1995 Australian Touring Car Championship

Motor racing competition October 2019 March 2014 1995 Australian Touring Car Championship 1994 1996 The 1995 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for 5.0 Litre Touring CarsConditions for Australian Racing Titles, 1995 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 7-9 to 7-11 complying with Group 3A regulations.Specifications of Cars, Group 3A – 5.0 Litre Touring Cars, 1995 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 7-76 to 7-83 The championship, which was the 36th Australian Touring Car Championship,Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-7 was contested over a ten rounds between February and August 1995.1995 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, pages 278 to 281 The series was won by John Bowe driving a Dick Johnson Racing Ford EF Falcon. Television coverage Channel 7's 1995 coverage was led by Mike Raymond for the final time before his retirement from full-time broadcasting and he was once again joined by Allan Moffat and Mark Oastler in the broadcast booth with Andy Raymond in pit-lane. The broadcast was again on same-day delay due to the network's coverage of the AFL across the nation. Pre-season The Ford EF Falcon and Holden VR Commodore were both homologated for competition. The changes were largely cosmetic, allowing teams to reskin their existing EB Falcons and VP Commodores. With no material gain in performance expected, many of the privateer teams elected to retain their cars in EB and VP trim. In January 1995 Dunlop, who supplied tyres to Dick Johnson Racing, Perkins Engineering and Wayne Gardner Racing as well as all of the privateer teams, had their factory in Kobe destroyed in the Great Hanshin earthquake. While production was shifted to England, teams had to ration their tyre stocks. To help the situation, Bridgestone later relaxed its policy of only supplying contracted teams, providing tyres to James Rosenberg Racing and Romano Racing at the final round. Defending champion Mark Skaife missed the opening round of the championship after sustaining injuries in a testing accident ahead of the Winfield Triple Challenge at Eastern Creek that destroyed a Gibson Motorsport VR Commodore. Teams and drivers Movements Greg Crick, having severed his relationship with Pinnacle Motorsport, purchased Larry Perkins' 1994 VP Commodore, he would only contest the first two rounds, later selling the car to M3 Motorsport Daily Planet Racing switched manufacturers, selling its VP Commodore and purchasing a Dick Johnson Racing EB Falcon Arrivals / returnees Alcair Racing entered the series with David Attard driving Paul Morris' 1994 VP Commodore, contesting all rounds James Rosenberg Racing entered the series with Mark Poole driving the 1993 Bathurst 1000 winning VP Commodore purchased from Daily Planet Racing Larkham Motor Sport entered the series with Mark Larkham debuting an EF Falcon at round 3 Longhurst Racing entered the series after the shareholders in LoGaMo Racing decided to go in separate directions. Frank Gardner and Terry Morris wanted to compete in the Australian Super Touring Championship as the factory BMW team while Tony Longhurst wanted to remain in the V8 series. As a result, Gardner and Morris bought out Longhurst's share in Logamo, with Longhurst forming a new team to race an EF Falcon. Phil Ward Racing competed in a few rounds with an ex Advantage Racing VP Commodore, Phil Ward returning to the championship having last competed in 1990 Pinnacle Motorsport signed Allan Grice for what was supposed to be his first full season since 1987, however after the team missed a couple of rounds, the arrangement had been terminated by the last round where Grice drove a third Glenn Seton Racing entry Romano Racing entered the series with Paul Romano driving Tony Longhurst's 1994 VP Commodore, contesting all rounds Departures LoGaMo Racing withdrew from the series to concentrate on the Australian Super Touring Championship, thus Paul Morris did not compete 1994 Privateer's Champion Bob Jones did not defend his crown after major sponsor Ampol withdrew The following drivers and teams competed in the 1995 Australian Touring Car Championship: TeamVehicle/sNoDriver Gibson Motorsport Holden VR Commodore 1 Australia Mark Skaife 2 New Zealand Jim Richards Lansvale Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 3 Australia Trevor AshbyAustralia Steve Reed Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VR Commodore 4 Australia Wayne Gardner 7 Australia Neil Crompton Holden Racing Team Holden VR Commodore 05 Australia Peter Brock 015 Australia Tomas Mezera Pinnacle Motorsport Holden VP CommodoreHolden VR Commodore 6 Australia Allan Grice 21 Australia Tony Scott Glenn Seton Racing Ford EF Falcon 6 Australia Allan Grice 30 Australia Glenn Seton Ford EB FalconFord EF Falcon 35 Australia Alan Jones Larkham Motor Sport Ford EF Falcon 10 Australia Mark Larkham Perkins Engineering Holden VR Commodore 11 Australia Larry Perkins Holden VP Commodore 12 Australia Greg Crick Phil Ward Racing Holden VP Commodore Holden VR Commodore 13 Australia Phil Ward Dick Johnson Racing Ford EF Falcon 17 Australia Dick Johnson 18 Australia John Bowe 19 Australia Steven Johnson Palmer Promotions Holden VR Commodore 20 Australia Ian Palmer Romano Racing Holden VP Commodore 24 Australia Paul Romano Longhurst Racing Ford EF Falcon 25 Australia Tony Longhurst Terry Finnigan Holden VP Commodore 27 Australia Terry Finnigan Playscape Racing Ford EB Falcon 28 Australia Kevin Waldock Ian Love Holden VR Commodore 31 Australia Ian Love Pro-Duct Racing Holden VP Commodore 33 Australia Bob Pearson Claude Gorgi Ford EB Falcon 34 Australia Claude Giorgi Schembri