The1992 Tooheys 1000 was the 33rd running of theBathurst 1000touring car race. It was held on 4 October 1992, at theMount Panorama Circuit just outsideBathurst. The race was held for cars eligible for InternationalGroup A touring car regulations and a class available for those who had built cars eligible to the new for1993 class,CAMS Group 3A touring car regulations.

The race was won for the second year in a row byJim Richards andMark Skaife driving aGibson Motor Sport preparedNissan Skyline GT-R, the pair becoming the first back-to-back Bathurst winners sincePeter Brock andLarry Perkins won in1983 and1984. Richards and Skaife had to be declared the winners after a rainstorm swept across the race in the closing stages, causing many accidents in conditions deemed by race officials too dangerous to continue. The race results were issued as at the end of the 143rd lap, 18 laps short of full race distance. This was the second time in the event's history where the race was stopped and results declared before the scheduled laps were completed (the previous occasion was in 1981).

TheDick Johnson Racing runFord Sierra ofDick Johnson andJohn Bowe was classified in second position with Richards and Skaife's teammatesAnders Olofsson andNeil Crompton in third. FormerFormula One World ChampionDenny Hulme suffered a heart attack at the wheel; he came to a halt at the side of the track and was pronounced dead at the hospital where he was taken.

Class A

ForGroup A cars of over 1600cc engine capacity.
It featured 10Ford Sierras, 1Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R, 3Nissan Skyline R32 GT-Rs, 1Toyota Supra (A70), 11Holden VL Commodores, 4Holden VN Commodores, 3BMW M3 (E30)s, 1BMW M3s and 1BMW 635CSi.

Class B

ForGroup A cars of under 1600cc engine capacity.
It was composed exclusively of 10Toyota Corollas; 6Toyota Corolla (E80)s and 4Toyota Corolla (E90)s.

Class C

A class for the new V8 touring car class that would take over Australian touring car racing in1993 that would later become known asV8 Supercar.
It was composed of 3Holden VP Commodores and 1Ford EB Falcon.

47 cars were entered in the race.

