Glenn Seton

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Glenn Seton
Ford Falcon AU V8 Supercar Glenn Seton (17087022058).jpg
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian
Born (1965-05-05) 5 May 1965 (age 58)
Supercars Championship career
Championships2 (1993, 1997)
Races209
Wins40
Podiums104
Pole positions16

Glenn Seton (born 5 May 1965) is an Australian racing driver. He won the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1993 and 1997 while driving for his own team. Although he never won the Bathurst 1000 like his father Barry did in 1965, Glenn started from pole position in 1994 and 1996, and finished second three times. He came close to winning the race in 1995, holding a significant lead in the closing stages, but his engine failed nine laps from the finish. [1] [2]

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Career

Early career

Growing up in south-west Sydney, Seton had a successful karting career before switching to cars after a heavy crash at Oran Park Raceway aged 17. [1] He then raced for his father Barry's team in 1983, driving a Ford Capri and making his Bathurst 1000 debut in 1983 with Barry, better known as Bo. Seton then competed in three rounds of the 1984 Australian Touring Car Championship in the car.

Nissan Motorsport

He then moved to Nissan Motorsport from the 1984 Australian Endurance Championship and would remain with the team until the end of 1988. Father Barry also joined the team as engine builder. Glenn would first drive in a Nissan Pulsar EXA in the 1984 Castrol 500 at Sandown in Melbourne, and then at the 1984 James Hardie 1000, both times alongside Christine Gibson, the wife of his future boss Fred Gibson. In 1986, he would win his first major race, the Sandown 500 driving with George Fury. [1]

His best individual year with Nissan came in 1987 driving the Nissan Skyline RS DR30 when he would finish second behind Jim Richards in the ATCC, only losing the championship after falling behind Richards in the final race at Oran Park Raceway. [3] Teamed with John Bowe, Seton would then finish second in the 1987 James Hardie 1000 which that year was part of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship. Seton, who had driven a memorable stint on slick tyres in wet conditions, and Bowe were in a strong position behind the later-disqualified Eggenberger Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500s until a safety car delayed them. [4] Post-season, Seton also competed at Suzuka Circuit in the final round of the 1987 Japanese Touring Car Championship with Anders Olofsson, finishing in fourth place. It was Seton's only major race outside Australasia.

1988 would be a frustrating year for Seton. Nissan introduced the new Skyline HR31 GTS-R, and with the car arriving only mid-season, the team could not get on terms with the much more powerful Ford Sierras. The cars initial unreliability saw Seton's Skyline retire from the first lap at both the Sandown 500 and Tooheys 1000, both times when the cars production-based gearbox failed. [1]

Glenn Seton Racing

Following this, Seton and his father Bo left the Nissan team at the end of 1988 to set up Glenn Seton Racing, which ran from 1989 to 2002, initially with Ford Sierra RS500s. The team wrote off its only car in the team's third round at Lakeside International Raceway in 1989, forcing the team to miss the next two rounds. In this Group A Sierra period, in which Seton retained the Peter Jackson title sponsorship from the Nissan days, Seton would only win one championship round, at Symmons Plains Raceway in 1992. [5] In addition to this, Seton reunited with George Fury to win the 1990 Sandown 500 which contributed to winning the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship.

Approaching the new Group 3A regulations developed for 1993, GSR was one of the teams to develop a new V8 engine Ford Falcon (EB). The team ran the Falcons at the season-ending endurance races in 1992, where Seton became the first driver to put a Falcon into the top 10 qualifiers at Bathurst since 1984. The move to the new V8 formula would prove fruitful for Seton, winning the 1993 and 1997 Australian Touring Car Championships. In this period from 1993 to 1997, Seton finished in the top three of the championship in each year. [5] This was despite the team's level of funding and resources dropping significantly from 1996 following the end of tobacco sponsorship in Australia.

