2021 Touring Car Masters

The 2021 Gulf Western Oils Touring Car Masters was an Australian motor racing competition for touring cars manufactured between 1 January 1963 and the 31 December 1980 and IROC Porsche Class Automobiles, which had been modified in accordance with the series regulations.^[1] It was sanctioned by Motorsport Australia as an Authorised Series, with TCM Racing Pty. Ltd appointed as the Category Manager for the series.^[1]

2021 Touring Car Masters

Drivers Champion:
John Bowe
Pro Masters Champion:
John Bowe
Pro Am Champion:
Ryan Hansford
Pro Sport Champion:
Peter Burnitt

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2020

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2022

John Bowe won the series,^[2] his sixth Touring Car Masters title.^[3]

John Bowe (pictured in 2005) won his 6th TCM Title in a Holden Torana SLR 5000.

Calendar

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

Round	Circuit	City / State	Date
1	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	24–26 January
2	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	26–28 February
3	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	1–2 May
4	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	1–5 December

Entries

Teams and Drivers

Manufacturer	Model	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds	Class
Chevrolet	Camaro SS	Vawdrey Trailers	25	Paul Freestone	1–2	PA
		EFS 4x4 Accessories	58	Ryal Harris	2–3	PM
		Whiteline Racing	95	Mark King	1–3	PM
				George Miedecke	4	PM
	Camaro RS		85	Adam Garwood	1–2	PA
				Adam Bressington	3–4	PM
Chrysler	Valiant Pacer	ANGLOMOIL Lubricants	60	Cameron Tilley	All	PA
Ford	Capri	Giraffe Civil Contracting	2	Greg Garwood	1	INV
		JMG Racing	67	Jeremy Gray	2–3	PA
	XD Falcon	Full Throttle Custom Garages	17	Steven Johnson	All	PM
		Action Motor Industries	71	Marcus Zukanovic	All	PM
	XW Falcon	Lindway Builders	74	Wayne Mercer	2	PA
		McGill Motorsport	75	Aaron McGill	2	PA
	XY Falcon	Jesus Racing	9	Andrew Fisher	All	PA
		Brad Tilley Garage	28	Brad Tilley	4	PA
		Bullet Trains Racing Team	55	John Adams	3	PA
	Mustang	Gulf Oil	29	Jamie Tilley	2–3	PA
	Mustang Trans Am	Toronto Hotel	33	Cameron Mason	2–3	PA
		TIFS	88	Tony Karanfilovski	All	PA
Holden	VB Commodore	Motorsport Parts Australia	50	Gerard McLeod	All	PA
	Torana A9X	Northside Taxi Management	2	Allan Hughes	3	PA
		Western General Body Works	3	Danny Buzadzic	4	PA
		Multispares Racing	6	Ryan Hansford	All	PA
		MOCOMM Motorsport	7	Jim Pollicina	All	PM
			15	Dean Lillie	4	PA
		The Lighthouse Hotel	12	Peter Burnitt	All	PS
	Torana SL/R	PAYNTER DIXON	18	John Bowe	All	PM
Porsche	911 IROC	Bedrug / Shell Oil	8	Terry Lawlor	4	IROC
		Kalus Kenny Intelex Lawyers-Advisors	90	Sven Burchartz	4	IROC
[4][5][6][7]

Key

Symbol	Meaning
PM	Pro Masters
PA	Pro Am
PS	Pro-Sport
INV	Invitational
IROC	International Race of Champions

Series summary

The series was won by John Bowe, in what was his sixth Touring Car Masters title win and his first since 2016.^[8] Driving a Holden Torana, Bowe won the final round of the series at Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales to finish the season on 597 points.^[8] Ryan Hansford placed second on 547 points with Steven Johnson third on 497 points.^[8] Bowe completed all races held during the series with one win, at Symmons Plains, earlier in the season.^[8]

