# 1994 Lakeside ATCC round

The 1994 Lakeside ATCC round was the fifth round of the 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship. It was held on the weekend of 22 to 24 April at Lakeside International Raceway in Brisbane, Queensland. The Peter Jackson Dash was discontinued for this round.

## Race results
### Qualifying

Peter Brock took his first pole position of the year and the second for the Holden Racing Team. Just one-tenth behind was John Bowe and two-tenths behind was team-mate, Tomas Mezera.
| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Car | Grid |
| 1 | 1 | Glenn Seton | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EB Falcon | 0:52.060 |
| 2 | 17 | Dick Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EB Falcon | 0:52.070 |
| 3 | 05 | Peter Brock | Holden Racing Team | Holden VP Commodore | 0:52.160 |
| 4 | 18 | John Bowe | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EB Falcon | 0:52.280 |
| 5 | 25 | Tony Longhurst | LoGaMo Racing | Holden VP Commodore | 0:52.360 |
| 6 | 30 | Alan Jones | Alan Jones Racing | Ford EB Falcon | 0:52.390 |
| 7 | 6 | Jim Richards | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VP Commodore | 0:52.430 |
| 8 | 11 | Larry Perkins | Perkins Engineering | Holden VP Commodore | 0:52.440 |
| 9 | 2 | Mark Skaife | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VP Commodore | 0:52.480 |
| 10 | 23 | Paul Morris | LoGaMo Racing | Holden VP Commodore | 0:52.490 |
| 11 | 015 | Tomas Mezera | Holden Racing Team | Holden VP Commodore | |
| 12 | 4 | Wayne Gardner | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VP Commodore | |
| 13 | 7 | Neil Crompton | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VP Commodore | |
| 14 | 3 | Trevor Ashby | Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VP Commodore | |
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### Race 1

A dramatic start to the first race saw Dick Johnson beating Glenn Seton off the start and a tangle between Brock and Longhurst, which subsequently led to their retirements from the race. With Longhurst blocking the circuit, the race was restarted. On the restart, Seton beat Johnson off the start, only to be passed by Johnson several laps later. As Seton started to struggle with tyres, a train of Bowe, Jones, and Perkins caught up with him. After trying to pass Seton down the bottom of the hill into the last corner, Bowe tagged the back of Seton, sending him into a spin. Bowe subsequently incurred damage, leading to a flat tyre. As he limped around the circuit, he was hit by Tomas Mezera on turn four. This catapulted Mezera into the guardrail, taking him out of the race and causing extensive damage to both cars. Up the front, it was a clean performance from Dick Johnson as he took his first race win of the season, with Perkins second and Jim Richards in third.
| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Car | Laps | Grid |
| 1 | 17 | Dick Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EB Falcon | 28 | 4 |
| 2 | 11 | Larry Perkins | Perkins Engineering | Holden VP Commodore | 28 | 3 |
| 3 | 6 | Jim Richards | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VP Commodore | 28 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | Mark Skaife | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VP Commodore | 28 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | Trevor Ashby | Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VP Commodore | 28 | |
| 6 | 4 | Wayne Gardner | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VP Commodore | 28 | |
| 7 | 24 | Tony Scott | Pinnacle Motorsport | Holden VP Commodore | 28 | |
| 8 | 23 | Paul Morris | LoGaMo Racing | Holden VP Commodore | 28 | |
| 9 | 7 | Neil Crompton | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VP Commodore | 28 | |
| 10 | 30 | Alan Jones | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EB Falcon | 28 | |
| 11 | 12 | Bob Jones | Ampol Max 3 Racing | Holden VP Commodore | | |
| 12 | 28 | Kevin Waldock | Playscape Racing | Ford EB Falcon | | |
| 13 | 1 | Glenn Seton | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EB Falcon | | 2 |
| 14 | 20 | Ian Palmer | Palmer Promotions | Holden VP Commodore | | |
| 15 | 32 | Kevin Heffernan | PACE Racing | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | | |
| 16 | 36 | Neil Schembri | Schembri Motorsport | Holden VP Commodore | | |
| Ret | 015 | Tomas Mezera | Holden Racing Team | Holden VP Commodore | | |
| Ret | 18 | John Bowe | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EB Falcon | | 3 |
| Ret | 05 | Peter Brock | Holden Racing Team | Holden VP Commodore | 0 | 4 |
| Ret | 25 | Tony Longhurst | LoGaMo Racing | Holden VP Commodore | 0 | 6 |
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### Race 2

After bogging down at the start, Johnson wasted his front row start and found himself in fourth by the end of the first lap. After a couple of laps, Johnson began to climb back up the order and began to chase down race leader, Perkins. Toward the middle of the race, Neil Schembri blew his engine, laying down a trail of oil down the hill into the final corner. The smoke plume left meant that some of the leading drivers couldn't see the oil. The first driver to spin out was Dick Johnson, followed by Alan Jones, and finally Wayne Gardner. Toward the end of the race, Jim Richards began to rapidly close in on the back of Perkins. Though it proved not be enough. Perkins took the win, with Richards in second and Brock in third after a storming drive from the back of the grid.
| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Car | Laps | Grid |
| 1 | 11 | Larry Perkins | Perkins Engineering | Holden VP Commodore | 28 | 2 |
| 2 | 6 | Jim Richards | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VP Commodore | 28 | 3 |
| 3 | 05 | Peter Brock | Holden Racing Team | Holden VP Commodore | 28 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | Mark Skaife | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VP Commodore | 28 | 4 |
| 5 | 23 | Paul Morris | LoGaMo Racing | Holden VP Commodore | 28 | 8 |
| 6 | 18 | John Bowe | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EB Falcon | 28 | 17 |
| 7 | 3 | Trevor Ashby | Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VP Commodore | 28 | 5 |
| 8 | 1 | Glenn Seton | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EB Falcon | 28 | 13 |
| 9 | 7 | Neil Crompton | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VP Commodore | 28 | 9 |
| 10 | 12 | Bob Jones | Ampol Max 3 Racing | Holden VP Commodore | 28 | 11 |
| 11 | 28 | Kevin Waldock | Playscape Racing | Ford EB Falcon | | 12 |
| 12 | 25 | Tony Longhurst | LoGaMo Racing | Holden VP Commodore | | 19 |
| 13 | 24 | Tony Scott | Pinnacle Motorsport | Holden VP Commodore | | 7 |
| 14 | 20 | Ian Palmer | Palmer Promotions | Holden VP Commodore | | 14 |
| 15 | 32 | Kevin Heffernan | PACE Racing | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | | 18 |
| Ret | 17 | Dick Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EB Falcon | | 1 |
| Ret | 30 | Alan Jones | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EB Falcon | | 10 |
| Ret | 4 | Wayne Gardner | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VP Commodore | | 6 |
| Ret | 36 | Neil Schembri | Schembri Motorsport | Holden VP Commodore | | 16 |
| WD | 015 | Tomas Mezera | Holden Racing Team | Holden VP Commodore | | |
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## Championship standings
### Drivers' Championship standings

| Pos. | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Mark Skaife | 184 |
| 2 | Glenn Seton | 119 |
| 2 | Peter Brock | 119 |
| 4 | Jim Richards | 88 |
| 5 | Larry Perkins | 77 |