Despite his consistent success in the championship, success at Bathurst would continue to elude Seton in this period. Seton did claim pole position at Bathurst in 1994 and 1996, however was regularly hampered by reliability issues on race day. Most infamously, Seton was leading the 1995 Bathurst 1000 until the final ten laps when an engine failure caused him to retire from the race. The race held extra importance for Seton as it was thirty years after father Bo's Bathurst victory, Seton himself was 30 years of age and was running in car number 30. A promotional offer would have given Seton the choice between $30,000 or his father's Bathurst winning car should he have won the race. [6]

Between 1999 and 2001, the team received increased funding from Ford Australia and was rebranded as Ford Tickford Racing. The team ran two cars in this period, first for Neil Crompton and then for Steven Richards but had limited success on track. Seton won his final solo championship race at Winton Motor Raceway in 2000, only losing the overall round victory after slipping off the track on oil in the final race. [5] Seton missed the Sandown round in 2000 after a testing crash at Phillip Island, however still finished fifth in the championship, before dropping to 16th in 2001. [1] The team downsized to one car in 2002 and lost the Tickford association, running with Ford Credit title sponsorship, who had backed Seton since 1996.

Ford Performance Racing

At the end of 2002, Seton sold the team to Prodrive and the team name was renamed to Ford Performance Racing with Seton remaining with the team as a driver. The team would run three cars in 2003 with Craig Lowndes and David Besnard joining the team, with Lowndes and Seton combining for a second-place finish at the 2003 Bathurst 1000. With Seton only being promoted to the 1987 podium after the later disqualifications, this was Seton's first time appearing on the Bathurst podium. [2] In 2004, the team suffered a spate of engine failures and Seton would only finish 15th in the championship, five spots ahead of Lowndes. Despite this, Seton and Lowndes would repeat their 2003 runner-up finish at the 2004 Bathurst 1000, in what were Seton's only two podiums in his two-year stint with the team. [1]

Dick Johnson Racing

In 2005 he moved to Dick Johnson Racing a team with whom Seton had a long rivalry with through the 1990s. In late 2005 after a disappointing season, Seton was sacked from Dick Johnson Racing halfway through his two-year contract and replaced by Will Davison for 2006. [1]

Endurance co-driver

Seton was not able to find a 2006 full-time drive, so he joined Stone Brothers Racing for the two V8 Supercar endurance races with James Courtney. Brake issues hampered the #4 SBR Falcon at Sandown where it finished ninth. At Bathurst they finished third, Seton's third podium in four years at the event. [7]

Seton moved from Ford and joined his childhood friend, and old Nissan teammate, Mark Skaife's Holden Racing Team squad in the 2007 and 2008 endurance races. This marked the first times in Seton's career to drive a Holden. He finished 13th in the Sandown 500 with Tony Longhurst and 11th in the Bathurst 1000 with Nathan Pretty. Seton again joined the Holden Racing Team in 2008, driving the #2 car with Craig Baird. The pair came 14th at the Phillip Island 500 and were running strongly at the Bathurst 1000 until a late race clash with Warren Luff put them out of the race. [8] He made his final Bathurst appearance with Jason Bargwanna for Kelly Racing in 2010. [9]

Later career

After retiring from full-time driving, Seton completed in multiple seasons of Touring Car Masters, including finally winning his first race victory at Bathurst in 2011. [1] Seton would also finish 2nd in class at the 2017 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour driving with son Aaron.

Seton is currently involved in the Australian Speedway scene and has travelled to the US with 2007/08 and 2009/10 Australian Super Sedan Champion, Jamie McHugh [10]

In 2013 Seton won the 2013 Great Southern 4 Hour, sharing a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 with Bob Pearson.

Personal life

Seton, with ex-wife Jayne, is father of Courtney and Aaron Seton, the latter of whom has also embarked on a racing career and now works as a mechanic for Dick Johnson Racing. [1] [11] Seton grew up in Moorebank in south-west Sydney before moving to Melbourne to work on the Nissan programme with his father. Seton would later move to the Gold Coast in 2004 where he currently resides. [1]

