28 Facts About Allan Grice

Allan Grice had a successful second career as a politician and Member for Broadwater in the Queensland Parliament from 1992 to 2001.

Allan Grice made 26 starts between 1968 and 2002.

Allan Grice had seven podium finishes at Bathurst: two wins, four seconds, and a third.

Allan Grice holds the record for the most Bathurst 1000 drives before first victory.

In 1975, Allan Grice put up his strongest challenge for the Australian Touring Car Championship.

Allan Grice would have won the championship had he not been disqualified from rounds five, seven and eight.

In round five, at Surfers Paradise, Allan Grice won the race but was disqualified following a protest lodged by Holden Dealer Team manager Harry Firth.

Allan Grice continued the season after appealing the disqualification, but once the appeal was upheld he lost all points from the remaining rounds.

In 1978 Allan Grice broke through with a placing in the Bathurst 1000 when he came second behind Peter Brock in a Craven Mild Racing Holden LX Torana A9X SS5000.

Allan Grice was the winner of the 1978 and 1979 Australian Sports Sedan Championships driving Frank Gardner's Chevrolet Corvair.

Allan Grice finished fourth with open wheel star Alfredo Costanzo in the 1979 Hardie-Ferodo 1000, though he was some nine laps behind the winning HDT Torana of Peter Brock and Jim Richards, with the Craven Mild Torana hatchback, like the rest of the field, not posing a serious threat to Brock.

Allan Grice had little success with the car, constantly battling its handling which was not up to the power of the turbocharged engines.

Allan Grice was listed to drive with Browne at Bathurst in 1982 and Allan Grice qualified fastest in the team's Holden VH Commodore.

Allan Grice holds the distinction of winning the last ATCC race held under CAMS locally developed Group C rules when he won the final race of the 1984 ATCC at the Adelaide International Raceway in a Holden VH Commodore.

Allan Grice won the last competitive Group C race held in Australia when he drove his Roadways Holden VK Commodore to victory in a race held at the Baskerville Raceway in Tasmania in late 1984.

Allan Grice easily won the 1984 Australian GT Championship driving the ex-Bob Jane DeKon Chevrolet Monza that had been acquired by Re-Car boss Alan Browne.

In late 1984 Allan Grice was joined by fellow touring car star Johnson and driver-engineer Ron Harrop in the Monza, when they contested the Sandown 1000 as part of the 1984 World Endurance Championship.

Allan Grice, who proved the fastest of the trio despite never having raced at Le Mans or in a 956, was openly critical of the team and their preparation of the car which had a bad habit of losing wheels at high speed.

In 1987 Allan Grice became the first Australian driver to qualify for NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Allan Grice's race ended on lap 80 when he was caught up in a crash that he could not avoid due to the Oldsmobile having lost its brakes.

Allan Grice suffered a broken collar bone in the high speed crash.

In 1988, thanks to his friendship with his 1987 James Hardie 1000 co-driver Percy, Allan Grice was drafted into the Nissan Motorsport Europe team for the European Touring Car Championship, driving a Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R.

Allan Grice won the inaugural Bathurst 12 Hour held in 1991 driving a Toyota Supra Turbo with Peter Fitzgerald and Nigel Arkell.

Allan Grice was signed by Pinnacle Motorsport to complete the full 1995 season, although the relationship was severed mid-year.

Allan Grice ended his career having won ten rounds in the Australian Touring Car Championship.

Allan Grice continued to compete as an endurance co-driver, his last appearance was at the 2002 Bathurst 1000 driving a Ford AU Falcon entered by V8 Ute series team Nilsson Motorsport.

Allan Grice was competitive, winning races with a championship position high of sixth.

Since stepping away from the drivers seat Allan Grice remains a familiar sight at historic racing events as well as supporting the racing career of his son, Benjamin Allan Grice.