Glenn Seton

Glenn Michael 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.

Career

Early career Growing up in south-west Sydney, Seton had a successful karting career before switching to cars after a heavy crash at Oran Park Raceway aged 17. 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. Seton, who had driven a memorable stint on slick tyres in wet conditions, and Bowe were in a strong position behind the later-disqualified Eggenberger Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500s until a safety car delayed them. Post-season, Seton also competed at Suzuka Circuit in the final round of the 1987 Japanese Touring Car Championship with Anders Olofsson, finishing in fourth place. It was Seton's only major race outside Australasia.

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 Sierras. 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. In addition to this, Seton reunited with George Fury to win the 1990 Sandown 500 which contributed to winning the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship.

Approaching the new Group 3A regulations developed for 1993, GSR was one of the teams to develop a new V8 engine Ford Falcon (EB). The team ran the Falcons at the season-ending endurance races in 1992, where Seton became the first driver to put a Falcon into the top-ten 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. In this period from 1993 to 1997, Seton finished in the top three of the championship in each year.

Between 1999 and 2001, the team received increased funding from Ford Australia and was rebranded as Ford Tickford Racing. The team ran two cars in this period, first for Neil Crompton and then for Steven Richards but had limited success on track. Seton won his final solo championship race at Winton Motor Raceway in 2000, only losing the overall round victory after slipping off the track on oil in the final race.

Seton moved from Ford and joined his childhood friend, and old Nissan teammate, Mark Skaife's Holden Racing Team squad in the 2007 and 2008 endurance races. This marked the first times in Seton's career to drive a Holden. 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 for Kelly Racing in 2010.

Later career After retiring from full-time driving, Seton completed in multiple seasons of Touring Car Masters, including finally winning his first race victory at Bathurst in 2011.

In 2013, Seton won the 2013 Great Southern 4 Hour, sharing a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 with Bob Pearson.

Personal life

Seton, with ex-wife Jayne, is father of Courtney and Aaron Seton, the latter of whom has also embarked on a racing career and now works as a mechanic for Dick Johnson Racing. Seton grew up in Moorebank in south-west Sydney before moving to Melbourne to work on the Nissan programme with his father. Seton would later move to the Gold Coast in 2004 where he currently resides.

Career results

The Ford Falcon (BA) in which Seton contested the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series for Ford Performance Racing. Pictured in 2018 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 Australian Endurance Championship 12th South Pacific Touring Car Championship 8th 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 Australian Drivers' Championship 14th Ralt RT4 Nissan Dave Thompson 1989 Australian Touring Car Championship 7th Ford Sierra RS500 Glenn Seton Racing 1990 Australian Touring Car Championship 7th Ford Sierra RS500 Glenn Seton Racing Australian Endurance Championship 1st 1991 Australian Touring Car Championship 4th Ford Sierra RS500 Glenn Seton Racing 1992 Australian Touring Car Championship 5th Ford Sierra RS500 Glenn Seton Racing 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship 1st Ford Falcon EB Glenn Seton Racing 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship 2nd Ford Falcon EB Glenn Seton Racing 1995 Australian Touring Car Championship 2nd Ford Falcon EF Glenn Seton Racing 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship 3rd Ford Falcon EF Glenn Seton Racing 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship 1st Ford Falcon EL Glenn Seton Racing 1998 Australian Touring Car Championship 6th Ford Falcon EL Glenn Seton Racing 1999 Shell Championship Series 4th Ford Falcon AU Glenn Seton Racing 2000 Shell Championship Series 5th Ford Falcon AU Glenn Seton Racing 2001 Shell Championship Series 16th Ford Falcon AU Glenn Seton Racing 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 24th Ford Falcon (AU) Glenn Seton Racing 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 15th Ford Falcon (AU)Ford Falcon BA Ford Performance Racing 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 15th Ford Falcon BA Ford Performance Racing 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 15th Ford Falcon BA Dick Johnson Racing 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 35th Ford Falcon BA Stone Brothers Racing 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 38th Holden Commodore VE Holden Racing Team 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 52nd Holden Commodore VE Holden Racing Team 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 61st Holden Commodore VE Kelly Racing 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 2012 Australian Touring Car Masters Series (Class A) 27th Ford XY Falcon GTHO Falcon Fire Protection 2013 Australian Production Car Championship 5th Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Pro-Duct Racing 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

Supercars Championship results (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 DR30 RS MNZ JAR DIJ NUR SPA BNO SIL BATovr:2cls:2 CLDovr:5cls:2 WEL 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 WEL PUK FJI NC 0

