The 2014 Australian Touring Car Masters Series was an Australian motor racing competition for modified Touring Cars manufactured between 1 January 1963 and 31 December 1976. [1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Series with Australian Classic Touring (3D) Cars Pty Ltd appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager. [1] It was the eighth annual Touring Car Masters series.
The Pro Masters class was won by John Bowe (Ford Mustang), the Pro Am class by Mark King (Chevrolet Camaro RS) and the Pro Sports class by Chris Stillwell & Sven Burchartz (Ford Mustang).
The series was conetested over seven rounds. [1] [2]
Round [1] | Circuit [1] [2] | Date [1] [2] | Format [2] |
1 | Adelaide Parklands Circuit | 27 February - 2 March | Three races |
2 | Winton Motor Raceway | 4–6 April | Three races |
3 | Hidden Valley Raceway | 20–22 June | Three races |
4 | Sydney Motorsport Park | 22–24 August | Three races |
5 | Sandown International Motor Raceway | 12–14 September | Three races |
6 | Mount Panorama Circuit | 9–12 October | Three races |
7 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | 14–16 November | Three races |
Each competing automobile was classified into one of three classes, Pro Masters, Pro Am or Pro Sport. [1]
Series points were awarded on the following basis within each class in each race: [1]
Pos. [1] | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th |
Points [1] | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
For the Pro Sport class only, up to three drivers could be nominated to compete in a car during the Series. [1] Only one driver was permitted to compete at each round, however each nominated driver received Series points awarded to that car for each round of the Series. [1]
Pro Masters | ||||||||||
Position | Driver [3] | Car [2] | Ade [3] | Win [3] | Hid [3] | Syd [3] | San [3] | Mou [3] | Phi [3] | Total [3] |
1 | John Bowe | Ford Mustang | 168 | 168 | 172 | 172 | 154 | 83 | 172 | 1088.5 |
2 | Andrew Miedecke | Chevrolet Camaro SS | 165 | 129 | 104 | 176 | 154 | 56 | 172 | 956 |
3 | Keith Kassulke | Ford XB Falcon Hardtop | 143 | 128 | 156 | 128 | 138 | 100 | 144 | 937 |
4 | Jim Richards | Ford Falcon Sprint | 144 | 168 | 168 | 142 | 160 | 124 | 0 | 906 |
5 | Greg Crick | Chrysler Valiant Charger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 150 | 136 | 160 | 591 |
6 | Eddie Abelnica | Ford XB Falcon Hardtop | 160 | 160 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 390 |
7 | Kim Jane | Ford XB Falcon Hardtop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 125 | 0 | 278 |
8 | Brad Tilley | Ford XY Falcon GT | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 129 |
Pro Am | ||||||||||
Position | Driver [3] | Car [2] | Ade [3] | Win [3] | Hid [3] | Syd [3] | San [3] | Mou [3] | Phi [3] | Total [3] |
1 | Mark King | Chevrolet Camaro RS | 165 | 168 | 172 | 172 | 168 | 150 | 172 | 1167 |
2 | Tony Karanfilovski | Ford Mustang | 96 | 170 | 138 | 160 | 164 | 110 | 168 | 1006 |
3 | Brett Youlden | Holden HQ Monaro | 160 | 80 | 136 | 150 | 138 | 39 | 126 | 829 |
4 | Jason Gomersall | Holden Torana SL/R 5000 | 123 | 90 | 114 | 84 | 172 | 84 | 121 | 788 |
5 | Wayne Mercer | Ford XY Falcon GTHO | 99 | 123 | 126 | 111 | 114 | 47 | 117 | 736.5 |
6 | Carey McMahon | Holden Torana SL/R 5000 | 70 | 152 | 132 | 69 | 111 | 84 | 0 | 618 |
7 | Les Walmsley | Holden HQ Monaro GTS | 0 | 0 | 30 | 156 | 93 | 124 | 87 | 489.5 |
8 | Cameron Tilley | Ford Boss Mustang | 98 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 0 | 98 | 126 | 450.5 |
9 | Paul Freestone | Chevrolet Camaro SS | 48 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 90 | 46 | 149 | 385 |
10 | Bill Pye | Chevrolet Camaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 93 | 56 | 266 |
11 | Andrew Fisher | Ford XY Falcon GTHO | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 128 | 0 | 248 |
12 | Garry Treloar | Chrysler Valiant Charger E55 | 124 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196 |
13 | Adam Bressington | Ford XA Falcon GT | 0 | 0 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 193 |
14 | Tony Hunter | Chevrolet Monza 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 190.5 |
15 | Steve Mason | Ford Mustang | 80 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 |
16 | Nigel Benson | Holden HQ Monaro | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
Pro Sport | ||||||||||
Position | Driver [3] | Car [2] | Ade [3] | Win [3] | Hid [3] | Syd [3] | San [3] | Mou [3] | Phi [3] | Total [3] |
1 | Chris Stillwell / Sven Burchartz | Ford Mustang | 156 | 148 | 150 | 116 | 168 | 92 | 168 | 998 |
2 | Cameron Mason | Chevrolet Camaro SS | 164 | 48 | 160 | 120 | 159 | 129 | 120 | 900 |
3 | William Vining | Ford Mustang | 92 | 125 | 146 | 160 | 156 | 54 | 160 | 893 |
4 | Rusty French / Gavin Bullas | Porsche 911 RS | 136 | 123 | 104 | 146 | 104 | 121 | 52 | 786 |
5 | Greg Keene | Porsche 911 RS | 180 | 160 | 56 | 0 | 129 | 140 | 0 | 665 |
6 | Bruce McLeod | Ford XA Falcon | 0 | 108 | 120 | 129 | 117 | 110 | 45 | 628.5 |
7 | Mick Wilson | Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T | 81 | 81 | 129 | 139 | 0 | 108 | 48 | 586 |
8 | Leo Tobin / Keith Davidson | Holden HQ Monaro | 129 | 123 | 39 | 96 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 526 |
9 | Tony Hunter | Chevrolet Monza 2+2 | 0 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 |
10 | Amanda Sparks | Porsche 911 RS | 0 | 0 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
11 | Rory O'Neill | Porsche 911 RS | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
12 | Phillip Showers | Ford Escort RS1600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 97.5 |
13 | Graham Alexander | Holden HT Monaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
Half points were awarded in race two at Mount Panorama, Bathurst due to 75% of race distance not being reached. [4]
There are minor discrepancies between round points and the total points for some drivers in the quoted reference at touringcarmasters.com.au (e.g. for John Bowe). The above table reflects the points as published in that source.
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