2023 Touring Car Masters

The 2023 Touring Car Masters was an Australian motor racing series for modified Touring Cars manufactured between 01 January 1963 and 31 December 1980, as approved by Motorsport Australia.[1]

The series was won by Steven Johnson driving a Ford Mustang.[2]

Entries

Steven Johnson won the series driving a 1969 Ford Mustang
Ryan Hansford placed second driving a Holden Torana SL/R 5000 A9X
Cameron Tilley placed third driving a Chrysler Valiant Pacer (VF)
John Bowe placed sixth driving a Holden Torana SL/R 5000
Ian Price placed 20th driving a Ford Escort Mark II
Manufacturer Model Entrant No. Driver Class Rounds
BMW E30 M3 Palmers Sales and Marketing 62 Australia Jason Palmer I 4, 6
Chevrolet Camaro SS Whiteline Racing 95 Australia Adam Bressington PM 2–3
Australia Joel Heinrich PM 4, 6
Camaro RS 85 Australia Geoff Fane PA 2–4, 6
Life Sciences NZ 104 New Zealand Colin Meadows I 5–6
Monza Ben Dunn Racing 99 Australia Ben Dunn PA 5–6
Chrysler Valiant Charger Tony Galbraith Racing 143 New Zealand Tony Galbraith I 5–6
Valiant Pacer Cameron Tilley Racing 60 Australia Cameron Tilley PA All
Ford Escort Mk2 High Performance Motorsport 70 Australia Ian Price I 2–3, 6
XA Falcon GT Hardtop Hagen Zerk Racing 17 Australia Hagen Zerk I 6
70 4
XD Falcon R&J Batteries Racing 71 Australia Marcus Zukanovic PM All
XE Falcon NZTCM 117 New Zealand Tim Dawson I 5–6
XY Falcon GT Bullet Trailers Racing 55 Australia John Adams PS 2–6
XY Falcon GTHO Dave Hender Racing 53 Australia Dave Hender PS 3–5
NZTCM 110 New Zealand Sean McCaughan I 5–6
Mustang GT350 Crew 32 321 New Zealand Craig Buchanan I 5
Mustang Jamie Tilley Racing 28 Australia Jamie Tilley PA 5
29 2
Mustang Hancock Racing 33 Australia Steven Johnson PM All
TIFS Third Party Logistics 88 Australia Tony Karanfilovski PA 2–6
Holden HQ Monaro SNB Berryman Racing 77 Australia Warren Trewin PS 2–6
Torana A9X Western General Body Works 3 Australia Danny Buzadzic PA All
Multispares Racing 6 Australia Ryan Hansford PM All
MoComm Motorsport Comms 7 Australia Jim Pollicina PA 6
Jesus Racing 09 Australia Andrew Fisher PM 5–6
15 1–4
Peter Burnitt Racing 12 Australia Peter Burnitt PS 2–6
Williams Outdoort 75 Australia Adam Williams I 1, 4
Torana SL/R 5000 Northside Taxis 4 Australia Allan Hughes PS 4–6
John Bowe Racing 18 Australia John Bowe PM All
Hamilton Asphalts Racing 184 New Zealand Lance Hughes I 5–6
VB Commodore Adam Garwood Racing 2 Australia Adam Garwood PA 3–6
STP / Roadways 4 Australia Matthew Carey 1
Pontiac Firebird Outback 4x4 Racing 133 New Zealand Dennis Lovegrove I 5–6
Porsche 911 IROC Chris Meulengraaf Racing 30 Australia Chris Meulengraaf I 4, 6
[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Calendar

The series was contested over six rounds:[9]

Rd. Circuit Location State Date
1 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston Tasmania 24 – 26 February
2 Newcastle Street Circuit Newcastle New South Wales 10 – 12 March
3 Winton Motor Raceway Winton Victoria 9 – 11 June
4 The Bend Motorsport Park Tailem Bend South Australia 18 – 20 August
5 Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit Bathurst New South Wales 10 – 12 November
6 Adelaide Parklands Circuit Adelaide South Australia 23 – 26 November

Each round comprised three Series Races and one Trophy Race.

