1979 Australian Touring Car Championship

[1] It began at Symmons Plains and ended at Adelaide International Raceway after eight rounds.

[2] The title, which was the 20th Australian Touring Car Championship,[3] was won by Bob Morris driving a Holden Torana.

[2] 1979 was the first time since the ATCC went to a championship series in 1969 rather than the single race it had been previously that a single make and model car had won all rounds of the championship with all 8 rounds being won by the Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback.

Including the current season (2016), such a single car domination has only happened once since in the series, that being when the Ford Sierra RS500 won all rounds of the 1988 championship.

[4] The following teams and drivers competed in the 1979 Australian Touring Car Championship.