Motor racing competition
The1997 Australian Touring Car Championship was aCAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to 5.0 Litre Touring Cars[ 1] Group 3A [ 2] Australian Touring Car Championship ,[ 3] Calder Park Raceway and ended on 3 August atOran Park Raceway after 10 rounds.[ 4]
Promoted as the Shell Australian Touring Car Championship,[ 5] Glenn Seton driving aFord EL Falcon .[ 4]
TheFord EL Falcon in whichGlenn Seton won the 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship. The car is pictured above in 2011 – in its 1997 ATCC colours. The following teams and drivers competed in the 1997Australian Touring Car Championship .
The championship was contested over ten rounds with three races per round.[ 6]
Rd.[ 4] Circuit[ 4] Location / state Date Round winner[ 4] Car[ 4] Team 1 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne ,Victoria 13–15 Mar Wayne Gardner Holden VS Commodore Wayne Gardner Racing 2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island ,Victoria 11–13 Apr Russell Ingall Holden VS Commodore Perkins Engineering 3 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne ,Victoria 25–27 Apr Glenn Seton Ford EF Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 4 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston ,Tasmania 2–4 May Greg Murphy Holden VS Commodore Holden Racing Team 5 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla ,Victoria 16–18 May Russell Ingall Holden VS Commodore Perkins Engineering 6 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney ,New South Wales 23–25 May Glenn Seton Ford EF Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 7 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane ,Queensland 13–15 Jun John Bowe Ford EF Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 8 Barbagallo Raceway Perth ,Western Australia 4–6 Jul Peter Brock Holden VS Commodore Holden Racing Team 9 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala ,South Australia 11–13 Jul Greg Murphy Holden VS Commodore Holden Racing Team 10 Oran Park Raceway Sydney ,New South Wales 1–3 Aug Greg Murphy Holden VS Commodore Holden Racing Team
Championship points were awarded on a 30–26–24–22–20–18–16–14–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 basis to the top 15 finishers in each race.[ 7]
Championship results [ edit ] Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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)
The Privateers' Cup was open to Category 2 and Category 3 entries only.[ 8] [ 8]
Note: Only the top five positions are shown.
1997 Australian Touring Car season
^ Australian Title Conditions , 1997 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 7–9 to 7–10^ Racing , 1997 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-1^ Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-7 ^a b c d e f V8 Supercars – 1997 Review, Chevron Publishing Group, 1997 ^ Official Programme, Shell Australian Touring Car Championship, Round 9, 13 July 1997 ^a b c d e Graham Howard,1997 ATCC, Stewart Wilson & David Greenhalgh, The official history – Australian Touring Car Championship – 50 Years, 2011, page 371 ^ Motor Racing Australia, Jan/Feb 1998, page 63 ^a b Points to make , Official Programme, Shell Australian Touring Car Championship, Round 9, Mallala, 13 July 1997^a b Jason Parker,Private Faulkner – Privateers' Cup , V8 Supercars – 1997 Review, Chevron Publishing Group, 1997, pages 80 to 83
