2011 Touring Car Masters
# 2011 Touring Car Masters

The 2011 Touring Car Masters was 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 (CAMS) as a National Series and ‘Australian Classic Touring Cars’ was appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager. The series was the fifth annual Touring Car Masters.

John Bowe (Ford Mustang) won Class C, Gary O'Brien (Holden HQ Monaro GTS) was victorious in Class B and Amanda Sparks (Porsche 911 RS) secured the Class A award.

## Calendar

The series was contested over eight rounds.

| Round | Circuit | Date | Format | Round winner | Car |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Adelaide Parklands | 17–20 March | Three races | John Bowe | Ford Mustang |
| 2 | Barbagallo Raceway | 29 April - 1 May | Three races | John Bowe | Ford Mustang |
| 3 | Hidden Valley | 17–19 June | Three races | Andrew Miedecke | Chevrolet Camaro SS |
| 4 | Eastern Creek | 3–4 September | Three races | Andrew Miedecke | Chevrolet Camaro SS |
| 5 | Bathurst | 6–9 October | Three races | Glenn Seton | Ford XB Falcon Hardtop |
| 6 | Gold Coast | 21–23 October | Three races | John Bowe | Ford Mustang |
| 7 | Sandown | 18–20 November | Three races | John Bowe | Ford Mustang |
| 8 | Homebush | 2–4 December | Three races | Andrew Miedecke | Chevrolet Camaro SS |

## Classes & points system

Each competing car was classified into one of three classes.

Series points were awarded on the following basis within each class at each race.

| 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 |
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| 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 |

Bonus points were awarded to each race finisher equal to the number of cars that started a race within that class. E.g. If 14 cars started a race in Class B, then each car that finished within Class B was awarded an additional 14 bonus points for that race.

