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1997 Australian Super Touring Championship

Season summary

The 1997 Australian Super Touring Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Super Touring Cars. It was the fifth national title to be run in Australia for Super Touring Cars and the third to carry the Australian Super Touring Championship name. The championship, which was promoted by TOCA Australia as the 1997 BOC Gases Australian Super Touring Championship, began on 4 May at Lakeside International Raceway and ended on 9 November at Amaroo Park after eight rounds and sixteen races. The Drivers Championship was won by Paul Morris, the Manufacturers Championship by BMW and the Teams Championship by BMW Motorsport.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No	Drivers	Rounds	Class
Orix Audi Sport Australia	Audi A4 Quattro	1	Australia Brad Jones	All	M
11	Australia Cameron McConville	All	M
BMW Motorsport Australia	BMW 320i	3	Australia Paul Morris	All	M
22	New Zealand Craig Baird	7-8	M
83	Australia Geoff Brabham	All	M
Volvo Racing Australia	Volvo 850	4	Australia Tony Scott	8	M
8	New Zealand Jim Richards	All	M
Phoenix Motorsport	Toyota Camry	10	Australia Mark Adderton	3-4, 7-8	P
Australia Neal Bates	5-6	P
Greenfield Mowers Racing	Opel Vectra
Holden Vectra	12	Australia Cameron McLean	All	P
CPW Motorsport	BMW 318iS	13	Australia Wayne Wakefield	1	P
27	Australia Steven Johnson	7	P
64	New Zealand Jason Richards	4	P
HVE Motorsport	Hyundai Lantra	14	Australia Jim Cornish	5-6	P
Australia Kurt Kratzmann	7	P
57	Australia Jim Cornish	1	P
58	Australia Paul Pickett	1-2, 7-8	P
Team Petronas Touring Car	Ford Mondeo	15	Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli	2	P
RSA Michael Briggs	3	P
All Auto Parts	Toyota Carina	15	Australia Milton Leslight	8	P
Faber Castell Racing	BMW 318i	16	Australia Justin Matthews	All	P
MF Motorsport	Peugeot 405 Mi16	21	Australia Mike Fitzgerald	8	P
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Honda Accord	34	New Zealand Steven Richards	1	P
Nissan Primera	2-6, 8	P
Fastway Couriers	Peugeot 405 Mi16	37	New Zealand Tony Newman	1-4, 7-8	P
38	New Zealand Dwayne Bewley	7-8	P
New Zealand Tony Newman	5-6	P
Gun Racing	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	45	Australia David Auger	All	P
John Henderson Racing	Opel Vectra	56	Australia John Henderson	8	P
FAI Insurance	Honda Accord	60	Australia Warren Luff	8	P
IBC Motorsport	Vauxhall Cavalier	79	Australia Bob Tweedie	All	P
Knight Racing	Ford Mondeo	88	Australia Peter Hills	4-5, 7-8	P
89	Australia Jenni Thompson	7	P
Australia Claude Elias	8	P
Nigel Barclay	BMW 318i	99	New Zealand Blair Smith	7-8	P

Icon	Class
M	Drivers eligible to score points in the Manufactures Trophy
P	Private Drivers

Race calendar

The 1997 Australian Super Touring Championship was contested over eight rounds with two races held at each round.

Rd.	Race	Circuit	Location / state	Date	Winner	Car
Albert Park Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	8–9 March	Jim Richards	Volvo 850 GLT	Volvo Racing Australia
Albert Park Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	8–9 March	Jim Richards	Volvo 850 GLT	Volvo Racing Australia
Albert Park Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	8–9 March	Jim Richards	Volvo 850 GLT	Volvo Racing Australia
Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	3–4 May	Paul Morris	BMW 320i	Paul Morris Motorsport
Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	3–4 May	Paul Morris	BMW 320i	Paul Morris Motorsport
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	31 May–1 Jun	Paul Morris	BMW 320i	Paul Morris Motorsport
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	31 May–1 Jun	Geoff Brabham	BMW 320i	Paul Morris Motorsport
Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	21–22 Jun	Brad Jones	Audi A4 Quattro	Brad Jones Racing
Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	21–22 Jun	Geoff Brabham	BMW 320i	Paul Morris Motorsport
Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	19–20 Jul	Brad Jones	Audi A4 Quattro	Brad Jones Racing
Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	19–20 Jul	Brad Jones	Audi A4 Quattro	Brad Jones Racing
Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	9–10 Aug	Cameron McConville	Audi A4 Quattro	Brad Jones Racing
Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	9–10 Aug	Paul Morris	BMW 320i	Paul Morris Motorsport
Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	23–24 Aug	Brad Jones	Audi A4 Quattro	Brad Jones Racing
Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	23–24 Aug	Cameron McConville	Audi A4 Quattro	Brad Jones Racing
Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	5 Oct	David Brabham & Geoff Brabham	BMW 320i	BMW Motorsport Australia	Report
Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	25–26 Oct	Paul Morris	BMW 320i	Paul Morris Motorsport
Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	25–26 Oct	Paul Morris	BMW 320i	Paul Morris Motorsport
Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	8–9 Nov	Geoff Brabham	BMW 320i	Paul Morris Motorsport
Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	8–9 Nov	Paul Morris	BMW 320i	Paul Morris Motorsport

