2021 Touring Car Masters

The 2021 Gulf Western Oils Touring Car Masters was an Australian motor racing competition for touring cars manufactured between 1 January 1963 and the 31 December 1980 and IROC Porsche Class Automobiles, which had been modified in accordance with the series regulations.[1] It was sanctioned by Motorsport Australia as an Authorised Series, with TCM Racing Pty. Ltd appointed as the Category Manager for the series.[1]

John Bowe won the series,[2] his sixth Touring Car Masters title.[3]

John Bowe (pictured in 2005) won his 6th TCM Title in a Holden Torana SLR 5000.

Calendar

The series was contested over four rounds.[1]

Round Circuit City / State Date
1 Tasmania Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 24–26 January
2 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 26–28 February
3 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 1–2 May
4 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 1–5 December

Entries

Teams and Drivers
Manufacturer Model Team No. Driver Rounds Class
Chevrolet Camaro SS Vawdrey Trailers 25 Victoria (state) Paul Freestone 1–2 PA
EFS 4x4 Accessories 58 Queensland Ryal Harris 2–3 PM
Whiteline Racing 95 New South Wales Mark King 1–3 PM
New South Wales George Miedecke 4 PM
Camaro RS 85 Tasmania Adam Garwood 1–2 PA
New South Wales Adam Bressington 3–4 PM
Chrysler Valiant Pacer ANGLOMOIL Lubricants 60 New South Wales Cameron Tilley All PA
Ford Capri Giraffe Civil Contracting 2 Tasmania Greg Garwood 1 INV
JMG Racing 67 New South Wales Jeremy Gray 2–3 PA
XD Falcon Full Throttle Custom Garages 17 Queensland Steven Johnson All PM
Action Motor Industries 71 Victoria (state) Marcus Zukanovic All PM
XW Falcon Lindway Builders 74 Victoria (state) Wayne Mercer 2 PA
McGill Motorsport 75 Victoria (state) Aaron McGill 2 PA
XY Falcon Jesus Racing 9 New South Wales Andrew Fisher All PA
Brad Tilley Garage 28 New South Wales Brad Tilley 4 PA
Bullet Trains Racing Team 55 Victoria (state) John Adams 3 PA
Mustang Gulf Oil 29 New South Wales Jamie Tilley 2–3 PA
Mustang Trans Am Toronto Hotel 33 New South Wales Cameron Mason 2–3 PA
TIFS 88 New South Wales Tony Karanfilovski All PA
Holden VB Commodore Motorsport Parts Australia 50 Victoria (state) Gerard McLeod All PA
Torana A9X Northside Taxi Management 2 Queensland Allan Hughes 3 PA
Western General Body Works 3 Victoria (state) Danny Buzadzic 4 PA
Multispares Racing 6 Queensland Ryan Hansford All PA
MOCOMM Motorsport 7 New South Wales Jim Pollicina All PM
15 Victoria (state) Dean Lillie 4 PA
The Lighthouse Hotel 12 New South Wales Peter Burnitt All PS
Torana SL/R PAYNTER DIXON 18 Victoria (state) John Bowe All PM
Porsche 911 IROC Bedrug / Shell Oil 8 New South Wales Terry Lawlor 4 IROC
Kalus Kenny Intelex Lawyers-Advisors 90 Victoria (state) Sven Burchartz 4 IROC
[4][5][6][7]

Key
Symbol Meaning
PM Pro Masters
PA Pro Am
PS Pro-Sport
INV Invitational
IROC International Race of Champions

Series summary

The series was won by John Bowe, in what was his sixth Touring Car Masters title win and his first since 2016.[8] Driving a Holden Torana, Bowe won the final round of the series at Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales to finish the season on 597 points.[8] Ryan Hansford placed second on 547 points with Steven Johnson third on 497 points.[8] Bowe completed all races held during the series with one win, at Symmons Plains, earlier in the season.[8]

