1998 AMP Bathurst 1000

Motor race the Super Touring car race the V8Supercar race 1998 FAI 1000 March 2020 October 2011 1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 1997 1999 thumb|250px|Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit The 1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 was the 40th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 4 October 1998 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. It was the second year of the controversial split between race organisers, the Australian Racing Drivers Club, and V8 Supercar, which had led to Australia's leading touring car series leaving the Bathurst 1000. The V8 Supercar teams raced the 1998 FAI 1000 race, held six weeks later. The race distance was 161 laps, approximately 1000 km. Class structure The 1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 was an endurance race for Super Touring Cars, New Zealand Touring Cars and Production Cars. ST The class featured International Group 2 Touring Cars, otherwise known as Supertouring. It featured teams from Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain fielding a total of 28 cars. Featured cars were: Alfa Romeo 155, Audi A4, BMW 318i, BMW 320i, Ford Mondeo, Holden Vectra, Honda Accord, Hyundai Lantra, Nissan Primera, Peugeot 405, Peugeot 406, Toyota Carina, Vauxhall Cavalier, Vauxhall Vectra and Volvo S40. NZ The New Zealand touring car series, Schedule S, was invited and the ten car entry featured: BMW 320i, BMW 325i, Ford Telstar, Honda Integra, Nissan Sentra, Peugeot 405, Suzuki Baleno, Toyota Corolla and Toyota Corona. 3E Production cars, conforming to an older version of the Australian Production Car Championship regulations were also invited with five cars arriving. They cars were: Honda Civic, Mazda 626 and Toyota Camry. Top ten run-off Post-qualifying shootout results as follows:http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?04/10/1998.ARDC.P17 1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Bathurst Session 21 – Run off AMP BATHURST 1000 National Software 3 October 1998 2008-06-01 https://web.archive.org/web/19990912225445/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?04%2F10%2F1998.ARDC.P17 12 September 1999 dead Pos No Team Driver Car Time 1 40 Volvo S40 Racing Sweden Rickard Rydell Volvo S40 2:14.9265 2 34 Team Dynamics New Zealand Steven Richards Nissan Primera 2:16.4143 3 4 Volvo S40 Racing Great Britain Tim Harvey Volvo S40 2:16.4672 4 80 Team Vectra New Zealand Greg Murphy Holden Vectra 2:16.7782 5 8 Team Vectra United Kingdom Derek Warwick Vauxhall Vectra 2:17.3103 6 2 Audi Sport Australia Australia Paul Morris Audi A4 Quattro 2:18.2657 7 1 Audi Sport Australia Australia Brad Jones Audi A4 Quattro 2:18.3658 8 29 Brookes Motorsport Great Britain Lee Brookes Honda Accord 2:18.9932 9 12 Greenfield Mowers Racing Australia Cameron McLean BMW 320i 2:19.1715 10 88 Knight Racing Australia Peter Hills Ford Mondeo 2:22.9436 Official results Race results as follows:http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?04/10/1998.ARDC.E6 1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Bathurst Session 30 – 1998 AMP BATHURST 1000 National Software 4 October 1998 2008-06-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20060903081728/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?04%2F10%2F1998.ARDC.E6 3 September 2006 dead Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 ST 40 Volvo S40 Racing Sweden Rickard RydellNew Zealand Jim Richards Volvo S40 161 6:54:23.4756 1 2 ST 34 Team Dynamics New Zealand Steven RichardsUnited Kingdom Matt Neal Nissan Primera 161 +1.9975 2 3 ST 1 Audi Sport Australia Australia Brad JonesAustralia Cameron McConville Audi A4 Quattro 161 +25.7516 7 4 ST 12 Greenfield Mowers Racing Australia Cameron McLeanAustralia Tony Scott BMW 320i 159 +2 laps 9 5 ST 8 Team Vectra United Kingdom Derek WarwickUnited Kingdom John Cleland Vauxhall Vectra 157 +4 laps 5 6 ST 88 Knight Racing Australia Peter HillsAustralia Domenic Beninca Ford Mondeo 155 +6 laps 10 7 ST 30 Roadchill Express Australia Troy SearleAustralia Luke Searle BMW 320i 152 +9 laps 12 8 ST 22 Rod Wilson Racing Australia Rodney ForbesAustralia Rod Wilson BMW 318i 152 +9 laps 15 9 ST 16 Faber-Castell Racing Australia Justin MathewsAustralia Bob