1998 AMP Bathurst 1000

The 1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 was the 40th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 4 October 1998 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. It was the second year of the controversial split between race organisers, the Australian Racing Drivers Club, and V8 Supercar, which had led to Australia's leading touring car series leaving the Bathurst 1000. The V8 Supercar teams raced the 1998 FAI 1000 race, held six weeks later. The race distance was 161 laps, approximately 1000 km.

Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit

Class structure

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The 1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 was an endurance race for Super Touring Cars, New Zealand Touring Cars and Production Cars.

The class featured International Group 2 Touring Cars, otherwise known as Supertouring. It featured teams from Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain fielding a total of 28 cars. Featured cars were: Alfa Romeo 155, Audi A4, BMW 318i, BMW 320i, Ford Mondeo, Holden Vectra, Honda Accord, Hyundai Lantra, Nissan Primera, Peugeot 405, Peugeot 406, Toyota Carina, Vauxhall Cavalier, Vauxhall Vectra and Volvo S40.

The New Zealand touring car series, Schedule S, was invited and the ten car entry featured: BMW 320i, BMW 325i, Ford Telstar, Honda Integra, Nissan Sentra, Peugeot 405, Suzuki Baleno, Toyota Corolla and Toyota Corona.

Production cars, conforming to an older version of the Australian Production Car Championship regulations were also invited with five cars arriving. They cars were: Honda Civic, Mazda 626 and Toyota Camry.

Top ten run-off

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Post-qualifying shootout results as follows:[1]

Pos No Team Driver Car Time
1 40 Volvo S40 Racing   Rickard Rydell Volvo S40 2:14.9265
2 34 Team Dynamics   Steven Richards Nissan Primera 2:16.4143
3 4 Volvo S40 Racing   Tim Harvey Volvo S40 2:16.4672
4 80 Team Vectra   Greg Murphy Holden Vectra 2:16.7782
5 8 Team Vectra   Derek Warwick Vauxhall Vectra 2:17.3103
6 2 Audi Sport Australia   Paul Morris Audi A4 Quattro 2:18.2657
7 1 Audi Sport Australia   Brad Jones Audi A4 Quattro 2:18.3658
8 29 Brookes Motorsport   Lee Brookes Honda Accord 2:18.9932
9 12 Greenfield Mowers Racing   Cameron McLean BMW 320i 2:19.1715
10 88 Knight Racing   Peter Hills Ford Mondeo 2:22.9436

