1993 James Hardie 12 Hour
The 1993 James Hardie 12 Hour was an endurance race for production cars staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 11 April 1993. The race, which was the third James Hardie 12 Hour, was won by Alan Jones and Garry Waldon driving a Mazda RX-7 entered by Mazda Australia.
Class structure
[edit]The field was divided into six classes:
Class A
[edit]Class A : Touring Cars Under 1800cc - featured a battle between Toyota Corolla and smaller, lighter Suzuki Swift.
Class B
[edit]Class B : Touring Cars 1801- 2500cc - was made up of a variety of cars, Citroën BX, Hyundai Lantra, Mazda 323, Nissan Pintara and Nissan Pulsar
Class C
[edit]Class C : Touring Cars 2501-4000cc - a class intended for six cylinder Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore saw an influx of naturally aspirated sports cars, Honda NSX and Porsche 968 which were expected to be outright threats.
Class D
[edit]Class D : Touring Cars Over 4000cc - featured V8 powered Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore with the production car version of the Holden touring car expected to be fastest.
Class S
[edit]Class S : Sports Cars Under 2200cc - was dominated by Toyota MR2 but also contained Honda CRX and Nissan NX.
Class T
[edit]Class T : Turbo and 4WD Cars - mixed class featuring small turbos, Ford Laser, Hyundai Scoupe and Mitsubishi Lancer but also larger Mitsubishi Galant and Subaru Liberty but was largely dominated by larger sports cars, Lotus Esprit, Nissan Skyline GT-R, Toyota Supra and in particular the factory supported team of Mazda RX-7s.
Results
[edit]Results of the event are given below.
| Position [1] | Drivers [1] | No.[1] | Car | Entrant | Class | Laps [1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Jones Garry Waldon |
7 | Mazda RX-7 | Mazda Australia | T | 263 |
| 2 | Charlie O'Brien Gregg Hansford |
1 | Mazda RX-7 | Mazda Australia | T | 261 |
| 3 | Ian Palmer Wayne Gardner Ross Palmer |
8 | Honda NSX | Palmer Tube Mills | C | 253 |
| 4 | Graham Neilsen Keith Carling Bill Gillespie |
3 | Nissan Skyline GT-R | Falken Tyres | T | 247 |
| 5 | Kent Youlden Brett Youlden Chris Muscat |
25 | Ford EB Falcon XR6 | Kent Youlden | C | 245 |
| 6 | Juan Manuel Fangio II Peter McKay Rick Bates |
2 | Toyota MR2 | Neal Bates Motorsport | S | 245 |
| 7 | John Trimbole Rohan Cooke David Grose |
41 | Mitsubishi Lancer GSR | Daily Planet Racing | T | 242 |
| 8 | Tony Scott Peter Brock |
6 | Holden VP Commodore SS | Castle Hill Racing | D | 242 |
| 9 | Peter Whitaker Calvin Gardner Neal Bates |
20 | Toyota MR2 | Peter Whitaker | S | 240 |
| 10 | James Baird Andrew Solness Ray Lintott |
9 | Ford EB Falcon XR8 | James Baird | D | 240 |
| 11 | Kevin Burton Peter Vorst Keith McCulloch |
50 | Ford EB Falcon SS | Kevin Burton | C | 239 |
| 12 | Mark Brame Henry Draper Barry Devlin |
56 | Suzuki Swift GTi | Mark Brame | A | 238 |
| 13 | Robin Bennett David Borg Gary Merlino |
32 | Toyota MR2 | Robin Bennett | S | 238 |
| 14 | Mark Williams Darren Parmenter Chris Madden |
57 | Ford Laser TX3 Turbo | Fourtech Performance | T | 237 |
| 15 | Harry Bargwanna Chris Symonds Trevor Symonds |
34 | Toyota Corolla | Larry King | A | 237 |
| 16 | Murray Carter Damon Beck Brian Wilshire |
12 | Nissan Pulsar SSS | Murray Carter Racing | B | 236 |
| 17 | Geoff Forshaw Warren Rush Phil Alexander |
24 | Ford Laser TX3 Turbo | Geoff Forshaw [2] | T | 235 |
| 18 | David Sala John Faulkner Geoff Full |
30 | Toyota Corolla | David Sala | A | 235 |
| 19 | John Mathews Rod Jones Mick Newton |
11 | Mitsubishi Galant VR4 | Ded. Micros Australia | T | 234 |
| 20 | Chris Walker Andrew Wilson Russell Becker |
33 | Mazda 323 Astina SP | Falken Tyres | B | 234 |
| 21 | Steven Richards Paul Fordham Melina Price |
22 | Nissan Pulsar SSS | Garry Rogers Motorsport | B | 234 |
| 22 | Glenn Jordan Bill Harris |
53 | Suzuki Swift GTi | Glenn Jordan | A | 233 |
| 23 | Mark Ferrier Phil Parsons Neil Robson |
28 | Suzuki Swift GTi | Clark Australia | A | 230 |
