Highlights of the 1990 Great Race held on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst. A truly great race in Australian Motor Racing history with Ford Sierra RS500's setting the pace ahead of the race followed by the Holden Commodores of Perkins Engineering and the Holden Racing Team. 1990 was also the debut of the then new Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 from Gibson Motorsport, a car then in its infancy of Australian development.
The race on the other was a different story, with Jim Richards starting 11th (10th as Alan Jones starting 10th started from the pit lane) and leading the race after 7 laps before pulling an eventual 40 second lead on 2nd place. As the race progressed, many of the top Ford Sierra's experienced both tyre and mechanical related issues and the front running Holden Commodores setting a strong and steady pace working their up through the field. Sadly for the Gibson Motorsport team, in the later stages of the race the R32 GT-R experienced a drivetrain issue seeing it tumble down the order. The closing stages of the race setup a suspenseful finish with a battle between the eventual podium finishers all in contention for the race win.
In the end, this bathurst was a truly great display of the Group A regulations with a wide variety of makes and models filling out the finishing field. The race was won by Win Percy and Allan Grice driving the Holden Racing Team Commodore VL TWR, the teams first Bathurst success. 2nd place was taken by the second of the Shell Ford Sierra RS500's of Jeff Allam and Paul Radisich. 3rd place was taken by Larry Perkins and Tomas Mezera in the Perkins Engineering prepared Holden Commodore VL TWR.
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15 сен 2022