Tony Longhurst

Anthony Lawrence Longhurst (born 1 October 1957 in Sydney) is an Australian racing driver and former Australian Champion water skier. He is most noted for his career in the Australian Touring Car Championship and V8 Supercar series. Longhurst is a two-time winner of the Bathurst 1000, winning the event in 1988 with Tomas Mezera and in 2001 with Mark Skaife, and is one of only five drivers to win Bathurst in both a Ford and a Holden (the others being Craig Lowndes, Steven Richards, Jamie Whincup and Chaz Mostert).

Longhurst also had a long association with BMW, racing internationally in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship and 1993 FIA Touring Car Challenge, and winning the 1985 Sandown 500 and the 1994 Australian Super Touring Championship for the marque.

Career JPS Team BMW JPS Team BMW M3 of Jim Richards and Tony Longhurst which finished 4th outright and first in class at the 1987 James Hardie 1000. After a self-entered Bathurst 1000 debut in 1983 with Mike Burgmann, Longhurst joined Frank Gardner's JPS Team BMW team for the 1984 Australian Endurance Championship. Co-driving with Jim Richards, Longhurst continued with the team in 1985, winning the 1985 Sandown 500 in a one-two finish for the team. Longhurst also entered three solo rounds of the 1985 Australian Touring Car Championship, finishing third at the Amaroo Park Raceway round on only his second appearance. Longhurst entered the entire 1986 Australian Touring Car Championship, again finishing on the podium at Amaroo, and finishing fifth in the championship. In 1987, Longhurst would finish fourth in the championship with four round podiums. Frank Gardner then shut his team at the end of the 1987 season.

LoGaMo Racing

With the demise of JPS Team BMW, Longhurst started his own touring car team in 1988, which based itself on the Gold Coast behind the Longhurst family owned Dreamworld. Both Gardner and Terry Morris would take a shareholding in the team which became known as LoGaMo Racing. For sponsorship reasons the team was known by various names during its time including Freeport Motorsport and Benson & Hedges Racing.

Initially running the powerful Ford Sierra RS500 from 1988 to 1990, Longhurst won the 1988 Bathurst 1000 driving with Tomas Mezera. The car (pictured right) remains on display at the National Motor Racing Museum, which is located on the outside of the final turn of the famous Mount Panorama Circuit. Longhurst also won his first championship round in 1988 at Amaroo. The team then used the evolution model BMW M3 from 1991 to 1993, and Longhurst finished a career-best third in both 1991 and 1992. In this period, Longhurst saw particular success at Lakeside International Raceway, winning three rounds at the circuit in 1988, 1991 and 1992.

From 1993, the ATCC moved to the Group 3A Touring Car formula based on Ford Falcons and Holden Commodores. LoGaMo continued to run the BMW M3 in 1993 before running a Holden VP Commodore supplied by Perkins Engineering in 1994. In 1994 Longhurst won the first race of the 1994 Barbagallo ATCC round, his final solo race victory in the championship.

Outside the ATCC, Longhurst was the only driver to have won five of the now defunct AMSCAR series run at Sydney's Amaroo Park circuit. He won the series in 1986 (BMW 325i), 1987 (BMW M3), 1989 and 1990 (Ford Sierra RS500) and 1991 (BMW M3 Evolution). Longhurst also saw success in the New Zealand endurance events held for Group A regulations. In 1992 he won the Wellington 500 in the team's BMW M3 and came 3rd in the 1989 event. He also finished third in 1989 and 2nd in 1986 in the Pukekohe 500 event which was held in conjunction with the Wellington event.

Longhurst Racing In 1995, Longhurst sold out to fellow shareholders Gardner and Morris (who wanted to focus on the Australian Super Touring Championship) and formed Longhurst Racing to compete in the Australian Touring Car Championship with a Ford EF Falcon backed by Castrol. The team's highlight was a podium at the 1996 Bathurst 1000 with Longhurst and Steven Ellery. Despite this, the team experienced limited success and Longhurst sold the team at the end of the 1999 season.

