1997 Australian Touring Car season

March 2020 1997 Australian Touring Car season 1996 1998 The 1997 Australian Touring Car season was the 38th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500. Two major touring car categories raced in Australia during 1997, V8 Supercar and Super Touring. Between them there were 26 touring car race meetings held during 1997; a ten-round series for V8 Supercars, the 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); an eight-round series for Super Touring, the 1997 Australian Super Touring Championship (ASTC); an unofficial four round series for V8 Supercars, the 1997 ARDC AMSCAR series (the final edition of AMSCAR); support programme events at the 1997 Australian Grand Prix and 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival and three stand alone long distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'. Results and standings Race calendar thumb|The Ford EL Falcon in which Glenn Seton won the 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship The 1997 Australian touring car season consisted of 26 events. DateSeriesCircuitCity / stateWinnerTeamCarReport 7–9 Mar Super Touring GT-P Race Albert Park Melbourne, Victoria Jim Richards Volvo Cars Australia Volvo 850 TAC V8 Supercar Showdown Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden VS Commodore 15 Mar ATCC Round 1 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Wayne Gardner Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VS Commodore 5–6 Apr Hog's Breath Cafe V8 Supercar Challenge Surfers Paradise street circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden VS Commodore 13 Apr ATCC Round 2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden VS Commodore 27 Apr ATCC Round 3 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford EL Falcon 4 May ATCC Round 4 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania Greg Murphy Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 4 May ASTC Round 1 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport BMW 320i 18 May ATCC Round 5 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden VS Commodore 25 May ATCC Round 6 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford EL Falcon 1 Jun ASTC Round 2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport BMW 320i 15 Jun ATCC Round 7 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford EL Falcon 22 Jun ASTC Round 3 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Geoff Brabham Paul Morris Motorsport BMW 320i 22 Jun AMSCAR Round 1 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Allan McCarthy West Coast Racing Ford EL Falcon 6 Jul ATCC Round 8 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia Peter Brock Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 13 Jul ATCC Round 9 Mallala Motor Sport Park Adelaide, South Australia Greg Murphy Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 20 Jul ASTC Round 4 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Audi A4 Quattro AMSCAR Round 2 Mal Rose Mal Rose Racing Holden VS Commodore 3 Aug ATCC Round 10 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Greg Murphy Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 10 Aug ASTC Round 5 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport BMW 320i 24 Aug ASTC Round 6 Mallala Motor Sport Park Adelaide, South Australia Cameron McConville Brad Jones Racing Audi A4 Quattro 31 Aug AMSCAR Round 3 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Mal Rose Mal Rose Racing Holden VS Commodore 14 Sep Tickford Sandown 500 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Greg MurphyCraig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore report 5 Oct AMP Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Geoff BrabhamDavid Brabham Paul Morris Motorsport BMW 320i report 19 Oct Primus 1000 Classic Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Russell IngallLarry Perkins Perkins Engineering Holden VS Commodore report 26 Oct ASTC Round 7 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport BMW 320i 9 Nov ASTC Round 8 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Geoff Brabham Paul Morris Motorsport BMW 320i 7 Dec AMSCAR Round 4 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Michael Donaher Clive Wiseman Racing Holden VS Commodore Super Touring GT-P Race This meeting was a support event of the 1997 Australian Grand Prix. The thin Super Touring field was bolstered by cars from the Australian GT-Production Car Championship (indicated in italics). DriverNo.TeamCarRace 1Race 2 New Zealand Jim Richards 6 Volvo Cars Australia Volvo 850 1 1 New Zealand Steven Richards 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Honda Accord 2 2 Australia Geoff Brabham 83 BMW Motorsport Australia BMW 320i DSQ 3 Australia Paul Morris 2 BMW Motorsport Australia BMW 320i DSQ 4 Australia Brad Jones 1 Brad Jones Racing Audi A4 Quattro DNF 5 Australia Alan Jones 3 Brad Jones Racing Audi A4 Quattro 3 6 Australia Bob Tweedie 79 IBC Motorsport Vauxhall Cavalier 4 7 Australia Cameron McConville 22 Warwick Fabrics Porsche 993 RSCS 5 8 Australia John Bowe 10 Ross Palmer Motorsport Ferrari F355 Challenge 7 9 Australia Justin Mathews 16 Bob Holden Motors BMW 318i 6 10 Australia Rusty French 28 Porsche 993 RSCS 8 11 Australia Max Dunn 46 Porsche 993 RSCS 10 12 Australia Ross Palmer 72 Ross Palmer Motorsport Ferrari F355 Challenge DNF 13 New Zealand Tony Newman 37 TC Motorsport Peugeot 405 Mi16 9 14 Australia Guy Gibbons 33 Subaru Impreza WRX 11 15 Australia Ian McAllister 66 Volvo 850 T5-R 13 