1993 Australian Touring Car season

Last updated April 17, 2023

The 1993 Australian Touring Car season was the 34th 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.

There were 15 touring car race meetings held during 1993; a nine-round series, the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); a three-round series based at Amaroo Park; the Aurora AFX AMSCAR series (AMSCAR), a support programme event at the 1993 Australian Grand Prix, two stand alone long distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'; the Winfield Triple Challenge at Eastern Creek Raceway.

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 1993 Australian touring car season consisted of 15 events.

Date	Series	Circuit	City / state	Winner	Team	Car	Report
24 Jan	Winfield Triple Challenge	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Glenn Seton	Peter Jackson Racing	Ford EB Falcon
28 Feb	ATCC Round 1 AMSCAR Round 1	Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	John Bowe	Shell Racing	Ford EB Falcon
14 Mar	ATCC Round 2	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	Alan Jones	Peter Jackson Racing	Ford EB Falcon
4 Apr	ATCC Round 3	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	Glenn Seton	Peter Jackson Racing	Ford EB Falcon
18 Apr	ATCC Round 4	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	Alan Jones	Peter Jackson Racing	Ford EB Falcon
16 May	ATCC Round 5	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	Glenn Seton	Peter Jackson Racing	Ford EB Falcon
6 Jun	ATCC Round 6	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Glenn Seton	Peter Jackson Racing	Ford EB Falcon
20 Jun	AMSCAR Round 2	Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	Mark Skaife	Winfield Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore
4 Jul	ATCC Round 7	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	Glenn Seton	Peter Jackson Racing	Ford EB Falcon
11 Jul	ATCC Round 8	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	Jim Richards	Winfield Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore
25 Jul	AMSCAR Round 3	Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	Paul Morris	Benson & Hedges Racing	BMW M3 Evolution
8 Aug	ATCC Round 9	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Jim Richards	Winfield Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore
12 Sep	Sandown 500	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	David Parsons Geoff Brabham	Peter Jackson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	report
4 Oct	Tooheys 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	Larry Perkins Gregg Hansford	Castrol Team Perkins	Holden VP Commodore	report
6 - 7 Nov	Ultimate Peter Jackson Dash	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	Wayne Gardner	Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore

Winfield Triple Challenge

Held at Eastern Creek Raceway this was a pre-season race meeting which featured Superbikes and Drag Racing to complete the Winfield Triple Challenge .

Driver	No.	Team	Car	Race 1	Race 2	Points
Glenn Seton	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	1	1	40
Larry Perkins	11	Perkins Engineering	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	2	2	38
Jim Richards	2	Winfield Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	3	4	35
Bob Pearson	33	Pro-Duct Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	6	5	31
Bruce Stewart	7	Pro-Duct Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	5	6	31
Kevin Heffernan	50	PACE Racing	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	8	7	27
Terry Finnigan	27	Terry Finnigan Racing	Holden VN Commodore SS Group A	7	8	27
Stuart McColl	44	Stuart McColl	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	10	9	23
Mike Conway	79	Cadillac Productions	Toyota Sprinter	11	13	19
Peter Brock	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Holden VP Commodore	DNF	3	18
Frank Binding	75		Toyota Corolla	12	12	18
Steve Reed	3	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	4	DNF	17
Brad Wright	78		Toyota Corolla	13	14	15
Laurie Donaher	26		Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	9	DNF	12
Glenn Mason	42		Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	DNF	10	11
Ray Gulson	45	Ray Gulson	BMW 635 CSi	DNF	11	10
John Cotter	53	M3 Motorsport	BMW M3	DNS	DNS

Australian Touring Car Championship

Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship

Sandown 500

Tooheys 1000

Ultimate Peter Jackson Dash

This meeting was a support event of the 1993 Australian Grand Prix.

Driver	No.	Team	Car	Race 1	Race 2
Wayne Gardner	16	Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	4	1
Jim Richards	2	Winfield Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	3	2
John Bowe	18	Shell Racing	Ford EB Falcon	6	3
Peter Brock	05	Mobil 1 Racing	Holden VP Commodore	7	4
Glenn Seton	30	Peter Jackson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	DNF	5
Troy Dunstan	55	Pepsi Quix Racing	Holden VP Commodore	DNF	6
Alan Jones	35	Peter Jackson Racing	Ford EB Falcon	5	7
Bob Jones	12	Ampol Max 3 Racing	Holden VP Commodore	10	8
Stuart McColl	4	GIO Racing	Holden VP Commodore	9	9
Larry Perkins	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Holden VP Commodore	1	10
Trevor Ashby	3	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	8	11
Mark Skaife	1	Winfield Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	2	DNF
Tomas Mezera	15	Holden Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	DNF	DNS

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