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The 1995 Australian Super Touring Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing championship for 2 Litre Super Touring Cars. It was the third series for 2 litre Super Touring Cars to be contested in Australia, but the first to use the Australian Super Touring Championship name. It began on 5 March 1995 at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and ended on 26 August at Eastern Creek Raceway after eight rounds.

The Drivers Championship was won by Paul Morris (BMW 318i), the Manufacturers Championship by BMW, the Teams Championship by BMW and the TOCA Privateers Cup by Graham Moore (Opel Vectra).

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1995 Australian Super Touring Championship.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds Class Diet Coke BMW Motorsport BMW 318i 2 Paul Morris Paul Nelson BMW M3 3 Paul Nelson P Ellery Motorsport BMW 318i 4 Steve Ellery P Phil Ward Team Nokia Mercedes-Benz 190E 5 Phil Ward P Orix Audi Sport Australia Audi 80 Quattro 8 Greg Murphy Volvo Cars Australia Volvo 850 Estate 11 Tony Scott Darrell Dixon Peugeot 405 Mi16 12 Ian Spurle P Bob Holden Motors BMW M3 13 Justin Mathews P 16 Paul Nelson Bob Holden P Sentul Motorsport Team Opel Vectra 14 Graham Moore P International Motorsport BMW 318i 15 Charlie O'Brien P Orix Audi Sport Australia Audi 80 Quattro 18 Brad Jones Inspired Racing Toyota Corolla Seca 26 Melinda Price Garry Rogers Motorsport Alfa Romeo 155 TS 34 Steven Richards P Triple P Racing BMW 318iS 58 Paul Pickett Ross Palmer Motorsport Ford Mondeo 70 Gregg Hansford 77 Darren Palmer Jeff Allam Jim Richards Bob Tweedie Ford Sierra 79 Bob Tweedie P Hyundai Automotive Hyundai Lantra 80 Steve Hardman 81 Jim Richards Diet Coke BMW Motorsport BMW 318i 83 Geoff Brabham Phoenix Motorsport Peugeot 405 Mi16 95 Geoff Full P 96 Mark Adderton Warwick Rooklyn P Mark Seymour BMW M3 97 Mark Seymour P Knight Racing Ford Sierra 98 Peter Hills P

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Results and standings

Race calendar and results

The 1995 Australian Super Touring Championship was contested over eight rounds with two races per round.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	5 March	Paul Morris	Brad Jones	Paul Morris	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
	R2				Paul Morris	Paul Morris	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
NC	R1	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	19 March	Brad Jones	Brad Jones	Brad Jones	Audi Sport Australia
	R2				Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	Audi Sport Australia
2	R1	Oran Park Raceway	2 April	Paul Morris	Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	Audi Sport Australia
	R2				Geoff Brabham	Geoff Brabham	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
3	R1	Symmons Plains Raceway	7 May	Paul Morris	Steven Richards	Paul Morris	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
	R2				Geoff Brabham	Geoff Brabham	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
4	R1	Calder Park Raceway	13 May	Geoff Brabham	Geoff Brabham	Geoff Brabham	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
	R2				Paul Morris	Paul Morris	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
5	R1	Mallala Motor Sport Park	4 June	Steven Richards	Steven Richards	Geoff Brabham	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
	R2				Geoff Brabham	Geoff Brabham	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
6	R1	Lakeside International Raceway	23 July	Geoff Brabham	Geoff Brabham	Paul Morris	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
	R2				Geoff Brabham	Paul Morris	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
7	R1	Winton Motor Raceway	13 August	Steven Richards	Paul Morris	Paul Morris	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
	R2				Brad Jones	Brad Jones	Audi Sport Australia
8	R1	Eastern Creek Raceway	26 August	Jim Richards	Greg Murphy	Brad Jones	Audi Sport Australia
	R2				Paul Morris	Paul Morris	Diet Coke BMW Motorsport
NC	R1	Calder Park Raceway	25 November	Brad Jones	Brad Jones	Brad Jones	Audi Sport Australia
	R2				Steven Richards	Steven Richards	Garry Rogers Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers Championship

