| 1996 Australian Touring Car season | |
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The 1996 Australian Touring Car season was the 37th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.
Two major touring car categories raced in Australia during 1996, V8 Supercar and Super Touring. Between them there were 26 touring car race meetings held during 1996; a ten round series for V8 Supercars, the 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); an eight round series for Super Touring, the 1996 Australian Super Touring Championship (ASTC); a two event series in New Zealand, support programme events at the 1996 Australian Grand Prix and 1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia and two stand alone long distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'.
The 1996 Australian touring car season consisted of 26 events.
This meeting was a support event of the 1996 Australian Grand Prix.
| Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Brabham | 83 | BMW Motorsport Australia | BMW 320i | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Morris | 1 | BMW Motorsport Australia | BMW 320i | 2 | 2 |
| Jim Richards | 77 | Ross Palmer Motorsport | Ford Mondeo | 5 | 3 |
| Brad Jones | 3 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | 4 | 4 |
| Greg Murphy | 4 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | 3 | 5 |
| Peter Brock | 05 | Volvo Cars Australia | Volvo 850 | 6 | 6 |
| Steven Richards | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Alfa Romeo 155 | 8 | 7 |
| Mark Adderton | 96 | Phoenix Motorsport | Peugeot 405 Mi16 | 9 | 8 |
| Paul Nelson | 15 | Bob Holden Motors | BMW M3 | DNF | 9 |
| Justin Mathews | 16 | Bob Holden Motors | BMW 318i | 11 | 10 |
| Cameron McLean | 12 | Greenfield Mowers Racing | BMW 318i | DNF | 11 |
| Peter Hills | 88 | Knight Racing | Ford Sierra | 13 | 12 |
| John Mann | 31 | Craig Lawless | Peugeot 405 Mi16 | 14 | 13 |
| Geoff Full | 95 | Phoenix Motorsport | Peugeot 405 Mi16 | 7 | DNF |
| Bob Holden | 13 | Bob Holden Motors | BMW M3 | 12 | DNF |
| Les May | 20 | Les May Racing | BMW M3 | 10 | DNF |
This meeting was a support event of the 1996 Australian Grand Prix.
This meeting was a support event of the 1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia.
| Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Murphy | 4 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | 2 | 1 |
| Jim Richards | 77 | Ross Palmer Motorsport | Ford Mondeo | 5 | 2 |
| Charlie O'Brien | 10 | BMW International | BMW 318i | 1 | 3 |
| Peter Brock | 05 | Volvo Cars Australia | Volvo 850 | 4 | 4 |
| Cameron McLean | 12 | Greenfield Mowers Racing | BMW 318i | 5 | |
| Kevin Schwantz | 97 | Phoenix Motorsport | Peugeot 405 Mi16 | 3 | 6 |
| Geoff Full | 95 | Phoenix Motorsport | Peugeot 405 Mi16 | 7 | 7 |
| Stephen Voight | 18 | BMW M3 | 8 | ||
| Justin Mathews | 16 | Bob Holden Motors | BMW 318i | 9 | 9 |
| Paul Pickett | 58 | Triple P Racing | Hyundai Lantra | 10 | |
| Miles Pope | 36 | BMW International | BMW 318i | 11 | |
| Kurt Kratzmann | 33 | Ford Sierra | 12 | ||
| Bob Holden | 13 | Bob Holden Motors | BMW M3 | 13 | |
| Paul Nelson | 15 | Bob Holden Motors | BMW M3 | 14 | |
| Steven Richards | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Alfa Romeo 155 | 8 | 15 |
| Geoff Brabham | 83 | BMW Motorsport Australia | BMW 318i | DNF | DNF |
| Paul Morris | 1 | BMW Motorsport Australia | BMW 318i | 6 | DNF |
| Brad Jones | 3 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | DNF | DNS |
This meeting was a support event of the 1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia.
This meeting was a support event of the 1996 AMP Bathurst 1000.
| Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Richards | 05 | Volvo Cars Australia | Volvo 850 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Brad Jones | 3 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Paul Morris | 1 | BMW Motorsport Australia | BMW 318i | 4 | DNS | 3 |
| Craig Baird | 10 | BMW Motorsport Australia | BMW 318i | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Geoff Brabham | 83 | BMW Motorsport Australia | BMW 318i | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Tamara Vidali | 4 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Geoff Full | 95 | Phoenix Motorsport | Peugeot 405 Mi16 | DNF | DNF | 7 |
| Justin Mathews | 16 | Bob Holden Motors | BMW 318i | 10 | DNS | 8 |
| Bob Tweedie | 36 | BMW International | BMW 318i | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| Kurt Kratzmann | 33 | Ford Sierra | 11 | 8 | 10 | |
| Bob Holden | 13 | Bob Holden Motors | BMW M3 | DNS | DNS | 11 |
| Stephen Voight | 28 | BMW M3 | 8 | 5 | 12 | |
| Paul Nelson | 16 | Bob Holden Motors | BMW 318i | DNS | 7 | DNS |
| Mark Adderton | 96 | Phoenix Motorsport | Peugeot 405 Mi16 | 6 | 10 | DNS |
| Dennis Rogers | 13 | Bob Holden Motors | BMW M3 | 12 | DNS | DNS |
| Ross Jones | 58 | Triple P Racing | BMW 318iS | DNS | DNS | DNS |
This was a two event invitational series held in New Zealand late in 1996. Seven teams (two of them with just a single car) were freighted to New Zealand and held three races at each of two events held at Pukekohe Park Raceway and a Wellington street circuit. Points were allocated 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for each of the six races.
| Driver | No. | Team | Car | Pukekohe | Wellington | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | |||||
| Greg Murphy | 1 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VR Commodore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 102 |
| John Bowe | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EF Falcon | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 88 |
| Glenn Seton | 30 | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EF Falcon | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 64 |
| Paul Radisich | 6 | Alan Jones Racing | Ford EF Falcon | 4 | DNS | DNF | 4 | 4 | 2 | 52 |
| Dick Johnson | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EF Falcon | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 41 |
| Neil Crompton | 4 | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VR Commodore | DNF | DNS | DNS | 3 | 2 | 5 | 40 |
| Larry Perkins | 11 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Holden VP Commodore | Ret | 8 | 5 | 2 | Ret | 7 | 36 |
| Russell Ingall | 8 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Holden VR Commodore | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 32 |
| Tony Longhurst | 25 | Tony Longhurst Racing | Ford EF Falcon | 9 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 30 |
| Peter Brock | 05 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VR Commodore | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 27 |
| Alan Jones | 9 | Alan Jones Racing | Ford EF Falcon | 5 | 3 | Ret | 9 | DNS | DNS | 26 |
| Wayne Gardner | 7 | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VR Commodore | DNF | DNS | DNS | 11 | 8 | 6 | 12 |
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