Australian Tourist Trophy
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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
{{F1 race
| Name = Australian Tourist Trophy
| Flag = Flag of Australia.svg
| Circuit = Mount Panorama Circuit
| Circuit_image = Mount Panorama Circuit Map Overview.PNG
| First_held = 1956
| Last_held =
| Times_held = 27
| Laps = 12 Hours
| Circuit_length_km = 6.172
| Circuit_length_mi = 3.835
| Most_wins_driver = {{flagicon|AUS}} Frank Matich (4)
| Most_wins_constructor = {{flagicon|GBR}} Lotus (4)
{{flagicon|GER}} Porsche (4)
}}
The Australian Tourist Trophy is a Confederation of Australian Motor Sport-sanctioned national motor racing title, contested between 1956 and 1979 by Sports Cars and, since 2007, by GT cars. The trophy is currently awarded to the outright winners of the Bathurst 12 Hour.{{cite web | url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2016/06/28/tourist-trophy-awarded-b12h-winners/ | title=Tourist Trophy awarded to B12H winners | publisher=speedcafe.com | date=28 June 2016 | accessdate=12 May 2020 }}
History
The title was awarded for the first time in 1956 and then annually from 1958 until the introduction by CAMS of an Australian Sports Car Championship for 1969. It was reinstituted in 1975, restricted for the first time to Production Sports Cars and contested over two heats rather than as a single race.Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976, pages 86–87 In 1976, with the Production Sports Car class now contesting the Australian Sports Car Championship, the Australian Tourist Trophy once again became a contest for purpose built Group A Sports Cars until it was discontinued after the 1979 event.[https://www.webcitation.org/6R6iap8Hn?url=http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/About/AC06-Titles-Australian-2014-1.pdf Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au via www.webcitation.org] Retrieved 30 August 2014
After almost thirty years, the ATT title was again revived with the award going to the winner of the Sandown GT Classic in both 2007[http://www.cams.com.au/content.asp?PageID=Article&ObjectID=906 GT's to race for Australian Tourist Trophy Title at Sandown] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725013703/http://cams.com.au/content.asp?PageID=Article&ObjectID=906 |date=25 July 2008 }} Retrieved from CAMS website on 15 August 2008 and 2008. From 2009 until 2015 the Trophy was awarded to the driver accumulating the most outright championship points at specified rounds of the annual Australian GT Championship.
From 2017, the Australian Tourist Trophy has been awarded to the winners of the annual Bathurst 12 Hour event.
Winners
File:Matich-SR3-Graham-Ruckert.jpg of Frank Matich, winner of the 1967 and 1968 ATTs.]]
File:Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 of David Wall.jpg of 2010 ATT winner David Wall, pictured at the opening round of the 2010 Australian GT Championship.]]
File:Audi R8 of Mark Eddy.jpg of 2011 ATT winner Mark Eddy, pictured at the opening round of the 2011 Australian GT Championship.]]
File:Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 of Peter Hackett.JPG of 2012 ATT winner Peter Hackett, pictured at the opening round of the 2012 Australian GT Championship.]]
File:Audi R8 Ultra of Christopher Mies & Greg Crick.JPG of 2015 ATT winner Christopher Mies, pictured at the opening round of the 2015 Australian GT Championship.]]
File:Frijns Leonard Vanthoor 2018 Bathurst 12 Hour.jpg, Stuart Leonard and Dries Vanthoor were awarded the 2018 ATT for their victory in the 2018 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour driving an Audi R8 LMS.]]
Multiple winners
=By driver=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |
| Wins
! Driver ! Years |
|---|
| 4
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Frank Matich | 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Ian Geoghegan | 1963, 1965, 1977 |
| rowspan="5"| 2
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Bib Stillwell | 1961, 1962 |
| {{flagicon|DEN}} Allan Simonsen
| 2007, 2008 |
| {{flagicon|AUS}} David Wall
| 2009, 2010 |
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Matt Campbell
| 2019, 2024 |
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jules Gounon
| 2020, 2022 |
=By constructor=
See also
- 1936 Australian Tourist Trophy, for the unrelated motor race held at Phillip Island on 30 March 1936.
- Australian Tourist Trophy (for motorcycles)
References
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Further reading
- Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 181–183
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1956