Bathurst Drivers: Jim Richards

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Jim Richards

Jim Richards

Jim Richards


Born in Otahuhu, New Zealand, on the 2nd of September, 1947. Richards first came to notice as Peter Brock's Bathurst co-driver sharing in a hat trick of victories from 1978-80. He left in 1982 to drive for the JPS BMW team and won the Australian Touring Car Championship with BMW.

With the disabandment of the JPS team in 1987 he joined Peter Brock's BMW outfit for one year before leaving for Fred Gibson's Nissan team in 1989 and developing the awesome Group A Nissan GT-R.

After controversially crashing the Nissan in 1992 and still winning because the red flag was shown, the normally 'Gentleman Jim' greeted the jeering crowd with this speech - "I thought Australian race fans had a lot more going for them than this, this is going to remain with me for a long time. You're a pack of arseholes!"

Year
Team
Car
Co Driver
Finished
Privateer Torana L34 Rod Coppins 3rd
Privateer Torana L34 Rod Coppins 8th
Ford Falcon XB GT John Goss 31st
Ford Falcon XB GT Rod Coppins engine, lap 53
Marlboro HDT Torana A9X Peter Brock 1st
Marlboro HDT Torana A9X Peter Brock 1st
Marlboro HDT Commodore VC Peter Brock 1st
Marlboro HDT Commodore VC Peter Brock 21st
JPS BMW BMW 635 CSi David Hobbs 5th
JPS BMW BMW 635 CSi Frank Gardner fuel system, lap 6
JPS BMW BMW 635 CSi Tony Longhurst engine, lap 39
JPS BMW BMW 635 CSi Tony Longhurst 4th
JPS BMW BMW 635 CSi Tony Longhurst 6th
JPS BMW BMW M3 Tony Longhurst 4th
Mobil BMW BMW M3 David Parsons overheating, lap 68
Nissan Nissan GT-R Mark Skaife 3rd
Nissan Nissan GT-R Mark Skaife 18th
Nissan Nissan GT-R Mark Skaife 1st
Winfield Nissan Nissan GT-R Mark Skaife 1st
Winfield Holden Commodore VP Mark Skaife 2nd
Winfield Holden Commodore VP Mark Skaife accident, lap 39
Winfield Holden Commodore VR Mark Skaife tailshaft, lap 65
Valvoline Cummins Commodore VR Steven Richards accident, lap 33
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