1995 Australian Super Touring Championship

The 1995 Australian Super Touring Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing championship for 2 Litre Super Touring Cars. It was the third series for 2 litre Super Touring Cars to be contested in Australia, but the first to use the Australian Super Touring Championship name. It began on 5 March 1995 at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and ended on 26 August at Eastern Creek Raceway after eight rounds.

The Drivers Championship was won by Paul Morris (BMW 318i), the Manufacturers Championship by BMW, the Teams Championship by BMW and the TOCA Privateers Cup by Graham Moore (Opel Vectra).

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1995 Australian Super Touring Championship.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class
Diet Coke BMW Motorsport	BMW 318i	2	Paul Morris
Paul Nelson	BMW M3	3	Paul Nelson	P
Ellery Motorsport	BMW 318i	4	Steve Ellery	P
Phil Ward Team Nokia	Mercedes-Benz 190E	5	Phil Ward	P
Orix Audi Sport Australia	Audi 80 Quattro	8	Greg Murphy
Volvo Cars Australia	Volvo 850 Estate	11	Tony Scott
Darrell Dixon	Peugeot 405 Mi16	12	Ian Spurle	P
Bob Holden Motors	BMW M3	13	Justin Mathews	P
Bob Holden Motors	BMW M3	16	Paul Nelson Bob Holden	P
Sentul Motorsport Team	Opel Vectra	14	Graham Moore	P
International Motorsport	BMW 318i	15	Charlie O'Brien	P
Orix Audi Sport Australia	Audi 80 Quattro	18	Brad Jones
Inspired Racing	Toyota Corolla Seca	26	Melinda Price
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	34	Steven Richards	P
Triple P Racing	BMW 318iS	58	Paul Pickett
Ross Palmer Motorsport	Ford Mondeo	70	Gregg Hansford
Ross Palmer Motorsport	Ford Mondeo	77	Darren Palmer Jeff Allam Jim Richards
Bob Tweedie	Ford Sierra	79	Bob Tweedie	P
Hyundai Automotive	Hyundai Lantra	80	Steve Hardman
Hyundai Automotive	Hyundai Lantra	81	Jim Richards
Diet Coke BMW Motorsport	BMW 318i	83	Geoff Brabham
Phoenix Motorsport	Peugeot 405 Mi16	95	Geoff Full	P
Phoenix Motorsport	Peugeot 405 Mi16	96	Mark Adderton Warwick Rooklyn	P
Mark Seymour	BMW M3	97	Mark Seymour	P
Knight Racing	Ford Sierra	98	Peter Hills	P

Icon	Class
P Private Drivers	Private Drivers

Results and standings

Race calendar and results

The 1995 Australian Super Touring Championship was contested over eight rounds with two races per round.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	5 March	Paul Morris	Brad Jones	Paul Morris	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
1	R2	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	5 March		Paul Morris	Paul Morris	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
NC	R1	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	19 March	Brad Jones	Brad Jones	Brad Jones	Audi Sport Australia
NC	R2	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	19 March		Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	Audi Sport Australia
2	R1	Oran Park Raceway	2 April	Paul Morris	Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	Audi Sport Australia
2	R2	Oran Park Raceway	2 April		Geoff Brabham	Geoff Brabham	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
3	R1	Symmons Plains Raceway	7 May	Paul Morris	Steven Richards	Paul Morris	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
3	R2	Symmons Plains Raceway	7 May		Geoff Brabham	Geoff Brabham	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
4	R1	Calder Park Raceway	13 May	Geoff Brabham	Geoff Brabham	Geoff Brabham	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
4	R2	Calder Park Raceway	13 May		Paul Morris	Paul Morris	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
5	R1	Mallala Motor Sport Park	4 June	Steven Richards	Steven Richards	Geoff Brabham	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
5	R2	Mallala Motor Sport Park	4 June		Geoff Brabham	Geoff Brabham	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
6	R1	Lakeside International Raceway	23 July	Geoff Brabham	Geoff Brabham	Paul Morris	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
6	R2	Lakeside International Raceway	23 July		Geoff Brabham	Paul Morris	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
7	R1	Winton Motor Raceway	13 August	Steven Richards	Paul Morris	Paul Morris	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
7	R2	Winton Motor Raceway	13 August		Brad Jones	Brad Jones	Audi Sport Australia
8	R1	Eastern Creek Raceway	26 August	Jim Richards	Greg Murphy	Brad Jones	Audi Sport Australia
8	R2	Eastern Creek Raceway	26 August		Paul Morris	Paul Morris	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
NC	R1	Calder Park Raceway	25 November	Brad Jones	Brad Jones	Brad Jones	Audi Sport Australia
NC	R2	Calder Park Raceway	25 November		Steven Richards	Steven Richards	Garry Rogers Motorsport

Championship standings

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
24	18	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Drivers Championship

