The 2013 Touring Car Masters was an Australian motor racing competition for modified Touring Cars manufactured between 1 January 1963 and 31 December 1976.2013 Australian Touring Car Masters Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Series with Australian Classic Touring (3D) Cars Pty Ltd appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager. It was the seventh annual Touring Car Masters series.
The series began on 9 March 2013 at Sydney Motorsport Park and finished on 24 November at Phillip Island. Six rounds were contested as support races to the 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship and rounds were also held at the Top Gear Festival and Muscle Car Masters events.
2010 winner Jim Richards won the series over defending winner John Bowe. Bowe won five of the eight rounds and eleven of the twenty-four races, compared to Richards' two race wins, but fell behind Richards after being excluded from the Sandown round for making contact with an official.Stefan Bartholomaeus, Bowe excluded for clash with official, speedcafe.com, as archived at web.archive.org Andrew Miedecke finished third in the series with two round and five race wins but his series aspirations were hurt by a points penalty for causing an accident at Bathurst. In Class B, 2007 outright series winner Steve Mason won from Greg Keene and William Vining.
Entries The following drivers competed in the series: Driver Car 3 Steve Mason Ford Mustang 4 Rusty French Porsche 911RS 5 Tony Edwards Holden Torana SL/R 5000 6 Chris Stillwell Ford Mustang 8 Gary O'Brien Holden HQ Monaro GTS 9 Steve Makarios Ford XY Falcon GTHO 11 Gavin Bullas Ford XA Falcon GT 12 Jim Richards Ford Falcon Sprint 13 Rory O'Neill Porsche 911RS 14 Phillip Showers Holden HQ Monaro 15 Cameron Mason Andrew Adams Chevrolet Camaro SS 18 John Bowe Stephen White† Ford Mustang 21 Garry Treloar Chrysler Valiant Charger E55 22 Nigel Benson Chevrolet Camaro 25 Paul Freestone Chevrolet Camaro SS 26 Michael Almond Porsche 911RS 27 Adam Bressington Holden HQ Monaro 28 Brad Tilley Ford XY Falcon GTHO 30 Glenn Seton Ford XY Falcon GTHO 32 Amanda Sparks Porsche 911RS 33 Greg Keene Porsche 911RS 35 Jason Gomersall Holden Torana SL/R 5000 43 Mick Wilson Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T 46 Leo Tobin Holden HQ Monaro 48 Eddie Abelnica Ford XB Falcon 52 Keith Kassulke Ford XB Falcon 56 Brett Youlden Holden HQ Monaro 57 Graham Alexander Holden HT Monaro 60 Cameron Tilley Ford Boss Mustang 74 Wayne Mercer Ford XY Falcon GTHO 75 Greg Crick Chrysler Valiant Charger E55 85 Mark King Chevrolet Camaro RS 88 Tony Karanfilovski Ford XY Falcon GTHO Ford Mustang 95 Andrew Miedecke Chevrolet Camaro SS 98 William Vining Ford Mustang 99 Les Walmsley Holden HQ Monaro
† - John Bowe was excluded from taking part in the Sandown event after making contact with an official in the pit lane following a practice session. Stephen White replaced him for the rest of the event.
Calendar The 2013 series consisted of eight rounds: Round Event Circuit Location Date Winner 1 Top Gear Festival Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales 9–10 March John Bowe 2 Perth 360 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 3–5 May Andrew Miedecke 3 Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 14–16 June John Bowe 4 Ipswich 360 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 27–28 July John Bowe 5 Muscle Car Masters Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales 30 August–1 September John Bowe 6 Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 13–15 September Andrew Miedecke 7 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 10–13 October John Bowe 8 Phillip Island 360 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 22–24 November Keith Kassulke
Points system Each competing automobile was classified into one of two classes, Class A, Outright or Class B, Pro-Sportman.2013 Series Results, touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org.
Points are awarded as follows to the top thirty finishers in each class. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th Points 60 56 52 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
Only half points were awarded for Race 1 of Round 7 at Mount Panorama due to the race being shortening on account of an accident.Tom Howard, Miedecke wins TCM opener behind Safety Car, www.speedcafe.com, as archived at web.archive.org
The results for each round of the Series were determined by the number of points scored by each driver (including Guest Drivers) in each Class at that round.
