1998 Australian Super Touring Championship


The 1998 Australian Super Touring Championship was the sixth running of a CAMS sanctioned motor racing series in Australia under the Super Touring Car regulations and the fourth to carry the Australian Super Touring Championship name. It began on 5 April 1998 at Calder Park Raceway and ended on 30 August at Oran Park Raceway after eight rounds. The series was promoted by TOCA Australia as the 1998 BOC Gases Australian Super Touring Championship. As in the British Touring Car Championship the race format changed with each meeting now consisting a shorter "sprint" race and a "feature" race, 25% longer than previous races featuring a mandatory two-tyre stop to be taken between 15 and 75% distance. The one exception was the round at Lakeside Raceway where the pit lane was deemed unsuitable.

Team and Driver changes

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1998 Australian Super Touring Championship.
TeamManufacturerCar modelNoDriver
Audi Sport AustraliaAudiA4 Quattro3 Cameron McConville
Audi Sport AustraliaAudiA4 Quattro4 Brad Jones
Audi Sport AustraliaAudiA4 Quattro14 Trevor Sheumack
TC MotorsportPeugeot40610 Tony Newman
TC MotorsportPeugeot405 Mi1638 Dwayne Bewley
AAP RacingToyotaCarina11 Milton Leslight
Greenfield Mowers RacingBMW320i12 Cameron McLean
Anthony RobsonBMW318i13 Anthony Robson
Craig Bradshaw
Project RacingHondaAccord15 Mark Adderton
Bob Holden MotorsBMW318i16 Bob Holden
Trevor Sheumack
Justin Mathews
Paul Nelson
Carlos RolfoBMW318i20 Carlos Rolfo
Rod Wilson
M-F RacingPeugeot405 Mi1621 Mike Fitzgerald
Nigel BarclayNissanPrimera22 Adam Kaplan
Novacastrian MotorsportBMW320i30 Troy Searle
Volvo Dealer RacingVolvoS4040 Jim Richards
Gun RacingAlfa Romeo155 TS45 David Auger
John Henderson RacingOpelVectra56 John Henderson
Triple P RacingHyundaiLantra58 Claude Elias
Knight RacingFordMondeo60 Warren Luff
Knight RacingFordMondeo88 Peter Hills
Knight RacingFordMondeo89 Paul Pickett
Ric Shaw
Aaron McGill
Kurt Kratzmann
Dwayne Bewley
Mark Zonneveld
Graham DoddHondaAccord69 Graham Dodd
Motorsport DevelopmentsToyotaCarina77 Malcolm Rea
Robert TweedieVauxhallCavalier79 Bob Tweedie
Phoenix MotorsportToyotaCamry95 Ron Searle

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 1998 Australian Super Touring Championship was contested over eight rounds with two races per round.
Rd.RaceRace TitleCircuitCity / StateDateWinnerTeam
11 CalderCalder Park RacewayMelbourne, Victoria4–5 AprCameron McConvilleBrad Jones Racing
12 CalderCalder Park RacewayMelbourne, Victoria4–5 AprCameron McConvilleBrad Jones Racing
21 Oran ParkOran Park Raceway South CircuitSydney, New South Wales26–27 AprBrad JonesBrad Jones Racing
22 Oran ParkOran Park Raceway South CircuitSydney, New South Wales26–27 AprBrad JonesBrad Jones Racing
31 Phillip IslandPhillip Island Grand Prix CircuitPhillip Island, Victoria16–17 MayCameron McConvilleBrad Jones Racing
32 Phillip IslandPhillip Island Grand Prix CircuitPhillip Island, Victoria16–17 MayJim RichardsVolvo Dealer Racing
41 Eastern CreekEastern Creek RacewaySydney, New South Wales6–7 JunJim RichardsVolvo Dealer Racing
42 Eastern CreekEastern Creek RacewaySydney, New South Wales6–7 JunBrad JonesBrad Jones Racing
51 LakesideLakeside International RacewayBrisbane, Queensland27–28 JunBrad JonesBrad Jones Racing
52 LakesideLakeside International RacewayBrisbane, Queensland27–28 JunBrad JonesBrad Jones Racing
61 MallalaMallala Motorsport ParkAdelaide, South Australia18–19 JulBrad JonesBrad Jones Racing
62 MallalaMallala Motorsport ParkAdelaide, South Australia18–19 JulCameron McConvilleBrad Jones Racing
71 WintonWinton Motor RacewayBenalla, Victoria8–9 AugCameron McConvilleBrad Jones Racing
72 WintonWinton Motor RacewayBenalla, Victoria8–9 AugCameron McConvilleBrad Jones Racing
81 Oran ParkOran Park RacewaySydney, New South Wales29–30 AugCameron McConvilleBrad Jones Racing
82 Oran ParkOran Park RacewaySydney, New South Wales29–30 AugBrad JonesBrad Jones Racing
NC1 AMP Bathurst 1000Mount Panorama CircuitBathurst, New South Wales4 OctRickard Rydell & Jim RichardsVolvo S40 Racing

Drivers Championship

Points were awarded 15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 based on the top ten race positions in each race. There was a bonus point allocated for pole position.

Manufacturers Championship

Teams Championship

TOCA Challenge - Independents Cup

Independents Cup points were awarded on a 15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for relative positions achieved by drivers in entries nominated as Independents at each race.
The TOCA Challenge - Independents Cup was won by Cameron McLean in his Greenfield Mowers Racing-entered BMW 320i, scoring 205 points. Second was Mark Adderton on 151 points, and third was Peter Hills on 136 points.
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