Series results

Round	Race	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Ref
1	TPH	Symmons Plains Raceway	John Bowe	Adam Garwood	Marcus Zukanovic	Action Motor Industries	[9]
	1			John Bowe	Adam Garwood	Whiteline Racing
	2			race abandoned[a]
	3			John Bowe	John Bowe	PAYNTER DIXON
2	TPH	Mount Panorama Circuit	Adam Garwood	Ryal Harris	Cameron Tilley	ANGLOMOIL Lubricants	[11]
	1			Marcus Zukanovic	Ryal Harris	EFS 4x4 Accessories
	2			Ryan Hansford	Ryal Harris	EFS 4x4 Accessories
	3			Ryan Hansford	Ryan Hansford	Multispares Racing
3	TPH	Sydney Motorsport Park	Ryan Hansford	John Bowe	Jim Pollicina	MOCOMM Motorsport	[12]
	1			Ryan Hansford	Ryan Hansford	Multispares Racing
	2			Ryan Hansford	Ryan Hansford	Multispares Racing
	3			Steven Johnson	Steven Johnson	Full Throttle Custom Garage
4	TPH	Mount Panorama Circuit	Steven Johnson	Marcus Zukanovic	Marcus Zukanovic	Action Motor Industries	[13]
	1			Marcus Zukanovic	Steven Johnson	Full Throttle Custom Garage
	2			Steven Johnson	Steven Johnson	Full Throttle Custom Garage
	3			Dean Lillie	Dean Lillie	MOCOMM Motorsport

1. Race was suspended due to a red flag incident when Steven Johnson's Ford XD Falcon sheared a wheel off.^[10]

Series standings

Pos[2][14]	Driver [2][14]	Car[2][15]	Sym [14]	Bat [14]	Syd [14]	Bat [14]	Total [2]
1	John Bowe	Holden Torana SL/R	136	168	141	152	597
2	Ryan Hansford	Holden Torana A9X	114	125	196	112	547
3	Steven Johnson	Ford XD Falcon	120	92	175	110	497
4	Cameron Tilley	Chrysler Valiant Pacer	113	143	142	98	496
5	Marcus Zukanovic	Ford XD Falcon	107	180	111	76	474
6	Jim Pollicina	Holden Torana A9X	50	140	119	116	425
7	Tony Karanfilovski	Ford Mustang	82	107	101	69	359
8	Peter Burnitt	Holden Torana A9X	77	84	80	93	334
9	Ryal Harris	Chevrolet Camaro SS	–	196	136	–	332
10	Cameron Mason	Ford Mustang	–	89	87	131	307
11	Adam Bressington	Chevrolet Camaro	–	–	155	142	297
12	Andrew Fisher	Ford XY Falcon GTHO	47	143	82	20	292
13	Mark King	Chevrolet Camaro SS	59	122	85	–	266
14	Jamie Tilley	Ford Mustang	–	61	161	39	261
15	Gerard McLeod	Holden VB Commodore	89	–	122	10	221
16	Adam Garwood	Chevrolet Camaro RS	136	62	–	–	198
17	Jeremy Gray	Ford Capri Perana	–	77	72	0	149
18	Dean Lillie	Holden Torana	–	–	–	147	147
19	Wayne Mercer	Ford XY Falcon GTHO	–	86	–	–	86
20	Aaron McGill	Ford XW Falcon GT	–	85	–	–	85
21	Sven Burchartz	Porsche 911	–	–	–	76	76
22	George Miedecke	Chevrolet Camaro SS	–	–	–	68	68
23	John Adams	Ford XY Falcon GTHO	–	–	67	0	67
24	Brad Tilley	Ford XY Falcon	–	–	–	60	60
25	Paul Freestone	Chevrolet Camaro	56	–	–	–	56
26	Danny Buzadzic	Holden Torana A9X	–	–	–	35	35
27	Allan Hughes	Holden Torana A9X	–	–	25	–	25

References

1. 2021 Touring Car Masters Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, motorsport.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org
2. Standings – 2021 Touring Car Masters, touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
3. Garry O'Brien, Bowe The Touring Car Master, Auto Action, Issue #1826, Dec 16 2021 to Jan 12 2022
4. "Field set for TCM Tasmania racing return, touringcarmasters.com.au". January 21, 2021.
5. "Tru Blu to return to Mount Panorama as Gulf Western Oil TCM field set, touringcarmasters.com.au". February 23, 2021.
6. "PREVIEW: Contenders stack up as Touring Car Masters returns to Sydney, touringcarmasters.com.au". April 27, 2021.
7. "Strong field set for TCM Bathurst title fight, touringcarmasters.com.au". November 22, 2021.
8. Jordan Treloar, John Bowe Wins Sixth Touring Car masters Title, 3 December 2021, www.v8sleuth.com.au Retrieved 13 June 2021
9. "Symmons Plains Raceway results, touringcarmasters.com.au".
10. "TCM race red flagged after Johnson XD shears wheel, www.speedcafe.com". January 26, 2021.
11. "Mount Panorama 500, touringcarmasters.com.au".
12. "Sydney Motorsport Park results, touringcarmasters.com.au".
13. "Bathurst 1000 – Results, touringcarmasters.com.au".
14. Series Points Report, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
15. Natsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 15 January 2021

External links

• Official website