3
s, a BMW 323i
and a Mercedes-Benz 190E
.
cars of under 1600cc engine capacity, it was composed exclusively of various models of Toyota Corolla
.
Touring car
A touring car, or tourer, is an open car seating five or more. Touring cars may have two or four doors. Often, the belt line is lowered in the front doors to give the car a more sportive character. They were often fitted with a folding roof and side curtains. Engines on early models were either in...
race held on November 10, 1990 at Eastern Creek Raceway
Eastern Creek Raceway
Eastern Creek International Raceway is a motorsports circuit located on Brabham Drive, Eastern Creek , New South Wales, Australia, adjacent to the Western Sydney International Dragway. It was built and is owned by the New South Wales Government and is operated by the...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The race was held for cars eligible for International Group A
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...
touring car regulations for three engine capacity classes. It was also the third and final round of the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship
1990 Australian Endurance Championship
The 1990 Australian Endurance Championship was the seventh running of the Australian Endurance Championship. It began on 9 September 1990 at Sandown Raceway and ended on 3 November at the Eastern Creek Raceway after three rounds...
.
Class A
For Group AGroup 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...
cars of over 2500cc engine capacity, it featured the turbocharged
Turbocharger
A turbocharger, or turbo , from the Greek "τύρβη" is a centrifugal compressor powered by a turbine that is driven by an engine's exhaust gases. Its benefit lies with the compressor increasing the mass of air entering the engine , thereby resulting in greater performance...
Ford Sierra
Ford Sierra
The Ford Sierra is a large family car that was built by Ford Europe from 1982 until 1993. It was designed by Uwe Bahnsen, Robert Lutz and Patrick le Quément. The code used during development was "Project Toni"....
s, Nissan Skyline
Nissan Skyline
The first Skyline was introduced in April 1957, by the Prince Motor Company, and was marketed as a luxury car. It featured a 1.5 L GA-30 engine producing 44 kW @ 4400 rpm. It used a de Dion tube rear suspension and was capable of 140 km/h . The car weighed around 1300 kg...
s and Toyota Supra
Toyota Supra
The Toyota Supra is a sports car/grand tourer that was produced by Toyota Motor Company from 1979 to 2002. The styling of the Toyota Supra was derived from the Toyota Celica, but it was both longer and wider. Starting in mid-1986, the Supra became its own model and was no longer based on the Celica...
s and V8
V8 engine
A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes at a narrower angle, with all eight pistons driving a common crankshaft....
Holden Commodore
Holden Commodore
The Holden Commodore is an automobile manufactured since 1978 by the Holden subsidiary of General Motors in Australia, and, formerly, in New Zealand. In the mid-1970s, Holden established proposals to replace the long-serving Kingswood nameplate with a smaller, Opel-based model...
s.
Class B
For Group AGroup 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...
cars of over 1601-2500cc engine capacity, it was composed of BMW M3
BMW M3
The BMW M3 is a high-performance version of the BMW 3 Series, developed by BMW's in-house motorsport division, BMW M. M3 models have been derived from the E30, E36, E46 and E90/E92/E93 3-series, and sold with coupé, sedan and convertible body styles...
s, a BMW 323i
BMW E30
The BMW E30 was a compact executive car produced by BMW. It was replaced by the BMW E36 in 1990. BMW continued to produce the cabriolet E30 well into 1993. The Touring remained in production until 1994 when the E36 touring replaced it...
and a Mercedes-Benz 190E
Mercedes-Benz W201
The Mercedes-Benz W201 is a compact executive car manufactured by Mercedes-Benz from 1982–1993, positioned below the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and S-Class — and marketed under variants of the Mercedes 190 nameplate....
.
Class C
For Group AGroup 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...
cars of under 1600cc engine capacity, it was composed exclusively of various models of Toyota Corolla
Toyota Corolla
The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact and compact cars manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the best selling nameplate in the world, with over 35 million...
.
Official results
Race results as follows:Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Qual Pos |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Larry Perkins Larry Perkins Larry Clifton Perkins is a former racing driver and V8 Supercar team owner from Australia.-Career:... Tomas Mezera Tomas 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... |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 125 | 2 |
2 | A | 35 | Peter Jackson 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... |
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 ,... 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... |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 125 | 4 |
3 | A | 05 | Mobil 1 Racing | 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 |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 124 | 6 |
4 | A | 20 | 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... |
Gary Brabham Gary Brabham Gary Brabham is a former professional racing driver from Australia and a British Formula 3000 champion.-Racing career:... David Brabham David Brabham David Brabham is an Australian racing driver and one of the most successful and experienced specialists in sports car racing. He has won three international Sports Car series and is one of four Australians to have won the Le Mans 24 Hour sports car race, winning the event in... |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 123 | 7 |
5 | A | 30 | Peter Jackson Racing | George Fury George Fury George Fury is a retired Australian rally and racing car driver. For the majority of his career Fury was associated with Nissan, twice winning the Australian Rally Championship, and twice runner up in the Australian Touring Car Championship.-Rallying:Born in Hungary, Fury rose to prominence during... Drew Price |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 123 | 9 |
