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2020 Australian GT Championship

The 2020 Australian GT Championship was scheduled to be the 24th running of the Australian GT Championship, a Motorsport Australia-sanctioned Australian motor racing championship open to FIA GT3 cars, FIA GT4 cars and similar cars as approved for the championship. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in only the first round of the Australian Endurance Championship, and the first & second rounds of the Australian GT Trophy Series taking place before the rest of the season was abandoned.

Race calendar edit

The 2020 calendar was unveiled on 31 October 2019.[1]
A revised calendar was announced on 26 June 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Ultimately, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in all further rounds being cancelled.

End TS Circuit Location Date Supporting
1   Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 30 January – 2 February Intercontinental GT Challenge[a]
1   Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 15–16 February Victorian State Series
2   Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 7–8 March NSW State Series
  Event is part of Australian Endurance Championship
  Event is part of Australian GT Trophy Series

Entry list edit

Australian Endurance Championship edit

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
  Wall Racing[3] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[3] 6   Adrian Deitz[3] S 1
  Tony D'Alberto[3]
  Cameron McConville[3]
  Jules Westwood[3]
  Hallmarc Racing[4] Audi R8 LMS Evo[4] 9   Marc Cini[4] PA 1
  Dean Fiore[4]
  Lee Holdsworth[4]
  Nineteen Corp. With Multimatic Motorsports[5] Mercedes-AMG GT4[5] 19   Mark Griffith[6] GT4 1
  Dirk Müller[6]
  Harrison Newey[6]
  T2 Racing[4] MARC II Mustang[4] 20   Adam Hargraves[4] I 1
  Daniel Jilesen[4]
  Cedric Sbirraz-zuoli[4]
  Steve Owen[4]
  Tony Bates Racing[7] Audi R8 LMS Evo[7] 24   Tony Bates[7] S 1
  Geoff Emery[7]
  Dylan O'Keeffe[7]
  Max Twigg[7]
  Trofeo Motorsport[4] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[4] 29   Dean Canto[4] PA 1
  Grant Denyer[4]
  Liam Talbot[4]
  Marcel Zalloua[4]
  Team 59Racing[8] McLaren 720S GT3[8] 59   Martin Kodrić[9] S 1
  Fraser Ross[9]
  Dominic Storey[9]
  SCANDIA Racing - by Racer Industries[4] MARC II Mustang[4] 91   Aaron Cameron[4] I 1
  Broc Feeney[4]
  Nick Percat[4]
92   Tyler Everingham[4] I 1
  James Kaye[4]
  Hadrian Morrall[4]
  GJ Motorsport[4] MARC II Mustang[4] 95   Bayley Hall[4] I 1
  Warren Luff[4]
  Brad Schumacher[4]
  Geoff Taunton[4]
  Hobson/Garth Walden Racing[10] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017)[10] 96   Brett Hobson[10] S 1
  Garth Walden[10]
  Kurt Kostecki[10]
  Triple Eight Race Engineering[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3[4] 777   Anton de Pasquale[11] PA 1
  Nick Foster[11]
  Sam Shahin[11]
  Yasser Shahin[11]
Icon Class
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
GT4 GT4 Class
I Invitational Class

Australian GT Trophy Series edit

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Trophy Series
  KFC Racing[12] Audi R8 LMS Ultra 23   Matt Stoupas[12] Am 1–2
Audi R8 LMS 24   Gary Higgon[12] Am 1–2
  Nathan Antunes 2
  REN Racing[13] Audi R8 LMS 33   Vince Muriti[13] Am 2
99   Nick Kelly[13] Am 2
  Mack Bros Racing[13] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 47   Wayne Mack[13] Am 1
  Wall Racing[13] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 69   Richard Gartner[13] Am 2
  DPM Motorsports[12] Chevrolet Camaro SS GT3 71   Dale Paterson[12] Am 1
  Showergrate Shop[13] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 73   Peter Corbett[13] Am 2
Trofeo Challenge
  Trofeo Motorsport[12] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 19   Arthur Abrahams[12] Am 1–2
29   Tayla Heath[14] Am 1
  Stillwell Family Racing[13] Ford S197 Mustang 60   Michael Stillwell[13] Am 1–2
  Dave Stillwell 2
  GJ Motorsport[13] MARC II Mustang 95   Geoff Taunton[13] Am 2
Icon Class
PA Pro-Am Class
Am Am Class

Race results edit

Bold indicates overall winner.

Australian Endurance Championship edit

Round Circuit Pole position Silver winners Pro-am winners GT4 winners Invitational winners
1   Bathurst   No. 59 Team 59Racing   No. 59 Team 59Racing   No. 9 Hallmarc Racing   No. 19 Nineteen Corp. with Multimatic Motorsports   No. 91 SCANDIA Racing - by Racer Industries
  Martin Kodrić
  Fraser Ross
  Dominic Storey 		  Martin Kodrić
  Fraser Ross
  Dominic Storey 		  Marc Cini
  Dean Fiore
  Lee Holdsworth 		  Mark Griffith
  Dirk Müller
  Harrison Newey 		  Aaron Cameron
  Broc Feeney
  Nick Percat

