SUNDAY, APR 28, 1996 CALDER PARK MOTOR RACEWAY, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA...
Team Castrol number two driver Russell Ingall was the Surprise overall
winner of round 6 of the Shell Australian Touring Car Championships at
Melbourne's Calder Park.

Ingall who has returned to Australia after a successful overseas career
won one heat and took two seconds to take the round from Ford drivers John
Bowe and Glen Seton.

HEAT ONE
"Das Wunderkid" Craig Lowndes won the first heat of the 3 heat contest
from pole in his new high tech factory Holden Commodore with Ingall taking
second and Bowe third. Local hero Peter Brock had a race long battle with
Ford veteran Dick Johnson  with Brock grabbing fourth before spinning put
with only a handful of laps to go.. Glen Seton retired after his Ford
Credit Racing Ford Falcon dropped a cylinder early in the heat leaving the
team with a rapid engine change for heat two.

HEAT TWO
Russell Ingall won his first ever Shell Australian Touring Car
Championships race after a lightning start and car problems from Lowndes.
John Bowe just held of the Falcon of Queenslander Tony Longhurst from
Wayne Gardner, Glen Seton, and rookie privateer Steven Richards.

HEAT THREE
Seton made a blinding start from fifth to grab the lead in the final heat.
He was never headed and won from Ingall, his team leader Larry Perkins,
Bowe, Brock and Longhurst.

HEAT ONE
DRIVER   TEAM  CAR
Craig Lowndes  Mobil/Holden Racing Team   Holden Commodore
Russell Ingall Team Castrol   Holden Commodore  
John Bowe   Shell/FAI/Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon
Dick Johnson   Shell/FAI/Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon
Larry Perkins  Team Castrol   Holden Commodore
Mark Skaife Gibson MotorSport Holden Commodore
   
HEAT TWO
DRIVER   TEAM  CAR
Russell Ingall Team Castrol   Holden Commodore
John Bowe   Shell/FAI/Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon
Tony Longhurst Team Castrol   Ford Falcon
Wayne Gardner  Coca Cola/Wayne Gardner Racing   Holden Commodore
Glen Seton  Ford Credit Racing   Ford Falcon
Steven Richards Valvoline/Cummins Holden Commodore
Larry Perkins  Team Castrol   Holden Commodore
HEAT THREE
DRIVER   TEAM  CAR
Glen Seton  Ford Credit Racing   Ford Falcon
Russell Ingall Team Castrol   Holden Commodore
Larry Perkins  Team Castrol   Holden Commodore
John Bowe   Shell/FAI/Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon
Peter Brock Mobil/Holden Racing Team   Holden Commodore
Tony Longhurst Team Castrol   Ford Falcon
OVERALL
Russell Ingall
John Bowe
Glen Seton


TOP PRIVATEER
John Faulkner  Betta Electricals    Holden Commodore

SHELL AUSTRALIAN TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIPS POINTS AFTER ROUND SIX.

JOHN BOWE   224
CRAIG LOWNDES  221
GLEN SETON  191
PETER BROCK    140
LARRY PERKINS  137

NEXT ROUND LAKESIDE, BRISBANE, QLD. MAY 5.

-- 
Brett Ramsey