North American Touring Car Championship

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The North American Touring Car Championship was a short-lived touring car racing series using the Supertouring formula that raced in North America in 1996 and 1997. The Dodge Stratus factory team engineered and crewed by PacWest Racing[1] and Honda Accord factory team operated by Tasman Motorsports dominated the series as they were one of the only truly professional outfits to contest the championship. A member of one of those teams won every race the series ran. The series often ran as a support series to CART road and street course races.[2]

The series struggled from the outset with most races in the 1996 season only having 11 or 12 entrants.[3] 1997 saw even fewer entrants with only 9 cars on track for most of the races.[4]

[edit] Notable drivers

[edit] References

  1. ^ About Dobson Motorsport, dobsonmotorsport.com
  2. ^ Provisional 1997 schedule released, motorsport.com, 1996
  3. ^ Laguna Seca 1st race results, motorsport.com, September 8, 1996
  4. ^ Donohue and Cunningham survive weather to capture super touring victories in Portland, motorsport.com, June 21, 1997
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