Career results

The Ford Falcon (EL) in which Seton won the 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship Glenn Seton 1997 EL Falcon Muscle Car Masters 2011.JPG
The Ford Falcon (EL) in which Seton won the 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship
The Ford Falcon (BA) in which Seton contested the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series for Ford Performance Racing. Pictured in 2018 Ford Falcon BA of Glenn Seton.jpg
The Ford Falcon (BA) in which Seton contested the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series for Ford Performance Racing. Pictured in 2018
SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
1984 Australian Touring Car Championship 13th Ford Capri Mk.III Barry Seton
1986 Australian Touring Car Championship 10th Nissan Skyline DR30 RS Peter Jackson Nissan Racing
Australian Endurance Championship 12th
South Pacific Touring Car Championship 8th
1987 Australian Touring Car Championship 2ndNissan Skyline DR30 RS Peter Jackson Nissan Racing
1988 Australian Touring Car Championship 14th Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R Peter Jackson Nissan Racing
Australian Drivers' Championship 14th Ralt RT4 Nissan Dave Thompson
1989 Australian Touring Car Championship 7th Ford Sierra RS500 Peter Jackson Racing
1990 Australian Touring Car Championship 7th Ford Sierra RS500 Peter Jackson Racing
Australian Endurance Championship 1st
1991 Australian Touring Car Championship 4th Ford Sierra RS500 Peter Jackson Racing
1992 Australian Touring Car Championship 5th Ford Sierra RS500 Peter Jackson Racing
1993 Australian Touring Car Championship 1st Ford Falcon (EB) Peter Jackson Racing
1994 Australian Touring Car Championship 2nd Ford Falcon (EB) Peter Jackson Racing
1995 Australian Touring Car Championship 2nd Ford Falcon (EF) Peter Jackson Racing
1996 Australian Touring Car Championship 3rd Ford Falcon (EF) Ford Credit Racing
1997 Australian Touring Car Championship 1st Ford Falcon (EL) Ford Credit Racing
1998 Australian Touring Car Championship 6th Ford Falcon (EL) Ford Credit Racing
1999 Shell Championship Series 4th Ford Falcon (AU) Ford Tickford Racing
2000 Shell Championship Series 5th Ford Falcon (AU) Ford Tickford Racing
2001 Shell Championship Series 16th Ford Falcon (AU) Ford Tickford Racing
2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 24th Ford Falcon (AU) Glenn Seton Racing
2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 15th Ford Falcon (AU)
Ford Falcon (BA)
Ford Performance Racing
2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 15th Ford Falcon (BA) Ford Performance Racing
2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 15th Ford Falcon (BA) Dick Johnson Racing
2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 35th Ford Falcon (BA) Stone Brothers Racing
2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 38th Holden Commodore (VE) Holden Racing Team
2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 52nd Holden Commodore (VE) Holden Racing Team
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 61st Holden Commodore (VE) Kelly Racing
Australian Mini Challenge 6th Mini John Cooper Works Challenge Pizza Capers
2011 Touring Car Masters (Class C) 11th Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop Speed FX Racing
2012 Australian Touring Car Masters Series (Class A)27th Ford XY Falcon GTHO Falcon Fire Protection
2013 Australian Production Car Championship 5th Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Pro-Duct Racing
Touring Car Masters 26th Ford XY Falcon GT Falcon Fire Protection
2015 Touring Car Masters (Pro Masters Class) 7th Ford Mustang Thunder Road Racing Australia

Supercars Championship results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercars results
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839PositionPoints
1984 Barry Seton Ford Capri Mk.III SAN
R1
SYM
R2
BAR
R3
SUR
R4

16
ORA
R5

13
LAK
R6

12
ADE
R7
13th25
1986 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Nissan Skyline DR30 RS AMA
R1
SYM
R2
SAN
R3

14
ADE
R4

Ret
BAR
R5

2
SUR
R6

13
CAL
R7

2
LAK
R8
WIN
R9
ORA
R10
10th67
1987 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Nissan Skyline DR30 RS CAL
R1

1
SYM
R2

4
LAK
R3

2
BAR
R4

1
ADE
R5

Ret
SUR
R6

3
CAL
R7

1
AMA
R8

3
ORA
R9

Ret
2nd167
1988 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Nissan Skyline DR30 RS CAL
R1

