1993 Australian Touring Car season

The 1993 Australian Touring Car season was the 34th 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.

There were 15 touring car race meetings held during 1993; a nine-round series, the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); a three-round series based at Amaroo Park; the Aurora AFX AMSCAR series (AMSCAR), a support programme event at the 1993 Australian Grand Prix, two stand alone long distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'; the Winfield Triple Challenge at Eastern Creek Raceway.

Results and standings

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Race calendar

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The 1993 Australian touring car season consisted of 15 events.

Date Series Circuit City / state Winner Team Car Report
24 Jan Winfield Triple Challenge Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Glenn Seton Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon
28 Feb ATCC Round 1
AMSCAR Round 1
Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales John Bowe Shell Racing Ford EB Falcon
14 Mar ATCC Round 2 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania Alan Jones Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon
4 Apr ATCC Round 3 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Glenn Seton Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon
18 Apr ATCC Round 4 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland Alan Jones Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon
16 May ATCC Round 5 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Glenn Seton Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon
6 Jun ATCC Round 6 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Glenn Seton Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon
20 Jun AMSCAR Round 2 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Mark Skaife Winfield Racing Team Holden VP Commodore
4 Jul ATCC Round 7 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia Glenn Seton Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon
11 Jul ATCC Round 8 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia Jim Richards Winfield Racing Team Holden VP Commodore
25 Jul AMSCAR Round 3 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Paul Morris Benson & Hedges Racing BMW M3 Evolution
8 Aug ATCC Round 9 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Jim Richards Winfield Racing Team Holden VP Commodore
12 Sep Sandown 500 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne, Victoria David Parsons
Geoff Brabham
Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon report
4 Oct Tooheys 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Larry Perkins
Gregg Hansford
Castrol Team Perkins Holden VP Commodore report
6 - 7 Nov Ultimate Peter Jackson Dash Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia Wayne Gardner Holden Racing Team Holden VP Commodore

Winfield Triple Challenge

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Held at Eastern Creek Raceway this was a pre-season race meeting which featured Superbikes and Drag Racing to complete the Winfield Triple Challenge.

Driver No. Team Car Race 1 Race 2 Points
  Glenn Seton 30 Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon 1 1 40
  Larry Perkins 11 Perkins Engineering Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 2 2 38
  Jim Richards 2 Winfield Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 3 4 35
  Bob Pearson 33 Pro-Duct Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 6 5 31
  Bruce Stewart 7 Pro-Duct Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 5 6 31
  Kevin Heffernan 50 PACE Racing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 8 7 27
  Terry Finnigan 27 Terry Finnigan Racing Holden VN Commodore SS Group A 7 8 27
  Stuart McColl 44 Stuart McColl Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 10 9 23
  Mike Conway 79 Cadillac Productions Toyota Sprinter 11 13 19
  Peter Brock 05 Mobil 1 Racing Holden VP Commodore DNF 3 18
  Frank Binding 75 Toyota Corolla 12 12 18
  Steve Reed 3 Lansvale Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 4 DNF 17
  Brad Wright 78 Toyota Corolla 13 14 15
  Laurie Donaher 26 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 9 DNF 12
  Glenn Mason 42 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV DNF 10 11
  Ray Gulson 45 Ray Gulson BMW 635 CSi DNF 11 10
  John Cotter 53 M3 Motorsport BMW M3 DNS DNS

This meeting was a support event of the 1993 Australian Grand Prix.

Driver No. Team Car Race 1 Race 2
  Wayne Gardner 16 Holden Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 4 1
  Jim Richards 2 Winfield Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 3 2
  John Bowe 18 Shell Racing Ford EB Falcon 6 3
  Peter Brock 05 Mobil 1 Racing Holden VP Commodore 7 4
  Glenn Seton 30 Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon DNF 5
  Troy Dunstan 55 Pepsi Quix Racing Holden VP Commodore DNF 6
  Alan Jones 35 Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon 5 7
  Bob Jones 12 Ampol Max 3 Racing Holden VP Commodore 10 8
  Stuart McColl 4 GIO Racing Holden VP Commodore 9 9
  Larry Perkins 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Holden VP Commodore 1 10
  Trevor Ashby 3 Lansvale Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 8 11
  Mark Skaife 1 Winfield Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 2 DNF
  Tomas Mezera 15 Holden Racing Team Holden VP Commodore DNF DNS

References

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