1994 Australian Touring Car season

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The 1994 Australian Touring Car season was the 35th 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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Two major touring car categories raced in Australia during 1994, 5.0 Litre Touring Cars and 2.0 Litre Touring Cars. Between them there were 21 touring car race meetings held during 1994; a ten-round series for 5.0 Litre and 2.0 Litre Touring Cars - the 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); a six-round series for 2.0 Litre Touring Cars - the 1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship (AMC); support programme events at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix and 1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix, two stand alone long-distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'; the Winfield Triple Challenge at Eastern Creek Raceway.

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 1994 Australian touring car season consisted of 21 events.

DateSeriesCircuitCity / stateWinnerTeamCarReport
30 Jan Winfield Triple Challenge Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Glenn Seton Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon
27 Feb ATCC Round 1 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Mark Skaife Winfield Racing Team Holden VP Commodore report
6 Mar ATCC Round 2 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Mark SkaifeWinfield Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore report
13 Mar ATCC Round 3 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania Mark SkaifeWinfield Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore report
19 - 20 Mar Courier Mail Gold Coast 100 Surfers Paradise street circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland John Bowe Shell FAI Racing Ford EB Falcon
10 Apr ATCC Round 4 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Glenn SetonPeter Jackson RacingFord EB Falcon report
17 Apr AMC Round 1 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Tony Longhurst LoGaMo Racing BMW 318i
24 Apr ATCC Round 5 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland Larry Perkins Castrol Perkins Racing Holden VP Commodore report
15 May ATCC Round 6 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Glenn SetonPeter Jackson RacingFord EB Falcon report
22 May AMC Round 2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Paul Morris LoGaMo RacingBMW 318i
5 Jun ATCC Round 7 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Peter Brock Holden Racing Team Holden VP Commodore report
19 Jun AMC Round 3 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Paul MorrisLoGaMo RacingBMW 318i
26 Jun ATCC Round 8 Mallala Motor Sport Park Adelaide, South Australia Mark SkaifeWinfield Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore report
3 Jul ATCC Round 9 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia Alan Jones Peter Jackson RacingFord EB Falcon report
17 Jul AMC Round 4 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland Tony LonghurstLoGaMo RacingBMW 318i
24 Jul ATCC Round 10 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Glenn SetonPeter Jackson RacingFord EB Falcon report
7 Aug AMC Round 5 Mallala Motor Sport Park Adelaide, South Australia Tony LonghurstLoGaMo RacingBMW 318i
28 Aug AMC Round 6 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Paul MorrisLoGaMo RacingBMW 318i
4 Sep Sandown 500 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Dick Johnson
John Bowe
Shell FAI RacingFord EB Falcon report
2 Oct Tooheys 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Dick Johnson
John Bowe
Shell FAI RacingFord EB Falcon report
12 - 13 Nov Sensational Adelaide Touring Cars Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia John BoweShell FAI RacingFord EB Falcon

Winfield Triple Challenge

Held at Eastern Creek Raceway , this meeting featured 5.0 Litre Touring Cars, Superbikes and Drag Racing.

DriverNo.TeamCarRace 1Race 2Race 3Points
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton 1 Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon 22178
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones 30Peter Jackson RacingFord EB Falcon13276
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Skaife 2 Winfield Racing Team Holden VP Commodore 31374
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Holden VP Commodore54467
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Reed 3 Lansvale Racing Team Holden VP Commodore105559
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Jones 7 Pro-Duct Motorsport Holden VP Commodore77658
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Pearson33 Pro-Duct Motorsport Holden VP Commodore66758
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Finnigan 27Foodtown RacingHolden VP Commodore98851
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Waldock 28 Playscape Racing Ford EB Falcon89949
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Heffernan 32PACE Racing Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 13101041
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Ellery 88 Steven Ellery Racing Ford Sierra 14111137
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Mason 42Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV12121236
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phillip Browne 44Group MotorsportHolden VL Commodore SS Group A SV15131330
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim Richards 6Winfield Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore4RetRet17
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Schembri 36 Schembri Motorsport Holden VP Commodore11RetRet10

Australian Touring Car Championship

Courier Mail Gold Coast 100

This meeting was a support event of the 1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix. Unusually the main event was held on the Saturday with the shorter sprint event held the next day.

DriverNo.TeamCarCM 100CM Sprint
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Bowe 18 Shell FAI Racing Ford EB Falcon 11
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones 30 Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon2Ret
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Johnson 17Shell FAI RacingFord EB Falcon32
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim Richards 6 Winfield Racing Team Holden VP Commodore48
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tomas Mezera 015 Holden Racing Team Holden VP Commodore54
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock 05Holden Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore6Ret
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton 1Peter Jackson RacingFord EB Falcon75
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Morris 23 LoGaMo Racing Holden VP Commodore86
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Longhurst 25LoGaMo RacingHolden VP Commodore97
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Holden VP Commodore 10Ret
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Reed 3 Lansvale Racing Team Holden VP Commodore11Ret
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Waldock 28 Playscape Racing Ford EB Falcon12Ret
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Smerdon 39Challenge MotorsportHolden VP Commodore13Ret
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Finnigan 27Foodtown RacingHolden VP Commodore1411
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Palmer 20Palmer PromotionsHolden VP Commodore1513
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Jones 12Ampol Max 3 RacingHolden VP Commodore1610
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner 4 Coca-Cola Racing Holden VP CommodoreRetRet
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Skaife 2Winfield Racing TeamHolden VP CommodoreRet3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stuart McColl 14Holden VP CommodoreRet12
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Crompton 7Coca-Cola RacingHolden VP CommodoreRet9

Australian Manufacturers' Championship

Sandown 500

Tooheys 1000

Sensational Adelaide Touring Cars

This meeting was a support event of the 1994 Australian Grand Prix.

DriverNo.TeamCarRace 1Race 2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Bowe 18 Shell FAI Racing Ford EB Falcon 11
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Johnson 17Shell FAI RacingFord EB Falcon42
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Holden VP Commodore 23
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton 1 Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon34
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Skaife 2 Winfield Racing Team Holden VP Commodore95
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim Richards 6Winfield Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore86
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Crompton 7 Coca-Cola Racing Holden VP Commodore117
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones 30Peter Jackson RacingFord EB Falcon68
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes 016 Holden Racing Team Holden VP Commodore79
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Jones 12Ampol Max 3 RacingHolden VP Commodore1210
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phil Ward 10 Phil Ward Racing Holden VP CommodoreRet11
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner 4Coca-Cola RacingHolden VP Commodore512
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stuart McColl 14McColl Group A Racing Holden VP Commodore 1413
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock 05Holden Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore1314
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Finnigan 27Foodtown RacingHolden VP CommodoreRet15
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trevor Ashby 3 Lansvale Racing Team Holden VP Commodore1016
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Smerdon 39Challenge MotorsportHolden VP Commodore15Ret
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tomas Mezera 015Holden Racing TeamHolden VP CommodoreRetDNS

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