# 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 almost 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 second last on the first lap before pitting to replace the tyre. (The car credited by the official lap score with being in last place on the first lap was Russell/Shaw Commodore, which had pitted after the parade lap having broken the rear suspension. The car was repaired and they eventually came from last to finish 15th). 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.

## Entry list

| No. | Drivers | Team (Sponsor) | Car | No. | Drivers | Team (Sponsor) | Car |
| 1 | Mark Skaife Jim Richards | Gibson Motorsport (Winfield) | Holden Commodore VR | 25 | Tony Longhurst Wayne Park | Longhurst Racing (Castrol) | Ford Falcon EF |
| 2 | Steven Richards Anders Olofsson | Gibson Motorsport (Winfield) | Holden Commodore VR | 27 | Terry Finnigan Peter Gazzard | Terry Finnigan Racing Team (Sony Autosound) | Holden Commodore VP |
| 3 | Steve Reed Trevor Ashby | Lansvale Smash Repairs (Dulux ICI Autocolor) | Holden Commodore VP | 28 | Kevin Waldock Mark McLaughlin | Playscape Racing (Komatsu) | Ford Falcon EF |
| 4 | Brad Jones Win Percy | Wayne Gardner Racing (Coca-Cola) | Holden Commodore VR | 30 | Glenn Seton David Parsons | Glenn Seton Racing (Peter Jackson) | Ford Falcon EF |
| 05 | Peter Brock Tomas Mezera | Holden Racing Team (Holden, Mobil 1) | Holden Commodore VR | 33 | Bob Pearson Bruce Stewart | Pro-Duct Motorsport (Pro-Duct Air Conditioning) | Holden Commodore VP |
| 7 | Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton | Wayne Gardner Racing (Coca-Cola) | Holden Commodore VR | 35 | Alan Jones Allan Grice | Glenn Seton Racing (Peter Jackson) | Ford Falcon EF |
| 9 | Andrew Miedecke Mark Noske | Allan Moffat Racing (Cenovis) | Ford Falcon EB | 36 | Neil Schembri Graham Moore | Merlin Motorsport (Awesome OZ Promotions) | Holden Commodore VR |
| 10 | Mark Larkham Warwick Rooklyn | Larkham Motorsport (Mitre 10) | Ford Falcon EF | 37 | Alan Taylor Roger Hurd Stephen Bell | Alan Taylor Racing (The Xerox Shop) | Holden Commodore VP |
| 11 | Larry Perkins Russell Ingall | Perkins Engineering (Castrol) | Holden Commodore VR | 38 | Mark Poole Ed Ordynski Bernie Stack | James Rosenberg Racing (Gawler Farm Machinery) | Holden Commodore VP |
| 12 | Peter Doulman John Cotter | Doulman Automotive (Australian College of Driving) | Holden Commodore VP | 39 | Bill O'Brien Brian Callaghan, Jr. Ron Barnacle | O'Brien Automotive (Everlast Automotive) | Holden Commodore VL |
| 015 | Craig Lowndes Greg Murphy | Holden Racing Team (Holden, Mobil 1) | Holden Commodore VR | 49 | Greg Crick David Attard | Greg Crick Racing (Alcair Air Conditioning) | Holden Commodore VP |
| 17 | Dick Johnson John Bowe | Dick Johnson Racing (Shell, FAI Insurance) | Ford Falcon EF | 54 | Ed Lamont Graham Gulson | Ed Lamont Racing (ACDelco) | Holden Commodore VP |
| 18 | Charlie O'Brien Steven Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing (Shell, FAI Insurance) | Ford Falcon EF | 55 | David Parsons Rodney Crick | Parsons Transport (Parsons Transport) | Holden Commodore VR |
| 20 | Ian Palmer Brett Peters | Palmer Promotions (Hungry Jack's) | Holden Commodore VR | 60 | Peter McLeod Ryan McLeod | McLeod Racing (Enzed Hoses and Fittings) | Holden Commodore VR |
| 21 | John Cleland Tony Scott | Pinnacle Motorsport (Pinnacle Motorsport) | Holden Commodore VR | 62 | Wayne Russell Ric Shaw | Novocastrian Motorsport (Roadchill Express, Union Steel) | Holden Commodore VP |
| 24 | Paul Romano Troy Dunstan | Romano Racing (Beaumont Tiles) | Holden Commodore VP | 74 | Kevin Heffernan Stephen Voight | PACE Racing (Price Attack) | Holden Commodore VP |
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## Results
### Top 10 shootout

| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Car | TT10 | Qual |
| Pole | 015 | Holden Racing Team | Craig Lowndes | Holden VR Commodore | 2:11.5540 | 2:12.32 |
| 2 | 1 | Winfield Racing | Mark Skaife | Holden VR Commodore | 2:11.9504 | 2:12.10 |
| 3 | 11 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Larry Perkins | Holden VR Commodore | 2:12.4759 | 2:11.58 |
| 4 | 7 | Coca-Cola Racing | Wayne Gardner | Holden VR Commodore | 2:12.5422 | 2:12.36 |
| 5 | 30 | Peter Jackson Racing | Glenn Seton | Ford EF Falcon | 2:12.5438 | 2:11.60 |
| 6 | 35 | Peter Jackson Racing | Alan Jones | Ford EF Falcon | 2:12.7075 | 2:12.79 |
| 7 | 18 | Shell FAI Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford EF Falcon | 2:13.1149 | 2:12.46 |
| 8 | 17 | Shell FAI Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford EF Falcon | 2:13.1854 | 2:11.90 |
| 9 | 25 | Castrol Longhurst Ford | Tony Longhurst | Ford EF Falcon | 2:13.8883 | 2:13.11 |
| 10 | 05 | Holden Racing Team | Peter Brock | Holden VR Commodore | DNF | 2:12.03 |
* 1995 saw the first time a father and son both qualified for the shootout. Dick Johnson, competing in his 18th straight shootout, and his son Steven Johnson, in his first, qualified their Shell FAI Racing Ford EF Falcon's in 7th and 8th place, with the younger Johnson out qualifying his more experienced dad by 0.0705 seconds. * Peter Brock crashed his Holden Racing Team VR Commodore at The Cutting during his lap, thus he did not record a time and would start 10th. His HRT teammate Craig Lowndes claimed his first Bathurst pole position with a time of 2:11.554. This was 0.766 seconds faster than his qualifying time of 2:12.32. * Following a CAMS parity adjustment which saw a reduction in size to the front spoiler of the Ford EF Falcons which had dominated the 1995 ATCC, the Ford runners claimed that they were at least a second or more per lap slower than they would have been had they been able to run the originally homologated spoiler.

