2007 Australian GT Championship season

2007 Australian GT Championship season
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The 2007 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship open to closed production based sports cars as approved for FIA GT3 competition and to similar cars as approved by CAMS.[1] The championship began on 3 February 2007 at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 9 December at Sandown Raceway after eight rounds held across five states. It was the eleventh Australian GT Championship.

Contents

Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 2007 Australian GT Championship.

Team Manufacturer Car model No Driver
Property Solutions Group Ferrari F430 2 Kevin Miller
Consolidated Chemical Company
Sirena Racing		 Ferrari 360 GT 4 Allan Simonsen
Craig Baird
Ted Huglin
Andrew Knight
F430 80 Allan Simonsen
Tim Leahey
Lamborghini Australia Lamborghini Diablo GTR 5 Peter Hackett
Gallardo 5 John Bowe
Abcor
Preston General Engineering		 Aston Martin DBRS9 7 John Kaias
Will Davison
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 77 John Kaias
Flash Air
Daikin Air Conditioninh		 Porsche 996 GT3-RSR 8 Simon Middleton
Peter Hill
Hallmarc Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 9 Marc Cini
Supaloc Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 10 Gary Dann
Taplin Real Estate
ANZ Banking		 Porsche 996 GT3 11 Andrew Taplin
Dean Evans
Quarterback Shirts Ferrari 360 Challenge 12 Mark Eddy
Dean Grant
Promat Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 13 Matthew Turnbull
Echo Ridges Wines Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 14 Greg Ward
Twigg Waste Management Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 18 Max Twigg
Nexus Cleaning
Roock		 Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 19 Damien Flack
Ash Samadhi
Marc Cini
Palmer Steel Industries Lamborghini Gallardo 20 Ian Palmer
Paul Stokell
Sherrin Motorsport P/L Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 21 Iain Sherrin
27 Grant Sherrin
Pelorus Property Group Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 23 Paul Tresidder
Max Twigg
Audi Centre Melbourne Ferrari F430 29 Maher Algadrie
WTF Motorsport Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 31 Jon Trende
Lynns Building Materials Porsche 996 GT3 32 Blake Lynn
Kirchner Constructions Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 33 Fraser Kirchner
Jaylec
Buzza Auto Electrics		 Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 36 Peter Fountas
Matthew Coleman
Garth Rainsbury
RDS - Wall Racing Pty Ltd Porsche 996 GT3-RSR 38 David Wall
Des Wall
Sedgman Limited Porsche 996 GT3 40 Russell Kempnich
Brennan IT
Securetel		 Ferrari F430 43 David Stevens
Hector Lester
Autohaus Hamilton Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 44 Bill Pye
Bolin Racing Porsche 996 GT3 45 Paul Bolinowsky
Travelplan Porsche 996 GT3 46 Anthony Skinner
Koala Furniture Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 51 Ross Lilley
Ferrari 360 GT 95
Natrad Radiators & Auto Air Porsche
Lamborghini		 996 GT3 Cup
Gallardo		 54 Bryce Washington
Michael Trimble
Data Recovery Systems P/L Lotus Elise 73 Eric Northwood
Bicycle Express Porsche 964 Turbo 74 Keith Wong
The Oxford Tavern Wollongong Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 77 Anthony Kosseris
Matt Hunt
Cue Lotus Elise 78 Justin Levis
Urban Arrangements Lotus Elise 86 Scott Bargwanna
Lotus Elise 99 Peter Lucas
Scott Bargwanna
Industry Central
Stahlwille		 Ferrari F430 88 John Teulan
Steven Johnson
Sonic Motor Racing
Macpherson & Kelley Lawyers		 Porsche 996 GT3 90 Sven Burchartz
Jon Trende
Dean Fiore
Cooks Construction Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 91 Graeme Cook
Zagame Lotus Lotus Exige GT3 98 Angelo Lazaris
Warren Luff

Calendar

Rd. Race Title Circuit City / State Date Winner Report
1 Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 2 - 4 Feb Allan Simonsen
2 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 21 - 24 Feb Allan Simonsen
3 Bathurst Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 5 - 7 Apr Bryce Washington
4 Queensland Raceway Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 25–27 May Bryce Washington
5 Phillip Island Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 10 - 12 Aug John Bowe
6 Symmons Plains Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 31 Aug - 2 Sep John Bowe
7 Oran Park Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 2 - 4 Nov Bryce Washington
8 Sandown GT Classic Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 7 - 9 Dec Allan Simonsen
Tim Leahey		 Report

