1995 Australian Touring Car Championship


The 1995 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for 5.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with Group 3A regulations. The championship, which was the 36th Australian Touring Car Championship, was contested over a ten rounds between February and August 1995. The series was won by John Bowe driving a Dick Johnson Racing Ford EF Falcon.

Television Coverage

Channel 7's 1995 coverage was led by Mike Raymond for the final time before his retirement from full-time broadcasting and he was once again joined by Allan Moffat and Mark Oastler in the broadcast booth with Andy Raymond in pit-lane.
The broadcast was again on same-day delay due to the network's coverage of the AFL across the nation.

Pre-season

The Ford EF Falcon and Holden VR Commodore were both homologated for competition. The changes were largely cosmetic, allowing teams to reskin their existing EB Falcons and VP Commodores. With no material gain in performance expected, many of the privateer teams elected to retain their cars in EB and VP trim.
In January 1995 Dunlop, who supplied tyres to Dick Johnson Racing, Perkins Engineering and Wayne Gardner Racing as well as all of the privateer teams, had their factory in Kobe destroyed in the Great Hanshin earthquake. While production was shifted to England, teams had to ration their tyre stocks. To help the situation, Bridgestone later relaxed its policy of only supplying contracted teams, providing tyres to James Rosenberg Racing and Romano Racing at the final round.
Defending champion Mark Skaife missed the opening round of the championship after sustaining injuries in a testing accident at Eastern Creek that destroyed a Gibson Motorsport VR Commodore.

Teams and drivers

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The following drivers and teams competed in the 1995 Australian Touring Car Championship:
TeamVehicleNoDriver
Gibson MotorsportHolden VR Commodore1 Mark Skaife
Gibson MotorsportHolden VR Commodore2 Jim Richards
Lansvale Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore3 Trevor Ashby
Steve Reed
Wayne Gardner RacingHolden VR Commodore4 Wayne Gardner
Wayne Gardner RacingHolden VR Commodore7 Neil Crompton
Holden Racing TeamHolden VR Commodore05 Peter Brock
Holden Racing TeamHolden VR Commodore015 Tomas Mezera
Pinnacle MotorsportHolden VP Commodore
Holden VR Commodore
6 Allan Grice
Pinnacle MotorsportHolden VP Commodore
Holden VR Commodore
21 Tony Scott
Glenn Seton RacingFord EF Falcon6 Allan Grice
Glenn Seton RacingFord EF Falcon30 Glenn Seton
Glenn Seton RacingFord EB Falcon
Ford EF Falcon
35 Alan Jones
Larkham Motor SportFord EF Falcon10 Mark Larkham
Perkins EngineeringHolden VR Commodore11 Larry Perkins
Perkins EngineeringHolden VP Commodore12 Greg Crick
Phil Ward RacingHolden VP Commodore
Holden VR Commodore
13 Phil Ward
Dick Johnson RacingFord EF Falcon17 Dick Johnson
Dick Johnson RacingFord EF Falcon18 John Bowe
Dick Johnson RacingFord EF Falcon19 Steven Johnson
Palmer PromotionsHolden VR Commodore20 Ian Palmer
Romano RacingHolden VP Commodore24 Paul Romano
Longhurst RacingFord EF Falcon25 Tony Longhurst
Terry FinniganHolden VP Commodore27 Terry Finnigan
Playscape RacingFord EB Falcon28 Kevin Waldock
Ian LoveHolden VR Commodore31 Ian Love
Pro-Duct RacingHolden VP Commodore33 Bob Pearson
Claude GorgiFord EB Falcon34 Claude Giorgi
Schembri MotorsportHolden VP Commodore36 Neil Schembri
Schembri MotorsportHolden VP Commodore46 Greg Young
Scotty Taylor RacingHolden VP Commodore37 Bill Attard
Alan Taylor
James Rosenberg RacingHolden VP Commodore38 Mark Poole
Challenge MotorsportHolden VP Commodore
Holden VR Commodore
39 Chris Smerdon
Group MotorsportHolden VP Commodore40 George Ayoub
Garry Willmington PerformanceFord EB Falcon41 Garry Willmington
Daily Planet RacingFord EB Falcon47 John Trimbole
Alcair RacingHolden VR Commodore49 David Attard
Parsons TransportHolden VR Commodore55 David "Truckie" Parsons
Novocastrian MotorsportHolden VP Commodore62 Wayne Russell
Pace RacingHolden VP Commodore74 Kevin Heffernan
Barbagallo MotorsportHolden VR Commodore77 Alf Barbagallo
Bill O'BrienHolden VL Commodore SS Group A SV88 Bill O'Brien
Allan McCarthyHolden VR Commodore96 Allan McCarthy

Race calendar

The championship was contested over a ten-round series. Each round featured a "Peter Jackson Dash", a short sprint race which was restricted to the top ten cars from qualifying, and two main races which were open to all competitors. Unlike previous seasons, the dash did not set the grid order for the main races. The Amaroo Park round was replaced by a round at Mount Panorama which held an ATCC round for the first time since 1972.
Rd.CircuitLocation / StateDateRound winnerCarTeamReport
1Sandown International RacewayMelbourne, Victoria3 - 5 FebLarry PerkinsHolden VR CommodorePerkins EngineeringReport
2Symmons Plains RacewayLaunceston, Tasmania24 - 26 FebJohn BoweFord EF FalconDick Johnson RacingReport
3Mount Panorama CircuitBathurst, New South Wales10 - 12 MarJohn BoweFord EF FalconDick Johnson RacingReport
4Phillip Island Grand Prix CircuitPhillip Island, Victoria7 - 9 AprGlenn SetonFord EF FalconGlenn Seton Racing
5Lakeside International RacewayBrisbane, Queensland21 - 23 AprGlenn SetonFord EF FalconGlenn Seton Racing
6Winton Motor RacewayBenalla, Victoria19–21 MayJohn BoweFord EF FalconDick Johnson Racing
7Eastern Creek RacewaySydney, New South Wales26–28 MayMark SkaifeHolden VR CommodoreGibson Motorsport
8Mallala Motor Sport ParkMallala, South Australia7 - 9 JulGlenn SetonFord EF FalconGlenn Seton Racing
9Barbagallo RacewayPerth, Western Australia14 - 16 JulGlenn SetonFord EF FalconGlenn Seton Racing
10Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South Wales4 - 6 AugJohn BoweFord EF FalconDick Johnson Racing

Points system

Rounds were won by John Bowe, Glenn Seton, Larry Perkins and Mark Skaife. Going into the final round Bowe, Seton and Peter Brock were in contention with Bowe prevailing.

Championship standings

Note: Race 1 at the Phillip Island round was stopped before full race distance due to multiple accidents brought about by heavy rain, and only half points were awarded.

Privateers Cup

The Motorsport News / Dunlop Privateers Cup was won by David Attard.