No. Class Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car No. Class Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car 1 A Jim Richards Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport (Winfield) Nissan Skyline R32 30 C Glenn Seton Alan Jones Glenn Seton Racing (Peter Jackson) Ford Falcon EB 2 A Anders Olofsson Neil Crompton Gibson Motorsport (Winfield) Nissan Skyline R32 31 A Robbie Ker Don Watson Car-Trek Racing (Tic Tac) Holden Commodore VL 3 A Trevor Ashby Steve Reed Lansvale Smash Repairs (Dulux ICI Autocolor) Holden Commodore VN 34 A Ray Gulson Graham Gulson Peter Beck Gulson Racing (NEC) BMW 635 (E24) 4 A Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow Bob Forbes Racing (GIO Insurance) Nissan Skyline R32 35 A Wayne Park David Parsons Glenn Seton Racing (Peter Jackson) Ford Sierra RS500 05 C Peter Brock Manuel Reuter Advantage Racing (Mobil 1) Holden Commodore VP 36 A Ken Mathews Rod Jones Mike Newton Rod Jones Racing (DVST) Ford Sierra RS500 6 A Alf Grant Tim Grant Alf Grant Racing (Sizzler) Nissan Skyline R31 37 A John Bourke Keith Carling Roger Alexander Racing (Cessnock Toyota) Toyota Supra (A70) 7 A Peter Hopwood Terry Bosnjak Colin Bond Racing (Caltex CXT) Ford Sierra RS500 39 A Bill O'Brien Barry Graham Brian Callaghan, Jr. O'Brien Motorsport (Everlast Automotive) Holden Commodore VL 8 A Colin Bond John Smith Colin Bond Racing (Caltex CXT) Ford Sierra RS500 40 A Garry Willmington Tom Watkinson Leeson Racing (Hugo Boss, Willmington Performance) Holden Commodore VL 9 A Charlie O'Brien Gary Brabham Allan Moffat Racing (Cenovis) Ford Sierra RS500 41 A Andrew Harris Gary Cooke Daily Planet Racing (Daily Planet) Holden Commodore VL 10 A Klaus Niedzwiedz Gregg Hansford Allan Moffat Racing (Cenovis) Ford Sierra RS500 42 A Graham Moore Wayne Gardner Bob Forbes Racing (Strathfield Car Radios) Holden Commodore VN 11 A Larry Perkins Steve Harrington Perkins Engineering (Bob Jane T-Marts) Holden Commodore VL 44 A Stuart McColl Peter Gazzard Stuart McColl Motorsport (Channel 9 Adelaide, Kart Mania) Holden Commodore VL 13 A Bob Jones Peter Janson Bob Jones Racing (Ampol Max 3) Holden Commodore VL 50 A Bryan Sala Kevin Weeks Sala Racing (Queensland Plastics) Ford Sierra RS500 14 A Warren Jonsson Des Wall Jonsson Racing (Jonsson Racing) Holden Commodore VL 52 A Peter Doulman John Cotter Doulman Automotive (Impala Kitchens) BMW M3 (E30) 15 C Tomas Mezera Brad Jones Holden Racing Team (Castrol,Telecom MobileNet) Holden Commodore VP 55 A Andrew Miedecke Troy Dunstan Advantage Racing (Mobil 1) Holden Commodore VN 16 C Win Percy Allan Grice Holden Racing Team (Castrol,Telecom MobileNet) Holden Commodore VP 70 B Neal Bates Rick Bates Toyota Team Australia (Enzed) Toyota Corolla (E90) 17 A Dick Johnson John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing (Shell) Ford Sierra RS500 71 B Jason Bargwanna Scott Bargwanna Toyota Team Australia (Mercantile Mutual) Toyota Corolla (E90) 18 A Terry Shiel Greg Crick Cameron McConville Dick Johnson Racing (Shell) Ford Sierra RS500 72 B Gregg Easton Brad Stratton David Sala Adrian Brooke Racing (Apex Electrical Contractors) Toyota Corolla (E80) 20 A Denny Hulme Paul Morris LoGaMo Racing (Benson & Hedges) BMW M3 (E30) 73 B Bob Holden Dennis Rogers Garry Jones Bob Holden Motors (INJEC) Toyota Corolla (E80) 22 A John Trimble Rohan Cooke Daily Planet Racing (Daily Planet) Holden Commodore VL 74 B Peter Verheyen Geoff Full Peter Verheyen Racing (Carrera Sunglasses) Toyota Corolla (E80) 25 A Tony Longhurst Johnny Cecotto LoGaMo Racing (Benson & Hedges) BMW M3 (E30) 75 B Frank Binding Bob Tindal Binding Smash Repairs (Binding Smash Repairs) Toyota Corolla (E90) 26 A Daryl Hendrick John Blanchard Daryl Hendrick Motorsport (Gemspares) Holden Commodore VL 76 B Mike Conway Calvin Gardiner Geoff Forshaw Mountain Motorsport (Hamilton Island Tourism) Toyota Corolla (E80) 27 A Terry Finnigan Garry Rogers Terry Finnigan Racing Team (Foodtown Supermarkets) Holden Commodore VN 77 B Malcolm Rea Ken Talbert Richard Wilson Malcolm Rea Racing (Motorama, Talken Security) Toyota Corolla (E80) 28 A Kevin Waldock Brett Peters Playscape Racing (Ampol,AGFA Film) Ford Sierra RS500 78 B Ted Dunford Brad Wright Bob Holden Motors (Atari,Lynx) Toyota Corolla (E80) 29 A John English Ed Lamont Wayne Douglass Racing (Marathon Foods, Dru-Truss) Holden Commodore VL 82 B Stuart Murphy Chris Barns Stuart Murphy Motorsport (Laurie Stevens Panelbeaters) Toyota Corolla (E90) Source:[1]

Icon Class A Class A B Class B C Class C

Nine time Bathurst winnerPeter Brock had his worst ever start to the race when the tailshaft of his new VP Commodore broke on the starting line. After sitting on the side of the circuit for a number of laps, the car was eventually towed into the pits where theMobil 1 crew fitted a new tailshaft while Brock explained to the television audience that it was a brand new tail shaft fitted that morning that had broken. Brock, whose co-driver wasGermanDTM driver and winner of the1989 24 Hours of Le Mans,Manuel Reuter, rejoined the race on lap 15 in last position. After later breaking a second tailshaft and being pushed into a spin at Forrest's Elbow during the first rain storm by theHolden Racing Team Commodore ofAllan Grice which forced Brock to pit when Grice pushed past and ground the front spoiler off of the Mobil 1 Commodore (causing Brock to vent on television about Grice's driving in a rare show of emotion), Brock and Reuter finished in 27th place.

