2023 Touring Car Masters
The 2023 Touring Car Masters was an Australian motor racing series for modified Touring Cars manufactured between 01 January 1963 and 31 December 1980, as approved by Motorsport Australia.[1]
The series was won by Steven Johnson driving a Ford Mustang.[2]
Entries
| Manufacturer | Model | Entrant | No. | Driver | Class | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMW | E30 M3 | Palmers Sales and Marketing | 62 | Jason Palmer | I | 4, 6 |
| Chevrolet | Camaro SS | Whiteline Racing | 95 | Adam Bressington | PM | 2–3 |
| Joel Heinrich | PM | 4, 6 | ||||
| Camaro RS | 85 | Geoff Fane | PA | 2–4, 6 | ||
| Life Sciences NZ | 104 | Colin Meadows | I | 5–6 | ||
| Monza | Ben Dunn Racing | 99 | Ben Dunn | PA | 5–6 | |
| Chrysler | Valiant Charger | Tony Galbraith Racing | 143 | Tony Galbraith | I | 5–6 |
| Valiant Pacer | Cameron Tilley Racing | 60 | Cameron Tilley | PA | All | |
| Ford | Escort Mk2 | High Performance Motorsport | 70 | Ian Price | I | 2–3, 6 |
| XA Falcon GT Hardtop | Hagen Zerk Racing | 17 | Hagen Zerk | I | 6 | |
| 70 | 4 | |||||
| XD Falcon | R&J Batteries Racing | 71 | Marcus Zukanovic | PM | All | |
| XE Falcon | NZTCM | 117 | Tim Dawson | I | 5–6 | |
| XY Falcon GT | Bullet Trailers Racing | 55 | John Adams | PS | 2–6 | |
| XY Falcon GTHO | Dave Hender Racing | 53 | Dave Hender | PS | 3–5 | |
| NZTCM | 110 | Sean McCaughan | I | 5–6 | ||
| Mustang GT350 | Crew 32 | 321 | Craig Buchanan | I | 5 | |
| Mustang | Jamie Tilley Racing | 28 | Jamie Tilley | PA | 5 | |
| 29 | 2 | |||||
| Mustang | Hancock Racing | 33 | Steven Johnson | PM | All | |
| TIFS Third Party Logistics | 88 | Tony Karanfilovski | PA | 2–6 | ||
| Holden | HQ Monaro | SNB Berryman Racing | 77 | Warren Trewin | PS | 2–6 |
| Torana A9X | Western General Body Works | 3 | Danny Buzadzic | PA | All | |
| Multispares Racing | 6 | Ryan Hansford | PM | All | ||
| MoComm Motorsport Comms | 7 | Jim Pollicina | PA | 6 | ||
| Jesus Racing | 09 | Andrew Fisher | PM | 5–6 | ||
| 15 | 1–4 | |||||
| Peter Burnitt Racing | 12 | Peter Burnitt | PS | 2–6 | ||
| Williams Outdoort | 75 | Adam Williams | I | 1, 4 | ||
| Torana SL/R 5000 | Northside Taxis | 4 | Allan Hughes | PS | 4–6 | |
| John Bowe Racing | 18 | John Bowe | PM | All | ||
| Hamilton Asphalts Racing | 184 | Lance Hughes | I | 5–6 | ||
| VB Commodore | Adam Garwood Racing | 2 | Adam Garwood | PA | 3–6 | |
| STP / Roadways | 4 | Matthew Carey | 1 | |||
| Pontiac | Firebird | Outback 4x4 Racing | 133 | Dennis Lovegrove | I | 5–6 |
| Porsche | 911 IROC | Chris Meulengraaf Racing | 30 | Chris Meulengraaf | I | 4, 6 |
| [3][4][5][6][7][8] | ||||||
Standings
Overall
| Pos.[2] | Driver [2] | Car | Sym. | New. | Win. | Ben. | Bat. | Ade. | Points [2] | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPH | R1 | R2 | R3 | TPH | R1 | R2 | R3 | TPH | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | ||||
| 1 | Steven Johnson | Ford Mustang | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1057 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Ryan Hansford | Holden Torana A9X | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 976 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Cameron Tilley | Chrysler Valiant Pacer | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 873 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Andrew Fisher | Holden Torana A9X | 3 | 2 | 9 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 844 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Marcus Zukanovic | Ford XD Falcon | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 840 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | John Bowe | Holden Torana SL/R 5000 | Ret | DNS | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 762 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Danny Buzadzic | Holden Torana A9X | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 632 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Peter Burnitt | Holden Torana A9X | 7 | DNS | 8 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 549 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Warren Trewin | Holden HQ Monaro | 11 | 443 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Tony Karanfilovski | Ford Mustang | 7 | 7 | 417 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Geoff Fane | Chevrolet Camaro RS | Ret | Ret | 8 | 9 | 9 | 413 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Joel Heinrich | Chevrolet Camaro SS | 388 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Adam Garwood | Holden VB Commodore | 2 | 303 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | John Adams | Ford Falcon XY GT | 11 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 210 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Adam Bressington | Chevrolet Camaro SS | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 148 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Allan Hughes | Holden Torana SL/R 5000 | 124 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Jim Pollicina | Holden Torana A9X | 101 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Ben Dunn | Chevrolet Monza | 95 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | David Hender | Ford XY Falcon GTHO | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Ian Price | Ford Escort Mk2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 41 | ||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Brad Tilley | Ford Mustang | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ineligible for driver points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colin Meadows | Chevrolet Camaro RS | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greg Cuttance | Ford XE Falcon | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Lovegrove | Pontiac Firebird | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Galbraith | Chrysler Valiant Charger | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sean McCaughan | Ford Falcon XY GTHO | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tim Dawson | Ford XE Falcon | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lance Hughes | Holden Torana SL/R 5000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Craig Buchanan | Ford Mustang GT350 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hagen Zerk | Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Meulengraaf | Porsche 911 IROC | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jason Palmer | BMW E30 M3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adam Williams | Holden Torana A9X | Ret | Ret | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
The race results for the final four rounds are not shown in the above table.
References
- ^ 2023 Gulf Western Oil Touring Car Masters Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, motorsport.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ a b c d Standings, 2023 Touring Car Masters, touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
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