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           NATALIE'S
       GLENN SETON
       RACING PAGE

Natalie's Glenn Seton Site was going to be removed & replaced by some other Motor Racing pages, but I have decided since I now have an extra 4Mb to play with I will just leave them as they are, but they may not be updated for the 1998 Season.

Look here for a Castrol Cougars Page soon.

My name is Natalie and I am 25 years old. I have been following the Touring Car Racing for the last 10 years. I live in Brisbane so the only tracks I get to go to is Lakeside and The Gold Coast Indy Grand Prix. I've been following Glenn Seton all this time and I think he is the best driver out there. I cant wait for the day he wins Bathurst. I have taken millions of photos and as I manage to have them scanned I will put them onto my page.

While I was at Lakeside I showed Glenn a printout of my Web Pages. He thought they were good and he told me that his own official Web Site would be up and running within the next month or so. Something all of us Glenn Seton supporters would be looking forward to.

BORN:              5/5/65, Liverpool, NSW
BIRTH SIGN:        Taurus
HEIGHT:            176 cm
WEIGHT:            76 Kg
MARITAL STATUS:    Married Jayne on 11/06/94
TO RELAX:          Water sports and
                   going to movies
GOALS:             To win Bathurst
AMBITION:          To win every race
FIRST RACE:        Oran Park 1982 in a
                   Ford Capri
FAVORITE RACE:     Bathurst
FAVORITE DRINK:    Fresh orange juice
FAVORITE ROAD CAR: EB Fairmont Ghia
FAVORITE MUSIC:    Tommy Emmanuel and John Farnham
FAVORITE FOODS:    Baked dinner, lemon chicken,
                   health food, corned beef and
                   white sauce
BEST DRIVER IN THE SPORT: The late Aryton Senna
BIGGEST THRILL IN RACING: Winning the 1993 Australian Touring Car 
                          Championship
FAVORITE CIRCUIT:         Australia - Phillip Island
                          Overseas - Suzuka, Japan
RACING RECORD:            Started racing karts 1979 age 14, cars 1982 age 17
PET DISLIKES:             Arrogant people, politics in motor sport

Ford Credit racing driver and team owner, Glenn Seton was introduced to motor racing as a 5 month old baby at Bathurst, that was in 1965 when his father, Barry Seton, raced a ford cortina to victory in Australia's premier touring car race on the Mt Panorama circuit.

After a somewhat unique introduction to motor racing, Glenn followed a more conventional entry into competition. At the age of 14, Glenn began racing in go-kart events. Glenn quickly served notice of his ability on 4 wheels by finishing runner-up in the Australian junior go-kart championships in 1980 an again in 1981.

In 1982 Glenn made his motor racing debut driving a ford capri to class victories in the Australian endurance championship rounds at Amaroo Park, Oran Park, and Surfers Paradise.

In 1983 he made his debut at Bathurst in the ford capri. In 1984 Glenn was employed by Nissan and raced a pulsar successfully for 2 years.

His career leaped ahead in 1986 when he was provided with opportunities behind the wheel of a group A Nissan Skyline. He made his debut in the Australian touring car championship in 1986 finishing 2nd at Wanneroo and Calder. He also won the Sandown and Calder rounds of the Australian Endurance Championship.

In 1987 Glenn finished 2nd in the Australian Touring Car Championship and 2nd in the James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst. In 1988 he had a moderate year with Nissan and towards the end of the year (November 28) they commenced operations in a new workshop in Dandenong, Melbourne. In 1989 he formed Peter Jackson Racing to drive a turbo charged Ford Sierra.

During Glenn's first year as Team owner, in 1989, he was frustrated by mechanical problems and mishaps. These included his machine being destroyed in the four car pile-up during the dramatic ATCC round at Lakeside. Glenn's first year with his own team earned plenty of points for presentation and pace but good results were relatively few.

After serving a tough apprenticeship in 1989 Glenn's results improved in 1990 when he won the Sandown 500 and finished 2nd in the Nissan 500 at Eastern Creek to clinch the Australian endurance championship title. He signed up Peter Fowler as the new Team Manager. His role was to free Glenn to concentrate on driving and his father, Bo, to continue engine development on the Peter Jackson Team's three Ford Sierra's.

In 1991 he finished equal 4th in the ATCC series and was the leading ford sierra driver.

Brisbane racer Wayne Park has joined the team for the 92 season in the 2nd sierra. He will continue with the team until the conclusion of the endurance races in which he will share a sierra with David Parsons. The opening touring car event in Australia in 1992 was the Winfield Triple Challenge at Eastern Creek in January, where Glenn won both heats in his Peter Jackson Racing ford sierra. He completed 1992 by finishing 5th overall in the ATCC. Alan Jones quit Tony Longhurst's team to drive for Glenn in the coming endurance races. Alan will also be driving the 2nd falcon in the 1993 ATCC. During 1992 Glenn also over saw development of the new Peter Jackson Racing ford falcon which made its race debut in the Sandown 500. He also raced the machine at Bathurst.

