1998 Australian Touring Car Championship

Motor racing competition June 2015 June 2020 1998 Australian Touring Car Championship 1997 1999 The 1998 Australian Touring Car Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to 5.0 Litre Touring Cars,Specific Conditions, 1998 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-10 (also known as V8 Supercars).Racing - Table of Contents, 1998 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-1 The championship, which was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian title,1998 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 7-9 & 7-10 was contested over a ten-round series which began on 1 February 1998 at Sandown International Motor Raceway and ended on 2 August at Oran Park International Raceway. The series was promoted as the "Shell Australian Touring Car Championship".The Rounds, V8 Supercars, Shell Australian Touring Car Championship, '98 Series Review, pages 18 to 79 The title, which was the 39th Australian Touring Car Championship, was won by Craig Lowndes.Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-7 Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers competed in the championship. Entries listed as "L1" competed for the overall championship, whereas those denoted "L2" also competed for the Privateers' Teams Cup. All privateers were required to use a 'control' Yokohama tyre. TeamOfficial Programme, Mallala, 24th May 1998 Car Class Tyre No Drivers Events Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon EL L1 Bridgestone 1 Australia Glenn Seton All L1 28 Australia Rodney Forbes 3 111 Australia Neil Crompton 6, 8, 10 Holden Young Lions Holden Commodore (VS) L1 Yokohama 2 Australia Steve Ellery All Gibson Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) L1 Yokohama 7 Australia Darren Hossack 1–7 32 Australia Tomas Mezera 8–10 L1 31 Australia Darren Pate All Lansvale Smash Repairs Holden Commodore (VS) L2 Yokohama 3 Australia Trevor Ashby 1, 3, 7–8, 10 6 Australia Steve Reed 2, 4–6, 9 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon EL L1 Bridgestone 4 Australia Jason Bright All Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VS)Holden Commodore VT L1 Dunlop 8 Australia Russell Ingall All L1 11 Australia Larry Perkins All Holden Commodore (VS) L2 Yokohama 16 Australia Melinda Price 1, 4–5 19 Australia Kerryn Brewer 2–3 Longhurst Racing Ford Falcon EL L1 Yokohama 9 Australia Alan Jones 3–10 L1 25 Australia Tony Longhurst All Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon EL L1 Bridgestone 10 Australia Mark Larkham All Cadillac Productions Ford Falcon EL L2 Yokohama 13 Australia Ryan McLeod 2–4, 6 79 Australia Mike Conway 1, 5, 10 Imrie Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) L2\ Yokohama 14 Australia Mike Imrie 4–5, 8–10 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VS)Holden Commodore VT L1 Bridgestone 15 Australia Craig Lowndes All Holden Commodore (VS) L1 50 Australia Mark Skaife All Holden Commodore VT L1 98 New Zealand Greg Murphy 8 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon EL L1 Dunlop 17 Australia Dick Johnson All L1 18 Australia John Bowe All L1 95 Australia Steven Johnson 4–8, 10 Colourscan Motorsport Ford Falcon EL L2 Yokohama 22 Australia Danny Osborne 1, 3–7, 9–10 47 Australia Brett Peters 9 Ray Hislop Ford Falcon EF L2 Yokohama 23 Australia Ray Hislop 1–2, 8 Romano Racing Holden Commodore (VS) L1 Bridgestone 24 Australia Paul Romano All M3 Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) L2 Yokohama 26 Australia John Cotter 10 29 Australia Peter Doulman 2, 5 