1994 Australian Touring Car Championship

The 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Touring Cars. The championship, which was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian Title,^[1] was the 35th Australian Touring Car Championship. Promoted as the Shell Australian Touring Car Championship,^[1] it was contested over 10 rounds between February and July 1994.

The championship was won by Mark Skaife driving a Gibson Motorsport Holden VP Commodore.

The Ford EB Falcon and Holden VP Commodore were both homologated with new aerodynamic packages, the Falcon gaining controversial protrusions from its front splitter.

The following drivers and teams competed in the 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship:

Team (Entrant)	Car	No	Driver
Glenn Seton Racing (Peter Jackson Racing)[2]	Ford EB Falcon	1	Glenn Seton
		30	Alan Jones
Gibson Motorsport (Winfield Racing)[2]	Holden VP Commodore	2	Mark Skaife
		6	Jim Richards
Lansvale Racing Team (Lansvale Smash Repairs)[2]	Holden VP Commodore	3	Trevor Ashby Steve Reed
Wayne Gardner Racing (Coca-Cola Racing)[2]	Holden VP Commodore	4	Wayne Gardner
		7	Neil Crompton
Holden Racing Team (Holden Racing Team)[2]	Holden VP Commodore	05	Peter Brock
		015	Tomas Mezera
Perkins Engineering (Castrol Perkins Racing)[2]	Holden VP Commodore	11	Larry Perkins
Ampol Max 3 Racing (Ampol Max 3 Racing)[2]	Holden VP Commodore	12	Bob Jones
Stuart McColl Ampol (Kartmania)[2]	Holden VP Commodore	14	Stuart McColl
Graham Blythman	Holden VP Commodore	16	Graham Blythman
Dick Johnson Racing (Shell F.A.I. Racing)[2]	Ford EB Falcon	17	Dick Johnson
		18	John Bowe
		19	Steven Johnson
Palmer Promotions (Palmer Promotions)[2]	Holden VP Commodore	20	Ian Palmer
LoGaMo Racing (Diet-Coke Racing)[2] (Benson & Hedges Racing)[2]	Holden VP Commodore	23	Paul Morris
		25	Tony Longhurst
Pinnacle Motorsport (Anthony Scott)[3]	Holden VP Commodore	24	Tony Scott Greg Crick
Don Watson (Don Watson Pty. Ltd.)[3]	Holden VP Commodore	26	Don Watson
Terry Finnigan	Holden VP Commodore	27	Terry Finnigan
Playscape Racing (Playscape Racing)[3]	Ford EB Falcon	28	Kevin Waldock
James Philip	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	31	James Philip
Pace Racing (Kevin Heffernan)[3]	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	32	Kevin Heffernan
Pro-Duct Racing	Holden VP Commodore	33	Bob Pearson
Ian Love	Holden VP Commodore	35	Ian Love
Schembri Motorsport (Bettergrow)[3]	Holden VP Commodore	36	Neil Schembri
Scotty Taylor Racing	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	37	Alan Taylor
Challenge Motorsport (Protech Computers)[2]	Holden VP Commodore	39	Chris Smerdon
Garry Willmington Performance (Garry Willmington (NSW))[3]	Ford EB Falcon	41	Garry Willmington
Glenn Mason	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	42	Glenn Mason
Group Motorsport	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	44	George Ayoub
Daily Planet Racing (Metropolis City Promotions)[2] (Daily Planet)[3]	Holden VP Commodore	47	John Trimbole
Novocastrian Motorsport (Wayne Gary Russell)[2] (Novocastrian Motorsport)[3]	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	62	Wayne Russell
Barbagallo Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	77	Alf Barbagallo
Cadillac Productions	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	79	Mike Conway
Steven Ellery Racing (Steve Ellery)[2]	Ford Sierra RS	88	Steven Ellery

Movements

• Peter Brock moved from Advantage Racing to the Holden Racing Team with his Mobil sponsorship replacing Wayne Gardner. Brock's win in Round 7 at Sydney's Eastern Creek Raceway was the HRT's first ever ATCC round win and the first factory Holden win since Brock won round 6 of the 1986 ATCC at Surfers Paradise in a Holden Dealer Team Holden VK Commodore.
• LoGaMo Racing purchased a pair of Perkins Engineering built VP Commodores to replace its BMW M3s. It continued to race four cars with Tony Longhurst and Paul Morris also driving a pair of BMW 320is in the Australian Manufacturers' Championship.
• Wayne Gardner purchased the assets of Bob Forbes Racing to form Wayne Gardner Racing with Neil Crompton moving as part of the deal. The deal included major sponsorship from Coca-Cola.

Arrivals / returnees

• Pinnacle Motorsport entered the series purchasing Peter Brock's 1993 Advantage Racing VP Commodore with Greg Crick and Tony Scott sharing the driving.
• Dick Johnson's son Steven made his ATCC debut driving a third Dick Johnson Racing EB Falcon at the final round at Oran Park.

Departures

• With LoGaMo Racing scaling back to two cars, John Blanchard and Geoff Full did not return

The 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 1994 saw the last ATCC race at the tight, 1.94 km (1.20 mi) Amaroo Park circuit in Sydney.

Round	Race title	Circuit	City/Town	Suburb	State/Territory	Date/s	Winner	Team	Report
1	Amaroo	Amaroo Park	Sydney	Annangrove	New South Wales	25–27 Feb	Mark Skaife	Gibson Motorsport	Report
2	Sandown	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne	Springvale	Victoria	4–6 Mar	Mark Skaife	Gibson Motorsport	Report
3	Launceston	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston		Tasmania	12–14 Mar	Mark Skaife	Gibson Motorsport	Report
4	Phillip Island	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island		Victoria	8–10 Apr	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Report
5	Lakeside	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane		Queensland	22–24 Apr	Larry Perkins	Perkins Engineering	Report
6	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Winton	Benalla	Victoria	13–15 May	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Report
7	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney	Eastern Creek	New South Wales	3–5 Jun	Peter Brock	Holden Racing Team	Report
8	Mallala	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala		South Australia	24–26 Jun	Mark Skaife	Gibson Motorsport	Report
9	Perth	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth		Western Australia	1–3 Jul	Alan Jones	Glenn Seton Racing	Report
10	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney	Narellan	New South Wales	22–24 Jul	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Report

Each round comprised Qualifying, the Peter Jackson Dash, which was contested by the six fastest drivers from Qualifying, and two feature races.

• Three points were awarded to the fastest driver in Qualifying at each round^[4]
• Points were awarded on a 3–2–1 basis for the first three places in the Peter Jackson Dash at each round^[4]
• Points were awarded on a 20–16–14–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 basis for the first ten places in each of the two races at each round^[5]

• No points were awarded to the fastest driver in Qualifying at each round^[4]
• Points were awarded on a 3–2–1 basis for the first three places in the Peter Jackson Dash at each round^[4]
• One bonus point was awarded for each position gained during the Peter Jackson Dash, but only to a driver finishing third or higher in the Dash^[4]
• Points were awarded on a 20–16–14–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 basis for the first ten places in each of the two races at each round^[6]

The Privateers Cup was won by Bob Jones.^[7]

• 1994 Australian Touring Car season

• Official V8 Supercar site
• 1994 Racing Results Archive