1990 Australian Touring Car Championship
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The 1990 Shell Ultra Australian Touring Car Championship was the 31st running of the Australian Touring Car Championship. It began on 25 February 1990 at Amaroo Park and ended on 15 July at Oran Park Raceway after 8 rounds. The championship was open to drivers of Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group 3A regulations.^[1]

The championship was won for the third time by Jim Richards, driving for Nissan Motorsport Australia, utilising both Skyline HR31 GTS-R and the new Skyline R32 GT-R during one of the most competitive seasons in the history of the championship.

Contents 1 Teams and drivers 2 Season review 3 Results and standings 3.1 Race calendar 3.2 Drivers Championship 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

Teams and drivers []

The following drivers and teams competed in the 1990 Australian Touring Car Championship.

Team	Manufacturer	Car model	No	Driver
Nissan Motorsport Australia	Nissan	Skyline HR31 GTS-R Skyline R32 GT-R	2	Jim Richards
			3	Mark Skaife
Caltex CXT Racing	Ford	Sierra RS500	4	Ken Mathews
			8	Colin Bond
Advantage Racing	Ford	Sierra RS500	05	Peter Brock
			6	Andrew Miedecke
			26	Tony Noske
Allan Moffat Enterprises	Ford	Sierra RS500	9	Gregg Hansford
Perkins Engineering	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A SV	11	Larry Perkins
			31	Tommy Suharto[2]
John Holmes Motorsport	Ford	Sierra RS500	12	Ray Lintott
Bob Holden Motors	Toyota	Sprinter AE86	13	Mike Conway Bob Holden
		Corolla E80	74	Phil Alexander Keith McCulloch
		Corolla E80	75	Dennis Rogers
Murray Carter	Ford	Sierra RS500	14	Murray Carter
Toyota Team Australia	Toyota	Supra Turbo-A	15	John Smith
		Corolla FX-GT	70	Neal Bates
			71	John Faulkner
Holden Racing Team	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A SV	16	Win Percy Neil Crompton
Shell Ultra-Hi Racing	Ford	Sierra RS500	17	Dick Johnson
			18	John Bowe
Phil Ward	Mercedes-Benz	190E 2.3–16	19	Phil Ward
Benson & Hedges Racing	Ford	Sierra RS500	20	Alan Jones
			25	Tony Longhurst
			62	Neville Crichton
Bob Forbes Motorsport	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A SV	21	Mark Gibbs
Lusty Engineering	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A SV	22	Graham Lusty
Chris Lambden	Nissan	Skyline HR31 GTS-R	23	Chris Lambden
Jagparts Racing	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A SV	24	Gerald Kay
Terry Finnigan	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A SV	27	Terry Finnigan Geoff Leeds
Lawrie Nelson	Ford	Mustang	28	Lawrie Nelson
Glenn Seton Racing	Ford	Sierra RS500	30	Glenn Seton
			35	Drew Price George Fury
Lansvale Racing Team	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A	32	Trevor Ashby Steve Reed
Pro-Duct Motorsport	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A SV	33	Bob Pearson Marc Ducquet
Ray Gulson	BMW	635 CSi	34	Ray Gulson
Ian Carrig	BMW	635 CSi	36	Ian Carrig
Maurice Pickering	Holden	VK Commodore SS Group A	36	Maurice Pickering
Brian Callaghan	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A SV	37	Brian Callaghan
		VK Commodore SS Group A	43	Brian Callaghan Jr
Matt Wacker	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A SV	40	Matt Wacker
Tony Mulvihill	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A SV	41	Tony Mulvihill
Paul Trevathan	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A	44	Paul Trevathan
Lester Smerdon	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A SV	45	Lester Smerdon Graham Jonsson
Garry Willmington Performance	Toyota	Supra Turbo	46	Garry Willmington
M3 Motorsport	BMW	M3	52	John Cotter
			53	Peter Doulman
Mike Twigden	BMW	323i	53	Mike Twigden
Playscape Racing	Ford	Sierra RS500	55	Kevin Waldock
Reda Awadullah	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A SV	69	Reda Awadullah
David Sala	Toyota	Corolla E80	72	Richard Vorst David Sala
Alf Barbagallo	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A SV	77	Alf Barbagallo
Geoff Full	Toyota	Sprinter AE86	78	Geoff Full
Daryl Hendrick	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A SV	86	Daryl Hendrick
Car-Trek Racing	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A SV	98	Bob Jones
				Greg Crick Joe Sommariva
Alf Grant Racing	Toyota	Corolla		Alf Grant
				Tim Grant
Tim Hall	Toyota	Sprinter AE86		Tim Hall
Llynden Reithmuller	Holden	VL Commodore SS Group A SV		Llynden Reithmuller
Matthew Springer	Toyota	Corolla		Matthew Springer

Season review []

The opening three rounds of the series continued the story of the previous two seasons with the Ford Sierra RS500's of Dick Johnson Racing team mates Dick Johnson (winner of Symmons Plains and Phillip Island) and John Bowe dominating podiums with only the tight nature of the Amaroo Park layout giving another driver a look-in, namely the Nissan Skyline of Jim Richards who held off Bowe in a race long duel to win the season's opening round. Another tight track at Winton Motor Raceway gave Richards his second victory of the year with team-mates Tony Longhurst and Alan Jones putting their Benson & Hedges Sierras ahead of the DJR pair onto the podium (the Longhurst Sierra's were generally acknowledged as most powerful of the Blue Oval's cars at some 590 bhp (440 kW; 598 PS)). Lakeside Raceway saw a complete upset with Colin Bond winning from Peter Brock in his Mobil Sierra and HRT driver Win Percy in what would prove be Holden's only podium finish of the season.

