1998 Australian Touring Car season
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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.
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).
| Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cameron McConville
|
2 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | 1 | 1 |
Jim Richards
|
5 | Volvo Dealer Racing | Volvo S40 | 8 | 2 |
| Brad Jones
|
1 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | 2 | 3 |
| Cameron McLean
|
12 | Greenfield Mowers Racing | BMW 320i
|
3 | 4 |
| Peter Hills
|
88 | Knight Racing | Ford Mondeo | 4 | 5 |
| Paul Gover
|
3 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | 5 | 6 |
| Domenic Beninca
|
3 | Beninca Racing | Porsche 993 RSCS
|
6 | 7 |
| Anthony Robson
|
99 | BMW 318i
|
7 | 8 | |
| Jenni Thompson
|
89 | Knight Racing | Ford Mondeo | 11 | 9 |
| Simon Froude
|
Porsche 993 RSCS
|
9 | 10 | ||
| Peter McKay
|
27 | House of Maserati | Maserati Ghibli Cup | 10 | 11 |
| Trevor Haines
|
61 | Subaru Impreza WRX
|
13 | 12 | |
| Richard Davis
|
25 | HSV GTS-R
|
14 | 13 | |
| Paul Nelson
|
16 | Bob Holden Motors
|
BMW 318i
|
12 | DNF |
| Murray Carter
|
18 | Nissan 200SX Turbo | DNS | DNF | |
| Ed Aitken
|
8 | Porsche 993 RSCS
|
DNF | DNS | |
| Milton Leslight
|
15 | Toyota Carina | DNS | DNS | |
| Robert Porter
|
38 | Subaru Impreza WRX
|
DNS | DNS |
TAC V8 Supercar Showdown
This meeting was a support event of the 1998 Australian Grand Prix.
| Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Ingall
|
8 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| John Bowe
|
18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon
|
3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Larry Perkins
|
11 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore
|
12 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Mark Skaife
|
50 | Holden Racing Team
|
Holden VS Commodore
|
2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Craig Lowndes
|
15 | Holden Racing Team
|
Holden VS Commodore
|
DNF | 11 | 8 | 5 |
| Glenn Seton
|
1 | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EL Falcon
|
6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
 John Faulkner
|
46 | John Faulkner Racing | Holden VS Commodore
|
9 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
| Steven Richards
|
34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore
|
36 | 19 | 7 | 8 |
| Dick Johnson
|
17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon
|
10 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| Greg Crick
|
49 | Greg Crick Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore
|
DNF | 15 | 12 | 10 |
| Wayne Gardner
|
96 | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VS Commodore
|
8 | 10 | DNF | 11 |
| Tomas Mezera
|
32 | Challenge Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore
|
17 | DNF | 17 | 12 |
| Anthony Tratt
|
75 | John Sidney Racing | Ford EL Falcon
|
19 | DNF | 18 | 13 |
| Rodney Forbes
|
28 | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EL Falcon
|
20 | 16 | DNF | 14 |
| Darren Hossack
|
7 | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore
|
14 | 13 | DNF | 15 |
| Mal Rose
|
44 | Mal Rose Racing | Holden VS Commodore
|
21 | 20 | 20 | 16 |
| Ray Hislop
|
23 | Ford EF Falcon
|
25 | 23 | 23 | 17 | |
| Mick Donaher
|
80 | Clive Wiseman Racing | Holden VS Commodore
|
23 | DNF | 21 | 18 |
| Wayne Russell
|
45 | Holden VS Commodore
|
35 | 25 | 24 | 19 | |
Steve Ellery
|
2 | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore
|
13 | 9 | DNF | 20 |
| Neil Schembri
|
36 | Schembri Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore
|
27 | 27 | 22 | 21 |
| Garry Willmington
|
41 | Simon Emerzidis | Holden VR Commodore
|
30 | 30 | 25 | 22 |
| Mike Conway