Pos^[2]	Driver^[2]	Car	PHI		ORA		SYM		CAL		MAL		LAK		WIN		EAS		Pts^[2]
1	Paul Morris	BMW 318i	1	1	5	3	1	2	2	1	5	2	1	1	1	3	Ret	1	286
2	Geoff Brabham	BMW 318i	6	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	11	3	2	3	Ret	232*
3	Brad Jones	Audi 80 Quattro	2	2	4	4	5	6	5	4	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	232
4	Greg Murphy	Audi 80 Quattro	3	Ret	1	5	Ret	3	4	5	4	4	5	3	DNS	DNS	2	Ret	132
5	Graham Moore	Opel Vectra			7	6	4	7	7	7	6	5	8	5	8	5	5	5	84
6	Steve Ellery	BMW 318i	5	Ret	Ret	DNS	3	4	10	11	3	6	6	7	4	7	6	Ret	79
7	Jeff Allam	Ford Mondeo			6	9	Ret	5	3	3	Ret	Ret	7	6	6	6			62
8	Tony Scott	Volvo 850 Estate	4	4	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	6	7	Ret	9	10	10	10	7	3	57
9	Steven Richards	Alfa Romeo 155 TS			9	7	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	4	7	4	4	Ret	56
10	Charlie O'Brien	BMW 318i	Ret	Ret	3	2													30
11	Mark Adderton	Peugeot 405 Mi16	Ret	DNS			6	8	9	8			11	9	9	8	9	Ret	23
12	Paul Pickett	BMW 318iS	Ret	DNS			Ret	9	Ret	Ret	8	7	14	13	12	11	10	4	20
13	Justin Mathews	BMW M3	7	5	11	11	8	11	12	9	Ret	9	15	12	13	12	11	Ret	19
14	Geoff Full	Peugeot 405 Mi16											10	8	5	9	Ret	Ret	14
15	Robert Tweedie	Ford Sierra	Ret	7	12	Ret	9	13	Ret	DNS			13	14	Ret	Ret	13	7	10
16	Steve Hardman	Hyundai Lantra	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	7	10	Ret	10	Ret	DNS	12	Ret	11	Ret	12	Ret	9
17	Paul Nelson	BMW M3	8	9	13	13	10	12	13	Ret			16	15	15	Ret	14	8	9
18	Jim Richards	Ford Mondeo													DNS	DNS	8	6	9
19	Mark Seymour	BMW M3	Ret	6	Ret	12			11	Ret									6
20	Bob Holden	BMW M3									9	8							5
21	Phil Ward	Mercedes-Benz 190E	Ret	Ret	Ret	8													3
22	Peter Hills	Ford Sierra	Ret	10											14	13	15	9	3
23	Ian Spurle	Peugeot 405 Mi16			10	Ret													1
24	Warwick Rooklyn	Peugeot 405 Mi16			Ret	10													1
Pos	Driver	Car	PHI		ORA		SYM		CAL		MAL		LAK		WIN		EAS		Pts^[2]

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Manufacturers' Trophy

Pos^[2]	Manufacturer ^[2]	Car	Points^[2]
1	BMW	BMW 318i	386
2	Audi	Audi 80 Quattro	294
3	Ford	Ford Mondeo	140
4	Volvo	Volvo 850 Estate	130
5	Hyundai	Hyundai Lantra	64

Teams' Trophy

Pos^[2]	Manufacturer ^[2]	Points^[2]
1	Paul Morris Motorsport	552
2	Audi Sport	390
3	Bob Holden Motors	195
4	Phoenix Motorsport	68

TOCA Privateers' Cup

Position^[2]	Driver^[2]	Car	Points^[2]
1	Graham Moore	Opel Vectra	250
2	Steven Ellery	BMW 318i	212
3	Steven Richards	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	159
4	Justin Matthews	BMW M3	123
5	Mark Adderton	Peugeot 405 Mi16	98
6	Paul Pickett	BMW 318is	86
7	Paul Nelson	BMW M3	64
8	Robert Tweedie	Ford Sierra RS	55
9	Charlie O'Brien	BMW 318i	48
10	Geoff Full	Peugeot 405 Mi16	46
11	Mark Seymour	BMW M3	30
12	Peter Hills	Ford Sierra	24
13	Bob Holden	BMW M3	20
14	Phil Ward	Mercedes-Benz 190E	10
15	Ian Spurle	Peugeot 405 Mi16	10
16	Warwick Rooklyn	Peugeot 405 Mi16	8
17	Melinda Price	Toyota Corolla Seca	8

Brabham: penalized 20 points for incident with Morris in race 9

Championship name

The championship was promoted by TOCA Australia as the 1995 2.0 L Super Touring Championship^[3] but is recognized by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the 1995 Australian Super Touring Championship.^[4]

References

^ Official Programme, 2.0L Super Touring Championship, Round 5, Mallala, 4 June 1995, p. 32
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Championship Points, 1995 Super Touring Championship, TOCA Australia Pty Ltd, 27 July 1998
^ Paul Cross, In good company, Official Programme, 2.0L Super Touring Championship, Round 5, Mallala, 4 June 1995, pages 6 to 11
^ 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, Titles - Australian Titles, as archived at web.archive.org

External links

[MallalaP32-1] Official Programme, 2.0L Super Touring Championship, Round 5, Mallala, 4 June 1995, p. 32

[TOCA-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Championship Points, 1995 Super Touring Championship, TOCA Australia Pty Ltd, 27 July 1998

[Mallala6-11-3] Paul Cross, In good company, Official Programme, 2.0L Super Touring Championship, Round 5, Mallala, 4 June 1995, pages 6 to 11

[4] 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, Titles - Australian Titles, as archived at web.archive.org

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