This race was notable for the winning car being crashed and undrivable at the race's conclusion. Due to heavy rain a large number of crashes occurred towards the end of the race leading to the race being stopped during the leader's 144th lap, requiring a windback to the completed 143th lap. However, confusion occurred as Dick Johnson later passed the line (after the flag was up) and finished what seemed to be the 144th lap.^[3] Due to this wind back, Richards' car which had hit the wall once suffering extensive damage—drivable but barely so—and had then slid off the track to join several other cars that had crashed about 200 metres past Forrest's Elbow onto Conrod Straight, was the winner since it was the lead car. Due to high concentrations of Ford and Holden fans and spectators generally upset that a crashed car had won race winner Jim Richards, who drove a Nissan, was vociferously booed as he took the podium. Distressed over the death his friendDenny Hulme which he was only informed about moments before he took to the podium (see below), as well as the crowd's reaction,^[4] in his very brief, international live feed broadcast victory speech he told the spectators, "You're a pack of arseholes." (see right for full comment) Richards later apologised for his comments. Richards and Skaife's teammateNeil Crompton (driving alongsideAnders Olofsson in the #2 Winfield Nissan) would also express similar disappointment to the crowd's behaviour, giving them the middle finger as he walked off the podium.

The race was also the last in whichturbo powered cars such as theNissan Skyline andFord Sierra would be permitted to compete. As of 1 January 1993 the turbos were banned in favor of the previously mentionedV8 formula which would later evolve into V8 Supercars.

1992 was also significant in that it saw the return of theFord Falcon to Bathurst for the first time since the end of theGroup C era in1984.Glenn Seton and newteam recruitAlan Jones qualified their 1993 V8 specFord EB Falcon in 4th place, the fastest of the 1993 cars (all 4 of which qualified in the Top 10). While the new FalconV8 performed above even Seton's expectations, unfortunately their race ended on lap 84 with fuel pump failure. The other three 1993 spec cars were the Holden VP Commodore's from the Holden Racing Team and Peter Brock's example.

Australia's1987 500cc Grand Prix World ChampionWayne Gardner made his touring car racing debut in the race partneringSydney veteranGraham Moore in Moore'sHolden VN Commodore SS Group A SV. Moore qualified the car in 21st position and they eventually finished in 26th place. Gardner's first ever race drive came while rain lashed the circuit. Gardner's presence in the race saw two formerGrand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions driving in the race.Johnny Cecotto, who had won World Championships in1975 and 1978, co-drove with Tony Longhurst in aBMW M3 Evolution. Cecotto almost didn't get to drive in the race after he crashed the car at Forrest's Elbow in the race morning warm up session, though theTAFE crash repair crew were able to repair the car for the start. Longhurst and Cecotto would finish in fourth place.

The 1992 Tooheys 1000 was also a sad occasion as popular veteran driver and1967Formula One world champion Denny Hulme, 56 years old fromNew Zealand and that country's onlyWorld Drivers' Champion, suffered aheart attack during lap 33. Hulme, driving the secondBenson & Hedges Racing BMW M3 with young driverPaul Morris, started the race in 18th position. On lap 33 when the race was under heavy rain, Hulme radioed into his team while coming through Forrest's Elbow that he could not see. Coming down Conrod Straight, the yellow #20 BMW went off the track and glanced the wall on the left hand side before continuing across the track to the outside wall where the car came to a stop,Channel 7 cameras capturing the incident. Most concern was with the driver. While the race continued under thesafety car, Hulme was removed from the car and taken by ambulance to nearby Bathurst Hospital where he was later pronounced dead from heart failure. According to unconfirmed reports, Hulme was still alive, though unconscious, when track marshals reached the BMW a few seconds after it came to a stop just before the right hand kink into Caltex Chase.

