# 2013 Touring Car Masters

The 2013 Touring Car Masters was an Australian motor racing competition for modified Touring Cars manufactured between 1 January 1963 and 31 December 1976. It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Series with Australian Classic Touring (3D) Cars Pty Ltd appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager. It was the seventh annual Touring Car Masters series.
The series began on 9 March 2013 at Sydney Motorsport Park and finished on 24 November at Phillip Island. Six rounds were contested as support races to the 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship and rounds were also held at the Top Gear Festival and Muscle Car Masters events.
2010 winner Jim Richards won the series over defending winner John Bowe. Bowe won five of the eight rounds and eleven of the twenty-four races, compared to Richards' two race wins, but fell behind Richards after being excluded from the Sandown round for making contact with an official. Andrew Miedecke finished third in the series with two round and five race wins but his series aspirations were hurt by a points penalty for causing an accident at Bathurst. In Class B, 2007 outright series winner Steve Mason won from Greg Keene and William Vining.

## Entries

The following drivers competed in the series:
| No. | Driver | Car |
| 3 | Steve Mason | Ford Mustang |
| 4 | Rusty French | Porsche 911RS |
| 5 | Tony Edwards | Holden Torana SL/R 5000 |
| 6 | Chris Stillwell | Ford Mustang |
| 8 | Gary O'Brien | Holden HQ Monaro GTS |
| 9 | Steve Makarios | Ford XY Falcon GTHO |
| 11 | Gavin Bullas | Ford XA Falcon GT |
| 12 | Jim Richards | Ford Falcon Sprint |
| 13 | Rory O'Neill | Porsche 911RS |
| 14 | Phillip Showers | Holden HQ Monaro |
| 15 | Cameron Mason Andrew Adams | Chevrolet Camaro SS |
| 18 | John Bowe Stephen White$^†$ | Ford Mustang |
| 21 | Garry Treloar | Chrysler Valiant Charger E55 |
| 22 | Nigel Benson | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 25 | Paul Freestone | Chevrolet Camaro SS |
| 26 | Michael Almond | Porsche 911RS |
| 27 | Adam Bressington | Holden HQ Monaro |
| 28 | Brad Tilley | Ford XY Falcon GTHO |
| 30 | Glenn Seton | Ford XY Falcon GTHO |
| 32 | Amanda Sparks | Porsche 911RS |
| 33 | Greg Keene | Porsche 911RS |
| 35 | Jason Gomersall | Holden Torana SL/R 5000 |
| 43 | Mick Wilson | Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T |
| 46 | Leo Tobin | Holden HQ Monaro |
| 48 | Eddie Abelnica | Ford XB Falcon |
| 52 | Keith Kassulke | Ford XB Falcon |
| 56 | Brett Youlden | Holden HQ Monaro |
| 57 | Graham Alexander | Holden HT Monaro |
| 60 | Cameron Tilley | Ford Boss Mustang |
| 74 | Wayne Mercer | Ford XY Falcon GTHO |
| 75 | Greg Crick | Chrysler Valiant Charger E55 |
| 85 | Mark King | Chevrolet Camaro RS |
| 88 | Tony Karanfilovski | Ford XY Falcon GTHO Ford Mustang |
| 95 | Andrew Miedecke | Chevrolet Camaro SS |
| 98 | William Vining | Ford Mustang |
| 99 | Les Walmsley | Holden HQ Monaro |
† - John Bowe was excluded from taking part in the Sandown event after making contact with an official in the pit lane following a practice session. Stephen White replaced him for the rest of the event.

