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2017 Touring Car Masters

The 2017 Touring Car Masters was an Australian motor racing series for touring cars manufactured between 1 January 1963 and 31 December 1978. It was the eleventh running of the Touring Car Masters series. Each car was allocated into one the following classes: Pro Masters, Pro Am, Pro Sports, IROC (Porsche), Trans Am.

The series was won by Steven Johnson driving a Ford Mustang. Johnson also won the Pro Masters class with Adam Bressington (Chevrolet Camaro) winning Pro Am and Darren Beale (Holden Monaro GTS) winning Pro Sports.

The following teams and drivers contested the 2017 series.

Steven Johnson won the series driving a Ford Mustang

John Bowe placed second outright driving a Holden Torana SL/R 5000

Jim Richards placed 14th driving an AMC Javelin (pictured) and a Ford Falcon Sprint

The series was contested over seven rounds. Rounds included Series Races and non-points Domestic Trophy Races (indicated below with TR).

Round	Circuit	City / state	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	3 March	John Bowe	John Bowe	John Bowe	Wilson Security / PAYCE
4 March		John Bowe†	John Bowe	Wilson Security / PAYCE
5 March		Ryan Hansford	Brad Tilley	Speedgas / Tilley Auto Garage
Winton Raceway	Winton, Victoria	19–21 May		John Bowe	John Bowe	Wilson Security / PAYCE
Jason Gomersall		Jason Gomersall	Bigmate Racing
	Steven Johnson	Adam Garwood	Giraffe Civil Contracting
Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	16–18 June		Eddie Abelnica	Greg Garwood	Giraffe Civil Contracting
Steven Johnson	John Bowe	Steven Johnson	WM Waste / Illusion Gas Log Fires
	John Bowe	John Bowe	Wilson Security / PAYCE
Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	28–30 July		John Bowe	John Bowe	Wilson Security / PAYCE
John Bowe	John Bowe	John Bowe	Wilson Security / PAYCE
	Eddie Abelnica	Eddie Abelnica	Brisbanes Cheapest Cars
Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	15–17 September	John Bowe	Steven Johnson	Steven Johnson	WM Waste / Illusion Gas Log Fires
Race Cancelleda
	Steven Johnson†	Steven Johnson	WM Waste / Illusion Gas Log Fires
Mount Panorama	Bathurst, New South Wales	5–8 October		Eddie Abelnica	Eddie Abelnica	Melbournes Cheapest Cars
Steven Johnson	John Bowe	Steven Johnson	Synergy Race Engines
	John Bowe†	Steven Johnson	Synergy Race Engines
Newcastle Street Circuit	Newcastle, New South Wales	24–26 November	Ryan Hansford	Steven Johnson	Steven Johnson	Synergy Race Engines
	John Bowe†	Steven Johnson	Synergy Race Engines

† New lap records
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Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Pos.	Driver	Car	Total
1	Steve Johnson	Ford Mustang	917
2	John Bowe	Holden Torana SL/R 5000	906
3	Adam Bressington	Chevrolet Camaro SS	881
4	Ryan Hansford	Holden Torana SL/R 5000	818
5	Adam Garwood	Holden Torana SL/R 5000	657
6	Eddie Abelnica	Ford Falcon XB	629
7	Tony Karanfilovski	Ford Mustang	585
8	Cameron Mason	Ford Mustang	574
9	Jason Gomersall	Holden Torana	565
10	Mark King	Chevrolet Camaro RS	557
11	Cameron Tilley	Chrysler Valiant Pacer	519
12	Darren Beale	Holden Monaro GTS	491
13	Leo Tobin	Ford Boss Mustang	477
14	Jim Richards	AMC Javelin & Ford Falcon Sprint	469
15	Wayne Mercer	Ford Falcon XY GTHO	465
16	Bob Wisely	Holden Torana SL/R 5000	401
17	Andrew Fisher	Ford Falcon XY GTHO	356
18	Bruce Williams	Holden Torana SL/R 5000	309
19	Brad Tilley	Ford Mustang	292
20	Allen Boughen	Mercury Comet	291
21	Blu Cannon	Ford Falcon XY	209
22	Rohan Little	Porsche 911	194
23	Terry Lawlor	Ford Mustang	163
24	Melinda Price	Ford Falcon XA GT	162
25	Graham Alexander	Holden HT Monaro GTS	148
26	Sven Burchartz	Porsche 911	132
27	Rusty French	Ford Mustang	131
28	Brett Youlden	Holden Monaro GTS	104
29	Paul Freestone	Chevrolet Camaro	104
30	Robert Braune	Chrysler Charger	92
31	Keith Kassulke	Holden Monaro GTS	73
32	Jamie Tilley	Ford Mustang	45

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