The 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars.[1] The championship, which was the third Australian Carrera Cup Championship,[2] was administered by CupCar Australia Pty Ltd.[1] and was promoted as the “Wright Patton Shakespeare Carrera Cup Australia”.[3] The title was won by Fabian Coulthard.[4]
Calendar edit
The championship was contested over a nine round series with three races per round.[4]
| Round[4] | Circuit[4][5] | State[4] | Date[4] | Round winner[4] |
| 1 | Adelaide Parklands Circuit | South Australia | 17-20 March | Fabian Coulthard |
| 2 | Barbagallo Raceway | Western Australia | 6-8 May | Fabian Coulthard |
| 3 | Eastern Creek International Raceway | New South Wales | 27-29 May | Jonathon Webb |
| 4 | Queensland Raceway | Queensland | 22-24 July | Fabian Coulthard |
| 5 | Oran Park Motorsport Circuit | New South Wales | 12-14 August | Fabian Coulthard |
| 6 | Sandown International Motor Raceway | Victoria | 9-11 September | Jim Richards |
| 7 | Mount Panorama, Bathurst | New South Wales | 6-9 October | Fabian Coulthard |
| 8 | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit | Queensland | 21-23 October | Fabian Coulthard |
| 9 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Victoria | 25-27 November | Jim Richards |
Points system edit
Points were awarded in each race as per the following table:[1]
| Finishing position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st-last |
| Points awarded | 60 | 54 | 48 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Results edit
| Pos.[6] | Driver[6] | No.[6] | Entrant[5] | Ade[6] | Bar[6] | EC[6] | QR[6] | OP[6] | San[6] | Bat[6] | Sur[6] | PI[6] | Penalty[6] | Total[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabian Coulthard | 3 | Glenfords Tools Centres / Makita | 174 | 174 | 69 | 120 | 174 | 114 | 120 | 180 | 150 | - | 1275 |
| 2 | Jim Richards | 2 | OAMPS Insurance / Greenfield Mowers | 168 | 168 | 99 | 96 | 132 | 174 | 102 | 24 | 162 | - | 1125 |
| 3 | Jonathon Webb | 22 | Tekno Autosports | 102 | 132 | 162 | 54 | 48 | 96 | 84 | 72 | 138 | -10 | 878 |
| 4 | Luke Youlden | 28 | VIP Petfoods (Aust) P/L | 144 | 96 | 138 | 3 | 162 | 108 | 66 | 39 | - | -20 | 736 |
| 5 | David Reynolds | 14 | Sonic Motor Racing Services | 30 | 36 | 129 | 108 | 102 | 102 | 54 | 18 | 96 | - | 675 |
| 6 | Peter Fitzgerald | 4 | ACER Computers / ABCOR | 30 | 102 | 93 | 84 | 69 | 87 | 66 | 57 | 21 | - | 609 |
| 7 | Klark Quinn | 5 | VIP Petfoods (Aust) P/L | 114 | 48 | 42 | 39 | 30 | 48 | 54 | 162 | 57 | - | 594 |
| 8 | Ian Dyk | 9 | Glenfords / Dewalt / AEG / Sellys | 69 | 30 | 6 | 30 | 96 | 87 | 21 | 120 | 126 | - | 585 |
| 9 | Cameron McLean | 27 | Sherrin Hire P/L | 51 | 96 | 69 | 0 | 108 | 81 | 0 | 114 | - | - | 519 |
| 10 | Alan Gurr | 6 | Glenfords / Hitachi / Sirromet | 108 | 63 | 84 | 30 | 45 | 54 | - | - | 108 | - | 492 |
| 11 | James Cressey | 23 | Paul Cruikshank Racing | 63 | 48 | 75 | 27 | 84 | 84 | 42 | 51 | - | - | 474 |
| 12 | Bryce Washington | 54 | Adrad Radiators | 30 | 87 | 90 | - | 54 | 24 | 63 | 90 | 21 | - | 459 |
| 13 | Rodney Jane | 7 | Bob Jane T-Marts | 21 | 30 | 54 | 66 | 33 | 18 | 39 | 39 | 42 | - | 342 |
| 14 | Dean Grant | 10 | Dean Grant | 42 | 39 | 36 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 12 | 51 | 33 | - | 276 |
| 15 | Tony Quinn | 8 | VIP Petfoods (Aust) P/L | 27 | 33 | 33 | 42 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 39 | - | 240 |
| 16 | Paul Freestone | 25 | Freestone Transport / Biante | 6 | 24 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 30 | 0 | 84 | 30 | - | 240 |
| 17 | Theo Koundouris | 19 | Supabarn Supermarkets | 3 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 27 | 51 | - | 171 |
| 18 | Ash Samadi | 55 | Globe | 15 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 30 | 12 | 21 | 15 | - | 137 |
| 19 | James Koundouris | 18 | Supabarn Supermarkets | 0 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 27 | - | 120 |
| 20 | Andrew Luxton | 17 | Hyundai Construction | - | 6 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 18 | - | 63 | - | 96 |
| 21 | Marc Cini | 12 | Adamco | 12 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 9 | - | 95 |
| 22 | Shane McKillen | 42 | International Motorsport NZ | 6 | 9 | 18 | 9 | - | - | 15 | 0 | - | - | 57 |
| 23 | Paul Pedersen | 42 | 42 Below Vodka | - | - | - | - | 30 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 42 |
| 24 | Alistair Bye | 27 | Sherrin Hire | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | - | 39 |
| 25 | Charlie O'Brien | 15 | Tenkate Group | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 |
| 26 | Brett Francis | 28 | VIP Petfoods | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | - | 21 |
| 27 | Stephen Borness | 24 | Celerity Racing | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| 28 | Shannon O'Brien | 6 | Glenfords Tool Centres / Hitachi | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | 15 |
All cars were Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996s as mandated by the technical regulations for the championship.[7]
Race 2 at the Bathurst round was stopped after an accident and no points were awarded for the race.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c Sporting Regulations for the 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, cams.com.au Retrieved via web.archive.org on 29 May 2012
- ^ Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
- ^ 2005 Season Review, www.cupcar.com.au Retrieved via web.archive.org on 29 May 2012
- ^ a b c d e f g h The Wright Pattern, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 1 / 2005, pages 32-63
- ^ a b Race Results Archive – 2005, www.natsoft.biz Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 29 May 2012
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Points, cupcar.com.au Retrieved via web.archive.org on 29 May 2012
- ^ Technical Regulations for the 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, cams.com.au Retrieved via web.archive.org on 29 May 2012