Points system

For Rounds 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7, 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 for the top 25 positions in each of the three races. Round 3 featured only two races and points were allocated on a 57-48-42-37.5-34.5-31.5-28.5-27-25.5-24-22.5-21-19.5-18-16.5-15-13.5-12-10.5-9-7.5-6-4.5-3-1.5 basis. Round 8 was a 500 kilometre endurance round and points were allocated on a 114-96-84-75-69-63-57-54-51-48-45-42-39-36-33-30-27-24-21-18-15-12-9-6-3 basis. Three bonus points were allocated for pole position at each of the eight rounds.[1]

The total for each driver was adjusted by deducting the worst round point score of those rounds which were contested. This resulted in drivers scoring zero nett points if they only contested only one round.[2]

Championship results

Pos [3] Driver [2] [3] Round 1 - EAS[4] Round 2 - ADE[5] Round 3 - BAT[6] Round 4 - QLD[7] Round 5 - PHI[8] Round 6 - SYM[9] Round 7 - ORA[10] Round 8 - SAN[11] Total Pts [2] Retained Pts [2] [3]
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 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1
1 Allan Simonsen 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 779 695
2 Bryce Washington 3rd 2nd 3rd 14th 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 4th 4th 9th 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st Ret 662 662
3 David Wall 2nd Ret 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 6th 7th 10th 4th 4th 1st Ret 2nd 2nd 13th 604 565
4 Damien Flack 7th 5th 7th 13th 12th 15th 5th 7th 13th 8th 17th 10th 10th 6th 5th Ret 9th 5th 6th 4th 11th 409 371
5 Sven Burchartz 17th Ret DNS 6th Ret Ret 6th 5th 5th 5th 6th 7th 8th 5th 6th Ret DNS 6th 9th 7th 4th 379 370
6 Peter Lucas 8th 7th 12th 9th 7th 7th 13th 12th 6th 12th 12th 17th 11th 12th 10th 9th 8th Ret 7th Ret 12th 345.5 326.5
7 John Teulan 5th 4th Ret 3rd 4th 4th Ret DNS 10th 15th DNS 11th DNS DNS 3rd 8th 6th 3rd 319 319
8 Paul Tresidder 9th Ret 9th 10th 9th 8th 9th Ret 11th Ret 8th Ret 17th 13th 7th 6th 6th 7th 10th 8th Ret 279.5 279.5
9 Ian Palmer 4th 4th DNS DNS DNS Ret 6th Ret Ret DNS DNS 4th 5th 5th 2nd 263 263
10 Max Twigg 6th Ret 6th 8th 6th 7th 6th 5th 8th 9th 11th Ret 4th DNS Ret 238.5 238.5
11 Jon Trende 14th 12th 11th 11th 18th Ret Ret 10th 9th 19th DNS DNS 11th 5th 10th 4th 233 226
12 Mark Eddy 5th 6th 5th DNS Ret 8th 7th 10th 9th Ret 7th 10th 204 204
13 Ross Lilley 13th 10th Ret Ret 11th 12th 11th 9th Ret 16th 16th 9th 8th 7th 10th Ret DNS 196 196
14 Paul Bolinowsky 12th 11th 10th 12th 10th Ret Ret DNS 12th 12th 14th 8th 11th 9th 180 180
15 Peter Fountas 16th 14th 14th 18th 15th 17th 17th 15th 15th 17th 14th 15th 15th 17th 9th 206 206
16 Gary Dann DNS DNS DNS 4th 5th 6th 10th 8th 9th 7th 7th 173 173
17 Angelo Lazaris 18th 16th 16th 16th Ret 15th 8th 7th 5th DNS DNS DNS 8th 163 163
18 Blake Lynn 10th 8th 8th Ret Ret 14th 14th 11th 12th 11th 13th 146.5 134.5
19 John Bowe 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 4th 221 117
20 Will Davison 5th 2nd 2nd 7th 144 87
21 John Kaias Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS DNS 4th 4th 3rd 7th 135 78
22 Craig Baird 3rd 5th 4th Ret 76 76
23 Bill Pye 4th 6th 5th 7th DNS 97.5 69
24 Andrew Taplin 8th Ret Ret 6th 81 63
25 Ted Huglin 11th 12th 10th Ret 45 45
= Marc Cini 7th Ret Ret 11th 64 45
27 Grant Sherrin 16th 14th 11th 14th 13th 8th 80 43
28 Graeme Cook 12th 10th Ret 16th 13th 64.5 34.5
= Anthony Skinner Ret 9th Ret 15th 14th 51.5 34.5
30 Simon Middleton 17th 14th 13th 13th 14th Ret DNS 59 34
31 Russell Kempnich 15th 15th 15th 14th 18th DNS 53 33
= Iain Sherrin 17th 13th 15th Ret 19th Ret 40 33
33 Fraser Kirchner 19th 16th 16th 18th 16th 54 27
34 Eric Northwood 19th 17th 18th 18th 18th 48 24
- Peter Hackett Ret 3rd 4th 53 0
- Maher Algadrie 16th 8th 10th 44 0
- Keith Wong 15th 13th 11th 39 0
- Hector Lester Ret 17th 9th 26 0
- Justin Levis Ret 13th 13th 26 0
- David Stevens 11th DNS DNS 15 0
- Kevin Miller DNS DNS DNS 0 0
- Matt Turnbull Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret 0 0
- Greg Ward DNS DNS DNS 9th Ret DNS 17 0
- Scott Bargwanna DNS DNS DNS 12th 42 0
- Tim Leahey 1st 114 0
- Paul Stokell 2nd 96 0
- Steven Johnson 3rd 84 0
- Dean Fiore 4th 75 0
- Anthony Kosseris 5th 69 0
- Matt Hunt 5th 69 0
- Dean Evans 6th 63 0
- Warren Luff 8th 54 0
- Garth Rainsbury 9th 51 0
- Matt Coleman 9th 51 0
- Dean Grant 10th 48 0
- Ash Samadi 11th 45 0
- Des Wall 13th 39 0
- Andy Knight Ret 0 0
- Peter Hill DNS 0 0
- Michael Trimble Ret 0 0
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (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 participate
Excluded (EX)

