2013 Touring Car Masters season

2013 Touring Car Masters season
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Jim Richards won Class A driving a 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint. The car is pictured in 2010.

The 2013 Touring Car Masters season was the seventh running of the Touring Car Masters series. It began on 9 March 2013 at Sydney Motorsport Park and finished on 24 November at Phillip Island. The series ran as a support category to the 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship. Rounds were also held at the Top Gear Festival and Muscle Car Masters events.[1]

2010 champion Jim Richards won the series over two-time defending champion John Bowe. Bowe won five of the eight rounds and eleven of the twenty-four races, compared to Richards' two race wins, but fell behind Richards after being excluded from the Sandown event for making contact with an official.[2] Andrew Miedecke finished third in the series with two round and five race wins but his championship aspirations were hurt by a points penalty for causing an accident at Bathurst. In Class B, 2007 outright series champion Steve Mason won from Greg Keene and William Vining-Falvey.

Entrants

The following drivers competed during the season:

No. Driver Vehicle
3 Australia Steve Mason Ford Mustang
4 Australia Rusty French Porsche 911RS
5 Australia Tony Edwards Holden Torana SLR 5000
6 Australia Chris Stillwell Ford Mustang
8 Australia Gary O'Brien Holden HQ Monaro GTS
9 Australia Steve Makarios Ford XY Falcon GTHO
11 Australia Gavin Bullas Ford XA Falcon GT
12 New Zealand Jim Richards Ford Falcon Sprint
13 Australia Rory O'Neill Porsche 911RS
14 Australia Phillip Showers Holden HQ Monaro
15 Australia Cameron Mason
Australia Andrew Adams		 Chevrolet Camaro SS
18 Australia John Bowe
Australia Stephen White†		 Ford Mustang Trans-Am
21 Australia Garry Treloar Chrysler Valiant Charger E55
22 Australia Nigel Benson Chevrolet Camaro
25 Australia Paul Freestone Chevrolet Camaro SS
26 Australia Michael Almond Porsche 911RS
27 Australia Adam Bressington Holden HQ Monaro
28 Australia Brad Tilley Ford XY Falcon GTHO
32 Australia Amanda Sparks Porsche 911RS
33 Australia Greg Keene Porsche 911RS
35 Australia Jason Gomersall Holden Torana SLR 5000
43 Australia Mick Wilson Chrysler Valiant Charger RT
46 Australia Leo Tobin Holden HQ Monaro
48 Australia Eddie Abelnica Ford XB Falcon
52 Papua New Guinea Keith Kassulke Ford XB Falcon
56 Australia Brett Youlden Holden HQ Monaro
57 Australia Graham Alexander Holden HT Monaro
60 Australia Cameron Tilley Ford Boss Mustang
74 Australia Wayne Mercer Ford XY Falcon GTHO
75 Australia Greg Crick Chrysler Valiant Charger E55
85 Australia Mark King Chevrolet Camaro RS
88 Australia Tony Karanfilovski Ford XY Falcon GTHO
95 Australia Andrew Miedecke Chevrolet Camaro SS
98 Australia William Vining-Falvey Ford Mustang
99 Australia Les Walmsley Holden HQ Monaro

† - John Bowe was excluded from taking part in the Sandown event after making contact with an official in the pit lane following a practice session. Stephen White replaced him for the rest of the event.[2]

Calendar

The 2013 series consisted of eight rounds:[1]

Round Event Circuit Location Date Winner
1 New South Wales Top Gear Festival Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales 9–10 March John Bowe
2 Western Australia Perth 360 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 3–5 May Andrew Miedecke
3 Northern Territory Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 14–16 June John Bowe
4 Queensland Ipswich 360 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 27–28 July John Bowe
5 New South Wales Muscle Car Masters Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales 30 August–1 September John Bowe
6 Victoria (Australia) Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 13–15 September Andrew Miedecke
7 New South Wales Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 10–13 October John Bowe
8 Victoria (Australia) Phillip Island 360 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 22–24 November Keith Kassulke

Championship standings

Points system

Points are awarded as follows to the top thirty-one finishers in each class. Half-points were awarded for the first race at Bathurst as the race was shortened due to time constraints.

