1994 Lakeside ATCC round

Queensland 1994 Lakeside ATCC round
Event Information
Round 5 of 10 in the 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship
Date 22-24 April 1994
Location Brisbane, Queensland
Venue Lakeside International Raceway
Weather Fine
Results
Race 1
Distance 28 laps, 67 km
Pole position Glenn Seton
Glenn Seton Racing
0:52.060
Winner Dick Johnson
Dick Johnson Racing
Race 2
Distance 28 laps, 67 km
Winner Larry Perkins
Perkins Engineering
Round Results
First Larry Perkins
Perkins Engineering
36 pts
Second Jim Richards
Gibson Motorsport
30 pts
Third Mark Skaife
Gibson Motorsport
24 pts

The 1994 Lakeside ATCC round was the fifth round of the 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship. It was held on the weekend of 22 to 24 April at Lakeside International Raceway in Brisbane, Queensland. The Peter Jackson Dash was discontinued for this round.

Race results

Qualifying

Peter Brock took his first pole position of the year and the second for the Holden Racing Team. Just one-tenth behind was John Bowe and two-tenths behind was team-mate, Tomas Mezera.

Pos. No. Name Team Car Grid
1 1 Australia Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford EB Falcon 0:52.060
2 17 Australia Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford EB Falcon 0:52.070
3 05 Australia Peter Brock Holden Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 0:52.160
4 18 Australia John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford EB Falcon 0:52.280
5 25 Australia Tony Longhurst Logamo Racing Holden VP Commodore 0:52.360
6 30 Australia Alan Jones Alan Jones Racing Ford EB Falcon 0:52.390
7 6 New Zealand Jim Richards Gibson Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 0:52.430
8 11 Australia Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering Holden VP Commodore 0:52.440
9 2 Australia Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 0:52.480
10 23 Australia Paul Morris Logamo Racing Holden VP Commodore 0:52.490
11 015 Australia Tomas Mezera Holden Racing Team Holden VP Commodore
12 4 Australia Wayne Gardner Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VP Commodore
13 7 Australia Neil Crompton Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VP Commodore
14 3 Australia Trevor Ashby Lansvale Racing Team Holden VP Commodore
Sources:

Race 1

A dramatic start to the first race saw Dick Johnson beating Glenn Seton off the start and a tangle between Brock and Longhurst, which subsequently led to their retirements from the race. With Longhurst blocking the circuit, the race was restarted. On the restart, Seton beat Johnson off the start, only to be passed by Johnson several laps later. As Seton started to struggle with tyres, a train of Bowe, Jones, and Perkins caught up with him. After trying to pass Seton down the bottom of the hill into the last corner, Bowe tagged the back of Seton, sending him into a spin. Bowe subsequently incurred damage, leading to a flat tyre. As he limped around the circuit, he was hit by Tomas Mezera on turn four. This catapulted Mezera into the guardrail, taking him out of the race and causing extensive damage to both cars. Up the front, it was a clean performance from Dick Johnson as he took his first race win of the season, with Perkins second and Jim Richards in third.

Pos. No. Name Team Car Laps Grid
1 17 Australia Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford EB Falcon 28 4
2 11 Australia Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering Holden VP Commodore 28 3
3 6 New Zealand Jim Richards Gibson Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 28 3
4 2 Australia Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 28 3
5 3 Australia Trevor Ashby Lansvale Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 28
6 4 Australia Wayne Gardner Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VP Commodore 28
7 24 Australia Tony Scott Pinnacle Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 28
8 23 Australia Paul Morris Logamo Racing Holden VP Commodore 28
9 7 Australia Neil Crompton Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VP Commodore 28
10 30 Australia Alan Jones Glenn Seton Racing Ford EB Falcon 28
11 12 Australia Bob Jones Ampol Max 3 Racing Holden VP Commodore
12 28 Australia Kevin Waldock Playscape Racing Ford EB Falcon
13 1 Australia Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford EB Falcon 2
14 20 Australia Ian Palmer Palmer Promotions Holden VP Commodore
15 32 Australia Kevin Heffernan PACE Racing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
16 36 Australia Neil Schembri Schembri Motorsport Holden VP Commodore
Ret 015 Australia Tomas Mezera Holden Racing Team Holden VP Commodore
Ret 18 Australia John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford EB Falcon 3
Ret 05 Australia Peter Brock Holden Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 0 4
Ret 25 Australia Tony Longhurst Logamo Racing Holden VP Commodore 0 6
Sources: [1]

Race 2

After bogging down at the start, Johnson wasted his front row start and found himself in fourth by the end of the first lap. After a couple of laps, Johnson began to climb back up the order and began to chase down race leader, Perkins. Toward the middle of the race, Neil Schembri blew his engine, laying down a trail of oil down the hill into the final corner. The smoke plume left meant that some of the leading drivers couldn't see the oil. The first driver to spin out was Dick Johnson, followed by Alan Jones, and finally Wayne Gardner. Toward the end of the race, Jim Richards began to rapidly close in on the back of Perkins. Though it proved not be enough. Perkins took the win, with Richards in second and Brock in third after a storming drive from the back of the grid.

Pos. No. Name Team Car Laps Grid
1 11 Australia Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering Holden VP Commodore 28 2
2 6 New Zealand Jim Richards Gibson Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 28 3
3 05 Australia Peter Brock Holden Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 28 18
4 2 Australia Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 28 4
5 23 Australia Paul Morris Logamo Racing Holden VP Commodore 28 8
6 18 Australia John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford EB Falcon 28 17
7 3 Australia Trevor Ashby Lansvale Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 28 5
8 1 Australia Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford EB Falcon 28 13
9 7 Australia Neil Crompton Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VP Commodore 28 9
10 12 Australia Bob Jones Ampol Max 3 Racing Holden VP Commodore 28 11
11 28 Australia Kevin Waldock Playscape Racing Ford EB Falcon 12
12 25 Australia Tony Longhurst Logamo Racing Holden VP Commodore 19
13 24 Australia Tony Scott Pinnacle Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 7
14 20 Australia Ian Palmer Palmer Promotions Holden VP Commodore 14
15 32 Australia Kevin Heffernan PACE Racing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 18
Ret 17 Australia Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford EB Falcon 1
Ret 30 Australia Alan Jones Glenn Seton Racing Ford EB Falcon 10
Ret 4 Australia Wayne Gardner Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VP Commodore 6
Ret 36 Australia Neil Schembri Schembri Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 16
WD 015 Australia Tomas Mezera Holden Racing Team Holden VP Commodore
Sources: [2]

Championship Standings

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 Australia Mark Skaife 184
2 Australia Glenn Seton 119
2 Australia Peter Brock 119
4 New Zealand Jim Richards 88
5 Australia Larry Perkins 77

References

  1. "1994 Lakeside #1". racing-reference.info. 1994-04-24. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  2. "1994 Lakeside #2". racing-reference.info. 1994-04-24. Retrieved 2016-11-24.

External links

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