Contracted driver For 2000, Longhurst was hired to drive for Stone Brothers Racing. Longhurst came close to winning the 2000 Bathurst 1000 with David Besnard, despite making the most pitstops of anyone in the race, until an incident scuppered their chances while leading with ten laps to go. In 2001, Longhurst competed with Rod Nash Racing during the single-driver events before being drafted into the Holden Racing Team for the endurance races. Driving with Mark Skaife, Longhurst won the 2001 Bathurst 1000. 2002 was Longhurst's last full-time season, driving for Briggs Motor Sport.

In 2003, Longhurst only entered the endurance races, pairing with Jim Richards as he had done in the 1980s. He would sign for Perkins Engineering in 2004, but did not see out the full season. In 2005, Longhurst bought the license for Team Dynamik's second car, running the No. 45 car for Max Wilson under WOW Sight & Sound sponsorship. Following Simon Wills's rollover at the Sandown 500, Longhurst purchased the remaining license from Team Dynamik and replaced Wills as Wilson's co-driver for the following round at Bathurst. He announced his retirement from competitive racing after the 2005 Bathurst 1000, where he and Brazilian co-driver Max Wilson failed to finish the race.

Longhurst also made an appearance at the Targa Tasmania in 2005 and 2006, finishing fourth overall in the latter.

Retirement and comebacks Despite his retirement announcement, Longhurst made two subsequent returns to the V8 Supercar Championship Series. In 2006, he was co-driver for Steve Owen in the Rod Nash Racing AutoBarn Commodore. The pair put in solid drives finishing 12th at Sandown and 7th at Bathurst. Longhurst's final drive came at the 2007 Sandown 500 where he paired with Glenn Seton following a series of last minute driver swaps in the Holden Racing Team following Mark Skaife having surgery to remove his appendix.

In 2009 he added a Bathurst 12 Hour victory, co-driving with Rod Salmon and Damien White. By winning the 12 Hour, Longhurst joined Allan Grice, Gregg Hansford, Dick Johnson and John Bowe as the only winners of both the Bathurst 1000 and Bathurst 12 Hour races at the time of his achievement. In 2016, Longhurst returned to competition making an appearance at the Sydney Motorsport Park round of the Australian GT Championship in a MARC Ford Focus and at the Silverstone Classic driving his 1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship winning BMW 318i Super Touring car.

Longhurst returned to Bathurst for the first time since winning the 2009 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour when he contested the 2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour driving a BMW M6 GT3 for BMW Team SRM alongside Timo Glock, Mark Skaife and Russell Ingall. The entry did not finish. Longhurst again entered the 2018 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour in a GT4 BMW and won his class with Aaron Seton and Matthew Brabham. After this result, Longhurst again called time on his career. Before entering motorsport, Longhurst was successful in water skiing, holding the Australian speed record. Season Series Position Car Team 1983 Australian Endurance Championship 65th Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Mike Burgmann 1984 Alfasud Series 1st Alfa Romeo Alfasud Longhurst Racing Australian Endurance Championship NC BMW 635 CSi JPS Team BMW World Endurance Championship NC BMW 320i 1985 Australian Touring Car Championship 16th BMW 323i JPS Team BMW AMSCAR Series 2nd Australian Endurance Championship 2nd BMW 323iBMW 635 CSi 1986 AMSCAR Series 1st BMW 325i JPS Team BMW Australian Touring Car Championship 5th Australian Endurance Championship 3rd BMW 325iBMW 635 CSi 1987 AMSCAR Series 1st BMW M3 JPS Team BMW Australian Touring Car Championship 4th World Touring Car Championship 42nd JPS Team BMWCiBiEmme 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship 5th Ford Sierra RS500 Freeport Racing Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship 5th Benson & Hedges Racing 1989 Nissan Mobil 500 Series 2nd Ford Sierra RS500 Benson & Hedges Racing AMSCAR Series 1st Australian Touring Car Championship 5th 1990 AMSCAR Series 1st Ford Sierra RS500 Benson & Hedges Racing Australian Touring Car Championship 6th Australian Endurance Championship 24th 1991 AMSCAR Series 1st BMW M3 Evolution Benson & Hedges Racing Australian Touring Car Championship 3rd 1992 Australian Touring Car Championship 3rd BMW M3 Evolution Benson & Hedges Racing1993 Australian Touring Car Championship 9th BMW M3 Evolution Benson & Hedges Racing Touring Car World Cup 22nd BMW 318i Bigazzi Team 1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship - Drivers 1st BMW 318i Benson & Hedges Racing Australian Touring Car Championship 11th Holden VP Commodore 1995 Australian Touring Car Championship 11th Ford EF Falcon Castrol Longhurst Racing 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship 11th Ford EF Falcon Castrol Longhurst Racing 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship 8th Ford EL Falcon Castrol Longhurst Racing 1998 Australian Touring Car Championship 8th Ford EL Falcon Castrol Longhurst Racing 1999 Shell Championship Series 14th Ford AU Falcon Castrol Longhurst Racing 2000 Shell Championship Series 10th Ford AU Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 2001 Shell Championship Series 13th Holden VX Commodore Rod Nash RacingHolden Racing Team 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 11th Ford AU Falcon Briggs Motor Sport 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 37th Holden VY Commodore Holden Racing Team 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 29th Holden VY Commodore Perkins Engineering 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 39th Holden VZ Commodore Rod Nash Racing 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 45th Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 2011 Australian V8 Ute Series 48th Holden SS VE Ute Auto One Wildcard