SYM
R2

WIN
R3

BAR
R4

ADE
R5

SUR
R6

Ret
CAL
R7

AMA
R8

Ret
ORA
R9

6
15th6
1989 Peter Jackson Racing Ford Sierra RS500 AMA
R1

5
SYM
R2

4
LAK
R3

Ret
BAR
R4

MAL
R5

SAN
R6

Ret
WIN
R7

Ret
ORA
R8

4
7th28
1990 Peter Jackson Racing Ford Sierra RS500 AMA
R1

12
SYM
R2

4
PHI
R3

Ret
WIN
R4

4
LAK
R5

9
MAL
R6

Ret
WAN
R7

2
ORA
R8

Ret
7th37
1991 Peter Jackson Racing Ford Sierra RS500 SAN
R1

Ret
SYM
R2

3
WAN
R3

4
LAK
R4

4
WIN
R5

3
AMA
R6

12
MAL
R7

5
LAK
R8

5
ORA
R9

4
4th70
1992 Peter Jackson Racing Ford Sierra RS500 AMA
R1

2
AMA
R2

7
SAN
R3

5
SAN
R4

11
SYM
R5

1
SYM
R6

1
WIN
R7

3
WIN
R8

4
LAK
R9

7
LAK
R10

11
EAS
R11

8
EAS
R12

4
MAL
R13

6
MAL
R14

6
WAN
R15

4
WAN
R16

6
ORA
R17

5
ORA
R18

13
5th173
1993 Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon AMA
R1

3
AMA
R2

4
SYM
R3

3
SYM
R4

Ret
PHI
R5

1
PHI
R6

1
LAK
R7

5
LAK
R8

4
WIN
R9

1
WIN
R10

1
EAS
R11

1
EAS
R12

1
MAL
R13

2
MAL
R14

1
WAN
R15

6
WAN
R15

Ret
ORA
R18

4
ORA
R18

4
1st191
1994 Peter Jackson Racing Ford EB Falcon AMA
R1

2
AMA
R2

2
SAN
R3

4
SAN
R4

17
SYM
R5

2
SYM
R6

5
PHI
R7

1
PHI
R8

1
LAK
R9

13
LAK
R10

8
WIN
R11

1
WIN
R12

1
EAS
R13

Ret
EAS
R14

5
MAL
R15

4
MAL
R15

Ret
BAR
R18

Ret
BAR
R18

DNS
ORA
R19

1
ORA
R20

1
2nd228
1995 Peter Jackson Racing Ford EF Falcon SAN
R1

10
SAN
R2

Ret
SYM
R3

3
SYM
R4

Ret
BAT
R5

3
BAT
R6

5
PHI
R7

3
PHI
R8

1
LAK
R9

2
LAK
R10

1
WIN
R11

2
WIN
R12

3
EAS
R13

1
EAS
R14

Ret
MAL
R15

1
MAL
R16

1
BAR
R17

1
BAR
R18

1
ORA
R19

2
ORA
R20

2
2nd287
1996 Ford Credit Racing Ford EF Falcon EAS
R1

3
EAS
R2

20
EAS
R3

3
SAN
R4

6
SAN
R5

2
SAN
R6

1
BAT
R7

5
BAT
R8

Ret
BAT
R9

5
SYM
R10

7
SYM
R11

4
SYM
R12

3
PHI
R13

10
PHI
R14

2
PHI
R15

1
CAL
R16

Ret
CAL
R17

5
CAL
R18

1
LAK
R19

4
LAK
R20

3
LAK
R21

10
BAR
R22

4
BAR
R23

3
BAR
R24

2
MAL
R25

Ret
MAL
R26

8
MAL
R27

Ret
ORA
R28

3
ORA
R29

3
ORA
R30

2
3rd308
1997 Ford Credit Racing Ford EL Falcon CAL
R1

3
CAL
R2

2
CAL
R3

1
PHI
R4

1
PHI
R5

3
PHI
R6

Ret
SAN
R7

1
SAN
R8

1
SAN
R9

1
SYM
R10

4
SYM
R11

3
SYM
R12

3
WIN
R13

4
WIN
R14

4
WIN
R15

3
EAS
R16

1
EAS
R17

1
EAS
R18

1
LAK
R19

1
LAK
R20

Ret
LAK
R21

DNS
BAR
R22

8
BAR
R23

8
BAR
R24

7
MAL
R25

3
MAL
R26

3
MAL
R27

4
ORA
