1988 Australian Touring Car season


The 1988 Australian Touring Car season was the 29th 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.
There were 16 touring car race meetings held during 1988; a nine-round series, the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship ; the four round Amaroo Park based AMSCAR series ; a support programme event at the 1988 Australian Grand Prix and three long distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'.

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 1988 Australian touring car season consisted of 16 events.
DateSeriesCircuitCity / StateWinnerTeamCarReport
6 MarchATCC Round 1Calder Park RacewayMelbourne, VictoriaDick JohnsonShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
13 MarchATCC Round 2Symmons Plains RacewayLaunceston, TasmaniaDick JohnsonShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
27 MarchAMSCAR Round 1Amaroo ParkSydney, New South WalesColin BondCaltex CXT Racing TeamFord Sierra RS500
10 AprilATCC Round 3Winton Motor RacewayBenalla, VictoriaJohn BoweShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
24 AprilATCC Round 4Barbagallo RacewayPerth, Western AustraliaDick JohnsonShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
1 MayATCC Round 5Adelaide International RacewayAdelaide, South AustraliaDick JohnsonShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
15 MayAMSCAR Round 2Amaroo ParkSydney, New South WalesDick JohnsonShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
22 MayATCC Round 6Lakeside International RacewayBrisbane, QueenslandTony LonghurstFreeport MotorsportFord Sierra RS500
29 MayATCC Round 7Sandown RacewayMelbourne, VictoriaDick JohnsonShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
19 JuneATCC Round 8
AMSCAR Round 3		Amaroo ParkSydney, New South WalesJohn BoweShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
17 JulyATCC Round 9Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South WalesDick JohnsonShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
31 JulyAMSCAR Round 4Amaroo ParkSydney, New South WalesTony LonghurstFreeport MotorsportFord Sierra RS500
28 AugPepsi 250Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South WalesPeter Brock
Jim Richards		Mobil 1 RacingBMW M3report
11 SepEnzed Sandown 500Sandown RacewayMelbourne, VictoriaAllan Moffat
Gregg Hansford		Allan Moffat EnterprisesFord Sierra RS500report
2 OctTooheys 1000Mount Panorama CircuitBathurst, New South WalesTony Longhurst
Tomas Mezera		Benson & Hedges RacingFord Sierra RS500report
12 NovSouth Australia CupAdelaide Street CircuitAdelaide, South AustraliaLarry PerkinsHolden Special VehiclesHolden VL Commodore SS Group A SV

Australian Touring Car Championship

James Hardie Building Products AMSCAR Series

Pepsi 250

Enzed Sandown 500

Tooheys 1000

South Australia Cup

This race was a support event at the 1988 Australian Grand Prix meeting. This was Larry Perkins' first win in Australia since the 1984 Bathurst 1000 and also the only Holden win for the year. This would be the final time that the touring cars would only have a single race at the Australian Grand Prix. From 1989 the tourers would have one race on the Saturday afternoon following the Formula One final qualifying session with by a second race the following morning on F1 race day.
Pos.DriverNo.TeamCarGrid
1 Larry Perkins10Holden Special VehiclesHolden VL Commodore SS Group A SV4
2 Denny Hulme11Holden Special VehiclesHolden VL Commodore SS Group A SV7
3 Colin Bond4Caltex CXT RacingFord Sierra RS5005
4 Peter Brock05Mobil 1 RacingBMW M310
5 Garry Rogers33Garry Rogers MotorsportHolden VL Commodore SS Group A SV15
6 Gerald Kay24JagpartsHolden VK Commodore SS Group A18
7 George Fury30Peter Jackson Nissan RacingNissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R8
8 John Farrell52John FarrellHolden VL Commodore SS Group A27
9 John Faulkner71Toyota Team AustraliaToyota Corolla GT25
10 Lawrie Nelson28Capri ComponentsFord Mustang GT20