1998 Australian Touring Car season
The 1998 Australian Touring Car season was the 39th 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.
Two major touring car categories raced in Australia during 1998, V8 Supercar and Super Touring. Between them there were 23 touring car race meetings held during 1998; a ten-round series for V8 Supercars, the 1998 Australian Touring Car Championship ; an eight-round series for Super Touring, the 1998 Australian Super Touring Championship ; support programme events at the 1998 Australian Grand Prix and 1998 Honda Indy 300 and three stand alone long distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'.
Results and Standings
Race Calendar
The 1998 Australian touring car season consisted of 23 events.Date | Series | Circuit | City / State | Winner | Team | Car | Report |
1 Feb | ATCC Round 1 | Sandown International Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Craig Lowndes | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | |
8 Feb | ATCC Round 2 | Symmons Plains Raceway | Launceston, Tasmania | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | |
6–8 Mar | Super Touring GT-P Race | Albert Park street circuit | Melbourne, Victoria | Cameron McConville | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | |
6–8 Mar | TAC V8 Supercar Showdown | Albert Park street circuit | Melbourne, Victoria | Russell Ingall | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | |
29 Mar | ATCC Round 3 | Lakeside International Raceway | Brisbane, Queensland | Russell Ingall | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | |
5 Apr | ASTC Round 1 | Calder Park Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Cameron McConville | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | |
19 Apr | ATCC Round 4 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | Craig Lowndes | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | |
27 Apr | ASTC Round 2 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Brad Jones | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | |
3 May | ATCC Round 5 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | John Bowe | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon | |
17 May | ASTC Round 3 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | Jim Richards | Volvo Dealer Racing | Volvo S40 | |
24 May | ATCC Round 6 | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Adelaide, South Australia | Russell Ingall | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | |
31 May | ATCC Round 7 | Barbagallo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | Craig Lowndes | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | |
7 Jun | ASTC Round 4 | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Brad Jones | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | |
21 Jun | ATCC Round 8 | Calder Park Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Craig Lowndes | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | |
28 Jun | ASTC Round 5 | Lakeside International Raceway | Brisbane, Queensland | Brad Jones | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | |
19 Jul | ATCC Round 9 | Hidden Valley Raceway | Darwin, Northern Territory | Russell Ingall | Perkins Engineering | Holden VT Commodore | |
19 Jul | ASTC Round 6 | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Adelaide, South Australia | Cameron McConville | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | |
2 Aug | ATCC Round 10 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Craig Lowndes | Holden Racing Team | Holden VT Commodore | |
9 Aug | ASTC Round 7 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | Cameron McConville | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | |
30 Aug | ASTC Round 8 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Brad Jones | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | |
13 Sep | Tickfrd Sandown 500 | Sandown International Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Russell Ingall Larry Perkins | Perkins Engineering | Holden VT Commodore | report |
4 Oct | AMP Bathurst 1000 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | Rickard Rydell Jim Richards | Volvo Dealer Racing | Volvo S40 | report |
17–18 Oct | Hog's Breath Cafe V8 Supercar Challenge | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit | Surfers Paradise, Queensland | Mark Larkham | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford EL Falcon | |
15 Nov | FAI 1000 Classic | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | Jason Bright Steven Richards | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford EL Falcon | report |
Australian Touring Car Championship
Super Touring GT-P Race
This meeting was a support event of the 1998 Australian Grand Prix. The thin Super Touring field was bolstered by cars from the Australian GT-Production Car Championship.Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 |
![]() | 2 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 5 | Volvo Dealer Racing | Volvo S40 | 8 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 12 | Greenfield Mowers Racing | BMW 320i | 3 | 4 |
![]() | 88 | Knight Racing | Ford Mondeo | 4 | 5 |
![]() | 3 | Brad Jones Racing | Audi A4 Quattro | 5 | 6 |
![]() | 3 | Beninca Racing | Porsche 993 RSCS | 6 | 7 |
![]() | 99 | BMW 318i | 7 | 8 | |
![]() | 89 | Knight Racing | Ford Mondeo | 11 | 9 |
![]() | Porsche 993 RSCS | 9 | 10 | ||
![]() | 27 | House of Maserati | Maserati Ghibli Cup | 10 | 11 |
