1994 Lakeside ATCC round

1994 Lakeside ATCC round

Event Information
Round 5 of 10 in the 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship
Date	22-24 April 1994
Location	Brisbane, Queensland
Venue	Lakeside International Raceway
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 28 laps 67 km Pole position Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing 0:52.060 Winner Dick Johnson Dick Johnson Racing
Race 2 Distance 28 laps 67 km Winner Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering
Round Results First Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering 36 pts Second Jim Richards Gibson Motorsport 30 pts Third Mark Skaife Gibson Motorsport 24 pts

The 1994 Lakeside ATCC round was the fifth round of the 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship. It was held on the weekend of 22 to 24 April at Lakeside International Raceway in Brisbane, Queensland. The Peter Jackson Dash was discontinued for this round.

Race results

Qualifying

Peter Brock took his first pole position of the year and the second for the Holden Racing Team. Just one-tenth behind was John Bowe and two-tenths behind was team-mate, Tomas Mezera.

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Grid
1	1	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford EB Falcon	0:52.060
2	17	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	0:52.070
3	05	Peter Brock	Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	0:52.160
4	18	John Bowe	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	0:52.280
5	25	Tony Longhurst	LoGaMo Racing	Holden VP Commodore	0:52.360
6	30	Alan Jones	Alan Jones Racing	Ford EB Falcon	0:52.390
7	6	Jim Richards	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	0:52.430
8	11	Larry Perkins	Perkins Engineering	Holden VP Commodore	0:52.440
9	2	Mark Skaife	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	0:52.480
10	23	Paul Morris	LoGaMo Racing	Holden VP Commodore	0:52.490
11	015	Tomas Mezera	Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore
12	4	Wayne Gardner	Wayne Gardner Racing	Holden VP Commodore
13	7	Neil Crompton	Wayne Gardner Racing	Holden VP Commodore
14	3	Trevor Ashby	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore
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Race 1

A dramatic start to the first race saw Dick Johnson beating Glenn Seton off the start and a tangle between Brock and Longhurst, which subsequently led to their retirements from the race. With Longhurst blocking the circuit, the race was restarted. On the restart, Seton beat Johnson off the start, only to be passed by Johnson several laps later. As Seton started to struggle with tyres, a train of Bowe, Jones, and Perkins caught up with him. After trying to pass Seton down the bottom of the hill into the last corner, Bowe tagged the back of Seton, sending him into a spin. Bowe subsequently incurred damage, leading to a flat tyre. As he limped around the circuit, he was hit by Tomas Mezera on turn four. This catapulted Mezera into the guardrail, taking him out of the race and causing extensive damage to both cars. Up the front, it was a clean performance from Dick Johnson as he took his first race win of the season, with Perkins second and Jim Richards in third.

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Laps	Grid
1	17	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	28	4
2	11	Larry Perkins	Perkins Engineering	Holden VP Commodore	28	3
3	6	Jim Richards	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	28	3
4	2	Mark Skaife	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	28	3
5	3	Trevor Ashby	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	28
6	4	Wayne Gardner	Wayne Gardner Racing	Holden VP Commodore	28
7	24	Tony Scott	Pinnacle Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	28
8	23	Paul Morris	LoGaMo Racing	Holden VP Commodore	28
9	7	Neil Crompton	Wayne Gardner Racing	Holden VP Commodore	28
10	30	Alan Jones	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford EB Falcon	28
11	12	Bob Jones	Ampol Max 3 Racing	Holden VP Commodore
12	28	Kevin Waldock	Playscape Racing	Ford EB Falcon
13	1	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford EB Falcon		2
14	20	Ian Palmer	Palmer Promotions	Holden VP Commodore
15	32	Kevin Heffernan	PACE Racing	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
16	36	Neil Schembri	Schembri Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore
Ret	015	Tomas Mezera	Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore
Ret	18	John Bowe	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EB Falcon		3
Ret	05	Peter Brock	Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	0	4
Ret	25	Tony Longhurst	LoGaMo Racing	Holden VP Commodore	0	6
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Race 2

After bogging down at the start, Johnson wasted his front row start and found himself in fourth by the end of the first lap. After a couple of laps, Johnson began to climb back up the order and began to chase down race leader, Perkins. Toward the middle of the race, Neil Schembri blew his engine, laying down a trail of oil down the hill into the final corner. The smoke plume left meant that some of the leading drivers couldn't see the oil. The first driver to spin out was Dick Johnson, followed by Alan Jones, and finally Wayne Gardner. Toward the end of the race, Jim Richards began to rapidly close in on the back of Perkins. Though it proved not be enough. Perkins took the win, with Richards in second and Brock in third after a storming drive from the back of the grid.

Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Car	Laps	Grid
1	11	Larry Perkins	Perkins Engineering	Holden VP Commodore	28	2
2	6	Jim Richards	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	28	3
3	05	Peter Brock	Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	28	18
4	2	Mark Skaife	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	28	4
5	23	Paul Morris	LoGaMo Racing	Holden VP Commodore	28	8
6	18	John Bowe	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	28	17
7	3	Trevor Ashby	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	28	5
8	1	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford EB Falcon	28	13
9	7	Neil Crompton	Wayne Gardner Racing	Holden VP Commodore	28	9
10	12	Bob Jones	Ampol Max 3 Racing	Holden VP Commodore	28	11
11	28	Kevin Waldock	Playscape Racing	Ford EB Falcon		12
12	25	Tony Longhurst	LoGaMo Racing	Holden VP Commodore		19
13	24	Tony Scott	Pinnacle Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore		7
14	20	Ian Palmer	Palmer Promotions	Holden VP Commodore		14
15	32	Kevin Heffernan	PACE Racing	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV		18
Ret	17	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EB Falcon		1
Ret	30	Alan Jones	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford EB Falcon		10
Ret	4	Wayne Gardner	Wayne Gardner Racing	Holden VP Commodore		6
Ret	36	Neil Schembri	Schembri Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore		16
WD	015	Tomas Mezera	Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore
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Championship standings

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Mark Skaife	184
	2	Glenn Seton	119
	2	Peter Brock	119
	4	Jim Richards	88
	5	Larry Perkins	77