Any points scored by a driver within a class were not transferred if that driver changed classes.
Series standings Driver Syd. Bar. Hid. Que. Syd. San. Mou. Phi. Class A: Outright 1 Jim Richards () 4(4) 3(3) 4(4) 6(5) 1(1) 7(7) 2(2) 3(3) 8(8) 1(1) 8(8) 3(3) 4(3) 5(4) 2(2) 2(2) 2(2) 3(3) 5(5) 2(2) 15(12) 10(10) 8(8) 0 1122 2 John Bowe 1(1) 1(1) 1(1) 2(2) 4(4) 11(9) 1(1) 1(1) 1(1) 1(1) 2(2) 1(1) 1(1) 2(1) 2(2) EX EX EX 2(2) 6(6) 1(1) 7(7) 3(3) 6(6) 0 1112 3 Andrew Miedecke 3(3) 6(6) 2(2) 5(5) 2(2) 2(2) 8(8) 3(3) 5(5) 3(3) 3(3) 7(7) 2(2) Ret 1(1) 1(1) 1(1) 1(1) 1(1) Ret DNS 4(4) 8(8) 5(5) 935 4 Keith Kassulke Ret DNS DNS 3(3) 3(3) Ret 4(4) 5(5) 6(6) 2(2) 4(4) 3(3) 7(7) 5(4) 10(8) 14(10) 7(7) 6(6) 6(6) 7(7) 4(4) 1(1) 6(6) 1(1) 0 899 5 Mark King Ret 10(10) 14(11) 12(9) 11(9) 6(6) 5(5) 8(7) 9(8) 10(10) 5(5) 6(6) 14(12) 7(6) Ret 7(7) 4(4) 8(8) 9(9) 24(15) 11(11) 9(9) 11(11) 16(11) 0 736.5 6 Eddie Abelnica 5(5) 2(2) 6(6) Ret 10(8) 5(5) 5(5) 6(5) DNS 6(6) 5(5) 9(9) 8(8) 1(1) 10(10) 2(2) 4(4) 2(2) 0 702The Series Results table at touringcarmasters.com.au shows Total = 760 points but the total of points shown for the eight rounds is actually 702 7 Greg Crick 11(10) 8(8) 4(4) 7(7) 7(6) 3(3) 2(2) 7(6) 4(4) 5(5) Ret DNS Ret 11(10) 7(7) Ret 14(11) 8(8) 5(5) 5(5) 7(7) 0 699 8 Tony Karanfilovski 12(11) 11(11) 13(10) Ret 20(14) 13(11) 6(6) Ret 5(5) 13(11) 9(8) 11(9) 4(4) 6(6) 5(5) 10(10) 10(10) 9(9) 10(10) 9(9) Ret 0 543 9 Wayne Mercer 15(13) 18(14) 18(14) 14(11) 13(10) 10(8) 14(11) 14(11) 17(13) 19(13) 19(13) 15(10) 16(11) 14(13) 13(12) 23(16) 19(14) 16(13) 13(11) 13(12) 13(9) 0 506 10 Adam Bressington 8(8) 3(3) 7(7) 9(9) 6(6) 4(4) Ret 11(9) 9(7) Ret 9(9) 11(10) 7(7) 2(2) 6(6) 0 502.5 11 Jason Gomersall 14(12) 15(12) 16(12) 11(8) 14(11) 9(7) 13(10) Ret DNS 7(7) Ret 9(9) 9(8) Ret Ret Ret 13(12) Ret 11(11) 3(3) Ret 0 398.5 12 Les Walmsley 6(6) Ret DNS 6(6) Ret 2(2) 6(6) 3(2) 7(6) 6(6) 1(1) DNS 0 388 13 Brett Youlden 9(9) 7(7) 17(13) 5(5) 4(4) 3(3) 3(3) 7(7) 4(4) 0 354.5 14 Brad Tilley 3(3) 4(4) 2(2) 12(10) 15(11) 6(5) 13(12) 8(8) 5(5) 0 351 15 Gavin Bullas 7(7) 9(9) 9(9) 16(12) 9(7) 4(4) 6(6) 9(8) 11(9) 0 327 16 Cameron Tilley 12(9) 13(10) 7(7) 4(4) 8(7) 4(3) 14(13) 9(9) 7(7) 0 