Tony Longhurst
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| Tony Longhurst | |
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| Nationality |  Australian |
| Born | 1 October 1957  Sydney, New South Wales |
| ATCC / V8 Supercar | |
| Years active | 1985-2007 |
| Teams | JPS Team BMW Tony Longhurst Racing Stone Brothers Racing Rod Nash Racing Holden Racing Team Perkins Motorsport Team Dynamik |
| Starts | 191 |
| Wins | 5 |
| Best finish | 3rd in 1991 & 1992 Australian Touring Car Championship |
| Previous series | |
| 1983 1986-91 1994 |
Alfasud Series AMSCAR Australian Super Touring |
| Championship titles | |
| 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1994 2001 2009 |
AMSCAR AMSCAR Bathurst 1000 AMSCAR AMSCAR AMSCAR Australian Super Touring Bathurst 1000 Bathurst 12 Hour |
Tony Longhurst (born 1 October 1957 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former racing driver and Australian Champion water skier. He is most noted for his career in the Australian Touring Car Championship and V8 Supercar series.
Longhurst is a two-time winner of the Bathurst 1000, winning the event in 1988 with Tomas Mezera[1] and in 2001 with Mark Skaife,[2] and is one of only three drivers to win Bathurst in both a Ford and a Holden (the others are Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards).[3]
He announced his retirement from competitive racing after the 2005 Bathurst 1000, where he and co-driver Max Wilson failed to finish the race. He also made an appearance at the Targa Tasmania that year. He returned to this event in 2006, finishing fourth overall. He went one better in the event in 2007, placing third overall in a Subaru Impreza WRX STI. In 2009 he added a Bathurst 12 Hour victory, co-driving with Damien White.[4]
The Benson & Hedges Ford Sierra driven by Longhurst and Tomas Mezera to victory at Mount Panorama in 1988 is on display at the National Motor Racing Museum in Bathurst, New South Wales.
Longhurst now lives on the Gold Coast, Queensland.
[edit] Career results
[edit] References
- ^ Sierras fill top three at Bathurst
- ^ "Motorsport: Skaife supreme in topsy-turvy Bathurst race". The New Zealand Herald. 8 October 2001. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=221142&pnum=0. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "Richards a chip off the old block". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 October 2007. http://www.smh.com.au/news/motorsport/richards-a-chip-off-the-old-block/2007/10/06/1191091420112.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ Bathurst 12: Event race report
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Peter Brock David Parsons Peter McLeod |
Winner of the Bathurst 1000 1988 (with Tomas Mezera) |
Succeeded by Dick Johnson John Bowe |
| Preceded by Peter Doulman |
Winner of the Australian Manufacturers' Championship 1994 |
Succeeded by Paul Morris |
| Preceded by Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna |
Winner of the Bathurst 1000 2001 (with Mark Skaife) |
Succeeded by Mark Skaife Jim Richards |
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