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1993 Australian Touring Car Championship

Motor racing competition

The 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for Group 3A Touring Cars. The championship, which was the 34th Australian Touring Car Championship, 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. Promoted as the Shell Australian Touring Car Championship, 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. 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 (later to be known as V8 Supercars)
2.0 Litre Class II Touring Cars (later to be known as Super Touring Cars)
Normally aspirated, two wheel drive cars complying with the 1992 CAMS Group 3A regulations (commonly known as Group A cars)

Television coverage

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.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship.

Team	Car	No	Driver
Winfield Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	1	AUS Mark Skaife
2	NZL Jim Richards
Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	3	AUS Trevor Ashby
AUS Steve Reed
GIO Racing	Holden VP Commodore	4	AUS Mark Gibbs
7	AUS Neil Crompton
Mobil 1 Racing	Holden VP Commodore	05	AUS Peter Brock
Caltex CXT Racing	Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE90
Toyota Corolla Seca AE93	6	AUS John Smith
Toyota Corolla Seca AE93	8	AUS Colin Bond
Castrol Perkins Racing	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
Holden VP Commodore	11	AUS Larry Perkins
Ampol Max 3 Racing	Holden VP Commodore	12	AUS Bob Jones
Bob Holden Motors	Toyota Sprinter AE86	13	AUS Bob Holden
Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	15	AUS Tomas Mezera
16	AUS Wayne Gardner
Shell Racing	Ford EB Falcon	17	AUS Dick Johnson
18	AUS John Bowe
LoGaMo Racing	BMW E30 M3 Evolution	20	AUS John Blanchard
23	AUS Paul Morris
24	AUS Geoff Full
25	AUS Tony Longhurst
Wayne Douglass Motorsport	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	22	AUS Mark Potter
AUS Brett Youlden
John English	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	24	AUS John English
Don Watson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	26	AUS Don Watson
Terry Finnigan	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV
Holden VP Commodore	27	AUS Terry Finnigan
Peter Jackson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	30	AUS Glenn Seton
35	AUS Alan Jones
Phil Johnson	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	31	AUS Phil Johnson
Pro-Duct Racing	Holden VP Commodore	33	AUS Bob Pearson
Schembri Motorsport	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	36	AUS Neil Schembri
Challenge Motorsport	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	39	AUS Chris Smerdon
Ian Love	Holden VP Commodore	40	AUS Ian Love
Daily Planet Racing	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	41	AUS John Trimbole
Glenn Mason	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	42	AUS Glenn Mason
Stuart McColl	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	44	AUS Stuart McColl
Laurie Donaher	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	46	AUS Laurie Donaher
Mike Twigden	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	48	AUS Mike Twigden
Pace Racing	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	50	AUS Kevin Heffernan
M3 Motorsport	BMW E30 M3 2.0	52	AUS John Cotter
53	AUS Peter Doulman
Brad Stratton	Toyota Corolla AE82	72	AUS Brad Stratton
Frank Binding	Toyota Corolla AE82	75	AUS Frank Binding
Barbagallo Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	77	AUS Alf Barbagallo
Easton Motorsport	Toyota Sprinter AE86	77	AUS Gregg Easton
Cadillac Productions	Toyota Sprinter AE86	79	AUS Mike Conway
Motorsport Developments	Toyota Sprinter AE86	88	AUS Malcolm Rea
Australia Ken Talbert

Race calendar

The championship was contested over a nine-round series. The two Class Heats were run separately at Round 1

Rd.	Circuit	Location / state	Date	Winner	Car
Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	26–28 Feb	John Bowe	Ford EB Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing
Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	12–14 Mar	Alan Jones	Ford EB Falcon	Glenn Seton Racing
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	2–4 Apr	Glenn Seton	Ford EB Falcon	Glenn Seton Racing
Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	16–18 Apr	Alan Jones	Ford EB Falcon	Glenn Seton Racing
Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	14–16 May	Glenn Seton	Ford EB Falcon	Glenn Seton Racing
Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	4–6 Jun	Glenn Seton	Ford EB Falcon	Glenn Seton Racing
Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	2–4 Jul	Glenn Seton	Ford EB Falcon	Glenn Seton Racing
Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	9–11 Jul	Jim Richards	Holden VP Commodore	Gibson Motorsport
Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	6–8 Aug	Jim Richards	Holden VP Commodore	Gibson Motorsport

Points system

Championship points were awarded at each round on the following basis:

3 to the driver recording fastest time in Qualifying
3–2–1 to the first three finishers in the Peter Jackson Dash
9–6–4–3–2–1 to the first six finishers in each Class in the Heat
20–16–14–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 to the first ten outright finishers in the Final

Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Car	Ama	Sym	Phi	Lak	Win	Eas	Mal	Bar	Ora
Glenn Seton	Ford EB Falcon	20	7	34	17	34	33	30	1	15	191
Alan Jones	Ford EB Falcon	8	30	19	29	10	20	10	8	14	148
John Bowe	Ford EB Falcon	23	14	20	19	7	23	16	3	15	140
Jim Richards	Holden VP Commodore	12	10	2	0	16	1	4	29	25	99
Dick Johnson	Ford EB Falcon	11	15	19	26	11	0	3	6	2	93
Mark Skaife	Holden VP Commodore	21	10	0	0	4	12	28	12	Ret	87
Tomas Mezera	Holden VP Commodore	8	22	11	Ret	DNS	6	18	2	18	85
Peter Brock	Holden VP Commodore	Ret	6	5	12	15	4	8	10	2	82
Tony Longhurst	BMW E30 M3 Evolution	4	2	8	11	22	4	2	16	0	69
Peter Doulman	BMW E30 M3 2.0	9	9	9	4	9	0	6	4	9	59
John Smith	Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE90
Toyota Corolla Seca AE93	6	6	6	6	6	0	9	9	Ret	48
Larry Perkins	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
Holden VP Commodore	Ret	1	2	2	3	9	7	13	1	38
Neil Crompton	Holden VP Commodore	1	6	Ret	1	2	0	0	18	9	37
Wayne Gardner	Holden VP Commodore	11	3	0	4	0	3	Ret	6	6	33
Colin Bond	Toyota Corolla Seca AE93	Ret	4	4	9	Ret	9	0	6	DNS	32
Paul Morris	BMW E30 M3 Evolution	2	1	6	6	3	12	1	Ret	0	31
Brad Stratton	Toyota Corolla AE82	2		2	3	4	2	3		3	19
John Cotter	BMW E30 M3 2.0	4					6			6	16
Mike Conway	Toyota Sprinter AE86	3		3		3	4			2	15
Frank Binding	Toyota Corolla AE82	1			Ret		3			4	8
Bob Holden	Toyota Sprinter AE86					2	1	4		1	8
Trevor Ashby	Holden VP Commodore	6					0				6
Gregg Easton	Toyota Sprinter AE86				2						2
Ian Love	Holden VP Commodore								2		2
John Blanchard	BMW E30 M3 Evolution	0	0	1	0	Ret	0	0	Ret		1
Ken Talbert	Toyota Sprinter AE86	0				1					1
Alf Barbagallo	Holden VP Commodore								1		1

Peter Jackson Dash

The Peter Jackson Dash series award was won jointly by Mark Skaife and Glenn Seton.

Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship

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.

References

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
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
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"
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.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 331
Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94, page 153

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