The 1994 Tooheys 1000 was a motor race held on 2 October 1994 at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. It was the 35th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. The race was open to cars complying with CAMS Group 3A Touring Car regulations, later known as V8 Supercars and those complying with FIA Class II Touring Car regulations, later known as Super Touring cars. In the lead up to the 2003 event, Wheels Magazine voted the 1994 Bathurst 1000 to be the greatest of all time.

The race was won by Dick Johnson and John Bowe in their Dick Johnson Racing entered Ford EB Falcon, with the latter driver holding off a late-race challenge from then-rookie Craig Lowndes in a Holden Racing Team entered VP Commodore he shared with Brad Jones, which eventually finished second. Larry Perkins and Gregg Hansford were third in their Holden VP Commodore entered by Perkins Engineering. The 1994 Tooheys 1000 was the first to be won by the Ford Falcon since the 1981 James Hardie 1000.

Entry list Class Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car Class Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car 1 A 35 A 2 A 36 A 3 A 37 A 4 A 38 A 05 A 39 A 6 A 41 A 7 A 42 A 8 B 44 A 9 A 45 B 10 A 46 B 11 A 47 A 12 A 48 B 14 A 49 A 015 A 50 A 16 B 51 B 17 A 52 B 18 A 54 A 20 A 56 B 24 A 57 B 25 A 60 A 26 A 62 A 27 A 89 B 28 A 98 B 30 A Source: Icon Class A Class A B Class B

Entry list at the start of Practice One. Kevin Heffernan was entered in Car #50 but moved across to Car #44 prior to the race.

Class A For 5.0 litre cars, later to become known as V8 Supercars, it consisted of V8 engined Ford Falcons and Holden Commodores.

Class B For 2.0 litre cars, later to become known as Super Touring cars, it consisted of BMW 318i, Hyundai Lantra, Peugeot 405, Toyota Carina, Toyota Corolla, a modified DTM Mercedes-Benz 190E and older modified Group A BMW M3s and Ford Sierras.

Results Top 10 shootout The Tooheys Top Ten was restricted to the top ten cars from Qualifying. The results of this runoff determined the first ten places on the grid for the race. Additional prize money was paid to all entries in the Tooheys Top Ten.1994 Tooheys 1000 Prize Money, Official Programme, Toohey 1000, 2 October 1994, page 134 Pos No Team Driver Car TT10 Qual Pole 1 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Ford EB Falcon 2:12.1464 2:12.03 2 05 Holden Racing Team Peter Brock Holden VP Commodore 2:12.3639 2:12.99 3 2 Winfield Racing Mark Skaife Holden VP Commodore 2:12.3646 2:12.36 4 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst Holden VP Commodore 2:12.7549 2:13.90 5 4 Coca-Cola Racing Wayne Gardner Holden VP Commodore 2:12.9670 2:13.46 6 30 Peter Jackson Racing Alan Jones Ford EB Falcon 2:13.1276 2:13.44 7 18 Shell-FAI Racing Allan Grice Ford EB Falcon 2:13.1959 2:12.71 8 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Larry Perkins Holden VP Commodore 2:13.2338 2:12.90 9 015 Holden Racing Team Brad Jones Holden VP Commodore 2:13.5126 2:13.15 10 17 Shell-FAI Racing Dick Johnson Ford EB Falcon 2:13.6164 2:12.43 * Glenn Seton took his first ever pole position at Bathurst in his Ford EB Falcon. It was also the first Ford V8 on pole at Bathurst since Allan Moffat put his XB Falcon on pole in 1976. All other Ford pole positions since then (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1992) had been achieved in the turbocharged 4 cyl Ford Sierra RS500.* After having an earlier time disallowed in qualifying due to a technical infringement, Peter Brock, in his first race at Bathurst for a factory backed Holden team since 1986, then qualified 6th in his Holden Racing Team VP Commodore. He improved in the shootout to qualify second for his first front row start since claiming pole position in a Ford Sierra RS500 in 1989.* Dick Johnson qualified for his 17th straight Top Ten runoff having been the only driver to compete in every one since its inception in 1978. After qualifying 3rd, Johnson fell to 10th after the shootout when he ran wide and hit the wall coming out of The Cutting causing large amounts of tyre smoke from the right rear for the rest of the lap, though his time was only 1/10th slower than the HRT Commodore of Brad Jones.* 1986 and 1990 race winner Allan Grice, who missed the race in 1993, made his first start at Bathurst in a Ford after 19 starts for Holden (1973-1992) and one start in a Fiat 124 Sport in 1968. He qualified his Dick Johnson Racing EB Falcon in 7th in the shootout, faster than team leader Dick Johnson who ended up 10th.* Tony Longhurst and Brad Jones both equalled the record for driving different makes of cars in the Top Ten shootout. Longhurst had previously qualified for Ford (1988-1990) and BMW (1992), while Jones had previously qualified in a Mitsubishi (1986) and a Ford (1989). Both qualified their respective Holden VP Commodores for the 1994 Tooheys Top Ten. The record had been held solely by 1976 race winner Bob Morris who had qualified in the Top Ten for Holden (1978, 1979, 1983), Ford (1980, 1981, 1982) and Mazda (1984).

