The 1997 ARDC AMSCAR Sedan Series was an Australian touring car seriesBrian Golding, Welcome, Program, Eastern Creek, 22 June 1997 and was run for cars eligible to V8 Supercar specifications, although the series was not sanctioned by AVESCO. It began on 22 June 1997 at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 7 December at Eastern Creek Raceway after four rounds.
The series was run by the Australian Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) over the two circuits operated by the club in Sydney, Australia. It was the last such series to bear the AMSCAR name having been last run previously during the 1994 season. The series itself dated back to the Amaroo Park-based Sun-7 Chesterfield Series of the 1970s.
The 1997 series can be seen as the immediate fore-runner for today's Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, acting as a second tier series for touring cars contested by privately owned and funded touring car teams, known colloquially as 'privateers'.
Teams and drivers The following drivers and teams competed in the 1997 AMSCAR series. The series consisted of four rounds. TeamCar NoDrivers Clive Wiseman Racing Holden VP CommodoreHolden VS Commodore 7 Mick Donaher Gary Cannan Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 8 Gary Cannan Simon Emerzidis Holden VR Commodore 15 Simon Emerzidis Walden Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 21 Brian Walden Tim Slako Holden VS Commodore 24 Tim Slako M3 Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 26 Peter Doulman Playscape Racing Ford EF Falcon 28 Kevin Waldock Paul Weel Racing Ford EL Falcon 31 Paul Weel West Coast Racing Ford EL Falcon 32 Allan McCarthy Pro-Duct Racing Holden VS Commodore 33 Bob Pearson Schembri Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 36 Neil Schembri Scotty Taylor Racing Holden VP Commodore 37 Bill Attard Scotty Taylor Garry Willmington Performance Ford EB Falcon 41 Garry Willmington Mal Rose Racing Holden VS Commodore 44 Mal Rose V8Racing Holden VP Commodore 77 Richard Mork Cadillac Productions Ford EB Falcon 79 Mike Conway Holden VP Commodore 92 Gavin Monaghan Don Pulver Holden VP Commodore 88 Don Pulver Geoff Kendrick Holden VS Commodore 92 Geoff Kendrick Shaun Walker Holden VS Commodore 99 Shaun Walker
Results and standings
Race calendar The 1997 AMSCAR season consisted of 4 rounds. Rd.Race titleCircuitCity / stateDateWinnerTeamReport 1 Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 21–22 Jun Allan McCarthy West Coast Racing 2 Amaroo Park Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales 19–20 Jul Mal Rose Mal Rose Racing 3 Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 30–31 Aug Mal Rose Mal Rose Racing 4 Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 6–7 Dec Mick Donaher Clive Wiseman Racing
Drivers Championship Points were allocated 18–14–11–9–7–5–4–3–2–1 according to top ten race position in each race with three races being held per round. Pos DriverRound 1 – EAS 1Round 2 – AMA 1Round 3 – EAS 2Round 4 – EAS 3 Pts Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 1 Mal Rose 4th 2nd Ret 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 167 2 Mick Donaher 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 1st 1st 1st 121 3 Allan McCarthy 1st 1st 1st 4th 2nd 2nd 91 4 Neil Schembri 6th 13th 3rd 8th 5th 5th 3rd 5th 3rd Ret 6th 2nd 81 5 Bob Pearson 2nd 9th 4th 5th 2nd 2nd 5th Ret 6th 72 6 Peter Doulman Ret 8th 8th 2nd Ret DNS 2nd 3rd 5th 52 7 Mike Conway 5th 8th 6th 4th 2nd 5th 45 8 Richard Mork Ret Ret 5th 12th 9th 8th 6th 6th 6th 6th 7th 7th 40 9 Geoff Kendrick 10th 10th 9th 4th 4th 4th 31 10 Paul Weel 3rd 4th 4th 29 11 Garry Willmington 8th 7th 6th 6th DNS DNS 8th 7th 7th 28 12 Tim Slako Ret 4th 10th 9th 3rd DNS 23 13 Bill Attard 7th 6th 7th 10th 7th 7th 22 14 Gavin Monaghan 7th 6th 4th 18 15 Kevin Waldock 5th 5th 11th 14 15 Simon Emerzidis 7th 5th 8th 14 17 Don Pulver Ret 11th Ret 11th Ret 10th 7th 8th 8th 11 18 Gary Cannan 9th 12th 12th 13th 10th 9th 10th 10th 9th 9 19 Scotty Taylor 9th 9th 10th 5 Brian Walden 11th Ret 13th Pos Driver Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Pts
References
External links 1997 Racing Results Archive