The 1997 Australian Touring Car season was the 38th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000 , the Armstrong 500.
Two major touring car categories raced in Australia during 1997, V8 Supercar and Super Touring. Between them there were 26 touring car race meetings held during 1997; a ten-round series for V8 Supercars, the 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); an eight-round series for Super Touring, the 1997 Australian Super Touring Championship (ASTC); an unofficial four round series for V8 Supercars, the 1997 ARDC AMSCAR series (the final edition of AMSCAR ); support programme events at the 1997 Australian Grand Prix and 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival and three stand alone long distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'.
Results and standings [ edit ] Race calendar [ edit ] The Ford EL Falcon in which Glenn Seton won the 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship The 1997 Australian touring car season consisted of 26 events.
Date Series Circuit City / state Winner Team Car Report 7–9 Mar Super Touring GT-P Race Albert Park Melbourne , Victoria Jim Richards Volvo Cars Australia Volvo 850 TAC V8 Supercar Showdown Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden VS Commodore 15 Mar ATCC Round 1 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne , Victoria Wayne Gardner Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VS Commodore 5–6 Apr Hog's Breath Cafe V8 Supercar Challenge Surfers Paradise street circuit Surfers Paradise , Queensland Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden VS Commodore 13 Apr ATCC Round 2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island , Victoria Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden VS Commodore 27 Apr ATCC Round 3 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne , Victoria Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford EL Falcon 4 May ATCC Round 4 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston , Tasmania Greg Murphy Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 4 May ASTC Round 1 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane , Queensland Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport BMW 320i 18 May ATCC Round 5 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla , Victoria Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden VS Commodore 25 May ATCC Round 6 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney , New South Wales Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford EL Falcon 1 Jun ASTC Round 2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island , Victoria Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport BMW 320i 15 Jun ATCC Round 7 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane , Queensland John Bowe Dick Johnson Racing Ford EL Falcon 22 Jun ASTC Round 3 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne , Victoria Geoff Brabham Paul Morris Motorsport BMW 320i 22 Jun AMSCAR Round 1 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney , New South Wales Allan McCarthy West Coast Racing Ford EL Falcon 6 Jul ATCC Round 8 Barbagallo Raceway Perth , Western Australia Peter Brock Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 13 Jul ATCC Round 9 Mallala Motor Sport Park Adelaide , South Australia Greg Murphy Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 20 Jul ASTC Round 4 Amaroo Park Sydney , New South Wales Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Audi A4 Quattro AMSCAR Round 2 Mal Rose Mal Rose Racing Holden VS Commodore 3 Aug ATCC Round 10 Oran Park Raceway Sydney , New South Wales Greg Murphy Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore 10 Aug ASTC Round 5 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla , Victoria Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport BMW 320i 24 Aug ASTC Round 6 Mallala Motor Sport Park Adelaide , South Australia Cameron McConville Brad Jones Racing Audi A4 Quattro 31 Aug AMSCAR Round 3 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney , New South Wales Mal Rose Mal Rose Racing Holden VS Commodore 14 Sep Tickford Sandown 500 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne , Victoria Greg Murphy Craig Lowndes Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore report 5 Oct AMP Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst , New South Wales Geoff Brabham David Brabham Paul Morris Motorsport BMW 320i report 19 Oct Primus 1000 Classic Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst , New South Wales Russell Ingall Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering Holden VS Commodore report 26 Oct ASTC Round 7 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane , Queensland Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport BMW 320i 9 Nov ASTC Round 8 Amaroo Park Sydney , New South Wales Geoff Brabham Paul Morris Motorsport BMW 320i 7 Dec AMSCAR Round 4 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney , New South Wales Michael Donaher Clive Wiseman Racing Holden VS Commodore
Super Touring GT-P Race [ edit ] This meeting was a support event of the 1997 Australian Grand Prix . The thin Super Touring field was bolstered by cars from the Australian GT-Production Car Championship (indicated in italics).
TAC V8 Supercar Showdown [ edit ] This meeting was a support event of the 1997 Australian Grand Prix .
Australian Touring Car Championship [ edit ] Hog's Breath V8 Supercar Challenge [ edit ] This meeting was a support event of the 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival .[1]
Australian Super Touring Championship [ edit ] ARDC AMSCAR series [ edit ] Tickford 500 [ edit ] AMP Bathurst 1000 [ edit ] Primus 1000 Classic [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]