Youngtimer Touring Car Challenge Technical regulations 2019 ADMISSION OF VEHICLES / HOMOLOGATION Only vehicles that comply in all respects with the regulations and are in an acceptable exterior state, this according to the Organisation TC / YTCC TC, will be allowed to participate. TOCA extended these regulations for a further six years from 2016. Overseas cars from the likes of Volvo, Jaguar, Ford, BMW, Nissan and Mitsubishi make it hard for the locally produced Holden to compete. The Fords crush Holden’s debuting Torana A9X, with the best Holden of Peter Janson and Larry Perkins (making his Bathurst debut) finishing third. He wins his first Australian Touring Car Championship and teams with John French to win a crash-shortened James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst. His Holden Monaro GTS 350 finishes four points clear of Jim McKeown’s Porsche 911. Holden’s new ZB Commodore becomes the first Supercar built to the new Gen2 rules package, and the maiden hatchback on the grid. ... Maruti … Two marquee events make their long-awaited debut on the V8 Supercars Championship calendar – the Townsville 400 in North Queensland and the Sydney Telstra 500 at Sydney Olympic Park. The category is renamed V8 Supercars but the ‘Australian Touring Car Championship’ title remains for the series before being replaced in 1999. *Teams to decide which tyre combination to nominate ten days in advance. The ‘V8 Supercar’ brand takes over as the banner of Australia’s top category, signaling the start of a new era. It proves to be the final ATCC crown for Moffat. Group A international touring car regulations are introduced to Australia, bringing it in line with the rest of the world. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. 2020 saw the option tyre format temporarily shelved due to the hectic schedule of events, which gave teams additional workloads through reduced staffing and more logistical challenges than a regular season. Regulations – BTCC 2018 1 1 MSA BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 SPORTING REGULATIONS Contents Sporting Regulations: 1. The 50th running of the Bathurst 1000 is won by TeamVodafone’s Jamie Whincup/Paul Dumbrell by just 0.3 seconds over The Bottle-O’s David Reynolds/Dean Canto. The twelfth running of the Australian Touring Car Championship, began at … The race eventually grows into what becomes known as the Sandown 500. Mark Skaife breaks Peter Brock’s long-held record of most victories in the history of the Australian Touring Car Championship/V8 Supercar Championship. Shane van Gisbergen was again his nearest championship rival, while Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes' reuniting netted the PIRTEK Enduro Cup. It is the race that eventually became the annual Bathurst classic we know today as the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. The season got underway in Adelaide, before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold and forced a four-month hiatus. Out of respect to the nine-time winner of the Bathurst endurance classic, the Peter Brock Trophy is inaugurated for the winners of the race. Australian motor racing legend Peter Brock is killed in a tarmac rally accident in Perth on September 8. Will Davison and Jonathon Webb win a controversial Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 after Whincup crosses the line first but falls down the order, penalised for a late clash with Volvo's Scott McLaughlin and the Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander. Previous overall JST winners are ineligible. Rules and Regulations for the QTCC Preamble. McLaughlin also took his maiden Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 alongside Alex Premat, who became the first Frenchman to conquer the Mountain. He competes for one more season before quitting the sport to move to America and race in NASCAR in 2006. A unique concept at the time, Brock’s Torana A9X is fastest against the clock and goes on to win with Jim Richards as co-driver. Australian and State Title Conditions - Races. That opened up the Ford vs Holden battleground to other manufacturers, with Nissan joining the championship with its Altima, while the new Gen2 regulations offer further scope. SPORTING REGULATIONS - GENERAL 1.1 TITLE & JURISDICTION: The Maximumgroup.net Touring CarTrophy Championship is organised and administered by MotorSport Vision Racing (MSVR) and promoted by Maximum Group in accordance with the General They debut at the non-championship Albert Park event with Bridgestone winning the tender to supply the full field. 