The 1998 Australian Super Touring Championship was the sixth running of a CAMS sanctioned motor racing series in Australia under the Super Touring Car regulations and the fourth to carry the Australian Super Touring Championship name. It began on 5 April 1998 at Calder Park Raceway and ended on 30 August at Oran Park Raceway after eight rounds. The series was promoted by TOCA Australia as the 1998 BOC Gases Australian Super Touring Championship. As in the British Touring Car Championship the race format changed with each meeting now consisting a shorter "sprint" race and a "feature" race, 25% longer than previous races featuring a mandatory two-tyre stop to be taken between 15 and 75% distance. The one exception was the round at Lakeside Raceway where the pit lane was deemed unsuitable.
Independents Cup points were awarded on a 15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for relative positions achieved by drivers in entries nominated as Independents at each race.
The TOCA Challenge - Independents Cup was won by Cameron McLean in his Greenfield Mowers Racing-entered BMW 320i, scoring 205 points. Second was Mark Adderton on 151 points, and third was Peter Hills on 136 points.[5]
Referencesedit
^"Volvo S40 (R7-004)". Super Touring Register. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
^"BMW 3 Series (E36) (E36 STC 96/006)". Super Touring Register. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
^"Peugeot 406". Super Touring Register. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
^"Honda Accord (HR003)". Super Touring Register. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
^ abcdefgTOCA Australia, 1998 Results, as at Round 8 Oran Park, 09/08 '98
External linksedit
1998 Australian Super Touring Championship at www.teamdan.com
January 01, 1970
1998, australian, super, touring, championship, 1998, astc, season, previous, 1997, next, 1999, sixth, running, cams, sanctioned, motor, racing, series, australia, under, super, touring, regulations, fourth, carry, australian, super, touring, championship, nam. 1998 ASTC season Previous 1997 Next 1999 The 1998 Australian Super Touring Championship was the sixth running of a CAMS sanctioned motor racing series in Australia under the Super Touring Car regulations and the fourth to carry the Australian Super Touring Championship name It began on 5 April 1998 at Calder Park Raceway and ended on 30 August at Oran Park Raceway after eight rounds The series was promoted by TOCA Australia as the 1998 BOC Gases Australian Super Touring Championship As in the British Touring Car Championship the race format changed with each meeting now consisting a shorter sprint race and a feature race 25 longer than previous races featuring a mandatory two tyre stop to be taken between 15 and 75 distance The one exception was the round at Lakeside Raceway where the pit lane was deemed unsuitable Contents 1 Team and Driver changes 2 Entry List 3 Results and standings 3 1 Race calendar 3 2 Drivers Championship 3 3 Manufacturers Championship 3 4 Teams Championship 3 5 TOCA Challenge Independents Cup 4 References 5 External linksTeam and Driver changes edit1997 championship winners Paul Morris and BMW left the series as BMW scaled back its touring car operation Volvo switched from the 850 to the new S40 1 for Jim Richards Cameron McLean drove the 1997 championship winning BMW 2 switching from the Opel Holden Vectra he raced in 1997 Tony Newman upgraded to an ex BTCC Peugeot 406 3 Mark Adderton switched from the Phoenix Motorsport Toyota Camry to a Honda Accord 4 Entry List editThe following teams and drivers competed in the 1998 