Glenn began 1993 by winning the Winfield Triple Challenge event at Eastern Creek for the 2nd successive year, it's obvious that after 4 years of driving the sierras Glenn is enjoying his racing more in the new falcon. He continued his form in the ATCC series, with 3rd in the opening round at Amaroo before taking the lead in the championship by winning round 3 at Phillip Island. He continued his winning form to take his FIRST ATCC. Glenn also won the 2nd round at Pukekohe, New Zealand in a 2 litre ford mondeo with driver Paul Rasdisich. Alan Jones was driving for the team this year and will continue with them until the end of 1995 when the ban on tobacco sponsorship in sport will bring to an end Glenn's current deal with Phillip Morris.

Glenn's car appeared for the first time sporting a change from his traditional No 30 to No 1 as the mark of a defending champion. In 1994 Glenn's form was good but Mark Skaife was doing a fantastic job. It was Glenn's equipment that let him down, mechanical failures robbing him of big points. Glenn finished 2nd scoring 6 victories. In June 11 1994 another highlight in Glenn's life was his marriage to Jayne Atkinson at 'Monbulk' in the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne. Bathurst was looking good, Glenn had a dream lead-up. He was the fastest qualifier, took pole position and survived the early rain storm. He was well placed on the lead lap looking after the car when an engine problem (broken rocker) intervened.

In 1995 Glenn should have finished the Shell Series with something a little better than second. Glenn was behind the 8 ball due to a couple of early failures, although his late series charge had John Bowe worried. The choice of a $30,000 bonus or the fully restored 1965 cortina which his father, Bo, drove to win Bathurst in '65 was a promotional gimmick which was based on a collection of coincidences which included that he drives car no 30, he was 30 years of age and his father won Bathurst in the cortina 30 years ago. A Bathurst win was so close and having the teams 2nd car finish 2nd was little consolation, particularly with the sponsorship dramas circulating at the time. After rumors of sponsorship coming from McDonalds or Miller Beer, Glenn secured his racing future on Christmas Eve by signing a deal with Ford Credit. Glenn couldn't guarantee his team mate Alan Jones a drive in the 96 season so AJ left the team taking the Phillip Morris sponsorship with him in the form of Pack Leader Racing. After experiencing some of the highest highs and lowest lows in touring car racing together over the last 7 years Glenn and his father parted company. Adding to the highs in Glenn's life was the birth of his first child, daughter Courtney in November.

In 1996 Glenn's falcon appeared for the first time in the new colours of Ford Credit being his new sponsor. His team was also down sized to one car. This year John Sidney prepared Glenn's engines as his father Bo was bought out of the team by Glenn. Bo would be still working out of Glenn's workshop, although he is planning a move back to Sydney. On the racing side 96 was a tough year for Glenn. He only won 3 of the 30 shell series heats and finished 3rd overall. He failed to win a single ATCC round spending much of his ontrack time charging back through the field after various early mishaps.

With a new engine program, a new fitness program and a burning desire to repeat his 1993 title year, Glenn is looking forward to his 1997 racing year. Glenn's brought his engine back in-house under the direction of long-term employee Scotty Owen. Glenn's form so far this year has been excellent. Glenn's outright victories at Sandown & Eastern Creek have given him a handy lead past the half way mark of the championship. An unfortunate mishap at Lakeside has decreased his lead to just 8 points. Glenn's bid for the Championship almost disappeared at Wanneroo after a wild crash at high speed during Saturday afternoon practice. In both races Glenn was involved in startline incidents which damaged the airdams and cost many placings. At Mallala Glenn had to stay in front of Ingall and Bowe to stay in the lead, this he did successfully taking 3rd for the day. Going into the final round with a 4 point lead, Glenn was under a lot of pressure. The Championship was Glenn's when Ingall backed his commodore into the barriers at the start of the 2nd heat and Bowe was struck by engine problems which kept his falcon in the pits for the last race. Glenn finished 2nd overall for the day and became the 1997 AUSTRALIAN TOURING CAR CHAMPION.

LINK TO MY MOTOR RACING STATS PAGE
LINK TO MY GLENN SETON PHOTO GALLERY PAGE
LINK TO MY GLENN SETON CRASHES PAGE
LINK TO ASHLEY'S HOME PAGE Gold Coast Indy, Software, Links & more.

Glenn Seton Racing's Official Home Page (Live Pit Photo's of DJR's Pit Crew)
LINK TO PRIMUS 1000 HOME PAGE (1997)
LINK TO BATHURST HOME PAGE (1996)
LINK TO A COMPLETE S.A.T.C.C. PAGE

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And YES! I did create the Animated Gif of Glenn's Car. Hope you like it!

Copyright © 1997 Natalie.
This Page was created on Sunday, April 13, 1997
Most recent revision Sunday, February 1, 1998