Bob Holden

Robin John "Bob" Holden (born 1 December 1932 in Notting Hill, Victoria Into the 1970s Holden moved on to race Ford Escorts in various guises, moving into Toyota Corollas in the 1980s, winning the 1.6-litre class at the Bathurst round of the 1987 World Touring Car Championship. In the mid-1990s Holden moved into BMW M3s and later a BMW 318i Super Touring car in which he raced his final Bathurst 1000 in 1998, at the time setting the record for most Bathurst appearances.

Holden continued his involvement in motorsport, competing in historic racing, and has restored two of his Group C Ford Escorts to race in historic touring car racing. He has also restored one of his Group A Toyota Corolla FX-GTs to race in the Australian Heritage Touring Car Championship for historic Group C and Group A touring cars. Holden is also involved in charity work, helping disadvantaged youth acquire trade skills to help establish themselves in society.

Career results Holden won the Up to 1100cc class at the 1966 Australian Tourist Trophy driving a Lolita. The car is pictured in 2018. Season Title Position Car Team 1961 Australian Touring Car Championship 5th Holden FJ 1962 Australian Touring Car Championship 7th Peugeot 403 1963 Australian Drivers' Championship 12th Lynx-Peugeot Killara Motor Garage 1966 Australian Tourist Trophy (Up to 1100cc class) 1st Lolita 1966 Australian Touring Car Championship 8th Morris Cooper S BMC Australia Pty Ltd 1972 Australian Touring Car Championship 4th Ford Escort Twin Cam Dr Allan Hogan 1973 Australian Formula 2 Championship 12th Brabham BT36 Ford 1973 Australian Touring Car Championship 4th Ford Escort Twin Cam 1974 Australian Touring Car Championship 4th Ford Escort Twin Cam Brian Byrt Ford 1975 Australian Touring Car Championship 3rd Ford Escort Twin Cam Ford Escort RS2000 Bob Holden Shell Racing 1976 Australian Touring Car Championship 16th Ford Escort RS2000 Bob Holden Motors 1976 Goodrich Radial Challenge 7th Ford Escort RS2000 Bob Holden Shell Sport 1976 Rothmans Sun-7 Series 8th Ford Escort RS2000 1981 Better Brakes 3.5 Litre Series 11th Ford Escort RS2000 Bob Holden Motors 1982 Australian Touring Car Championship 2nd Ford Escort RS2000 Bob Holden Motors 1982 Australian Endurance Championship 2nd Ford Escort RS2000 Bob Holden Motors 1983 Australian Touring Car Championship 20th Ford Escort RS2000 Bob Holden Motors 1985 Australian Touring Car Championship 10th Toyota Sprinter Bob Holden Motors 1986 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship 3rd Toyota Sprinter Bob Holden Motors 1986 Australian Touring Car Championship 19th Toyota Sprinter Bob Holden Motors 1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship 6th Toyota Sprinter Bob Holden Motors 1993 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship 7th Toyota Sprinter Bob Holden Motors 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship 20th Toyota Sprinter Bob Holden Motors 1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship 10th Toyota Sprinter Bob Holden Motors 1995 Australian Super Touring Championship 20th BMW M3 Bob Holden Motors 1996 Australian Super Touring Championship 18th BMW M3 Bob Holden Motors 1998 Australian Super Touring Championship 20th BMW 318i Bob Holden Motors 2010 Australian Production Car Championship 12th Toyota Yaris Bezcorp Security 2013 Australian Heritage Touring Car Championship Group A 7th Toyota Corolla AE82 FX-GT Bob Holden Motors 2014 Australian Heritage Touring Car Championship Group A 7th Toyota Corolla AE82 FX-GT Bob Holden Motors 2015 Australian Heritage Touring Car Championship Group A 7th Toyota Corolla AE82 FX-GT Bob Holden Motors

Complete Australian Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 1972 Dr. Allan Hogan Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I SYM CAL BAT SAN AIR WAR SUR ORA 4th 37 1973 Bob Holden Ford Escort Twin Cam SYM CAL SAN WAN SUR AIR ORA WAR 4th 23 1974 Bryan Byrt Ford Ford Escort GT1600 SYM CAL SAN AMA ORA SUR AIR 4th 34 1975 Shell/Bob Holden Motors Ford Escort Twin Cam SYM CAL AMA ORA SUR SAN AIR LAK 3rd 601976 Bob Holden Motors Ford Escort Mark I RS2000 SYM CAL ORA ORA SAN AMA AMA AIR AIR LAK LAK SAN AIR SUR PHI 16th 91977 Bob Holden Motors Ford Escort RS2000 SYM SYM CAL ORA AMA SAN AIR LAK SAN AIR SUR PHI NC 01982 Bob Holden Motors Manly Vale Ford Escort Mk.II SAN SAN CAL SYM ORA LAK WAN AIR SUR 2nd 36 1985 Bob Holden Motors Toyota Sprinter WIN SAN SYM WAN AIR CAL SUR LAK AMA ORA 10th 72 1986 Bob Holden Motors Toyota Sprinter AMA SYM SAN AIR WAN SUR CAL LAK WIN ORA 19th 25 1987 Bob Holden Motors Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 CAL SYM LAK WAN AIR SUR SAN AMA ORA NC 0 1988 Bob Holden Motors Toyota Sprinter AE86 CAL SYM WIN WAN AIR LAK SAN AMA ORA NC 0 1989 Bob Holden Motors Toyota Sprinter AE86 AMA SYM LAK WAN MAL SAN WIN ORA NC 0 1990 Bob Holden Motors Toyota Sprinter AE86 AMA SYM PHI WIN LAK MAL BAR ORA 1991 Bob Holden Motors Toyota Sprinter SANR1 SYMR2 WANR3 LAKR4 WINR5 AMAR6 MALR7 LAKR8 ORAR9 1993 Bob Holden Motors Toyota Sprinter AE86 AMAR1 AMAR2 SYMR3 SYMR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 LAKR7 LAKR8 WINR9 WINR10 EASR11 EASR12 MALR13 MALR14 BARR15 BARR16 ORAR17 ORAR18

Complete World Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points 1987 Bob Holden Motors Toyota Sprinter AE86 MNZ JAR DIJ NUR SPA BNO SIL BAT CLD WEL FJI NC 0