Supercars Championship results (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Supercars results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Position Points 1985 JPS Team BMW BMW 323i WINR1 SANR2 SYMR3 WANR4 AIRR5 CALR6 SURR7 LAKR8 AMAR9 ORAR10 16th 46 1986 JPS Team BMW BMW 323i AMAR1 SYMR2 SANR3 AIRR4 WANR5 SURR6 CALR7 LAKR8 WINR9 ORAR10 5th 115 1987 JPS Team BMW BMW E30 M3 CALR1 SYMR2 LAKR3 WANR4 AIRR5 SURR6 SANR7 AMAR8 ORAR9 4th 116 1988 Freeport Motorsport Ford Sierra RS Cosworth CALR1 SYMR2 WINR3 WANR4 AIRR5 LAKR6 SANR7 AMAR8 ORAR9 5th 47 1989 Benson & Hedges Racing Ford Sierra RS Cosworth AMAR1 SYMR2 LAKR3 WANR4 MALR5 SANR6 WINR7 ORAR8 5th 56.5 1990 Benson & Hedges Racing Ford Sierra RS Cosworth AMAR1 SYMR2 PHIR3 WINR4 LAKR5 MALR6 BARR7 ORAR8 6th 40 1991 Benson & Hedges Racing BMW M3 Evolution SANR1 SYMR2 WANR3 LAKR4 WINR5 AMAR6 MALR7 LAKR8 ORAR9 3rd 108 1992 Benson & Hedges Racing BMW M3 Evolution II AMAR1 AMAR2 SANR3 SANR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 WINR7 WINR8 LAKR9 LAKR10 EASR11 EASR12 MALR13 MALR14 BARR15 BARR16 ORAR17 ORAR18 3rd 184 1993 Benson & Hedges Racing BMW E30 M3 Evolution AMAR1 AMAR2 AMAR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 PHIR6 PHIR7 LAKR8 LAKR9 WINR10 WINR11 EASR12 EASR13 MALR14 MALR15 BARR16 BARR17 ORAR18 ORAR19 9th 69 1994 Benson & Hedges Racing Holden VP Commodore AMAR1 AMAR2 SANR3 SANR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 PHIR7 PHIR8 LAKR9 LAKR10 WINR11 WINR12 EASR13 EASR14 MALR15 MALR16 BARR17 BARR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 11th 74 1995 Longhurst Racing Ford EF Falcon SANR1 SANR2 SYMR3 SYMR4 BATR5 BATR6 PHIR7 PHIR8 LAKR9 LAKR10 WINR11 WINR12 EASR13 EASR14 MALR15 MALR16 BARR17 BARR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 11th 65 1996 Longhurst Racing Ford EF Falcon EASR1 EASR2 EASR3 SANR4 SANR5 SANR6 BATR7 BATR8 BATR9 SYMR10 SYMR11 SYMR12 PHIR13 PHIR14 PHIR15 CALR16 CALR17 CALR18 LAKR19 LAKR20 LAKR21 BARR22 BARR23 BARR24 MALR25 MALR26 MALR27 ORAR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 11th 100 1997 Longhurst Racing Ford EL Falcon CALR1 CALR2 CALR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 SANR7 SANR8 SANR9 SYMR10 SYMR11 SYMR12 WINR13 WINR14 WINR15 EASR16 EASR17 EASR18 LAKR19 LAKR20 LAKR21 BARR22 BARR23 BARR24 MALR25 MALR26 MALR27 ORAR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 8th 358 1998 Longhurst Racing Ford EL Falcon SANR1 SANR2 SANR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 LAKR7 LAKR8 LAKR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 PHIR12 WINR13 WINR14 WINR15 MALR16 MALR17 MALR18 BARR19 BARR20 BARR21 CALR22 CALR23 CALR24 HDVR25 HDVR26 HDVR27 ORAR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 8th 586 1999 Longhurst Racing Ford AU Falcon EASR1 EASR2 