2012 Australian Touring Car Masters Series

The 2012 Australian Touring Car Masters Series was an Australian motor racing competition for modified Touring Cars.^[1] 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.^[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as a National Series with Australian Classic Touring (3D) Cars Pty Ltd appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager.^[1] The series was the sixth annual Touring Car Masters.

2012 Touring Car Masters

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John Bowe (Ford Mustang) won Class A - Outright and Chris Stillwell (Ford Mustang) won Class B - Pro Sportsman.

Calendar

John Bowe won Class A driving a Ford Mustang

Jim Richards placed second in Class A driving an AMC Javelin

Andrew Miedecke placed third in Class A driving a Chevrolet Camaro SS

The series was contested over eight rounds.^[1]

Round[1]	Circuit[1]	Date[1]	Format[2]	Round winner (Outright)[3]	Car[2]
1	Adelaide Parklands	4 March	Three races	John Bowe	Ford Mustang
2	Phillip Island	27 May	Three races	Gavin Bullas	Ford Boss Mustang
3	Hidden Valley	17 June	Three races	John Bowe	Ford Mustang
4	Queensland Raceway	5 August	Three races	John Bowe	Ford Mustang
5	Sydney Motorsport Park[2]	2 September	Three races	John Bowe	Ford Mustang
6	Sandown	16 September	Three races	Jim Richards	AMC Javelin
7	Mount Panorama	7 October	Three races	Brad Tilley[4]	Ford XY Falcon GTHO
8	Sandown	25 November	Three races	John Bowe	Ford Mustang

Note: The results for each round of the Series were determined by the number of points scored by each driver in each Class at the round.^[1]

Classes & points system

Each competing car was classified into one of two classes.^[1]

Series points were awarded on the following basis within each class at each race.^[1]

Position[1]	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
Points[1]	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

The driver gaining the highest points total from his/her best seven round results was declared the winner of that class.^[1]

Any points scored by a driver within a class were not transferred if that driver changed classes.^[1]

Series standings

Class A - Outright

Position[5]	Driver[5]	Car	Ade[5]	Phi[5]	Hid[5]	Que[5]	Eas[5]	San[5]	Mou[5]	San[5]	Pen.[5]	Total[5]
1	John Bowe	Ford Mustang	176	(129)	180	180	180	138	164	160	-60	1118
2	Jim Richards	AMC Javelin	148	109	157	108	156	168	108	(60)		954
3	Andrew Miedecke	Chevrolet Camaro SS	164	93	130	108	164	98	122	(60)	-30	849
4	Tony Edwards	Holden Torana SL/R	(0)	150	152	126	117	132	99	39		815
5	Keith Kassulke	Holden HQ Monaro & Ford XB Falcon Hardtop	111	120	139	138	(99)	111	123	105	-39	808
6	Bill Pye	Chevrolet Camaro SS	135	75	78	111	(66)	117	99	142		757
7	Mark King	Holden HQ Monaro GTS & Chevrolet Camaro RS	114	122	75	90	57	111	99	(36)	-33	668
8	Brett Youlden	Holden HQ Monaro	105	153	105	90	90	-	(81)	105		648
9	Gavin Bullas	Ford Boss Mustang	133	158	(0)	-	-	164	81	-	-56	536
10	Brad Tilley	Ford XY Falcon GT	-	-	142	-	(132)	-	164	148		454
11	Eddie Abelnica	Ford XB Falcon Hardtop	45	30	-	125	139	-	99	(0)		438
12	Greg Crick	Ford XY Falcon GTHO & Chrysler Valiant Charger E55	-	-	-	75	(42)	134	78	149		436
13	Chris Collins	Ford XA Falcon GT	-	111	-	-	61	(27)	48	127		347
14	Adam Bressington	Chevrolet Camaro SS	-	-	-	-	78	114	114	(0)		306
15	Tony Karanfilovski	Ford XY Falcon GTHO	60	(0)	45	59	0	21	48	39		272
16	Les Walmsley	Ford XA Falcon GT	(63)	-	-	142	120	-	-	-		262
17	George Nittis	Ford XY Falcon GTHO	81	75	51	(0)	-	-	-	54		261
18	Michael Wedge	Holden HQ Monaro	-	-	-	81	66	(0)	62	-		209
19	Steve Makarios	Ford XY Falcon GTHO	-	42	-	-	17	33	(0)	90		182
20	Paul Freestone	Chevrolet Camaro SS	-	-	-	(0)	35	54	0	81		170
21	Garry Treloar	Chrysler Valiant Charger E55	-	81	66	-	(0)	-	0	0		147
22	Doug Westwood	Ford XY Falcon GTHO	39	-	-	-	(24)	-	-	-		39
23	Matt O'Brien	Holden HQ Monaro	-	30	-	(0)	0	-	-	-		30
24	Graham Alexander	Holden HT Monaro	-	-	(63)	-	-	-	-	-		0
25	Cameron Tilley	Ford Boss Mustang	-	-	-	-	-	-	(60)	-		0
26	Bernie Stack	Chevrolet Camaro SS	(75)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		0
27	Glenn Seton	Ford XY Falcon GTHO	-	-	-	-	-	-	(0)	-		0

