1997 ARDC AMSCAR series

The 1997 ARDC AMSCAR Sedan Series was an Australian touring car series^[1] and was run for cars eligible to V8 Supercar specifications, although the series was not sanctioned by AVESCO. It began on 22 June 1997 at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 7 December at Eastern Creek Raceway after four rounds.

The series was run by the Australian Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) over the two circuits operated by the club in Sydney, Australia. It was the last such series to bear the AMSCAR name having been last run previously during the 1994 season. The series itself dated back to the Amaroo Park-based Sun-7 Chesterfield Series of the 1970s.

The 1997 series can be seen as the immediate fore-runner for today's Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, acting as a second tier series for touring cars contested by privately owned and funded touring car teams, known colloquially as 'privateers'.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 1997 AMSCAR series. The series consisted of four rounds.

Team	Car	No	Drivers
Clive Wiseman Racing	Holden VP Commodore Holden VS Commodore	7	Mick Donaher
Gary Cannan	Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV	8	Gary Cannan
Simon Emerzidis	Holden VR Commodore	15	Simon Emerzidis
Walden Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	21	Brian Walden
Tim Slako	Holden VS Commodore	24	Tim Slako
M3 Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	26	Peter Doulman
Playscape Racing	Ford EF Falcon	28	Kevin Waldock
Paul Weel Racing	Ford EL Falcon	31	Paul Weel
West Coast Racing	Ford EL Falcon	32	Allan McCarthy
Pro-Duct Racing	Holden VS Commodore	33	Bob Pearson
Schembri Motorsport	Holden VS Commodore	36	Neil Schembri
Scotty Taylor Racing	Holden VP Commodore	37	Bill Attard Scotty Taylor
Garry Willmington Performance	Ford EB Falcon	41	Garry Willmington
Mal Rose Racing	Holden VS Commodore	44	Mal Rose
V8Racing	Holden VP Commodore	77	Richard Mork
Cadillac Productions	Ford EB Falcon	79	Mike Conway
	Holden VP Commodore	92	Gavin Monaghan
Don Pulver	Holden VP Commodore	88	Don Pulver
Geoff Kendrick	Holden VS Commodore	92	Geoff Kendrick
Shaun Walker	Holden VS Commodore	99	Shaun Walker

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 1997 AMSCAR season consisted of 4 rounds.

Rd.	Race title	Circuit	City / state	Date	Winner	Team	Report
1	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	21–22 Jun	Allan McCarthy	West Coast Racing
2	Amaroo Park	Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	19–20 Jul	Mal Rose	Mal Rose Racing
3	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	30–31 Aug	Mal Rose	Mal Rose Racing
4	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	6–7 Dec	Mick Donaher	Clive Wiseman Racing

Drivers Championship

Points were allocated 18–14–11–9–7–5–4–3–2–1 according to top ten race position in each race with three races being held per round.

Pos Driver Round 1 – EAS 1[2] Round 2 – AMA 1[3] Round 3 – EAS 2[4] Round 4 – EAS 3[5] Pts Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 1 Mal Rose 4th 2nd Ret 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 167 2 Mick Donaher 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 1st 1st 1st 121 3 Allan McCarthy 1st 1st 1st 4th 2nd 2nd 91 4 Neil Schembri 6th 13th 3rd 8th 5th 5th 3rd 5th 3rd Ret 6th 2nd 81 5 Bob Pearson 2nd 9th 4th 5th 2nd 2nd 5th Ret 6th 72 6 Peter Doulman Ret 8th 8th 2nd Ret DNS 2nd 3rd 5th 52 7 Mike Conway 5th 8th 6th 4th 2nd 5th 45 8 Richard Mork Ret Ret 5th 12th 9th 8th 6th 6th 6th 6th 7th 7th 40 9 Geoff Kendrick 10th 10th 9th 4th 4th 4th 31 10 Paul Weel 3rd 4th 4th 29 11 Garry Willmington 8th 7th 6th 6th DNS DNS 8th 7th 7th 28 12 Tim Slako Ret 4th 10th 9th 3rd DNS 23 13 Bill Attard 7th 6th 7th 10th 7th 7th 22 14 Gavin Monaghan 7th 6th 4th 18 15 Kevin Waldock 5th 5th 11th 14 15 Simon Emerzidis 7th 5th 8th 14 17 Don Pulver Ret 11th Ret 11th Ret 10th 7th 8th 8th 11 18 Gary Cannan 9th 12th 12th 13th 10th 9th 10th 10th 9th 9 19 Scotty Taylor 9th 9th 10th 5 Brian Walden 11th Ret 13th Pos Driver Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)