1997 Australian Touring Car season
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.
| 1997 Australian Touring Car season | |||
| Previous: | 1996 | Next: | 1998 |
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; 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
The 1997 Australian touring car season consisted of 26 events.
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).
| Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jim Richards |
6 | Volvo Cars Australia | Volvo 850 | 1 | 1 |
| Steven Richards |
34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Honda Accord | 2 | 2 |
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83 | BMW Motorsport Australia | BMW 320i | DSQ | 3 |
| Paul Morris |
2 | BMW Motorsport Australia | BMW 320i | DSQ | 4 |
| Brad Jones |
1 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | DNF | 5 |
| Alan Jones |
3 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | 3 | 6 |
| Bob Tweedie |
79 | IBC Motorsport | Vauxhall Cavalier | 4 | 7 |
| Cameron McConville |
22 | Warwick Fabrics | Porsche 993 RSCS | 5 | 8 |
| John Bowe |
10 | Ross Palmer Motorsport | Ferrari F355 Challenge | 7 | 9 |
| Justin Mathews |
16 | Bob Holden Motors | BMW 318i | 6 | 10 |
| Rusty French |
28 | Porsche 993 RSCS | 8 | 11 | |
| Max Dunn |
46 | Porsche 993 RSCS | 10 | 12 | |
| Ross Palmer |
72 | Ross Palmer Motorsport | Ferrari F355 Challenge | DNF | 13 |
| Tony Newman |
37 | TC Motorsport | Peugeot 405 Mi16 | 9 | 14 |
| Guy Gibbons |
33 | Subaru Impreza WRX | 11 | 15 | |
| Ian McAllister |
66 | Volvo 850 T5-R | 13 | 16 | |
| Eric Houghton |
4 | Zega Automotive Group | Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo IV | DNF | 17 |
| Murray Carter |
18 | Nissan 200SX Turbo | 14 | 18 | |
| Colin Osborne |
21 | Osborne Motorsport | Toyota MR2 Bathurst | 12 | 19 |
| Andrej Pavicevic |
31 | Subaru Impreza WRX | DNF | DNS | |
| 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.
Australian Touring Car Championship
Hog's Breath V8 Supercar Challenge
This meeting was a support event of the 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival.[1]
Australian Super Touring Championship
ARDC AMSCAR series
Tickford 500
AMP Bathurst 1000
Primus 1000 Classic
References
- "Gold Coast 22 March 1997 1997 Sunbelt Indy Carnival Support Races". National Software. 22 March 1997. Retrieved 25 April 2008.