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	TT10	Qual
Pole	17	Shell Ultra-High Racing	Dick Johnson	Ford Sierra RS500	2:12.898	2:14.56
2	11	Bob Jane T-Marts Perkins Racing	Larry Perkins	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	2:14.431	2:14.08
3	1	Winfield Team Nissan	Mark Skaife	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	2:14.546	2:13.82
4	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton	Ford EB Falcon	2:14.971	2:15.53
5	15	Holden Racing Team	Tomas Mezera	Holden VP Commodore	2:16.028	2:15.74
6	4	GIO Racing	Mark Gibbs	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	2:16.168	2:15.75
7	16	Holden Racing Team	Allan Grice	Holden VP Commodore	2:16.215	2:16.13
8	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock	Holden VP Commodore	2:16.459	2:15.98
9	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst	BMW M3 Evolution	2:16.932	2:15.26
10	10	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS500	2:16.943	2:14.98

* 1992 was the second and final timeDick Johnson claimed pole position at Bathurst. He had also been on pole in1988. Johnson's time of 2:12.898 was almost one second faster than any otherSierra had ever been around the mountain and over 3 seconds faster than his shootout time from1991. Johnson surprised many by driving in the shootout as it was Bowe who had set the cars fastest qualifying time. Unconfirmed rumours (denied byDJR) had the Sierra using a special qualifying engine putting out around 680 bhp (507 kW; 689 PS). 1992 was also Johnson's 15th straight appearance in the runoff meaning he had appeared in every runoff since it was first used in1978.
* After only qualifying 11th in 1991,Tony Longhurst surprised in qualifying by putting his2.5 L,4 cylBMW M3 Evolution into provisional 5th place. Longhurst admitted his lap was helped by getting a tow on the straights fromLarry Perkins in hisHolden Commodore. Without the benefit of the tow in the runoff, Longhurst dropped to 9th place
* Larry Perkins, the winner of the recent1992 Sandown 500, also surprised by qualifying his older model VL Commodore in 2nd place in both official qualifying and the runoff. While many questioned the legality of the older model Commodore to go so fast, Perkins pointed out that he was only 8/10ths faster than he was in the same model in 1990 while the Sierra's (Johnson) had improved considerably more.
*Glenn Seton qualified his 1993 specV8Ford EB Falcon in 4th place, the fastest of the new cars. This put the Falcon on the second row of the grid one place behind what Dick Johnson attained in1984, the previous timeFord Falcons had appeared in The Great Race.
* With a popoff valve allegedly limiting the power of the car to 450 bhp (336 kW; 456 PS), as well as an extra 140 kg of weight,Mark Skaife in hisNissan GT-R was almost two seconds slower than his 1991 pole time of 2:12.630, though this didn't stop him claiming provisional pole with a time of 2:13.82. Over 15 years later, team bossFred Gibson admitted the GT-R's were actually running close to 600 bhp (447 kW; 608 PS).
* With fourCommodores in the top 10,Holden had their best representation in the runoff during theGroup A era of 1985–92, though this was still three short of the Commodore record of 7 cars underGroup C rules in1983. The twoHolden Racing Team (HRT) cars, as well asPeter Brock's, were the new 1993 specVP Commodores, all of which used aSmall Block Chevrolet V8 engine. Larry Perkins' 1988 model Commodore used theHolden V8 engine. 1992 was also the first time that the HRT managed to get both team cars into the shootout.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	A	1	Winfield Team Nissan	Mark Skaife Jim Richards	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	143	1	3
2	A	17	Shell Ultra-High Racing	Dick Johnson John Bowe	Ford Sierra RS500	143	3	1
3	A	2	Winfield Team Nissan	Anders Olofsson Neil Crompton	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	143	11
4	A	25	Benson & Hedges Racing	Tony Longhurst Johnny Cecotto	BMW M3 Evolution	142	5	9
5	C	16	Holden Racing Team	Win Percy Allan Grice	Holden VP Commodore	141	10	7
6	A	4	GIO Racing	Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	138	8	6
7	A	55	Mobil 1 Racing	Andrew Miedecke Troy Dunstan	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	137	16