Race Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps QualPos ShootoutPos 1 A 17 Shell-FAI Racing Dick Johnson John Bowe Ford EB Falcon 161 3 10 2 A 015 Holden Racing Team Brad Jones Craig Lowndes Holden VP Commodore 161 7 9 3 A 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Larry Perkins Gregg Hansford Holden VP Commodore 161 5 8 4 A 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst Charlie O'Brien Holden VP Commodore 161 10 4 5 A 7 Coca-Cola Racing Win Percy Russell Ingall Holden VP Commodore 161 11 6 A 6 Winfield Racing Colin Bond Anders Olofsson Holden VP Commodore 161 12 7 A 18 Shell-FAI Racing Allan Grice Steven Johnson Ford EB Falcon 160 4 7 8 A 9 Allan Moffat Enterprises Andrew Miedecke Jeff Allam Ford EB Falcon 157 16 9 A 47 Daily Planet Racing John Trimbole Garry Waldon Holden VP Commodore 156 19 10 B 46 Diet Coke Racing Paul Morris Altfrid Heger BMW 318i 155 31 11 B 45 Diet Coke Racing Craig Baird Brett Riley BMW 318i 152 35 12 B 48 Benson & Hedges Racing Warwick Rooklyn John Blanchard BMW 318i 152 32 13 A 39 Challenge Motorsport Chris Smerdon Cameron McConville Holden VP Commodore 151 21 14 A 20 Palmer Promotions Ian Palmer Brett Peters Holden VP Commodore 151 25 15 A 36 Schembri Motorsport Neil Schembri Rodney Crick Holden VP Commodore 149 23 16 A 12 Ampol Max 3 Racing Bob Jones Troy Dunstan Holden VP Commodore 148 17 17 A 54 Ed Lamont Ed Lamont Graham Gulson Holden VP Commodore 146 22 18 A 37 Scotty Taylor Racing Alan Taylor Roger Hurd Stephen Bell Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV 145 36 19 B 52 M3 Motorsport Peter Doulman John Cotter BMW M3 2.0L 144 38 20 A 38 Brian Callaghan Barry Graham Brian Callaghan Jr Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV 143 29 21 A 35 Steven McLaine Motorsport Richard Wilson Troy Nicholson Ric Shaw Holden VP Commodore 143 27 22 A 14 Stuart McColl Stuart McColl Peter Gazzard Holden VP Commodore 142 24 23 B 56 Bruce Miles Greg Murphy James Kaye Toyota Carina 136 33 24 A 3 Lansvale Smash Repairs Steve Reed Trevor Ashby Holden VP Commodore 134 15 25 B 16 Phil Ward Racing Peter McKay Jamie Miller Mercedes-Benz 190E 126 43 26 A 44 Group Motorsport Mike Conway George Ayoub Kevin Heffernan Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV 123 37 DNF A 24 Pinnacle Motorsport Tony Scott Greg Crick Holden VP Commodore 158 14 DNF A 05 Holden Racing Team Peter Brock Tomas Mezera Holden VP Commodore 138 6 2 NC A 41 Garry Willmington Performance Garry Willmington Jeff Barnes Ford EB Falcon 109 28 NC A 10 Phil Ward Racing Phil Ward Steven Ellery Holden VP Commodore 100 13 DNF A 4 Coca-Cola Racing Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton Holden VP Commodore 99 9 5 NC A 42 Glenn Mason Greg Fahey Dennis Cribbin Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV 97 42 DNF A 27 Terry Finnigan Terry Finnigan Steve Williams Holden VP Commodore 95 18 DNF A 60 Peter McLeod Ryan McLeod Peter McLeod Kevin Burton Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV 83 26 DNF A 1 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Paul Radisich Ford EB Falcon 82 1 1 DNF A 62 Novacastrian Motorsport Wayne Russell Bernie Gillon Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV 71 34 DNF B 57 Darrel Dixon Bill Sieders Allan Letcher Peugeot 405 Mi16 63 41 DNF A 30 Peter Jackson Racing Alan Jones David Parsons Ford EB Falcon 52 8 6 DNF A 2 Winfield Racing Mark Skaife Jim Richards Holden VP Commodore 39 2 3 DNF B 98 Knight Racing Peter Hills Dennis Rogers Ford Sierra 34 44 DNF B 8 Hyundai Automotive Steve Hardman Geoff Full Hyundai Lantra 26 45 DNF A 49 Malcolm Stenniken Brett Youlden Malcolm Stenniken Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV 24 30 DNF A 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock Mike Preston Ford EB Falcon 19 20 DNF B 89 Phoenix Motorsport Ken Mathews Matthew Martin Peugeot 405 Mi16 17 39 DNF B 51 Inspired Racing Andrew Reid Melinda Price Garry Jones Toyota Corolla Seca 16 40 DNS A 26 Don Watson Don Watson Ian Love Holden VP Commodore DNS A 50 Easton Motorsport Gregg Easton Kevin Heffernan Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV

Notes: - Don Watson was killed in an accident at the Chase during Thursday qualifying, which resulted in his entry being withdrawn from the race. - Greg Easton's car was badly damaged after an accident during Friday qualifying, and was subsequently withdrawn. Co-driver Kevin Heffernan was later moved into the #44 Holden Commodore VL SS Group A SV of Mike Conway & George Ayoub.

Statistics Provisional Pole Position - #1 Glenn Seton - 2:12.0290 Pole Position - #1 Glenn Seton - 2:12.1464 Fastest Lap - #17 Dick Johnson - 2:14.1458 - Lap 108 Winners' Race Time - 7:03:45.8425Last Year's Race, Official Programme, Tooheys 1000, 1 October 1995, page 24 Winners' Average Speed - 142.63 km/h

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.

Channel 7 Host: Sandy RobertsBooth: Mike Raymond, Garry Wilkinson, Mark Oastler, Allan Moffat, Richard Hay, Doug MulrayPit-lane: Andy Raymond

See also 1994 Australian Touring Car season

References

External links Official V8 Supercar website Race results, www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au