2001 Australian Super Touring Series

2001 Australian Super Touring Series 2000 2002 February 2018 The 2001 Australian Super Touring Car Series was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition open to Super Touring Cars. It was the ninth running of an Australian series for Super Touring Cars and the first to be contested under the Australian Super Touring Series name. The series, which was promoted as the '2001 Power Tour', began on 21 October 2001 at Winton Motor Raceway and ended on 25 November 2001 at Calder Park Raceway after two rounds. Future Touring Cars With Super Touring competitor numbers dropping after the withdrawal of the factory supported Audi and Volvo teams, the grids for the 2001 championship were bolstered with cars from the Future Touring Car category. This category, which catered for V8 powered cars that had competed previously in AUSCAR racing, made its debut in a support event to the 1999 Bathurst 500. While the Future Touring Cars and the Super Touring Cars raced together in the same events, drivers competed for two separate titles with separate points scoring for each category. Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers competed in the 2001 Australian Super Touring Championship. TeamManufacturerCar modelNoDriver Knight Racing Ford Mondeo 19 Australia Sam Dale 31 Australia Grant Johnson 88 Australia Peter Hills SAE Racing BMW 320i 30 Australia Luke Searle Leatherman Racing Alfa Romeo 155 TS 45 Australia David Auger Phoenix Motorsport Toyota Camry 95 Australia Jamie Miller Redline Motorsport Hyundai Lantra 97 Australia Paul Leabeater Race Calendar The 2001 Australian Super Touring Championship was contested over a two-round series, with two races held at each round. Rd./RaceCircuitLocation & StateDateWinnerTeam 1/1 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 21 Oct 2001 Peter Hills Knight Racing 1/2 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 21 Oct 2001 Peter Hills Knight Racing 2/1 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 25 Nov 2001 Grant Johnson Knight Racing 2/2 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 25 Nov 2001 Peter Hills Knight Racing Points system Points were awarded on a 15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the top ten race positions in each race.How Points Are Scored, Official Program, Round 5, Mallala, 11–12 November 2000, page 8 A bonus point was allocated for the fastest lap time set in each qualifying session. Results Drivers Championship Pos Driver WIN 1 WIN 2 CAL 1 CAL 2 Pts 1 Peter Hills 1st 1st 2nd 1st 59 2 Luke Searle 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd 40 3 David Auger 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd 38 4 Jamie Miller 2nd 4th 6th 4th 33 5 Sam Dale 4th 5th 5th Ret 20 6 Grant Johnson Ret Ret 1st Ret 16 7 Paul Leabeater 6th Ret 7th 5th 15 Pos Driver WIN 1 WIN 2 CAL 1 CAL 2 Pts See also 2001 Australian Touring Car season References External links 2001 Racing Results Archive Category:Australian Super Touring Championship Super Touring Car Championship