1994 Australian Production Car Championship

The 1994 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to Group 3E Series Production Cars.[1] It was the eighth Australian Production Car Championship[2] and the first to be restricted to front wheel drive cars with an engine capacity of under 2.5 litres.[3] The championship was won by South Australian Phil Morriss, driving a Nissan Pulsar SSS.[4]

Calendar edit

The title was contested over a six round series with two races per round.[5]

Round[5] Circuit[5] State Date[5]
1 Amaroo Park New South Wales 27 February
2 Lakeside Queensland 24 April
3 Winton Victoria 5 May
4 Eastern Creek New South Wales 5 June
5 Mallala South Australia 25 June
6 Oran Park New South Wales 24 July

Points system edit

Championship points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top ten finishers in each race.

A separate Class B award was open to drivers of Group 3E cars of up to 1.6 litre engine capacity, with points awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six Class B finishers in each race.

Results edit

Position[4] Driver[4][6] No.[4][7] Car[5] Entrant[7] Amaroo Lakeside Winton Eastern Ck Mallala Oran Pk Total[4]
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Phil Morriss 5 Nissan Pulsar SSS 20 20 6 10 20 20 10 15 20 20 10 - 171
2 Murray Carter 18 Nissan Pulsar SSS Murray Carter 12 15 20 - 12 12 20 20 12 15 6 12 156
3 Tony Scott 8 Volvo 850GLT Volvo Cars Australia 2 4 15 20 2 4 12 6 15 6 1 4 91
4 Warren Rush 36 Nissan Pulsar SSS Procar Racing 15 3 12 15 10 8 - - - - 12 10 85
5 Mark Brame 42 Suzuki Swift GTi Mark Brame 6 6 1 1 15 15 8 8 10 10 - 1 81
6 Gary Quartly Nissan Pulsar SSS 10 8 - - - - 15 12 - - 15 20 80
7 Brian Callaghan 43 Toyota Corolla GTi Brian Callaghan - - 4 3 8 6 6 4 4 4 3 6 48
8 Bevan Purcell Nissan Pintara TRX 3 10 8 12 4 3 1 - - - 4 2 47
9 Harry Bargwanna 97 Nissan Pulsar SSS Larry King Motorsport 8 12 - - - - - - 6 12 - 3 41
10 Phil Alexander 35 Nissan Pulsar SSS Procar Racing - - 2 4 - - - - - - 20 15 41
11 Kevin Burton Nissan Pulsar SSS - 2 10 8 - - 2 1 - - 2 8 33
12 Phil Kirkham 7 Mazda 626 Rebound Sportswear - - - - 6 10 - - 3 8 - - 27
13 Chris Wiles Ford Laser TX3 - - - - - - 4 10 - - - - 14
14 Milton Leslight Peugeot 405 MI15 - - - 6 - 2 3 2 - - - - 13
15 Ryan McLeod Citroen BX16 4 - - - - - - - - - 8 - 12
16 Matt Lehmann 14 Nissan Pulsar SSS Matt Lehmann - - - - 1 - - - 8 3 - - 12
17 Colin Osborne 13 Toyota Corolla GTi Colin Osborne - 1 3 2 - 1 - - 2 1 - - 10
18 Lucianno Iezzi 27 Toyota Corolla Colin Osborne - - - - 3 - - - 1 2 - - 6
19 Andrej Pavicevic Suzuki Swift - - - - - - - 3 - - - - 3
20 Chris Kousparis Nissan Pulsar SSS 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Class B : Under 1600cc
1 Mark Brame 42 Suzuki Swift GTi Mark Brame 9 9 4 4 9 9 9 9 9 9 6 6 92
2 Brian Callaghan 43 Toyota Corolla GTi Brian Callaghan 4 4 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 80
3 Colin Osborne 13 Toyota Corolla GTi Colin Osborne 6 6 6 6 3 4 3 3 4 3 2 2 48
4 Luciano Iezzi 27 Toyota Corolla Colin Osborne 3 2 2 2 4 - 2 2 3 4 3 4 31
5 Denis Cribben 1 1 3 3 2 3 1 1 - - 1 1 17
6 Andrej Pavicevic Suzuki Swift - - - - - - 4 4 - - 4 3 15
7 Paul Wilkin 2 3 - - - - - - - - - - 5
8 Gwenda Searle - - - - 1 2 - - - - - - 3

References edit

  1. ^ Australian Title Conditions, 1994 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 164-165
  2. ^ Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
  3. ^ To The Front (Wheel Drive), March!, Australian Production Car Championship, Official Programme, Mallala, June 26th, 1994, pages 76 to 78
  4. ^ a b c d e It's a Morriss, Australian Production Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1994/95, pages 200-204
  5. ^ a b c d e Australian Production Car Championship (race results), Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1994/95, page 288
  6. ^ PROCAR points tables Retrieved on 17 March 2012
  7. ^ a b (Entry list), Australian Production Car Championship, Round 5, (Race 1), Official Programme, Mallala, June 26th, 1994