Australian Super Touring Championship Team Manufacturer Car model No Driver Audi Sport Australia Audi A4 Quattro 3 nbsp Cameron McConville 4 nbsp Brad Jones 14 nbsp Trevor Sheumack TC Motorsport Peugeot 406 10 nbsp Tony Newman 405 Mi16 38 nbsp Dwayne Bewley AAP Racing Toyota Carina 11 nbsp Milton Leslight Greenfield Mowers Racing BMW 320i 12 nbsp Cameron McLean Grid Motorsport BMW 318i 13 nbsp Anthony Robson nbsp Craig Bradshaw Racing Projects Honda Accord 15 nbsp Mark Adderton Nissan Primera 22 nbsp Adam Kaplan Bob Holden Motors BMW 318i 16 nbsp Bob Holden nbsp Trevor Sheumack nbsp Justin Mathews nbsp Paul Nelson Carlos Rolfo BMW 318i 20 nbsp Carlos Rolfo nbsp Rod Wilson M F Racing Peugeot 405 Mi16 21 nbsp Mike Fitzgerald Novacastrian Motorsport BMW 320i 30 nbsp Troy Searle Volvo Dealer Racing Volvo S40 40 nbsp Jim Richards Gun Racing Alfa Romeo 155 TS 45 nbsp David Auger John Henderson Racing Opel Vectra 56 nbsp John Henderson Triple P Racing Hyundai Lantra 58 nbsp Claude Elias Knight Racing Ford Mondeo 60 nbsp Warren Luff 88 nbsp Peter Hills 89 nbsp Paul Pickett nbsp Ric Shaw nbsp Aaron McGill nbsp Kurt Kratzmann nbsp Dwayne Bewley nbsp Mark Zonneveld Graham Dodd Honda Accord 69 nbsp Graham Dodd Motorsport Developments Toyota Carina 77 nbsp Malcolm Rea Robert Tweedie Vauxhall Cavalier 79 nbsp Bob Tweedie Phoenix Motorsport Toyota Camry 95 nbsp Ron SearleResults and standings editRace calendar edit The 1998 Australian Super Touring Championship was contested over eight rounds with two races per round Rd Race Race title Circuit City state Date Winner Team NC 1 nbsp Australian Grand Prix support Albert Park Circuit Melbourne Victoria 6 7 Mar Cameron McConville Audi Sport Australia 2 nbsp Australian Grand Prix support Albert Park Circuit Melbourne Victoria 6 7 Mar Cameron McConville Audi Sport Australia 1 1 nbsp Calder Calder Park Raceway Melbourne Victoria 4 5 Apr Cameron McConville Audi Sport Australia 2 nbsp Calder Calder Park Raceway Melbourne Victoria 4 5 Apr Cameron McConville Audi Sport Australia 2 1 nbsp Oran Park Oran Park Raceway South Circuit Sydney New South Wales 26 27 Apr Brad Jones Audi Sport Australia 2 nbsp Oran Park Oran Park Raceway South Circuit Sydney New South Wales 26 27 Apr Brad Jones Audi Sport Australia 3 1 nbsp Phillip Island Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island Victoria 16 17 May Cameron McConville Audi Sport Australia 2 nbsp Phillip Island Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island Victoria 16 17 May Jim Richards Volvo Dealer Racing 4 1 nbsp Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney New South Wales 6 7 Jun Jim Richards Volvo Dealer Racing 2 nbsp Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney New South Wales 6 7 Jun Brad Jones Audi Sport Australia 5 1 nbsp Lakeside Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane Queensland 27 28 Jun Brad Jones Audi Sport Australia 2 nbsp Lakeside Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane Queensland 27 28 Jun Brad Jones Audi Sport Australia 6 1 nbsp Mallala Mallala Motorsport Park Adelaide South Australia 18 19 Jul Brad Jones Audi Sport Australia 2 nbsp Mallala Mallala Motorsport Park Adelaide South Australia 18 19 Jul Cameron McConville Audi Sport Australia 7 1 nbsp Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla Victoria 8 9 Aug Cameron McConville Audi Sport Australia 2 nbsp Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla Victoria 8 9 Aug Cameron McConville Audi Sport Australia 8 1 nbsp Oran Park Oran Park Raceway Sydney New South Wales 29 30 Aug Cameron McConville Audi Sport Australia 2 nbsp Oran Park Oran Park Raceway Sydney