1991 Australian Sports Sedan Championship

The 1991 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title[1] open to Sports Sedans. It was the 7th Australian Sports Sedan Championship and the first to be awarded since 1981.[1] The championship was won by Greg Crick driving a Honda Prelude Chevrolet.[2]

Calendar

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The championship was contested over a fourteen round series with one race per round.[3]

Round[3] Circuit[3] State Date[3] Winning driver[3] Car[3][2]
1 Sandown Victoria 19 May Domenic Beninca Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV
2 Sandown Victoria 19 May Domenic Beninca Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV
3 Eastern Creek New South Wales 26 May Mick Monterosso Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
4 Eastern Creek New South Wales 26 May Mick Monterosso Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
5 Eastern Creek New South Wales 21 July Mick Monterosso Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
6 Eastern Creek New South Wales 21 July Mick Monterosso Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
7 Mallala South Australia 4 August Mick Monterosso Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
8 Mallala South Australia 4 August Greg Crick Honda Prelude Chevrolet
9 Eastern Creek New South Wales 25 August Greg Crick Honda Prelude Chevrolet
10 Eastern Creek New South Wales 25 August Kerry Baily Toyota Celica Supra Chevrolet
11 Lakeside Queensland 15 September Mick Monterosso Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
12 Lakeside Queensland 15 September Des Wall Toyota Supra Chevrolet
13 Eastern Creek New South Wales 29 September Greg Crick Honda Prelude Chevrolet
14 Eastern Creek New South Wales 29 September Greg Crick Honda Prelude Chevrolet

Points system

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Championship points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten places at each round.[3]

Results

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        Sandown Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Mallala Eastern Creek Lakeside Eastern Creek  
Position Driver[3] No. Car[3][2] R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Total[3]
1 Greg Crick 12 Honda Prelude Chevrolet 15 - 15 20 15 12 6 20 20 - 10 5 20 20 178
2 Mick Monterosso 69 Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet - 8 20 - 20 20 20 15 - - 20 7.5 15 - 145.5
3 Des Wall 48 Toyota Supra Chevrolet 10 12 3 6 6 15 10 - 15 12 15 10 6 10 130
4 Kerry Baily 28 Toyota Celica Supra Chevrolet - - - - 10 6 - - 12 20 12 4 10 15 89
5 Brian Smith 5 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Chevrolet 8 - 12 10 8 8 12 10 - 2 - - 8 8 86
6 Domenic Beninca 52 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV 20 20 6 - 12 - 15 8 - - - - - - 81
7 Gary Scott 8 Jaguar XJS 6 4 10 15 - - - - - 15 - 6 12 12 80
8 Keith Carling 14 Mazda RX-7 Nissan
Holden Commodore Chevrolet
- 15 8 - - - 4 6 - - - - - - 33
= Barry Jameson 45 Ford EA Falcon Chevrolet 12 - 2 - 3 3 - - 10 - - - - 3 33
10 Bob Jolly 3 Holden VK Commodore Chevrolet - - 4 8 - - 8 12 - - - - - - 32
11 Ian Luff 13 Holden VN Commodore Chevrolet - - - - 4 4 - - - 10 - - 4 4 26
12 Graham Neilsen 15 Mazda RX-7 - - - - 2 2 - - 8 8 3 0.5 - - 23.5
13 Terry Shiel 11 Mazda RX-7 - - 1 12 - 10 - - - - - - - - 23
14 Jeff Barnes 6 Chevrolet Monza - - - - - - - - - - 8 3 - 6 17
15 Robin Doherty 9 Ford XB Falcon Chevrolet 4 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - 14
16 Ken Nelson 81 Rover Vitesse - - - - - - - - 6 4 2 1 - - 13
17 David Attard 84 Datsun 1600 - - - - - - - - 4 6 - - - - 10
18 Tino Leo 85 Holden HQ Monaro Chevrolet 2 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 8
= John White 65 Chevrolet Monza - - - - - - - - - - 6 2 - - 8
20 Shawn Donnelly 25 Holden Commodore - - - 3 - - - - - - - - 2 1 6
= John Cook 20 Mazda RX-7 - - - - - - 3 3 - - - - - - 6
= Noel Davis 64 Holden Commodore - - - - - - - - 3 3 - - - - 6
23 Terry Skene 24 Holden VH Commodore - - - - - - - - - - 4 1.5 - - 5.5
24 Garry McFadyen 93 Holden Torana - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 2 5
25 Tony Hubbard 26 Holden VP Commodore Chevrolet 1 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
= Bob Tindal 49 Holden VL Commodore Chevrolet - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - 4
= Cos Monterosso 2 Holden VP Commodore Chevrolet - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - 4
28 Laurie Attard 71 Ford Capri Chevrolet 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3
= Mike Griffin 21 Mazda RX-7 - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - 1 - 3
= Lee Nicolle 10 Holden LJ Torana Chevrolet - - - - - - 2 1 - - - - - - 3
= James Rosenberg 38 Holden LH Torana - - - - - - 1 2 - - - - - - 3
32 Laurie Nelson 29 Ford Mustang - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
= Bill Harris 92 Holden Torana - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2
= Rodney Brown 98 Holden EH - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2
35 Hugh Harrison 46 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
= Les Butler 56 Holden Commodore - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1
= Ettore Vosolo 77 Toyota Celica - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1

Note:

  • The above table reflects the points awarded to each driver at each round as shown in Australian Motor Racing Year 1991/92 on pages 302 & 303. The final points listing shown on page 303 varies slightly from this.
  • There were only nine finishers at Rounds 9 and 10.[3]
  • Round 12 at Lakeside was stopped due to an accident[2] and only half points were awarded.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Records Titles & Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
  2. ^ a b c d Power with Glory, Australian Sports Sedan Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1991/92, pages 216-231
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 1991 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1991/92, pages 302-303