2016 Touring Car Masters

The 2016 Touring Car Masters was an Australian motor racing series for touring cars manufactured between 1 January 1963 and 31 December 1978.^[1] It is the tenth running of the Touring Car Masters. John Bowe is the defending series winner. On the September 15, 2016, it was announced that the Touring Cars Masters would combined with the New Zealand Central Muscle Car series for the Bathurst round.^[2] The Trans-Tasman Challenge featured over 50 cars from both championships with Glenn Seton winning the round in his Ford Mustang. Dean Perkins was the best placed New Zealander with his Ford Falcon.^[3]

Teams and drivers

Rusty French is contesting the series with a 1969 Ford Mustang

Greg Ritter is contesting the series with a 1975 Chevrolet Monza

John Bowe is contesting the series with a Holden Torana SL/R 5000

Greg Garwood is contesting the series with a Ford Capri

Nigel Benson is contesting the series with a Holden HQ Monaro GTS350

Team	Car	Class	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Shannons Insurance	1972 AMC Javelin	Pro Master	2	Jim Richards	1-4,6-8
	1964 Ford Falcon Sprint				5
Skye Sands	1970 Ford Mustang Fastback	Pro Am	4	Rusty French	All
Performance & Race Tech Services	1974 Holden Torana	Pro Am	5	Bruce Williams	3
Werks Garage/Red Rock Winery Werks Garage/Kalus Kenny Intelex	1974 Porsche 911 RS	Pro Sport	7	Rohan Little	3,5
			90	Sven Burchartz	3,5
SportsMed	1973 Porsche 911 RS	Pro Sport	8	Greg Keene	5
			32	Amanda Sparks	1
			33	Greg Keene	1
Jesus Racing	1971 Ford Falcon XY GTHO	Pro Am	9	Andrew Fisher	1-6
Sunliner RV	1975 Chevrolet Monza 2+2	Pro Master	10	Greg Ritter	1-2
Leukemia Foundation / Climate PRT Fabrication Aussie Muscle Car Run	1973 Ford Falcon XA GT	Pro Sport	11	Graham Stewart	1
	1972 Holden Monaro GTS		22	Nigel Benson	1,4,7
				Graham Stewart	2-3,5-6
Giraffe Civil Contracting	1974 Holden Torana SL/R 5000	Pro Sport	12	Adam Garwood	1-6
	1971 Ford Capri Perana		21	Greg Garwood	1-4
				Adam Garwood	7
Mark Poole Motorsport	1974 Porsche 911 IROC	Pro Sport	13	Rory O'Neill	1,5
TIFS - Warehousing & Distribution Synergy Race Engines	1973 Ford Falcon XY GTHO	Pro Master	17	Steven Johnson	1-4,6-7
	1971 Ford Falcon XY				8
	1969 Ford Mustang Trans Am	Pro Am	88	Tony Karanfilovski	All
Wilson Security / PAYCE	1974 Holden Torana SL/R 5000	Pro Master	18	John Bowe	All
Tincome Industrial Services	1972 Holden Monaro	Pro Sport	19	Darren Beale	3-8
Freestone Transport Maxi-Trans Trailers	1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS	Pro Am	25	Paul Freestone	1-2,7
Angliss Meats	Ford Mustang Fastback	Invited	25	Brett Curran	5
Tilley Auto Garage	1964 Ford Mustang Coupe	Pro Sport	28	Brad Tilley	8
Thunder Road Racing Team Australia	1964 Ford Mustang Coupe	Pro Master	30	Glenn Seton	All
iSeek Racing	1974 Holden Torana SL/R 5000	Pro Am	35	Jason Gomersall	1-7
	1971 Holden Torana				8
Treloar Roses/Mick Wilson Plumbing	Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T	Invited	43	Mick Wilson	4
THD Motorsport	1969 Ford Boss Mustang	Pro Am	46	Leo Tobin	1-3,5-8
Adelaides Cheapest Cars Melbournes Cheapest Cars Darwins Cheapest Cars Brisbanes Cheapest Cars Sydneys Cheapest Cars	1974 Ford Falcon XB Hardtop	Pro Master	48	Eddie Abelnica	All
Outbound Racing/wheels.com.pg	Holden Monaro GTS	Pro Am	52	Keith Kassulke	5,7
Gabriel Shock Absorbers	Holden Monaro HQ Coupe	Pro Am	56	Brett Youlden	6-7
Glennan Transport Dulux ANGLOMOIL	1969 Valiant Pacer	Pro Am	60	Cameron Tilley	1-4,7-8
Cannon Trailers	Ford Falcon XY GTHO	Pro Sport	65	Michael Cannon	4-5
Trans Am Race Engineering	Chevrolet Camaro SS	Invited	68	Grant Wilson	5
Lyndways Builders	1971 Ford Falcon XY GTHO	Pro Am	74	Wayne Mercer	1-4,6-8
Whiteline Racing King Springs CAV Power Fabre Australia	1970 Chevrolet Camaro RS	Pro Master	85	Mark King	All
	1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS		95	Andrew Miedecke	1
		Pro Am		Bob Middleton	4
				Adam Bressington	5-8
John's Furniture Removals	1964 Mercury Comet	Pro Sport	97	Allen Boughen	2,5,7