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Glenn Seton and Craig Lowndes placed second in the 2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 driving this Ford Falcon (BA) for Ford Performance Racing. The image was taken in 2018. Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 1983 Barry Seton Barry Seton Ford Capri Mk.III B 134 DNF DNF 1984 Nissan Motor Co. Christine Gibson Nissan Pulsar EXA Group C 76 DNF DNF 1986 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing George Fury Nissan Skyline DR30 RS B 114 DNF DNF 1987 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing John Bowe Nissan Skyline DR30 RS 1 157 2nd 2nd 1988 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Anders Olofsson Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R A 0 DNF DNF 1989 Peter Jackson Racing John Goss Tony Noske Ford Sierra RS500 A 140 20th 17th Tony Noske Alain Ferté Ford Sierra RS500 A 92 DNF DNF 1990 Peter Jackson Racing Drew Price Ford Sierra RS500 1 77 DNF DNF 1991 Peter Jackson Racing Gregg Hansford Ford Sierra RS500 1 146 9th 8th 1992 Peter Jackson Racing Alan Jones Ford Falcon (EB) A 84 DNF DNF 1993 Peter Jackson Racing Alan Jones Ford Falcon (EB) A 147 DNF DNF 1994 Peter Jackson Racing Paul Radisich Ford Falcon (EB) A 82 DNF DNF 1995 Peter Jackson Racing David Parsons Ford Falcon (EF) 152 DNF DNF 1996 Ford Credit Racing David Parsons Ford Falcon (EF) 152 15th 15th 1997 Ford Credit Racing David Parsons Ford Falcon (EL) L1 121 DNF DNF 1998 Ford Credit Racing Neil Crompton Ford Falcon (EL) OC 160 5th 5th 1999 Ford Tickford Racing Neil Crompton Ford Falcon (AU) 161 5th 5th 2000 Ford Tickford Racing Neil Crompton Ford Falcon (AU) 158 13th 13th 2001 Ford Tickford Racing Steven Richards Ford Falcon (AU) 161 9th 9th 2002 Ford Tickford Racing David Besnard Owen Kelly Ford Falcon (AU) 102 DNF DNF 2003 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon (BA) 161 2nd 2nd 2004 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon (BA) 161 2nd 2nd 2005 Dick Johnson Racing Dean Canto Ford Falcon (BA) 158 9th 9th 2006 Stone Brothers Racing James Courtney Ford Falcon (BA) 161 3rd 3rd 2007 Holden Racing Team Nathan Pretty Holden Commodore (VE) 161 11th 11th 2008 Holden Racing Team Craig Baird Holden Commodore (VE) 146 DNF DNF 2010 Kelly Racing Jason Bargwanna Holden Commodore (VE) 132 DNF DNF

Complete Sandown 500 results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 1986 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing George Fury Nissan Skyline DR30 RS B 129 1st 1st 1987 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing John Bowe Nissan Skyline DR30 RS B 86 DNF DNF 1988 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Anders Olofsson Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R A 1 DNF DNF 1989 Peter Jackson Racing John Goss Ford Sierra RS500 A 159 4th 4th 1990 Peter Jackson Racing George Fury Ford Sierra RS500 Div.1 161 1st 1st 1991 Peter Jackson Racing Gregg Hansford Ford Sierra RS500 A 146 DNF DNF 1992 Peter Jackson Racing Alan Jones Ford Falcon (EB) 3A 18 DNF DNF 1993 Peter Jackson Racing Alan Jones Ford Falcon (EB) V8 124 DNF DNF 1994 Peter Jackson Racing Paul Radisich Ford Falcon (EB) V8 158 9th 9th 1995 Peter Jackson Racing Allan Grice Ford Falcon (EF) 161 2nd 2nd 1996 Ford Credit Racing David Parsons Ford Falcon (EF) 161 2nd 2nd 1997 Ford Credit Racing David Parsons Ford Falcon (EL) 150 11th 11th 1998 Ford Credit Racing Neil Crompton Ford Falcon (EL) OC 145 4th 4th 2003 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon (BA) 139 16th 16th 2004 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon (BA) 152 18th 18th 2005 Dick Johnson Racing Dean Canto Ford Falcon (BA) 159 12th 12th 2006 Stone Brothers Racing James Courtney Ford Falcon (BA) 160 9th 9th 2007 Holden Racing Team Tony Longhurst Holden Commodore (VE) 160 13th 13th