1996 AMP Bathurst 1000

1996 AMP Bathurst 1000
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The 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000 was an endurance race for Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Cars held on 6 October 1996 at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. The race, which was the 37th running of the Bathurst 1000, was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy driving a Holden VR Commodore.

Top ten run-off

Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy won the 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000 driving a Holden Racing Team-entered Holden VR Commodore similar to that pictured above

Pos	No	Entrant	Driver	Car	TT10	Qual
Pole	30	Ford Credit Racing	Glenn Seton	Ford EF Falcon	2:11.0160	2:10.00
2	1	Holden Racing Team	Craig Lowndes	Holden VR Commodore	2:11.4000	2:10.39
3	301	Pack Leader Racing	Alan Jones	Ford EF Falcon	2:11.7727	2:12.42
4	05	Holden Racing Team	Peter Brock	Holden VR Commodore	2:11.8164	2:10.98
5	7	Coca-Cola Racing	Wayne Gardner	Holden VR Commodore	2:12.0783	2:11.69
6	46	Betta Electrical / Fisher & Paykel	John Faulkner	Holden VR Commodore	2:12.1418	2:12.46
7	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Larry Perkins	Holden VP Commodore	2:12.3123	2:12.24
8	25	Castrol Longhurst Ford	Tony Longhurst	Ford EF Falcon	2:12.3157	2:12.02
9	2	Gibson Team Sega	Mark Skaife	Holden VR Commodore	2:12.3485	2:11.24
10	17	Shell FAI Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford EF Falcon	2:12.4699	2:12.00

Official results

Pos ^[1]	No ^[1]	Entrant ^[2]	Drivers ^[1]	Car ^[1]	Laps ^[1]	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	1	Holden Racing Team	Craig Lowndes Greg Murphy	Holden VR Commodore	161	2	2
2	17	Shell FAI Racing	Dick Johnson John Bowe	Ford EF Falcon	161	6	10
3	25	Castrol Longhurst Ford	Tony Longhurst Steven Ellery	Ford EF Falcon	161	7	8
4	7	Coca-Cola Racing	Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton	Holden VR Commodore	160	5	5
5	05	Holden Racing Team	Peter Brock Tomas Mezera	Holden VR Commodore	160	3	4
6	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Larry Perkins Russell Ingall	Holden VP Commodore	160	8	7
7	2	Gibson Team Sega	Mark Skaife John Cleland	Holden VR Commodore	159	4	9
8	18	Shell FAI Racing	Steven Johnson Tommy Kendall	Ford EF Falcon	158	12
9	6	Gibson Team Sega	Garry Waldon Mark Noske	Holden VR Commodore	158	18
10	9	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Klaus Niedzwiedz Ken Douglas	Ford EB Falcon	157	25
11	201	Pack Leader Racing	Paul Romano Andrew Miedecke	Ford EF Falcon	156	14
12	75	Valvoline / Autopro / JSR	Max Dumesny Kerry Baily	Ford EF Falcon	156	23
13	29	M3 Motorsport	Peter Doulman John Cotter	Holden VP Commodore	154	20
14	39	Chris Smerdon	Chris Smerdon Kevin Weeks Adam Kaplan	Holden VR Commodore	154	28
15	30	Ford Credit Racing	Glenn Seton David Parsons	Ford EF Falcon	152	1	1
16	20	Palmer Promotions	Ian Palmer Brett Peters	Holden VR Commodore	151	30
17	36	Everlast Automotive Service	Bill O'Brien Brian Callaghan Jr Ron Barnacle	Holden VR Commodore	150	29
18	37	The Xerox Shop	Alan Taylor Stephen Bell Bill Attard	Holden VP Commodore	146	33
19	79	Mike Conway	Mike Conway Miles Pope	Holden VP Commodore	142	34
20	38	Scotts Transport	Mark Poole Peter Gazzard	Holden VR Commodore	141	22
21	3	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby	Holden VP Commodore	126	16
22	41	Garry Willmington	Garry Willmington Bill Sieders	Ford EB Falcon	124	35
DNF	49	Alcair Airconditioning	Greg Crick David Parsons	Holden VP Commodore	139	17
DNF	44	Mal Rose	Mal Rose Terry Shiel	Holden VR Commodore	132	26
DNF	46	Betta Electrical / Fisher & Paykel	John Faulkner Steve Harrington	Holden VR Commodore	119	10	6
DNF	52	Geoff Kendrick	Geoff Kendrick Geoff Full	Holden VR Commodore	99	31
DNF	50	Enzed	Ryan McLeod Peter McLeod	Holden VR Commodore	85	27
DNF	28	Playscape Racing / Team Kamatsu	Kevin Waldock Wayne Park	Ford EF Falcon	78	21
DNF	27	Sony Autosound	Terry Finnigan Stuart McColl	Holden VP Commodore	37	19
DNF	32	Garry Rogers Valvoline /Cummins	Steven Richards Jim Richards	Holden VR Commodore	33	15
DNF	301	Pack Leader Racing	Alan Jones Allan Grice	Ford EF Falcon	25	9	3
DNF	4	Coca-Cola Racing	Brad Jones Tony Scott	Holden VR Commodore	23	13
DNF	62	Nokia / Union Steel	Wayne Russell Ric Shaw	Holden VP Commodore	4	32
DNF	47	Daily Planet Melbourne P/L	John Trimbole David Attard	Ford EB Falcon	4	24
DNF	10	Mitre 10 Racing	Mark Larkham Cameron McConville	Ford EF Falcon	3	11
DNS ^[3]	40 ^[4]	Michael Hart ^[4]	Michael Hart ^[4] Peter Lawrence ^[4]	Holden VR Commodore ^[4]

Statistics

Provisional Pole Position – #30 Glenn Seton – 2:10.0077
Pole Position – #30 Glenn Seton – 2:11.0160
Fastest Lap – #1 Craig Lowndes – 2:13.1636 - Lap 149
Winners' Average Speed – 139.75 km/h ^[1]
Race Time - 7:09:28.3584

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Final Results after 161 laps, The Great Race - The official book of the 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000, page 243
↑ 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000, racing.natsoft.com.au > Circuit Racing > 1996 > 06/10/1996 > E8 Retrieved 25 October 2015
↑ The Great Race - The official book of the 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000, page 95
1 2 3 4 5 1996 Bathurst 1000 Entry List, Official Programme - Bathurst 1000, Mount Panorama, Sunday, October 6 1996, page 68

External links

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