## Calendar

The 2013 series consisted of eight rounds:
| Round | Event | Circuit | Location | Date | Winner |
| 1 | Top Gear Festival | Sydney Motorsport Park | Sydney, New South Wales | 9–10 March | John Bowe |
| 2 | Perth 360 | Barbagallo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | 3–5 May | Andrew Miedecke |
| 3 | Skycity Triple Crown | Hidden Valley Raceway | Darwin, Northern Territory | 14–16 June | John Bowe |
| 4 | Ipswich 360 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | 27–28 July | John Bowe |
| 5 | Muscle Car Masters | Sydney Motorsport Park | Sydney, New South Wales | 30 August–1 September | John Bowe |
| 6 | Sandown 500 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | 13–15 September | Andrew Miedecke |
| 7 | Bathurst 1000 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 10–13 October | John Bowe |
| 8 | Phillip Island 360 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 22–24 November | Keith Kassulke |

## Points system

Each competing automobile was classified into one of two classes, Class A, Outright or Class B, Pro-Sportman.
Points are awarded as follows to the top thirty finishers in each class.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th |
| Points | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Only half points were awarded for Race 1 of Round 7 at Mount Panorama due to the race being shortening on account of an accident.
The results for each round of the Series were determined by the number of points scored by each driver (including Guest Drivers) in each Class at that round.
Any points scored by a driver within a class were not transferred if that driver changed classes.