2.5.1) Automobiles must comply with these regulations in their entirety at all times during an event. Jim Richards wins the first Australian Touring Car Championship run to Group A rules in his BMW 635 and John Goss and German Armin Hahne win the James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst for Jaguar. Craig Lowndes beats Mark Skaife’s record of most V8 Supercar Championship race wins, notching up 91 at Barbagallo Raceway in his #888 Red Bull Racing Commodore. They debut at the non-championship Albert Park event with Bridgestone winning the tender to supply the full field. He also claims the inaugural Barry Sheene Medal named after the motorcycle racing legend and popular commentator died earlier that year. MaximumGroup.net Touring Car Trophy 2019 Sporting and Technical Regulations www.maximummotorsport.net Draft Copy 1. Group 2F. Winning the title from three other possible contenders in Lowndes, Will Davison and Winterbottom, Whincup ties with the all-time greats on five V8 Supercars Championship titles, equaling Ian Geoghegan, Dick Johnson and Mark Skaife. The Clipsal 500 in Adelaide is held for the first time on the old Formula 1 circuit. With his car destroyed, a tearful Johnson appears on national television. The end of the Group C regulations for Australian touring car racing is celebrated at Bathurst as Peter Brock and John Harvey spearhead a 1-2 form finish for the Holden Dealer Team in what’s dubbed ‘the last of the big bangers’. The title is Geoghegan’s fifth. Repco also acquired naming rights for the marquee Bathurst 1000 event, which will be the only endurance race of the 2021 season. The Imaginary European Touring Car Challenge Was Created By Willy Stenger Who Of Course Created The European Touring Car Challenge, The Cars Competed Under FIA Group 2 Regulations Which Allowed A Variety Of Touring Cars To Enter From Shapes And Sizes From The Small Fiat 600 To The Large Mercedes-Benz 300SE, In 1970, The Series Had It’s First Season With Racing Events Held At Zandvoort … Medium: Knockhill – with the Soft compound being the ‘Standard’ tyre. Marcos Ambrose wins his first V8 Supercars Championship and the first for Ford in six years. Permitted to participate are all Series production touring cars / special touring cars / sports and sport protocars, Dick Johnson wins his first full-length Bathurst. Victory is taken by Bob Holden and Finn Rauno Aaltonen. This remains the last time one single car led every lap on its way to victory at Bathurst. Ford Performance Racing wins its first Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 with Mark Winterbottom (paired with Steve Richards) crossing the line just 0.4sec ahead of Whincup (paired with Paul Dumbrell). The victory is the first by a Japanese car in the Australian classic. The eight-hour thriller was red flagged with 101 laps to go so part of the track could be fixed after breaking up. He also becomes the first – and only! – driver to win the crown driving a Volvo. A twilight event at Calder Park in Melbourne on Saturday March 15, it is won by former World Motorcycle Champion Wayne Gardner in his Coke Commodore. The win is Richards’ seventh in The Great Race, second only to Peter Brock. ‘Project Blueprint’ regulations are introduced to V8 Supercar racing, effectively removing the ongoing fight over parity and standardizing some of the parts beneath the skin of the Falcons and Commodores. Mark Skaife and Russell Ingall have their now-infamous ‘Shriek At The Creek’. The Bathurst 1000 is included as a part of the V8 Supercar Championship for the first time. Following the successful implementation of the new qualifying format at Snetterton, the ‘Top Ten Showdown’ format will be replicated at Donington Park, Snetterton and Silverstone in 2021. The first Australian Touring Car Championship is held over a single race at Gnoo-Blas in Orange on February 1, won by David McKay in a Jaguar. Aerodynamic aids are usually added to the front and rear of the cars. Cars homologated after 01.01.99 with the exception of kit variants and competing in rallies must not be wider than 1800 mm. The final edition of the championship was held in 1998, although a failed attempt at a relaunch was planned for 2012. NGTC allows independent teams to compete on a level playing field against manufacturer-backed efforts by keeping costs down whilst at the same time rewarding precise engineering and all-important split-second strategy. Social distancing was a norm, personnel numbers had reduced, and fans were forced to stay home. Jim Richards becomes the oldest driver to win the Bathurst 1000. Marcos Ambrose seals back-to-back V8 Supercars Championships for Ford and Stone Brothers Racing. Lowndes also takes his sixth Bathurst 1000 victory, with Steven Richards. Lowndes also takes his sixth Bathurst 1000 victory, with Steven Richards. Peter Brock competes in both but is unable to win his 10th Bathurst crown in the year of his retirement from full-time racing. This year saw the event held at Donington Park in the United Kingdom. Only the Goodyear medium tyre will be allocated for events at Brands Hatch (x2), Donington Park and Silverstone, whilst only the hard compound will be utilised at Thruxton (x2). The 2021 season will be held at 12 different venues, with 32 races comprising the season. Following is a set of general prescription for Touring cars also known as Group A Cars issued by the Federation Internationale Automobile (FIA). The Holden Racing Team wins