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)
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.
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]
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.
^ abc1993 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, 4 July 1993, pages 63 & 64
^Graham Howard, Stewart Wilson & David Grennhalgh, The official history, Australian Touring Car Championship, 50 years, page 324
^ abcdefgGraham Howard, Stewart Wilson & David Grennhalgh, The official history, Australian Touring Car Championship, 50 years, page 331
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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 Contents 1 Television coverage 2 Teams and drivers 3 Race calendar 4 Points system 5 Championship standings 5 1 Peter Jackson Dash 5 2 Australian 2 0 Litre Touring Car Championship 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksTelevision coverage editChannel 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 editThe following drivers and teams competed in the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship Team Car No Driver Winfield Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 1 nbsp Mark Skaife 2 nbsp Jim Richards Lansvale Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 3 nbsp Trevor Ashby nbsp Steve Reed GIO Racing Holden VP Commodore 4 nbsp Mark Gibbs 7 nbsp Neil Crompton Mobil 1 Racing Holden VP Commodore 05 nbsp Peter Brock Caltex CXT Racing Toyota Corolla FX GT AE90 Toyota Corolla Seca AE93 6 nbsp John Smith Toyota Corolla Seca AE93 8 nbsp Colin Bond Castrol Perkins Racing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV Holden VP Commodore 11 nbsp Larry Perkins Ampol Max 3 Racing Holden VP Commodore 12 nbsp Bob Jones Bob Holden Motors Toyota Sprinter AE86 13 nbsp Bob Holden Holden Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 15 nbsp Tomas Mezera 16 nbsp Wayne Gardner Shell Racing Ford EB Falcon 17 nbsp Dick Johnson 18 nbsp John Bowe LoGaMo Racing BMW E30 M3 Evolution 20 nbsp John Blanchard 23 nbsp Paul Morris 24 nbsp Geoff Full 25 nbsp Tony Longhurst Wayne Douglass Motorsport Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 22 nbsp Mark Potter nbsp Brett Youlden John English Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 24 nbsp John English Don Watson Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 26 nbsp Don Watson Terry Finnigan Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV Holden VP Commodore 27 nbsp Terry Finnigan Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon 30 nbsp Glenn Seton 35 nbsp Alan Jones Phil Johnson Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 31 nbsp Phil Johnson Pro Duct Racing Holden VP Commodore 33 nbsp Bob Pearson Schembri Motorsport Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 36 nbsp Neil Schembri Challenge Motorsport Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 39 nbsp Chris Smerdon Ian Love Holden VP Commodore 40 nbsp Ian Love Daily Planet Racing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 41 nbsp John Trimbole Glenn Mason Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 42 nbsp Glenn Mason Stuart McColl Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 44 nbsp Stuart McColl Laurie Donaher Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 46 nbsp Laurie Donaher Mike Twigden Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 48 nbsp Mike Twigden Pace Racing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 50 nbsp Kevin Heffernan M3 Motorsport BMW E30 M3 2 0 52 nbsp John Cotter 53 nbsp Peter Doulman Brad Stratton Toyota Corolla AE82 72 nbsp Brad Stratton Frank Binding Toyota Corolla AE82 75 nbsp Frank Binding Barbagallo Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 77 nbsp Alf Barbagallo Easton Motorsport Toyota Sprinter AE86 77 nbsp Gregg Easton Cadillac Productions Toyota Sprinter AE86 79 nbsp Mike Conway Motorsport Developments Toyota Sprinter AE86 88 nbsp Malcolm Rea nbsp Ken TalbertRace calendar editThe 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 Car Team 1 Amaroo Park Sydney New South Wales 26 28 Feb John Bowe Ford EB Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 2 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston Tasmania 12 14 Mar Alan Jones Ford EB Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 3 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island Victoria 2 4 Apr Glenn Seton Ford EB Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 4 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane Queensland 16 18 Apr Alan Jones Ford EB Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 5 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla Victoria 14 16 May Glenn Seton Ford EB Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 6 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney New South Wales 4 6 Jun Glenn Seton Ford EB Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 7 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala South Australia 2 4 Jul Glenn Seton Ford EB Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 8 Barbagallo Raceway Perth Western Australia 9 11 Jul Jim Richards Holden VP Commodore Gibson Motorsport 9 Oran Park Raceway Sydney New South Wales 6 8 Aug Jim Richards Holden VP Commodore Gibson MotorsportPoints system editChampionship 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 Championship standings editPos 9 Driver 9 Car Ama Sym Phi Lak Win Eas Mal Bar Ora Pts 9 1 Glenn Seton Ford EB Falcon 20 7 34 17 34 33 30 1 15 191 2 Alan Jones Ford EB Falcon 8 30 19 29 10 20 10 8 14 148 3 John Bowe Ford EB Falcon 23 14 20 19 7 23 16 3 15 140 4 Jim Richards Holden VP Commodore 12 10 2 0 16 1 4 29 25 99 5 Dick Johnson Ford EB Falcon 11 15 19 26 11 0 3 6 2 93 6 Mark Skaife Holden VP Commodore 21 10 0 0 4 12 28 12 Ret 87 7 Tomas Mezera Holden VP Commodore 8 22 11 Ret DNS 6 18 2 18 85 8 Peter Brock Holden VP Commodore Ret 6 5 12 15 4 8 10 22 82 9 Tony Longhurst BMW E30 M3 Evolution 4 2 8 11 22 4 2 16 0 69 10 Peter Doulman BMW E30 M3 2 0 9 9 9 4 9 0 6 4 9 59 11 John Smith Toyota Corolla FX GT AE90 Toyota Corolla Seca AE93 6 6 6 6 6 0 9 9 Ret 48 12 Larry Perkins Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV Holden VP Commodore Ret 1 2 2 3 9 7 13 1 38 13 Neil Crompton Holden VP Commodore 1 6 Ret 1 2 0 0 18 9 37 14 Wayne Gardner Holden VP Commodore 11 3 0 4 0 3 Ret 6 6 33 15 Colin Bond Toyota Corolla Seca AE93 Ret 4 4 9 Ret 9 0 6 DNS 32 16 Paul Morris BMW E30 M3 Evolution 2 1 6 6 3 12 1 Ret 0 31 17 Brad Stratton Toyota Corolla AE82 2 2 3 4 2 3 3 19 18 John Cotter BMW E30 M3 2 0 4 6 6 16 19 Mike Conway Toyota Sprinter AE86 3 3 3 4 2 15 20 Frank Binding Toyota Corolla AE82 1 Ret 3 4 8 20 Bob Holden Toyota Sprinter AE86 2 1 4 1 8 22 Trevor Ashby Holden VP Commodore 6 0 6 23 Gregg Easton Toyota Sprinter AE86 2 2 23 Ian Love Holden VP Commodore 2 2 25 John Blanchard BMW E30 M3 Evolution 0 0 1 0 Ret 0 0 Ret 1 25 Ken Talbert Toyota Sprinter AE86 0 1 1 25 Alf Barbagallo Holden VP Commodore 1 1 Pos Driver Car Ama Sym Phi Lak Win Eas Mal Bar Ora Pts Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non points finish Non classified finish NC Purple Retired 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 practice DNP Did not arrive DNA Excluded EX Peter Jackson Dash edit The Peter Jackson Dash series award was won jointly by Mark Skaife and Glenn Seton 10 Australian 2 0 Litre Touring Car Championship edit Main article 1993 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 edit1993 Australian Touring Car seasonReferences edit 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 a b c d e f 1993 Championship Results Australian Motor Racing Year 1993 94 pages 294 to 298 Official Programme Shell Australian Touring Car Championship Round 7 Mallala 4 July 1993 Australian Motor Racing Year 1993 94 page 116 a b c 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 4 July 1993 pages 63 amp 64 Graham Howard Stewart Wilson amp David Grennhalgh The official history Australian Touring Car Championship 50 years page 324 a b c d e f g Graham Howard Stewart Wilson amp David Grennhalgh The official history Australian Touring Car Championship 50 years page 331 Australian Motor Racing Year 1993 94 page 153External links editOfficial V8 Supercar site Cars Touring Car images at www autopics com au Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship amp oldid 1057623735, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