EASR3 ADER4 BARR5 BARR6 BARR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 HDVR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 SANR14 SANR15 SANR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 CALR20 CALR21 CALR22 SYMR23 SYMR24 SYMR25 WINR26 WINR27 WINR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 ORAR31 QLDR32 BATR33 14th 830 2000 Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon PHIR1 PHIR2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 ADER6 ADER7 EASR8 EASR9 EASR10 HDVR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 CANR14 CANR15 CANR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 WINR20 WINR21 WINR22 ORAR23 ORAR24 ORAR25 CALR26 CALR27 CALR28 QLDR29 SANR30 SANR31 SANR32 BATR33 10th 866 2001 Rod Nash Racing Holden VX Commodore PHIR1 PHIR2 ADER3 ADER4 EASR5 EASR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 CANR10 CANR11 CANR12 BARR13 BARR14 BARR15 CALR16 CALR17 CALR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 QLDR21 WINR22 WINR23 BATR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 SANR30 13th 1894 2002 Briggs Motorsport Ford AU Falcon ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 EASR5 EASR6 EASR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 CANR11 CANR12 CANR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 ORAR17 ORAR18 WINR19 WINR20 QLDR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 11th 792 2003 Holden Racing Team Holden VY Commodore ADER1 ADER1 PHIR3 EASR4 WINR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 HDVR11 QLDR12 ORAR13 SANR14 BATR15 SURR16 SURR17 PUKR18 PUKR19 PUKR20 EASR21 EASR22 37th 176 2004 Perkins Engineering Holden VY Commodore ADER1 ADER2 EASR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 PUKR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 QLDR13 WINR14 ORAR15 ORAR16 SANR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SYMR21 SYMR22 SYMR23 EASR24 EASR25 EASR26 29th 856 2006 Rod Nash Racing Holden VZ Commodore ADER1 ADER2 PUKR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 WINR9 WINR10 WINR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 HDVR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 ORAR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 SANR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 SURR25 SYMR26 SYMR27 SYMR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 39th 260 2007 Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 PUKR6 PUKR7 PUKR8 WINR9 WINR10 WINR11 EASR12 EASR13 EASR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 HDVR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 ORAR21 ORAR22 ORAR23 SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SURR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 SYMR32 SYMR33 SYMR34 PHIR35 PHIR36 PHIR37 45th 12

