Australian Nations Cup Championship

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The Australian Nations Cup Championship was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport from 2000 to 2004.

1 History
- 1.1 Demise
2 Championship results
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Nations Cup evolved from the GT Production category, which was created in 1995 by category managers PROCAR Australia. For 2000, PROCAR split The Australian GT Production Car Championship into two separate series so that the more exotic GT cars such as Porsche 911s and Ferrari 360s could compete in the new Australian Nations Cup Championship and the lesser vehicles such as the Mitsubishi Lancers and Subaru Imprezas could now compete for outright wins in the revised Australian GT Production Car Championship.

[edit] Demise

With the demise of PROCAR during 2004, CAMS revived the Australian GT Championship and the series was merged into the grids of the Australian Porsche Drivers Challenge, itself a class of refugees left over after the Australian Carrera Cup Championship replaced the former Porsche Cup. The regulations differed and not all Nations Cup cars were eligible to race in the GT series, the controversial Holden Monaro 427C the most notable such example.

[edit] Championship results

The top three placegetters in these five championships were:

Year	Champion	Car	Runner Up	Car	Third Place	Car
2000	Jim Richards	Porsche 996 GT3	Peter Fitzgerald	Porsche 996 GT3	Mark Noske	Ferrari 360 Challenge
2001	Jim Richards	Porsche 996 GT3	Paul Stokell	Lamborghini Diablo SVR	Peter Fitzgerald	Porsche 996 GT3
2002	Jim Richards	Porsche 996 GT3	Geoff Morgan	Chrysler Viper ACR	John Bowe	Ferrari 360GT
2003	Paul Stokell	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	John Bowe	Ferrari 360GT	Nathan Pretty	Holden Monaro 427C
2004	Paul Stokell	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	Nathan Pretty	Holden Monaro 427C	David Stevens	Porsche 996 GT2R