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1998 Australian Super Touring Championship

The 1998 Australian Super Touring Championship was the sixth running of a CAMS sanctioned motor racing series in Australia under the Super Touring Car regulations and the fourth to carry the Australian Super Touring Championship name. It began on 5 April 1998 at Calder Park Raceway and ended on 30 August at Oran Park Raceway after eight rounds. The series was promoted by TOCA Australia as the 1998 BOC Gases Australian Super Touring Championship. As in the British Touring Car Championship the race format changed with each meeting now consisting a shorter "sprint" race and a "feature" race, 25% longer than previous races featuring a mandatory two-tyre stop to be taken between 15 and 75% distance. The one exception was the round at Lakeside Raceway where the pit lane was deemed unsuitable.

Team and Driver changes

  • 1997 championship winners Paul Morris and BMW left the series as BMW scaled back its touring car operation.
  • Volvo switched from the 850 to the new S40 for Jim Richards.
  • Cameron McLean drove the 1997 championship winning BMW switching from the Opel/Holden Vectra he raced in 1997.
  • Tony Newman upgraded to an ex BTCC Peugeot 406
  • Mark Adderton switched from the Phoenix Motorsport Toyota Camry to a Honda Accord.

Entry list

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1998 Australian Super Touring Championship.

TeamManufacturerCar modelNoDriver
Audi Sport AustraliaAudiA4 Quattro3Australia Cameron McConville
4Australia Brad Jones
14Australia Trevor Sheumack
TC MotorsportPeugeot40610New Zealand Tony Newman
405 Mi1638New Zealand Dwayne Bewley
AAP RacingToyotaCarina11Australia Milton Leslight
Greenfield Mowers RacingBMW320i12Australia Cameron McLean
Grid MotorsportBMW318i13Australia Anthony Robson
Australia Craig Bradshaw
Racing ProjectsHondaAccord15Australia Mark Adderton
NissanPrimera22Australia Adam Kaplan
Bob Holden MotorsBMW318i16Australia Bob Holden
Australia Trevor Sheumack
Australia Justin Mathews
Australia Paul Nelson
Carlos RolfoBMW318i20Australia Carlos Rolfo
Australia Rod Wilson
M-F RacingPeugeot405 Mi1621Australia Mike Fitzgerald
Novacastrian MotorsportBMW320i30Australia Troy Searle
Volvo Dealer RacingVolvoS4040New Zealand Jim Richards
Gun RacingAlfa Romeo155 TS45Australia David Auger
John Henderson RacingOpelVectra56Australia John Henderson
Triple P RacingHyundaiLantra58Australia Claude Elias
Knight RacingFordMondeo60Australia Warren Luff
88Australia Peter Hills
89Australia Paul Pickett
Australia Ric Shaw
Australia Aaron McGill
Australia Kurt Kratzmann
New Zealand Dwayne Bewley
Australia Mark Zonneveld
Graham DoddHondaAccord69New Zealand Graham Dodd
Motorsport DevelopmentsToyotaCarina77Australia Malcolm Rea
Robert TweedieVauxhallCavalier79Australia Bob Tweedie
Phoenix MotorsportToyotaCamry95Australia Ron Searle

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 1998 Australian Super Touring Championship was contested over eight rounds with two races per round.

Rd.RaceRace titleCircuitCity / stateDateWinnerTeamNC12112212312412512612712812NC1
Australia Australian Grand Prix supportAlbert Park CircuitMelbourne, Victoria6–7 MarCameron McConvilleAudi Sport Australia
Australia Australian Grand Prix supportAlbert Park CircuitMelbourne, Victoria6–7 MarCameron McConvilleAudi Sport Australia
Australia Calder ParkCalder Park RacewayMelbourne, Victoria4–5 AprCameron McConvilleAudi Sport Australia
Australia Calder ParkCalder Park RacewayMelbourne, Victoria4–5 AprCameron McConvilleAudi Sport Australia
Australia Oran ParkOran Park Raceway South CircuitSydney, New South Wales26–27 AprBrad JonesAudi Sport Australia
Australia Oran ParkOran Park Raceway South CircuitSydney, New South Wales26–27 AprBrad JonesAudi Sport Australia
Australia Phillip IslandPhillip Island Grand Prix CircuitPhillip Island, Victoria16–17 MayCameron McConvilleAudi Sport Australia
Australia Phillip IslandPhillip Island Grand Prix CircuitPhillip Island, Victoria16–17 MayJim RichardsVolvo Dealer Racing
Australia Eastern CreekEastern Creek RacewaySydney, New South Wales6–7 JunJim RichardsVolvo Dealer Racing
Australia Eastern CreekEastern Creek RacewaySydney, New South Wales6–7 JunBrad JonesAudi Sport Australia
Australia LakesideLakeside International RacewayBrisbane, Queensland27–28 JunBrad JonesAudi Sport Australia
Australia LakesideLakeside International RacewayBrisbane, Queensland27–28 JunBrad JonesAudi Sport Australia
Australia MallalaMallala Motorsport ParkAdelaide, South Australia18–19 JulBrad JonesAudi Sport Australia
Australia MallalaMallala Motorsport ParkAdelaide, South Australia18–19 JulCameron McConvilleAudi Sport Australia
Australia WintonWinton Motor RacewayBenalla, Victoria8–9 AugCameron McConvilleAudi Sport Australia
Australia WintonWinton Motor RacewayBenalla, Victoria8–9 AugCameron McConvilleAudi Sport Australia
Australia Oran ParkOran Park RacewaySydney, New South Wales29–30 AugCameron McConvilleAudi Sport Australia
Australia Oran ParkOran Park RacewaySydney, New South Wales29–30 AugBrad JonesAudi Sport Australia
Australia AMP Bathurst 1000Mount Panorama CircuitBathurst, New South Wales4 OctRickard Rydell & Jim RichardsVolvo S40 Racing

