1998 Australian Touring Car season
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The 1998 Australian Touring Car season was the 39th 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 1998, V8 Supercar and Super Touring. Between them there were 23 touring car race meetings held during 1998; a ten-round series for V8 Supercars, the 1998 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); an eight-round series for Super Touring, the 1998 Australian Super Touring Championship (ASTC); support programme events at the 1998 Australian Grand Prix and 1998 Honda Indy 300 and three stand alone long distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'.
Results and standings[]
Race calendar[]
The 1998 Australian touring car season consisted of 23 events.
Australian Touring Car Championship[]
Super Touring GT-P Race[]
This meeting was a support event of the 1998 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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Cameron McConville | 2 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | 1 | 1 |
Jim Richards | 5 | Volvo Dealer Racing | Volvo S40 | 8 | 2 |
Brad Jones | 1 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | 2 | 3 |
Cameron McLean | 12 | Greenfield Mowers Racing | BMW 320i | 3 | 4 |
88 | Knight Racing | Ford Mondeo | 4 | 5 | |
Paul Gover | 3 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | 5 | 6 |
3 | Beninca Racing | Porsche 993 RSCS | 6 | 7 | |
99 | BMW 318i | 7 | 8 | ||
89 | Knight Racing | Ford Mondeo | 11 | 9 | |
Porsche 993 RSCS | 9 | 10 | |||
27 | House of Maserati | Maserati Ghibli Cup | 10 | 11 | |
61 | Subaru Impreza WRX | 13 | 12 | ||
25 | HSV GTS-R | 14 | 13 | ||
16 | Bob Holden Motors | BMW 318i | 12 | DNF | |
Murray Carter | 18 | Nissan 200SX Turbo | DNS | DNF | |
8 | Porsche 993 RSCS | DNF | DNS | ||
15 | Toyota Carina | DNS | DNS | ||
38 | Subaru Impreza WRX | DNS | DNS |
TAC V8 Supercar Showdown[]
This meeting was a support event of the 1998 Australian Grand Prix.
Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 |
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Russell Ingall | 8 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
John Bowe | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Larry Perkins | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Mark Skaife | 50 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Craig Lowndes | 15 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 11 | 8 | 5 |
Glenn Seton | 1 | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
John Faulkner | 46 | John Faulkner Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
Steven Richards | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 36 | 19 | 7 | 8 |
Dick Johnson | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
49 | Greg Crick Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 15 | 12 | 10 | |
Wayne Gardner | 96 | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 8 | 10 | DNF | 11 |
Tomas Mezera | 32 | Challenge Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 17 | DNF | 17 | 12 |
Anthony Tratt | 75 | John Sidney Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 19 | DNF | 18 | 13 |
Rodney Forbes | 28 | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 20 | 16 | DNF | 14 |
Darren Hossack | 7 | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 14 | 13 | DNF | 15 |
44 | Mal Rose Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 21 | 20 | 20 | 16 | |
23 | Ford EF Falcon | 25 | 23 | 23 | 17 | ||
80 | Clive Wiseman Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 23 | DNF | 21 | 18 | |
45 | Holden VS Commodore | 35 | 25 | 24 | 19 | ||
Steve Ellery | 2 | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 13 | 9 | DNF | 20 |
36 | Schembri Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 27 | 27 | 22 | 21 | |
41 | Simon Emerzidis | Holden VR Commodore | 30 | 30 | 25 | 22 | |
79 | Cadillac Productions | Ford EL Falcon | 34 | DNF | DNF | 23 | |
45 | Rod Smith Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 29 | DNF | DNS | 24 | |
14 | Imrie Motor Sport | Holden VS Commodore | 31 | 28 | DNS | 25 | |
52 | Holden VP Commodore | 32 | 29 | 26 | 26 | ||
38 | James Rosenberg Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 16 | 12 | DNF | 27 | |
Trevor Ashby | 3 | Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | 18 | 17 | 13 | 28 |
Paul Romano | 24 | Romano Racing | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | DNS | 16 | DNF |
Jason Bargwanna | 35 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 7 | 7 | DNS | DNF |
John Cotter | 26 | M3 Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 28 | DNF | DNS | DNF |
Mark Larkham | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford EL Falcon | 11 | 14 | 9 | DNF |
Paul Weel | 43 | Paul Weel Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 33 | 24 | 19 | DNF |
51 | Charles Ryman | Ford EL Falcon | DNF | 21 | 15 | DNF | |
27 | Holden VS Commodore | 15 | DNF | 14 | DNF | ||
Tony Longhurst | 25 | Longhurst Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 4 | DNF | 10 | DNS |
31 | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 22 | 18 | DNF | DNS | |
16 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | 26 | 22 | DNF | DNS | |
Danny Osborne | 22 | Colourscan Motorsport | Ford EL Falcon | 24 | 26 | DNS | DNS |
Jason Bright | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 5 | DNF | DNS | DNS |
Australian Super Touring Championship[]
Tickford 500[]
AMP Bathurst 1000[]
Hog's Breath V8 Supercar Challenge[]
This meeting was a support event of the 1998 Honda Indy 300.[1]
Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 |
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Mark Larkham | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford EL Falcon | 1 | 1 |
Mark Skaife | 50 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | 3 | 2 |
Jason Bargwanna | 35 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 5 | 3 |
Tony Longhurst | 25 | Longhurst Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 4 | 4 |
Larry Perkins | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | 6 | 5 |
Steven Johnson | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 9 | 6 |
John Faulkner | 46 | John Faulkner Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 7 | 7 |
Russell Ingall | 8 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 8 |
Alan Jones | 9 | Longhurst Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 8 | 9 |
Neil Crompton | 5 | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EL Falcon | DNF | 10 |
Wayne Gardner | 96 | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 14 | 11 |
Garth Tander | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 12 |
Tomas Mezera | 32 | Tomas Mezera Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | 13 | 13 |
70 | John Briggs Motorsport | Ford EL Falcon | 11 | 14 | |
74 | PACE Racing | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 15 | |
Jason Bright | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 2 | 16 |
49 | Greg Crick Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 12 | 17 | |
54 | Simon Emerzidis | Ford EL Falcon | DNF | 18 | |
Paul Romano | 24 | Romano Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 10 | DNF |
Steve Reed | 3 | Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | DNF |
Craig Lowndes | 1 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | DNS |
FAI 1000 Classic[]
References[]
- ^ "Gold Coast 18 October 1998 1998 Honda Indy Support Categories [sic]". National Software. 18 October 1998. Archived from the original on 22 March 2008.
Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.
External links[]
- Australian Touring Car Championship
- Supercar seasons
- 1998 in Australian motorsport
- 1998 in V8 Supercars