Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship Explained

Category:Touring car racing
Inaugural2:1988
Country/Region:Asia
Folded:1994
Champion Driver:Joachim Winkelhock
Champion Team:Schnitzer Motorsport
Manufacturer:BMW

The FIA Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship was a motorsport championship staged in 1988 and in 1994. The 1988 championship was won by New Zealand's Trevor Crowe and the 1994 champion was Joachim Winkelhock from Germany. Crowe drove a BMW M3 for fellow Kiwi John Sax, while Winkelhock drove a BMW 318i for Schnitzer Motorsport. In 1996–1999 the series was re-vamped into the South East Asia Touring Car Zone Challenge mainly with local drivers only. In 2000 it changed to the FIA Asian Touring Car Championship.[1]

Champions

YearTeamDriverCar
1988John Sax Trevor CroweBMW M3
1994Schnitzer Motorsport Joachim WinkelhockBMW 318i

References

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20110206054256/http://www.motorsportsresults.com/berlines/Touring.asie.pdf South East Asia Touring Car Zone Challenge history.