Australian Touring Car Championship

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Australian motorsport championship touring car racing series

The Australian Touring Car Championship was a premier Australian motorsport series for touring cars, widely regarded as the top level of sedan racing in the country and the precursor to the modern Supercars Championship.

Aliases (5)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian motorsport championship → touring car racing series →
alsoKnownAs	Australian Drivers’ Championship for Touring Cars → Shell Australian Touring Car Championship →
broadcastOn	Channel 7 → Channel 9 →
category	Group 3A 5.0 Litre Touring Cars → Group A touring cars → Group C touring cars →
country	Australia →
dissolved	1998 →
era	Group A era → Group C era → V8 touring car era →
format	touring car →
governingBody	CAMS →
inception	1960 →
mostDriverTitles	Dick Johnson → Ian Geoghegan → Mark Skaife →
mostDriverTitlesNumber	5 →
notableChampion	Allan Moffat → Bob Jane → Craig Lowndes → Jim Richards → Peter Brock →
notableCircuit	Amaroo Park → Calder Park Raceway → Lakeside Raceway → Mount Panorama Circuit → Oran Park Raceway → Sandown Raceway →
notableManufacturer	BMW → Ford → Holden → Nissan → Volvo →
organisedBy	Confederation of Australian Motor Sport →
precursorOf	Supercars Championship →
primaryLocation	Australia →
region	Australasia →
replacedBy	Supercars Championship → V8 Supercar Championship Series →
shortName	ATCC →
significance	predecessor of modern Supercars Championship →
sport	touring car racing →
status	defunct series →
topLevelIn	Australian sedan racing →
typeOfCompetition	drivers championship → teams championship →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Australian Touring Car Championship ("Shell Australian Touring Car Championship") → Australian Touring Car Championship ("Australian Drivers’ Championship for Touring Cars") →	alsoKnownAs
Holden Commodore → Holden Commodore ("V8 Supercars Championship") →	competedIn
Bathurst 1000 ("Supercars Championship") →	governingBody
Holden Torana LH →	motorsportUse
Australian Touring Car Championship ("V8 Supercar Championship Series") →	replacedBy