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st
Points 60 56 52 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos. Driver TGF
New South Wales		 BAR
Western Australia		 HID
Northern Territory		 QLD
Queensland		 MCM
New South Wales		 SAN
Victoria (Australia)		 BAT
New South Wales		 PHI
Victoria (Australia)		 Pen. Pts.
Class A
1 New Zealand Jim Richards 2
(2)		 4
(4)		 3
(3)		 4
(4)		 6
(5)		 1
(1)		 7
(7)		 2
(2)		 3
(3)		 8
(8)		 1
(1)		 8
(8)		 3
(3)		 4
(3)		 5
(4)		 2
(2)		 2
(2)		 2
(2)		 3
(3)		 5
(5)		 2
(2)		 15
(12)		 10
(10)		 8
(8)		 0 1125
2 Australia John Bowe 1
(1)		 1
(1)		 1
(1)		 2
(2)		 4
(4)		 11
(9)		 1
(1)		 1
(1)		 1
(1)		 1
(1)		 2
(2)		 1
(1)		 1
(1)		 2
(1)		 2
(2)		 EX EX EX 2
(2)		 6
(6)		 1
(1)		 7
(7)		 3
(3)		 6
(6)		 0 1112
3 Australia Andrew Miedecke 3
(3)		 6
(6)		 2
(2)		 5
(5)		 2
(2)		 2
(2)		 8
(8)		 3
(3)		 5
(5)		 3
(3)		 3
(3)		 7
(7)		 2
(2)		 Ret 1
(1)		 1
(1)		 1
(1)		 1
(1)		 1
(1)		 Ret DNS 4
(4)		 8
(8)		 5
(5)		 100 937
4 Papua New Guinea Keith Kassulke Ret DNS DNS 3
(3)		 3
(3)		 Ret 4
(4)		 5
(5)		 6
(6)		 2
(2)		 4
(4)		 3
(3)		 7
(7)		 5
(4)		 10
(8)		 14
(10)		 7
(7)		 6
(6)		 6
(6)		 7
(7)		 4
(4)		 1
(1)		 6
(6)		 1
(1)		 0 899
5 Australia Mark King Ret 10
(10)		 14
(11)		 12
(9)		 11
(9)		 6
(6)		 5
(5)		 8
(7)		 9
(8)		 10
(10)		 5
(5)		 6
(6)		 14
(12)		 7
(6)		 Ret 7
(7)		 4
(4)		 8
(8)		 9
(9)		 24
(15)		 11
(11)		 9
(9)		 11
(11)		 16
(11)		 0 738
6 Australia Eddie Abelnica 5
(5)		 2
(2)		 6
(6)		 Ret 10
(8)		 5
(5)		 5
(5)		 6
(5)		 DNS 6
(6)		 5
(5)		 9
(9)		 8
(8)		 1
(1)		 10
(10)		 2
(2)		 4
(4)		 2
(2)		 0 702
7 Australia Greg Crick 11
(10)		 8
(8)		 4
(4)		 7
(7)		 7
(6)		 3
(3)		 2
(2)		 7
(6)		 4
(4)		 5
(5)		 Ret DNS Ret 11
(10)		 7
(7)		 Ret 14
(11)		 8
(8)		 5
(5)		 5
(5)		 7
(7)		 0 699
8 Australia Tony Karanfilovski 12
(11)		 11
(11)		 13
(10)		 Ret 20
(14)		 13
(11)		 6
(6)		 Ret 5
(5)		 13
(11)		 9
(8)		 11
(9)		 4
(4)		 6
(6)		 5
(5)		 10
(10)		 10
(10)		 9
(9)		 10
(10)		 9
(9)		 Ret 0 585
9 Australia Adam Bressington 8
(8)		 3
(3)		 7
(7)		 9
(9)		 6
(6)		 4
(4)		 Ret 11
(9)		 9
(7)		 Ret 9
(9)		 11
(10)		 7
(7)		 2
(2)		 6
(6)		 0 502.5
10 Australia Wayne Mercer 15
(13)		 18
(14)		 18
(14)		 14
(11)		 13
(10)		 10
(8)		 14
(11)		 14
(11)		 17
(13)		 19
(13)		 19
(13)		 15
(10)		 16
(11)		 14
(13)		 13
(12)		 23
(16)		 19
(14)		 16
(13)		 13
(11)		 13
(12)		 13
(9)		 0 500
11 Australia Jason Gomersall 14
(12)		 15
(12)		 16
(12)		 11
(8)		 14
(11)		 9
(7)		 13
(10)		 Ret DNS 7
(7)		 Ret 9
(9)		 9
(8)		 Ret Ret Ret 13
(12)		 Ret 11
(11)		 3
(3)		 Ret 0 401.5
12 Australia Les Walmsley 6
(6)		 Ret DNS 6
(6)		 Ret 2
(2)		 6
(6)		 3
(2)		 7
(6)		 6
(6)		 1
(1)		 DNS 0 388
13 Australia Brett Youlden 9
(9)		 7
(7)		 17
(13)		 5
(5)		 4
(4)		 3
(3)		 3
(3)		 7
(7)		 4
(4)		 0 354.5
14 Australia Brad Tilley 3
(3)		 4
(4)		 2
(2)		 12
(10)		 15
(11)		 6
(5)		 13
(12)		 8
(8)		 5
(5)		 0 351
15 Australia Gavin Bullas 7
(7)		 9
(9)		 9
(9)		 16
(12)		 9
(7)		 4
(4)		 6
(6)		 9
(8)		 11
(9)		 0 327
16 Australia Cameron Tilley 12
(9)		 13
(10)		 7
(7)		 4
(4)		 8
(7)		 4
(3)		 14
(13)		 9
(9)		 7
(7)		 0 323.5
17 Australia Paul Freestone 6
(6)		 5
(5)		 5
(5)		 10
(9)		 DNS DNS 3
(3)		 8
(8)		 4
