2012 Australian Touring Car Masters Series


The 2012 Australian Touring Car Masters Series was an Australian motor racing competition for modified Touring Cars. The series was open to cars manufactured between 1 January 1963 and 31 December 1973 and to specific models manufactured between 1 January 1974 and 31 December 1976. It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Series with Australian Classic Touring Cars Pty Ltd appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager. The series was the sixth annual Touring Car Masters.
John Bowe won Class A - Outright and Chris Stillwell won Class B - Pro Sportsman.

Calendar

The series was contested over eight rounds.
RoundCircuitDateFormatRound winner Car
1Adelaide Parklands4 MarchThree racesJohn BoweFord Mustang
2Phillip Island27 MayThree racesGavin BullasFord Boss Mustang
3Hidden Valley17 JuneThree racesJohn BoweFord Mustang
4Queensland Raceway5 AugustThree racesJohn BoweFord Mustang
5Sydney Motorsport Park2 SeptemberThree racesJohn BoweFord Mustang
6Sandown16 SeptemberThree racesJim RichardsAMC Javelin
7Mount Panorama7 OctoberThree racesBrad TilleyFord XY Falcon GTHO
8Sandown25 NovemberThree racesJohn BoweFord Mustang

Note: The results for each round of the Series were determined by the number of points scored by each driver in each Class at the round.

Classes & points system

Each competing car was classified into one of two classes.
Series points were awarded on the following basis within each class at each race.
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th21st22nd23rd24th25th26th27th28th29th30th
Points6056524845423936333027242118171615141312111098765432

The driver gaining the highest points total from his/her best seven round results was declared the winner of that class.
Any points scored by a driver within a class were not transferred if that driver changed classes.

Series standings

Class A - Outright

Note: Points shown within brackets in the above table could not be counted towards the drivers series total.

Class B - Pro Sportsman

Note: Points shown within brackets in the above table could not be counted towards the drivers series total.