• After being fastest qualifier by almost half a second, and breaking
George Fury's
1984 Hardies Heroes record time of 2:13.85 in the process (by just 0.01 seconds), and with his B&H Sierra the fastest car on Conrod Straight at over ,
Tony Longhurst made a mistake in the shootout and lost over two seconds while teammate
Alan Jones, who had matched Longhurst's time in qualifying, suffered gearbox problems on his shootout lap and did not record a competitive time.*
Klaus Niedzwiedz, who was only 7th after official qualifying, improved his time by over a second to win his second Top Ten for
Allan Moffat Racing after also winning the "for money only" shootout in
1988.*
Gibson Motorsport's
4WD, twin turbo
Nissan Skyline GT-R of
Jim Richards and
Mark Skaife, which was expected to take pole, failed to make the Top Ten, being only 0.04 behind the 10th placed
Holden Racing Team Commodore of eventual race winners
Win Percy and
Allan Grice at the end of Friday's qualifying. During the final qualifying session, Richards reportedly matched Longhurst's top speed on Conrod.* 1990 was the fifth and last time that Allan Grice was the fastest of the
Holden Commodore runners in the Top Ten. Previously he had led the Holden charge in
1982 (pole),
1985 (4th),
1986 (2nd) and
1987 (7th).*
V8 Holdens were back in the runoff after missing out in
1989, with the
Larry Perkins /
Tomas Mezera car, and the Percy/Grice HRT car qualifying over 4 seconds faster than the Commodores had managed 12 months earlier with the improvement in speed put down to both
Perkins and the HRT having a full season of actual racing development throughout
1990 compared to their very limited campaign through
1989. ==Official results==