| Glenn Seton | |
|---|---|
| V8 Supercar Record | |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Car # | 11 |
| Current team | Kelly Racing |
| Series Championships | 2 (1993 & 1997 ) |
| Races | 209 |
| Round Wins | 17 |
| Podium finishes | 54 |
| Race Wins | 40 |
| Pole positions | |
| 2011 Championship position | |
Glenn Seton (born 5 May 1965) is an Australian racing driver.
Seton, father of Courtney and Aaron Seton and husband to Jayne Seton, retired from full time racing after the 2005 V8 Supercar season, and is only one of five drivers to have competed in over 200 rounds in the series. The other drivers are Dick Johnson (202), John Bowe (225), Mark Skaife (214) and the late Peter Brock (212). In the past he has run his own team for a number of years. He has usually raced Fords in the Australian Touring Car Championship since 1984.
Although he has never won the Bathurst 1000 like his father Bo Seton did in 1965, Glenn has started from pole position in 1994 and 1996, and finished second three times. He came close to winning the race in 1995 but his engine failed 9 laps from the finish. He won the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1993 and 1997 while driving for his own team.
He raced for his father's team, in 1983 driving a Ford Capri, then Nissan Motorsports from 1984 to 1988, driving first in a Nissan Pulsar Exa and then a Nissan Skyline. He then drove for his own Glenn Seton Racing from 1989 to 2002, before selling the team to Prodrive and was changed to Ford Performance Racing, which he spent two years driving for. After leaving the team he created he found a drive with Dick Johnson Racing in 2005. In late 2005 after a disappointing season, Seton was sacked from Dick Johnson Racing halfway through his two year contract.
Seton was not able to find a 2006 full-time drive, so he joined Stone Brothers Racing for the two V8 Supercar endurance races, including the Bathurst 1000. Brake issues hampered the #4 SBR Falcon at Sandown where it finished ninth. At Bathurst, the master and apprentice drove smart and finished a hard fought third. It Seton moved from Ford and joined his childhood friend and old Nissan Skyline team mate Mark Skaife and for the first time in Seton's career, to drive in a Holden Commodore with the Holden Racing Team as an endurance driver for 2007. He finished 13th in the Sandown 500 with Tony Longhurst and 11th in the Bathurst 1000 with Nathan Pretty. Seton again joined the Holden Racing Team in 2008, driving the #2 car with Craig Baird. The pair came 14th at the Phillip Island 500 and were running strongly at the Bathurst 1000 until a late race clash with Warren Luff put them out of the race.
Seton is currently involved in the Australian Speedway scene and has travelled to the US with former Australian Super Sedan champion, Jamie McHugh[1]
| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 13th | Ford Capri Mk.III | Barry Seton |
| 1986 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 10th | Nissan Skyline DR30 RS | Nissan Motorsport Australia |
| 1987 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 2nd | Nissan Skyline DR30 RS | Nissan Motorsport Australia |
| 1988 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 14th | Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R | Nissan Motorsport Australia |
| 1988 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 12th | Ralt RT4 Nissan | |
| 1989 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 7th | Ford Sierra RS500 | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 1990 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 7th | Ford Sierra RS500 | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 1990 | Australian Endurance Championship | 1st | Ford Sierra RS500 | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 1991 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 4th | Ford Sierra RS500 | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 1992 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 5th | Ford Sierra RS500 | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 1993 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 1st | Ford EB Falcon | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 1994 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 2nd | Ford EB Falcon | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 1995 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 2nd | Ford EF Falcon | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 1996 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 3rd | Ford EF Falcon | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 1997 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 1st | Ford EL Falcon | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 1998 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 6th | Ford EL Falcon | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 1999 | Shell Championship Series | 4th | Ford AU Falcon | Ford Tickford Racing |
| 2000 | Shell Championship Series | 5th | Ford AU Falcon | Ford Tickford Racing |
| 2001 | Shell Championship Series | 16th | Ford AU Falcon | Ford Tickford Racing |
| 2002 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 24th | Ford AU Falcon | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 2003 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 15th | Ford AU Falcon Ford BA Falcon |
Ford Performance Racing |
| 2004 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 15th | Ford BA Falcon | Ford Performance Racing |
| 2005 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 15th | Ford BA Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
| 2006 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 35th | Ford BA Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing |
| 2007 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 38th | Holden VE Commodore | Holden Racing Team |
| 2008 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 52nd | Holden VE Commodore | Holden Racing Team |
| 2010 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 61st | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing |
| 2010 | Australian Mini Challenge | 6th | Mini John Cooper Works Challenge |
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Mark Skaife |
Winner of the Australian Touring Car Championship 1993 |
Succeeded by Mark Skaife |
| Preceded by Craig Lowndes |
Winner of the Australian Touring Car Championship 1997 |
Succeeded by Craig Lowndes |
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