Pos Driver Car PHI ORA SYM CAL MAL LAK WIN EAS Pts 1 Paul Morris BMW 318i 1 1 5 3 1 2 2 1 5 2 1 1 1 3 Ret 1 286 2 Geoff Brabham BMW 318i 6 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 11 3 2 3 Ret 232* 3 Brad Jones Audi 80 Quattro 2 2 4 4 5 6 5 4 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 232 4 Greg Murphy Audi 80 Quattro 3 Ret 1 5 Ret 3 4 5 4 4 5 3 DNS DNS 2 Ret 132 5 Graham Moore Opel Vectra 7 6 4 7 7 7 6 5 8 5 8 5 5 5 84 6 Steve Ellery BMW 318i 5 Ret Ret DNS 3 4 10 11 3 6 6 7 4 7 6 Ret 79 7 Jeff Allam Ford Mondeo 6 9 Ret 5 3 3 Ret Ret 7 6 6 6 62 8 Tony Scott Volvo 850 Estate 4 4 8 Ret Ret Ret 8 6 7 Ret 9 10 10 10 7 3 57 9 Steven Richards Alfa Romeo 155 TS 9 7 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 4 4 7 4 4 Ret 56 10 Charlie O'Brien BMW 318i Ret Ret 3 2 30 11 Mark Adderton Peugeot 405 Mi16 Ret DNS 6 8 9 8 11 9 9 8 9 Ret 23 12 Paul Pickett BMW 318iS Ret DNS Ret 9 Ret Ret 8 7 14 13 12 11 10 4 20 13 Justin Mathews BMW M3 7 5 11 11 8 11 12 9 Ret 9 15 12 13 12 11 Ret 19 14 Geoff Full Peugeot 405 Mi16 10 8 5 9 Ret Ret 14 15 Robert Tweedie Ford Sierra Ret 7 12 Ret 9 13 Ret DNS 13 14 Ret Ret 13 7 10 16 Steve Hardman Hyundai Lantra Ret 8 Ret Ret 7 10 Ret 10 Ret DNS 12 Ret 11 Ret 12 Ret 9 17 Paul Nelson BMW M3 8 9 13 13 10 12 13 Ret 16 15 15 Ret 14 8 9 18 Jim Richards Ford Mondeo DNS DNS 8 6 9 19 Mark Seymour BMW M3 Ret 6 Ret 12 11 Ret 6 20 Bob Holden BMW M3 9 8 5 21 Phil Ward Mercedes-Benz 190E Ret Ret Ret 8 3 22 Peter Hills Ford Sierra Ret 10 14 13 15 9 3 23 Ian Spurle Peugeot 405 Mi16 10 Ret 1 24 Warwick Rooklyn Peugeot 405 Mi16 Ret 10 1 Pos Driver Car PHI ORA SYM CAL MAL LAK WIN EAS Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

Manufacturers' Trophy

Teams' Trophy

TOCA Privateers' Cup

• Brabham: penalized 20 points for incident with Morris in race 9

Championship name

The championship was promoted by TOCA Australia as the 1995 2.0 L Super Touring Championship but is recognized by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the 1995 Australian Super Touring Championship.

See also

1995 Australian Touring Car season

References

1. Official Programme, 2.0L Super Touring Championship, Round 5, Mallala, 4 June 1995, p. 32
2. ^ Championship Points, 1995 Super Touring Championship, TOCA Australia Pty Ltd, 27 July 1998
3. Paul Cross, In good company, Official Programme, 2.0L Super Touring Championship, Round 5, Mallala, 4 June 1995, pages 6 to 11
4. 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, Titles - Australian Titles, as archived at web.archive.org

Further reading

• Australian Motor Racing Year, 1995

External links

• 1995 Australian Super Touring Championship at www.supertouringregister.com
• 1995 Touring Car racing images at www.autopics.com.au

• Australian Super Touring Championship
• 1995 in Australian motorsport