Championships Standings

Points system	Pole position
1st	2nd
15	12

Drivers Championship

Pos.	Driver	Car	LAK	PHI	CAL	AMA	WIN	MAL	LAK	AMA	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Paul Morris	BMW 320i	1	1	1	2	Ret	2	2	4	2	1	6	3	1	1	4	1	191
Geoff Brabham	BMW 320i	2	2	5	1	2	1	4	3	8	3	Ret	2	2	2	1	3	171
Cameron McConville	Audi A4 Quattro	DSQ	8	2	4	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	1	4	6	3	2	155
Brad Jones	Audi A4 Quattro	Ret	6	11	3	1	4	1	1	3	6	1	4	Ret	7	2	Ret	126
Jim Richards	Volvo 850	3	3	Ret	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	2	5	5	4	6	5	111
Cameron McLean	Opel Vectra
Holden Vectra	4	4	4	Ret	5	10	11	6	5	7	4	6	6	5	13	11	67
Steven Richards	Honda Accord
Nissan Primera	Ret	Ret	3rd	6th	DSQ	6th	6th	7th	7th	5th	11th	Ret			8th	Ret	42
Craig Baird	BMW 320i													3	3	5	4	35
Justin Matthews	BMW 318i	5	8	6	8	9	9	10	11	10	9	Ret	Ret	9	9	16	8	31
Tony Newman	Peugeot 405 Mi16	8	9	7	7	8	Ret	Ret	10	11	Ret	7	8	Ret	14	Ret	DNS	23
David Auger	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	7	10	8	Ret	7	8	13	13	12	10	9	9	10	10	14	Ret	20
Bob Tweedie	Vauxhall Cavalier	Ret	Ret	12	DSQ	6	Ret	9	9	13	11	8	7	11	12	12	Ret	19
Mark Adderton	Toyota Camry					Ret	Ret	8	Ret					8	Ret	7	7	14
Neal Bates	Toyota Camry									6	8	5	Ret					14
Wayne Wakefield	BMW 318i	6	7															10
Tony Scott	Volvo 850															9	6	7
Jason Richards	BMW 318i							7	8									7
Steven Johnson	BMW 318i													7	8			7
Michael Briggs	Ford Mondeo					Ret	7											4
Jim Cornish	Hyundai Elantra	Ret	9	11	Ret					Ret	Ret	10	Ret					3
Peter Hills	Ford Mondeo							12	12	9	12			12	11	Ret	Ret	2
Claude Elias	Ford Mondeo															15	9	2
Dwayne Bewley	Peugeot 405 Mi16													Ret	13	10	10	2
Paul Pickett	Hyundai Elantra	Ret	Ret	10	Ret									Ret	15	Ret	DNS	1
Warren Luff	Honda Accord													Ret	DNS	11	Ret	-
Jenni Thompson	Ford Mondeo													13	16			-
Gianfranco Brancatelli	Ford Mondeo			Ret	Ret													-
Blair Smith	BMW 318i													Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	-
Kurt Kratzmann	Hyundai Elantra													Ret	DNS			-
John Henderson	Opel Vectra															Ret	Ret	-
Milton Leslight	Toyota Carina															Ret	DNS	-
Mike Fitzgerald	Peugeot 405 Mi16															Ret	DNS	-
Albert Poon	Ford Mondeo			DNS	DNS													-

Manufacturers Championship

Manufacturers Championship points were awarded on a 15-12-10 basis for relative positions attained in each race by the best placed car of each of the three manufacturers that had nominated cars to compete on their behalf.

Position	Manufacturer	LAK	PHI	CAL	AMA	WIN	MAL	LAK	AMA	Points	1	2	3
GER BMW	15	15	15	15	12	15	12	12	12	15	10	12	15
GER Audi	-	10	12	12	15	12	15	15	15	12	15	15	12
SWE Volvo	12	12	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10

Teams' Trophy

Pos	Team	Car
AUS BMW Motorsport Australia	BMW 320i	362
AUS Orix Audi Sport Australia	Audi A4	305
AUS HVE Motorsport	Hyundai Lantra	31
AUS Knight Racing	Ford Mondeo	30
AUS Volvo Dealer Team	Volvo 850	25
AUS Fastway Racing	Peugeot 405 Mi16	17

TOCA Challenge Cup - Independents

19	Jenni Thompson	Ford Mondeo	4

The TOCA Challenge Cup was open to drivers of teams which did not receive major support from a manufacturer.

References

Touring Car World 97/98 — The official book of Touring car

References

TOCA Australia – BOC Gases Australian Super Touring Championship Points – Final, 9 December 1997
Official Programme, Australian Super Touring Championship, Mallala, Round 6–24 August 1997, p. 40

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