The 1997 Australian Touring Car season was the 38th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the

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and the fore-runner of the present day

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, the Armstrong 500. Two major touring car categories raced in Australia during 1997, V8 Supercar and Super Touring. Between them there were 26 touring car race meetings held during 1997; a ten-round series for V8 Supercars, the

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(ATCC); an eight-round series for Super Touring, the

1997 Australian Super Touring Championship The 1997 Australian Super Touring Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Super Touring Cars. It was the fifth national title to be run in Australia for Super Touring Cars and the third to carry the Australian ...

(ASTC); an unofficial four round series for V8 Supercars, the 1997 ARDC AMSCAR series (the final edition of AMSCAR); support programme events at the 1997 Australian Grand Prix and 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival and three stand alone long distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'.

Results and standings

Race calendar

Glenn Seton 1997 EL Falcon Muscle Car Masters 2011

The 1997 Australian touring car season consisted of 26 events.

Super Touring GT-P Race

This meeting was a support event of the 1997 Australian Grand Prix. The thin Super Touring field was bolstered by cars from the Australian GT-Production Car Championship (indicated in italics).

TAC V8 Supercar Showdown

This meeting was a support event of the 1997 Australian Grand Prix.

Australian Touring Car Championship

Hog's Breath V8 Supercar Challenge

This meeting was a support event of the 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival.

Australian Super Touring Championship

ARDC AMSCAR series

Tickford 500

AMP Bathurst 1000

Primus 1000 Classic

References

External links

Official V8 Supercar site

1997 Racing Results Archive
{{Australian Touring Car Racing Australian Touring Car Championship Supercar seasons

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