Touring Car Masters 2014 Phillip Island Circuit

Greg Crick #75 1971 Charger E 49 "SWEET"

This is a great series, where else are you going to find a 69 Mustang and a 69 Camaro going head to head as you will see in this race and only in Australia. The number 18 of John Bowe really attacks and rotates through the  corners, the set up on this 69 Mustang just hooks up! 
In the 69 Camaro is Andrew Miedecke and had this to say about the race.  "We've been racing each other for 30 years, starting in Ralts in the early 80's and it was hammer-and-tong then and the racing is just as clean and just as hard as it was then".

Touring Car Masters is Australia’s top series for Historic Touring Cars from the classic period of muscle car competition between 1964 and 1976. 

Showcasing a selection of immaculately prepared touring cars of the pre-1976 era, the Touring Car Masters boasts some of the sport's most iconic muscle cars from Falcon GT's, BOSS Mustangs, Chevrolet Camaros, Chrysler Chargers and Holden Monaros.

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Phillip Island Circuit

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Old School in Darwin

Touring Car Masters at Hidden Valley

DARWIN QUALIFYING

Old School at Hidden Valley Raceway, 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Known for its high speeds and fast lap times. It is 2.87 kilometers (1.78 mi) long and has 14 corners, with a main straight 1.1 kilometers (0.7 mi) in length. In order to win, the race car has to flow well through the sweeping bends and also needs top end horsepower for the main straight.

Touring Car Masters JOHN BOWE has scored a stunning fifth pole position from seven attempts in ENZED TCM qualifying at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin. Bowe completed only one flying lap with a record-breaking 1m14.15s effort placing him 1.6s ahead of Jim Richards and Andrew Miedecke.

The Bowe-Richards 1-2 effort was the fifth time from seven visits to the top end that the pair has locked out the front row of the grid at Hidden Valley.

Tony Karanfilovski scored fourth and Jason Gomersall fifth in his new Torana. Keith Kassulke, Cameron Mason, Adam Bressington, Eddie Abelnica and Brett Youlden completed the top 10.

Ford products dominated the top-10 with three Mustangs and four Falcons filling the first five rows of the grid.

Love this series, where else you going to see refurbished and updated 70 cars priced at $120,000 used (you can buy one) running the track?  That's right Mate, you'll have to go to Australia!  

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Round 3 

2014 Touring Car Masters - Hidden Valley

 

Touring Car Masters- Adelaide

Touring Car Masters- Adelaide Parklands Circuit, SA

From Touring Car Masters:

The Touring Car Masters Series is run with technical regulations, as approved by CAMS, comprising touring cars of the pre-1974 era which have been modified in accordance with the CAMS Touring Car Masters technical regulations to maintain a similar appearance to the touring cars of the period.

Steve Mason at Bathurst

2007 series champion and 2013’s Class B winner, Steve Mason, has upgraded his 1966 Shelby Mustang and hopes to take it towards the front of the field in an outright capacity this season.

The Sydneysider scored the most points of any driver – in either class – last season and joined an elite group of two-time TCM champions, but this year wants to be mixing it up on an outright level this year.

“The car has been on a diet and we have been able to take 60-70kg out of it since the end of last season,” Mason explained.

“By running in the open class we can remove weight and run the engine to 7,900RPM as well so we’ve got a bit more power. The only way we could get more weight out of the car is by putting a jockey behind the wheel – but it’s certainly going to be an improvement. 

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In Car at Adelaide with John Bowe

John Bowe Racing

1969 Ford Mustang Trans Am
Engine: 351 Windsor Power: 590 hp
Gearbox: Tex Racing T101
Top Speed: 290 kph (180 mph)
Tires: Hoosier 

John Bowe’s two-time championship winning ‘Mustang Sally’ has undergone a rebirth. John Bowe Racing placed 2nd overall in the 2013 series.

Motor Sport career spanning 4 decades. A legend of Australian motorsport, John Bowe is a multiple Australian Champion, having twice won the Australian Drivers' Championship during the Formula Mondial era and securing an Australian Sports Car Championship, before winning the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1995. JB, as he has become affectionately known, is the only driver in Australian motorsport history to win six National Championships in 4 categories – a feat unlikely to be equaled. 

JB Racing

John Bowe Racing