2009 Australian GT Championship

The 2009 Australian GT Championship was an Australian national motor racing title sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport for drivers of closed production based sports cars which were either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GTs.[1] It was the thirteenth Australian GT Championship.

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 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] Paul Freestone driving a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and a HSV Coupé GTS. Lotus Exige drivers Mark O'Connor and Tim Poulton completed the top three.

Teams and drivers

David Wall won the championship driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997. (2010 image).

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2009 Australian GT Championship.

Team	Car	Division	No	Driver
Jocaro Motorsport	Lamborghini Gallardo	Championship	1	Mark Eddy
			2	Dean Grant
	Dodge Viper GTS ACR		3	Ross Lilley
	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	50	Calvin Pusterla
Consolidated Chemical Company	Lamborghini Gallardo	Championship	4	Ted Huglin John Bowe
Taplin Real Estate	Lamborghini Gallardo	Championship	5	Andrew Taplin
Golf Car Solutions	Porsche 996 GT3 RS	Challenge	6	Jordan Ormsby
VIP Petfoods Racing	Aston Martin DBRS9	Championship	7	Tony Quinn
	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Challenge Championship	12	Klark Quinn
Greg Murphy Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996	Championship	8	Simon Middleton
Creative Colour	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	8	Jeff Bobik
Hallmarc Developments	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	9	Marc Cini
	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	19	Michael Loccisano
SMS Commander	Lotus Exige S	Production	10	Mark O'Connor
Briggs Motor Sport	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	Championship	11	John Briggs
Jim Richards Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	15	Jim Richards
Twigg Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997	Championship	18	Max Twigg
Team Palmer	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	Championship	20	Ian Palmer
Bayside Church	Ferrari F430 GT3	Championship	21	Hector Lester
Bruce Lynton BMW	BMW M3	Production	23	Beric Lynton
Freestone's Racing	Chevrolet Corvette Z06	Production	25	Paul Freestone
Freestone Transport	HSV Coupé GTS	Production	26	Paul Freestone
Maranello Motorsport	Ferrari F430 GT3	Championship	27	Nick O'Halloran Allan Simonsen
	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Challenge	37	Andrew Barlow
	Ferrari 430 Challenge	Challenge	99	Maher Algadrie
Trofeo Motorsport	Maserati Trofeo Light	Challenge	29	Jim Manolios Rod Wilson
Warrin Mining	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	30	Adam Wallis
Kirchner Constructions	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	33	Fraser Kirchner
PR Racing Technology Wall Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997	Championship	38	David Wall
	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996	Championship	39	Des Wall
		Championship Challenge		Paul Tresidder
	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	58	Richard Kimber
Italia Motori	Maserati Trofeo	Production	42	Kai Mysliwiecz
Brennan Voice Data & IT	Ferrari F430 GT3	Championship	43	David Stevens
Supabarn Supermarkets	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	47	Theo Koundouris
	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997		69	James Koundouris
AMAC Motorsport	Lotus Exige S	Production	51	Andrew MacPherson Mike Reedy
	Mosler MT900R	Championship		Andrew MacPherson
Donut King Racing	HSV Coupé GTS Nissan GT-R	Production	54	Tony Alford
	HSV Coupe GTS		56	Barrie Nesbitt
John Teulan Racing	Mosler MT900R	Championship	55	Craig Baird
			88	John Teulan
McGrath Estate Agents	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	56	Shane Smollen
Austral Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	63	Richard Green
Racing Incident	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	66	Peter Hill
Eric Bana Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	67	Eric Bana
Juniper Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	71	Shaun Juniper
Bicycle Express Motorsport	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Challenge	74	Keith Wong
OOAK Racing	Lotus Exige S	Production	77	Timothy Poulton
Cue	Lotus Elise HDPE	Championship	78	Justin Levis
Pariah Motorsport	Lotus Exige GT3	Championship	98	Angelo Lazaris

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	Location / state	Date	Format	Winner
						Championship	Challenge	Production
Rd 1	Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	19–22 March	Three races	Craig Baird	Klark Quinn	Mark O'Connor
Rd 2	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	26–29 March	Three races	David Wall	Klark Quinn	Paul Freestone
Rd 3	Australian GT Classic	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	16–17 May	Two races	David Wall	Jordan Ormsby	Paul Freestone
Rd 4	Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	18–19 July	Three races	David Wall	Jordan Ormsby	Paul Freestone
Rd 5	Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	8–11 October	Two races	David Wall	Paul Tresidder	Paul Freestone
Rd 6	Sydney 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	4–6 December	Two races	Max Twigg	Michael Loccisano	Tony Alford

Championship standings

Points score sourced from:[5][6]