8	A	35	Peter Jackson Racing	Wayne Park David Parsons	Ford Sierra RS500	136	15
9	A	11	Bob Jane T-Marts Perkins Racing	Larry Perkins Steve Harrington	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	135	2	2
10	A	41	Daily Planet Racing	Andrew Harris Gary Cooke John Trimbole	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	135	24
11	A	18	Shell Ultra-High Racing	Terry Shiel Greg Crick Cameron McConville	Ford Sierra RS500	134	17
12	A	6	Alf Grant	Alf Grant Tim Grant	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	134	27
13	A	27	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan Garry Rogers	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	133	19
14	A	28	Playscape Racing	Kevin Waldock Brett Peters	Ford Sierra RS500	132	20
15	C	15	Holden Racing Team	Tomas Mezera Brad Jones	Holden VP Commodore	131	7	5
16	A	14	Warren Jonsson	Warren Jonsson Des Wall	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	130	28
17	A	34	Ray Gulson	Ray Gulson Graham Gulson Peter Beck	BMW 635 CSi	129	33
18	A	39	Everlast Battery Service	Bill O'Brien Barry Graham Brian Callaghan Jr	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	129	23
19	A	10	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Klaus Niedzwiedz Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	128	4	10
20	A	13	Ampol Max 3 Racing	Bob Jones Peter Janson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	128	25
21	A	44	Stuart McColl	Stuart McColl Peter Gazzard	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	126	30
22	B	71	Toyota Team Australia	Jason Bargwanna Scott Bargwanna	Toyota Corolla FX-GT	126	39
23	B	74	Peter Verheyen	Peter Verheyen Geoff Full	Toyota Sprinter	125	40
24	B	70	Toyota Team Australia	Neal Bates Rick Bates	Toyota Corolla FX-GT	125	38
25	A	9	Allan Moffat Enterprises	Charlie O'Brien Gary Brabham	Ford Sierra RS500	124	13
26	A	42	Bob Forbes Racing	Graham Moore Wayne Gardner	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	119	21
27	C	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock Manuel Reuter	Holden VP Commodore	118	9	8
28	B	72	Adrian Brooke	Gregg Easton Brad Stratton David Sala	Toyota Sprinter	115	41
29	B	78	Bob Holden Motors	Ted Dunford Brad Wright	Toyota Corolla	113	44
30	B	76	Mountain Motorsport	Mike Conway Calvin Gardiner Geoff Forshaw	Toyota Sprinter	112	42
31	B	82	Stuart Murphy	Stuart Murphy Chris Barns	Toyota Corolla AE92	110	46
NC	B	77	Malcolm Rea	Malcolm Rea Ken Talbert Richard Wilson	Toyota Sprinter	104	47
NC	A	36	Mike Newton	Ken Mathews Rod Jones Mike Newton	Ford Sierra RS500	101	37
NC	B	75	Frank Binding	Frank Binding Bob Tindall	Toyota Corolla	96	45
DNF	A	37	Roger Alexander	John Bourke Keith Carling	Toyota Supra Turbo	94	29
NC	A	26	Daryl Hendrick	Daryl Hendrick John Blanchard	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	94	34
DNF	C	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton Alan Jones	Ford EB Falcon	84	6	4
NC	A	31	Ampol Max 3 Racing	Robbi Ker Don Watson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	81	36
DNF	A	52	M3 Motorsport	Peter Doulman John Cotter	BMW M3	80	31
DNF	B	73	Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden Dennis Rogers Garry Jones	Toyota Sprinter	68	43
DNF	A	3	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Steve Reed Trevor Ashby	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV	65	14
DNF	A	7	Caltex CXT Racing Team	Peter Hopwood Terry Bosnjak	Ford Sierra RS500	54	22
DNF	A	29	Wayne Douglass Racing	John English Ed Lamont	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	49	32
DNF	A	20	Benson & Hedges Racing	Denny Hulme Paul Morris	BMW M3 Evolution	32	18
DNF	A	40	John Leeson	Garry Willmington Tom Watkinson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	29	35
DNF	A	50	Bryan Sala	Bryan Sala Kevin Weeks	Ford Sierra RS500	15	26
DNF	A	8	Caltex CXT Racing Team	Colin Bond John Smith	Ford Sierra RS500	7	12
DNS	A	22	Daily Planet Racing	John Trimbole Rohan Cooke	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
DNS	A	32	Peter Jackson Racing	Glenn Seton Alan Jones	Ford Sierra RS500

• Provisional Pole Position - #1 Mark Skaife - 2:13.82
• Pole Position – #17 Dick Johnson – 2:12.898
• Fastest Lap – #1 Mark Skaife – 2:16.47 - Lap 114
• Average Speed – 138 km/h
• Race Time - 6:27:16.22

1992 Australian Touring Car season

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