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.

Entry list Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car 1 32 2 36 3 37 4 38 05 39 6 40 7 41 9 44 10 46 11 47 17 49 18 50 20 52 25 62 27 75 28 79 29 201 30 301 Source:

Results Top ten shootout

Pos No Entrant Driver Car TT10 Qual 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

Race PosFinal Results after 161 laps, The Great Race - The official book of the 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000, page 243 No Entrant1996 AMP Bathurst 1000, racing.natsoft.com.au > Circuit Racing > 1996 > 06/10/1996 > E8 Retrieved 25 October 2015 Drivers Car Laps QualPos ShootoutPos 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 DNSThe Great Race - The official book of the 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000, page 95 401996 Bathurst 1000 Entry List, Official Programme - Bathurst 1000, Mount Panorama, Sunday, 6 October 1996, page 68 Michael Hart Michael Hart Peter Lawrence Holden VR Commodore

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 Race Time - 7:09:28.3584

Broadcast Channel Seven broadcast the race. Richard Hay and Mark Oastler spent time in both the booth and pit lane as part of the broadcast. This was the last time they broadcast the V8 race until they regained the rights in 2007.

Channel 7 Host: Garry Wilkinson, David FordhamBooth: Garry Wilkinson, Mark Oastler, Allan Moffat, Charlie O'Brien, Richard HayPit-lane: Andy Raymond

See also 1996 Australian Touring Car season

References

External links Official race results Official V8 Supercar website CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles race results