Note: Points shown within brackets in the above table could not be counted towards the drivers series total.^[5]

Class B - Pro Sportsman

Position[5]	Driver[5]	Car	Ade[5]	Phi[5]	Hid[5]	Que[5]	Eas[5]	San[5]	Mou[5]	San[5]	Pen.[5]	Total[5]
1	Chris Stillwell	Ford Mustang	164	168	157	180	(112)	168	164	156		1157
2	Nigel Benson	Holden HQ Monaro	160	164	139	164	(0)	180	147	126		1080
3	Amanda Sparks	Porsche 911 RS	(66)	139	157	126	152	142	123	111		950
4	Greg Keene	Porsche 911 RS	102	132	134	145	(60)	100	142	149		904
5	Wayne Mercer	Ford XY Falcon GTHO	-	117	102	120	139	132	('75)	143		753
6	Michael Almond	Porsche 911 RS	-	-	(100)	153	112	100	139	129		633
7	Steve Mason	Ford Mustang	-	(81)	162	138	-	-	176	108		584
8	Gary O'Brien	Holden HQ Monaro GTS	135	-	-	-	-	-	(96)	176		311
9	Rory O'Neill	Porsche 911 RS	114	(30)	105	-	-	-	-	0		249
10	John Nelson	Porsche 911 RS	138	108	(45)	-	-	-	-	-		246
11	Mick Wilson	Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T	78	(0)	0	-	-	-	0	102		180
12	Tony Hunter	Holden HQ Monaro	168	(159)	-	-	-	-	-	-		168
13	Bob Middleton	Chevrolet Camaro SS	-	135	(132)	-	-	-	-	-		135
13	Cameron Mason	Ford Mustang	-	-	-	-	(105)	-	-	-		0
14	Jason Gomersall	Holden Torana SL/R	-	-	-	-	(101)	-	-	-		0
16	Ross Almond	Porsche 911 RS	(75)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		0
17	Phillip Showers	Ford Escort RS1600	-	(0)	-	-	-	-	-	-		0

Note: Points shown within brackets in the above table could not be counted towards the drivers series total.^[5]

Notes & references

1. 2012 Australian Touring Car Masters Series - Sporting and Technical Regulations – Version 2 - Bulletin B12/048, Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Ltd 2012
2. racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 22 December 2017
3. Round winners have been determined from the referenced points per round as shown in the Series standings table unless otherwise indicated
4. Ryley McKay, Tilley edges Bowe in thrilling Touring Car Masters races, www.speedcafe.com, as archived at web.archive.org
5. 2012 Series Standings, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org