## Series standings

| Pos. | Driver | Syd. | Syd. | Syd. | Bar. | Bar. | Bar. | Hid. | Hid. | Hid. | Que. | Que. | Que. | Syd. | Syd. | Syd. | San. | San. | San. | Mou. | Mou. | Mou. | Phi. | Phi. | Phi. | Pen. | Pts. |
| Class A: Outright ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Jim Richards | 2 (2) | 4 (4) | 3 (3) | 4 (4) | 6 (5) | 1 (1) | 7 (7) | 2 (2) | 3 (3) | 8 (8) | 1 (1) | 8 (8) | 3 (3) | 4 (3) | 5 (4) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 3 (3) | 5 (5) | 2 (2) | 15 (12) | 10 (10) | 8 (8) | 0 | 1122 |
| 2 | John Bowe | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 4 (4) | 11 (9) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 (2) | EX | EX | EX | 2 (2) | 6 (6) | 1 (1) | 7 (7) | 3 (3) | 6 (6) | 0 | 1112 |
| 3 | Andrew Miedecke | 3 (3) | 6 (6) | 2 (2) | 5 (5) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 8 (8) | 3 (3) | 5 (5) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | 7 (7) | 2 (2) | Ret | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | Ret | DNS | 4 (4) | 8 (8) | 5 (5) | 100 | 935 |
| 4 | Keith Kassulke | Ret | DNS | DNS | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | Ret | 4 (4) | 5 (5) | 6 (6) | 2 (2) | 4 (4) | 3 (3) | 7 (7) | 5 (4) | 10 (8) | 14 (10) | 7 (7) | 6 (6) | 6 (6) | 7 (7) | 4 (4) | 1 (1) | 6 (6) | 1 (1) | 0 | 899 |
| 5 | Mark King | Ret | 10 (10) | 14 (11) | 12 (9) | 11 (9) | 6 (6) | 5 (5) | 8 (7) | 9 (8) | 10 (10) | 5 (5) | 6 (6) | 14 (12) | 7 (6) | Ret | 7 (7) | 4 (4) | 8 (8) | 9 (9) | 24 (15) | 11 (11) | 9 (9) | 11 (11) | 16 (11) | 0 | 736.5 |
| 6 | Eddie Abelnica | 5 (5) | 2 (2) | 6 (6) | Ret | 10 (8) | 5 (5) | | | | | | | 5 (5) | 6 (5) | DNS | 6 (6) | 5 (5) | 9 (9) | 8 (8) | 1 (1) | 10 (10) | 2 (2) | 4 (4) | 2 (2) | 0 | 702 |
| 7 | Greg Crick | 11 (10) | 8 (8) | 4 (4) | 7 (7) | 7 (6) | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | 7 (6) | 4 (4) | 5 (5) | Ret | DNS | | | | Ret | 11 (10) | 7 (7) | Ret | 14 (11) | 8 (8) | 5 (5) | 5 (5) | 7 (7) | 0 | 699 |
| 8 | Tony Karanfilovski | 12 (11) | 11 (11) | 13 (10) | | | | Ret | 20 (14) | 13 (11) | 6 (6) | Ret | 5 (5) | 13 (11) | 9 (8) | 11 (9) | 4 (4) | 6 (6) | 5 (5) | 10 (10) | 10 (10) | 9 (9) | 10 (10) | 9 (9) | Ret | 0 | 543 |
| 9 | Wayne Mercer | 15 (13) | 18 (14) | 18 (14) | 14 (11) | 13 (10) | 10 (8) | 14 (11) | 14 (11) | 17 (13) | | | | 19 (13) | 19 (13) | 15 (10) | 16 (11) | 14 (13) | 13 (12) | 23 (16) | 19 (14) | 16 (13) | 13 (11) | 13 (12) | 13 (9) | 0 | 506 |
| 10 | Adam Bressington | 8 (8) | 3 (3) | 7 (7) | | | | | | | 9 (9) | 6 (6) | 4 (4) | Ret | 11 (9) | 9 (7) | Ret | 9 (9) | 11 (10) | 7 (7) | 2 (2) | 6 (6) | | | | 0 | 502.5 |
| 11 | Jason Gomersall | 14 (12) | 15 (12) | 16 (12) | 11 (8) | 14 (11) | 9 (7) | 13 (10) | Ret | DNS | 7 (7) | Ret | 9 (9) | 9 (8) | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 (12) | Ret | 11 (11) | 3 (3) | Ret | | | | 0 | 398.5 |
| 12 | Les Walmsley | | | | 6 (6) | Ret | DNS | | | | 6 (6) | Ret | 2 (2) | 6 (6) | 3 (2) | 7 (6) | | | | | | | 6 (6) | 1 (1) | DNS | 0 | 388 |
| 13 | Brett Youlden | 9 (9) | 7 (7) | 17 (13) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 (5) | 4 (4) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | 7 (7) | 4 (4) | 0 | 354.5 |
| 14 | Brad Tilley | | | | | | | 3 (3) | 4 (4) | 2 (2) | | | | 12 (10) | 15 (11) | 6 (5) | | | | 13 (12) | 8 (8) | 5 (5) | | | | 0 | 351 |
| 15 | Gavin Bullas | 7 (7) | 9 (9) | 9 (9) | 16 (12) | 9 (7) | 4 (4) | 6 (6) | 9 (8) | 11 (9) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 327 |
| 16 | Cameron Tilley | | | | | | | 12 (9) | 13 (10) | 7 (7) | | | | 4 (4) | 8 (7) | 4 (3) | | | | 14 (13) | 9 (9) | 7 (7) | | | | 0 | 323.5 |
| 17 | Paul Freestone | 6 (6) | 5 (5) | 5 (5) | | | | | | | | | | 10 (9) | DNS | DNS | 3 (3) | 8 (8) | 4 (4) | | | | | | | 0 | 301 |
| 18 | Graham Alexander | Ret | 19 (15) | 21 (15) | 13 (10) | Ret | DNS | | | | 13 (11) | 12 (7) | 12 (10) | 20 (14) | 18 (12) | 16 (11) | | | | 17 (14) | 17 (12) | 20 (14) | | | | 0 | 280 |
