The 2001 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Group 3D Sports Sedans.[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport[1] and was the seventeenth Australian Sports Sedan Championship.[2]
The championship was won by Tony Ricciardello driving an Alfa Romeo GTV[3]
Calendar edit
The championship was contested over a five round series[4] with two races per round.
| Rd. | Circuit | Location / State | Date | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 24 & 25 March | Tony Ricciardello | Ricciardello Racing |
| 2 | Eastern Creek International Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | 28 & 29 April | Tony Ricciardello | Ricciardello Racing |
| 3 | Oran Park Motorsport Circuit | Sydney, New South Wales | 28 & 29 July | Kerry Baily | Kerry Baily Motorsport |
| 4 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | 24 to 26 August | Kerry Baily | Kerry Baily Motorsport |
| 5 | Sandown International Motor Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | 30 November to 2 December | Tony Ricciardello | Ricciardello Racing |
Results edit
| Position[3] | Driver[3] | No. | Car | Entrant | Phi | Eas | Ora | Que | San | Total[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Ricciardello | 5 | Alfa Romeo GTV Chevrolet | Ricciardello Racing | 40 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 40 | 195 |
| 2 | Kerry Baily | 1 | Nissan 300ZX Chevrolet | Kerry Baily Motorsport | 20 | 21 | 41 | 41 | 19 | 142 |
| 3 | Dean Randle | 33 | Saab 900 Aero Chevrolet Saab 9-3 Aero Chevrolet |
Dean Randle | 31 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 117 |
| 4 | Tony Wilson | 27 | Holden VS Commodore Chevrolet | The Smash Repair Centre | 32 | 26 | 33 | 16 | - | 107 |
| 5 | Ivan Mikac | 42 | Mazda RX-7 | Mikac Motorsport | 28 | 31 | 15 | 30 | - | 104 |
| 6 | Stephen Voight | 38 | Honda Prelude Chevrolet | Roc Hydraulics | 29 | 31 | - | 34 | - | 94 |
| 7 | Mark Stinson | 13 | Holden Calibra Chevrolet | Mark Stinson | 18 | 17 | 36 | 15 | - | 86 |
| 8 | Jeff Barnes | 6 | Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Chevrolet | Jeff Barnes | - | 37 | 28 | - | - | 65 |
| 9 | Phil Crompton | 49 | Ford EB Falcon | The Crompton Group | 16 | - | - | 31 | 15 | 62 |
| 10 | Trent Young | 41 | Toyota Levin | Trent Young | 7 | 11 | 18 | 15 | - | 51 |
| 11 | Daniel Jameson | 45 | Jaguar XKR Chevrolet | Barry Jameson | - | - | 30 | - | 17 | 47 |
| 12 | Mark Duggan | 11 | Holden Calibra Chevrolet | Duggan Family Racing | 11 | 14 | - | - | - | 25 |
| 13 | Robert Smith | 72 | Holden VS Commodore | Smiths Trucks Pty Ltd | - | - | - | - | 22 | 22 |
| 14 | Terry Shiel | 111 | Mazda RX-7 S6 | John William Keen | - | 18 | - | - | - | 18 |
| 15 | Darren Hossack | 4 | Saab 9-3 Chevrolet | John Gourlay | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 |
References edit
- ^ a b CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 2001, pages 7-11 & 7-1
- ^ 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, Records, Titles and Awards, page 14-10
- ^ a b c d 2001 A.S.S.C. Points after Round 5 at Sandown, life.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ Race Calendar, www.life.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
External links edit
- Race Result Archive - 2001 Retrieved from www.natsoft.biz on 20 November 2008
- 2001 ASSC Image Gallery Retrieved from web.archive.org on 20 November 2008