1995 Tooheys 1000
The 1995 Tooheys 1000 was the 36th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 1 October 1995, at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The race was held for cars eligible under CAMS Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Car regulations, that later became known as V8 Supercars. This was the first Bathurst 1000 to be contested by single class.
With only 32 cars on the starting grid it was the smallest field so far in the race's history. This was attributed to the fact that the race was run only for the outright class 5.0 Litre Touring Cars with no small car categories running for the first time in the history of the race going back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 at Phillip Island in Victoria.
Larry Perkins and Russell Ingall driving the #11 Castrol Commodore won the 1995 Tooheys 1000 in what was literally a last to first effort. Perkins clashed with the slow starting HRT Commodore of pole sitter Craig Lowndes before the first turn which pulled the valve out of a tyre forcing him to fall from third to last on the first lap before pitting to replace the tyre. The duo started to climb back up into contention, helped by cars ailing to go the race distance and Safety car periods including once after having just un-lapped themselves and were back in the top 5 with 20 laps to go.
Following the last Safety car, Perkins set about hauling in the leaders. He passed Neil Crompton's Coke Commodore and the Peter Jackson Falcon of Alan Jones to move into second place about 7 seconds behind the Falcon of Jones' team leader Glenn Seton. Then going across the top of the mountain on lap 151, Seton's engine, built by the teams chief engine builder and Glenn's dad Barry Seton dropped a valve. Going into Murray's Corner Perkins had caught up to Seton and passed him for the lead. Perkins went on to win a famous victory while Seton's race ended less than half a lap later, the Falcon coming to a stop on the climb to BP Cutting. In a show of courage, an obviously gutted Seton conducted an interview on Racecam with Channel 7 showing graciousness in defeat while the race continued with cameras in the pits showing his father Bo, head in hands not wanting to believe the race was lost after they were so close to winning.
Had Glenn Seton won the race in 1995 it would have been 30 years since his father Bo Seton had won the 1965 race driving a Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500.
Tooheys Top 10
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Car | TT10 | Qual |
| Pole | 015 | Holden Racing Team |  Craig Lowndes | Holden VR Commodore | 2:11.5540 | 2:12.32 |
| 2 | 1 | Winfield Racing | Mark Skaife | Holden VR Commodore | 2:11.9504 | 2:12.10 |
| 3 | 11 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Larry Perkins | Holden VR Commodore | 2:12.4759 | 2:11.58 |
| 4 | 7 | Coca-Cola Racing | Wayne Gardner | Holden VR Commodore | 2:12.5422 | 2:12.36 |
| 5 | 30 | Peter Jackson Racing | Glenn Seton | Ford EF Falcon | 2:12.5438 | 2:11.60 |
| 6 | 35 | Peter Jackson Racing | Alan Jones | Ford EF Falcon | 2:12.7075 | 2:12.79 |
| 7 | 18 | Shell FAI Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford EF Falcon | 2:13.1149 | 2:12.46 |
| 8 | 17 | Shell FAI Racing | Dick Johnson | Ford EF Falcon | 2:13.1854 | 2:11.90 |
| 9 | 25 | Castrol Longhurst Ford | Tony Longhurst | Ford EF Falcon | 2:13.8883 | 2:13.11 |
| 10 | 05 | Holden Racing Team | Peter Brock | Holden VR Commodore | DNF | 2:12.03 |
- 1995 saw the first time a father and son both qualified for the shootout. Dick Johnson, competing in his 18th straight shootout, and his son Steven Johnson, in his first, qualified their Shell FAI Racing Ford EF Falcon's in 7th and 8th place, with the younger Johnson out qualifying his more experienced dad by 0.0705 seconds.
- Peter Brock crashed his Holden Racing Team VR Commodore at The Cutting during his lap, thus he did not record a time and would start 10th. His HRT teammate Craig Lowndes claimed his first Bathurst pole position with a time of 2:11.554. This was 0.766 seconds faster than his qualifying time of 2:12.32.
- Following a CAMS parity adjustment which saw a reduction in size to the front spoiler of the Ford EF Falcons which had dominated the 1995 ATCC, the Ford runners claimed that they were at least a second or more per lap slower than they would have been had they been able to run the originally homologated spoiler.