Race calendar

The series is being contested over eight rounds, each consisting of three races.^[4]

Round	Event	Circuit	City / State	Date
1	Rare Spares Adelaide Trophy	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	3–6 March
2	Shannons Touring Car Festival	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	1–3 April
3	Rare Spares Rose City Trophy	Winton Raceway	Winton, Victoria	20–22 May
4	Shannons Thunder in The Valley	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	17–19 June
5	Rare Spares Queensland Tourist Trophy	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	22–24 July
6	Shannons Phillip Island Tourist Trophy	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	9–11 September
7	Touring Car Masters Mountain Masters	Mount Panorama	Bathurst, New South Wales	6–9 October
8	The Masters Tourist Trophy	Sydney Olympic Park	Sydney, New South Wales	2–4 December [5]

Classes

Each automobile is allocated into one of the following classes:^[1]

• Pro Master
• Pro Am
• Pro Sport
• Trans Am

Series standings

Pos.	Driver	ADE			SAN		WIN			HID			QLD			PHI			BAT			SMP			Pts.
Pro Master
1	John Bowe	2	3	6	2	3	1	1	6	2	5	Ret	4	1	1	2	1	1	2	8	2	2	1	3	1167
2	Glenn Seton	3	5	12	Ret	4	3	3	1	3	2	3	1	2	2	3	2	6	1	21	1	3	2	6	1087
3	Eddie Abelnica	5	2	9	5	5	5	6	10	6	3	6	3	5	6	1	4	11	17	16	13	6	3	5	1078
4	Steven Johnson	6	6	14	3	10	4	4	17	1	1	10				7	3	3	3	6	4	1	Ret	1	914
5	Mark King	8	8	11	10	2	8	7	15	8	8	7	6	6	7	14	9	4	5	9	5	Ret	5	4	881
6	Jim Richards	4	Ret	DNS	1	14	6	5	11	4	6	8	11	Ret	DNS	8	8	8	7	13	9	7	9	Ret	696
7	Greg Ritter	1	1	13	Ret	Ret																			234
8	Andrew Miedecke	9	4	3																					131
Pro Am
1	Jason Gomersall	10	10	7	6	9	2	2	12	9	4	15	2	3	3	5	6	15	8	20	8	9	7	11	1008
2	Tony Karanfilovski	Ret	DNS	DNS	4	13	Ret	10	3	5	17	11	8	7	9	9	10	2	10	7	10	4	4	9	780
3	Rusty French	17	14	8	13	12	Ret	14	14	12	11	2	12	10	11	11	11	9	14	3	14	10	10	12	741
4	Wayne Mercer	Ret	15	5	11	11	13	15	13	10	12	1	12	Ret	Ret				Ret	18	16	8	Ret	7	576
5	Andrew Fisher	20	9	2	7	1	7	12	7	7	7	9	7	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	DNS							493
6	Leo Tobin	14	13	DNS	15	Ret	Ret	13	Ret				13	DNS	15	10	12	10	18	5	17	11	12	Ret	493
7	Adam Bressington												5	4	8	4	5	12	6	2	3	Ret	6	8	438
8	Cameron Tilley	Ret	Ret	DNS	14	7	10	16	5	Ret	Ret	DNS							12	14	12	5	8	2	376
9	Paul Freestone	7	7	16	8	8													13	11	Ret				290
10	Brett Youlden															6	7	5	4	15	7				190
11	Keith Kassulke												21	DNS	5				11	10	11				122
12	Bruce Williams						Ret	11	8																77
13	Bob Middleton									13	13	DNS													45
Pro Sport
1	Adam Garwood	11	11	1	9	6	11	8	2	14	9	4	10	8	4	13	15	7	9	1	6				634
2	Darren Beale						15	19	16	18	15	14	20	18	Ret	16	14	14	Ret	19	20	DNS	13	13	424
3	Graham Stewart	18	19	15	16	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	16	16	13			15	13	13							353
4	Nigel Benson	13	12	4						15	14	12							19	17	19				244
5	Sven Burchartz						9	9	9	14	11	Ret													192
6	Micheal Cannon									16	16	13	17	13	12										173
7	Allen Boughen				Ret	16							18	12	13				16	4	18				152
8	Rohan Little						14	17	Ret				15	14	Ret										125
9	Greg Keene	16	DNS	DNS									16	15	14										102
10	Brad Tilley																					Ret	11	10	80
11	Rory O'Neill												19	17	17										137
12	Tony Hunter																		15	12	15				60
13	Amanda Sparks	15	16	Ret																					59
14	Mick Wilson									17	Ret	DNS													16
Invited
1	Greg Garwood	12	17	10	12	15	12	18	4	11	10	5													680
2	Brett Curran												9	9	10										170
3	Grant Wilson												22	19	18										162
4	Dave Roberts																		20	22	21				60
Pos.	Driver	ADE			SAN		WIN			HID			QLD			PHI			BAT			SMP			Pts.

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