R28

4
ORA
R29

5
ORA
R30

1
1st668
1998 Ford Credit Racing Ford EL Falcon SAN
R1

3
SAN
R2

3
SAN
R3

3
SYM
R4

1
SYM
R5

Ret
SYM
R6

5
LAK
R7

16
LAK
R8

Ret
LAK
R9

18
PHI
R10

4
PHI
R11

4
PHI
R12

8
WIN
R13

11
WIN
R14

14
WIN
R15

9
MAL
R16

7
MAL
R17

4
MAL
R18

3
BAR
R19

6
BAR
R20

7
BAR
R21

19
CAL
R22

5
CAL
R23

6
CAL
R24

C
HDV
R25

9
HDV
R26

5
HDV
R27

3
ORA
R28

5
ORA
R29

5
ORA
R30

Ret
6th676
1999 Ford Tickford Racing Ford AU Falcon EAS
R1
EAS
R2
EAS
R3
ADE
R4
BAR
R5
BAR
R6
BAR
R7
PHI
R8
PHI
R9
PHI
R10
HDV
R11
HDV
R12
HDV
R13
SAN
R14
SAN
R15
SAN
R16
QLD
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
CAL
R20
CAL
R21
CAL
R22
SYM
R23
SYM
R24
SYM
R25
WIN
R26
WIN
R27
WIN
R28
ORA
R29
ORA
R30
ORA
R31
QLD
R32

BAT
R33

4th1656
2000 Ford Tickford Racing Ford AU Falcon PHI
R1
PHI
R2
BAR
R3
BAR
R4
BAR
R5
ADE
R6
ADE
R7
EAS
R8
EAS
R9
EAS
R10
HDV
R11
HDV
R12
HDV
R13
CAN
R14
CAN
R15
CAN
R16
QLD
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
WIN
R20
WIN
R21
WIN
R22
ORA
R23
ORA
R24
ORA
R25
CAL
R26
CAL
R27
CAL
R28
QLD
R29

SAN
R30
SAN
R31
SAN
R32
BAT
R33

5th1133
2001 Ford Tickford Racing Ford AU Falcon PHI
R1

10
PHI
R2

10
ADE
R3

Ret
ADE
R4

4
EAS
R5

17
EAS
R6

7
HDV
R7

27
HDV
R8

10
HDV
R9

5
CAN
R10

5
CAN
R11

13
CAN
R12

19
BAR
R13

4
BAR
R14

30
BAR
R15

Ret
CAL
R16

19
CAL
R17

25
CAL
R18

16
ORA
R19

11
ORA
R20

15
QLD
R21

Ret
WIN
R22

Ret
WIN
R23

10
BAT
R24

9
PUK
R25

Ret
PUK
R26

14
PUK
R27

13
SAN
R28

7
SAN
R29

17
SAN
R30

Ret
16th1800
2002 Glenn Seton Racing Ford AU Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

PHI
R3
PHI
R4
EAS
R5

EAS
R6

EAS
R7

HDV
R8

HDV
R9

HDV
R10

CAN
R11

CAN
R12

CAN
R13

BAR
R14

BAR
R15

BAR
R16

ORA
R17

ORA
R18

WIN
R19

WIN
R20

QLD
R21

BAT
R22

SUR
R23

SUR
R24

PUK
R25

PUK
R26

PUK
R27

SAN
R28

SAN
R29

24th418
2003 Ford Performance Racing Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1

18
ADE
R1

10
PHI
R3

9
EAS
R4

26
WIN
R5

12
BAR
R6

14
BAR
R7

15
BAR
R8

18
HDV
R9

Ret
HDV
R10

16
HDV
R11

17
QLD
R12

Ret
ORA
R13

Ret
SAN
R14

16
BAT
R15

2
SUR
R16

12
SUR
R17

5
PUK
R18

11
PUK
R19

9
PUK
R20

11
EAS
R21

18
EAS
R22

Ret
15th1266
2004 Ford Performance Racing Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1

