# 1988 Australian Touring Car season

The 1988 Australian Touring Car season was the 29th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.
There were 16 touring car race meetings held during 1988; a nine-round series, the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); the four round Amaroo Park based AMSCAR series (Round 3 doubled as Round 8 of the ATCC); a support programme event at the 1988 Australian Grand Prix and three long-distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'.

## Results and standings
### Race calendar

The 1988 Australian touring car season consisted of 16 events.
| Date | Series / race name | Circuit | City / state | Winner | Team | Car | Report |
| 6 March | ATCC Round 1 | Calder Park Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Dick Johnson | Shell Ultra-Hi Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | |
| 13 March | ATCC Round 2 | Symmons Plains Raceway | Launceston, Tasmania | Dick Johnson | Shell Ultra-Hi Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | |
| 27 March | AMSCAR Round 1 | Amaroo Park | Sydney, New South Wales | Colin Bond | Caltex CXT Racing Team | Ford Sierra RS500 | |
| 10 April | ATCC Round 3 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | John Bowe | Shell Ultra-Hi Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | |
| 24 April | ATCC Round 4 | Barbagallo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | Dick Johnson | Shell Ultra-Hi Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | |
| 1 May | ATCC Round 5 | Adelaide International Raceway | Adelaide, South Australia | Dick Johnson | Shell Ultra-Hi Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | |
| 15 May | AMSCAR Round 2 | Amaroo Park | Sydney, New South Wales | Dick Johnson | Shell Ultra-Hi Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | |
| 22 May | ATCC Round 6 | Lakeside International Raceway | Brisbane, Queensland | Tony Longhurst | Freeport Motorsport | Ford Sierra RS500 | |
| 29 May | ATCC Round 7 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Dick Johnson | Shell Ultra-Hi Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | |
| 19 June | ATCC Round 8 AMSCAR Round 3 | Amaroo Park | Sydney, New South Wales | John Bowe | Shell Ultra-Hi Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | |
| 17 July | ATCC Round 9 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Dick Johnson | Shell Ultra-Hi Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | |
| 31 July | AMSCAR Round 4 | Amaroo Park | Sydney, New South Wales | Tony Longhurst | Freeport Motorsport | Ford Sierra RS500 | |
| 28 Aug | Pepsi 250 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Peter Brock Jim Richards | Mobil 1 Racing | BMW M3 | report |
| 11 Sep | Enzed Sandown 500 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Allan Moffat Gregg Hansford | Allan Moffat Enterprises | Ford Sierra RS500 | report |
| 2 Oct | Tooheys 1000 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | Tony Longhurst Tomas Mezera | Benson & Hedges Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | report |
| 12 Nov | South Australia Cup | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | Larry Perkins | Holden Special Vehicles | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | |

### South Australia Cup

This race was a support event at the 1988 Australian Grand Prix meeting. This was Larry Perkins' first win in Australia since the 1984 Bathurst 1000 and also the only Holden win for the year. This would be the final time that the touring cars would only have a single race at the Australian Grand Prix. Starting in 1989, the tourers would have one race on the Saturday afternoon following the Formula One final qualifying session with a second race the following morning on F1 race day.
| Pos. | Driver | No. | Team | Car | Grid |
| 1 | Larry Perkins | 10 | Holden Special Vehicles | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 4 |
| 2 | Denny Hulme | 11 | Holden Special Vehicles | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 7 |
| 3 | Colin Bond | 4 | Caltex CXT Racing | Ford Sierra RS500 | 5 |
| 4 | Peter Brock | 05 | Mobil 1 Racing | BMW M3 | 10 |
| 5 | Garry Rogers | 33 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV | 15 |
| 6 | Gerald Kay | 24 | Jagparts | Holden VK Commodore SS Group A | 18 |
| 7 | George Fury | 30 | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing | Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R | 8 |
| 8 | John Farrell | 52 | John Farrell | Holden VL Commodore SS Group A | 27 |
| 9 | John Faulkner | 71 | Toyota Team Australia | Toyota Corolla GT | 25 |
| 10 | Lawrie Nelson | 28 | Capri Components | Ford Mustang GT | 20 |