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The 1994 Tooheys 1000 was a motor race held on 2 October 1994 at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in

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. It was the 35th running of the

Bathurst 1000 The Bathurst 1000 (formally known as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most rece ...

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race. The race was open to cars complying with CAMS Group 3A Touring Car regulations, later known as

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and those complying with

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Class II Touring Car regulations, later known as

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cars. In the lead up to the 2003 event,

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voted the 1994 Bathurst 1000 to be the greatest of all time. The race was won by Dick Johnson and John Bowe in their

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entered Ford EB Falcon, with the latter driver holding off a late-race challenge from then-rookie

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in a

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entered VP Commodore he shared with Brad Jones, which eventually finished second.

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and

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were third in their Holden VP Commodore entered by

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Entry list

*Entry list at the start of Practice One. Kevin Heffernan was entered in Car #50 but moved across to Car #44 prior to the race.

Class A

For 5.0 litre cars, later to become known as

, it consisted of

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s and Holden Commodores.

Class B

For 2.0 litre cars, later to become known as

cars, it consisted of BMW 318i, Hyundai Lantra, Peugeot 405,

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, Toyota Corolla, a modified DTM

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and older modified

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BMW M3s and

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Results

Top 10 shootout

The Tooheys Top Ten was restricted to the top ten cars from Qualifying. The results of this runoff determined the first ten places on the grid for the race. Additional prize money was paid to all entries in the Tooheys Top Ten.1994 Tooheys 1000 Prize Money, Official Programme, Toohey 1000, 2 October 1994, page 134 *

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took his first ever pole position at Bathurst in his Ford EB Falcon. It was also the first

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on pole at Bathurst since

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put his XB Falcon on pole in

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. All other Ford pole positions since then ( 1987, 1988, 1989,

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and 1992) had been achieved in the turbocharged 4 cyl

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.
* After having an earlier time disallowed in qualifying due to a technical infringement,

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, in his first race at Bathurst for a factory backed

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team since 1986, then qualified 6th in his

VP Commodore. He improved in the shootout to qualify second for his first front row start since claiming pole position in a Ford Sierra RS500 in 1989.
* Dick Johnson qualified for his 17th straight Top Ten runoff having been the only driver to compete in every one since its inception in 1978. After qualifying 3rd, Johnson fell to 10th after the shootout when he ran wide and hit the wall coming out of The Cutting causing large amounts of tyre smoke from the right rear for the rest of the lap, though his time was only 1/10th slower than the HRT Commodore of Brad Jones.
* 1986 and 1990 race winner

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, who missed the race in 1993, made his first start at Bathurst in a

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after 19 starts for Holden (1973-1992) and one start in a Fiat 124 Sport in 1968. He qualified his

EB Falcon in 7th in the shootout, faster than team leader Dick Johnson who ended up 10th.
*

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and Brad Jones both equalled the record for driving different makes of cars in the Top Ten shootout. Longhurst had previously qualified for Ford (1988-1990) and BMW (1992), while Jones had previously qualified in a Mitsubishi (1986) and a Ford (1989). Both qualified their respective Holden VP Commodores for the 1994 Tooheys Top Ten. The record had been held solely by 1976 race winner Bob Morris who had qualified in the Top Ten for Holden (1978, 1979, 1983), Ford ( 1980, 1981, 1982) and

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( 1984).

Race

Notes: * - Don Watson was killed in an accident at the Chase during Thursday qualifying, which resulted in his entry being withdrawn from the race. * - Greg Easton's car was badly damaged after an accident during Friday qualifying, and was subsequently withdrawn. Co-driver Kevin Heffernan was later moved into the #44

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of Mike Conway & George Ayoub.

Statistics

* Provisional Pole Position - #1 Glenn Seton - 2:12.0290 * Pole Position - #1 Glenn Seton - 2:12.1464 * Fastest Lap - #17 Dick Johnson - 2:14.1458 - Lap 108 * Winners' Race Time - 7:03:45.8425Last Year's Race, Official Programme, Tooheys 1000, 1 October 1995, page 24 * Winners' Average Speed - 142.63 km/h

References

External links

Official V8 Supercar website

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