AUSCAR (Australian Stock Car Auto Racing) was the sanctioning body owned by Bob Jane which ran American-style Superspeedway racing in Australia. Three categories of racing car were developed to run on the Australian circuits, which initially consisted of the Calder Park Thunderdome Superspeedway, but overtime expanded to include the short oval at one end of Adelaide International Raceway and the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, before expanding to run at several Australian road racing circuits. The three main categories were: NASCAR, imported and locally developed versions of the American racecars; AUSCAR, down specced cars, closer to production specification, initially just the Holden Commodore, but later expanded to include the Ford Falcon; and Sportsman, lower specification again, cheaper to buy or build and older cars, some former AUSCARs.

Contents 1 AUSCAR category 2 Champions 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] AUSCAR category

AUSCAR was also the name used for the second tier racing category the raced alongside the Australian NASCAR stock car racing series, starting in 1986 and continuing until 2001. The cars were not pure space frame chassis like NASCAR, but were built on Australian Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon road car chassis. As a result, AUSCARs are right-hand-drive, and race clockwise at ovals, compared to the left-hand-drive anticlockwise NASCAR vehicles. Brad Jones dominated the category winning five consecutive titles during the peak of the series popularity. Other notable drivers include: Marshall Brewer, Terry Wyhoon, Russell Ingall, John Faulkner, Jim Richards, Adam Pay and Leigh Watkins (who was the only driver to win the championship in a Ford Falcon).

Due to the returning popularity of the Australian Touring Car Championship, relaunched as V8 Supercars in 1997, and financial difficulties, AUSCAR was shut down and the drivers dispersed into other national racing series.

[edit] Champions

Season	Driver	Car	Team
1988-89	Tony Kavich	Holden Commodore
1989-90	Brad Jones	Holden Commodore	Brad Jones Racing
1990-91	Brad Jones	Holden Commodore	Brad Jones Racing
1991-92	Brad Jones	Holden Commodore	Brad Jones Racing
1992-93	Brad Jones	Holden Commodore	Brad Jones Racing
1993-94	Brad Jones	Holden Commodore	Brad Jones Racing
1994-95	Marshall J Brewer	Holden Commodore	Fastrack
1995-96	Terry Wyhoon	Holden Commodore
1996-97	Matthew White	Holden Commodore
1997-98	Darren McDonald	Holden Commodore
1998-99	Leigh Watkins	Ford Falcon	Leigh Watkins Racing

[edit] See also

• NASCAR in Australia

[edit] External links

• Calder Park Motor Sport

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