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1991 Australian Endurance Championship
The 1991 Australian Endurance Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group 3A Touring Cars. The championship, which was the eighth running of the Australian Endurance Championship, The title was won by Mark Gibbs and Rohan Onslow who shared a Bob Forbes Racing Nissan Skyline GT-R. The 1991 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, which was run concurrently with the Endurance Championship, was awarded to the Nissan Motor Co (Australia).
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 1991 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1991 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.
| Team | Car | No | Driver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nissan Motorsport Australia | Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R | 1 | New Zealand Jim Richards |
| Australia Mark Skaife | |||
| 2 | Australia Drew Price | ||
| Australia Garry Waldon | |||
| Australia Mark Skaife | |||
| Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV | 3 | Australia Trevor Ashby |
| Australia Steve Reed | |||
| Bob Forbes Racing | Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R | 4 | Australia Mark Gibbs |
| Australia Rohan Onslow | |||
| Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV | 22 | Australia Graham Moore | |
| Belgium Michel Delcourt | |||
| Perkins Engineering | Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV | 05 | Australia Peter Brock |
| Australia Andrew Miedecke | |||
| 11 | Australia Larry Perkins | ||
| Australia Tomas Mezera | |||
| Alf Grant Racing | Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R | 6 | Australia Alf Grant |
| Australia Tim Grant | |||
| Holden Racing Team | Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV | 7 | Australia Brad Jones |
| Australia Neil Crompton | |||
| 16 | Great Britain Win Percy | ||
| Australia Allan Grice | |||
| Caltex CXT Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | 8 | Australia Colin Bond |
| New Zealand Graeme Crosby | |||
| Allan Moffat Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | 9 | Australia Gary Brabham |
| New Zealand Steve Millen | |||
| 10 | Australia Charlie O'Brien | ||
| Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli | |||
| John Holmes Motorsport | Ford Sierra RS500 | 12 | Australia Ray Lintott |
| Australia Tony Scott | |||
| Australia John English | |||
| Captain Peter Janson | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 13 | Great Britain Peter Janson |
| Australia Peter Gazzard | |||
| Warren Jonsson | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 14 | Australia Warren Jonsson |
| Australia Graham Jonsson | |||
| Toyota Team Australia | Toyota Supra Turbo | 15 | Australia John Smith |
| Australia Geoff Morgan | |||
| Toyota Corolla FX-GT | 70 | Australia Neal Bates | |
| Australia Rick Bates | |||
| 71 | Australia Ron Searle | ||
| Australia Don Griffiths | |||
| Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | 17 | Australia Dick Johnson |
| Australia John Bowe | |||
| 18 | New Zealand Paul Radisich | ||
| Australia Terry Shiel | |||
| Australia John Bowe | |||
| 19 | New Zealand Kayne Scott | ||
| New Zealand Gregg Taylor | |||
| Benson & Hedges Racing | BMW M3 Evolution | 20 | New Zealand Denny Hulme |
| Australia Peter Fitzgerald | |||
| 25 | Australia Peter Fitzgerald | ||
| Australia Tony Longhurst | |||
| Australia Alan Jones | |||
| Bob Jones | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 21 | Australia Bob Jones |
| New Zealand Ed Lamont | |||
| Australia Mike Imrie | |||
| Laurie Donaher | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 24 | Australia Laurie Donaher |
| Australia Mick Donaher | |||
| Daryl Hendrick | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 26 | Australia Daryl Hendrick |
| Great Britain Chris Lambden | |||
| Australia John White | |||
| Terry Finnigan | Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV | 27 | Australia Terry Finnigan |
| Australia Geoff Leeds | |||
| Playscape Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | 28 | Australia Kevin Waldock |
| Australia Brett Peters | |||
| Glenn Seton Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | 30 | Australia Glenn Seton |
| Australia Gregg Hansford | |||
| 35 | Australia David 'Skippy' Parsons | ||
| Australia Wayne Park | |||
