Touring Car Masters is an Australian

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manufactured between 1 January 1963 and 31 December 1980.2023 Gulf Western Oil Touring Car Masters Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, motorsport.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org
/ref> It evolved out of a previous series for CAMS Group N Touring Cars but with a greater degree of modifications permitted to improve safety, reliability and affordability.Series History
Retrieved on 20 June 2011 These improvements would have been against the spirit of Group N regulations which are focused on vehicles racing as much as possible as they did in the period when the cars were new. Ford Falcon Sprint of Jim Richards

The series has proved popular with fans for the nostalgia value and also for the mix of eligible vehicles with the majority of competing vehicles being Australian or American V8s. Each model is allocated into one of three classes by the appointed category managers, TCM Racing Pty. Ltd, with drivers competing for Outright and Class awards. Performance parity is maintained between disparate models by varying maximum engine revolutions and minimum racing weights of those vehicles. In addition, a driver may be classified as a seeded driver and additional parity adjustments applied to cars driven by these drivers, as deemed appropriate.

Class winners

File:Holden HQ SS of Gary O'Brien.jpg, The 1972 Holden HQ SS of Gary O'Brien at the opening round of the 2010 series File:Chevrolet Camaro SS of Alastair MacLean.jpg, The 1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS of Alastair MacLean at the opening round of the 2011 series File:Ford XY Falcon GTHO of Brad Tilley.jpg, The Ford XY Falcon GTHO of Brad Tilley at the opening round of the 2011 series File:Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop of Eddie Abelnica (2).jpg, The

Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop The Ford Falcon (XB) is a full-size car that was produced by Ford Australia from 1973 to 1976. It was the second iteration of the third generation of the Falcon and also included the Ford Fairmont (XB), the luxury-oriented version. Overview The ...

of Eddie Abelnica at the opening round of the 2011 series File:Ford Escort RS1600 of Phillip Showers.jpg, The

Ford Escort RS1600 The Ford Escort is a small family car that was manufactured by Ford of Europe from 1968 until 2000. In total there were six generations, spread across three basic platforms: the original, rear-wheel-drive Mk.1/Mk.2 (1968–1980), the "Erika" ...

of Phillip Showers at the opening round of the 2011 series File:1969 Ford Mustang of Gavin Bullas.jpg, The 1969 Ford Mustang of Gavin Bullas at the opening round of the 2011 series File:Alfa Romeo GTAm of Tony Karanfilovski.jpg, The Alfa Romeo GTAm of Tony Karanfilovski at the opening round of the 2011 series File:Chrysler VH Valiant Charger RT of Mick Wilson.jpg, The Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T of Mick Wilson at the opening round of the 2011 series

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* {{V8 Supercar support categories Touring car racing series Motorsport categories in Australia Auto racing series in Australia