Tony Longhurst
Australian racing driver (born 1957) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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[1] and in 2001 with Mark Skaife,[2] 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).[3]
Tony Longhurst | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | (1957-10-01) 1 October 1957 (age 66) Sydney |
ATCC / V8 Supercar | |
Years active | 1985–2007 |
Teams | JPS Team BMW Tony Longhurst Racing Longhurst Racing Stone Brothers Racing Rod Nash Racing Holden Racing Team Perkins Engineering Team Dynamik |
Starts | 191 |
Wins | 5 |
Best finish | 3rd in 1991 & 1992 |
Previous series | |
1983 1986–91 1994 | Alfasud Series AMSCAR Australian Super Touring |
Championship titles | |
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1994 2001 2009 | AMSCAR AMSCAR Bathurst 1000 AMSCAR AMSCAR AMSCAR Australian Super Touring Bathurst 1000 Bathurst 12 Hour |
He 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.