1993 Australian Touring Car season

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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.

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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.

DateSeriesCircuitCity / stateWinnerTeamCarReport
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 RacingFord EB Falcon
4 Apr ATCC Round 3 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Glenn SetonPeter Jackson RacingFord EB Falcon
18 Apr ATCC Round 4 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland Alan JonesPeter Jackson RacingFord EB Falcon
16 May ATCC Round 5 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, VictoriaGlenn SetonPeter Jackson RacingFord EB Falcon
6 Jun ATCC Round 6Eastern Creek RacewaySydney, New South WalesGlenn SetonPeter Jackson RacingFord EB Falcon
20 JunAMSCAR Round 2Amaroo ParkSydney, New South Wales Mark Skaife Winfield Racing Team Holden VP Commodore
4 Jul ATCC Round 7 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia Glenn SetonPeter Jackson RacingFord EB Falcon
11 Jul ATCC Round 8 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia Jim Richards Winfield Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore
25 JulAMSCAR Round 3Amaroo ParkSydney, New South Wales Paul Morris Benson & Hedges Racing BMW M3 Evolution
8 Aug ATCC Round 9 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South WalesJim RichardsWinfield Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore
12 Sep Sandown 500 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne, Victoria David Parsons
Geoff Brabham 		Peter Jackson RacingFord 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 .

DriverNo.TeamCarRace 1Race 2Points
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton 30 Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon 1140
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins 11 Perkins Engineering Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 2238
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim Richards 2 Winfield Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 3435
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Pearson33 Pro-Duct Motorsport Holden VP Commodore6531
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bruce Stewart 7Pro-Duct MotorsportHolden VP Commodore5631
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Heffernan 50PACE RacingHolden VL Commodore SS Group A SV8727
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Finnigan 27Terry Finnigan Racing Holden VN Commodore SS Group A 7827
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stuart McColl 44Stuart McCollHolden VL Commodore SS Group A SV10923
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Conway 79Cadillac Productions Toyota Sprinter 111319
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock 05 Mobil 1 Racing Holden VP CommodoreDNF318
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Binding 75 Toyota Corolla 121218
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Reed 3 Lansvale Racing Team Holden VP Commodore4DNF17
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Wright 78Toyota Corolla131415
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Laurie Donaher 26Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV9DNF12
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Mason 42Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SVDNF1011
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ray Gulson 45Ray Gulson BMW 635 CSi DNF1110
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Cotter 53 M3 Motorsport BMW M3 DNSDNS

Australian 5.0 Litre 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.

DriverNo.TeamCarRace 1Race 2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner 16 Holden Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 41
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim Richards 2 Winfield Racing Team Holden VP Commodore32
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Bowe 18 Shell Racing Ford EB Falcon 63
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock 05 Mobil 1 Racing Holden VP Commodore74
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton 30 Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB FalconDNF5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Troy Dunstan 55 Pepsi Quix Racing Holden VP CommodoreDNF6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones 35Peter Jackson RacingFord EB Falcon57
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Jones 12Ampol Max 3 RacingHolden VP Commodore108
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stuart McColl 4 GIO Racing Holden VP Commodore99
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Holden VP Commodore110
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trevor Ashby 3 Lansvale Racing Team Holden VP Commodore811
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Skaife 1Winfield Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore2DNF
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tomas Mezera 15Holden Racing TeamHolden VP CommodoreDNFDNS

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