The 1990 Nissan Sydney 500 was motor race held on 10 November 1990 at Eastern Creek Raceway1990 Championship Results, Nissan Sydney 500, Australian Motor Racing Year 1990/91, page 281 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The race, which was open to Group 3A Touring Cars,Conditions for Australian Titles, The Australian Manufacturers' Championship, 1990 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 172 to 173 was the final round of both the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.Exciting Creek Debut, Australian Motor Racing Year 1990/91, pages 232 to 235 Held over a distance of 500 kilometers, it was the first touring car event to be held at Eastern Creek Raceway.1990 Nissan 500 - Eastern Creek (full race)

The race was won by Larry Perkins and Tomas Mezera driving a Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV. The race was broadcast by Ch.9 with commentary provided by Darrell Eastlake, Win Percy, Alan Jones (who also drove a Ford Sierra RS500 in the race), and legendary Formula One commentator Murray Walker (the race was held just a week after the 1990 Australian Grand Prix held in Adelaide).

Divisional structure

Cars competed in three engine capacity divisions.Exciting Creek Debut, Australian Motor Racing Year 1990/91, pages 232 to 235 makes reference to Division 2 and Division 3 competitors

Division 1 Division 1, for cars of 3001cc and Over engine capacity,1990 Tooheys 1000 TV Guide, Modern Motor, October 1990, pages 66 & 67 specifies the three Divisions used in the Tooheys 1000, which was also a round of both the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship featured the turbocharged Ford Sierras, Nissan Skylines and Toyota Supras and V8 Holden Commodores.

Division 2 Division 2, for cars of 1601 to 3000cc engine capacity, was composed of BMW M3s, a BMW 323i and a Mercedes-Benz 190E.

Division 3 Division 3, for cars of Up to 1600cc engine capacity, included various models of Toyota Corolla and Toyota Sprinter.

Official results Top 10 Qualifying Pos No Team Driver Car Qual Pole 1 Nissan Motorsport Australia Mark Skaife Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R 1:35.26 2 11 Perkins Engineering Larry Perkins Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1:35.66 3 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst Ford Sierra RS500 1:35.78 4 35 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Ford Sierra RS500 1:36.18 5 17 Shell Ultra Hi Racing John Bowe Ford Sierra RS500 1:36.56 6 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock Ford Sierra RS500 1:36.68 7 20 Benson & Hedges Racing David Brabham Ford Sierra RS500 1:37.22 8 21 Bob Forbes Racing Mark Gibbs Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1:37.26 9 30 Peter Jackson Racing George Fury Ford Sierra RS500 1:37.36 10 6 Mobil 1 Racing Charlie O'Brien Ford Sierra RS500 1:37.44

Race Race results as follows:

Pos. Div. No. Team Drivers Car Laps Qual.Pos. 1 1 11 Perkins Engineering Larry Perkins Tomas Mezera Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 125 2 2 1 35 Peter Jackson Racing Glenn Seton Colin Bond Ford Sierra RS500 125 4 3 1 05 Mobil 1 Racing Peter Brock Andrew Miedecke Ford Sierra RS500 124 6 4 1 20 Benson & Hedges Racing Gary Brabham David Brabham Ford Sierra RS500 123 7 5 1 30 Peter Jackson Racing George Fury Drew Price Ford Sierra RS500 123 9 6 1 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Tony Longhurst Alan Jones Ford Sierra RS500 123 3 7 1 28 Playscape Racing Kevin Waldock Andrew Bagnall Ford Sierra RS500 123 12 8 1 33 Pro-Duct Motorsport Bob Pearson Bruce Stewart Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 122 16 9 1 4 Lansvale Racing Team Steve Reed Trevor Ashby Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 122 11 10 1 6 Mobil 1 Racing Charlie O'Brien David Parsons Ford Sierra RS500 121 10 11 1 12 Ray Lintott Ray Lintott Terry Shiel Ford Sierra RS500 121 13 12 1 26 Garry Rogers Motorsport Garry Rogers Paul Fordham Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 121 14 13 1 27 Terry Finnigan Terry Finnigan Geoff Leeds Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 120 15 14 1 42 Lusty Engineering John Lusty Bernie Stack Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 119 20 15 2 51 Phil Ward Racing Phil Ward John Goss Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16 118 23 16 2 54 Bryce Racing Brett Riley Craig Baird BMW M3 117 26 17 1 2 Alf Grant Alf Grant Tim Grant Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 117 24 18 1 45 Lester Smerdon Lester Smerdon Graham Jonsson Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 116 25 19 3 71 Toyota Team Australia John Faulkner John Smith Neal Bates Toyota Corolla FX-GT 115 28 20 2 53 Brian Bolwell Racing Brian Bolwell Mike Twigden BMW 323i 111 29 21 3 78 Phoenix Motorsport Geoff Full David Ratcliff Toyota Sprinter 111 30 22 1 32 Hersonne Engineering Laurie Donaher Marc Ducquet Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 109 34 23 3 76 Peter Verheyen Peter Verheyen John Vernon Toyota Sprinter 109 36 24 3 72 David Sala David Sala Richard Vorst Toyota Corolla 106 32 DNF 1 17 Shell Ultra-Hi Racing Dick Johnson John Bowe Ford Sierra RS500 123 5 DNF 2 52 M3 Motorsport Peter Doulman John Cotter BMW M3 109 22 DNF 3 75 Bob Holden Motors Dennis Rogers Garry Jones Toyota Corolla 75 31 DNF 1 21 Bob Forbes Racing Mark Gibbs Rohan Onslow Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 64 8 DNF 1 19 Caltex CXT Racing Ken Mathews John Mathews Ford Sierra RS500 64 27 DNF 1 22 Lusty Engineering Graham Lusty Ken Lusty Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 52 21 DNF 1 1 Nissan Motorsport Australia Jim Richards Mark Skaife Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R 51 1 DNF 1 29 Wayne Park Wayne Park John English Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 49 19 DNF 3 74 Bob Holden Motors Phil Alexander Keith McCulloch Toyota Corolla 44 33 DNF 1 46 Garry Willmington Performance Garry Willmington John Bourke Toyota Supra Turbo 24 18 DNF 1 23 Beaurepaires Racing Chris Lambden Des Wall Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R 18 17 DNF 3 73 Bob Holden Motors Bob Holden Mike Conway Toyota Sprinter 8 35 DNSJohn Evans, LP: What a gas!, Australian Auto Action, 16 November 1990, pages 12 to 15 1Nissan 500, touringcarracing.net, as archived at web.archive.org 40 John Leeson Gary Cooke Holden VL Commodore SS Group A - -

Statistics Pole Position - #1 Jim Richards - Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R - 1:35.26 Fastest Lap - #11 Larry Perkins - Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV - 1:37.84 (new lap record) Winners' average speed - 140.61 km/h

References

See also 1990 Australian Touring Car season