2012 Australian Touring Car Masters Series
The 2012 Australian Touring Car Masters Series was an Australian motor racing competition for modified Touring Cars. The series was open to cars manufactured between 1 January 1963 and 31 December 1973 and to specific models manufactured between 1 January 1974 and 31 December 1976. It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Series with Australian Classic Touring Cars Pty Ltd appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager. The series was the sixth annual Touring Car Masters.
John Bowe won Class A - Outright and Chris Stillwell won Class B - Pro Sportsman.
Calendar
The series was contested over eight rounds.| Round | Circuit | Date | Format | Round winner | Car |
| 1 | Adelaide Parklands | 4 March | Three races | John Bowe | Ford Mustang |
| 2 | Phillip Island | 27 May | Three races | Gavin Bullas | Ford Boss Mustang |
| 3 | Hidden Valley | 17 June | Three races | John Bowe | Ford Mustang |
| 4 | Queensland Raceway | 5 August | Three races | John Bowe | Ford Mustang |
| 5 | Sydney Motorsport Park | 2 September | Three races | John Bowe | Ford Mustang |
| 6 | Sandown | 16 September | Three races | Jim Richards | AMC Javelin |
| 7 | Mount Panorama | 7 October | Three races | Brad Tilley | Ford XY Falcon GTHO |
| 8 | Sandown | 25 November | Three races | John Bowe | Ford Mustang |
Note: The results for each round of the Series were determined by the number of points scored by each driver in each Class at the round.
Classes & points system
Each competing car was classified into one of two classes.Series points were awarded on the following basis within each class at each race.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th |
| Points | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
The driver gaining the highest points total from his/her best seven round results was declared the winner of that class.
Any points scored by a driver within a class were not transferred if that driver changed classes.