Terry Finnigan Holden Commodore (VS) L1 Dunlop 27 Australia Terry Finnigan 1–3, 5–7, 9–10 Challenge Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) L2 Yokohama 32 Australia Tomas Mezera 3–4 39 Australia Chris Smerdon 1, 5–6, 8–10 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) L1 Bridgestone 34 New Zealand Steven Richards 1–3 134 Australia Garth Tander 4–10 L1 35 Australia Jason Bargwanna All Schembri Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) L2 Yokohama 36 Australia Neil Schembri 10 71 Australia Gary Quartly 5, 8 James Rosenberg Racing Holden Commodore (VS) L1 Bridgestone 38 Australia Mark Poole 1, 4, 6, 8–10 Simon Emerzidis Holden Commodore VR L2 Yokohama 41 Australia Garry Willmington 1 Holden Commodore (VS) 54 Australia Simon Emerzidis 4–5, 8, 10 Paul Weel Racing Ford Falcon EL L2 Yokohama 43 Australia Paul Weel 1–6, 9–10 Mal Rose Racing Holden Commodore (VS) L2 Yokohama 44 Australia Mal Rose 1–2, 4–9 Novocastrian Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) L2 Yokohama 45 Australia Wayne Russell 4, 6 John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VS) L1 Bridgestone 46 New Zealand John Faulkner All Rod Smith Racing Holden Commodore (VS) L2 Yokohama 48 Australia D'Arcy Russell 2, 4–9 Greg Crick Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) L2 Yokohama 49 Australia Greg Crick 1–3, 5, 7, 9–10 149 Australia Dean Crosswell 6, 8 Charles Ryman Ford Falcon EL L2 Yokohama 51 Australia Charles Ryman 3, 5–6, 9 Barry Morcom Holden Commodore VP L2 Yokohama 52 Australia Barry Morcom 5–6 Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VS) L2 Yokohama 55 Australia Rod Nash 3–10 Briggs Motor Sport Ford Falcon EL L2 Yokohama 70 Australia John Briggs 1, 3, 6–7, 9–10 Robert Smith Racing Holden Commodore (VS) L2 Yokohama 72 Australia Robert Smith 8–10 PACE Racing Holden Commodore (VS) L2 Yokohama 74 Australia Kevin Heffernan 3–5, 9 Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon EL L2 Yokohama 75 Australia Anthony Tratt 4–6, 8, 10 V8 Racing Holden Commodore VP L2 Yokohama 77 Australia Richard Mork 1, 3, 5, 10 Clive Wiseman Racing Holden Commodore (VS) L2 Yokohama 80 Australia Mick Donaher 1, 3, 5, 8, 10 Don Pulver Holden Commodore VP L2 Yokohama 88 Australia Don Pulver 1 Geoff Kendrick Holden Commodore (VS) L2 Yokohama 92 Australia Geoff Kendrick 7, 9 Race calendar The championship was contested over a ten-round series with three races per round. Rd.Race titleCircuitLocation / stateDateWinnerCarTeamReport 1 Australia Sandown Sandown International Motor Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 30 Jan – 1 Feb Craig Lowndes Holden VS Commodore Holden Racing Team 2 Australia Launceston Symmons Plains International Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 6–8 Feb Craig Lowndes Holden VS Commodore Holden Racing Team 3 Australia Lakeside Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland 27–29 Mar Russell Ingall Holden VS Commodore Perkins Engineering 4 Australia Phillip Island Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 17–19 Apr Craig Lowndes Holden VS Commodore Holden Racing Team 5 Australia Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 1–3 May John Bowe Ford EL Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 6 Australia Mallala Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia 22–24 May Russell Ingall Holden VS Commodore Perkins Engineering 7 Australia Barbagallo Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 29–31 May Craig Lowndes Holden VS Commodore Holden Racing Team 8 Australia Calder Calder