1993 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship

The 1993 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of under 2.0 litre cars complying with the provisions of the FISA Class II section of Australian Group 3A Touring Car regulations. The championship began on 28 February 1993 at Amaroo Park and ended on 8 August at Oran Park Raceway after nine rounds. It was the third Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship and the first for cars aligned with FISA Class II regulations and thus the fore-runner of the Australian Super Touring Championship.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1993 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship.

Team	Manufacturer	Car model	No	Driver
Caltex Team Toyota	Toyota	Corolla AE90 FX-GT Corolla AE93 Seca	6	John Smith
		Corolla AE93 Seca	8	Colin Bond
Bob Holden Motors	Toyota	Sprinter AE86	13	Bob Holden
		Corolla AE82	75	Frank Binding
M3 Motorsport	BMW	M3	52	John Cotter
			53	Peter Doulman
Brad Stratton	Toyota	Corolla AE82	72	Brad Stratton
Easton Motorsport	Toyota	Sprinter AE86	77	Gregg Easton
Cadillac Productions	Toyota	Sprinter AE86	79	Mike Conway
Malcolm Rea	Toyota	Sprinter AE86	88	Ken Talbert Malcolm Rea

Race calendar

The 1993 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship was contested over nine rounds, held across six states.

Rd.	Race Title	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner	Team	Report
1	Amaroo	Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	26 - 28 Feb	Peter Doulman	M3 Motorsport
2	Launceston	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	12 - 14 Mar	Peter Doulman	M3 Motorsport
3	Phillip Island	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	2 - 4 Apr	Peter Doulman	M3 Motorsport
4	Lakeside	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	16 - 18 Apr	Colin Bond	Caltex Team Toyota
5	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	14–16 May	Peter Doulman	M3 Motorsport
6	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	4 - 6 Jun	Colin Bond	Caltex Team Toyota
7	Mallala	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	2 - 4 Jul	John Smith	Caltex Team Toyota
8	Wanneroo	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	9 - 11 Jul	John Smith	Caltex Team Toyota
9	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	6 - 8 Aug	Peter Doulman	M3 Motorsport

Points system

Rounds of the 1993 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship were staged in conjunction with rounds of the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship, which was open to both 2.0 Litre Touring Cars and 5.0 Litre Touring Cars.

At the opening round at Amaroo Park both the 2.0 Litre cars and the 5.0 Litre cars had a separate Heat of their own before competing together in the Final. Points towards the 1993 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six positions in the 2.0 Litre Heat.

At the Symmons Plains Raceway round only three 2.0 Litre cars were entered, so they ran together with the 5.0 Litre cars in both the Heat and the Final. Points for the 2.0 Litre championship were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six positions in the 2.0 Litre class of the Heat. This practice was continued at all subsequent rounds even after 2.0 Litre grids returned to the size displayed at Amaroo.

Whilst drivers of 2.0 Litre cars finishing in the top ten outright positions in the Final were eligible to score points towards the Australian Touring Car Championship, in reality, no 2.0 Litre car finished in the top ten placings in the Final at any round.

Championship results

Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Pts 1 Peter Doulman 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st Ret 2nd 3rd 1st 59 2 John Smith 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd Ret 1st 1st Ret 48 3 Colin Bond Ret 3rd 3rd 1st Ret 1st Ret 2nd DNS 32 4 Brad Stratton 5th 5th 4th 3rd 5th 4th 4th 19 5 John Cotter 3rd 2nd 2nd 16 6 Mike Conway 4th 4th 4th 3rd 5th 15 7 Bob Holden 5th 6th 3rd 6th 8 Frank Binding 6th Ret 4th 3rd 8 9 Gregg Easton 5th 2 10 Ken Talbert 7th 6th 1 Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)

• Positions shown for Round 1 are those achieved in the 2.0 Litre Heat.
• Positions shown for Rounds 2 to 9 are those achieved in the 2.0 Litre class of the combined Heat.

See also

1993 Australian Touring Car season

Further reading

• Australian Motor Racing Year, 1993/94, © 1993