New South Wales 29 30 Aug Brad Jones Audi Sport Australia NC 1 nbsp AMP Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst New South Wales 4 Oct Rickard Rydell amp Jim Richards Volvo S40 Racing Drivers Championship edit Points were awarded 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 based on the top ten race positions in each race There was a bonus point allocated for pole position Pos Driver CAL 1 CAL 2 ORA 1 ORA 2 PHI 1 PHI 2 EAS 1 EAS 2 LAK 1 LAK 2 MAL 1 MAL 2 WIN 1 WIN 2 ORA 1 ORA 2 Pts 1 Brad Jones 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 10th 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd Ret 4th 2nd 1st 191 2 Cameron McConville 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 3rd Ret 2nd DSQ 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 184 3 Jim Richards 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 3rd 4th Ret 161 4 Cameron McLean 2nd 3rd Ret 6th 3rd 3rd 4th Ret 4th 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 139 5 Mark Adderton 5th 5th 7th 4th 4th 5th 5th Ret 5th 4th 7th Ret 4th 5th 6th Ret 81 6 Peter Hills 6th 7th 10th 8th 6th 7th 7th 7th Ret 5th 5th 5th 5th 6th 5th 6th 70 7 Bob Tweedie 7th 6th 9th 9th 7th 9th 10th 9th 10th 8th 6th 8th 7th 9th 8th 11th 43 8 Ron Searle DNS DNS 6th 5th DNS DNS 6th 5th 8th DSQ Ret DNS Ret DNS 7th 8th 32 9 Troy Searle 18th 11th 5th 6th Ret 3rd Ret 6th Ret DNS 10th Ret 27 10 David Auger 8th 8th 13th 13th 8th 10th Ret 10th 6th 9th 13th 9th 8th Ret 11th 9th 25 11 Justin Mathews 9th 8th 8th 4th 7th 10th 11th 12th 21 12 Adam Kaplan 12th 7th 9th 6th 8th 6th Ret 11th Ret 13th 19 13 Trevor Sheumack 5th Ret Ret 4th 14 14 Anthony Robson 9th 11th Ret DNS 11th Ret 10th 10th 6th 7th Ret 12th 13 15 Mark Zonneveld 10th 8th Ret 5th 10 16 John Henderson 4th DNS DNS DNS Ret Ret 8 17 Kurt Kratzmann 9th 7th 6 17 Paul Pickett 10th 9th 8th 12th 6 19 Dwayne Bewley Ret 10th Ret DNS 12th 7th 5 20 Rod Wilson 12th 7th 4 20 Tony Newman Ret DNS 11th Ret DNS DNS 9th 11th Ret Ret 9th Ret 4 20 Bob Holden 11th 10th 9th 10th 4 23 Aaron McGill 12th 8th 3 24 Graham Dodd Ret Ret 14th 10th 1 Carlos Rolfo 15th 17th 11th Ret Ret DNS Ric Shaw 11th Ret Paul Nelson 13th 14th Craig Bradshaw 14th 14th Claude Elias 17th 15th Milton Leslight Ret DNS 16th 16th Ret DNS DNS DNS Malcolm Rea Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS Mike Fitzgerald Ret DNS Warren Luff DNS DNS Pos Driver CAL 1 CAL 2 ORA 1 ORA 2 PHI 1 PHI 2 EAS 1 EAS 2 LAK 1 LAK 2 MAL 1 MAL 2 WIN 1 WIN 2 ORA 1 ORA 2 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 Manufacturers Championship edit Position 5 Manufacturer 5 Points 5 1 Audi 234 2 Volvo 186 Teams Championship edit Position 5 Team 5 Points 5 1 Audi Sport Australia 204 2 Knight Racing 136 TOCA Challenge Independents Cup edit Independents Cup points were awarded on a 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 basis for relative positions achieved by drivers in entries nominated as Independents at each race The TOCA Challenge Independents Cup was won by Cameron McLean in his Greenfield Mowers Racing entered BMW 320i scoring 205 points Second was Mark Adderton on 151 points and third was Peter Hills on 136 points 5 References edit Volvo S40 R7 004 Super Touring Register Retrieved 8 December 2017 BMW 3 Series E36 E36 STC 96 006 Super Touring Register Retrieved 8 December 2017 Peugeot 406 Super Touring Register Retrieved 8 December 2017 Honda Accord HR003 Super Touring Register Retrieved 8 December 2017 a b c d e f g TOCA Australia 1998 Results as at Round 8 Oran Park 09 08 98External links edit1998 Racing Results Archive 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