Supertourism or Tourism-1600 is a former touring car racing

Touring car racing

Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct auto racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars. It is notably popular in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Scandinavia and Britain.-Characteristics of a touring car:...

 series held in Russia

Russia

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 in 1995-2003.

History

Series starts in USSR in 1960s

1960s

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 as A-1600. Base cars were VAZ-2101

VAZ-2101

The VAZ-2101 is a compact car, sedan, produced by VAZ and introduced in 1970. VAZ had been founded in the mid-1960s as a collaboration between Fiat and the Soviet government, and the 2101 was its first product...

 and Lada Riva

Lada Riva

The VAZ-2105, VAZ-2104 and VAZ-2107 are a series of medium-sized family cars built by Russian car manufacturer AvtoVAZ, introduced in 1980 in the Soviet Union, and progressively in other European markets through the early 1980s and sold in both saloon and estate versions...

. In late 1980s

1980s

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-early 1990s

1990s

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 it was the main touring series of USSR with base car Lada Samara

Lada Samara

The Lada Samara or VAZ-2108 is an economy car produced by Soviet/Russian vehicle manufacturer AvtoVAZ's Lada brand, from 1984 until 2004. The brand name Samara originally was used only for exported models, in Russia the same model was called "Sputnik" , until 1991, when the sedan version of Samara...

. After USSR dissolution series was abandoned.

In 1995 series was relaunched as Tourism-1600 with status Championship of Russia. Championship regulations was similar Super Touring but with 1600cc engines. In 1999 championship joined Lada and in 2001 IZh manufacturers teams. In 2001 series was renamed to Supertourism. But budget and technical race of leaders reduced number of teams. After 2003 season 2 lead teams (Lada and Lukoil Racing) left championship. Series was closed.