| Peter Hudson | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 31 | Australia Peter Hudson |
| Australia Ian Carrig | |||
| Australia Ian Clark | |||
| Pro-Duct Motorsport | Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV | 32 | Australia Bob Tindal |
| Australia Darren Stewart | |||
| 33 | Australia Bob Pearson | ||
| Australia Bruce Stewart | |||
| Ray Gulson | BMW 635CSi | 34 | Australia Ray Gulson |
| Australia Graham Gulson | |||
| Ron Masing | Mitsubishi Starion Turbo | 36 | Australia Ron Masing |
| Australia Greville Arnel | |||
| Everlast Battery Service | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 39 | Australia Bill O'Brien |
| Australia Brian Callaghan | |||
| Australia Brian Callaghan Jr | |||
| Garry Willmington Performance | Toyota Supra Turbo A | 41 | Australia Garry Willmington |
| Egypt Reda Awadullah | |||
| Brian Bolwell | Ford Sierra RS500 | 43 | Australia Brian Bolwell |
| Australia Arthur Abrahams | |||
| 44 | New Zealand Dave Barrow | ||
| New Zealand Glenn McIntyre | |||
| Bryan Sala | Ford Sierra RS500 | 50 | Australia Bryan Sala |
| Australia Graham Lusty | |||
| M3 Motorsport | BMW M3 | 52 | Australia Peter Doulman |
| Australia John Cotter | |||
| Kiwi Motorsport | BMW M3 | 54 | New Zealand Keith Sharp |
| New Zealand Ian Spurle | |||
| Tanzania Edgar Salwegter | |||
| David Sala | Toyota Corolla | 72 | Australia David Sala |
| Australia Brad Stratton | |||
| Bob Holden Motors | Toyota Corolla | 73 | Australia Bob Holden |
| Finland Rauno Aaltonen | |||
| Australia Dennis Rogers | |||
| Toyota Sprinter AE86 | 75 | Australia Ted Dunford | |
| Australia Brad Wright | |||
| 76 | Australia Mike Conway | ||
| Australia Calvin Cardiner | |||
| Toyota Corolla | 77 | Australia Geoff Forshaw | |
| Australia Richard Vorst | |||
| Peter Verheyen | Toyota Sprinter AE86 | 74 | Australia Peter Verheyen |
| Australia John Vernon | |||
| Speedtech Motorsport | Toyota Sprinter AE86 | 78 | Australia Geoff Full |
| Australia Paul Morris |
Race calendar
The 1991 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1991 Australian Manufacturers' Championship were contested concurrently over a two round series with one race per round.
| Rd. | Race title | Circuit | City / state | Date | Winners | Team | Report | 1 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car | |||||||||
| Australia Don’t Drink Drive Sandown 500 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | 8 September | AUS Mark Gibbs | |||||
| AUS Rohan Onslow | Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R | Bob Forbes Racing | [Report](1991-don-t-drink-drive-sandown-500) | ||||||
| Australia Tooheys 1000 | Mount Panorama | Bathurst, New South Wales | 6 October | NZL Jim Richards | |||||
| AUS Mark Skaife | Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R | Nissan Motorsport Australia | [Report](1991-tooheys-1000) |
Results
Australian Endurance Championship
| Position | Driver | Sandown | Bathurst | Points | 1 | 1 | Position | Driver | Sandown | Bathurst | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Gibbs | 1st | 3rd | |||||||||
| Rohan Onslow | 1st | 3rd |
|}
Note: Other placings in the Endurance Championship have not been ascertained.
Australian Manufacturers Championship
| Position | Manufacturer | Sandown | Bathurst | Points | 1 | Position | Manufacturer | Sandown | Bathurst | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nissan Motor Co (Australia) | 1st | 1st |
|}
Note: Other placings in the Manufacturers' Championship have not been ascertained.
References
References
- Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport
- Conditions for Australian Racing Titles, Australian Manufacturers' Championship, 1991 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 170 & 171
- began on 8 September 1991 at [[Sandown Raceway]] and ended on 6 October at the [[Mount Panorama Circuit]] after two rounds.1991 Championship Results - Australian Endurance Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year – 1991/92, page 297
- Australian Endurance Championship - Stars in the making, Australian Motor Racing Year – 1991/92, pages 238 to 239
- Australian Endurance Championship - Stars in the making, Australian Motor Racing Year – 1991/92, page 238 refers to Nissan winning the "Manufacturers Cup". Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport refers to Nissan Motor Co (Australia) winning the "1991 Australian Manufacturers' Championship"
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