323.5 17 Paul Freestone 6(6) 5(5) 5(5) 10(9) DNS DNS 3(3) 8(8) 4(4) 0 301 18 Graham Alexander Ret 19(15) 21(15) 13(10) Ret DNS 13(11) 12(7) 12(10) 20(14) 18(12) 16(11) 17(14) 17(12) 20(14) 0 280 19 Michael Almond 4(4) 16(13) 8(8) 1(1) 1(1) DNS DNS 10(9) DNS 0 258 20 Garry Treloar 18(13) 19(13) 12(10) 17(13) 16(13) 15(10) 0 150 21 Stephen White 5(5) 3(3) 3(3) 0 149 22 Tony Edwards 8(8) 2(2) 3(3) 0 144 23 Steve Makarios DNS 21(15) 20(14) 13(9) 12(11) 12(11) 0 122 24 Cameron Mason 16(12) 16(12) 16(12) 0 72 25 Andrew Adams 9(8) Ret 18(13) 18(15) 0 57 26 Glenn Seton 4(4) Ret DNS 0 24 27 Bill Pye 8(NC) 1(NC) 3(NC) 19(NC) 15(NC) 18(NC) 0 0 NCNeville is not listed in the Series Results table at touringcarmasters.com.au Dean Neville Ret 13(10) Ret 0 0 Class B: Pro-Sportsman 1 Steve Mason 17(4) 12(1) 10(1) 8(1) 5(1) 12(3) 11(3) 12(3) 10(2) 12(2) 7(1) 15(5) 16(3) 14(3) 12(2) 8(1) 10(1) 10(1) 20(4) 11(1) 12(1) 12(2) 12(1) 11(3) 0 1311.5 2 Greg Keene 10(1) 14(3) 11(2) 10(3) 8(2) 7(1) 9(1) 11(2) Ret 11(1) 9(3) 10(1) 11(1) 10(1) 8(1) 10(2) 16(3) 15(3) 12(1) 12(2) DNS Ret DNS DNS 0 1050 3 William Vining Ret 20(5) 20(6) Ret 18(6) 18(5) 18(7) 10(4) 13(3) 17(4) 17(5) 18(6) 11(3) 15(2) 14(2) Ret 21(6) 17(4) 14(3) 15(3) 12(4) 0 845 4 Gary O'Brien Ret 17(4) 15(4) 15(4) 15(4) Ret 20(7) Ret 15(4) 14(3) Ret DNS 19(5) 16(4) 14(4) Ret Ret 17(5) 15(2) 13(3) 13(2) 16(4) 18(5) 10(2) 0 802 5 Amanda Sparks 15(4) 15(4) 14(3) 15(4) 8(2) 11(2) 15(2) 12(2) 13(3) 12(4) 18(5) 16(4) 16(3) 16(4) 14(3) 0 739 6 Rory O'Neill 16(3) 21(6) 19(5) 17(5) 17(5) 19(6) 17(6) Ret Ret 21(6) 21(6) 17(5) Ret 17(4) DNS 22(6) 23(8) 19(5) 19(6) 19(6) Ret 0 710.5 7 Chris Stillwell 9(2) 12(3) 8(2) 10(2) 6(1) 8(1) Ret DNS DNS 11(1) 14(2) 9(1) 0 516 8 Mick Wilson 19(6) Ret Ret 22(7) 21(7) Ret Ret 20(5) 21(6) 0 201 9 Leo Tobin Ret Ret DNS 23(8) 22(8) 19(7) 21(5) 22(7) Ret 18(5) 17(4) 14(5) 0 168 10 Nigel Benson 13(2) 13(2) 12(3) 0 164 11 Rusty French 16(5) 11(5) 14(4) 0 138 12 Andrew Adams 18(?) 18(?) 15(?) 0 117 13 Phillip Showers 15(5) 19(6) Ret 0 87 Driver Syd. Bar. Hid. Que. Syd. San. Mou. Phi. Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap
References
Race results sourced from National Software Online Race Results