| 19 | Michael Almond | 4 (4) | 16 (13) | 8 (8) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | DNS | DNS | 10 (9) | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 258 |
| 20 | Garry Treloar | | | | | | | 18 (13) | 19 (13) | 12 (10) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 (13) | 16 (13) | 15 (10) | 0 | 150 |
| 21 | Stephen White | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 (5) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | | | | | | | 0 | 149 |
| 22 | Tony Edwards | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 (8) | 2 (2) | 3 (3) | 0 | 144 |
| 23 | Steve Makarios | | | | | | | DNS | 21 (15) | 20 (14) | | | | | | | 13 (9) | 12 (11) | 12 (11) | | | | | | | 0 | 122 |
| 24 | Cameron Mason | | | | | | | 16 (12) | 16 (12) | 16 (12) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 72 |
| 25 | Andrew Adams | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 (8) | Ret | 18 (13) | 18 (15) | | | | | | 0 | 57 |
| 26 | Glenn Seton | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 (4) | Ret | DNS | | | | 0 | 24 |
| 27 | Bill Pye | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 (NC) | 1 (NC) | 3 (NC) | | | | 19 (NC) | 15 (NC) | 18 (NC) | | | | 0 | 0 |
| NC | Dean Neville | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 13 (10) | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 |
| Class B: Pro-Sportsman ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Steve Mason | 17 (4) | 12 (1) | 10 (1) | 8 (1) | 5 (1) | 12 (3) | 11 (3) | 12 (3) | 10 (2) | 12 (2) | 7 (1) | 15 (5) | 16 (3) | 14 (3) | 12 (2) | 8 (1) | 10 (1) | 10 (1) | 20 (4) | 11 (1) | 12 (1) | 12 (2) | 12 (1) | 11 (3) | 0 | 1311.5 |
| 2 | Greg Keene | 10 (1) | 14 (3) | 11 (2) | 10 (3) | 8 (2) | 7 (1) | 9 (1) | 11 (2) | Ret | 11 (1) | 9 (3) | 10 (1) | 11 (1) | 10 (1) | 8 (1) | 10 (2) | 16 (3) | 15 (3) | 12 (1) | 12 (2) | DNS | Ret | DNS | DNS | 0 | 1050 |
| 3 | William Vining | Ret | 20 (5) | 20 (6) | | | | Ret | 18 (6) | 18 (5) | 18 (7) | 10 (4) | 13 (3) | 17 (4) | 17 (5) | 18 (6) | 11 (3) | 15 (2) | 14 (2) | Ret | 21 (6) | 17 (4) | 14 (3) | 15 (3) | 12 (4) | 0 | 845 |
| 4 | Gary O'Brien | Ret | 17 (4) | 15 (4) | 15 (4) | 15 (4) | Ret | 20 (7) | Ret | 15 (4) | 14 (3) | Ret | DNS | 19 (5) | 16 (4) | 14 (4) | Ret | Ret | 17 (5) | 15 (2) | 13 (3) | 13 (2) | 16 (4) | 18 (5) | 10 (2) | 0 | 802 |
| 5 | Amanda Sparks | | | | | | | 15 (4) | 15 (4) | 14 (3) | 15 (4) | 8 (2) | 11 (2) | 15 (2) | 12 (2) | 13 (3) | 12 (4) | 18 (5) | 16 (4) | 16 (3) | 16 (4) | 14 (3) | | | | 0 | 739 |
| 6 | Rory O'Neill | 16 (3) | 21 (6) | 19 (5) | | | | 17 (5) | 17 (5) | 19 (6) | 17 (6) | Ret | Ret | 21 (6) | 21 (6) | 17 (5) | Ret | 17 (4) | DNS | 22 (6) | 23 (8) | 19 (5) | 19 (6) | 19 (6) | Ret | 0 | 710.5 |
| 7 | Chris Stillwell | | | | 9 (2) | 12 (3) | 8 (2) | 10 (2) | 6 (1) | 8 (1) | | | | | | | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | 11 (1) | 14 (2) | 9 (1) | 0 | 516 |
| 8 | Mick Wilson | | | | | | | 19 (6) | Ret | Ret | | | | 22 (7) | 21 (7) | Ret | | | | Ret | 20 (5) | 21 (6) | | | | 0 | 201 |
| 9 | Leo Tobin | | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | DNS | 23 (8) | 22 (8) | 19 (7) | | | | 21 (5) | 22 (7) | Ret | 18 (5) | 17 (4) | 14 (5) | 0 | 168 |
| 10 | Nigel Benson | 13 (2) | 13 (2) | 12 (3) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 164 |
| 11 | Rusty French | | | | | | | | | | 16 (5) | 11 (5) | 14 (4) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 138 |
| 12 | Andrew Adams | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 (?) | 18 (?) | 15 (?) | | | | 0 | 117 |
| 13 | Phillip Showers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 (5) | 19 (6) | Ret | | | | | | | 0 | 87 |
| Pos. | Driver | Syd. | Syd. | Syd. | Bar. | Bar. | Bar. | Hid. | Hid. | Hid. | Que. | Que. | Que. | Syd. | Syd. | Syd. | San. | San. | San. | Mou. | Mou. | Mou. | Phi. | Phi. | Phi. | Pen. | Pts. |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |