page_title: 1981 James Hardie 1000
section_title: Class structure
hierarchical_section_title: 1981 James Hardie 1000 / Class structure
caption_attribution_description: English: Isuzu Gemini as raced by Terry Finnigan and Ross Wittig
context_page_description: The 1981 James Hardie 1000 was the 22nd running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 4 October 1981 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The race was open to cars eligible to the locally developed CAMS Group C touring car regulations with three engine configuration based classes, a system used uniquely for this race.
  For the first time the race did not go the full race distance as on lap 121, a six car accident blocked the track at McPhillamy Park Corner. The Ford Falcon of Dick Johnson and John French were leading the race at the time of the accident and were declared the winners, becoming the first Queenslanders to win the race. Bob Morris and British endurance racer John Fitzpatrick, also driving a Falcon finished second. A lap down in third was Allan Moffat and British endurance racing great Derek Bell driving a Mazda RX-7, the best ever result to that point for a Japanese built car.
  History was made at Bathurst in 1981. For the first time in the races history, a reigning Formula One World Drivers' Champion drove in the Bathurst 1000.
caption: Terry Finnigan and Ross Wittig failed to finish in an Isuzu Gemini (image from 2005)
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