1995 Bathurst ATCC round

The third round of the 1995 Australian Touring Car Championship was held on the weekend of 10 to 12 March at Mount Panorama, Bathurst, New South Wales. It consisted of two 15 lap races and the "Dash for Cash", a 3 lap sprint for the fastest 10 qualifiers, starting positions for the "dash" were drawn at random. Pole and the overall round was won by John Bowe.

New South Wales 1995 ATCC Round 3
Event Information
Round 3 of 10 in the 1995 Australian Touring Car Championship
Date10–12 March 1995
LocationBathurst, New South Wales
VenueMount Panorama
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 15 laps 93 km
Pole position John Bowe
Dick Johnson Racing
2:11.300
Winner John Bowe
Dick Johnson Racing
33:45
Race 2
Distance 15 laps 93 km
Winner Mark Skaife
Gibson Motorsport
33:49
Round Results
First 35 pts
Second 32 pts
Third 28 pts

Race results

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Qualifying

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Pos No Name Car Team Time
1 18   John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford EF Falcon 2:11.30
2 17   Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford EF Falcon 2:11.91
3 30   Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford EF Falcon 2:12.21
4 05   Peter Brock Holden Racing Team Holden VR Commodore 2:12.26
5 1   Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport Holden VR Commodore 2:12.50
6 015   Tomas Mezera Holden Racing Team Holden VR Commodore 2:13.00
7 11   Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering Holden VR Commodore 2:13.09
8 35   Alan Jones Glenn Seton Racing Ford EF Falcon 2:13.55
9 25   Tony Longhurst Longhurst Racing Ford EF Falcon 2:13.70
10 4   Wayne Gardner Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VR Commodore 2:13.81
11 7   Neil Crompton Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VR Commodore 2:14.36
12 13   Phil Ward Phil Ward Racing Holden VP Commodore 2:15.51
13 3   Trevor Ashby Lansvale Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 2:15.73
14 24   Paul Romano Romano Racing Holden VP Commodore 2:16.50
15 49   David Attard Alcair Racing Holden VP Commodore 2:16.96
16 38   Mark Poole James Rosenberg Racing Holden VP Commodore 2:17.33
17 47   John Trimbole Daily Planet Racing Ford EB Falcon 2:19.24
18 74   Kevin Heffernan Pace Racing Holden VP Commodore 2:20.01
19 62   Wayne Russell Novocastrian Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 2:21.84
20 88   Bill O'Brien Bill O'Brien Racing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 2:21.84
21 10   Mark Larkham Larkham Motor Sport Ford EF Falcon 3:24.10
22 27   Terry Finnigan Terry Finnigan Racing Holden VP Commodore no time
Source:[1]

Dash for Cash

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Pos No Name Team Laps Grid
1 11   Larry Perkins Castrol Racing 3 2
2 17   Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 3 5
3 05   Peter Brock Holden Racing Team 3 3
4 18   John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing 3 7
5 25   Tony Longhurst Longhurst Racing 3 4
6 30   Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing 3 1
7 4   Wayne Gardner Wayne Gardner Racing 3 6
8 35   Alan Jones Glenn Seton Racing 3 8
9 015   Tomas Mezera Holden Racing Team 3 9
Ret 1   Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport 1 10
Source:[1]

Race 1

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Pos No Name Team Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 17   Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 15 33:45 2
2 18   John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing 15 33:47 1
3 30   Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing 15 33:48 3
4 1   Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport 15 33:55 5
5 11   Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering 15 33:56 7
6 015   Tomas Mezera Holden Racing Team 15 34:00 6
7 35   Alan Jones Glenn Seton Racing 15 34:09 8
8 05   Peter Brock Holden Racing Team 15 34:13 4
9 25   Tony Longhurst Longhurst Racing 15 34:33 9
10 13   Phil Ward Phil Ward Racing 15 34:35 12
11 24   Paul Romano Romano Racing 27 35:02 14
12 49   David Attard Alcair Racing 15 35:04 15
13 47   John Trimbole Daily Planet Racing 15 35:38 17
14 38   Mark Poole James Rosenberg Racing 15 35:46 16
15 74   Kevin Heffernan Pace Racing 14 + 1 lap 18
16 62   Wayne Russell Novocastrian Motorsport 14 + 1 lap 19
17 88   Bill O'Brien Bill O'Brien Racing 14 + 1 lap 20
NC 10   Mark Larkham Larkham Motor Sport 7 + 8 laps 21
NC 27   Terry Finnigan Terry Finnigan Racing 5 + 10 laps 22
NC 3   Trevor Ashby Lansvale Racing Team 2 + 13 laps 13
Ret 4   Wayne Gardner Wayne Gardner Racing 0 Accident 10
Ret 7   Neil Crompton Wayne Gardner Racing 0 Accident 11
Fastest lap: Peter Brock (Holden Racing Team) - 2:14.427
Source:[2]

Race 2

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Pos No Name Team Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 1   Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport 15 33:49 4
2 18   John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing 15 33:52 2
3 11   Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering 15 33:55 5
4 015   Tomas Mezera Holden Racing Team 15 33:58 6
5 30   Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing 15 33:58 3
6 05   Peter Brock Holden Racing Team 15 33:58 8
7 35   Alan Jones Glenn Seton Racing 15 34:00 7
8 25   Tony Longhurst Longhurst Racing 15 34:02 9
9 17   Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing 15 34:27 1
10 3   Trevor Ashby Lansvale Racing Team 15 34:56 20
11 49   David Attard Alcair Racing 15 34:57 12
12 24   Paul Romano Romano Racing 15 34:58 11
13 38   Mark Poole James Rosenberg Racing 15 35:08 14
14 13   Phil Ward Phil Ward Racing 13 + 2 laps 10
15 62   Wayne Russell Novocastrian Motorsport 13 + 2 laps 16
NC 74   Kevin Heffernan Pace Racing 6 + 9 laps 15
NC 10   Mark Larkham Larkham Motor Sport 2 + 13 laps 18
DNS 47   John Trimbole Daily Planet Racing Did Not Start
DNS 88   Bill O'Brien Bill O'Brien Racing Did Not Start
DNS 27   Terry Finnigan Terry Finnigan Racing Did Not Start
DNS 4   Wayne Gardner Wayne Gardner Racing Did Not Start
DNS 7   Neil Crompton Wayne Gardner Racing Did Not Start
Fastest lap: John Bowe (Dick Johnson Racing) - 2:13.592
Source:[2]

Championship standings after the event

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  • After Round 3 of 10. Only the top five positions are included.
Drivers' Championship standings
Pos. Driver Points
  1   John Bowe 104
  1 2   Larry Perkins 79
  1 3   Peter Brock 65
  1 4   Tomas Mezera 60
  2 5   Dick Johnson 49

References

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  1. ^ a b 1995 Round 3 Race Results, V8 Classics Vol.2 DVD
  2. ^ a b 1995 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, p. 278
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