6 | A | 25 | Benson & Hedges Racing | 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 Jones |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 123 | 3 |
7 | A | 28 | Playscape Racing | Kevin Waldock Andrew Bagnall Andrew Bagnall Andrew Bagnall is a motor racing driver born in Wellington, New Zealand on 14 February 1947. He raced in Australian Touring Car Championship in the late 1980s, and in the New Zealand Touring Car Championship in 1990 and in some races of the 1997 and 1998 FIA GT Championship seasons... |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 123 | 12 |
8 | A | 33 | Pro-Duct Motorsport | Bob Pearson Bruce Stewart |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 122 | 16 |
9 | A | 4 | 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... |
Steve Reed Trevor Ashby |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 122 | 11 |
10 | A | 6 | Mobil 1 Racing | Charlie O'Brien Charlie O'Brien (racing driver) This article is about the Australian racing driver. For other people, see Charles O'Brien.Charles Lindsay O'Brien is a former Australian race car driver. From 1976 to 2003, he held the record for being the youngest winner of an Australian Touring Car Championship round.-Career results:-References:... David 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.... |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 121 | 10 |
11 | A | 12 | Ray Lintott | Ray Lintott Terry Shiel |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 121 | 13 |
12 | A | 26 | Garry Rogers Motorsport Garry Rogers Motorsport Garry Rogers Motorsport is an Australian motor racing team presently competing in V8 Supercar.-The early years:Garry Rogers Motorsport has its origins in Garry Rogers' own exploits in Sports Sedans during the late 1960s and the 1970s. In the mid-1970s Rogers got more serious, running a BDA Escort... |
Garry Rogers Paul Fordham |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 121 | 14 |
13 | A | 27 | Terry Finnigan | Terry Finnigan Geoff Leeds |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 120 | 15 |
14 | A | 42 | Lusty Engineering | John Lusty Bernie Stack |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 119 | 20 |
15 | B | 51 | Phil Ward Racing | Phil Ward John Goss John Goss (race driver) John Goss is the only Australian racing driver to win Australia's two most prestigious races, the Bathurst 1000 , and the Australian Grand Prix .-Early career:... |
Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16 | 118 | 23 |
16 | B | 54 | Bryce Racing | Brett Riley Craig Baird Craig Baird Craig George Baird MNZM is a race car driver. Baird is a very successful driver in his homeland, winning three consecutive New Zealand Formula Atlantic championship titles , and then four consecutive New Zealand Touring Car Championship titles .Since then Baird has raced in Australian Super... |
BMW M3 | 117 | 26 |
17 | A | 2 | Alf Grant | Alf Grant Tim Grant |
Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R | 117 | 24 |
18 | A | 45 | Lester Smerdon | Lester Smerdon Graham Jonsson |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 116 | 25 |
19 | C | 71 | Toyota Dealer Team | John Faulkner John Faulkner (racing driver) John Murray Faulkner, born 24 August 1952, in Palmerston North, New Zealand, is a retired racing driver. Faulkner spent the majority in sedan based classes, initial small touring cars, Ford Escorts and Capris initially before joining Toyota Team Australia's team of factory supported Toyota Corolla... John Smith 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... |
Toyota Corolla FX-GT Toyota Corolla The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact and compact cars manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the best selling nameplate in the world, with over 35 million... |
115 | 28 |
20 | B | 53 | Brian Bolwell Racing | Brian Bolwell Mike Twigden |
BMW 323i BMW E30 The BMW E30 was a compact executive car produced by BMW. It was replaced by the BMW E36 in 1990. BMW continued to produce the cabriolet E30 well into 1993. The Touring remained in production until 1994 when the E36 touring replaced it... |
111 | 29 |
21 | C | 78 | Phoenix Motorsport | Geoff Full David Ratcliff |
Toyota Sprinter Toyota Corolla The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact and compact cars manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the best selling nameplate in the world, with over 35 million... |
111 | 30 |
22 | A | 32 | Hersonne Engineering | Laurie Donaher Marc Ducquet |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A Holden VL Commodore The Holden VL Commodore and Calais were a range of mid-sized cars manufactured between 1986 and 1988 by the General Motors Australian arm, Holden... |
109 | 34 |
23 | C | 76 | Peter Verheyen | Peter Verheyen John Vernon |
Toyota Sprinter | 109 | 36 |
24 | C | 72 | David Sala | David Sala Richard Vorst |
Toyota Corolla | 106 | 32 |
DNF | A | 17 | Shell Ultra Hi 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... |
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.... |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 123 | 5 |
DNF | B | 52 | M3 Motorsport | Peter Doulman John Cotter |
BMW M3 | 109 | 22 |
DNF | C | 75 | Bob Holden Motors | Dennis Rogers Garry Jones |
Toyota Corolla | 75 | 31 |
DNF | A | 21 | Bob Forbes Motorsport | Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 64 | 8 |
DNF | A | 19 | Caltex CXT Racing 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... |
Ken Mathews John Mathews |
Ford Sierra RS500 | 64 | 27 |
DNF | A | 22 | Lusty Engineering | Graham Lusty Ken Lusty |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 52 | 21 |
DNF | A | 1 | 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... |
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 Skyline R32 GT-R | 51 | 1 |
DNF | A | 29 | Wayne Park | Wayne Park John English |
Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 49 | 19 |
DNF | C | 74 | Bob Holden Motors | Phil Alexander Keith McCulloch |
Toyota Corolla | 44 | 33 |
DNF | A | 46 | Garry Willmington Performance | Garry Willmington John Bourke |
Toyota Supra Turbo | 24 | 18 |
DNF | A | 23 | Chris Lambden | Chris Lambden Des Wall |
Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R | 18 | 17 |
DNF | C | 73 | Bob Holden Motors | 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... Mike Conway |
Toyota Sprinter | 8 | 35 |
Statistics
- Pole Position - #1 Jim Richards - 1:35.26
- Fastest Lap - #11 Larry Perkins - 1:37.84 (new lap record)
- Average Speed - 143 km/h