1991 James Hardie 12 Hour

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The 1991 James Hardie 12 Hour was an endurance race for production cars. The event was staged at the Mount Panorama circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 31 March 1991. Cars competed in the following classes:

• Class A : Touring cars under 1600 cc
• Class B : Touring cars 1601 - 2500 cc
• Class C : Touring cars 2501 - 4000 cc
• Class D : Touring cars over 4000 cc
• Class S : Sports cars under 2200 cc
• Class T : Turbocharged cars

Of the 24 starters in this, the first 12 hour race to be staged at Mount Panorama, 20 were still running at the finish.

[edit] Results

Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Class	Laps
1	Peter Fitzgerald, Allan Grice, Nigel Arkell	2	Toyota Supra Turbo		T	242
2	Kent Youlden, Ken Douglas, Brett Youlden	7	Ford Laser TX3 Turbo 4WD		T	239
3	Warren Cullen, Glenn Cullen, Gary Cooke		Holden Commodore VN SS		D	236
4	Peter Brock, Neil Crompton, Peter McKay	05	Holden Commodore VN S		C	235
5	John Bourke, Bryan Thomson	15	Toyota Supra Turbo		T	234
6	Colin Bond, John Smith, Bruce Stewart	8	Toyota MR2		S	233
7	Garry Rogers, Paul Fordham		Nissan 300ZX	Garry Rogers Motorsport	C	232
8	Roland Hill, Troy Nicholson, Gary McDonald		Holden Commodore VN SS		D	227
9	George Fury, Rod Jones, Alf Grant		Mitsubishi Galant VR-4		T	227
10	Geoff Forshaw, Mark Brame, Henry Draper		Suzuki Swift GTi		A	226
	Other starters included the following
?	Neal Bates, Rick Bates, Geoff Morgan		Toyota Celica		B	215
DNF			Holden Commodore VN S		C
DNF			Holden Commodore VN S		C
DNF			Holden Commodore VN S		C

[edit] References

• Australian Motor Racing Year, 1991/1992
• Sydney Morning Herald, 1 April 1991