1993 Bathurst 12 Hour

August 2017 August 2017 1993 James Hardie 12 Hour 1992 1994 thumb|250px|Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit 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 The field was divided into six classes: Class A Class A : Touring Cars Under 1800cc - featured a battle between Toyota Corolla and smaller, lighter Suzuki Swift. Class B 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 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 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 Class S : Sports Cars Under 2200cc - was dominated by Toyota MR2 but also contained Honda CRX and Nissan NX. Class T 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 Results of the event are given below. PositionSteve Normoyle, Battle of the Supercars, The History of the Bathurst 12 Hour - 1991-2017, pages 20 to 24 Drivers No. Car Entrant Class Laps 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 ForshawJames Hardie 12 Hour, Motor, June 1993, page 106 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 Iain ThomsonEntry List - James Hardie 12 Hour, Auto Action, 2 April 1993 L. Renato Phil Showers 59 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR Iain Thomson T - Statistics Attendance: 14,000Peter McKay, Mazda takes 12-Hour as Porsches outed, Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, April 12, 1993 Pole Position - #18 Larry Perkins - 2:32.89 Australian Motor Racing Year 1993/94 Normoyle Steve Australian Motor Racing Yearbook Chevron Publishing Group 23 1993 0158-4138 226–234 & 300 Fastest Lap - #18 Larry Perkins - 2:31.77 (147.37 km/h) Race time of winning car: 12h 00m 24.58sJames Hardie 12 Hour, Auto Action, 16 April 1993 Distance covered by winning car: 263 laps, 1634.02 km Winners' Average Speed - 136.09 km/h References Category:Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales James Hardie 12 Hour Category:Bathurst 12 Hour Category:April 1993 sports events in Australia