2009 Australian GT Championship

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2009 Australian GT Championship
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The 2009 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of closed production based sports cars which are either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GTs.[1]

The GT Championship division for FIA GT3 specification vehicles[2] was won by former Carrera Cup racer David Wall driving a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S for the family owned Wall Racing team, which included race victories at Albert Park, Phillip Island, Eastern Creek and Mount Panorama for a comfortable victory margin of almost 90 points over another former Carrera Cup racer James Koundouris. Veteran Jim Richards, driving Wall's 2008 Carrera Cup car, finished third in the championship. Neither Koundouris or Richards took race wins in the series. The other race winners were Craig Baird, whose Mosler dominated the opening round at Adelaide but the team was sold mid-season leaving Baird without a drive; Dean Grant, whose Lamborghini gained a win at Eastern Creek, and Max Twigg, who debuted a 997 GT3 Cup S similar to Wall's at the final round at Sydney Olympic Park to dominate the event.

The GT Challenge division for older cars,[2] (mostly Porsche 996 Carrera Cup cars and one-make specification Ferraris and Maseratis), was won by Jordan Ormsby whose old Porsche GT3-RS dominated the series after Klark Quinn was moved from the Challenge division to the Championship division. Quinn won the first five races for the season prior to that. Michael Loccisano was second driving a 996 Carrera Cup with Keith Wong third driving a Ferrari 360.

The GT Production division for production based sportscars[2] was won by Chevrolet Corvette driver, Paul Freestone. Lotus Exige drivers Mark O'Connor and Tim Poulton completed the top three.

Teams and drivers[]

The following drivers competed in the 2009 Australian GT Championship.

Team Manufacturer Car model Division No Driver
Jocaro Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo Championship 1 Australia
2 Australia
Dodge Viper GTS ACR 3 Australia
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Challenge 50 Australia
Consolidated Chemical Company Lamborghini Gallardo Championship 4 Australia
Australia John Bowe
Taplin Real Estate Lamborghini Gallardo Championship 5 Australia
Golf Car Solutions Porsche 996 GT3 RS Challenge 6 Australia
VIP Petfoods Racing Aston Martin DBRS9 Championship 7 United Kingdom
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
997 GT3 Cup 		Challenge
Championship 		12 Australia
Greg Murphy Racing Porsche 996 GT3 RSR Championship 8 Australia
Creative Colour Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Challenge 8 Australia
Hallmarc Developments Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Championship 9 Australia
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Challenge 19 Australia
SMS Commander Lotus Exige S Production 10 Australia
Briggs Motor Sport Dodge Viper GTS ACR Championship 11 Australia
Jim Richards Racing Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Championship 15 New Zealand Jim Richards
Twigg Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
997 GT3 Cup S 		Championship 18 Australia
Team Palmer Dodge Viper GTS ACR Championship 20 Australia
Bayside Church Ferrari F430 GT3 Championship 21 United Kingdom
Bruce Lynton BMW BMW M3 Production 23 Australia
Freestone's Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Production 25 Australia
Maranello Motorsport Ferrari F430 GT3 Championship 27 Australia
Denmark Allan Simonsen
360 Challenge Challenge 37 Australia
Trofeo Motorsport Maserati Trofeo Light Challenge 29 Australia
Australia
Warrin Mining Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Challenge 30 Australia
Kirchner Constructions Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Challenge 33 Australia
PR Racing Technology
Wall Racing 		Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S Championship 38 Australia David Wall
996 GT3 RSR Championship 39 Australia
Championship
Challenge 		Australia
996 GT3 Cup Challenge 58 Australia
Maserati Trofeo Production 42 Australia
Brennan Voice Data & IT Ferrari F430 GT3 Championship 43 Australia
Supabarn Supermarkets Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Championship 47 Australia
997 GT3 Cup
997 GT3 Cup S 		69 Australia
AMAC Motorsport Lotus Exige S Production 51 Australia
Australia
Mosler MT900R Championship Australia
Donut King Racing HSV
Nissan 		Coupé GTS
GT-R 		Production 54 Australia Tony Alford
John Teulan Racing Mosler MT900R Championship 55 New Zealand Craig Baird
88 Australia
McGrath Estate Agents Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Championship 56 Australia
HSV Coupé GTS Production 56 Australia
Austral Racing Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Challenge 63 Australia Richard Green
Racing Incident Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Championship 66 Australia
Eric Bana Racing Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Challenge 67 Australia Eric Bana
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Championship 71 Australia
Bicycle Express Motorsport Ferrari 360 Challenge Challenge 74 Australia
OOAK Racing Lotus Exige S Production 77 Australia
Cue Lotus Elise HDPE Championship 78 Australia
Pariah Motorsport Lotus Exige GT3 Championship 98 Australia
Ferrari 430 Challenge Challenge 99 Indonesia

Season review[]

Race calendar[]

The championship was contested over a six-round series.[3] Within each division, each driver could count only his/her best five round results.[4]

Rd. Event Circuit City / state Date Winner
Championship Challenge Production
Rd 1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 19–22 March Craig Baird
Rd 2 Australian Grand Prix Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 26–29 March David Wall
Rd 3 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 16–17 May David Wall
Rd 4 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 18–19 July David Wall
Rd 5 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 8–11 October David Wall
Rd 6 Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 4–6 December Tony Alford

Drivers Championship[]

Points score sourced from:[5][6]