Champions

Season	Championship			ASPAS Cup
	Drivers' Champion	Car	Teams' Champion	Drivers' Champion	Car	Teams' Champion
2003	Alexey Dudukalo Alexey Dudukalo -Career:Dudukalo started his racing career in 1995 in autocross racing. Five years later he switched to single-seaters. Dudukalo competed in Russian Formula 1600, where he was third in 2004...	Lada 21103 Lada 110 The Lada 110 is a Russian sedan car built by AvtoVAZ since 1995. It also spawned two close derivatives - the 111 estate and 112 hatchback...	Lukoil Racing Lukoil Racing Lukoil Racing team is the leading Russian motorsport organization; its operations including management, driver training and support, engineering expertise and a quality technical environment, which enables continuous development, building, testing and race preparation.-Racing team:Team was created...	-	-	-
2002	Alberto Scilla	Lada 21103 Lada 110 The Lada 110 is a Russian sedan car built by AvtoVAZ since 1995. It also spawned two close derivatives - the 111 estate and 112 hatchback...	Lukoil Racing Lukoil Racing Lukoil Racing team is the leading Russian motorsport organization; its operations including management, driver training and support, engineering expertise and a quality technical environment, which enables continuous development, building, testing and race preparation.-Racing team:Team was created...	-	-	-
2001	Alberto Scilla	Lada 21103 Lada 110 The Lada 110 is a Russian sedan car built by AvtoVAZ since 1995. It also spawned two close derivatives - the 111 estate and 112 hatchback...	Lukoil Racing Lukoil Racing Lukoil Racing team is the leading Russian motorsport organization; its operations including management, driver training and support, engineering expertise and a quality technical environment, which enables continuous development, building, testing and race preparation.-Racing team:Team was created...	-	-	-
2000	Alexey Vasilyev Alexey Vasilyev (racing driver) Alexey Vasilyev is a Russian auto racing driver.-Career summary:-Complete A1 Grand Prix results: -External links:*...	Honda Civic Honda Civic The Honda Civic is a line of subcompact and subsequently compact cars made and manufactured by Honda. The Civic, along with the Accord and Prelude, comprised Honda's vehicles sold in North America until the 1990s, when the model lineup was expanded...	TNK Racing	-	-	-
1999	Nikolay Mezentsev	Lada 21083 Lada Samara The Lada Samara or VAZ-2108 is an economy car produced by Soviet/Russian vehicle manufacturer AvtoVAZ's Lada brand, from 1984 until 2004. The brand name Samara originally was used only for exported models, in Russia the same model was called "Sputnik" , until 1991, when the sedan version of Samara...	Lukoil Racing Lukoil Racing Lukoil Racing team is the leading Russian motorsport organization; its operations including management, driver training and support, engineering expertise and a quality technical environment, which enables continuous development, building, testing and race preparation.-Racing team:Team was created...	-	-	-
1998	Alexey Glebov	Honda Civic Honda Civic The Honda Civic is a line of subcompact and subsequently compact cars made and manufactured by Honda. The Civic, along with the Accord and Prelude, comprised Honda's vehicles sold in North America until the 1990s, when the model lineup was expanded...	Nevskoe koltso	Vladimir Cherevan	Lada 21083 Lada Samara The Lada Samara or VAZ-2108 is an economy car produced by Soviet/Russian vehicle manufacturer AvtoVAZ's Lada brand, from 1984 until 2004. The brand name Samara originally was used only for exported models, in Russia the same model was called "Sputnik" , until 1991, when the sedan version of Samara...	Lukoil Racing Lukoil Racing Lukoil Racing team is the leading Russian motorsport organization; its operations including management, driver training and support, engineering expertise and a quality technical environment, which enables continuous development, building, testing and race preparation.-Racing team:Team was created...
1997	Alexey Vasilyev Alexey Vasilyev (racing driver) Alexey Vasilyev is a Russian auto racing driver.-Career summary:-Complete A1 Grand Prix results: -External links:*...	Lada 21083 Lada Samara The Lada Samara or VAZ-2108 is an economy car produced by Soviet/Russian vehicle manufacturer AvtoVAZ's Lada brand, from 1984 until 2004. The brand name Samara originally was used only for exported models, in Russia the same model was called "Sputnik" , until 1991, when the sedan version of Samara...	Miller Pilot	Alexey Vasilyev Alexey Vasilyev (racing driver) Alexey Vasilyev is a Russian auto racing driver.-Career summary:-Complete A1 Grand Prix results: -External links:*...	Lada 21083 Lada Samara The Lada Samara or VAZ-2108 is an economy car produced by Soviet/Russian vehicle manufacturer AvtoVAZ's Lada brand, from 1984 until 2004. The brand name Samara originally was used only for exported models, in Russia the same model was called "Sputnik" , until 1991, when the sedan version of Samara...	Lukoil Racing Lukoil Racing Lukoil Racing team is the leading Russian motorsport organization; its operations including management, driver training and support, engineering expertise and a quality technical environment, which enables continuous development, building, testing and race preparation.-Racing team:Team was created...
1996	Alexey Vasilyev Alexey Vasilyev (racing driver) Alexey Vasilyev is a Russian auto racing driver.-Career summary:-Complete A1 Grand Prix results: -External links:*...	Lada 21083 Lada Samara The Lada Samara or VAZ-2108 is an economy car produced by Soviet/Russian vehicle manufacturer AvtoVAZ's Lada brand, from 1984 until 2004. The brand name Samara originally was used only for exported models, in Russia the same model was called "Sputnik" , until 1991, when the sedan version of Samara...		Andrey Ryzhov	Lada 21083 Lada Samara The Lada Samara or VAZ-2108 is an economy car produced by Soviet/Russian vehicle manufacturer AvtoVAZ's Lada brand, from 1984 until 2004. The brand name Samara originally was used only for exported models, in Russia the same model was called "Sputnik" , until 1991, when the sedan version of Samara...
1995	Mikhail Tarakanov	Toyota Corolla Toyota Corolla The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact and compact cars manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the best selling nameplate in the world, with over 35 million...		Andrey Ryzhov	Lada 21083 Lada Samara The Lada Samara or VAZ-2108 is an economy car produced by Soviet/Russian vehicle manufacturer AvtoVAZ's Lada brand, from 1984 until 2004. The brand name Samara originally was used only for exported models, in Russia the same model was called "Sputnik" , until 1991, when the sedan version of Samara...

External links

• Lukoil Racing Supertourism history
• Autoreview newspaper archive