Australian GT Trophy Series edit

Round Circuit Pole position TS Am Winners TC Am Winners
1 R1   Sandown   No. 23 KFC Racing   No. 23 KFC Racing   No. 29 Trofeo Motorsport
  Matt Stoupas   Matt Stoupas   Tayla Heath
R2   No. 23 KFC Racing   No. 19 Trofeo Motorsport
  Matt Stoupas   Arthur Abrahams
2 R1   Sydney   No. 23 KFC Racing   No. 23 KFC Racing   No. 95 GJ Motorsport
  Matt Stoupas   Matt Stoupas   Geoff Taunton
R2   No. 24 KFC Racing   No. 95 GJ Motorsport
  Nathan Antunes
  Gary Higgon 		  Geoff Taunton

Championship standings edit

Points system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th+ 
Qualifying 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 —
TS 50 44 39 33 31 30 27 25 24 23 22 20 19 18 17 15 14 13 12 10 8 5 2 2
AEC 450 398 345 293 285 270 248 225 215 203 192 180 170 158 147 135 125 113 102 90 68 45 23 8

Australian Endurance Championship edit

Pos. Drivers BAT
  		Points
QP R
Pro-Am Cup
1   Marc Cini
  Dean Fiore
  Lee Holdsworth 		10 1 460
2   Nick Foster
  Anton de Pasquale
  Sam Shahin
  Yasser Shahin 		8 DNS 8
Silver Cup
1   Fraser Ross
  Dominic Storey 		10 1 460
2   Dean Canto
  Grant Denyer
  Liam Talbot 		8 2 406
3   Brett Hobson
  Garth Walden
  Kurt Kostecki 		5 3 350
4   Adrian Deitz
  Tony D'Alberto
  Cameron McConville 		7 Ret 7
5   Tony Bates
  Geoff Emery
  Dylan O'Keeffe
  Max Twigg 		6 Ret 6
Ineligible to score points in Silver Cup
  Martin Kodrić 1 –
  Marcel Zalloua 2 –
  Jules Westwood Ret –
GT4 Cup
1   Mark Griffith 10 1 460
Ineligible to score points in GT4 Cup
  Dirk Müller
  Harrison Newey 		1 –
Invitational Cup
1   Aaron Cameron
  Broc Feeney 		10 1 460
2   Bayley Hall
  Warren Luff
  Brad Schumacher
  Geoff Taunton 		8 NC 8
3   Adam Hargraves
  Daniel Jilesen
  Cedric Sbirraz-zuoli 		7 NC 7
4   Tyler Everingham
  Hadrian Morrall 		6 DNS 6
Ineligible to score points in Invitational Cup
  Nick Percat 1 –
  Steve Owen NC –
  James Kaye DNS –
Pos. Drivers BAT
  		Points
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)

Bold - Pole position in class

Australian GT Trophy Series edit

Pos. Drivers SAN
  		SMP
  		Points
QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2
1   Matt Stoupas 10 1 1 8 1 4 201
2   Gary Higgon 7 3 2 10 3 1 189
3   Nathan Antunes 10 3 1 99
4   Wayne Mack 8 2 3 91
5   Vince Muriti 6 4 2 83
6   Nick Kelly 7 2 5 82
7   Richard Gartner 5 Ret 3 44
8   Dale Paterson 6 DNS Ret 6
9   Peter Corbett 0 DNS DNS 0
Pos. Drivers SAN
  		SMP
  		Points

Trofeo Challenge edit

Pos. Drivers SAN
  		SMP
  		Points
QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2
1   Arthur Abrahams 8 2 1 8 2 2 198
2   Michael Stillwell 7 3 3 7 3 3 170
3   Geoff Taunton 10 1 1 110
4   Tayla Heath 10 1 2 104
5   Dave Stillwell 7 3 3 85
Pos. Drivers SAN
  		SMP
  		Points

Notes edit

  1. ^ Part Of The Bathurst 12 Hours.

References edit

  1. ^ "Australian GT Finalizes 2020 Endurance Schedule". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. ^ Henshelwood, Sean (26 June 2020). "Australian GT locks in New Dates for Racing Return". australiangt.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Wall Racing confirm B12hr return". bathurst12hour.com. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag "Bathurst 12 Hour hosts opening round of Australian Endurance Season". australiangt.com.au. Australian GT Championship. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Mercedes AMG GT4 to make Australian debut at B12hr". bathurst12hour.com. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b c Dagys, John (28 January 2020). "Mueller, Newey in Late Mercedes-AMG GT4 Entry". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Sponsor, drivers confirmed for Bates' B12hr attack". bathurst12hour.com. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  8. ^ a b Lloyd, Daniel (20 January 2020). "Pro Lineup for McLaren 720S GT3's Bathurst 12H Debut". sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  9. ^ a b c "59 Racing names Silver class squad". bathurst12hour.com. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Late change to GWR / Hobson GTR squad". bathurst12hour.com. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d "Triple Eight unveil 12 Hour entries". supercars.com. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g Henshelwood, Sean (13 February 2020). "Sandown signals start of 2020 AGT Trophy Series". australiangt.com.au. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Henshelwood, Sean (4 March 2020). "Sydney prepares for round two of the Australian GT Trophy Series". australiangt.com.au. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  14. ^ Henshelwood, Sean (15 February 2020). "18-year old Tayla Heath to campaign Lamborghini in AGT". australiangt.com.au. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

External links edit

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