Touring Car Masters is an Australian motor racing series open to modified touring cars manufactured between 1 January 1963 and 31 December 1980.[1] It evolved out of a previous series for CAMS Group N Touring Cars but with a greater degree of modifications permitted to improve safety, reliability and affordability.[2] These improvements would have been against the spirit of Group N regulations which are focused on vehicles racing as much as possible as they did in the period when the cars were new.
| Category | Touring Car Racing |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Inaugural season | 2007 |
| Tyre suppliers | Hoosier Tires |
| Drivers' champion | Steve Johnson |
| Official website | touringcarmasters.com.au |
 Current season | |
The series has proved popular with fans for the nostalgia value and also for the mix of eligible vehicles with the majority of competing vehicles being Australian or American V8s. Each model is allocated into one of three classes by the appointed category managers, TCM Racing Pty. Ltd, with drivers competing for Outright and Class awards.[1] Performance parity is maintained between disparate models by varying maximum engine revolutions and minimum racing weights of those vehicles.[1] In addition, a driver may be classified as a seeded driver and additional parity adjustments applied to cars driven by these drivers, as deemed appropriate.[1]
Class winners
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The 1972 Holden HQ SS of Gary O'Brien at the opening round of the 2010 series -
The 1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS of Alastair MacLean at the opening round of the 2011 series -
The Ford XY Falcon GTHO of Brad Tilley at the opening round of the 2011 series -
The Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop of Eddie Abelnica at the opening round of the 2011 series -
The Ford Escort RS1600 of Phillip Showers at the opening round of the 2011 series -
The 1969 Ford Mustang of Gavin Bullas at the opening round of the 2011 series -
The Alfa Romeo GTAm of Tony Karanfilovski at the opening round of the 2011 series -
The Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T of Mick Wilson at the opening round of the 2011 series
References
edit- ^ a b c d 2023 Gulf Western Oil Touring Car Masters Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, motorsport.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ Series History Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 20 June 2011
- ^ a b c d e f Champs & Stats, www.touringcarmasters.com.au Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 4 August 2013
- ^ 2018 Standings, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
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