10
ADE
R2

Ret
EAS
R3

15
PUK
R4

29
PUK
R5

21
PUK
R6

22
HDV
R7

18
HDV
R8

12
HDV
R9

14
BAR
R10

Ret
BAR
R11

21
BAR
R12

Ret
QLD
R13

13
WIN
R14

10
ORA
R15

DNS
ORA
R16

21
SAN
R17

18
BAT
R18

2
SUR
R19

15
SUR
R20

19
SYM
R21

28
SYM
R22

19
SYM
R23

17
EAS
R24

14
EAS
R25

13
EAS
R26

22
15th1237
2005 Dick Johnson Racing Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1

9
ADE
R2

25
PUK
R3

26
PUK
R4

13
PUK
R5

12
BAR
R6

12
BAR
R7

15
BAR
R8

9
EAS
R9

20
EAS
R10

27
SHA
R11

14
SHA
R12

7
SHA
R13

24
HDV
R14

8
HDV
R15

7
HDV
R16

5
QLD
R17

11
ORA
R18

18
ORA
R19

13
SAN
R20

12
BAT
R21

9
SUR
R22

23
SUR
R23

23
SUR
R24

20
SYM
R25

22
SYM
R26

19
SYM
R27

20
PHI
R28

29
PHI
R29

24
PHI
R30

11
15th1353
2006 Stone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

PUK
R3

PUK
R4

PUK
R5

BAR
R6

BAR
R7

BAR
R8

WIN
R9

WIN
R10

WIN
R11

HDV
R12

HDV
R13

HDV
R14

QLD
R15

QLD
R16

QLD
R17

ORA
R18

ORA
R19

ORA
R20

SAN
R21

9
BAT
R22

3
SUR
R23

SUR
R24

SUR
R25

SYM
R26

SYM
R27

SYM
R28

BHR
R29

BHR
R30

BHR
R31

PHI
R32

PHI
R33

PHI
R34

35th300
2007 Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore ADE
R1

ADE
R2

BAR
R3

BAR
R4

BAR
R5

PUK
R6

PUK
R7

PUK
R8

WIN
R9

WIN
R10

WIN
R11

EAS
R12

EAS
R13

EAS
R14

HDV
R15

HDV
R16

HDV
R17

QLD
R18

QLD
R19

QLD
R20

ORA
R21

ORA
R22

ORA
R23

SAN
R24

13
BAT
R25

11
SUR
R26

SUR
R27

SUR
R28

BHR
R29

BHR
R30

BHR
R31

SYM
R32

SYM
R33

SYM
R34

PHI
R35

PHI
R36

PHI
R37

38th30
2008 Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore ADE
R1

ADE
R2

EAS
R3

EAS
R4

EAS
R5

HAM
R6

HAM
R7

HAM
R8

BAR
R9

BAR
R10

BAR
R11

SAN
R12

SAN
R13

SAN
R14

HDV
R15

HDV
R16

HDV
R17

QLD
R18

QLD
R19

QLD
R20

WIN
R21

WIN
R22

WIN
R23

PHI
Q

10
PHI
R24

14
BAT
R25

Ret
SUR
R26

SUR
R27

SUR
R28

BHR
R29

BHR
R30

BHR
R31

SYM
R32

SYM
R33

SYM
R34

ORA
R35

ORA
R36

ORA
R37

52nd118
2010 Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore YMC
R1

YMC
R2

BHR
R3

BHR
R4

ADE
R5

ADE
R6

HAM
R7

HAM
R8

QLD
R9

QLD
R10

WIN
R11

WIN
R12

HDV
R13

HDV
R14

TOW
R15

TOW
R16

PHI
R17

20
BAT
R18

Ret
SUR
R19

SUR
R20

SYM
R21

SYM
R22

SAN
R23

SAN
R24

SYD
R25

SYD
R26

61st113

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar1234567891011DCPoints
1987 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Nissan Skyline DR30 RS MNZ JAR DIJ NUR SPA BNO SIL BAT
ovr:2
cls:2
CLD
ovr:5
cls:2
WEL
Ret
FJI NC0

