# 1990 Nissan Sydney 500

The 1990 Nissan Sydney 500 was motor race held on 10 November 1990 at Eastern Creek Raceway in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The race, which was open to Group 3A Touring Cars, was the final round of both the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship. Held over a distance of 500 kilometers, it was the first touring car event to be held at Eastern Creek Raceway.
The race was won by Larry Perkins and Tomas Mezera driving a Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV.

## Divisional structure

Cars competed in three engine capacity divisions.

### Division 1

Division 1, for cars of 3001cc and Over engine capacity, featured the turbocharged Ford Sierras, Nissan Skylines and Toyota Supras and V8 Holden Commodores.

### Division 2

Division 2, for cars of 1601 to 3000cc engine capacity, was composed of BMW M3s, a BMW 323i and a Mercedes-Benz 190E.

### Division 3

Division 3, for cars of Up to 1600cc engine capacity, included various models of Toyota Corolla and Toyota Sprinter.

## Official results

Race results as follows:
| Pos. | Div. | No. | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Qual. Pos. |
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Larry Perkins Tomas Mezera | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 125 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 35 | Peter Jackson Racing | Glenn Seton Colin Bond | Ford Sierra RS500 | 125 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 05 | Mobil 1 Racing | Peter Brock Andrew Miedecke | Ford Sierra RS500 | 124 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 20 | Benson & Hedges Racing | Gary Brabham David Brabham | Ford Sierra RS500 | 123 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 30 | Peter Jackson Racing | George Fury Drew Price | Ford Sierra RS500 | 123 | 9 |
| 6 | 1 | 25 | Benson & Hedges Racing | Tony Longhurst Alan Jones | Ford Sierra RS500 | 123 | 3 |
| 7 | 1 | 28 | Playscape Racing | Kevin Waldock Andrew Bagnall | Ford Sierra RS500 | 123 | 12 |
| 8 | 1 | 33 | Pro-Duct Motorsport | Bob Pearson Bruce Stewart | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 122 | 16 |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | Lansvale Racing Team | Steve Reed Trevor Ashby | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 122 | 11 |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Mobil 1 Racing | Charlie O'Brien David Parsons | Ford Sierra RS500 | 121 | 10 |
| 11 | 1 | 12 | Ray Lintott | Ray Lintott Terry Shiel | Ford Sierra RS500 | 121 | 13 |
| 12 | 1 | 26 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Garry Rogers Paul Fordham | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 121 | 14 |
| 13 | 1 | 27 | Terry Finnigan | Terry Finnigan Geoff Leeds | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 120 | 15 |
| 14 | 1 | 42 | Lusty Engineering | John Lusty Bernie Stack | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 119 | 20 |
| 15 | 2 | 51 | Phil Ward Racing | Phil Ward John Goss | Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16 | 118 | 23 |
| 16 | 2 | 54 | Bryce Racing | Brett Riley Craig Baird | BMW M3 | 117 | 26 |
| 17 | 1 | 2 | Alf Grant | Alf Grant Tim Grant | Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R | 117 | 24 |
| 18 | 1 | 45 | Lester Smerdon | Lester Smerdon Graham Jonsson | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 116 | 25 |
| 19 | 3 | 71 | Toyota Team Australia | John Faulkner John Smith Neal Bates | Toyota Corolla FX-GT | 115 | 28 |
| 20 | 2 | 53 | Brian Bolwell Racing | Brian Bolwell Mike Twigden | BMW 323i | 111 | 29 |
| 21 | 3 | 78 | Phoenix Motorsport | Geoff Full David Ratcliff | Toyota Sprinter | 111 | 30 |
| 22 | 1 | 32 | Hersonne Engineering | Laurie Donaher Marc Ducquet | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 109 | 34 |
| 23 | 3 | 76 | Peter Verheyen | Peter Verheyen John Vernon | Toyota Sprinter | 109 | 36 |
| 24 | 3 | 72 | David Sala | David Sala Richard Vorst | Toyota Corolla | 106 | 32 |
| DNF | 1 | 17 | Shell Ultra-Hi Racing | Dick Johnson John Bowe | Ford Sierra RS500 | 123 | 5 |
| DNF | 2 | 52 | M3 Motorsport | Peter Doulman John Cotter | BMW M3 | 109 | 22 |
| DNF | 3 | 75 | Bob Holden Motors | Dennis Rogers Garry Jones | Toyota Corolla | 75 | 31 |
| DNF | 1 | 21 | Bob Forbes Racing | Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 64 | 8 |
| DNF | 1 | 19 | Caltex CXT Racing | Ken Mathews John Mathews | Ford Sierra RS500 | 64 | 27 |
| DNF | 1 | 22 | Lusty Engineering | Graham Lusty Ken Lusty | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 52 | 21 |
| DNF | 1 | 1 | Nissan Motorsport Australia | Jim Richards Mark Skaife | Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R | 51 | 1 |
| DNF | 1 | 29 | Wayne Park | Wayne Park John English | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 49 | 19 |
| DNF | 3 | 74 | Bob Holden Motors | Phil Alexander Keith McCulloch | Toyota Corolla | 44 | 33 |
| DNF | 1 | 46 | Garry Willmington Performance | Garry Willmington John Bourke | Toyota Supra Turbo | 24 | 18 |
| DNF | 1 | 23 | Beaurepaires Racing | Chris Lambden Des Wall | Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R | 18 | 17 |
| DNF | 3 | 73 | Bob Holden Motors | Bob Holden Mike Conway | Toyota Sprinter | 8 | 35 |
| DNS | 1 | 40 | | John Leeson Gary Cooke | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | - | - |

## Statistics

* Pole Position - #1 Jim Richards - Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R - 1:35.26
* Fastest Lap - #11 Larry Perkins - Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV - 1:37.84 (new lap record)
* Winners' average speed - 140.61 km/h