Complete World Sportscar 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 1984 JPS Team BMW BMW 320i MNZ SIL LMS NUR BHT MOS SPA IMO FJI KYL SANovr:14cls:1 NC 0

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 JPS Team BMW BMW M3 MNZ JAR DIJ NUR SPA BNO SIL BATovr:4cls:1 CLD NC 0 BMW Motorsport CiBiEmme WELovr:7cls:2 FJI Not registered for series & points

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Car# Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 1983 33 Dreamworld Mike Burgmann Chevrolet Camaro Z28 A 121 DNF DNF 1984 31 JPS Team BMW Jim Richards BMW 635 CSi Group C 39 DNF DNF 1985 1 JPS Team BMW Jim Richards BMW 635 CSi C 1604th 4th 1986 1 JPS Team BMW Jim Richards BMW 635 CSi C 161 6th 5th 1987 44 JPS Team BMW Jim Richards BMW M3 2 156 4th 1st 1988 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Tomas Mezera Ford Sierra RS500 A 161 1st 1st 1989 20 Benson & Hedges Racing Alan Jones Denny Hulme Ford Sierra RS500 A 158 5th 5th 25 Neville Crichton Ford Sierra RS500 27 DNF DNF 1990 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Mark McLaughlin Ford Sierra RS500 1 53 DNF DNF 1991 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Alan Jones BMW M3 Evolution 2 138 DNF DNF 1992 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Johnny Cecotto BMW M3 Evolution A 142 4th 4th 1993 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Steve Soper BMW M3 Evolution A 79 DNF DNF 1994 25 Benson & Hedges Racing Charlie O'Brien Holden VP Commodore A 161 4th 4th 1995 25 Castrol Longhurst Ford Wayne Park Ford EF Falcon 149 9th 9th 1996 25 Castrol Longhurst Ford Steven Ellery Ford EF Falcon 161 3rd 3rd 1997 25 Castrol Longhurst Ford Charlie O'Brien Ford EL Falcon L1 110 DNF DNF 1998 25 Castrol Longhurst Ford Geoff Brabham Ford EL Falcon OC 157 8th 8th 1999 25 Castrol Longhurst Ford Adam Macrow Ford AU Falcon 150 DNF DNF 2000 9 Stone Brothers Racing David Besnard Ford AU Falcon 151 DNF DNF 2001 1 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden VX Commodore 161 1st 1st 2002 66 Team Betta Electrical Matthew White Ford AU Falcon 161 6th 6th 2003 2 Holden Racing Team Jim Richards Holden VY Commodore 161 5th 5th 2004 8 Perkins Engineering Paul Dumbrell Holden VY Commodore 129 DNF DNF 2005 44 Team Dynamik Longhurst Racing Max Wilson Holden VZ Commodore 32 DNF DNF 2006 55 Rod Nash Racing Steve Owen Holden VZ Commodore 161 7th 7th

Complete Sandown Endurance results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 1984 JPS Team BMW Jim Richards BMW 635 CSi Over 3000cc 72 DNF DNF 1985 JPS Team BMW Jim Richards BMW 635 CSi A 129 1st 1st 1986 JPS Team BMW Jim Richards BMW 635 CSi B 127 5th 5th 1987 JPS Team BMW Jim Richards BMW M3 B 118 DNF DNF 1988 Benson & Hedges Racing Tomas Mezera Ford Sierra RS500 A 123 5th 5th 1989 Benson & Hedges Racing Neville Crichton Ford Sierra RS500 A 87 DNF DNF 1992 Benson & Hedges Racing Paul Morris BMW M3 Evolution 3A 136 2nd 2nd 1994 Benson & Hedges Racing Charlie O'Brien Holden VP Commodore V8 161 4th 4th 1995 Castrol Longhurst Ford Wayne Park Ford EF Falcon 160 4th 4th 1996 Castrol Longhurst Ford Steven Ellery Ford EF Falcon 160 4th 4th 1997 Castrol Longhurst Ford Charlie O'Brien Ford EL Falcon 151 10th 10th 1998 Castrol Longhurst Ford Geoff Brabham Ford EL Falcon 7 DNF DNF 2003 Holden Racing Team Jim Richards Holden VY Commodore 140 10th 10th 2004 Castrol Perkins Racing Paul Dumbrell Holden VY Commodore 159 8th 8th 2007 Holden Racing Team Glenn Seton Holden VE Commodore 160 13th 13th

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 1992 BMW Australia Pty Ltd Alan Jones Neville Crichton BMW M5 C 251 2nd 1st 2009 TMR Australia Rod Salmon Damien White Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X C 239 1st 1st 2017 BMW Team SRM Timo Glock Mark Skaife Russell Ingall BMW M6 GT3 AP 134 DNF DNF 2018 Boat Works Racing Matthew Brabham Aaron Seton BMW M4 GT4 C 250 22nd 1st