The FIA Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship was a motorsport championship staged in

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and in

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. The 1988 championship was won by

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's Trevor Crowe and the 1994 champion was

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from

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. Crowe drove a

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for fellow Kiwi John Sax, while Winkelhock drove a BMW 318i for

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. In 1996–1999 the series was re-vamped into the South East Asia Touring Car Zone Challenge mainly with local drivers only. In 2000 it changed to the FIA Asian Touring Car Championship.South East Asia Touring Car Zone Challenge history.

Champions

References

1988 Standings

1994 Entry list

1994 Standings

1994–2006 Asian Touring Car history
Touring car racing series Touring Car Championship, Asia-Pacific Recurring sporting events established in 1988 Recurring events disestablished in 1994 Defunct auto racing series {{touringcar-stub