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The 1990 Bathurst (Tooheys) 1000 was held on September 30, 1990 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The event was open to cars eligible under CAMS Group 3A regulations, commonly known as Group A Touring Cars, with three engine capacity classes. It was the 31st running of the Bathurst 1000.
Holden V8s were back in the shootout after missing out in 1989, with the Perkins/Mezera and Percy/Grice Holden VL Commodores qualifying over four seconds faster than the Commodores had managed 12 months earlier.
The No.11 Larry Perkins/Tomas Mezera Holden VL Commodore qualified in 6th position with a lap time of 2:14.82 putting them through to the Tooheys Top Ten where they positioned themselves in 7th place on the starting grid for the Great Race with a lap time of 2:17.03.
The race, which was Round 2 of both the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1990 Australian Manufacturers’ Championship, resulted in an upset victory, after 161 laps and a total race time of 6:40:52.64, for British driver Win Percy and 1986 Bathurst 1000 winner Allan Grice in a Holden Racing Team entered Holden VL Commodore over the Dick Johnson Racing Ford Sierra of Jeff Allam and Paul Radisich and the Perkins Engineering Holden VL Commodore of Larry Perkins and Tomas Mezera.
The race marked the first Bathurst 1000 victory for the Holden Racing Team and the team’s first race win since Larry Perkins won the Group A support race at the Australian Grand Prix in November 1988.

Item includes certificate and production number plate, mounted to the chassis.