2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

The 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship[1] open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Cars (Type 997).[2] It was administered by CupCar Australia Pty Ltd and promoted as the 2007 Carrera Cup Australia,[3] and is recognised by CAMS as the fifth Australian Carrera Cup Championship.[4]

Calendar edit

The championship was contested over an eight-round series with three races per round.[5]

Points system edit

Championship points were awarded on a 60-54-48-42-36-30-27-24-21-18-15-12-9-6-6-3-3-3-3-3 basis for the first twenty places in each race with one point awarded for places 21st through to last.[3]

Results edit

Position[6] Driver[6] No. Entrant[7] ADE R1 WIN R2 HID R3 QLD R4 ORA R5 SAN R6 BAT R7 SUR R8 Total[6]
1 David Reynolds 3 Bob Jane T-Marts 144 132 180 162 108 162 144 138 1170
2 Alex Davison 2 OAMPS Insurance Brokers 168 168 150 138 28 162 174 150 1138
3 Craig Baird 1 VIP Petfoods 174 108 156 180 63 156 150 120 1107
4 Marcus Marshall 33 Acer / Leading Solutions 27 162 114 132 96 54 120 174 879
5 Dean Fiore 15 Landscape Developments 126 37 120 69 135 36 30 102 655
6 Bryce Washington 21 ADRAD Racing 66 84 81 36 42 102 120 90 621
7 David Wall 38 World of Learning 57 105 81 96 54 57 102 27 579
8 David Russell 6 Boom Logistics 102 90 18 102 68 54 39 60 533
9 Aaron Caratti 23 Parklands on Bertram 93 87 51 78 30 60 75 45 519
10 Michael Trimble 22 Global Jet 48 69 21 42 102 120 36 3 441
11 Rodney Jane 7 Bob Jane T-Marts 27 57 72 21 49.5 Ret 66 36 328.5
12 Klark Quinn 28 VIP Petfoods 60 33 12 39 54 24 51 18 291
13 Rodney Forbes 8 Jaimie Vedda Clothing Co. 9 60 30 40.5 48 36 42 265.5
14 Paul Stokell 27 Sherrin Equipment 39 75 42 6 75 237
15 James Koundouris 69 Supabarn Supermarkets 12 15 24 15 24 57 21 54 222
16 Steven Ellery 19 Sherrin Motorsport 84 45 36 15 180
17 Tony Quinn 29 VIP Petfoods 15 15 33 4 9 36 48 12 172
18 Peter Hill 66 Boost / Globe 6 18 12 18 15 24 9 27 129
19 Max Twigg 18 Tru Loc Flooring 9 9 3 10 24 27 12 27 121
20 Theo Koundouris 96 Skilled 18 10 9 21 7.5 12 7 12 96.5
21 Shaun Juniper 11 Juniper Racing 9 5 7 9 9 9 6 21 75
22 Marc Cini 12 Hallmarc 7 9 12 5 5.5 9 7 9 63.5
23 Ash Samadhi 55 Apartment Hotel / Roock 9 6 12 9 7.5 10 53.5
24 Grant Sherrin 19 Sherrin Equipment 7.5 7 9 6 29.5
25 Gary Deane 91 Custodian Wealth Builders 4 6 10
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Race 1 of Round 5 at Oran Park was called early (after 10 of the scheduled 16 laps) due to TV commitments and as a result only half points were awarded.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ CAMS Bulletin B07/003 of 1 January 2007 Retrieved on 2 July 2011
  2. ^ Technical Regulations for the 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship Retrieved on 2 July 2011
  3. ^ a b Carrera Cup Australia 2007 Sporting Regulations
  4. ^ CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > Titles - Australian Titles Retrieved on 2 July 2011
  5. ^ A Close Cup Thing, The Annual - Australian Motorsport - Number 3 / 2007, pages 64-70
  6. ^ a b c 2007 Points from www.cupcar.com.au Retrieved via web.archive.org on 2 July 2011
  7. ^ 2007 Race Result Archive at www.natsoft.biz Archived 19 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2 July 2011
  8. ^ Wet & Miserable Oran Park Archived 20 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.fitz-racing.com.au on 2 July 2011

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