Glenn Seton
| Glenn Seton | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Supercars Record | |
| Series championships | 2 (1993 & 1997) |
| Races | 209 |
| Race wins | 17 |
| Podium finishes | 54 |
| Pole positions | 9 |
| 2011 Championship position | 61st (113 pts) |
Glenn Seton (born 5 May 1965) is an Australian racing driver. He won the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1993 and 1997 while driving for his own team. Although he never won the Bathurst 1000 like his father Barry did in 1965, Glenn started from pole position in 1994 and 1996, and finished second three times. He came close to winning the race in 1995, holding a significant lead in the closing stages, but his engine failed nine laps from the finish.
Seton, father of Courtney and Aaron Seton and husband to Jayne Seton, retired from full-time racing after the 2005 V8 Supercar season. He raced Fords and Nissans in the Australian Touring Car Championship since making his debut in his father's Ford Capri in the 1984 Australian Touring Car Championship, and ran his own team for a number of years.
Career
He raced for his father's team, in 1983 driving a Ford Capri, then Nissan Motorsport from the 1984 Australian Endurance Championship until his last year with the team in 1988, driving first in a Nissan Pulsar EXA in the 1984 Castrol 500 at Sandown in Melbourne, and then at the 1984 James Hardie 1000, both times alongside Christine Gibson, the wife of his future boss Fred Gibson. His best year with Nissan came in 1987 driving the Nissan Skyline RS DR30 when he would finish second behind Jim Richards in the ATCC. Teamed with John Bowe, Seton would then finish second in the 1987 James Hardie 1000 which that year was part of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship.
1988 would be a frustrating year for Seton. Nissan introduced the new Skyline HR31 GTS-R, and with the car arriving only mid-season, the team could not get on terms with the much more powerful Ford Sierra RS500s. The cars initial unreliability saw Seton's Skyline retire from the first lap at both the Sandown 500 and Tooheys 1000, both times when the cars production based gearbox failed.
Following this, Seton and his father Bo left the Nissan team at the end of 1988 to set up Glenn Seton Racing, which ran from 1989 to 2002, initially with Ford Sierra RS500s before moving to drive one of the new V8 Ford EB Falcons in 1992 where he became the first driver to put a Falcon into the top 10 qualifiers at Bathurst since 1984. The move to the new V8 formula would prove fruitful for Seton, winning the 1993 and 1997 Australian Touring Car Championships, while claiming pole position at Bathurst in 1994 and 1996.
At the end of 2002, Seton sold the team to Prodrive and the team name was renamed to Ford Performance Racing with Seton remaining with the team as a driver. In 2005 he moved to Dick Johnson Racing. In late 2005 after a disappointing season, Seton was sacked from Dick Johnson Racing halfway through his two-year contract.
Seton was not able to find a 2006 full-time drive, so he joined Stone Brothers Racing for the two V8 Supercar endurance races with James Courtney. Brake issues hampered the #4 SBR Falcon at Sandown where it finished ninth. At Bathurst they finished third. Seton moved from Ford and joined his childhood friend and old Nissan Skyline team mate Mark Skaife and for the first time in Seton's career, to drive in a Holden Commodore VE with the Holden Racing Team as an endurance driver for 2007. He finished 13th in the Sandown 500 with Tony Longhurst and 11th in the Bathurst 1000 with Nathan Pretty. Seton again joined the Holden Racing Team in 2008, driving the #2 car with Craig Baird. The pair came 14th at the Phillip Island 500 and were running strongly at the Bathurst 1000 until a late race clash with Warren Luff put them out of the race. He made his final Bathurst appearance with Jason Bargwanna in 2010.
Seton is currently involved in the Australian Speedway scene and has travelled to the US with 2007/08 and 2009/10 Australian Super Sedan Champion, Jamie McHugh[1]
In 2013 Seton won the 2013 Great Southern 4 Hour, sharing a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 with Bob Pearson.