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 C | | | | | | | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Position | Driver | Car | Ade | Bar | Hid | Eas | Mou | Sur | San | Hom | Total |
| 1 | John Bowe | Ford Mustang | 212 | 209 | 207 | 159 | 227 | 203 | 226 | (155) | 1443 |
| 2 | Jim Richards | Ford Falcon Sprint | 196 | 187 | 195 | 208 | 207 | 196 | 204 | (148) | 1393 |
| 3 | Andrew Miedecke | Chevrolet Camaro SS | 164 | 202 | 219 | 228 | 208 | (126) | 185 | 180 | 1386 |
| 4 | Brad Tilley | Ford XY Falcon GT | 201 | 124 | 186 | 176 | 188 | 0 | 39 | 148 | 1062 |
| 5 | Keith Kassulke | Holden HQ Monaro | 134 | 146 | (99) | 143 | 134 | 149 | 124 | 116.5 | 946.5 |
| 6 | Eddie Abelnica | Ford XB Falcon Hardtop | 198 | 109 | 0 | 188 | 194 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 779 |
| 7 | Steve Mason | Chevrolet Camaro | 190 | 0 | 97 | 179 | 182 | 86 | 38 | 0 | 772 |
| 8 | Cameron Tilley | Chrysler Valiant Pacer Ford Boss Mustang | 144 | 164 | 0 | 130 | 152 | 46 | 107 | 147.5 | 753.5 |
| 9 | Tony Karanfilovski | Ford XY Falcon GTHO | 0 | 131 | 0 | 133 | 146 | 173 | 116 | 0 | 699 |
| 10 | Tony Edwards | Holden Torana SL/R 5000 | 0 | 181 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 121 | 682 |
| 11 | Glenn Seton | Ford XB Falcon Hardtop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 227 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 576 |
| 12 | Graham Alexander | Holden HT Monaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 149 | 167 | 109 | 559 |
| 13 | George Nittis | Ford XY Falcon GT | 122 | 116 | 43 | 115 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 506 |
| 14 | Alastair MacLean | Chevrolet Camaro | 155 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 0 | 456 |
| 15 | Bill Pye | Chevrolet Camaro SS | 0 | 96 | 166 | 147 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 446 |
| 16 | Bernie Stack | Chevrolet Camaro RS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 140.5 | 394.5 |
| 17 | Doug Westwood | Ford XY Falcon GT | 87 | 0 | 49 | 161 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 393 |
| 18 | Gavin Bullas | Ford Boss Mustang | 0 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 305 |
| 18 | Brett Youlden | Holden HQ Monaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 289 |
| 20 | John Woodberry | Holden HT Monaro | 0 | 0 | 160 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 275 |
| 21 | Matt O'Brien | Holden HQ Monaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 104.5 | 264.5 |
| 22 | Mark King | Ford XA Falcon GT | 105 | 0 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 253 |
| 23 | Kim Jane | Ford XB Falcon Hardtop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 0 | 202 |
| 24 | Nigel Benson | Holden HQ Monaro | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 |
| 25 | Paul Freestone | Holden HQ Monaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 146 |
| 26 | Greg Waddington | Holden HQ Monaro | 0 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
| 27 | Garry Treloar | Chrysler Valiant Charger E55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 123 |
| 28 | Les Walmsley | Ford XA Falcon GT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 89 |
| 29 | Drew Marget | Holden HQ Monaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | Terry Wyhoon | Ford XY Falcon GTHO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| 31 | Elliot Barbour | Chrysler Valiant Charger E55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 32 | Tony Hunter | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Class B | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | Driver | Car | Ade | Bar | Hid | Eas | Mou | Sur | San | Hom | Total |
| 1 | Gary O'Brien | Holden HQ Monaro GTS | 191 | 159 | 170 | 187 | (66) | 178 | 186 | 149 | 1220 |
| 2 | Ian McAlister | Ford Mustang | 183 | 0 | 182 | 175 | 189 | 123 | 171 | 159 | 1182 |
| 3 | Andrew Whiteside | Ford Mustang | 106 | 171 | 111 | 171 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 728 |
| 4 | Mick Wilson | Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T | 175 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 0 | 156 | 0 | 622 |
| 5 | Trevor Talbot | Holden Torana GTR XU-1 | 0 | 112 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 99 | 0 | 575 |
| 6 | Chris Stillwell | Ford Mustang | 0 | 194 | 0 | 122 | 101 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 537 |
| 7 | Wayne Mercer | Ford XY Falcon GT | 153 | 0 | 103 | 103 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 410 |
| 8 | Nigel Benson | Holden HQ Monaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 139 | 325 |
| 9 | Bernie Stack | Chevrolet Camaro RS | 0 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 179 |
| Class A | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | Driver | Car | Ade | Bar | Hid | Eas | Mou | Sur | San | Hom | Total |
| 1 | Amanda Sparks | Porsche 911 RS | 194 | 162 | 175 | 192 | 167 | 187 | 185 | (158) | 1260 |
| 2 | John Nelson | Porsche 911 RS | 120 | 186 | 167 | 168 | 183 | 179 | 169 | (166) | 1172 |
| 3 | Greg Keene | Porsche 911 RS | 182 | 174 | 183 | 180 | 195 | 0 | 185 | 64 | 1163 |
| 4 | Rory O'Neill | Porsche 911 RS | 170 | 152 | 153 | 104 | 150 | 171 | 0 | 140 | 1040 |
| 5 | Terry Lawlor | Porsche 911 RS | 0 | 130 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 310 |
| 6 | Mark Buik | Porsche 911 RS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 |
| 7 | Phil Showers | Ford Escort | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 |
| 8 | Tony Karanfilovski | Alfa Romeo GTAm | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| 9 | Ross Almond | Porsche 911 RS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 57 |

## Notes & references

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2011 Australian Touring Car Masters Series - Sporting and Technical Regulations – Version 2 - CAMS Bulletin B11/054
* 1 2 3 4 Stefan Bartholomaeus, A Savy Performer, The Speedcafe Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 7/2011, pages 112-114
* 1 2 3 4 racing.natsoft.com.au
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Series Results 2011, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
* ↑ Karanfilovski is shown in the official race results for the Adelaide round as driving a Ford XY Falcon GTHO (as per racing.natsoft.com.au) but actually drove an Alfa Romeo GTAm (as per www.touringcarmasters.com.au)