16 Australia Eric Houghton 4 Zega Automotive Group Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo IV DNF 17 Australia Murray Carter 18 Nissan 200SX Turbo 14 18 Australia Colin Osborne 21 Osborne Motorsport Toyota MR2 Bathurst 12 19 Australia Andrej Pavicevic 31 Subaru Impreza WRX DNF DNS Australia Peter Hills 88 Knight Racing Ford Mondeo DNS DNS TAC V8 Supercar Showdown This meeting was a support event of the 1997 Australian Grand Prix. DriverNo.TeamCarRace 1Race 2Race 3 Australia Russell Ingall 8 Perkins Engineering Holden VS Commodore 1 1 1 Australia Larry Perkins 11 Perkins Engineering Holden VS Commodore 2 2 2 Australia Peter Brock 05 Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 6 3 3 Australia John Bowe 18 Dick Johnson Racing Ford EL Falcon DNS 5 4 New Zealand Greg Murphy 15 Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 3 8 5 Australia Wayne Gardner 7 Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VS Commodore DNS 7 6 Australia Dick Johnson 17 Dick Johnson Racing Ford EL Falcon 7 4 7 Australia Alan Jones 9 Alan Jones Racing Ford EL Falcon 5 6 8 New Zealand John Faulkner 46 John Faulkner Racing Holden VS Commodore 22 11 9 Australia Tony Longhurst 25 Longhurst Racing Ford EL Falcon 14 9 10 Australia Mark Noske 97 Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 9 10 11 Australia Steve Ellery 52 Longhurst Racing Ford EL Falcon 24 12 12 Australia Glenn Seton 30 Glenn Seton Racing Ford EL Falcon 4 DNS 13 Australia Trevor Ashby 3 Lansvale Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 11 15 14 Australia Mark Skaife 2 Gibson Motorsport Holden VS Commodore DNF 13 15 USA Kevin Schwantz 75 John Sidney Racing Ford EF Falcon 26 18 16 Australia Tomas Mezera 47 Daily Planet Racing Holden VS Commodore DNF 17 17 New Zealand Steven Richards 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 12 14 18 Australia Terry Finnigan 27 Holden VS Commodore 15 DNF 19 Australia Kevin Heffernan 74 PACE Racing Holden VS Commodore 25 21 20 Australia Mark Larkham 10 Larkham Motor Sport Ford EL Falcon 10 20 21 Australia Anthony Tratt 42 Holden VP Commodore 17 16 22 Australia Chris Smerdon 39 Challenge Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 16 19 23 Australia Malcolm Stenniken 14 Holden VR Commodore 18 28 24 Australia Ian Palmer 20 Palmer Promotions Holden VS Commodore 19 25 25 Australia Wayne Russell 62 Holden VP Commodore 20 24 26 Australia Shaun Walker 99 Holden VS Commodore 23 27 27 Australia Mike Conway 79 Cadillac Productions Holden VP Commodore 21 DNF 28 Australia John Cotter 26 M3 Motorsport Holden VP Commodore DNF 26 29 Australia Neil Crompton 4 Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VS Commodore 8 23 DNF Australia Mark Poole 38 James Rosenberg Racing Holden VS Commodore 13 22 DNS Australia Rob Middleton 66 Clive Wiseman Racing Holden VP Commodore DNF DNS DNS Australian Touring Car Championship 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship Hog's Breath V8 Supercar Challenge This meeting was a support event of the 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival.http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?22%20March%201997.GOLD Gold Coast 22 March 1997 1997 Sunbelt Indy Carnival Support Races National Software 22 March 1997 25 April 2008 August 2026 InternetArchiveBot DriverNo.TeamCarRace 1Race 2 Australia Russell Ingall 8 Perkins Engineering Holden VS Commodore 2 1 Australia Larry Perkins 11 Perkins Engineering Holden VS Commodore 5 2 Australia Wayne Gardner 7 Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VS Commodore 7 3 Australia Neil Crompton 4 Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VS Commodore 6 4 Australia Tony Longhurst 25 Longhurst Racing Ford EL Falcon 8 5 Australia Alan Jones 9 Alan Jones Racing Ford EL Falcon 3 6 Australia Mark Larkham 10 Larkham Motor Sport Ford EL Falcon 10 7 New Zealand John Faulkner 46 John Faulkner Racing Holden VS Commodore 9 8 Australia Peter Brock 05 Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 4 9 Australia Steve Ellery 52 Longhurst Racing Ford EL Falcon 13 10 Australia Steven Johnson 49 Alcair Racing Holden VS Commodore DNF 11 Australia Tomas Mezera 47 Daily Planet Racing Holden VS Commodore DNF 12 Australia John Bowe 18 Dick Johnson Racing Ford EL Falcon DNF 13 Australia Steve Reed 3 Lansvale Racing Team Holden VS Commodore DNF 14 Australia Kevin Heffernan 74 PACE Racing Holden VS Commodore DNF 15 Australia Garry Willmington 41 Garry Willmington Performance Ford EB Falcon 16 16 Australia Wayne Russell 62 Holden VP Commodore 14 17 New Zealand Greg Murphy 15 Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 1 DNF Australia Mark Poole 38 James Rosenberg Racing Holden VS Commodore 12 DNF Australia Danny Osborne 22 Colourscan Motorsport Ford EF Falcon 15 DNF Australia Paul Romano 24 Romano Racing Holden VS Commodore 11 DNF Australia Glenn Seton 30 Glenn Seton Racing Ford EL Falcon DNF DNS Australia Dick Johnson 17 Dick Johnson Racing Ford EL Falcon DNF DNS New Zealand Steven Richards 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VS Commodore DNF DNS Australia Terry Finnigan 27 Holden VS Commodore DNF DNS Australian Super Touring Championship 1997 Australian Super Touring Championship ARDC AMSCAR series 1997 ARDC AMSCAR series Tickford 500 1997 Tickford 500 AMP Bathurst 1000 1997 AMP Bathurst 1000 Primus 1000 Classic 1997 Primus 1000 Classic References External links Official V8 Supercar site 1997 Racing Results Archive Category:Australian Touring Car Championship Category:Supercar seasons Touring Cars