When Glenn Seton was growing up, his motor racing idol was a former team mate of his father's, Allan Moffat.
Career results
| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 13th | Ford Capri Mk.III | Barry Seton |
| 1986 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 10th | Nissan Skyline DR30 RS | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing |
| 1986 | Australian Endurance Championship | 12th | Nissan Skyline DR30 RS | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing |
| 1986 | South Pacific Touring Car Championship | 8th | Nissan Skyline DR30 RS | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing |
| 1987 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 2nd | Nissan Skyline DR30 RS | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing |
| 1988 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 14th | Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing |
| 1988 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 14th | Ralt RT4 Nissan | Dave Thompson |
| 1989 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 7th | Ford Sierra RS500 | Peter Jackson Racing |
| 1990 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 7th | Ford Sierra RS500 | Peter Jackson Racing |
| 1990 | Australian Endurance Championship | 1st | Ford Sierra RS500 | Peter Jackson Racing |
| 1991 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 4th | Ford Sierra RS500 | Peter Jackson Racing |
| 1992 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 5th | Ford Sierra RS500 | Peter Jackson Racing |
| 1993 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 1st | Ford EB Falcon | Peter Jackson Racing |
| 1994 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 2nd | Ford EB Falcon | Peter Jackson Racing |
| 1995 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 2nd | Ford EF Falcon | Peter Jackson Racing |
| 1996 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 3rd | Ford EF Falcon | Ford Credit Racing |
| 1997 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 1st | Ford EL Falcon | Ford Credit Racing |
| 1998 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 6th | Ford EL Falcon | Ford Credit Racing |
| 1999 | Shell Championship Series | 4th | Ford AU Falcon | Ford Tickford Racing |
| 2000 | Shell Championship Series | 5th | Ford AU Falcon | Ford Tickford Racing |
| 2001 | Shell Championship Series | 16th | Ford AU Falcon | Ford Tickford Racing |
| 2002 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 24th | Ford AU Falcon | Glenn Seton Racing |
| 2003 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 15th | Ford AU Falcon Ford BA Falcon |
Ford Performance Racing |
| 2004 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 15th | Ford BA Falcon | Ford Performance Racing |
| 2005 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 15th | Ford BA Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing |
| 2006 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 35th | Ford BA Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing |
| 2007 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 38th | Holden VE Commodore | Holden Racing Team |
| 2008 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 52nd | Holden VE Commodore | Holden Racing Team |
| 2010 | V8Supercar Championship Series | 61st | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing |
| 2010 | Australian Mini Challenge | 6th | Mini John Cooper Works Challenge | Pizza Capers |
| 2011 | Touring Car Masters (Class C) | 11th | Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop | Speed FX Racing |
| 2013 | Australian Production Car Championship | 5th | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Pro-Duct Racing |
| 2013 | Touring Car Masters | 26th | Ford XY Falcon GT | Falcon Fire Protection |
| 2015 | Touring Car Masters (Pro Masters Class) | 7th | Ford Mustang | Thunder Road Racing Australia |
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 |  Peter Jackson Nissan Racing |
Nissan Skyline RS DR30 | MNZ | JAR | DIJ | NUR | SPA | BNO | SIL | BAT ovr:2 cls:2 |
CLD ovr:5 cls:2 |
WEL Ret |
FJI | NC | 0 |
† Not eligible for series points
Complete Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing |
Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R | BAT Ret |
WEL | PUK | FJI | NC | 0 |
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
Complete Sandown 500 results
External links
References
- ↑ McHugh Motorsport Media Release. "Australian Champ Taking on America". Speedway Sedans Australia. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Mark Skaife |
Winner of the Australian Touring Car Championship 1993 |
Succeeded by Mark Skaife |
| Preceded by Craig Lowndes |
Winner of the Australian Touring Car Championship 1997 |
Succeeded by Craig Lowndes |