Pos Driver Round 1 – ADE[7] Round 2 – ALB[8] Round 3 – PHI[9] Round 4 – EAS[10] Round 5 – BAT[11] Round 6 – SOP[12] Pts
Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 1 Race 2 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 1 Race 2
GT Championship
1 David Wall 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 4th 544
2 4th 3rd 3rd 6th 6th 10th 8th 5th 4th 5th 4th 5th 6th 9th 455.5
3 Jim Richards Ret 13th 8th 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 7th 6th 451
4 15th 18th 12th 14th 11th 3rd 4th 6th 5th 6th 7th 8th 8th 7th 431.5
5 9th 8th 6th 8th Ret 11th 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd Ret 13th 10th 8th 404
6 10th 9th 7th 11th 12th 9th Ret 7th 10th 9th 9th 9th 9th 5th 389
7 Ret 11th Ret 10th 8th Ret 10th 8th 8th 7th 6th 7th 3rd 2nd 371.5
8 Ret Ret DNS 2nd 2nd 14th 16th Ret 9th Ret 11th 2nd 4th 3rd 355
9 6th 4th 4th 5th 5th Ret 11th Ret 6th Ret 1st 1st 340.5
10 8th 7th 11th 7th 7th 11th 2nd 3rd 7th 2nd DNS DNS 334.5
11 5th 6th 10th 18th 13th 12th 6th 11th 10th 297
12 20th 21st 18th 21st 19th 5th 9th 17th 18th 24th Ret 294
13 8th 12th 15th 19th 17th 24th 216
14 15th 14th 11th 12th 16th 25th 21st 213
15 12th 10th 14th 15th 31st 4th 7th 212.5
16 17th 15th Ret Ret 23rd DNS 13th 19th Ret DNS 8th 10th Ret DNS 210.5
17 7th Ret 19th 12th 9th 6th 5th 197.5
18 2nd 3rd 5th Ret 148.5
19 Craig Baird 1st 1st 1st Ret Ret 114
20 Allan Simonsen 4th 7th 91.5
5th 6th 91.5
22 John Bowe 5th 9th 87
23 Ret Ret 10th 11th 10th Ret Ret Ret Ret 78
24 14th 16th 13th 73
25 13th 11th 72
12th 16th 72
27 17th 15th 47
28 20th 18th 44
4th 4th
Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS
Ret Ret DNS
GT Challenge
1 11th 12th 9th 13th 14th 17th 14th 11th 13th 9th 21st 15th 14th 15th 531(601)
2 18th 19th 15th Ret 20th 7th Ret 19th Ret 15th 12th 345
3 19th 23rd 17th 22nd 21st 21st 20th 238
4 16th 17th 16th 19th 17th 12th 12th DNS 233
5 13th 11th 16th 13th 216
6 21st 20th Ret Ret DNS 20th Ret 20th 19th 198.5
7 3rd 5th 5th 9th 10th 190
8 Eric Bana 23rd 22nd 18th 14th 156.5
9 18th 15th 102
18th 15th 102
11 19th 17th 93
12 13th 14th Ret 66
16th 16th 66
14 24th 24th 57
15 Richard Green 27th 26th 55
DNS DNS
GT Production
1 26th 25th 16th 17th 13th 15th 14th 10th 12th 23rd 23rd 504.5
2 22nd 24th 20th 32nd 28th 15th 18th Ret DNS DNS 14th 14th Ret 18th 440
3 Ret 22nd 21st 28th 29th 13th Ret 16th 18th 12th 16th Ret Ret Ret 347.5
4 Tony Alford 29th 33rd Ret 16th 13th 18th 17th 22nd 22nd 338
5 24th Ret 22nd 25th 27th 139
6 14th 17th 15th 100
7 23rd Ret DNS 30th 30th DNS DNS 97
8 31st 32nd 60
DNS DNS
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd 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)

Note: Three races held during the Adelaide and Eastern Creek rounds, the others had two races. Albert Park has only two rounds although three were scheduled. The third race was nullified by CAMS because of only one green flag lap.[13]

Australian Tourist Trophy[]

The 2009 Australian Tourist Trophy was awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the driver gaining the highest aggregate points total in the Eastern Creek and Phillip Island rounds of the 2009 Australian GT Championship.[14] The title, which was the twentieth Australian Tourist Trophy, was won by David Wall driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ "GT Championship Eligible Automobiles" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Australian GT – About us – Division system". Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  3. ^ Australian GT Events 2009 Event Information Archived 27 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 23 December 2009
  4. ^ 2009 AGTC Sporting Regulations as archived at www.webcitation.org on 7 January 2010
  5. ^ Australian GT – Archives – 2009 Championship Points Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 20 March 2010 Archived at www.webcitation.org on 20 March 2010
  6. ^ Australian GT – Archives – 2009 Round Points Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 20 March 2010 Archived at www.webcitation.org on 20 March 2010
  7. ^ "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 22/03/2009 2009 Clispal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 22 March 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  8. ^ "Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 29/03/2009 2009 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix". National Software. 29 March 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  9. ^ "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 17/05/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2009 – Round 3". National Software. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  10. ^ "Eastern Creek International Raceway 19/07/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 6". National Software. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
  11. ^ "Mount Panorama – Bathurst 11/10/2009 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 18". National Software. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  12. ^ "Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit 06/12/2009 Sydney Telstra 500 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 25 & 26". National Software. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  13. ^ Wall Wins VodkaO Australian GT Championship Round 2 at Australian Grand Prix Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 18 January 2009 Archived at www.webcitation.org on 18 January 2009
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014

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