### Race

| Pos | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Qual Pos | Shootout Pos |
| 1 | 11 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Larry Perkins Russell Ingall | Holden VR Commodore | 161 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 35 | Peter Jackson Racing | Alan Jones Allan Grice David Parsons | Ford EF Falcon | 161 | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | Coca-Cola Racing | Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton | Holden VR Commodore | 161 | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | Winfield Racing | Anders Olofsson Steven Richards | Holden VR Commodore | 161 | 16 | |
| 5 | 4 | Coca-Cola Racing | Brad Jones Win Percy | Holden VR Commodore | 161 | 11 | |
| 6 | 21 | Pinnacle Motorsport | Tony Scott John Cleland | Holden VR Commodore | 158 | 13 | |
| 7 | 18 | Shell FAI Racing | Charlie O'Brien Steven Johnson | Ford EF Falcon | 158 | 8 | 7 |
| 8 | 28 | Playscape Racing | Kevin Waldock Mark McLaughlin | Ford EF Falcon | 152 | 24 | |
| 9 | 25 | Castrol Longhurst Ford | Tony Longhurst Wayne Park | Ford EF Falcon | 149 | 10 | 9 |
| 10 | 39 | Bill O'Brien | Bill O'Brien Brian Callaghan Jr Ron Barnacle | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 149 | 30 | |
| 11 | 37 | Scotty Taylor Racing | Alan Taylor Roger Hurd Stephen Bell | Holden VP Commodore | 146 | 31 | |
| 12 | 74 | PACE Racing | Kevin Heffernan Stephen Voight | Holden VP Commodore | 144 | 27 | |
| 13 | 54 | Lamont Motor Sport NZ | Ed Lamont Graham Gulson | Holden VP Commodore | 143 | 26 | |
| 14 | 49 | Alcair Racing | David Attard Greg Crick | Holden VP Commodore | 130 | 14 | |
| 15 | 62 | Novacastrian Motorsport | Wayne Russell Ric Shaw | Holden VP Commodore | 129 | 29 | |
| DNF | 30 | Peter Jackson Racing | Glenn Seton David Parsons Allan Grice | Ford EF Falcon | 152 | 2 | 5 |
| DNF | 38 | James Rosenberg Racing | Mark Poole Ed Ordynski Bernie Stack | Holden VP Commodore | 136 | 25 | |
| DNF | 3 | Lansvale Racing Team | Steve Reed Trevor Ashby | Holden VP Commodore | 132 | 15 | |
| DNF | 55 | David Parsons | David Parsons Rodney Crick | Holden VR Commodore | 127 | 17 | |
| NC | 24 | Romano Racing | Paul Romano Troy Dunstan | Holden VP Commodore | 113 | 21 | |
| DNF | 17 | Shell FAI Racing | Dick Johnson John Bowe | Ford EF Falcon | 110 | 3 | 8 |
| DNF | 33 | Pro-Duct Motorsport | Bob Pearson Bruce Stewart | Holden VP Commodore | 88 | 19 | |
| DNF | 1 | Winfield Racing | Mark Skaife Jim Richards | Holden VR Commodore | 65 | 5 | 2 |
| DNF | 27 | Terry Finnigan | Terry Finnigan Peter Gazzard | Holden VP Commodore | 54 | 22 | |
| DNF | 12 | M3 Motorsport | Peter Doulman John Cotter | Holden VP Commodore | 40 | 20 | |
| DNF | 20 | Palmer Promotions | Ian Palmer Brett Peters | Holden VR Commodore | 38 | 28 | |
| DNF | 05 | Holden Racing Team | Peter Brock Tomas Mezera | Holden VR Commodore | 32 | 4 | 10 |
| DNF | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Mark Larkham Warwick Rooklyn | Ford EF Falcon | 22 | 12 | |
| DNF | 36 | Schembri Motorsport | Neil Schembri Graham Moore | Holden VR Commodore | 19 | 23 | |
| DNF | 9 | Allan Moffat Enterprises | Andrew Miedecke Mark Noske | Ford EB Falcon | 16 | 18 | |
| DNF | 015 | Holden Racing Team | Craig Lowndes Greg Murphy | Holden VR Commodore | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| DNF | 60 | Enzed Racing | Ryan McLeod Peter McLeod | Holden VR Commodore | 0 | 32 | |

## Statistics

* Provisional Pole Position – #11 Larry Perkins – 2:11.5764
* Pole Position – #015 Craig Lowndes – 2:11.5540
* Fastest Lap – #015 Craig Lowndes – 2:14.3239 - Lap 8
* Average Speed – 157.72 km/h
* Race Time - 6:20:32.3766