1996 AMP Bathurst 1000

The 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000 was an endurance race for Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Cars held on 6 October 1996 at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. The race, which was the 37th running of the Bathurst 1000, was won by Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy driving a Holden VR Commodore.

1996 AMP Bathurst 1000
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Top ten run-off
Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy won the 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000 driving a Holden Racing Team-entered Holden VR Commodore similar to that pictured above
PosNoEntrantDriverCarTT10Qual
Pole 30 Ford Credit Racing Glenn Seton Ford EF Falcon 2:11.0160 2:10.00
2 1 Holden Racing Team Craig Lowndes Holden VR Commodore 2:11.4000 2:10.39
3 301 Pack Leader Racing Alan Jones Ford EF Falcon 2:11.7727 2:12.42
4 05 Holden Racing Team Peter Brock Holden VR Commodore 2:11.8164 2:10.98
5 7 Coca-Cola Racing Wayne Gardner Holden VR Commodore 2:12.0783 2:11.69
6 46 Betta Electrical / Fisher & Paykel John Faulkner Holden VR Commodore 2:12.1418 2:12.46
7 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Larry Perkins Holden VP Commodore 2:12.3123 2:12.24
8 25 Castrol Longhurst Ford Tony Longhurst Ford EF Falcon 2:12.3157 2:12.02
9 2 Gibson Team Sega Mark Skaife Holden VR Commodore 2:12.3485 2:11.24
10 17 Shell FAI Racing Dick Johnson Ford EF Falcon 2:12.4699 2:12.00

Official results
Pos [1] No [1] Entrant [2] Drivers [1] Car [1] Laps [1] Qual
Pos		 Shootout
Pos
1 1 Holden Racing Team Craig Lowndes
Greg Murphy		 Holden VR Commodore 161 2 2
2 17 Shell FAI Racing Dick Johnson
John Bowe		 Ford EF Falcon 161 6 10
3 25 Castrol Longhurst Ford Tony Longhurst
Steven Ellery		 Ford EF Falcon 161 7 8
4 7 Coca-Cola Racing Wayne Gardner
Neil Crompton		 Holden VR Commodore 160 5 5
5 05 Holden Racing Team Peter Brock
Tomas Mezera		 Holden VR Commodore 160 3 4
6 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Larry Perkins
Russell Ingall		 Holden VP Commodore 160 8 7
7 2 Gibson Team Sega Mark Skaife
John Cleland		 Holden VR Commodore 159 4 9
8 18 Shell FAI Racing Steven Johnson
Tommy Kendall		 Ford EF Falcon 158 12
9 6 Gibson Team Sega Garry Waldon
Mark Noske		 Holden VR Commodore 158 18
10 9 Allan Moffat Enterprises Klaus Niedzwiedz
Ken Douglas		 Ford EB Falcon 157 25
11 201 Pack Leader Racing Paul Romano
Andrew Miedecke		 Ford EF Falcon 156 14
12 75 John Sidney Racing Max Dumesny
Kerry Baily		 Ford EF Falcon 156 23
13 29 M3 Motorsport Peter Doulman
John Cotter		 Holden VP Commodore 154 20
14 39 Chris Smerdon Chris Smerdon
Kevin Weeks
Adam Kaplan		 Holden VR Commodore 154 28
15 30 Ford Credit Racing Glenn Seton
David Parsons		 Ford EF Falcon 152 1 1
16 20 Palmer Promotions Ian Palmer
Brett Peters		 Holden VR Commodore 151 30
17 36 Everlast Automotive Service Bill O'Brien
Brian Callaghan Jr
Ron Barnacle		 Holden VR Commodore 150 29
18 37 The Xerox Shop Alan Taylor
Stephen Bell
Bill Attard		 Holden VP Commodore 146 33
19 79 Cadillac Productions Mike Conway
Miles Pope		 Holden VP Commodore 142 34
20 38 Scotts Transport Mark Poole
Peter Gazzard		 Holden VR Commodore 141 22
21 3 Lansvale Smash Repairs Steve Reed
Trevor Ashby		 Holden VP Commodore 126 16
22 41 Garry Willmington Garry Willmington
Bill Sieders		 Ford EB Falcon 124 35
DNF 49 Alcair Airconditioning Greg Crick
David Parsons		 Holden VP Commodore 139 17
DNF 44 Mal Rose Mal Rose
Terry Shiel		 Holden VR Commodore 132 26
DNF 46 John Faulkner Racing John Faulkner
Steve Harrington		 Holden VR Commodore 119 10 6
DNF 52 Geoff Kendrick Geoff Kendrick
Geoff Full		 Holden VR Commodore 99 31
DNF 50 Enzed Ryan McLeod
Peter McLeod		 Holden VR Commodore 85 27
DNF 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock
Wayne Park		 Ford EF Falcon 78 21
DNF 27 Sony Autosound Terry Finnigan
Stuart McColl		 Holden VP Commodore 37 19
DNF 32 Garry Rogers Motorsport Steven Richards
Jim Richards		 Holden VR Commodore 33 15
DNF 301 Pack Leader Racing Alan Jones
Allan Grice		 Ford EF Falcon 25 9 3
DNF 4 Coca-Cola Racing Brad Jones
Tony Scott		 Holden VR Commodore 23 13
DNF 62 Nokia / Union Steel Wayne Russell
Ric Shaw		 Holden VP Commodore 4 32
DNF 47 Daily Planet Melbourne P/L John Trimbole
David Attard		 Ford EB Falcon 4 24
DNF 10 Mitre 10 Racing Mark Larkham
Cameron McConville		 Ford EF Falcon 3 11
DNS [3] 40 [4] Michael Hart [4] Michael Hart [4]
Peter Lawrence [4]		 Holden VR Commodore [4]

Statistics
  • Provisional Pole Position – #30 Glenn Seton – 2:10.0077
  • Pole Position – #30 Glenn Seton – 2:11.0160
  • Fastest Lap – #1 Craig Lowndes – 2:13.1636 - Lap 149
  • Winners' Average Speed – 139.75 km/h [1]
  • Race Time - 7:09:28.3584

See also

1996 Australian Touring Car season

References
  1. Final Results after 161 laps, The Great Race - The official book of the 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000, page 243
  2. 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000, racing.natsoft.com.au > Circuit Racing > 1996 > 06/10/1996 > E8 Retrieved 25 October 2015
  3. The Great Race - The official book of the 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000, page 95
  4. 1996 Bathurst 1000 Entry List, Official Programme - Bathurst 1000, Mount Panorama, Sunday, 6 October 1996, page 68
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