North American Touring Car Championship

North American Touring Car Championship

Category	Super Touring
Country or region	United States  Canada
Inaugural season	1996
Folded	1997
Last Drivers' champion	David Donohue
Last Makes' champion	Honda

The North American Touring Car Championship was a touring car racing series using the Supertouring formula that raced in North America in 1996 and 1997. The series was funded in part by IndyCar team owner Gerald Forsythe. He appointed his Vice-President of Business Operations, Canadian Roger Elliott to run the operation headquartered in Tampa, Florida. The Dodge Stratus factory team engineered and crewed by PacWest Racing^[1] and Honda Accord factory team operated by Tasman Motorsports dominated the series as they were one of the only truly professional outfits to contest the championship. The series ran as a support series to CART road and street course races.^[2]

While popular with fans the series struggled to attract teams, with most races in the 1996 season only having 11 or 12 entrants.^[3] 1997 saw even fewer entrants with only 9 or 10 cars on track for most of the races.^[4] The series was not continued for 1998.

Champions

Season	Drivers' Champion	Manufacturers' Champion	Season article
1996[3]	Randy Pobst (Honda Accord)	Honda	season
1997[4]	David Donohue (Dodge Stratus)	Honda	season

Notable drivers

• Jeff Andretti
• Neil Crompton
• Peter Cunningham
• Dominic Dobson
• David Donohue (1997 champion)
• Butch Leitzinger
• Rod Millen
• Randy Pobst (1996 champion)

References

1. ^ "About Dominic Dobson". Dobson Motorsport. http://www.dobsonmotorsport.com/about.html. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
2. ^ "Provisional 1997 schedule released". Press release. http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=6874&FS=TOURING. Retrieved 11 February 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "North American Touring Car Championship 1996". Autocourse.ca. http://www.autocourse.ca/archives/usa/supertouring/1996/supertouring.htm. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "North American Touring Car Championship 1997". Autocourse.ca. http://www.autocourse.ca/archives/usa/supertouring/1997/supertouring.htm. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 

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