1997 Australian Touring Car season
The 1997 Australian Touring Car season was the 38th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.
Two major touring car categories raced in Australia during 1997, V8 Supercar and Super Touring. Between them there were 26 touring car race meetings held during 1997; a ten-round series for V8 Supercars, the 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); an eight-round series for Super Touring, the 1997 Australian Super Touring Championship (ASTC); an unofficial four round series for V8 Supercars, the 1997 ARDC AMSCAR series (the final edition of AMSCAR); support programme events at the 1997 Australian Grand Prix and 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival and three stand alone long distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'.
Results and standings[]
Race calendar[]
The 1997 Australian touring car season consisted of 26 events.
Super Touring GT-P Race[]
This meeting was a support event of the 1997 Australian Grand Prix. The thin Super Touring field was bolstered by cars from the Australian GT-Production Car Championship (indicated in italics).
Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 |
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Jim Richards | 6 | Volvo Cars Australia | Volvo 850 | 1 | 1 |
Steven Richards | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Honda Accord | 2 | 2 |
Geoff Brabham | 83 | BMW Motorsport Australia | BMW 320i | DSQ | 3 |
Paul Morris | 2 | BMW Motorsport Australia | BMW 320i | DSQ | 4 |
Brad Jones | 1 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | DNF | 5 |
Alan Jones | 3 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | 3 | 6 |
79 | IBC Motorsport | Vauxhall Cavalier | 4 | 7 | |
Cameron McConville | 22 | Warwick Fabrics | Porsche 993 RSCS | 5 | 8 |
John Bowe | 10 | Ross Palmer Motorsport | Ferrari F355 Challenge | 7 | 9 |
16 | Bob Holden Motors | BMW 318i | 6 | 10 | |
28 | Porsche 993 RSCS | 8 | 11 | ||
Max Dunn | 46 | Porsche 993 RSCS | 10 | 12 | |
72 | Ross Palmer Motorsport | Ferrari F355 Challenge | DNF | 13 | |
37 | Peugeot 405 Mi16 | 9 | 14 | ||
33 | Subaru Impreza WRX | 11 | 15 | ||
66 | Volvo 850 T5-R | 13 | 16 | ||
4 | Zega Automotive Group | Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo IV | DNF | 17 | |
Murray Carter | 18 | Nissan 200SX Turbo | 14 | 18 | |
21 | Osborne Motorsport | Toyota MR2 Bathurst | 12 | 19 | |
Andrej Pavicevic | 31 | Subaru Impreza WRX | DNF | DNS | |
88 | Knight Racing | Ford Mondeo | DNS | DNS |
TAC V8 Supercar Showdown[]
This meeting was a support event of the 1997 Australian Grand Prix.
Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 |
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Russell Ingall | 8 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Larry Perkins | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Peter Brock | 05 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | 6 | 3 | 3 |
John Bowe | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon | DNS | 5 | 4 |
Greg Murphy | 15 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | 3 | 8 | 5 |
Wayne Gardner | 7 | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VS Commodore | DNS | 7 | 6 |
Dick Johnson | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 7 | 4 | 7 |
Alan Jones | 9 | Alan Jones Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 5 | 6 | 8 |
John Faulkner | 46 | John Faulkner Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 22 | 11 | 9 |
Tony Longhurst | 25 | Longhurst Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 14 | 9 | 10 |
Mark Noske | 97 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | 9 | 10 | 11 |
Steve Ellery | 52 | Longhurst Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 24 | 12 | 12 |
Glenn Seton | 30 | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 4 | DNS | 13 |
Trevor Ashby | 3 | Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | 11 | 15 | 14 |
Mark Skaife | 2 | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 13 | 15 |
Kevin Schwantz | 75 | John Sidney Racing | Ford EF Falcon | 26 | 18 | 16 |
Tomas Mezera | 47 | Daily Planet Racing | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 17 | 17 |
Steven Richards | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 12 | 14 | 18 |
27 | Holden VS Commodore | 15 | DNF | 19 | ||
74 | PACE Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 25 | 21 | 20 | |
Mark Larkham | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford EL Falcon | 10 | 20 | 21 |
Anthony Tratt | 42 | Holden VP Commodore | 17 | 16 | 22 | |
39 | Challenge Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 16 | 19 | 23 | |
14 | Holden VR Commodore | 18 | 28 | 24 | ||
20 | Palmer Promotions | Holden VS Commodore | 19 | 25 | 25 | |
62 | Holden VP Commodore | 20 | 24 | 26 | ||
99 | Holden VS Commodore | 23 | 27 | 27 | ||
79 | Cadillac Productions | Holden VP Commodore | 21 | DNF | 28 | |
John Cotter | 26 | M3 Motorsport | Holden VP Commodore | DNF | 26 | 29 |
Neil Crompton | 4 | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 8 | 23 | DNF |
38 | James Rosenberg Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 13 | 22 | DNS | |
66 | Clive Wiseman Racing | Holden VP Commodore | DNF | DNS | DNS |
Australian Touring Car Championship[]
Hog's Breath V8 Supercar Challenge[]
This meeting was a support event of the 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival.[1]
Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 |
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Russell Ingall | 8 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | 2 | 1 |
Larry Perkins | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | 5 | 2 |
Wayne Gardner | 7 | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 7 | 3 |
Neil Crompton | 4 | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 6 | 4 |
Tony Longhurst | 25 | Longhurst Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 8 | 5 |
Alan Jones | 9 | Alan Jones Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 3 | 6 |
Mark Larkham | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford EL Falcon | 10 | 7 |
John Faulkner | 46 | John Faulkner Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 9 | 8 |
Peter Brock | 05 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | 4 | 9 |
Steve Ellery | 52 | Longhurst Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 13 | 10 |
Steven Johnson | 49 | Alcair Racing | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 11 |
Tomas Mezera | 47 | Daily Planet Racing | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 12 |
John Bowe | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon | DNF | 13 |
Steve Reed | 3 | Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 14 |
74 | PACE Racing | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 15 | |
41 | Garry Willmington Performance | Ford EB Falcon | 16 | 16 | |
62 | Holden VP Commodore | 14 | 17 | ||
Greg Murphy | 15 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | 1 | DNF |
38 | James Rosenberg Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 12 | DNF | |
Danny Osborne | 22 | Colourscan Motorsport | Ford EF Falcon | 15 | DNF |
Paul Romano | 24 | Romano Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 11 | DNF |
Glenn Seton | 30 | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EL Falcon | DNF | DNS |
Dick Johnson | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon | DNF | DNS |
Steven Richards | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | DNS |
27 | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | DNS |
Australian Super Touring Championship[]
ARDC AMSCAR series[]
Tickford 500[]
AMP Bathurst 1000[]
Primus 1000 Classic[]
References[]
- ^ "Gold Coast 22 March 1997 1997 Sunbelt Indy Carnival Support Races". National Software. 22 March 1997. Retrieved 25 April 2008.
External links[]
- Australian Touring Car Championship
- Supercar seasons
- 1997 in Australian motorsport
- 1997 in V8 Supercars