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^[1] for Jim Richards.
Cameron McLean drove the 1997 championship winning BMW^[2] switching from the Opel/Holden Vectra he raced in 1997.
Tony Newman upgraded to an ex BTCC Peugeot 406^[3]
Mark Adderton switched from the Phoenix Motorsport Toyota Camry to a Honda Accord.^[4]

Entry List

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

Team	Manufacturer	Car model	No	Driver
Audi Sport Australia	Audi	A4 Quattro	3	Cameron McConville
			4	Brad Jones
			14	Trevor Sheumack
TC Motorsport	Peugeot	406	10	Tony Newman
TC Motorsport	Peugeot	405 Mi16	38	Dwayne Bewley
AAP Racing	Toyota	Carina	11	Milton Leslight
Greenfield Mowers Racing	BMW	320i	12	Cameron McLean
Grid Motorsport	BMW	318i	13	Anthony Robson Craig Bradshaw
Racing Projects	Honda	Accord	15	Mark Adderton
Racing Projects	Nissan	Primera	22	Adam Kaplan
Bob Holden Motors	BMW	318i	16	Bob Holden Trevor Sheumack Justin Mathews Paul Nelson
Carlos Rolfo	BMW	318i	20	Carlos Rolfo Rod Wilson
M-F Racing	Peugeot	405 Mi16	21	Mike Fitzgerald
Novacastrian Motorsport	BMW	320i	30	Troy Searle
Volvo Dealer Racing	Volvo	S40	40	Jim Richards
Gun Racing	Alfa Romeo	155 TS	45	David Auger
John Henderson Racing	Opel	Vectra	56	John Henderson
Triple P Racing	Hyundai	Lantra	58	Claude Elias
Knight Racing	Ford	Mondeo	60	Warren Luff
			88	Peter Hills
			89	Paul Pickett Ric Shaw Aaron McGill Kurt Kratzmann Dwayne Bewley Mark Zonneveld
Graham Dodd	Honda	Accord	69	Graham Dodd
Motorsport Developments	Toyota	Carina	77	Malcolm Rea
Robert Tweedie	Vauxhall	Cavalier	79	Bob Tweedie
Phoenix Motorsport	Toyota	Camry	95	Ron Searle

Results and standings

Race calendar

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

Rd.	Race	Race title	Circuit	City / state	Date	Winner	Team
NC	1	Australian Grand Prix support	Albert Park Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	6–7 Mar	Cameron McConville	Audi Sport Australia
NC	2	Australian Grand Prix support	Albert Park Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	6–7 Mar	Cameron McConville	Audi Sport Australia
1	1	Calder Park	Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	4–5 Apr	Cameron McConville	Audi Sport Australia
1	2	Calder Park	Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	4–5 Apr	Cameron McConville	Audi Sport Australia
2	1	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway South Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	26–27 Apr	Brad Jones	Audi Sport Australia
2	2	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway South Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	26–27 Apr	Brad Jones	Audi Sport Australia
3	1	Phillip Island	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	16–17 May	Cameron McConville	Audi Sport Australia
3	2	Phillip Island	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	16–17 May	Jim Richards	Volvo Dealer Racing
4	1	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	6–7 Jun	Jim Richards	Volvo Dealer Racing
4	2	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	6–7 Jun	Brad Jones	Audi Sport Australia
5	1	Lakeside	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	27–28 Jun	Brad Jones	Audi Sport Australia
5	2	Lakeside	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	27–28 Jun	Brad Jones	Audi Sport Australia
6	1	Mallala	Mallala Motorsport Park	Adelaide, South Australia	18–19 Jul	Brad Jones	Audi Sport Australia
6	2	Mallala	Mallala Motorsport Park	Adelaide, South Australia	18–19 Jul	Cameron McConville	Audi Sport Australia
7	1	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	8–9 Aug	Cameron McConville	Audi Sport Australia
7	2	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	8–9 Aug	Cameron McConville	Audi Sport Australia
8	1	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	29–30 Aug	Cameron McConville	Audi Sport Australia
8	2	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	29–30 Aug	Brad Jones	Audi Sport Australia
NC	1	AMP Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	4 Oct	Rickard Rydell & Jim Richards	Volvo 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.

