The 2011 Touring Car Masters was Australian motor racing competition for modified Touring Cars.[1] The series was open to cars manufactured between 1 January 1963 and 31 December 1973 and to specific models manufactured between 1 January 1974 and 31 December 1976.[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as a National Series and ‘Australian Classic Touring Cars’ was appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager.[1] The series was the fifth annual Touring Car Masters.
John Bowe (Ford Mustang) won Class C, Gary O'Brien (Holden HQ Monaro GTS) was victorious in Class B and Amanda Sparks (Porsche 911 RS) secured the Class A award.
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The series was contested over eight rounds.[2]
| Round[1] | Circuit[2] | Date[1] | Format[2] | Round winner[2] | Car[3] |
| 1 | Adelaide Parklands | 17–20 March | Three races | John Bowe | Ford Mustang |
| 2 | Barbagallo Raceway | 29 April - 1 May | Three races | John Bowe | Ford Mustang |
| 3 | Hidden Valley | 17–19 June | Three races | Andrew Miedecke | Chevrolet Camaro SS |
| 4 | Eastern Creek | 3–4 September | Three races | Andrew Miedecke | Chevrolet Camaro SS |
| 5 | Bathurst | 6–9 October | Three races | Glenn Seton | Ford XB Falcon Hardtop |
| 6 | Gold Coast | 21–23 October | Three races | John Bowe | Ford Mustang |
| 7 | Sandown | 18–20 November | Three races | John Bowe | Ford Mustang |
| 8 | Homebush | 2–4 December | Three races | Andrew Miedecke | Chevrolet Camaro SS |
Classes & points system
editEach competing car was classified into one of three classes.[1]
Series points were awarded on the following basis within each class at each race.[1]
| Position[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 |
Bonus points were awarded to each race finisher equal to the number of cars that started a race within that class. E.g. If 14 cars started a race in Class B, then each car that finished within Class B was awarded an additional 14 bonus points for that race.[1]
The driver gaining the highest points total from his/her best seven round results was declared the winner of that class.[1]
Any points scored by a driver within a class were not transferred if that driver changed classes.[1]
Series standings
edit| Class C | |||||||||||
| Position[4] | Driver[4] | Car[3] | Ade[4] | Bar[4] | Hid[4] | Eas[4] | Mou[4] | Sur[4] | San[4] | Hom[4] | Total[4] |
| 1 | John Bowe | Ford Mustang | 212 | 209 | 207 | 159 | 227 | 203 | 226 | (155) | 1443 |
| 2 | Jim Richards | Ford Falcon Sprint | 196 | 187 | 195 | 208 | 207 | 196 | 204 | (148) | 1393 |
| 3 | Andrew Miedecke | Chevrolet Camaro SS | 164 | 202 | 219 | 228 | 208 | (126) | 185 | 180 | 1386 |
| 4 | Brad Tilley | Ford XY Falcon GT | 201 | 124 | 186 | 176 | 188 | 0 | 39 | 148 | 1062 |
| 5 | Keith Kassulke | Holden HQ Monaro | 134 | 146 | (99) | 143 | 134 | 149 | 124 | 116.5 | 946.5 |
| 6 | Eddie Abelnica | Ford XB Falcon Hardtop | 198 | 109 | 0 | 188 | 194 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 779 |
| 7 | Steve Mason | Chevrolet Camaro | 190 | 0 | 97 | 179 | 182 | 86 | 38 | 0 | 772 |
| 8 | Cameron Tilley | Chrysler Valiant Pacer Ford Boss Mustang |
144 | 164 | 0 | 130 | 152 | 46 | 107 | 147.5 | 753.5 |
| 9 | Tony Karanfilovski | Ford XY Falcon GTHO | 0 | 131 | 0 | 133 | 146 | 173 | 116 | 0 | 699 |
| 10 | Tony Edwards | Holden Torana SL/R 5000 | 0 | 181 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 121 | 682 |
| 11 | Glenn Seton | Ford XB Falcon Hardtop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 227 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 576 |
| 12 | Graham Alexander | Holden HT Monaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 149 | 167 | 109 | 559 |
| 13 | George Nittis | Ford XY Falcon GT | 122 | 116 | 43 | 115 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 506 |
| 14 | Alastair MacLean | Chevrolet Camaro | 155 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 0 | 456 |
| 15 | Bill Pye | Chevrolet Camaro SS | 0 | 96 | 166 | 147 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 446 |
| 16 | Bernie Stack | Chevrolet Camaro RS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 140.5 | 394.5 |
| 17 | Doug Westwood | Ford XY Falcon GT | 87 | 0 | 49 | 161 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 393 |