(4)		 0 301
18 Australia Graham Alexander Ret 19
(15)		 21
(15)		 13
(10)		 Ret DNS 13
(11)		 12
(7)		 12
(10)		 20
(14)		 18
(12)		 16
(11)		 17
(14)		 17
(12)		 20
(14)		 0 280
19 Australia Michael Almond 4
(4)		 16
(13)		 8
(8)		 1
(1)		 1
(1)		 DNS DNS 10
(9)		 DNS 0 258
20 Australia Stephen White 5
(5)		 3
(3)		 3
(3)		 0 149
21 Australia Tony Edwards 8
(8)		 2
(2)		 3
(3)		 0 144
22 Australia Garry Treloar 18
(13)		 19
(13)		 12
(10)		 17
(13)		 16
(13)		 15
(10)		 0 144
23 Australia Steve Makarios DNS 21
(15)		 20
(14)		 13
(9)		 12
(11)		 12
(11)		 0 122
24 Australia Andrew Adams 9
(8)		 Ret 18
(13)		 18
(15)		 18
(13)		 15
(10)		 0 116.5
25 Australia Cameron Mason 16
(12)		 16
(12)		 16
(12)		 0 72
26 Australia Dean Neville Ret 13
(10)		 Ret 0 30
27 Australia Glenn Seton 4
(4)		 Ret DNS 0 24
Australia Bill Pye 8
(NC)		 1
(NC)		 3
(NC)		 19
(NC)		 15
(NC)		 18
(NC)		 0 0
Class B
1 Australia Steve Mason 17
(4)		 12
(1)		 10
(1)		 8
(1)		 5
(1)		 12
(3)		 11
(3)		 12
(3)		 10
(2)		 12
(2)		 7
(1)		 15
(5)		 16
(3)		 14
(3)		 12
(2)		 8
(1)		 10
(1)		 10
(1)		 20
(4)		 11
(1)		 12
(1)		 12
(2)		 12
(1)		 11
(3)		 0 1313
2 Australia Greg Keene 10
(1)		 14
(3)		 11
(2)		 10
(3)		 8
(2)		 7
(1)		 9
(1)		 11
(2)		 Ret 11
(1)		 9
(3)		 10
(1)		 11
(1)		 10
(1)		 8
(1)		 10
(2)		 16
(3)		 15
(3)		 12
(1)		 12
(2)		 DNS Ret DNS DNS 0 1050
3 Australia William Vining-Falvey Ret 20
(5)		 20
(6)		 Ret 18
(6)		 18
(5)		 18
(7)		 10
(4)		 13
(3)		 17
(4)		 17
(5)		 18
(6)		 11
(3)		 15
(2)		 14
(2)		 Ret 21
(6)		 17
(4)		 14
(3)		 15
(3)		 12
(4)		 0 864
4 Australia Gary O'Brien Ret 17
(4)		 15
(4)		 15
(4)		 15
(4)		 Ret 20
(7)		 Ret 15
(4)		 14
(3)		 Ret DNS 19
(5)		 16
(4)		 14
(4)		 Ret Ret 17
(5)		 15
(2)		 13
(3)		 13
(2)		 16
(4)		 18
(5)		 10
(2)		 0 802
5 Australia Amanda Sparks 15
(4)		 15
(4)		 14
(3)		 15
(4)		 8
(2)		 11
(2)		 15
(2)		 12
(2)		 13
(3)		 12
(4)		 18
(5)		 16
(4)		 16
(3)		 16
(4)		 14
(3)		 0 739
6 Australia Rory O'Neill 16
(3)		 21
(6)		 19
(5)		 17
(5)		 17
(5)		 19
(6)		 17
(6)		 Ret Ret 21
(6)		 21
(6)		 17
(5)		 Ret 17
(4)		 DNS 22
(6)		 23
(8)		 19
(5)		 19
(6)		 19
(6)		 Ret 0 676
7 Australia Chris Stillwell 9
(2)		 12
(3)		 8
(2)		 10
(2)		 6
(1)		 8
(1)		 Ret DNS DNS 11
(1)		 14
(2)		 9
(1)		 0 516
8 Australia Leo Tobin Ret Ret DNS 23
(8)		 22
(8)		 19
(7)		 21
(5)		 22
(7)		 Ret 18
(5)		 17
(4)		 14
(5)		 0 310.5
9 Australia Mick Wilson 19
(6)		 Ret Ret 22
(7)		 21
(7)		 Ret Ret 20
(5)		 21
(6)		 0 207
10 Australia Nigel Benson 13
(2)		 13
(2)		 12
(3)		 0 164
11 Australia Rusty French 16
(5)		 11
(5)		 14
(4)		 0 138
12 Australia Phillip Showers 15
(5)		 19
(6)		 Ret 0 87
Pos. Driver TGF
New South Wales		 BAR
Western Australia		 HID
Northern Territory		 QLD
Queensland		 MCM
New South Wales		 SAN
Victoria (Australia)		 BAT
New South Wales		 PHI
Victoria (Australia)		 Pen. Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (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)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2013 Series Calendar". Touring Car Masters. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bartholomaeus, Stefan (14 September 2013). "Bowe excluded for clash with official". SpeedCafe. Retrieved 3 October 2013.