Colin Bond made it two in a row at Mallala after Mark Skaife's spectacular debut of Nissan's new 4WD, twin turbo Skyline R32 GT-R, which was nicknamed Godzilla, ended with a broken hub after storming to the lead in the early laps. As at Lakeside, Bond's steady, though unspectacular race pace paid off and as others fell away, his Caltex Sierra emerged in front. Peter Brock broke through for his first victory of the year at Wanneroo, while a broken axle to Johnson saw his points lead surrendered to Richards who finished fourth in his first race of the new GT-R. Ahead of the Oran Park Raceway finale Richards held a three point lead over Johnson, with Bond and Brock still in it, eleven and twelve points behind. Bowe, winless despite his form, was too far behind. Richards, again in the GT-R, dominated Oran Park, making the points calculations irrelevant. Second place allowed Brock to slip past Johnson and Bond into the series runner's up position. Behind Bowe, Longhurst was sixth after an inconsistent season ahead of Seton's Sierra. Percy was the best of the Holdens in eighth ahead of Jones and Gregg Hansford who only had a partial season in Allan Moffat's Sierra.

Results and standings []

Race calendar []

The 1990 Australian Touring Car Championship consisted of 8 rounds with one race per round. Each race was slightly under one hour in duration.

Rd.	Race Title	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner	Team	Report
1	Amaroo	Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	23 – 25 Feb	Jim Richards	Nissan Motorsport Australia
2	Launceston	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	9 – 11 Mar	Dick Johnson	Shell Ultra-Hi Racing
3	Phillip Island	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	23 – 25 Mar	Dick Johnson	Shell Ultra-Hi Racing
4	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	6 – 8 Apr	Jim Richards	Nissan Motorsport Australia
5	Lakeside	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	4 – 6 May	Colin Bond	Caltex CXT Racing
6	Mallala	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	8 – 10 Jun	Colin Bond	Caltex CXT Racing
7	Wanneroo	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	22 – 24 Jun	Peter Brock	Mobil 1 Racing
8	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	13 – 15 Jul	Jim Richards	Nissan Motorsport Australia

Drivers Championship []

Points were awarded 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 based on the top ten race positions. The pointscore system required a driver to drop his/her worst round result.

Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Pts 1 Jim Richards 1st 7th 3rd 1st 5th 3rd 4th 1st 102 (106) 2 Peter Brock 5th 2nd 19th 9th 2nd 4th 1st 2nd 85 3 Dick Johnson 3rd 1st 1st 5th 7th 2nd Ret 7th 83 4 Colin Bond 9th 6th 4th 8th 1st 1st 3rd 4th 81 (83) 5 John Bowe 2nd 3rd 2nd 6th 4th 14th 6th 5th 72 6 Tony Longhurst 4th Ret 9th 2nd 8th 5th Ret 9th 40 7 Glenn Seton 12th 4th Ret 4th 9th Ret 2nd Ret 37 8 Win Percy 14th 9th 7th Ret 3rd 5th 6th 32 9 Alan Jones 8th 12th 6th 3rd Ret 10th Ret 22 10 Gregg Hansford 6th 8th 5th 11th Ret 17 11 Larry Perkins 11th 10th 8th 7th 14th 7th 7th Ret 16 12 Andrew Miedecke 7th 5th 10th 12th 11th Ret 13 13 George Fury 3rd 12 14 Mark Skaife Ret DNS Ret 6th Ret Ret 8th 9 15 Neil Crompton 6th 6 16 Kevin Waldock 16th 11th 15th 13th Ret 8th 8th Ret 6 17 Chris Lambden 15th 13th 14th 14th 10th 9th 11th 10th 4 18 Neville Crichton 9th 2 19 Mark Gibbs 10th 10th 22nd 22nd 2 20 Gerald Kay 21st 15th 11th 20th 17th 10th Ret DNS 1 Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)

See also []

1990 Australian Touring Car season

References []

1. ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1990, Page 173
2. ^ Clarke, Andrew (August 1990). "Nissan's First, Richards' Third". In Clarke, Andrew. Racing Car News (Hornsby: Chevron Publishing Group): 42.

External links []

• Official V8 Supercar site Contains historical ATCC information.
• Records,Titles and Awards at www.camsmanual.com.au