1997 ARDC AMSCAR series

The 1997 ARDC AMSCAR series was an Australian touring car series and was run for cars eligible to V8 Supercar specifications, although the series was not sanctioned by AVESCO. It began on 22 June 1997 at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 7 December at Eastern Creek Raceway after four rounds.

The series was run by the Australian Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) over the two circuits operated by the club in Sydney, Australia. It was the last such series to bear the AMSCAR name having been last run previously during the 1994 season. The series itself dated back to the 1970s, a descendant of the Sydney based Toby Lee touring cars series.

The 1997 series can be seen as the immediate fore-runner for today's Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series, acting as a second tier series for touring cars contested by privately owned and funded touring car teams, known colloquially as 'privateers'.

Contents

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 1997 AMSCAR series. The series consisted of four rounds.

Team Manufacturer Car model No Drivers
Clive Wiseman Racing Holden VP Commodore
VS Commodore		 7 Mick Donaher
Gary Cannan Holden VL Commodore SSGroupA SV 8 Gary Cannan
Simon Emerzidis Holden VR Commodore 15 Simon Emerzidis
Walden Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 21 Brian Walden
Tim Slako Holden VS Commodore 24 Tim Slako
M3 Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 26 Peter Doulman
Playscape Racing Ford EF Falcon 28 Kevin Waldock
Paul Weel Racing Ford EL Falcon 31 Paul Weel
West Coast Racing Ford EL Falcon 32 Allan McCarthy
Pro-Duct Racing Holden VS Commodore 33 Bob Pearson
Schembri Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 36 Neil Schembri
Scotty Taylor Racing Holden VP Commodore 37 Bill Attard
Scotty Taylor
Garry Willmington Performance Ford EB Falcon 41 Garry Willmington
Mal Rose Racing Holden VS Commodore 44 Mal Rose
V8Racing Holden VP Commodore 77 Richard Mork
Cadillac Productions Ford EB Falcon 79 Mike Conway
Holden VP Commodore 92 Gavin Monaghan
Don Pulver Holden VP Commodore 88 Don Pulver
Geoff Kendrick Holden VS Commodore 92 Geoff Kendrick
Shaun Walker Holden VS Commodore 99 Shaun Walker

Season review

Results and Standings

Race Calendar

The 1997 AMSCAR season consisted of 4 rounds.

Rd. Race Title Circuit City / State Date Winner Team Report
1 Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 21 - 22 Jun Allan McCarthy West Coast Racing
2 Amaroo Park Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales 19 - 20 Jul Mal Rose Mal Rose Racing
3 Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 30 - 31 Aug Mal Rose Mal Rose Racing
4 Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 21 - 22 Jun Mick Donaher Clive Wiseman Racing

Drivers Championship

Points were allocated 18-14-11-9-7-5-4-3-2-1 according to top ten race position in each race with three races being held per round.

Pos Driver Round 1 - EAS 1[1] Round 2 - AMA 1[2] Round 3 - EAS 2[3] Round 4 - EAS 3[4] Pts
Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
1 Mal Rose 4th 2nd Ret 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 167
2 Mick Donaher 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 1st 1st 1st 121
3 Allan McCarthy 1st 1st 1st 4th 2nd 2nd 91
4 Neil Schembri 6th 13th 3rd 8th 5th 5th 3rd 5th 3rd Ret 6th 2nd 81
5 Bob Pearson 2nd 9th 4th 5th 2nd 2nd 5th Ret 6th 72
6 Peter Doulman Ret 8th 8th 2nd Ret DNS 2nd 3rd 5th 52
7 Mike Conway 5th 8th 6th 4th 2nd 5th 45
8 Richard Mork Ret Ret 5th 12th 9th 8th 6th 6th 6th 6th 7th 7th 40
9 Geoff Kendrick 10th 10th 9th 4th 4th 4th 31
10 Paul Weel 3rd 4th 4th 29
11 Garry Willmington 8th 7th 6th 6th DNS DNS 8th 7th 7th 28
12 Tim Slako Ret 4th 10th 9th 3rd DNS 23
13 Bill Attard 7th 6th 7th 10th 7th 7th 22
14 Gavin Monaghan 7th 6th 4th 18
15 Kevin Waldock 5th 5th 11th 14
15 Simon Emerzidis 7th 5th 8th 14
17 Don Pulver Ret 11th Ret 11th Ret 10th 7th 8th 8th 11
18 Gary Cannan 9th 12th 12th 13th 10th 9th 10th 10th 9th 9
19 Scotty Taylor 9th 9th 10th 5
Brian Walden 11th Ret 13th
Pos Driver Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

References

  1. ^ "Australian Racing Drivers Club 22/06/1997 ARDC AMSCAR Sedan Series Round 1". National Software. 22 June 1997. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?22/06/1997.ARDC. Retrieved 2008-01-23. 
  2. ^ "Australian Racing Drivers Club 20/07/1997 1997 BOC Gases Australian Super Touring Meeting". National Software. 20 July 1997. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?20/07/1997.ARDC. Retrieved 2008-01-23. 
  3. ^ "Australian Racing Drivers Club 31/08/1997 State Open Meeting Eastern Creek". National Software. 31 August 1997. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?31/08/1997.ARDC. Retrieved 2008-01-23. 
  4. ^ "Australian Racing Drivers Club 07/12/1997 ARDC AMSCAR Sedan Series Round 4". National Software. 7 December 2007. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?07/12/1997.ARDC. Retrieved 2008-01-23. 

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