References

  1. ^ a b 2007 Australian GT Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations
  2. ^ a b c d Outright Standings 2007 from www.australiangt.com.au, (Table includes competitors who completed the championship with a nett points total of “0") Retrieved on 11 January 2008 – webpage no longer live
  3. ^ a b c Mitchell Adam, The world at our feet, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 3/2007, pages 92-94 (Table shows only the 34 drivers who completed the championship with a nett points total of greater than “0”)
  4. ^ "Eastern Creek International Raceway 04/02/2007 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport - Round 7". National Software. 2 February 2007. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?04/02/2007.ECIR. Retrieved 19 December 2007. 
  5. ^ "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 04/03/2007 2007 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 4 March 2007. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?04/03/2007.ADEL. Retrieved 19 December 2007. 
  6. ^ "Mount Panorama 08/04/2007 WPS Bathurst International Motorsport Festival". National Software. 8 April 2007. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?08/04/2007.MOUN. Retrieved 19 December 2007. 
  7. ^ "Queensland Raceway Ipswich 27/05/2007 Shannons National Motor Racing Championship - Round 3". National Software. 27 May 2007. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?27/05/2007.QR1. Retrieved 19 December 2007. 
  8. ^ "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 12/08/2007 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2007 - Round 6". National Software. 12 August 2007. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?12/08/2007.PHIL. Retrieved 19 December 2007. 
  9. ^ "Symmons Plains International Raceway 01/09/2007 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2007 Round 7". National Software. 2 September 2007. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?01/09/2007.SYMM. Retrieved 19 December 2007. 
  10. ^ "Oran Park Raceway South And Grand Prix 03/11/2007 Shannons Nationals 2007 - Round 9". National Software. 4 November 2007. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?03/11/2007.ORAN. Retrieved 19 December 2007. 
  11. ^ "Sandown International Motor Raceway 09/12/2007 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2007 - Rd 10". National Software. 9 December 2007. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?09/12/2007.SAND. Retrieved 19 December 2007. 

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