Pos	Driver	CAL 1	CAL 2	ORA 1	ORA 2	PHI 1	PHI 2	EAS 1	EAS 2	LAK 1	LAK 2	MAL 1	MAL 2	WIN 1	WIN 2	ORA 1	ORA 2	Pts
1	Brad Jones	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	10th	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	Ret	4th	2nd	1st	191
2	Cameron McConville	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	4th	3rd	Ret	2nd	DSQ	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	184
3	Jim Richards	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	2nd	3rd	4th	Ret	161
4	Cameron McLean	2nd	3rd	Ret	6th	3rd	3rd	4th	Ret	4th	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	139
5	Mark Adderton	5th	5th	7th	4th	4th	5th	5th	Ret	5th	4th	7th	Ret	4th	5th	6th	Ret	81
6	Peter Hills	6th	7th	10th	8th	6th	7th	7th	7th	Ret	5th	5th	5th	5th	6th	5th	6th	70
7	Bob Tweedie	7th	6th	9th	9th	7th	9th	10th	9th	10th	8th	6th	8th	7th	9th	8th	11th	43
8	Ron Searle	DNS	DNS	6th	5th	DNS	DNS	6th	5th	8th	DSQ	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	7th	8th	32
9	Troy Searle			18th	11th	5th	6th	Ret	3rd	Ret	6th			Ret	DNS	10th	Ret	27
10	David Auger	8th	8th	13th	13th	8th	10th	Ret	10th	6th	9th	13th	9th	8th	Ret	11th	9th	25
11	Justin Mathews					9th	8th	8th	4th	7th	10th	11th	12th					21
12	Adam Kaplan			12th	7th			9th	6th			8th	6th	Ret	11th	Ret	13th	19
13	Trevor Sheumack			5th	Ret											Ret	4th	14
14	Anthony Robson	9th	11th			Ret	DNS			11th	Ret	10th	10th	6th	7th	Ret	12th	13
15	Mark Zonneveld													10th	8th	Ret	5th	10
16	John Henderson			4th	DNS			DNS	DNS							Ret	Ret	8
17	Kurt Kratzmann									9th	7th							6
17	Paul Pickett	10th	9th	8th	12th													6
19	Dwayne Bewley			Ret	10th			Ret	DNS			12th	7th					5
20	Rod Wilson															12th	7th	4
20	Tony Newman	Ret	DNS	11th	Ret	DNS	DNS					9th	11th	Ret	Ret	9th	Ret	4
20	Bob Holden	11th	10th											9th	10th			4
23	Aaron McGill							12th	8th									3
24	Graham Dodd							Ret	Ret							14th	10th	1
	Carlos Rolfo			15th	17th			11th	Ret	Ret	DNS
	Ric Shaw					11th	Ret
	Paul Nelson															13th	14th
	Craig Bradshaw			14th	14th
	Claude Elias			17th	15th
	Milton Leslight	Ret	DNS	16th	16th	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS
	Malcolm Rea									Ret	Ret			Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS
	Mike Fitzgerald															Ret	DNS
	Warren Luff															DNS	DNS
Pos	Driver	CAL 1	CAL 2	ORA 1	ORA 2	PHI 1	PHI 2	EAS 1	EAS 2	LAK 1	LAK 2	MAL 1	MAL 2	WIN 1	WIN 2	ORA 1	ORA 2	Pts

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 Championship

Position^[5]	Manufacturer^[5]	Points^[5]
1	Audi	234
2	Volvo	186

Teams Championship

Position^[5]	Team^[5]	Points^[5]
1	Audi Sport Australia	204
2	Knight Racing	136

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.^[5]

References

^ "Volvo S40 (R7-004)". Super Touring Register. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
^ "BMW 3 Series (E36) (E36 STC 96/006)". Super Touring Register. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
^ "Peugeot 406". Super Touring Register. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
^ "Honda Accord (HR003)". Super Touring Register. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g TOCA Australia, 1998 Results, as at Round 8 Oran Park, 09/08 '98

External links

[1] "Volvo S40 (R7-004)". Super Touring Register. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

[2] "BMW 3 Series (E36) (E36 STC 96/006)". Super Touring Register. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

[3] "Peugeot 406". Super Touring Register. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

[4] "Honda Accord (HR003)". Super Touring Register. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

[TOCA-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g TOCA Australia, 1998 Results, as at Round 8 Oran Park, 09/08 '98

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