1998 Australian Touring Car season explained
The 1998 Australian Touring Car season was the 39th 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.
Two major touring car categories raced in Australia during 1998, V8 Supercar and Super Touring. Between them there were 23 touring car race meetings held during 1998; a ten-round series for V8 Supercars, the 1998 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); an eight-round series for Super Touring, the 1998 Australian Super Touring Championship (ASTC); support programme events at the 1998 Australian Grand Prix and 1998 Honda Indy 300 and three stand alone long distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'.
Results and standings
Race calendar
The 1998 Australian touring car season consisted of 23 events.
| Date | Series | Circuit | City / state | Winner | Team | Car | Report |
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| 1 Feb | ATCC Round 1 | Sandown International Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Craig Lowndes | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | |
| 8 Feb | ATCC Round 2 | Symmons Plains Raceway | Launceston, Tasmania | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | |
| 6–8 Mar | Super Touring GT-P Race | Albert Park street circuit | Melbourne, Victoria | Cameron McConville | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | |
| TAC V8 Supercar Showdown | Russell Ingall | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | |
| 29 Mar | ATCC Round 3 | Lakeside International Raceway | Brisbane, Queensland | Russell Ingall | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | |
| 5 Apr | ASTC Round 1 | Calder Park Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Cameron McConville | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | |
| 19 Apr | ATCC Round 4 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | Craig Lowndes | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | |
| 27 Apr | ASTC Round 2 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Brad Jones | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | |
| 3 May | ATCC Round 5 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | John Bowe | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon | |
| 17 May | ASTC Round 3 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | Jim Richards | Volvo Dealer Racing | Volvo S40 | |
| 24 May | ATCC Round 6 | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Adelaide, South Australia | Russell Ingall | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | |
| 31 May | ATCC Round 7 | Barbagallo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | Craig Lowndes | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | |
| 7 Jun | ASTC Round 4 | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Brad Jones | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | |
| 21 Jun | ATCC Round 8 | Calder Park Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Craig Lowndes | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | |
| 28 Jun | ASTC Round 5 | Lakeside International Raceway | Brisbane, Queensland | Brad Jones | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | |
| 19 Jul | ATCC Round 9 | Hidden Valley Raceway | Darwin, Northern Territory | Russell Ingall | Perkins Engineering | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 19 Jul | ASTC Round 6 | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Adelaide, South Australia | Cameron McConville | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | |
| 2 Aug | ATCC Round 10 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Craig Lowndes | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | |
| 9 Aug | ASTC Round 7 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | Cameron McConville | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | |
| 30 Aug | ASTC Round 8 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Brad Jones | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | |
| 13 Sep | Tickfrd Sandown 500 | Sandown International Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Russell Ingall
Larry Perkins | Perkins Engineering | Holden VT Commodore | report |
| 4 Oct | AMP Bathurst 1000 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | Rickard Rydell
Jim Richards | Volvo Dealer Racing | Volvo S40 | report |
| 17–18 Oct | Hog's Breath Cafe V8 Supercar Challenge | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit | Surfers Paradise, Queensland | Mark Larkham | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford EL Falcon | |
| 15 Nov | FAI 1000 Classic | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | Jason Bright
Steven Richards | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford EL Falcon | report |
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Australian Touring Car Championship
See main article: 1998 Australian Touring Car Championship.
Super Touring GT-P Race
This meeting was a support event of the 1998 Australian Grand Prix. The thin Super Touring field was bolstered by cars from the Australian GT-Production Car Championship (indicated in italics).
TAC V8 Supercar Showdown
This meeting was a support event of the 1998 Australian Grand Prix.
Australian Super Touring Championship
See main article: 1998 Australian Super Touring Championship.
Tickford 500
See main article: 1998 Tickford 500.
AMP Bathurst 1000
See main article: 1998 AMP Bathurst 1000.
Hog's Breath V8 Supercar Challenge
This meeting was a support event of the 1998 Honda Indy 300.[1]
FAI 1000 Classic
See main article: 1998 FAI 1000.
References
Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Gold Coast 18 October 1998 1998 Honda Indy Support Categories [sic] . National Software . 18 October 1998. https://web.archive.org/web/20080322225144/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?18%2F10%2F1998.GOLD . 22 March 2008 . dead .
Cameron McConville
Jim Richards