AUSTRALIAN TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP, ROUND 3, SYMMONS PLAINS, 13/03/94.

The touring car competitors arrived in northern Tasmania to a newly
renovated and upgraded Symmons Plains track complete with new pit
area and hospitality facilities.  From personal experience, in past
years Symmons Plains had been falling farther and farther behind the
mainland tracks, and this facelift was essential to keeping the 
event on the calendar in future.  Congratulations to all involved.

The heats were conducted on a cold windy day, and as is becoming the
norm in the ATCC this year Mark Skaife dominated, taking maximum points
on race day, winning both heats and the dash.  The hard luck story of
the meeting had to go to local hero John Bowe who had the extreme
misfortune to draw six for the dash after qualifying on pole. Such is
life...  After a storming drive in the first heat Bowe was looking
even better in the second until the gearbox packed up to the crowd's
disappointment.

Another good day for Mark Skaife who has won all the heats to this
point.  The two heats at the Surfers Paradise Indycar GP are not going
to be counted towards the championship, but the big V8's always provide
an exciting spectacle around the tight and twisty confines of downtown
Surfers.

PETER JACKSON DASH (For top six qualifiers to decide top six grid positions)

01 [2] {1} Mark Skaife    Winfield Holden Commodore VP
02 [6] {2} Glenn Seton    Peter Jackson Ford Falcon EB
03 [3] {4} Larry Perkins  Castrol Holden Commodore VP
04 [5] {3} Alan Jones     Peter Jackson Ford Falcon EB
05 [1] {6} John Bowe      Shell FAI Ford Falcon EB
06 [4] {5} Tomas Mezera   Mobil Mobilenet Holden Commodore VP

[-] : Original Qualifying Position
{-} : Starting Position As Drawn

HEAT 1

01 Mark Skaife     Winfield Holden Commodore VP
02 Glenn Seton     Peter Jackson Ford Falcon EB
03 John Bowe       Shell FAI Ford Falcon EB
04 Peter Brock     Mobil Mobilenet Holden Commodore VP
05 Larry Perkins   Castrol Holden Commodre VP
06 Tomas Mezera    Mobil Mobilenet Holden Commodore VP
07 Neil Crompton   Coca Cola Holden Commodore VP
08 Tony Longhurst  Benson & Hedges Holden Commodore VP
09 Dick Johnson    Shell FAI Ford Falcon EB
10 Paul Morris     Diet Coke Holden Commodore VP
..

The finishing order for Heat 1 was the grid order for Heat 2.

HEAT 2

01 Mark Skaife     Winfield Holden Commodore VP 
02 Tony Longhurst  Benson & Hedges Holden Commodore VP
03 Peter Brock     Mobil Mobilenet Holden Commodore VP
04 Jim Richards    Winfield Holden Commodore VP
05 Glenn Seton     Peter Jackson Ford Falcon EB
06 Paul Morris     Diet Coke Holden Commodore VP
07 Alan Jones      Peter Jackson Ford Falcon EB
08 Wayne Gardner   Coca Cola Holden Commodore VP    
09 Larry Perkins   Castrol Holden Commodore VP 
10 Dick Johnson    Shell FAI Ford Falcon EB
..

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

129 Mark Skaife    Winfield Holden Commodore VP
 73 Peter Brock    Mobil Mobilenet Holden Commodore VP
 72 Glenn Seton    Peter Jackson Ford Falcon EB
 48 Jim Richards   Winfield Holden Commodore VP
 46 John Bowe      Shell FAI Ford Falcon EB
..

Posted By: swheeler@lawson.its.utas.edu.au