Touring Car Masters
{{Short description|Australian motor racing series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox motorsport championship
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| category = Touring Car Racing
| country/region = Australia
| inaugural = 2007
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| tyres = Hoosier Tires
| champion driver = Steve Johnson
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| website = [http://www.touringcarmasters.com.au touringcarmasters.com.au]
| current_season = 2023 Touring Car Masters
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Touring Car Masters is an Australian motor racing series open to modified touring cars manufactured between 1 January 1963 and 31 December 1980.[https://web.archive.org/web/20230304084846/https://motorsport.org.au/docs/default-source/sporting-technical/national/2023/2023-gulf-western-oil-touring-car-masters-series-sporting-and-technical-regulations---version-1.pdf?sfvrsn=d6660278_4 2023 Gulf Western Oil Touring Car Masters Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, motorsport.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org] It evolved out of a previous series for CAMS Group N Touring Cars but with a greater degree of modifications permitted to improve safety, reliability and affordability.[http://www.touringcarmasters.com.au/History/seriesInformation.html Series History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706112842/http://www.touringcarmasters.com.au/History/seriesInformation.html |date=6 July 2011 }} Retrieved on 20 June 2011 These improvements would have been against the spirit of Group N regulations which are focused on vehicles racing as much as possible as they did in the period when the cars were new.
File:Ford Falcon Sprint of Jim Richards.JPG of 2010 Touring Car Masters Group 1 winner, Jim Richards]]
File:1969 Ford Mustang of John Bowe (Adelaide 2011).JPG
The series has proved popular with fans for the nostalgia value and also for the mix of eligible vehicles with the majority of competing vehicles being Australian or American V8s. Each model is allocated into one of three classes by the appointed category managers, TCM Racing Pty. Ltd, with drivers competing for Outright and Class awards. Performance parity is maintained between disparate models by varying maximum engine revolutions and minimum racing weights of those vehicles. In addition, a driver may be classified as a seeded driver and additional parity adjustments applied to cars driven by these drivers, as deemed appropriate.
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Class winners
class="wikitable" |
rowspan="2" | Year |
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Driver
! Car ! Driver ! Car ! Driver ! Car |
2007
| Steve Mason | Mick Wilson | 1972 Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T | colspan="2" rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | Not contested |
2008
| Gavin Bullas | Greg East |
2009
| Gavin Bullas | Trevor Talbot |
2010
| Bernie Stack | Tony Karanfilovski |
Year |
2011
| Amanda Sparks | Gary O'Brien |
2012
| Chris Stillwell | colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Not contested |
2013
| Steve Mason |
Year
! colspan="2" | Pro-Masters ! colspan="2" | Pro-Am ! colspan="2" | Pro-Sports |
2014
| Mark King | Sven Burchartz |
Year
! colspan="2" | Pro-Masters ! colspan="2" | Pro-Am ! colspan="2" | Pro-Sports ! colspan="2" | Invitational ! colspan="2" | Trans-Am |
2015
| Ford Mustang | Cameron Tilley | Leo Tobin | Paul Freestone |
Year
! colspan="2" | Pro-Masters ! colspan="2" | Pro-Am ! colspan="2" | Pro-Sports ! colspan="2" | Invitational ! colspan="2" | Trans-Am |
2016
| Jason Gomersall | Adam Garwood | Holden LH Torana SL/R5000 | Greg Garwood | colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Not contested |
Year
! colspan="2" | Pro-Masters ! colspan="2" | Pro-Am ! colspan="2" | Pro-Sports ! colspan="2" | IROC ! colspan="2" | Invitational ! colspan="2" | Trans-Am |
2017
| Adam Bressington | Darren Beale | 1972 Holden Monaro GTS Coupe | Rohan Little | Greg Garwood | Shannon O’Brien |
Year
! colspan="2" | Outright ! colspan="2" | Pro-Masters ! colspan="2" | Pro-Am ! colspan="2" | Pro-Sports |
2018[https://web.archive.org/web/20181209220438/http://www.touringcarmasters.com.au/standings-2/2018-standings 2018 Standings, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org]
| Cameron Tilley | Jim Pollicina |
2019
| Jim Pollicina | Allen Boughen |
2020
| Adam Bressington | Adam Bressington | Ryan Hansford | Peter Burnitt |
2021
| Ryan Hansford | Peter Burnitt |
2022
| Ryan Hansford | Ryan Hansford | Andrew Fisher | Warren Trewin |
2023
| Cameron Tilley | Peter Burnitt |
2024
|Adam Garwood |Joel Heinrich |Adam Garwood | | |
2025
| | | | | | | | |
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File:Holden HQ SS of Gary O'Brien.jpg|The 1972 Holden HQ SS of Gary O'Brien at the opening round of the 2010 series
File:Chevrolet Camaro SS of Alastair MacLean.jpg|The 1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS of Alastair MacLean at the opening round of the 2011 series
File:Ford XY Falcon GTHO of Brad Tilley.jpg|The Ford XY Falcon GTHO of Brad Tilley at the opening round of the 2011 series
File:Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop of Eddie Abelnica (2).jpg|The Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop of Eddie Abelnica at the opening round of the 2011 series
File:Ford Escort RS1600 of Phillip Showers.jpg|The Ford Escort RS1600 of Phillip Showers at the opening round of the 2011 series
File:1969 Ford Mustang of Gavin Bullas.jpg|The 1969 Ford Mustang of Gavin Bullas at the opening round of the 2011 series
File:Alfa Romeo GTAm of Tony Karanfilovski.jpg|The Alfa Romeo GTAm of Tony Karanfilovski at the opening round of the 2011 series
File:Chrysler VH Valiant Charger RT of Mick Wilson.jpg|The Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T of Mick Wilson at the opening round of the 2011 series
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Touring Car Masters}}
- {{Official website|http://www.touringcarmasters.com.au/}}
{{V8 Supercar support categories}}
Category:Touring car racing series