2005 Australian GT Championship

The 2005 Australian GT Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for "closed production based sports cars".[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as a "National Championship".[1]

It was the ninth Australian GT Championship and the first to be held since 1985.[2] CAMS revived the GT Championship after the demise of the Australian Nations Cup Championship at the end of 2004.

The championship was won by Bryce Washington driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.

Entries

Entrant Car No. Driver Rounds
Brennanit Porsche 996 GT2 R 3 Australia David Stevens 3
Crickcars.com.au Dodge Viper GTS ACR Australia Greg Crick 5
Consolidated Chemicals Co. Ferrari 360 GT 4 Australia Ted Hulgin All
Team Lamborghini Australia Lamborghini Diablo GTR 5 Australia Peter Hackett All
6 Australia Rusty French 1
Darcy Russell Dodge Viper GTS ACR 7 Australia Darcy Russell 4
Simon Middleton Porsche 911 GT3 8 Australia Simon Middleton 1–4
Geoff Munday Ford Mustang Cobra R 10 Australia Geoff Munday 4
Don Tryhorn Porsche 964 Carrera 11 Australia Don Tryhorn All
Mark Eddy Porsche 911 GT3 R 12 Australia Mark Eddy 1, 3–5
Greg Ward Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 14 Australia Greg Ward 1, 3
CAF Nautilus Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 17 Australia Rob McMillan 3
Max Twigg Racing Porsche 993 RSR 18 Australia Max Twigg 2–4
Team Mongrel Honda NSX 20 Australia Ian Palmer All
CGA Bryson Developments Ferrari 360 Challenge 25 Australia Neil Bryson 2–5
Paul Stuart Porsche 993 RSR 27 Australia Paul Stuart 1
Claudie Giorgi Porsche 911 GT3 29 Australia Claudie Giorgi 1–3
Lynn's Building Materials Porsche 911 GT3 32 Australia Malcolm Lynn 2–5
Anthony R Moodie Porsche 911 Carrera 37 Australia Anthony R Moodie 1, 4
Porsche 993 RSCS 38 Australia Matthew Jones 4
Sedgman Pty Ltd Porsche 911 GT3 40 Australia Russell Kempnich 2, 4
Song Zu Porsche 993 RSCS 41 Australia Matt Humphreys 2–3
Travelplan Ski Holidays Porsche 911 GT3 46 Australia Anthony Skinner 3
Wiffens Fruit & Veg Porsche 993 RSCS 48 Australia David Giugni 3, 5
Trevor John Porsche 944 Turbo 49 Australia Trevor John 1, 3–4
Bryce Washington Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car 54 Australia Bryce Washington All
Dean Savage Ferrari 360 Challenge 57 Australia Dean Savage 2
Kevin Miller Porsche 911 GT3 58 Australia Kevin Miller 4
Garth Rainsbury Porsche 911 GT3 65 Australia Garth Rainsbury 1, 4
Speed Energy Drinks Ferrari 360 Challenge 66 Australia Ross Lilley 5
J.K Burke Porsche 911 GT3 68 Australia Kim Burke 3
John Kaias Porsche 911 GT3 77 Australia John Kaias All
Assetval P/L Porsche 911 GT3 RS 81 Australia Phillip Holzberger 2
John Teulan Ferrari 360 Challenge 88 Australia John Teulan 1–4

Schedule

The title was contested over a five-round series with three races per round.[3]

Round[3] Circuit[3] State[3] Date[3] Round winner[3] Car[4]
1 Phillip Island Victoria 21–22 May Peter Hackett Lamborghini Diablo GTR
2 Queensland Raceway Queensland 2–3 July Ian Palmer Honda NSX
3 Eastern Creek New South Wales 22–24 July Peter Hackett Lamborghini Diablo GTR
4 Phillip Island Victoria 20–21 August Peter Hackett Lamborghini Diablo GTR
5 Wakefield Park New South Wales 12–13 November Greg Crick Dodge Viper GTS ACR

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 38-32-28-25-23-21-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first 25 classified finishers in each race.[1] An additional 3 points were awarded to the fastest qualifier at each round.[1]

Results

Position[3] Driver[3] No.[4] Car[4] Entrant[4] Phi Que Eas Phi Wak Total[3]
1 Bryce Washington 54 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Adrad Radiators 92 70 99 99 102 462
2 Peter Hackett 5 Lamborghini Diablo GTR Team Lamborghini Australia 117 79 114 104 - 414
3 Ian Palmer 20 Honda NSX Instant Foundation 28 87 84 78 - 277
4 John Teulan 88 Ferrari 360 Challenge Industry Central - Stahlwille 69 77 73 44 - 263
5 Neil Bryson 25 Ferrari 360 Challenge CGA Bryson Developments - 71 63 76 - 210
6 Claude Giorgi 27 Porsche 996 GT3 Claude Giorgi 61 71 69 - - 201
7 Ted Huglin 4 Ferrari 360 GT Consolidated Chemicals Co 36 59 59 - - 154
8 Greg Crick 3 Dodge Viper GTS ACR Crickcars.Com.Au - - - - 111 111
9 Dean Savage 57 Ferrari 360 Challenge Dean Savage 42 47 - - - 89
10 Mark Eddy 12 Porsche 996 GT3 R Mark Eddy 78 - - - - 78
11 Geoff Munday 10 Ford Mustang Cobra RA Jim Beam Racing - 18 - 58 - 76
12 Ross Lilley 66 Ferrari 360 Challenge Speed Energy Drinks - - - - 65 65
13 Garth Rainsbury 66 Ferrari 360 Challenge Garth Rainsbury - - - 63 - 63
14 Rusty French 6 Lamborghini Diablo GTR Team Lamborghini Australia 55 - - - - 55
15 D'Arcy Russell 7 Dodge Viper GTS ACR D'Arcy Russell - - - 38 - 38

Australian Porsche Drivers Challenge

The Australian Porsche Drivers Challenge, which was run concurrently with the Australian GT Championship, was won by Bryce Washington.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d CAMS Bulletin B05/065 - 2005 Australian GT Championship Sporting & Technical Regulations, Re-issue, 13 July 2005
  2. ^ 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-7
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Grant Rowley, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 1/2005, pages 134-137
  4. ^ a b c d Race Results Archive - 2005 Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.natsoft.com.au on 20 May 2010