Official results

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Race results as follows:[2]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 ST 40 Volvo S40 Racing   Rickard Rydell
  Jim Richards
Volvo S40 161 6:54:23.4756 1
2 ST 34 Team Dynamics   Steven Richards
  Matt Neal
Nissan Primera 161 +1.9975 2
3 ST 1 Audi Sport Australia   Brad Jones
  Cameron McConville
Audi A4 Quattro 161 +25.7516 7
4 ST 12 Greenfield Mowers Racing   Cameron McLean
  Tony Scott
BMW 320i 159 +2 laps 9
5 ST 8 Team Vectra   Derek Warwick
  John Cleland
Vauxhall Vectra 157 +4 laps 5
6 ST 88 Knight Racing   Peter Hills
  Domenic Beninca
Ford Mondeo 155 +6 laps 10
7 ST 30 Roadchill Express   Troy Searle
  Luke Searle
BMW 320i 152 +9 laps 12
8 ST 22 Rod Wilson Racing   Rodney Forbes
  Rod Wilson
BMW 318i 152 +9 laps 15
9 ST 16 Faber-Castell Racing   Justin Mathews
  Bob Holden
  Paul Nelson
BMW 318i 145 +16 laps 16
10 NZ 64 International Motorsport   Kevin Bell
  Rod Hicks
BMW 320i 144 +17 laps 28
11 ST 20 Brian Bradshaw Race Preparation   Dennis Chapman
  Brian Bradshaw
BMW 318i 144 +17 laps 22
12 NZ 65 International Motorsport   Aaron Harris
  Miles Worsley
BMW 325i 141 +20 laps 33
13 ST 45 Gun Motorsport   David Auger
  Lawrie Kyte
Alfa Romeo 155 137 +24 laps 17
14 3E 35 Tom Watkinson   Tom Watkinson
  Calvin Gardiner
Mazda 626 136 +25 laps 36
15 3E 71 Rebound Clothing Co.   Phil Kirkham
  Matt Lehmann
Mazda 626 135 +26 laps 34
16 NZ 67 Geoff Short   Geoff Short
  Greg Goudie
Ford Telstar 131 +30 laps 32
17 3E 37 Ken Talbert   Ken Talbert
  Carlos Rolfo
Mazda 626 130 +31 laps 40
18 ST 25 Rodney Jones Racing   Mike Newton
  Jamie Miller
Vauxhall Cavalier 128 +33 laps 30
DNF ST 14 Racing Projects   Blair Smith
  Jim Cornish
Nissan Primera 139 Crash damage 13
DNF NZ 63 International Motorsport   Jason Richards
  Barrie Thomlinson
BMW 320i 128 Engine 24
NC NZ 68 Wayne Johnson   Wayne Johnson
  Maurice O'Reilly
Honda Integra 120 Not Classified 37
NC ST 49 Grid Motorsport   Anthony Robson
  Ric Shaw
BMW 318i 112 Not Classified 21
DNF NZ 70 Air Vanuatu / Bartercard   Ted Jarvis
  Tony Rutherford
Toyota Corolla 111 Engine 42
NC ST 11 All Auto Parts   Milton Leslight
  Dennis Cribbin
Toyota Carina 110 Not Classified 27
NC ST 58 HVE Motorsport   Paul Pickett
  Peter Rushton
  Nigel Stones
Hyundai Lantra 107 Not Classified 19
DNF ST 2 Audi Sport Australia   Paul Morris
  Paul Radisich
Audi A4 Quattro 84 Crash damage 6
DNF ST 80 Team Vectra   Greg Murphy
  Russell Ingall
Holden Vectra 83 Crash 4
DNF ST 4 Volvo S40 Racing   Tim Harvey
  Jan Nilsson
Volvo S40 82 Crash 3
DNF ST 98 Knight Racing   Paula Elstrek
  Damien Digby
  Heidi O'Neill
Ford Mondeo 78 Spun Off 25
DNF ST 77 Motorsport Developments   Malcolm Rea
  Wayne Wakefield
Toyota Carina 76 Crash 23
DNF ST 24 Bruce Miles   Bruce Miles
  Murray Cleland
BMW 318i 63 Gearbox 20
DNF 3E 38 Phoenix Motorsport   David Ratcliff
  Ron Searle
Toyota Camry 59 Electrical 35
DNF NZ 61 Prestige Motorsports Management   Peter Van Breugel
  Ian Spurle
  Mike Eady
Nissan Sentra SSS 56 Crash 26
DNF ST 10 TC Motorsport   Tony Newman
  Mark Williamson
Peugeot 406 52 Engine 11
DNF ST 29 Brookes Motorsport   Robb Gravett
  Lee Brookes
Honda Accord 49 Oil Sump 8
DNF NZ 90 Robert Ker   Bernie Gillon
  Paul Pedersen
Toyota Corona 47 Engine/Driveshaft 31
DNF NZ 62 BT Motorsport   Bill Tunzelmann
  Malcolm Udy
Peugeot 405 47 Steering 41
DNF 3E 33 Burwood Motorsport   Allan Letcher
  Adam Macrow
  Cameron Edwards
Honda Civic 34 Suspension 38
DNF ST 18 Aaron McGill   Aaron McGill
  Clayton Haynes
Peugeot 405 24 Suspension 18
DNF ST 60 Knight Racing   Warren Luff
  Mark Zonneveld
Ford Mondeo 18 Engine 14
DNF ST 23 MF Motorsport   Mike Fitzgerald
  Jenni Thompson
Peugeot 405 17 Suspension 29
DNF ST 15 Racing Projects   Jamie Wall
  Mark Adderton
Honda Accord 14 Steering 43
DNS NZ 66 Suzuki Value Finance   Max Pennington
  Grant Aitken
  Chris Bird
Suzuki Baleno Crash in Qualifying 39

Statistics

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  • Provisional Pole Position – #80 Greg Murphy
  • Pole Position – #40 Rickard Rydell – 2:14.9265
  • Fastest Lap – #40 Rickard Rydell – 2:17.9558 – Lap 153
  • Average Speed – N/A
  • Race Time – 6:54:23.4756

References

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  1. ^ "1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Bathurst Session 21 – Run off AMP BATHURST 1000". National Software. 3 October 1998. Archived from the original on 12 September 1999. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
  2. ^ "1998 AMP Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Bathurst Session 30 – 1998 AMP BATHURST 1000". National Software. 4 October 1998. Archived from the original on 3 September 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
  • Normoyle, Steve (1998). "The Great Race 18". The Great Race: Tooheys 1000 Bathurst Sunday Sept 30 1990. Chevron Publishing Group. ISSN 1031-6124.
  • Normoyle, Steve (1998). "Official 1998 Great Race Programme". Bathurst 1000: Official Programme. Chevron Publishing Group. ISSN 1327-1970.
  • Auto Action, 2–8 October 1998
  • Auto Action, 9–15 October 1998