1991 James Hardie 12 Hour

Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit

The 1991 James Hardie 12 Hour was an endurance race for production cars staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, on 31 March 1991. It was the first "Bathurst 12 Hour". Of the 24 starters, 20 were classified as finishers.[1]

The race was won by Allan Grice, Peter Fitzgerald and Nigel Arkell[1] driving a Toyota Supra.[2]

Classes

The race was open to "Group E" cars[3] (officially Group 3E Series Production Cars[4]) and other production cars.[3]

Cars competed in the following classes:[1]

  • Class A : Touring cars under 1600 cc[1]
  • Class B : Touring cars 1601 - 2500 cc[1]
  • Class C : Touring cars 2501 - 4000 cc[1]
  • Class D : Touring cars over 4000 cc[1]
  • Class S : Sports cars under 2200 cc[1]
  • Class T : Turbocharged cars[1]

Results
Pos.[1] Drivers[1] No.[1] Car[1] Entrant Class[1] Class pos.[1] Laps[1]
1 Allan Grice
Peter Fitzgerald
Nigel Arkell		 2 Toyota Supra Turbo[2] Fitzgerald Racing T 1 242
2 Kent Youlden
Ken Douglas
Brett Youlden		 7 Ford Laser KF TX3 4WD Turbo[5] Ford Motor Company T 2 239
3 Warren Cullen
Glenn Cullen
Gary Cooke		 19 Holden Commodore VN D 1 236
4 Peter Brock
Neil Crompton
Peter McKay		 05 Holden Commodore VN C 1 235
5 John Bourke
Bryan Thomson		 15 Toyota Supra Turbo[2] T 3 234
6 Colin Bond
John Smith
Bruce Stewart		 8 Toyota MR2 Caltex CXT Racing S 1 233
7 Garry Rogers
Paul Fordham		 10 Nissan 300ZX Garry Rogers Motorsport C 2 232
8 Tony Nicholson
Gary McDonald
Roland Hill		 9 Holden Commodore VN Positive Performance D 2 227
9 George Fury
Rod Jones
Alf Grant		 4 Mitsubishi Galant VR4[3] T 4 227
10 Geoff Forshaw
Mark Brame
Henry Draper		 27 Suzuki Swift GTi A 1 226
11 Tony Farrell
Andrew Newton		 3 Honda CRX S 2 224
12 Ray Vincent
Todd Wanless
Rod Dawson		 17 Ford Falcon EA C 3 223
13 Peter Whitaker
Calcin Gardner
Geoff Full		 29 Suzuki Swift GTi A 2 222
14 Robin Bennett
David Borg
Andrew Solness		 18 Toyota Corolla A 3 222
15 Richard Vorst
Kevin Burton
Peter Johnston		 28 Suzuki Swift GTi A 4 217
16 Phil Alexander
Keith McCulloch
Warren Rush		 35 Suzuki Swift GTi A 5 216
17 Neal Bates
Rick Bates
Geoff Morgan		 12 Toyota Celica B 1 215
18 David Ratciff
Garry Wilmington
Tom Watkinson		 11 Toyota Corolla A 6 214
19 Damon Beck
Colin Osborne
Aaron McGill		 32 Suzuki Swift GTi A 7 192
20 Peter McLeod
Glenn Clark
Barry Jones		 16 Citroën BX 16v B 2 191
DNF John Giddings
Wayne Park
Graham Nelson		 22 Holden Commodore VN D - 165
DNF Tony Kavich
Bob Griffin
Trevor Hodge		 23 Holden Commodore VN C - 150
DNF Max Bonney
Malcolm Stenniken
David James		 26 Holden Commodore VN C - 149
DNF Paul Flottman
Mal Rose		 44 Holden Commodore VN C - 67

References
  1. The History of the Bathurst 12 Hour 1991-2017, page 11
  2. 1st James Hardie 12-Hour, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1991/1992, page 304
  3. Connor McNally & Steve Normoyle, Bathurst 1500, Motor Racing Australia, No 97 April/May 2007, pages 72 to 76
  4. Group 3E Series Production Cars, 1991 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 222 to 224
  5. "Laser KF TX3" in The History of the Bathurst 12 Hour 1991-2017 and "Ford Laser TX3 4WD Turbo" in Motor Racing Australia, No 97 April/May 2007

Further reading
  • Australian Motor Racing Year, 1991/1992
  • Sydney Morning Herald, 1 April 1991
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