Series results
Round Race Circuit Pole position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Ref
1 TPH Tasmania Symmons Plains Raceway Victoria (state) John Bowe Tasmania Adam Garwood Victoria (state) Marcus Zukanovic Action Motor Industries [9]
1 Victoria (state) John Bowe Tasmania Adam Garwood Whiteline Racing
2 race abandoned[lower-alpha 1]
3 Victoria (state) John Bowe Victoria (state) John Bowe PAYNTER DIXON
2 TPH New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Tasmania Adam Garwood Queensland Ryal Harris New South Wales Cameron Tilley ANGLOMOIL Lubricants [11]
1 Victoria (state) Marcus Zukanovic Queensland Ryal Harris EFS 4x4 Accessories
2 Queensland Ryan Hansford Queensland Ryal Harris EFS 4x4 Accessories
3 Queensland Ryan Hansford Queensland Ryan Hansford Multispares Racing
3 TPH New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Queensland Ryan Hansford Victoria (state) John Bowe New South Wales Jim Pollicina MOCOMM Motorsport [12]
1 Queensland Ryan Hansford Queensland Ryan Hansford Multispares Racing
2 Queensland Ryan Hansford Queensland Ryan Hansford Multispares Racing
3 Queensland Steven Johnson Queensland Steven Johnson Full Throttle Custom Garage
4 TPH New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Queensland Steven Johnson Victoria (state) Marcus Zukanovic Victoria (state) Marcus Zukanovic Action Motor Industries [13]
1 Victoria (state) Marcus Zukanovic Queensland Steven Johnson Full Throttle Custom Garage
2 Queensland Steven Johnson Queensland Steven Johnson Full Throttle Custom Garage
3 Victoria (state) Dean Lillie Victoria (state) Dean Lillie MOCOMM Motorsport
  1. Race was suspended due to a red flag incident when Steven Johnson's Ford XD Falcon sheared a wheel off.[10]

Series standings
Pos[2][14] Driver [2][14] Car[2][15] Sym [14] Bat [14] Syd [14] Bat [14] Total [2]
1 John Bowe Holden Torana SL/R 136 168 141 152 597
2 Ryan Hansford Holden Torana A9X 114 125 196 112 547
3 Steven Johnson Ford XD Falcon 120 92 175 110 497
4 Cameron Tilley Chrysler Valiant Pacer 113 143 142 98 496
5 Marcus Zukanovic Ford XD Falcon 107 180 111 76 474
6 Jim Pollicina Holden Torana A9X 50 140 119 116 425
7 Tony Karanfilovski Ford Mustang 82 107 101 69 359
8 Peter Burnitt Holden Torana A9X 77 84 80 93 334
9 Ryal Harris Chevrolet Camaro SS – 196 136 – 332
10 Cameron Mason Ford Mustang – 89 87 131 307
11 Adam Bressington Chevrolet Camaro – – 155 142 297
12 Andrew Fisher Ford XY Falcon GTHO 47 143 82 20 292
13 Mark King Chevrolet Camaro SS 59 122 85 – 266
14 Jamie Tilley Ford Mustang – 61 161 39 261
15 Gerard McLeod Holden VB Commodore 89 – 122 10 221
16 Adam Garwood Chevrolet Camaro RS 136 62 – – 198
17 Jeremy Gray Ford Capri Perana – 77 72 0 149
18 Dean Lillie Holden Torana – – – 147 147
19 Wayne Mercer Ford XY Falcon GTHO – 86 – – 86
20 Aaron McGill Ford XW Falcon GT – 85 – – 85
21 Sven Burchartz Porsche 911 – – – 76 76
22 George Miedecke Chevrolet Camaro SS – – – 68 68
23 John Adams Ford XY Falcon GTHO – – 67 0 67
24 Brad Tilley Ford XY Falcon – – – 60 60
25 Paul Freestone Chevrolet Camaro 56 – – – 56
26 Danny Buzadzic Holden Torana A9X – – – 35 35
27 Allan Hughes Holden Torana A9X – – 25 – 25

References
  1. 2021 Touring Car Masters Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, motorsport.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. Standings – 2021 Touring Car Masters, touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. Garry O'Brien, Bowe The Touring Car Master, Auto Action, Issue #1826, Dec 16 2021 to Jan 12 2022
  4. "Field set for TCM Tasmania racing return, touringcarmasters.com.au". January 21, 2021.
  5. "Tru Blu to return to Mount Panorama as Gulf Western Oil TCM field set, touringcarmasters.com.au". February 23, 2021.
  6. "PREVIEW: Contenders stack up as Touring Car Masters returns to Sydney, touringcarmasters.com.au". April 27, 2021.
  7. "Strong field set for TCM Bathurst title fight, touringcarmasters.com.au". November 22, 2021.
  8. Jordan Treloar, John Bowe Wins Sixth Touring Car masters Title, 3 December 2021, www.v8sleuth.com.au Retrieved 13 June 2021
  9. "Symmons Plains Raceway results, touringcarmasters.com.au".
  10. "TCM race red flagged after Johnson XD shears wheel, www.speedcafe.com". January 26, 2021.
  11. "Mount Panorama 500, touringcarmasters.com.au".
  12. "Sydney Motorsport Park results, touringcarmasters.com.au".
  13. "Bathurst 1000 – Results, touringcarmasters.com.au".
  14. Series Points Report, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  15. Natsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 15 January 2021
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