Standings

Overall

Pos.[2] Driver [2] Car Sym. New. Win. Ben. Bat. Ade. Points [2]
TPH R1 R2 R3 TPH R1 R2 R3 TPH R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Australia Steven Johnson Ford Mustang 5 1 1 2 9 1 1 1 5 1 1057
2 Australia Ryan Hansford Holden Torana A9X 1 3 2 4 3 6 2 2 10 976
3 Australia Cameron Tilley Chrysler Valiant Pacer 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 873
4 Australia Andrew Fisher Holden Torana A9X 3 2 9 Ret 2 2 4 3 1 844
5 Australia Marcus Zukanovic Ford XD Falcon 4 5 7 7 1 4 5 5 3 840
6 Australia John Bowe Holden Torana SL/R 5000 Ret DNS 3 1 8 7 7 6 8 762
7 Australia Danny Buzadzic Holden Torana A9X 2 4 4 3 4 632
8 Australia Peter Burnitt Holden Torana A9X 7 DNS 8 Ret 4 8 9 8 11 549
9 Australia Warren Trewin Holden HQ Monaro 11 443
10 Australia Tony Karanfilovski Ford Mustang 7 7 417
11 Australia Geoff Fane Chevrolet Camaro RS Ret Ret 8 9 9 413
12 Australia Joel Heinrich Chevrolet Camaro SS 388
13 Australia Adam Garwood Holden VB Commodore 2 303
14 Australia John Adams Ford Falcon XY GT 11 Ret 10 10 210
15 Australia Adam Bressington Chevrolet Camaro SS 6 3 3 4 148
16 Australia Allan Hughes Holden Torana SL/R 5000 124
17 Australia Jim Pollicina Holden Torana A9X 101
18 Australia Ben Dunn Chevrolet Monza 95
19 Australia David Hender Ford XY Falcon GTHO 71
20 Australia Ian Price Ford Escort Mk2 10 9 11 Ret 13 41
21 Australia Brad Tilley Ford Mustang 20
Ineligible for driver points
New Zealand Colin Meadows Chevrolet Camaro RS 0
New Zealand Greg Cuttance Ford XE Falcon 0
New Zealand Dennis Lovegrove Pontiac Firebird 0
New Zealand Tony Galbraith Chrysler Valiant Charger 0
New Zealand Sean McCaughan Ford Falcon XY GTHO 0
New Zealand Tim Dawson Ford XE Falcon 0
New Zealand Lance Hughes Holden Torana SL/R 5000 0
New Zealand Craig Buchanan Ford Mustang GT350 0
Australia Hagen Zerk Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop 0
Australia Chris Meulengraaf Porsche 911 IROC 0
Australia Jason Palmer BMW E30 M3 0
Australia Adam Williams Holden Torana A9X Ret Ret 6 6 0

The race results for the final four rounds are not shown in the above table.

References

  1. ↑ 2023 Gulf Western Oil Touring Car Masters Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, motorsport.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. 1 2 3 4 Standings, 2023 Touring Car Masters, touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. ↑ richardrt (2023-02-23). "Five things to watch: Gulf Western Oil Touring Car Masters". Race Tasmania. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  4. ↑ Staff, V8 Sleuth (2023-03-06). "Bolstered TCM field for Newcastle". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 2025-02-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ O'Brien, Connor (2023-06-05). "New driver for VB Commodore". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  6. ↑ O'Brien, Connor (2023-08-17). "Invitationals bolster TCM grid at The Bend". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  7. ↑ O'Brien, Connor (2023-11-08). "Seven-pronged Kiwi TCM Bathurst invasion". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  8. ↑ O'Brien, Connor (2023-11-20). "TCM grid grows for Adelaide showdown". V8 Sleuth. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  9. ↑ "2023 TCM Calendar". Speedcafe. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
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