![]() | 61 | Subaru Impreza WRX | 13 | 12 | |
![]() | 25 | HSV GTS-R | 14 | 13 | |
![]() | 16 | Bob Holden Motors | BMW 318i | 12 | DNF |
![]() | 18 | Nissan 200SX Turbo | DNS | DNF | |
![]() | 8 | Porsche 993 RSCS | DNF | DNS | |
![]() | 15 | Toyota Carina | DNS | DNS | |
![]() | 38 | Subaru Impreza WRX | DNS | DNS |
TAC V8 Supercar Showdown
This meeting was a support event of the 1998 Australian Grand Prix.Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 |
![]() | 8 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
![]() | 50 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
![]() | 15 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 11 | 8 | 5 |
![]() | 1 | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
![]() | 46 | John Faulkner Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
![]() | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 36 | 19 | 7 | 8 |
![]() | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
![]() | 49 | Greg Crick Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 15 | 12 | 10 |
![]() | 96 | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 8 | 10 | DNF | 11 |
![]() | 32 | Challenge Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 17 | DNF | 17 | 12 |
![]() | 75 | John Sidney Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 19 | DNF | 18 | 13 |
![]() | 28 | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 20 | 16 | DNF | 14 |
![]() | 7 | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 14 | 13 | DNF | 15 |
![]() | 44 | Mal Rose Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 21 | 20 | 20 | 16 |
![]() | 23 | Ford EF Falcon | 25 | 23 | 23 | 17 | |
![]() | 80 | Clive Wiseman Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 23 | DNF | 21 | 18 |
![]() | 45 | Holden VS Commodore | 35 | 25 | 24 | 19 | |
![]() | 2 | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 13 | 9 | DNF | 20 |
![]() | 36 | Schembri Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 27 | 27 | 22 | 21 |
![]() | 41 | Simon Emerzidis | Holden VR Commodore | 30 | 30 | 25 | 22 |
![]() | 79 | Cadillac Productions | Ford EL Falcon | 34 | DNF | DNF | 23 |
![]() | 45 | Rod Smith Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 29 | DNF | DNS | 24 |
![]() | 14 | Imrie Motor Sport | Holden VS Commodore | 31 | 28 | DNS | 25 |
![]() | 52 | Holden VP Commodore | 32 | 29 | 26 | 26 | |
![]() | 38 | James Rosenberg Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 16 | 12 | DNF | 27 |
![]() | 3 | Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | 18 | 17 | 13 | 28 |
![]() | 24 | Romano Racing | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | DNS | 16 | DNF |
![]() | 35 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 7 | 7 | DNS | DNF |
![]() | 26 | M3 Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 28 | DNF | DNS | DNF |
![]() | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford EL Falcon | 11 | 14 | 9 | DNF |
![]() | 43 | Paul Weel Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 33 | 24 | 19 | DNF |
![]() | 51 | Charles Ryman | Ford EL Falcon | DNF | 21 | 15 | DNF |
![]() | 27 | Holden VS Commodore | 15 | DNF | 14 | DNF | |
![]() | 25 | Longhurst Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 4 | DNF | 10 | DNS |
![]() | 31 | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 22 | 18 | DNF | DNS |
![]() | 16 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | 26 | 22 | DNF | DNS |
![]() | 22 | Colourscan Motorsport | Ford EL Falcon | 24 | 26 | DNS | DNS |
![]() | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 5 | DNF | DNS | DNS |
Australian Super Touring Championship
Tickford 500
AMP Bathurst 1000
Hog's Breath V8 Supercar Challenge
This meeting was a support event of the 1998 Honda Indy 300.Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 |
![]() | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford EL Falcon | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 50 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | 3 | 2 |
![]() | 35 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 5 | 3 |
![]() | 25 | Longhurst Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 4 | 4 |
![]() | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | 6 | 5 |
![]() | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 9 | 6 |
![]() | 46 | John Faulkner Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 7 | 7 |
![]() | 8 | Perkins Engineering | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 8 |
![]() | 9 | Longhurst Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 8 | 9 |
![]() | 5 | Glenn Seton Racing | Ford EL Falcon | DNF | 10 |
![]() | 96 | Wayne Gardner Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 14 | 11 |
![]() | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 12 |
![]() | 32 | Tomas Mezera Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore | 13 | 13 |
![]() | 70 | John Briggs Motorsport | Ford EL Falcon | 11 | 14 |
![]() | 74 | PACE Racing | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | 15 |
![]() | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford EL Falcon | 2 | 16 |
![]() | 49 | Greg Crick Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 12 | 17 |
![]() | 54 | Simon Emerzidis | Ford EL Falcon | DNF | 18 |
![]() | 24 | Romano Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 10 | DNF |
![]() | 3 | Lansvale Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | DNF |
![]() | 1 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VS Commodore | DNF | DNS |