1992 Australian Touring Car season


The 1992 Australian Touring Car season was the 33rd 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.
There were 13 touring car race meetings held during 1992; a nine-round series, the 1992 Australian Touring Car Championship ; a support programme event at the 1992 Australian Grand Prix, the Winfield Triple Challenge at Eastern Creek Raceway, and two stand alone long distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'.
1992 was the last year of the FIA's Group A touring cars in Australia. Group A, which had been Australia's touring car category since 1985, was to be replaced by the 5.0 Litre V8 Group 3A Touring Cars from 1993. This would see the end of turbocharged cars in Australian touring car racing, with cars such as the Nissan Skyline GT-R and Ford Sierra RS500 banned from racing at the end of 1992.
The 1993 spec cars made their first appearance in the 1992 Don't Drink Drive Sandown 500, with three Holden VP Commodores and one Ford EB Falcon being raced. The Falcon, which had not raced at all in Group A in Australia, had not been seen in touring car racing since the final year of the locally developed Group C category in 1984.

Results and Standings

Race Calendar

The 1992 Australian touring car season consisted of 13 events.
DateSeriesCircuitCity / StateWinnerTeamCarReport
26 JanWinfield Triple ChallengeEastern Creek RacewaySydney, New South WalesGlenn SetonPeter Jackson RacingFord Sierra RS500
23 FebATCC Round 1Amaroo ParkSydney, New South WalesMark SkaifeWinfield Team NissanNissan Skyline R32 GT-R
8 MarATCC Round 2Sandown International RacewayMelbourne, VictoriaJohn BoweShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
15 MarATCC Round 3Symmons Plains RacewayLaunceston, TasmaniaGlenn SetonPeter Jackson RacingFord Sierra RS500
5 AprATCC Round 4Winton Motor RacewayBenalla, VictoriaMark SkaifeWinfield Team NissanNissan Skyline R32 GT-R
3 MayATCC Round 5Lakeside International RacewayBrisbane, QueenslandTony LonghurstBenson & Hedges RacingBMW M3 Evolution
24 MayATCC Round 6Eastern Creek RacewaySydney, New South WalesJohn BoweShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
31 MayATCC Round 7Mallala Motor Sport ParkMallala, South AustraliaMark SkaifeWinfield Team NissanNissan Skyline R32 GT-R
7 JunATCC Round 8Barbagallo RacewayPerth, Western AustraliaJohn BoweShell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS500
21 JunATCC Round 9Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South WalesMark SkaifeWinfield Team NissanNissan Skyline R32 GT-R
13 SepDon't Drink Drive Sandown 500Sandown International RacewayMelbourne, VictoriaLarry Perkins
Steve Harrington		Bob Jane T-Marts Perkins RacingHolden VL Commodore SS Group A SVreport
4 OctTooheys 1000Mount Panorama CircuitBathurst, New South WalesMark Skaife
Jim Richards		Winfield Team NissanNissan Skyline R32 GT-Rreport
8 NovClarks Shoes Group A FinaleAdelaide Street CircuitAdelaide, South AustraliaJim RichardsWinfield Team NissanNissan Skyline R32 GT-R

Winfield Triple Challenge

Held at Eastern Creek Raceway this was a pre-season race meeting which featured superbikes and drag racing as well as touring cars to complete the Triple Challenge. Glenn Seton won both of the two Group 3A races.

Australian Touring Car Championship

Sandown 500

Tooheys 1000

Clarks Shoes Group A Finale

This meeting was a support event of the 1992 Australian Grand Prix.
DriverNo.TeamCarRace 1Race 2
Jim Richards1Winfield Team NissanNissan Skyline R32 GT-R11
John Bowe18Shell Ultra-Hi RacingFord Sierra RS50022
Larry Perkins11Bob Jane T-Marts Perkins RacingHolden VL Commodore SS Group A SV43
Tomas Mezera15Holden Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore54
Brad Jones16Holden Racing TeamHolden VP Commodore95
Tony Longhurst25Benson & Hedges RacingBMW E30 M3 Evolution36
Rohan Onslow4GIO RacingNissan Skyline R32 GT-R77
Colin Bond8Caltex CXT RacingFord Sierra RS500DNF8
Dick Johnson17Shell Ultra-Hi RacingFord EB Falcon119
Paul Morris23Benson & Hedges RacingBMW E36 325i810
Peter Brock05Mobil 1 RacingHolden VP Commodore6DNF
Graham Moore42Bob Forbes RacingHolden VN Commodore SS Group A SV22DNF
Stuart McColl44Stuart McCollHolden VL Commodore SS Group A SV10
Alan Jones35Peter Jackson RacingFord Sierra RS500DNFDNF
Glenn Seton30Peter Jackson RacingFord EB FalconDNFDNS