1993 Australian Touring Car Championship
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The 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title [1] for Group 3A Touring Cars. The championship, which was the 34th Australian Touring Car Championship,[2] was contested over a nine round series which began on 28 February 1993 at Amaroo Park and ended on 8 August at Oran Park Raceway.[3] Promoted as the Shell Australian Touring Car Championship,[4] it was won by Glenn Seton, driving a Ford EB Falcon, with teammate Alan Jones completing a one-two championship result for Glenn Seton Racing.[5] It was Seton's first championship victory and the first major victory for the team he had started in 1989.
1993 marked the first year in which the championship was contested by the new Australian Group 3A Touring Car category which incorporated:
- 5.0 Litre Touring Cars [6] (later to be known as V8 Supercars)
- 2.0 Litre Class II Touring Cars [6] (later to be known as Super Touring Cars)
- Normally aspirated, two wheel drive cars complying with the 1992 CAMS Group 3A regulations [6] (commonly known as Group A cars)
Television coverage
Channel Seven broadcast the championship with the commentary team including Mike Raymond, Gary Wilkinson, Mark Oastler, Doug Mulray and Andy Raymond. Regular commentator Neil Crompton was absent as he was contesting the full series as a competitor for the first time.
Teams and drivers
The following drivers and teams competed in the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship.
| Team | Car | No | Driver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson Motorsport | Holden VP Commodore | 1 |  Mark Skaife |
| 2 |  Jim Richards | ||
| Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VP Commodore | 3 | Trevor Ashby Steve Reed |
| Bob Forbes Racing | Holden VP Commodore | 4 | Mark Gibbs |
| 7 | Neil Crompton | ||
| Advantage Racing | Holden VP Commodore | 05 | Peter Brock |
| Caltex CXT Racing | Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE90 Toyota Corolla Seca AE93 |
6 | John Smith |
| Toyota Corolla Seca AE93 | 8 | Colin Bond | |
| Perkins Engineering | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV Holden VP Commodore |
11 | Larry Perkins |
| Bob Jones Racing | Holden VP Commodore | 12 | Bob Jones |
| Bob Holden Motors | Toyota Sprinter AE86 | 13 | Bob Holden |
| Holden Racing Team | Holden VP Commodore | 15 | Tomas Mezera |
| 16 | Wayne Gardner | ||
| Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EB Falcon | 17 | Dick Johnson |
| 18 | John Bowe | ||
| Logamo Racing | BMW E30 M3 Evolution | 20 | John Blanchard |
| 23 | Paul Morris | ||
| 24 | Geoff Full | ||
| 25 | Tony Longhurst | ||
| Wayne Douglass Motorsport | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 22 | Mark Potter Brett Youlden |
| John English | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 24 | John English |
| Laurie Donaher | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 26 | Laurie Donaher |
| Terry Finnigan | Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV Holden VP Commodore |
27 | Terry Finnigan |
| Don Watson | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 26 | Don Watson |
| Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EB Falcon | 30 | Glenn Seton |
| 35 | Alan Jones | ||
| Mike Twigden | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 32 | Mike Twigden |
| Pro-Duct Racing | Holden VP Commodore | 33 | Bob Pearson |
| Schembri Motorsport | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 36 | Neil Schembri |
| Challenge Motorsport | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 39 | Chris Smerdon |
| Ian Love | Holden VP Commodore | 40 | Ian Love |
| Glenn Mason | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 42 | Glenn Mason |
| Stuart McColl | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 44 | Stuart McColl |
| Daily Planet Racing | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 47 | John Trimbole |
| Pace Racing | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 50 | Kevin Heffernan |
| M3 Motorsport | BMW E30 M3 2.0 | 52 | John Cotter |
| 53 | Peter Doulman | ||
| Brad Stratton | Toyota Corolla AE82 | 72 | Brad Stratton |
| Frank Binding | Toyota Corolla AE82 | 75 | Frank Binding |
| Barbagallo Motorsport | Holden VP Commodore | 77 | Alf Barbagallo |
| Easton Motorsport | Toyota Sprinter AE86 | 77 | Gregg Easton |
| Cadillac Productions | Toyota Sprinter AE86 | 79 | Mike Conway |
| Motorsport Developments | Toyota Sprinter AE86 | 88 | Malcolm Rea Ken Talbert |
| Phil Johnson | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 97 | Phil Johnson |
Race calendar
The championship was contested over a nine round series.[3] Each round consisted of a "Peter Jackson Dash" for the top six cars from Qualifying, a Heat for the 2.0 Litre Class, a Heat for the 5.0 Litre Class and a combined Final.[7] The two Class Heats were run separately at Round 1 [3] but were combined from Round 2 onwards.[8]
| Rd.[3] | Circuit [3] | Location / State | Date [3] | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amaroo Park | Sydney, New South Wales | 26 - 28 Feb | John Bowe | Dick Johnson Racing |
| 2 | Symmons Plains Raceway | Launceston, Tasmania | 12 - 14 Mar | Alan Jones | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 3 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 2 - 4 Apr | Glenn Seton | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 4 | Lakeside International Raceway | Brisbane, Queensland | 16 - 18 Apr | Alan Jones | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 5 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | 14–16 May | Glenn Seton | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 6 | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | 4 - 6 Jun | Glenn Seton | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 7 | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Mallala, South Australia | 2 - 4 Jul | Glenn Seton | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 8 | Barbagallo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | 9 - 11 Jul | Jim Richards | Gibson Motorsport |
| 9 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | 6 - 8 Aug | Jim Richards | Gibson Motorsport |
Points system
Championship points were awarded at each round on the following basis:
- 3 to the driver recording fastest time in Qualifying [9]
- 3-2-1 to the first three finishers in the Peter Jackson Dash [9]
- 9-6-4-3-2-1 to the first six finishers in each Class in the Heat [9]
- 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 to the first ten outright finishers in the Final [9]
Results
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Peter Jackson Dash
The Peter Jackson Dash series award was won jointly by Mark Skaife and Glenn Seton.[10]
Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship
The 1993 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship, which was contested concurrently with the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship, was won by Peter Doulman driving a BMW M3.
See also
References
- ↑ Australian Title Conditions, 1993 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 162 to 163
- ↑ Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-7
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 1993 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94, pages 294 to 298
- ↑ Official Programme, Shell Australian Touring Car Championship, Round 7, Mallala, July 4, 1993
- ↑ Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94, page 116
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 1993 technical regulations for Australian Touring Cars are defined in the 1993 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport on pages 206 to 214 under the heading “Group 3A – Touring Cars”
- ↑ Scoring Points, Official Programme, Shell Australian Touring Car Championship, Round 7, Mallala, July 4, 1993, pages 63 & 64
- ↑ Graham Howard, Stewart Wilson & David Grennhalgh, The official history, Australian Touring Car Championship, 50 years, page 324
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Graham Howard, Stewart Wilson & David Grennhalgh, The official history, Australian Touring Car Championship, 50 years, page 331
- ↑ Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94, page 153
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