MotorsportHolden VP Commodore 36 New Zealand Neil Schembri 46 Australia Greg Young Scotty Taylor Racing Holden VP Commodore 37 Australia Bill AttardAustralia Alan Taylor James Rosenberg Racing Holden VP Commodore 38 Australia Mark Poole Challenge Motorsport Holden VP Commodore Holden VR Commodore 39 Australia Chris Smerdon Group Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 40 Australia George Ayoub Garry Willmington Performance Ford EB Falcon 41 Australia Garry Willmington Daily Planet Racing Ford EB Falcon 47 Australia John Trimbole Alcair Racing Holden VR Commodore 49 Australia David Attard Parsons Transport Holden VR Commodore 55 Australia David "Truckie" Parsons Novocastrian Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 62 Australia Wayne Russell Pace Racing Holden VP Commodore 74 Australia Kevin Heffernan Barbagallo Motorsport Holden VR Commodore 77 Australia Alf Barbagallo Bill O'Brien Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 88 Australia Bill O'Brien Allan McCarthy Holden VR Commodore 96 Australia Allan McCarthy Race calendar The championship was contested over a ten-round series. Each round featured a "Peter Jackson Dash", a short sprint race which was restricted to the top ten cars from qualifying, and two main races which were open to all competitors. Unlike previous seasons, the dash did not set the grid order for the main races. The Amaroo Park round was replaced by a round at Mount Panorama which held an ATCC round for the first time since 1972. Rd.CircuitLocation / stateDateRound winnerCarTeamReport 1 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 3 - 5 Feb Larry Perkins Holden VR Commodore Perkins Engineering Report 2 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 24 - 26 Feb John Bowe Ford EF Falcon Dick Johnson Racing Report 3 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 10 - 12 Mar John Bowe Ford EF Falcon Dick Johnson Racing Report 4 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 7 - 9 Apr Glenn Seton Ford EF Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 5 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland 21 - 23 Apr Glenn Seton Ford EF Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 6 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 19–21 May John Bowe Ford EF Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 7 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 26–28 May Mark Skaife Holden VR Commodore Gibson Motorsport 8 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia 7 - 9 Jul Glenn Seton Ford EF Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 9 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 14 - 16 Jul Glenn Seton Ford EF Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 10 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 4 - 6 Aug John Bowe Ford EF Falcon Dick Johnson Racing Points system Championship points were awarded on a 3-2-1 basis for the first three places in the Peter Jackson Dash at each round.What's the point, Official Programme, Mallala, 9 July 1995, page 73 One bonus championship point was awarded for each position gained & held by a driver during the Peter Jackson Dash at each round. Championship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis for the first ten places in each of the two main races at each round. Results Rounds were won by John Bowe (4), Glenn Seton (4), Larry Perkins (1) and Mark Skaife (1). Going into the final round Bowe, Seton and Peter Brock were in contention with Bowe prevailing. Championship standings PosGraham Howard, Stewart Wilson, David Greenhaigh, Thanks Dick, The official history - Australian Touring Car Championship - 50 Years, pages 342 to 350 DriverCar San Sym Mou Phi Lak Win Eas Mal Bar Ora Pts 1 John BoweFord EF Falcon 30 39 35 20 38 40 22 32 16 42 314 2 Glenn SetonFord EF Falcon 4 14 24 31 40 32 20 43 46 33 287 3 Peter Brock Holden VR Commodore 20 32 13 28 32 31 36 32 34 27 285 4 Larry Perkins Holden VR Commodore 37 14 28 13 24 8 10 0 30 14 178 5 Tomas Mezera Holden VR Commodore 10 30 20 3 22 21 7 18 20 12 163 6 Mark Skaife Holden VR Commodore 2 32 8 15 6 39 13 18 16 149 7 Dick JohnsonFord EF Falcon 18 4 27 10 13 8 2 26 10 18 136 8 Alan JonesFord EB Falcon Ford EF Falcon 0 10 12 24 Ret 20 33 15 7 12 133 9 Wayne Gardner Holden VR Commodore 30 14 Ret 4.5 5 7 16 0 4 3 83.5 10 Neil Crompton Holden VR Commodore 10 20 Ret 3 1 14 18 0 7 2 76 11 Tony LonghurstFord EF Falcon 8 8 6 9 10 3 2 2 11 6 65 12 Jim Richards Holden VR Commodore 17 6 DNS 0 2 4 8 10 12 Ret 59 13 Allan Grice Holden VP Commodore Holden VR Commodore Ford EF Falcon 1 2 DNS 14 17 14 Trevor Ashby Holden VP Commodore 1 6 1 0 8 15 Mark Poole Holden VP Commodore 4 0 Ret 3 7 16 Greg Crick Holden VP Commodore 6 0 6 = Paul Romano Holden VP Commodore 0 0 0 2 Ret 0 Ret 4 0 Ret 6 = David Attard Holden VP Commodore 0 4 0 0 0 0 Ret Ret 1 1 6 19 Chris Smerdon Holden VP Commodore Holden VR Commodore 2 Ret 1 3 20 Tony Scott Holden VP Commodore 2 0 2 21 John Trimbole Ford EB Falcon 0 1 Ret Ret 0 Ret 0 0 DNS 1 = Phil Ward Holden VP Commodore 1 Ret 0 1 Pos DriverCar San Sym Mou Phi Lak Win Eas Mal Bar Ora Pts Note: Race 1 at the Phillip Island round was stopped before full race distance due to multiple accidents brought about by heavy rain, and only half points were awarded.Chasing the Tasmanian tiger, Official Programme, Tooheys 1000, Mount Panorama, Bathurst, 1 October 1995, pages 26 to 32 Privateers Cup The Motorsport News / Dunlop Privateers Cup was won by David Attard.Champion effort, Australian Motor Racing Year 1995, pages 146 to 149 See also 1995 Australian Touring Car season References External links Official V8 Supercar site Category:Australian Touring Car Championship seasons Touring Cars