Official results
| Pos | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Qual Pos | Shootout Pos |
| 1 | 11 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Larry Perkins Russell Ingall | Holden VR Commodore | 161 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 35 | Peter Jackson Racing | Alan Jones Allan Grice David Parsons | Ford EF Falcon | 161 | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | Coca-Cola Racing | Wayne Gardner Neil Crompton | Holden VR Commodore | 161 | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | Winfield Racing |  Anders Olofsson Steven Richards | Holden VR Commodore | 161 | 16 | |
| 5 | 4 | Coca-Cola Racing | Brad Jones Win Percy | Holden VR Commodore | 161 | 11 | |
| 6 | 21 | Pinnacle Motorsport | Tony Scott John Cleland | Holden VR Commodore | 158 | 13 | |
| 7 | 18 | Shell FAI Racing | Charlie O'Brien Steven Johnson | Ford EF Falcon | 158 | 8 | 7 |
| 8 | 28 | Playscape Racing | Kevin Waldock Mark McLaughlin | Ford EF Falcon | 152 | 24 | |
| 9 | 25 | Castrol Longhurst Ford | Tony Longhurst Wayne Park | Ford EF Falcon | 149 | 10 | 9 |
| 10 | 39 | Bill O'Brien | Bill O'Brien Brian Callaghan Jr Ron Barnacle | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 149 | 30 | |
| 11 | 37 | Scotty Taylor Racing | Alan Taylor Roger Hurd Stephen Bell | Holden VP Commodore | 146 | 31 | |
| 12 | 74 | PACE Racing | Kevin Heffernan Stephen Voight | Holden VP Commodore | 144 | 27 | |
| 13 | 54 | Ed Lamont | Ed Lamont Graham Gulson | Holden VP Commodore | 143 | 26 | |
| 14 | 49 | Alcair Racing | David Attard Greg Crick | Holden VP Commodore | 130 | 14 | |
| 15 | 62 | Novacastrian Motorsport | Wayne Russell Ric Shaw | Holden VP Commodore | 129 | 29 | |
| DNF | 30 | Peter Jackson Racing | Glenn Seton David Parsons Allan Grice | Ford EF Falcon | 152 | 2 | 5 |
| DNF | 38 | James Rosenberg Racing | Mark Poole Ed Ordynski Bernie Stack | Holden VP Commodore | 136 | 25 | |
| DNF | 3 | Lansvale Racing Team | Steve Reed Trevor Ashby | Holden VP Commodore | 132 | 15 | |
| DNF | 55 | David Parsons | David Parsons Rodney Crick | Holden VR Commodore | 127 | 17 | |
| NC | 24 | Romano Racing | Paul Romano Troy Dunstan | Holden VP Commodore | 113 | 21 | |
| DNF | 17 | Shell FAI Racing | Dick Johnson John Bowe | Ford EF Falcon | 110 | 3 | 8 |
| DNF | 33 | Pro-Duct Motorsport | Bob Pearson Bruce Stewart | Holden VP Commodore | 88 | 19 | |
| DNF | 1 | Winfield Racing | Mark Skaife Jim Richards | Holden VR Commodore | 65 | 5 | 2 |
| DNF | 27 | Terry Finnigan | Terry Finnigan Peter Gazzard | Holden VP Commodore | 54 | 22 | |
| DNF | 12 | M3 Motorsport | Peter Doulman John Cotter | Holden VP Commodore | 40 | 20 | |
| DNF | 20 | Palmer Promotions | Ian Palmer Brett Peters | Holden VR Commodore | 38 | 28 | |
| DNF | 05 | Holden Racing Team | Peter Brock Tomas Mezera | Holden VR Commodore | 32 | 4 | 10 |
| DNF | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Mark Larkham Warwick Rooklyn | Ford EF Falcon | 22 | 12 | |
| DNF | 36 | Schembri Motorsport | Neil Schembri Graham Moore | Holden VR Commodore | 19 | 23 | |
| DNF | 9 | Allan Moffat Enterprises | Andrew Miedecke Mark Noske | Ford EB Falcon | 16 | 18 | |
| DNF | 015 | Holden Racing Team | Craig Lowndes Greg Murphy | Holden VR Commodore | 10 | 6 | 1 |
| DNF | 60 | Enzed Racing | Ryan McLeod Peter McLeod | Holden VR Commodore | 0 | 32 |
Statistics
- Provisional Pole Position – #11 Larry Perkins – 2:11.5764
- Pole Position – #015 Craig Lowndes – 2:11.5540
- Fastest Lap – #015 Craig Lowndes – 2:14.3239 - Lap 8
- Average Speed – 157.72 km/h
- Race Time - 6:20:32.3766