Pos Driver Car Round 1 Ade.[7] Round 2 Alb.[8] Round 3 Phi.[9] Round 4 Eas.[10] Round 5 Bat.[11] Round 6 Syd.[12] Pts Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 1 Race 2 GT Championship 1 David Wall Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 4th 544 2 James Koundouris Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 4th 3rd 3rd 6th 6th 10th 8th 5th 4th 5th 4th 5th 6th 9th 455.5 3 Jim Richards Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Ret 13th 8th 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 7th 6th 451 4 Ross Lilley Dodge Viper GTS ACR 15th 18th 12th 14th 11th 3rd 4th 6th 5th 6th 7th 8th 8th 7th 431.5 5 Dean Grant Lamborghini Gallardo 9th 8th 6th 8th Ret 11th 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd Ret 13th 10th 8th 404 6 Marc Cini Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 10th 9th 7th 11th 12th 9th Ret 7th 10th 9th 9th 9th 9th 5th 389 7 Theo Koundouris Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Ret 11th Ret 10th 8th Ret 10th 8th 8th 7th 6th 7th 3rd 2nd 371.5 8 Tony Quinn Aston Martin DBRS9 Ret Ret DNS 2nd 2nd 14th 16th Ret 9th Ret 11th 2nd 4th 3rd 355 9 Max Twigg Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 6th 4th 4th 5th 5th Ret 11th Ret 6th Ret 1st 1st 340.5 10 Mark Eddy Lamborghini Gallardo 8th 7th 11th 7th 7th 11th 2nd 3rd 7th 2nd DNS DNS 334.5 11 Peter Hill Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 5th 6th 10th 18th 13th 12th 6th 11th 10th 297 12 Ted Huglin Lamborghini Gallardo 20th 21st 18th 21st 19th 5th 9th 17th 18th 24th Ret 294 13 Simon Middleton Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 8th 12th 15th 19th 17th 24th 216 14 Andrew Macpherson Mosler MT900R 15th 14th 11th 12th 16th 25th 21st 213 15 Nick O'Halloran Ferrari F430 GT3 12th 10th 14th 15th 31st 4th 7th 212.5 16 Ian Palmer Dodge Viper GTS ACR 17th 15th Ret Ret 23rd DNS 13th 19th Ret DNS 8th 10th Ret DNS 210.5 17 Andrew Taplin Lamborghini Gallardo 7th Ret 19th 12th 9th 6th 5th 197.5 18 Klark Quinn Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 2nd 3rd 5th Ret 148.5 19 Craig Baird Mosler MT900R 1st 1st 1st Ret Ret 114 20 Allan Simonsen Ferrari F430 GT3 4th 7th 91.5 Shaun Juniper Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 5th 6th 91.5 22 John Bowe Lamborghini Gallardo 5th 9th 87 23 Angelo Lazaris Lotus Exige GT3 Ret Ret 10th 11th 10th Ret Ret Ret Ret 78 24 Des Wall Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 14th 16th 13th 73 25 Shane Smollen Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 13th 11th 72 David Stevens Ferrari F430 GT3 12th 16th 72 27 Justin Levis Lotus Elise HDPE 17th 15th 47 28 Paul Tresidder Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 20th 18th 44 Hector Lester Ferrari F430 GT3 4th 4th John Teulan Mosler MT900R Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS John Briggs Dodge Viper GTS ACR Ret Ret DNS GT Challenge 1 Jordan Ormsby Porsche 996 GT3 RS 11th 12th 9th 13th 14th 17th 14th 11th 13th 9th 21st 15th 14th 15th 531(601) 2 Michael Loccisano Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 18th 19th 15th Ret 20th 7th Ret 19th Ret 15th 12th 345 3 Keith Wong Ferrari 360 Challenge 19th 23rd 17th 22nd 21st 21st 20th 238 4 Andrew Barlow Ferrari 360 Challenge 16th 17th 16th 19th 17th 12th 12th DNS 233 5 Paul Tresidder Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 13th 11th 16th 13th 216 6 Richard Kimber Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 21st 20th Ret Ret DNS 20th Ret 20th 19th 198.5 7 Klark Quinn Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 3rd 5th 5th 9th 10th 190 8 Eric Bana Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 23rd 22nd 18th 14th 156.5 9 Jim Manolios Maserati Trofeo Light 18th 15th 102 Rod Wilson Maserati Trofeo Light 18th 15th 102 11 Calvin Pusterla Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 19th 17th 93 12 Adam Wallis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 13th 14th Ret 66 Jeff Bobik Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 16th 16th 66 14 Fraser Kirchner Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 24th 24th 57 15 Richard Green Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 27th 26th 55 Maher Algadrie Ferrari 430 Challenge DNS DNS GT Production 1 Paul Freestone Chevrolet Corvette Z06 HSV Coupé GTS 26th 25th 16th 17th 13th 15th 14th 10th 12th 23rd 23rd 504.5 2 Mark O'Connor Lotus Exige S 22nd 24th 20th 32nd 28th 15th 18th Ret DNS DNS 14th 14th Ret 18th 440 3 Tim Poulton Lotus Exige S Ret 22nd 21st 28th 29th 13th Ret 16th 18th 12th 16th Ret Ret Ret 347.5 4 Tony Alford HSV Coupé GTS Nissan GT-R 29th 33rd Ret 16th 13th 18th 17th 22nd 22nd 338 5 Beric Lynton BMW M3 24th Ret 22nd 25th 27th 139 6 Kai Mysliwiecz Maserati Trofeo 14th 17th 15th 100 7 Andrew Macpherson Lotus Exige S 23rd Ret DNS 30th 30th DNS DNS 97 8 Barrie Nesbitt HSV Coupé GTS 31st 32nd 60 Mike Reedy Lotus Exige S DNS DNS

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)

Note: No points were awarded for the third race at Albert Park as the race was stopped due to incidents on the first 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. "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 web.archive.org on 1 October 2009
5. Australian GT – Archives – 2009 Championship Points Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 20 March 2010, Archived at web.archive.org on 16 April 2010
6. Australian GT – Archives – 2009 Round Points Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 20 March 2010, Archived at web.archive.org on 16 April 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 web.archive.org on 1 October 2009
14. Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014

External links

• 2009 Race Results Archive Retrieved from Natsoft on 23 December 2009
• 2009 AGTC Technical Regulations as archived at web.archive.org on 1 October 2009