its first Australian Touring Car Championship round. General 2 1.1. This sport is very popular in many countries like Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Germany, Sweden and Norway. At that time the popular German and European touring car championships were held under the Group A regulations, which stated that a car could only be homologated if at least 5000 examples within twelve months had to be constructed. It is announced Team Penske would enter the 2015 V8 Supercars Championship by combining forces with Dick Johnson Racing, with two-time Champion Marcos Ambrose returning to the category to pilot the Ford Falcon. Download (281 KB) 3rd Category - Touring Cars pdf. Nissan wins the Tooheys 1000 at Bathurst with its mighty GT-R in the hands of Jim Richards and Mark Skaife. Bathurst becomes the opening round of the PIRTEK Enduro Cup, and Barbagallo Wanneroo Raceway hosts the SuperNight for the first time. Click here to download the full 2021 Sporting and Technical Regulations. Craig Lowndes wins his first Australian Touring Car Championship in his first season driving for the Holden Racing Team. 1994 was the second and penultimate year of the one-event FIA Touring Car World Cup. Group 3E. It was destined to compete in near-production touring car motor sport, or more precisely as a Group A racing car, defined as a “production car”, of which at least 5,000 units have to be built within the space of twelve consecutive months in accordance with Annex J of the international automobile sport regulations. A group created to discuss cars, events, results and personalities from the period covered by FIA Group A Touring/Saloon car regulations that started in 1982. Basically, the event starts with a standard body shell but racing equipment like engines, … Scott McLaughlin wins a maiden title after a year-long fight with Shane van Gisbergen, in the perfect farewell for Ford's Falcon. There were two new work teams added in … The ‘Option’ tyre will be phased back-in at four of the ten scheduled 2021 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship events. General Regulations pdf. 261 - Grand Touring Cars (Group 3): Definition Car of the Future plans are announced, with the prototype cars unveiled at the grand finale in Sydney by Mark Skaife and Neil Crompton. KEY RULES AND REGULATIONS. Allan Moffat wins the first ATCC crown under Group C rules in his Ford Falcon GT-HO. He makes his final appearance for the factory Holden squad at Oran Park, which is also the last-ever ATCC/V8 Supercars event at the Sydney circuit before it is turned into a housing development. Download (928 … Two Bathurst 1000 events are also held in the same year. The 25th running of the Australian Touring Car Championship, and the last to be contested by Group C cars as new regulations, based on international Group A, were introduced for 1985. The championship, currently running Next Generation Touring Car regulations, has been run to various national and international regulations over the years including FIA Group 2, FIA Group 5, FIA Group 1, FIA Group A, FIA Super Touring and FIA Super 2000. With the 2021 BTCC campaign expected to return to normal protocols, Oulton Park, Croft and Snetterton will see the Goodyear soft tyre used as the ‘Option’ tyre, whilst the Goodyear medium compound is the selected ‘Option’ tyre at Knockhill. These cars follow the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTR) regulations. Mini Coopers dominate Bathurst, taking the first nine positions outright in the Armstrong 500. Slightly shortened from its F1 days, the circuit quickly becomes a fan favourite and Craig Lowndes wins the inaugural event for the Holden Racing Team – even after being forced to start on Sunday from the rear of the grid. Van Gisbergen wastes little time, winning his maiden championship. Mark Skaife breaks Peter Brock’s long-held record of most victories in the history of the Australian Touring Car Championship/V8 Supercar Championship. Across the four events, the ‘Option’ tyre must be used at least once during race one, race two and race three – ensuring a variation of strategies. They lead home a clean sweep of the podium for Commodore drivers with Allan Grice/Alan Browne second and John Harvey/Gary Scott third. World – FIA Touring Car Cup. SEL divests its stake in V8 Supercars and the team owners sell down their holding with Australian Motor Racing Partners Pty Ltd (AMRP) – backed by Sydney-based private equity firm Archer Capital – purchasing 60 percent of V8 Supercars Holdings Pty Ltd, leaving the teams with approximately 40 percent via 28 Racing Entitlement Contracts. The season comprises of 32 races across 12 events, with Mount Panorama to hold two championship race meetings for the first time since 1996. V8 Supercars also welcomes Garry Rogers to the grid of champions as the 2015 Hall of Fame Inductee. Triple Eight Race Engineering becomes the first team to clean sweep the three major crowns in the sport, in its second season after switching from Ford to Holden.