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1997 Calder Park #1

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Australian Touring Car Championship race number 1 of 30
Saturday, March 15, 1997 at Calder Park Thunderdome, Melbourne, Victoria
20 laps on a 2.280 kilometer road course (45.600 kilometers)

Time of race: 0:19:11.0380
Average speed: 142.619 kph
Pole time: 56.2313 seconds

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 10.98 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 0

Glossary 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship results / 1997 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Team	Sponsor	Car	Laps	Status	Led
1	1	15	Greg Murphy	Holden Racing Team	Mobil	Holden	20	running	20
2	2	7	Wayne Gardner	Wayne Gardner	Coca Cola	Holden	20	running	0
3	4	30	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton	Ford / Ford Credit	Ford	20	running	0
4	3	2	Mark Skaife	Gibson Motor Sport	Sega Saturn / Coopers & Lybrand	Holden	20	running	0
5	6	9	Alan Jones	Alan Jones	Komatsu	Ford	20	running	0
6	5	05	Peter Brock	Holden Racing Team	Mobil	Holden	20	running	0
7	12	11	Larry Perkins	Perkins Engineering	Castrol	Holden	20	running	0
8	10	8	Russell Ingall	Perkins Engineering	Castrol	Holden	20	running	0
9	7	25	Tony Longhurst	Tony Longhurst	Castrol	Ford	20	running	0
10	13	18	John Bowe	Dick Johnson	Shell Helix	Ford	20	running	0
11	9	34	Steven Richards	Garry Rogers	Valvoline / Cummins	Holden	–	running	0
12	8	10	Mark Larkham	Mark Larkham	Mitre 10	Ford	–	running	0
13	14	17	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson	Shell Helix	Ford	–	running	0
14	11	46	John Faulkner	John Faulkner	Fisher & Paykel / Betta Electrical	Holden	–	running	0
15	21	27	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan	Sony Autosound	Holden	–	running	0
16	19	47	John Trimbole	Daily Planet Racing	CBD-Bottlemagic	Holden	–	running	0
17	28	24	Paul Romano	Romano Racing	–	Holden	–	running	0
18	22	45	Darren Hossack	Gary Dumbrell	Wynns Australia	Holden	–	running	0
19	23	99	Shaun Walker	Shaun Walker	–	Holden	–	running	0
20	24	14	Malcolm Stenniken	Malcom Stenniken	Creative Design Shop	Holden	–	running	0
21	26	20	Ian Palmer	Palmer Promotions	–	Holden	–	running	0
22	27	62	Wayne Russell	Novocastian Motorsport	–	Holden	–	running	0
23	20	74	Kevin Heffernan	PACE Racing	Price Attack	Holden	–	running	0
24	17	52	Steven Ellery	Tony Longhurst	Konica	Ford	–	running	0
25	18	39	Chris Smerdon	Challenge Motorsport	–	Holden	–	dnf	0
26	15	38	Mark Poole	James Rosenberg	Scotts Transport	Holden	–	dnf	0
27	16	6	Steve Reed	Lansvale Racing Team	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Holden	–	dnf	0
28	25	22	Danny Osborne	Colourscan Motorsport	–	Ford	–	dnf	0

Fastest Lap: 56.514 seconds by Greg Murphy

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Greg Murphy	1	20	20