|
79 | Cadillac Productions | Ford EL Falcon
|
34 | DNF | DNF | 23 |
| D'arcy Russell
|
45 | Rod Smith Racing | Holden VS Commodore
|
29 | DNF | DNS | 24 |
| Mike Imrie
|
14 | Imrie Motor Sport | Holden VS Commodore
|
31 | 28 | DNS | 25 |
| Barry Morcom
|
52 | Holden VP Commodore
|
32 | 29 | 26 | 26 | |
| Mark Poole
|
38 | James Rosenberg Racing | Holden VS Commodore
|
16 | 12 | DNF | 27 |
Trevor Ashby
|
3 | Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore
|
18 | 17 | 13 | 28 |
| Paul Romano
|
24 | Romano Racing | Holden VS Commodore
|
DNF | DNS | 16 | DNF |
| Jason Bargwanna
|
35 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore
|
7 | 7 | DNS | DNF |
John Cotter
|
26 | M3 Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore
|
28 | DNF | DNS | DNF |
| Mark Larkham
|
10 | Larkham Motor Sport
|
Ford EL Falcon
|
11 | 14 | 9 | DNF |
| Paul Weel
|
43 | Paul Weel Racing | Ford EL Falcon
|
33 | 24 | 19 | DNF |
| Wayne Park
|
51 | Charles Ryman | Ford EL Falcon
|
DNF | 21 | 15 | DNF |
| Terry Finnigan
|
27 | Holden VS Commodore
|
15 | DNF | 14 | DNF | |
| Tony Longhurst
|
25 | Longhurst Racing | Ford EL Falcon
|
4 | DNF | 10 | DNS |
| Darren Pate
|
31 | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore
|
22 | 18 | DNF | DNS |
| Kerryn Brewer
|
16 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore
|
26 | 22 | DNF | DNS |
| Danny Osborne
|
22 | Colourscan Motorsport | Ford EL Falcon
|
24 | 26 | DNS | DNS |
| Jason Bright
|
4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford EL Falcon
|
5 | DNF | DNS | DNS |
Australian Super Touring Championship
Tickford 500
AMP Bathurst 1000
Hog's Breath V8 Supercar Challenge
This meeting was a support event of the 1998 Honda Indy 300.[1]
| Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Larkham
|
10 | Larkham Motor Sport
|
Ford EL Falcon
|
1 | 1 |
| Mark Skaife
|
50 | Holden Racing Team
|
Holden VS Commodore
|
3 | 2 |
| Jason Bargwanna
|
35 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore
|
5 | 3 |
| Tony Longhurst
|
25 | Longhurst Racing | Ford EL Falcon
|
4 | 4 |
| Larry Perkins
|
11 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore
|
6 | 5 |
| Steven Johnson
|
17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon
|
9 | 6 |
| John Faulkner
|
46 | John Faulkner Racing | Holden VS Commodore
|
7 | 7 |
| Russell Ingall
|
8 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore
|
DNF | 8 |
| Alan Jones
|
9 | Longhurst Racing | Ford EL Falcon
|
8 | 9 |
| Neil Crompton
|
5 | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EL Falcon
|
DNF | 10 |
| Wayne Gardner
|
96 | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VS Commodore
|
14 | 11 |
| Garth Tander
|
34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore
|
DNF | 12 |
| Tomas Mezera
|
32 | Tomas Mezera Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore
|
13 | 13 |
| John Briggs
|
70 | John Briggs Motorsport
|
Ford EL Falcon
|
11 | 14 |
| Kevin Heffernan
|
74 | PACE Racing | Holden VS Commodore
|
DNF | 15 |
| Jason Bright
|
4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford EL Falcon
|
2 | 16 |
| Dean Crosswell
|
49 | Greg Crick Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore
|
12 | 17 |
| Simon Emerzidis
|
54 | Simon Emerzidis | Ford EL Falcon
|
DNF | 18 |
| Paul Romano
|
24 | Romano Racing | Holden VS Commodore
|
10 | DNF |
Steve Reed
|
3 | Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore
|
DNF | DNF |
| Craig Lowndes
|
1 | Holden Racing Team
|
Holden VS Commodore
|
DNF | DNS |
FAI 1000 Classic
References
- ^ "Gold Coast 18 October 1998 1998 Honda Indy Support Categories [sic]". National Software. 18 October 1998. Archived from the original on 22 March 2008.
Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.