The 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing titleAustralian Title Conditions, 1993 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 162 to 163 for Group 3A Touring Cars. The championship, which was the 34th Australian Touring Car Championship,Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-7 was contested over a nine-round series which began on 28 February 1993 at Amaroo Park and ended on 8 August at Oran Park Raceway.1993 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94, pages 294 to 298 Promoted as the Shell Australian Touring Car Championship,Official Programme, Shell Australian Touring Car Championship, Round 7, Mallala, 4 July 1993 it was won by Glenn Seton, driving a Ford EB Falcon, with teammate Alan Jones completing a one-two championship result for Glenn Seton Racing.Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94, page 116 It was Seton's first championship victory and the first major victory for the team he had started in 1989.

1993 marked the first year in which the championship was contested by the new Australian Group 3A Touring Car category which incorporated: 5.0 Litre Touring Cars1993 technical regulations for Australian Touring Cars are defined in the 1993 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport on pages 206 to 214 under the heading "Group 3A – Touring Cars" (later to be known as V8 Supercars) 2.0 Litre Class II Touring Cars (later to be known as Super Touring Cars) Normally aspirated, two wheel drive cars complying with the 1992 CAMS Group 3A regulations (commonly known as Group A cars)

Television coverage Channel Seven broadcast the championship with the commentary team including Mike Raymond, Gary Wilkinson, Mark Oastler, Doug Mulray and Andy Raymond. Regular commentator Neil Crompton was absent as he was contesting the full series as a competitor for the first time.

Teams and drivers The following drivers and teams competed in the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship. TeamCar NoDriver Winfield Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 1 Mark Skaife 2 Jim Richards Lansvale Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 3 Trevor Ashby Steve Reed GIO Racing Holden VP Commodore 4 Mark Gibbs 7 Neil Crompton Mobil 1 Racing Holden VP Commodore 05 Peter Brock Caltex CXT Racing Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE90 Toyota Corolla Seca AE93 6 John Smith Toyota Corolla Seca AE93 8 Colin Bond Castrol Perkins Racing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV Holden VP Commodore 11 Larry Perkins Ampol Max 3 Racing Holden VP Commodore 12 Bob Jones Bob Holden Motors Toyota Sprinter AE86 13 Bob Holden Holden Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 15 Tomas Mezera 16 Wayne Gardner Shell Racing Ford EB Falcon 17 Dick Johnson 18 John Bowe LoGaMo Racing BMW E30 M3 Evolution 20 John Blanchard 23 Paul Morris 24 Geoff Full 25 Tony Longhurst Wayne Douglass Motorsport Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 22 Mark Potter Brett Youlden John English Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 24 John English Don Watson Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 26 Don Watson Terry Finnigan Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV Holden VP Commodore 27 Terry Finnigan Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon 30 Glenn Seton 35 Alan Jones Phil Johnson Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 31 Phil Johnson Pro-Duct Racing Holden VP Commodore 33 Bob Pearson Schembri Motorsport Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 36 Neil Schembri Challenge Motorsport Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 39 Chris Smerdon Ian Love Holden VP Commodore 40 Ian Love Daily Planet Racing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 41 John Trimbole Glenn Mason Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 42 Glenn Mason Stuart McColl Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 44 Stuart McColl Laurie Donaher Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 46 Laurie Donaher Mike Twigden Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 48 Mike Twigden Pace Racing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 50 Kevin Heffernan M3 Motorsport BMW E30 M3 2.0 52 John Cotter 53 Peter Doulman Brad Stratton Toyota Corolla AE82 72 Brad Stratton Frank Binding Toyota Corolla AE82 75 Frank Binding Barbagallo Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 77 Alf Barbagallo Easton Motorsport Toyota Sprinter AE86 77 Gregg Easton Cadillac Productions Toyota Sprinter AE86 79 Mike Conway Motorsport Developments Toyota Sprinter AE86 88 Malcolm Rea Ken Talbert