HoldenAustralia Paul Nelson BMW 318i 145 +16 laps 16 10 NZ 64 International Motorsport New Zealand Kevin BellNew Zealand Rod Hicks BMW 320i 144 +17 laps 28 11 ST 20 Brian Bradshaw Race Preparation New Zealand Dennis ChapmanNew Zealand Brian Bradshaw BMW 318i 144 +17 laps 22 12 NZ 65 International Motorsport New Zealand Aaron HarrisNew Zealand Miles Worsley BMW 325i 141 +20 laps 33 13 ST 45 Gun Motorsport Australia David AugerNew Zealand Lawrie Kyte Alfa Romeo 155 137 +24 laps 17 14 3E 35 Tom Watkinson Australia Tom WatkinsonAustralia Calvin Gardiner Mazda 626 136 +25 laps 36 15 3E 71 Rebound Clothing Co. Australia Phil KirkhamAustralia Matt Lehmann Mazda 626 135 +26 laps 34 16 NZ 67 Geoff Short New Zealand Geoff ShortNew Zealand Greg Goudie Ford Telstar 131 +30 laps 32 17 3E 37 Ken Talbert Australia Ken TalbertAustralia Carlos Rolfo Mazda 626 130 +31 laps 40 18 ST 25 Rodney Jones Racing United Kingdom Mike NewtonAustralia Jamie Miller Vauxhall Cavalier 128 +33 laps 30 DNF ST 14 Racing Projects New Zealand Blair SmithAustralia Jim Cornish Nissan Primera 139 Crash damage 13 DNF NZ 63 International Motorsport New Zealand Jason RichardsNew Zealand Barrie Thomlinson BMW 320i 128 Engine 24 NC NZ 68 Wayne Johnson New Zealand Wayne JohnsonNew Zealand Maurice O'Reilly Honda Integra 120 Not Classified 37 NC ST 49 Grid Motorsport Australia Anthony RobsonAustralia Ric Shaw BMW 318i 112 Not Classified 21 DNF NZ 70 Air Vanuatu / Bartercard New Zealand Ted JarvisNew Zealand Tony Rutherford Toyota Corolla 111 Engine 42 NC ST 11 All Auto Parts Australia Milton LeslightAustralia Dennis Cribbin Toyota Carina 110 Not Classified 27 NC ST 58 HVE Motorsport Australia Paul PickettAustralia Peter RushtonAustralia Nigel Stones Hyundai Lantra 107 Not Classified 19 DNF ST 2 Audi Sport Australia Australia Paul MorrisNew Zealand Paul Radisich Audi A4 Quattro 84 Crash damage 6 DNF ST 80 Team Vectra New Zealand Greg MurphyAustralia Russell Ingall Holden Vectra 83 Crash 4 DNF ST 4 Volvo S40 Racing United Kingdom Tim HarveySweden Jan Nilsson Volvo S40 82 Crash 3 DNF ST 98 Knight Racing Australia Paula ElstrekAustralia Damien DigbyAustralia Heidi O'Neill Ford Mondeo 78 Spun Off 25 DNF ST 77 Motorsport Developments Australia Malcolm ReaAustralia Wayne Wakefield Toyota Carina 76 Crash 23 DNF ST 24 Bruce Miles NZL Bruce MilesNZL Murray Cleland BMW 318i 63 Gearbox 20 DNF 3E 38 Phoenix Motorsport Australia David RatcliffAustralia Ron Searle Toyota Camry 59 Electrical 35 DNF NZ 61 Prestige Motorsports Management New Zealand Peter Van BreugelNew Zealand Ian SpurleNew Zealand Mike Eady Nissan Sentra SSS 56 Crash 26 DNF ST 10 TC Motorsport New Zealand Tony NewmanAustralia Mark Williamson Peugeot 406 52 Engine 11 DNF ST 29 Brookes Motorsport United Kingdom Robb GravettUnited Kingdom Lee Brookes Honda Accord 49 Oil Sump 8 DNF NZ 90 Robert Ker New Zealand Bernie GillonNew Zealand Paul Pedersen Toyota Corona 47 Engine/Driveshaft 31 DNF NZ 62 BT Motorsport New Zealand Bill TunzelmannNew Zealand Malcolm Udy Peugeot 405 47 Steering 41 DNF 3E 33 Burwood Motorsport Australia Allan LetcherAustralia Adam MacrowAustralia Cameron Edwards Honda Civic 34 Suspension 38 DNF ST 18 Aaron McGill Australia Aaron McGillAustralia Clayton Haynes Peugeot 405 24 Suspension 18 DNF ST 60 Knight Racing Australia Warren LuffAustralia Mark Zonneveld Ford Mondeo 18 Engine 14 DNF ST 23 MF Motorsport Australia Mike FitzgeraldAustralia Jenni Thompson Peugeot 405 17 Suspension 29 DNF ST 15 Racing Projects United Kingdom Jamie WallAustralia Mark Adderton Honda Accord 14 Steering 43 DNS NZ 66 Suzuki Value Finance New Zealand Max PenningtonNew Zealand Grant AitkenNew Zealand Chris Bird Suzuki Baleno Crash in Qualifying 39 Statistics Provisional Pole Position – #80 Greg Murphy Pole Position – #40 Rickard Rydell – 2:14.9265 Fastest Lap – #40 Rickard Rydell – 2:17.9558 – Lap 153 Average Speed – N/A Race Time – 6:54:23.4756 References The Great Race 18 Normoyle Steve The Great Race: Tooheys 1000 Bathurst Sunday Sept 30 1990 Chevron Publishing Group 1998 1031-6124 Normoyle Steve 1998 Official 1998 Great Race Programme Bathurst 1000: Official Programme 1327-1970 Chevron Publishing Group Auto Action, 2–8 October 1998 Auto Action, 9–15 October 1998 Category:Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales AMP Bathurst 1000