The 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title [1] for Group 3A Touring Cars. The championship, which was the 34th Australian Touring Car Championship, [2] was contested over a nine-round series which began on 28 February 1993 at Amaroo Park and ended on 8 August at Oran Park Raceway. [3] Promoted as the Shell Australian Touring Car Championship, [4] it was won by Glenn Seton, driving a Ford EB Falcon, with teammate Alan Jones completing a one-two championship result for Glenn Seton Racing. [5] It was Seton's first championship victory and the first major victory for the team he had started in 1989.
1993 marked the first year in which the championship was contested by the new Australian Group 3A Touring Car category which incorporated:
Channel Seven broadcast the championship with the commentary team including Mike Raymond, Gary Wilkinson, Mark Oastler, Doug Mulray and Andy Raymond. Regular commentator Neil Crompton was absent as he was contesting the full series as a competitor for the first time.
The following drivers and teams competed in the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship.
The championship was contested over a nine-round series. [3] Each round consisted of a "Peter Jackson Dash" for the top six cars from Qualifying, a Heat for the 2.0 Litre Class, a Heat for the 5.0 Litre Class and a combined Final. [7] The two Class Heats were run separately at Round 1 [3] but were combined from Round 2 onwards. [8]
Rd. [3] | Circuit [3] | Location / state | Date [3] | Winner | Car | Team |
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1 | Amaroo Park | Sydney, New South Wales | 26–28 Feb | John Bowe | Ford EB Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
2 | Symmons Plains Raceway | Launceston, Tasmania | 12–14 Mar | Alan Jones | Ford EB Falcon | Glenn Seton Racing |
3 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 2–4 Apr | Glenn Seton | Ford EB Falcon | Glenn Seton Racing |
4 | Lakeside International Raceway | Brisbane, Queensland | 16–18 Apr | Alan Jones | Ford EB Falcon | Glenn Seton Racing |
5 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | 14–16 May | Glenn Seton | Ford EB Falcon | Glenn Seton Racing |
6 | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | 4–6 Jun | Glenn Seton | Ford EB Falcon | Glenn Seton Racing |
7 | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Mallala, South Australia | 2–4 Jul | Glenn Seton | Ford EB Falcon | Glenn Seton Racing |
8 | Barbagallo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | 9–11 Jul | Jim Richards | Holden VP Commodore | Gibson Motorsport |
9 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | 6–8 Aug | Jim Richards | Holden VP Commodore | Gibson Motorsport |
Championship points were awarded at each round on the following basis:
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The Peter Jackson Dash series award was won jointly by Mark Skaife and Glenn Seton. [10]
The 1993 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship, which was contested concurrently with the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship, was won by Peter Doulman driving a BMW M3.