The1988 Australian Touring Car season was the 29th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of theAustralian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present dayBathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.

There were 16 touring car race meetings held during 1988; a nine-round series, the1988 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); the four roundAmaroo Park based AMSCAR series (Round 3 doubled as Round 8 of the ATCC); a support programme event at the1988 Australian Grand Prix and three long-distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'.

The 1988 Australian touring car season consisted of 16 events.

This race was a support event at the1988 Australian Grand Prix meeting. This wasLarry Perkins' first win in Australia since the1984 Bathurst 1000 and also the onlyHolden win for the year.^[2] This would be the final time that the touring cars would only have a single race at the Australian Grand Prix. Starting in 1989, the tourers would have one race on the Saturday afternoon following theFormula One final qualifying session with a second race the following morning on F1 race day.

Pos.	Driver	No.	Team	Car	Grid
1	Larry Perkins	10	Holden Special Vehicles	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	4
2	Denny Hulme	11	Holden Special Vehicles	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	7
3	Colin Bond	4	Caltex CXT Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	5
4	Peter Brock	05	Mobil 1 Racing	BMW M3	10
5	Garry Rogers	33	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	15
6	Gerald Kay	24	Jagparts	Holden VK Commodore SS Group A	18
7	George Fury	30	Peter Jackson Nissan Racing	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	8
8	John Farrell	52	John Farrell	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A	27
9	John Faulkner	71	Toyota Team Australia	Toyota Corolla GT	25
10	Lawrie Nelson	28	Capri Components	Ford Mustang GT	20

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• Australian Touring Car Championship
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