Park Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 19–21 Jun Craig Lowndes Holden VS Commodore Holden Racing Team 9 Australia Hidden Valley Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 17–19 Jul Russell Ingall Holden VT Commodore Perkins Engineering 10 Australia Oran Park Oran Park International Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 31 Jul – 2 Aug Craig Lowndes Holden VT Commodore Holden Racing Team Australia 400 left Event locations Australia -38.30 145.14 Phillip Island bottom Australia -31.39 115.47 Perth right Australia -34.24 138.30 Mallala left Australia -12.36 130.74 Darwin left Australia -41.39 147.15 Launceston bottom Australia -27.13 152.57 Lakeside left Australia -36.31 146.05 Winton left Australia -34.20 150.44 Oran Park bottom Australia -37.57 145.00 Calder Park left Australia -37.87 145.30 Sandown right Championship standings Points system Points were awarded to the first twenty classified finishers in each race as follows: Race Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th  Points 40 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 Standings Pos. Position Driver SAN SYM LAK PHI WIN MAL PER CAL DAR OPK Points R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 AUS Craig Lowndes 2 1 1 3 1 1 6 4 4 2 1 2 4 3 Ret 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 C 1 DNS 6 1 1 1 992 2 AUS Russell Ingall 14 4 2 4 3 7 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 11 4 C 12 1 1 6 9 7 942 3 AUS Mark Skaife 7 6 8 2 2 2 19 9 7 1 2 21 6 5 2 EXC EXC 8 2 2 3 2 5 C 2 DNS 9 2 2 2 768 4 AUS Larry Perkins 5 5 5 8 6 6 4 3 3 7 9 4 3 4 17 4 14 11 5 4 4 10 11 C 16 6 4 Ret 13 8 722 5 AUS John Bowe 1 2 4 Ret 7 11 1 Ret 8 6 5 3 2 1 1 1 11 9 16 Ret 12 7 7 C 7 DSQ 7 16 10 9 684 6 AUS Glenn Seton 3 3 3 1 Ret 5 16 Ret 18 4 4 8 11 14 9 7 4 3 6 7 19 5 6 C 9 5 3 5 5 Ret 676 7 AUS Jason Bargwanna 6 Ret DNS 5 4 3 10 23 13 8 8 11 7 Ret 11 20 9 6 27 Ret 6 4 1 C 8 2 2 10 3 3 603 8 AUS Tony Longhurst 8 Ret 10 11 22 15 5 5 5 9 7 5 5 6 4 11 8 14 Ret DNS 10 15 26 C 4 3 14 4 4 5 586 9 AUS Jason Bright 10 Ret Ret 7 5 4 7 6 12 5 6 7 8 9 7 9 5 5 8 6 Ret 3 3 C DSQ Ret Ret 3 Ret 13 584 10 AUS Dick Johnson 15 9 6 6 10 9 2 2 2 Ret 14 13 10 7 5 5 2 Ret 4 5 13 17 Ret C 15 7 12 24 18 17 550 11 AUS Mark Larkham 16 7 7 Ret 11 13 Ret 14 11 12 11 16 15 15 Ret 15 10 13 12 11 8 12 8 C 3 12 5 9 7 10 474 12 AUS Paul Romano 9 Ret DNS 9 8 Ret 18 12 9 14 12 15 18 8 6 12 Ret 16 7 15 EXC 21 10 C 5 4 Ret 12 8 4 418 13 NZL John Faulkner 11 Ret DNS 22 Ret 10 8 Ret Ret 10 10 10 12 10 Ret 8 6 7 11 10 5 Ret Ret C 6 Ret DNS 11 15 12 376 14 AUS Garth Tander 20 15 12 19 13 16 14 22 12 9 8 9 6 9 C 21 DSQ 8 8 6 6 301 15 AUS Steve Ellery 12 Ret 11 18 Ret 17 12 10 Ret 29 16 30 14 12 8 13 18 24 14 14 14 14 Ret C 11 Ret DNS 14 11 14 266 16 AUS Alan Jones 9 7 20 13 13 6 13 Ret 13 10 15 Ret 13 12 24 16 16 C 10 Ret 10 23 14 Ret 261 17 AUS Steven Johnson 11 28 9 9 Ret 10 6 7 4 10 9 7 Ret DNS C 13 Ret 15 260 18 NZL Steven Richards 4 11 9 17 9 8 14 8 6 188 19 AUS Terry Finnigan 23 14 12 Ret 13 20 11 11 10 16 Ret Ret Ret 19 17 15 13 15 DNS DNS DNS Ret 16 19 159 20 AUS Darren Hossack Ret 12 Ret 14 15 16 13 16 Ret 19 19 14 21 11 12 17 29 19 18 16 11 156 21 AUS Tomas Mezera 15 13 Ret 16 17 17 Ret 15 C 14 9 11 15 12 16 140 22 AUS Darren Pate 18 Ret DNS 19 19 19 22 18 14 17 29 Ret 17 Ret 14 16 16 18 17 20 16 18 13 C 17 10 Ret Ret 17 18 139 23 AUS Mark Poole 13 8 Ret 15 Ret 25 Ret 13 15 13 Ret C 13 8 Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ 124 24 AUS Neil Crompton Ret 12 10 8 14 C 7 Ret 11 116 25 AUS Greg Crick 17 Ret DNS 10 12 12 Ret DNS DNS 26 