| 24 | Colin Osborne Keith Byrn Tony Regan |
51 | Toyota Corolla | Colin Osborne | A | 228 |
| 25 | Terry Skene Tim Grant Kevin Heffernan |
40 | Holden VP Commodore SS | Spirit of Logan | C | 227 |
| 26 | Roland Hill Jeff Edwards Evert Harder |
37 | Holden VN Commodore S | Evert Harder | C | 226 |
| 27 | Danny Bogut Fred Sayers Warren Thompson |
29 | Suzuki Swift GTi | Autobarn Springvale | A | 225 |
| 28 | Bevan Purcell John Lusty Steven Pocock |
36 | Nissan Pintara TRX | Bevan Purcell | B | 222 |
| 29 | Danny Osborne Barney Morris Adam Kaplan |
52 | Toyota Corolla | Colin Osborne | A | 221 |
| 30 | Ron Masing Peter Howard |
26 | Mitsubishi Lancer GSR | Ron Masing | T | 216 |
| 31 | Glenn Clark Glen McIntyre Terry Lewis |
16 | Citroën BX16 | Peter McLeod | B | 215 |
| 32 | Mark Williamson Ian Sawtell |
58 | Suzuki Swift GTi | Carrier Air Conditioning | A | 215 |
| 33 | John Bourke Allan Grice |
15 | Toyota Supra | Hardie Iplex Pipe | T | 214 |
| 34 | Garry Rogers Terry Sheil |
21 | Subaru Liberty RS Turbo | Garry Rogers Motorsport | T | 211 |
| 35 | Steve Vass Trevor Hine Phillip Johnson |
54 | Ford Laser TX3 Turbo | Steve Vass | T | 207 |
| 36 | Peter Janssen Mark Craig David Gittus |
47 | Nissan NX | Peter Janssen | S | 207 |
| 37 | Steve Hardman David Stone John Targett |
10 | Hyundai Lantra | Steve Hardman | B | 205 |
| 38 | Richard Wilson Troy Nicholson Darren Pate |
43 | Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV | Richard Wilson | D | 199 |
| 39 | Bob Griffen Geoff Fickling Peter Taffa |
38 | Holden VP Commodore SS | Bob Griffen | C | 199 |
| DNF | Stephen Shedden Jason Bargwanna Scott Bargwanna |
55 | Toyota MR2 | Fowler Bathroom Products | S | 229 |
| DNF | James Faneco Alan Gough |
35 | Hyundai Scoupe | James Faneco | T | 194 |
| DNF | Peter McLeod Peter Dane Peter Janson |
19 | Citroën BX16 | Peter McLeod | B | 191 |
| DNF | Darrell Dixon Graham Lusty Alan Letcher |
42 | Ford EA Falcon S | Darrell Dixon | C | 191 |
| DNF | George Santana John Pollard |
48 | Honda CRX | Revolution Racegear | S | 183 |
| DNF | Larry Perkins Ron Barnacle |
18 | Lotus Esprit S4 | Team Sony Lotus | T | 174 |
| DNF | Chris Clearihan Jane Taylor Chris Wiles |
14 | Citroën BX16 | Peter McLeod | B | 74 |
| DNF | Craig Dare Terry Finnigan Brian Callaghan |
27 | Ford Laser TX3 Turbo | Craig Dare | T | 54 |
| DNF | Tom Watkinson Garry Willmington Michael Craig |
49 | Toyota Corolla | Tom Watkinson | A | 30 |
| DNF | Chris Sexton Rod Dawson Wayne Osborne |
39 | Ford EB Falcon S | Chistopher Sexton | C | 13 |
| DNF | Ray Ryan Harry Dutton Jim Runciman |
23 | Mitsubishi Lancer GSR | Ray Ryan | T | 2 |
| DNF | Dick Johnson Cameron McConville Steven Johnson |
17 | Ford Laser TX3 Turbo | Dick Johnson Racing | T | 1 |
| DSQ | John Smith Kevin Waldock Geoff Morgan |
5 | Porsche 968 CS | Quell Fire & Safety Equipment | C | 263 |
| DSQ | Peter Fitzgerald Brett Peters Nicholas Leutweiler |
4 | Porsche 968 CS | Hardie Dux | C | 263 |
| DNS [2] | Iain Thomson [3] L. Renato [2] Phil Showers [3] |
59 [2] | Mitsubishi Lancer GSR[2] | Iain Thomson [2] | T | - |
Statistics
[edit]- Attendance: 14,000 [4]
- Pole Position - #18 Larry Perkins - 2:32.89[5]
- Fastest Lap - #18 Larry Perkins - 2:31.77 (147.37 km/h)[5]
- Race time of winning car: 12h 00m 24.58s [6]
- Distance covered by winning car: 263 laps, 1634.02 km [2]
- Winners' Average Speed - 136.09 km/h[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Steve Normoyle, Battle of the Supercars, The History of the Bathurst 12 Hour - 1991-2017, pages 20 to 24
- ^ a b c d e f g James Hardie 12 Hour, Motor, June 1993, page 106
- ^ a b Entry List - James Hardie 12 Hour, Auto Action, 2 April 1993
- ^ Peter McKay, Mazda takes 12-Hour as Porsches outed, Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, April 12, 1993
- ^ a b c Normoyle, Steve (1993). "Australian Motor Racing Year 1993/94". Australian Motor Racing Yearbook. 23. Chevron Publishing Group: 226–234 & 300. ISSN 0158-4138.
- ^ James Hardie 12 Hour, Auto Action, 16 April 1993