Race calendar The championship was contested over a nine-round series. Each round consisted of a "Peter Jackson Dash" for the top six cars from Qualifying, a Heat for the 2.0 Litre Class, a Heat for the 5.0 Litre Class and a combined Final.Scoring Points, Official Programme, Shell Australian Touring Car Championship, Round 7, Mallala, 4 July 1993, pages 63 & 64 The two Class Heats were run separately at Round 1 but were combined from Round 2 onwards.Graham Howard, Stewart Wilson & David Grennhalgh, The official history, Australian Touring Car Championship, 50 years, page 324 Rd.CircuitLocation / stateDateWinnerCarTeam 1 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales 26–28 Feb John Bowe Ford EB Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 2 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 12–14 Mar Alan Jones Ford EB Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 3 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 2–4 Apr Glenn Seton Ford EB Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 4 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland 16–18 Apr Alan Jones Ford EB Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 5 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 14–16 May Glenn Seton Ford EB Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 6 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 4–6 Jun Glenn Seton Ford EB Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 7 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia 2–4 Jul Glenn Seton Ford EB Falcon Glenn Seton Racing 8 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 9–11 Jul Jim Richards Holden VP Commodore Gibson Motorsport 9 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 6–8 Aug Jim Richards Holden VP Commodore Gibson Motorsport

Points system Championship points were awarded at each round on the following basis: 3 to the driver recording fastest time in QualifyingGraham Howard, Stewart Wilson & David Grennhalgh, The official history, Australian Touring Car Championship, 50 years, page 331 3–2–1 to the first three finishers in the Peter Jackson Dash 9–6–4–3–2–1 to the first six finishers in each Class in the Heat 20–16–14–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 to the first ten outright finishers in the Final

Championship standings Pos.DriverCarAmaSymPhiLakWinEasMalBarOraPts 1 Glenn Seton Ford EB Falcon 20 7 34 17 34 33 30 1 15191 2 Alan Jones Ford EB Falcon 8 30 19 29 10 20 10 8 14 148 3 John Bowe Ford EB Falcon 23 14 20 19 7 23 16 3 15 140 4 Jim Richards Holden VP Commodore 12 10 2 0 16 1 4 29 25 99 5 Dick Johnson Ford EB Falcon 11 15 19 26 11 0 3 6 2 93 6 Mark Skaife Holden VP Commodore 21 10 0 0 4 12 28 12 Ret 87 7 Tomas Mezera Holden VP Commodore 8 22 11 Ret DNS 6 18 2 18 85 8 Peter Brock Holden VP Commodore Ret 6 5 12 15 4 8 10 2 82 9 Tony Longhurst BMW E30 M3 Evolution 4 2 8 11 22 4 2 16 0 69 10 Peter DoulmanBMW E30 M3 2.0 9 9 9 4 9 0 6 4 9 59 11 John Smith Toyota Corolla FX-GT AE90 Toyota Corolla Seca AE93 6 6 6 6 6 0 9 9 Ret 48 12 Larry Perkins Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV Holden VP Commodore Ret 1 2 2 3 9 7 13 1 38 13 Neil Crompton Holden VP Commodore 1 6 Ret 1 2 0 0 18 9 37 14 Wayne Gardner Holden VP Commodore 11 3 0 4 0 3 Ret 6 6 33 15 Colin Bond Toyota Corolla Seca AE93 Ret 4 4 9 Ret 9 0 6 DNS 32 16 Paul Morris BMW E30 M3 Evolution 2 1 6 6 3 12 1 Ret 0 31 17 Brad Stratton Toyota Corolla AE82 2 2 3 4 2 3 3 19 18 John CotterBMW E30 M3 2.0 4 6 6 16 19 Mike Conway Toyota Sprinter AE86 3 3 3 4 2 15 20 Frank Binding Toyota Corolla AE82 1 Ret 3 4 8 20 Bob Holden Toyota Sprinter AE86 2 1 4 1 8 22 Trevor Ashby Holden VP Commodore 6 0 6 23 Gregg Easton Toyota Sprinter AE86 2 2 23 Ian Love Holden VP Commodore 2 2 25 John Blanchard BMW E30 M3 Evolution 0 0 1 0 Ret 0 0 Ret 1 25 Ken Talbert Toyota Sprinter AE86 0 1 1 25 Alf Barbagallo Holden VP Commodore 1 1Pos.Driver CarAmaSymPhiLakWinEasMalBarOraPts

Peter Jackson Dash The Peter Jackson Dash series award was won jointly by Mark Skaife and Glenn Seton.Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94, page 153

Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship

The 1993 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship, which was contested concurrently with the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship, was won by Peter Doulman driving a BMW M3.

See also 1993 Australian Touring Car season

References

External links Official V8 Supercar site