Not eligible for series points

Complete Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar1234DCPoints
1988 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R BAT
Ret
WEL PUK FJI NC0

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Glenn Seton and Craig Lowndes placed second in the 2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 driving this Ford Falcon (BA) for Ford Performance Racing. The image was taken in 2018. Ford Falcon BA of Craig Lowndes (2004).jpg
Glenn Seton and Craig Lowndes placed second in the 2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 driving this Ford Falcon (BA) for Ford Performance Racing. The image was taken in 2018.
YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsOverall
position
Class
position
1983 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barry Seton Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barry Seton Ford Capri Mk.III B134DNFDNF
1984 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nissan Motor Co. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Christine Gibson Nissan Pulsar EXA Group C76DNFDNF
1986 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg George Fury Nissan Skyline DR30 RS B114DNFDNF
1987 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Bowe Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 11572nd2nd
1988 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Olofsson Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R A0DNFDNF
1989 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Goss
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Noske
Ford Sierra RS500 A14020th17th
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Noske
Flag of France.svg Alain Ferté
Ford Sierra RS500 A92DNFDNF
1990 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Drew Price Ford Sierra RS500 177DNFDNF
1991 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gregg Hansford Ford Sierra RS500 11469th8th
1992 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Ford Falcon (EB) A84DNFDNF
1993 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Ford Falcon (EB) A147DNFDNF
1994 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Paul Radisich Ford Falcon (EB) A82DNFDNF
1995 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Parsons Ford Falcon (EF) 152DNFDNF
1996 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ford Credit Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Parsons Ford Falcon (EF) 15215th15th
1997 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ford Credit Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Parsons Ford Falcon (EL) L1121DNFDNF
1998 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ford Credit Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Crompton Ford Falcon (EL) OC1605th5th
1999 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ford Tickford Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Crompton Ford Falcon (AU) 1615th5th
2000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ford Tickford Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Crompton Ford Falcon (AU) 15813th13th
2001 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ford Tickford Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Richards Ford Falcon (AU) 1619th9th
2002 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ford Tickford Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Besnard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Owen Kelly
Ford Falcon (AU) 102DNFDNF
2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ford Performance Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon (BA) 1612nd2nd
2004 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ford Performance Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon (BA) 1612nd2nd
2005 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Johnson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Canto Ford Falcon (BA) 1589th9th
2006 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stone Brothers Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Ford Falcon (BA) 1613rd3rd
2007 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Holden Racing Team Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Pretty Holden Commodore (VE) 16111th11th
2008 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Holden Racing Team Flag of New Zealand.svg Craig Baird Holden Commodore (VE) 146DNFDNF
2010 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kelly Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bargwanna Holden Commodore (VE) 132DNFDNF

Complete Sandown 500 results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsOverall
position
Class
position
1986 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg George Fury Nissan Skyline DR30 RS B1291st1st
1987 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Bowe Nissan Skyline DR30 RS B86DNFDNF
1988 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Olofsson Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R A1DNFDNF
1989 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Goss Ford Sierra RS500 A1594th4th
1990 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg George Fury Ford Sierra RS500 Div.11611st1st
1991 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gregg Hansford Ford Sierra RS500 A146DNFDNF
1992 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Ford Falcon (EB) 3A18DNFDNF
1993 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Ford Falcon (EB) V8124DNFDNF
1994 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Paul Radisich Ford Falcon (EB) V81589th9th
1995 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Jackson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Allan Grice Ford Falcon (EF) 1612nd2nd
1996 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ford Credit Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Parsons Ford Falcon (EF) 1612nd2nd
1997 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ford Credit Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Parsons Ford Falcon (EL) 15011th11th
1998 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ford Credit Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Crompton Ford Falcon (EL) OC1454th4th
2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ford Performance Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon (BA) 13916th16th
2004 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ford Performance Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon (BA) 15218th18th
2005 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Johnson Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Canto Ford Falcon (BA) 15912th12th
2006 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stone Brothers Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Courtney Ford Falcon (BA) 1609th9th
2007 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Holden Racing Team Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Longhurst Holden Commodore (VE) 16013th13th

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the Australian Touring Car Championship
1993
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Australian Touring Car Championship
1997
Succeeded by