Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship

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The FIA Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship was a motorsport championship for Super Touring racing cars, it ran in 1994 for 1 season only. The only champion was Joachim Winkelhock who drove for Schnitzer Motorsport.

[edit] Schedule

The original schedule contained six rounds, but due to logistical and financial problems, only three rounds, Japan, Macau and New Zealand were run. The series was aborted after just one season.

Original schedule:

Date Country Circuit
Oct 30 Flag of Japan Fuji Speedway
Nov 20 Flag of Macau Guia Circuit
Nov 27 Flag of Indonesia Sentul International Circuit
Dec 4 Flag of New Zealand Wellington
Dec 11 Flag of Australia Calder Park Raceway
Dec 18 Flag of India Chennai

[edit] Teams and Drivers

Teams and drivers list:

Team Nationality Driver Car
Schnitzer Motorsport Flag of Germany Joachim Winkelhock BMW 318i
Schnitzer Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom Steve Soper BMW 318i
Schnitzer Motorsport Flag of Hong Kong Charles Kwan BMW 318i
Hasemi Motorsport Flag of Japan Masahiro Hasemi Nissan Primera
NISMO Flag of Japan Toshio Suzuki Nissan Sunny
TOM'S Flag of Denmark Tom Kristensen Toyota Corona
Motorola Pagers Flag of the United Kingdom Tim Harvey BMW 318i
Motorola Pagers Flag of the United Kingdom Justin Bell BMW 318i
HKS Flag of the United Kingdom Anthony Reid Opel Vectra