| 18 | Gavin Bullas | Ford Boss Mustang | 0 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 305 |
| 18 | Brett Youlden | Holden HQ Monaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 289 |
| 20 | John Woodberry | Holden HT Monaro | 0 | 0 | 160 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 275 |
| 21 | Matt O'Brien | Holden HQ Monaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 104.5 | 264.5 |
| 22 | Mark King | Ford XA Falcon GT | 105 | 0 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 253 |
| 23 | Kim Jane | Ford XB Falcon Hardtop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 0 | 202 |
| 24 | Nigel Benson | Holden HQ Monaro | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 |
| 25 | Paul Freestone | Holden HQ Monaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 146 |
| 26 | Greg Waddington | Holden HQ Monaro | 0 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
| 27 | Garry Treloar | Chrysler Valiant Charger E55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 123 |
| 28 | Les Walmsley | Ford XA Falcon GT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 89 |
| 29 | Drew Marget | Holden HQ Monaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | Terry Wyhoon | Ford XY Falcon GTHO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| 31 | Elliot Barbour | Chrysler Valiant Charger E55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 32 | Tony Hunter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Class B | |||||||||||
| Position[4] | Driver[4] | Car[3] | Ade[4] | Bar[4] | Hid[4] | Eas[4] | Mou[4] | Sur[4] | San[4] | Hom[4] | Total[4] |
| 1 | Gary O'Brien | Holden HQ Monaro GTS | 191 | 159 | 170 | 187 | (66) | 178 | 186 | 149 | 1220 |
| 2 | Ian McAlister | Ford Mustang | 183 | 0 | 182 | 175 | 189 | 123 | 171 | 159 | 1182 |
| 3 | Andrew Whiteside | Ford Mustang | 106 | 171 | 111 | 171 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 728 |
| 4 | Mick Wilson | Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T | 175 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 0 | 156 | 0 | 622 |
| 5 | Trevor Talbot | Holden Torana GTR XU-1 | 0 | 112 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 99 | 0 | 575 |
| 6 | Chris Stillwell | Ford Mustang | 0 | 194 | 0 | 122 | 101 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 537 |
| 7 | Wayne Mercer | Ford XY Falcon GT | 153 | 0 | 103 | 103 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 410 |
| 8 | Nigel Benson | Holden HQ Monaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 139 | 325 |
| 9 | Bernie Stack | Chevrolet Camaro RS | 0 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 179 |
| Class A | |||||||||||
| Position[4] | Driver[4] | Car[3] | Ade[4] | Bar[4] | Hid[4] | Eas[4] | Mou[4] | Sur[4] | San[4] | Hom[4] | Total[4] |
| 1 | Amanda Sparks | Porsche 911 RS | 194 | 162 | 175 | 192 | 167 | 187 | 185 | (158) | 1260 |
| 2 | John Nelson | Porsche 911 RS | 120 | 186 | 167 | 168 | 183 | 179 | 169 | (166) | 1172 |
| 3 | Greg Keene | Porsche 911 RS | 182 | 174 | 183 | 180 | 195 | 0 | 185 | 64 | 1163 |
| 4 | Rory O'Neill | Porsche 911 RS | 170 | 152 | 153 | 104 | 150 | 171 | 0 | 140 | 1040 |
| 5 | Terry Lawlor | Porsche 911 RS | 0 | 130 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 310 |
| 6 | Mark Buik | Porsche 911 RS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 |
| 7 | Phil Showers | Ford Escort | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 |
| 8 | Tony Karanfilovski | Alfa Romeo GTAm[5] | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| 9 | Ross Almond | Porsche 911 RS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 57 |
Notes & references
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 2011 Australian Touring Car Masters Series - Sporting and Technical Regulations – Version 2 - CAMS Bulletin B11/054
- ^ a b c d Stefan Bartholomaeus, A Savy Performer, The Speedcafe Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 7/2011, pages 112-114
- ^ a b c d racing.natsoft.com.au
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Series Results 2011, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ Karanfilovski is shown in the official race results for the Adelaide round as driving a Ford XY Falcon GTHO (as per racing.natsoft.com.au) but actually drove an Alfa Romeo GTAm (as per www.touringcarmasters.com.au)