19 21 23 17 21 19 11 13 Ret DNS DNS 100 26 AUS Trevor Ashby 19 10 15 17 15 15 19 18 18 20 21 C 17 19 20 78 27 AUS Steve Reed 12 20 14 23 18 26 25 18 18 Ret Ret DNS 18 15 16 63 = AUS Chris Smerdon 22 13 13 24 16 22 18 23 Ret 19 18 C 22 16 18 18 20 21 63 29 AUS John Briggs 25 15 14 Ret 19 Ret 19 21 25 25 19 17 28 13 15 DNS DNS DNS 58 30 NZL Greg Murphy 9 12 C 38 31 AUS Paul Weel 20 Ret Ret 20 Ret 22 23 20 16 28 20 18 27 Ret 15 24 28 Ret Ret DNS 17 Ret 22 26 32 32 AUS Peter Doulman 15 14 18 28 23 23 26 = AUS Mal Rose 24 16 16 23 18 21 22 21 23 23 20 19 21 24 DNS 20 21 23 22 19 C Ret DNS DNS 26 34 AUS Anthony Tratt 18 Ret Ret 20 17 Ret 22 17 Ret 26 17 C 25 27 Ret 23 35 AUS Ray Hislop 21 Ret 17 13 Ret Ret 24 23 C 20 36 AUS Kerryn Brewer 16 17 24 Ret 22 21 14 37 AUS Danny Osborne 26 17 Ret Ret 25 17 30 Ret DNS 30 Ret Ret 26 26 22 24 25 20 DNS DNS DNS Ret 28 Ret 13 = AUS Brett Peters 20 14 Ret 13 39 AUS Rod Nash 21 24 22 24 Ret 19 22 21 20 Ret 25 21 21 24 Ret Ret 20 C 23 17 Ret 19 21 22 12 40 AUS Ryan McLeod Ret 16 Ret 20 21 Ret 21 Ret 20 DNQ DNQ DNQ 10 41 AUS Kevin Heffernan Ret 17 19 Ret 23 22 29 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 = AUS Melinda Price 27 18 18 26 22 24 Ret 22 26 8 43 AUS Geoff Kendrick 22 22 Ret 24 18 20 5 44 AUS Richard Mork Ret 19 19 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 24 4 45 AUS D'Arcy Russell 21 21 23 25 25 27 DNS DNS DNS 25 27 23 26 23 22 23 22 C 25 20 19 3 46 AUS Robert Smith DNQ 25 C 26 19 21 DNQ DNQ DNQ 2 = AUS Dean Crosswell 23 20 20 Ret DNS C 2 48 AUS Neil Schembri 20 DNS DNS 1 NC AUS John Cotter 21 23 27 0 = AUS Mike Imrie 27 26 31 DNS DNS DNS DNQ 27 C 27 DNS 22 DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 = AUS Mike Conway DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS DNS DNS 22 26 25 0 = AUS Mick Donaher DNQ DNQ DNQ WD WD WD 31 26 24 DNQ DNQ C Ret 24 23 0 = AUS Simon Emerzidis Ret 24 28 32 25 Ret Ret DNS C DNQ 25 Ret 0 = AUS Gary Quartly 33 24 25 25 24 C 0 = AUS Wayne Russell Ret 27 29 28 30 Ret 0 = AUS Charles Ryman DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 27 31 WD DNS DNS Ret 0 = AUS Garry Willmington 28 Ret DNS 0 = AUS Don Pulver DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 = AUS Barry Morcom DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 = AUS Rodney Forbes WD WD WD 0 Source:https://www.racing-reference.info/yeardet/1998/V8 Australian Touring Car Championship standings for 1998 Racing-Reference.info 16 January 2020 Race three at the Calder round was abandoned before the start due to water lying on the track after a late afternoon storm.V8 Supercars, Shell Australian Touring Car Championship, '98 Series Review, page 65 Privateers' Team Cup The Privateers' Team Cup was open to Level 2 teams competing with control tyres.The cup runneth over, Official Programme, Mallala, 24 May 1998, page 98 Points were awarded on the same basis as for the actual Championship however competitors were required to nominate eight rounds at which they would compete and only their best six results from those rounds would be retained towards the Cup award. Two-driver teams were permitted to pool their points into a combined score. The Cup was won by Lansvale Smash Repairs with the team's Holden Commodore (VS) driven by Trevor Ashby and Steve Reed.Jason Parker, Lansvale take control, V8 Supercars, Shell Australian Touring Car Championship, '98 Series Review, pages 80–84 References External links Official V8 Supercar site 1998 Racing Results Archive Category:Australian Touring Car Championship seasons Australian Touring Car Championship