Drivers Championship

Points were awarded 15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 based on the top ten race positions in each race. There was a bonus point allocated for pole position.

PosDriverCAL 1CAL 2ORA 1ORA 2PHI 1PHI 2EAS 1EAS 2LAK 1LAK 2MAL 1MAL 2WIN 1WIN 2ORA 1ORA 2Pts123456789101112131415161717192020202324PosDriverCAL 1CAL 2ORA 1ORA 2PHI 1PHI 2EAS 1EAS 2LAK 1LAK 2MAL 1MAL 2WIN 1WIN 2ORA 1ORA 2Pts
Brad Jones3rd2nd1st1st10th2nd2nd1st1st1st1st2ndRet4th2nd1st191
Cameron McConville1st1st2nd2nd1st4th3rdRet2ndDSQ2nd1st1st1st1st3rd184
Jim Richards4th4th3rd3rd2nd1st1st2nd3rd3rd4th4th2nd3rd4thRet161
Cameron McLean2nd3rdRet6th3rd3rd4thRet4th2nd3rd3rd3rd2nd3rd2nd139
Mark Adderton5th5th7th4th4th5th5thRet5th4th7thRet4th5th6thRet81
Peter Hills6th7th10th8th6th7th7th7thRet5th5th5th5th6th5th6th70
Bob Tweedie7th6th9th9th7th9th10th9th10th8th6th8th7th9th8th11th43
Ron SearleDNSDNS6th5thDNSDNS6th5th8thDSQRetDNSRetDNS7th8th32
Troy Searle18th11th5th6thRet3rdRet6thRetDNS10thRet27
David Auger8th8th13th13th8th10thRet10th6th9th13th9th8thRet11th9th25
Justin Mathews9th8th8th4th7th10th11th12th21
Adam Kaplan12th7th9th6th8th6thRet11thRet13th19
Trevor Sheumack5thRetRet4th14
Anthony Robson9th11thRetDNS11thRet10th10th6th7thRet12th13
Mark Zonneveld10th8thRet5th10
John Henderson4thDNSDNSDNSRetRet8
Kurt Kratzmann9th7th6
Paul Pickett10th9th8th12th6
Dwayne BewleyRet10thRetDNS12th7th5
Rod Wilson12th7th4
Tony NewmanRetDNS11thRetDNSDNS9th11thRetRet9thRet4
Bob Holden11th10th9th10th4
Aaron McGill12th8th3
Graham DoddRetRet14th10th1
Carlos Rolfo15th17th11thRetRetDNS
Ric Shaw11thRet
Paul Nelson13th14th
Craig Bradshaw14th14th
Claude Elias17th15th
Milton LeslightRetDNS16th16thRetDNSDNSDNS
Malcolm ReaRetRetRetRetRetDNS
Mike FitzgeraldRetDNS
Warren LuffDNSDNS

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Manufacturers Championship

PositionManufacturerPoints12
Audi234
Volvo186

Teams Championship

PositionTeamPoints12
Audi Sport Australia204
Knight Racing136

TOCA Challenge - Independents Cup

Independents Cup points were awarded on a 15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for relative positions achieved by drivers in entries nominated as Independents at each race.

The TOCA Challenge - Independents Cup was won by Cameron McLean in his Greenfield Mowers Racing-entered BMW 320i, scoring 205 points. Second was Mark Adderton on 151 points, and third was Peter Hills on 136 points.

References

References

  1. "Volvo S40 (R7-004)".
  2. "BMW 3 Series (E36) (E36 STC 96/006)".
  3. "Peugeot 406".
  4. "Honda Accord (HR003)".
  5. TOCA Australia, 1998 Results, as at Round 8 Oran Park, 09/08 '98
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