2007 Australian Sports Sedan Series

The 2007 Kerrick Australian Sports Sedan series was the seventeenth running of a national series for Sports Sedans in Australia. It began on 22 April 2007 at Oran Park Raceway and ended on 9 December at Sandown Raceway after fifteen races.

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Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 2007 Australian Sports Sedan Series. The series consisted of fifteen races, at five race meetings, held in four different states.

Team Manufacturer Car model Engine No Driver
Kerrick Saab 9-3 Chevrolet 6.0 V8 1 Dean Randle
Hercules Engineering
Mack Trucks		 Nissan 300ZX Chevrolet 6.0 V8 2 Stephen Voight
Audi Spares Audi A4 Chevrolet 6.0 V8 4 Darren Hossack
B&M Ricciardello Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Chevrolet 6.0 V8 5 Tony Ricciardello
B&V Auto Techniques Ford Escort Mk.II Chevrolet 6.0 V8 7 Mick Monterosso
Domain Prestige Homes Opel Calibra Chevrolet 6.0 V8 9 Daniel Tamasi
P & L Mechanical Services Mazda RX-7 Mazda 13B 9 Graeme Gilliland
Roddy Jag Service Jaguar XJS Jaguar 6.0 V12 12 Jordan Roddy
Mike Roddy
Interleasing Saab 9-3 Chevrolet 6.0 V8 14 Mark Nelson
Qld. Commercial Constructions Honda Prelude Chevrolet 6.0 V8 15 Charlie Senese
Speedy Fasteners Opel Calibra Ford 2.0 V6 Turbo 16 Graham Smith
Marinelli's Mechanical & Performance Ford Anglia Mazda 13B Turbo 17 Luke Marinelli
Holden Commodore VS Chevrolet 6.0 V8 51 Bob McLoughlin
Kings Fibreglass
Harrop Engineering		 Holden Torana LJ Holden 3.3 I6 19 Damian Johnson
RDS - Wall Racing Pty Ltd Chevrolet Corvette C-6 Chevrolet 6.0 V8 20 Des Wall
Datafin P/L Ford Mustang Ford 6.0 V8 21 Phil Crompton
Airey Industrial Nissan 300ZX Chevrolet 6.0 V8 28 Kerry Baily
National Metal Recyclers Chevrolet Camaro Chevrolet 6.0 V8 30 Geoff Munday
RK & T Young Plumbing Mazda RX-7 Mazda 20B Turbo 41 Trent Young
Aston Air Conditioning Ford Falcon EB Ford 5.8 V8 43 Shane Bradford
MR Automotive Rover Vitesse Chevrolet 6.0 V8 44 Colin Smith
Cambelltown Frames & Trusses Jaguar XKR Chevrolet 6.0 V8 45 Daniel Jameson
Dave McGinniss Opel Calibra Chevrolet 6.0 V8 46 Dave McGinniss
Executive Heating & Cooling Mazda RX-7 Mazda 20B 48 Luke Chambers
CSJ Engineering
Steves Toy Shop		 Opel Calibra Chevrolet 6.0 V8 50 Chris Jackson
Five Star Fencing Honda Prelude Chevrolet 6.0 V8 56 Dean Camm
Quality Concreting Mazda RX-7 Nissan 2.0 I4 Turbo 59 Bobby Ervin
Austrack Motorsport Holden Commodore VX Chevrolet 6.0 V8 80 Fred Axisa
AMG Engineering Rover Vitesse Chevrolet 6.0 V8 91 Anthony Macready
Whiteline Transport Chevrolet Camaro Chevrolet 6.0 V8 95 Chris Templar

Season review

Results and Standings

Race Calendar

The 2007 Australian Sports Sedan Series season consisted of five rounds.

Rd. Race Title Circuit City / State Date Winner Report
1 Oran Park Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 20 - 22 Apr Tony Ricciardello
2 Queensland Raceway Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 25–27 May Tony Ricciardello
3 Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 13 - 15 Jul Tony Ricciardello
4 Mallala Mallala Motor Sport Park Adelaide, South Australia 12 - 14 Oct Tony Ricciardello
5 Sandown Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 7 - 9 Dec Tony Ricciardello

Drivers Points

Points were awarded 20-17-15-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 based on the top sixteen race positions in each race. There were two bonus points allocated for pole position.

Pos Driver Round 1 - ORA[1] Round 2 - QLD[2] Round 3 - EAS[3] Round 4 - MAL[4] Round 5 - SAN[5] Pts
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 Race 2 Race 3
1 Tony Ricciardello 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 259
2 Stephen Voight 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 5th 3rd 11th 7th 6th 3rd 9th 6th 170
3 Kerry Baily Ret Ret 3rd 4th 4th 2nd Ret 1st 2nd 2nd 5th 2nd 2nd 158
4 Dean Randle 2nd 2nd 11th 3rd Ret 4th 2nd 6th 3rd 4th Ret DNS DNS 124
5 Bobby Ervin 4th 6th 3rd 3rd 4th 13th 8th 7th 8th 4th Ret 112
6 Charlie Senese 8th 6th 6th 7th Ret 9th 8th 18th Ret DNS 12th 8th 7th 82
7 Phil Crompton DNS Ret 7th 10th Ret 3rd 6th Ret 7th 5th 3rd 80
8 Fred Axisa 6th 5th 8th Ret 7th 8th Ret 12th Ret DNS Ret DNS 6th 67
9 Daniel Jameson Ret 4th Ret Ret 4th 4th Ret 6th Ret 4th 63
10 Trent Young Ret Ret 6th 6th Ret Ret 5th 5th 46
11 Colin Smith 5th Ret 10th 9th Ret 10th 7th 43
12 Daniel Tamasi DNS DNS 1st 1st Ret 40
13 Chris Templar 9th 9th Ret 4th 6th DNS 40
14 Mike Roddy 13th 5th Ret 7th 9th 34
15 Dean Camm Ret 6th 10th 10th Ret 9th Ret Ret 33
16 David McGinniss Ret DNS 15th 12th 9th 10th Ret 8th 31
17 Graham Smith 9th DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 7th 16th 8th DNS DNS DNS 28
18 Shane Bradford 7th 8th 9th 27
19 Darren Hossack 8th Ret 3rd 24
20 Bob McLoughlin DNS DNS 9th 10th 8th 24
21 Mark Nelson DNS Ret 5th Ret 14th 11th 10th DNS DNS DNS 21
22 Anthony Macready 7th Ret 10th DNS 17
23 Chris Jackson 4th Ret DNS DNS 13
24 Mick Monterosso 5th Ret DNS 12
25 Damian Johnson 17th 14th 11th 9
26 Graeme Gilliland 16th 15th 12th 8
27 Jordan Roddy DNS DNS Ret 11th DNS 6
27 Geoff Munday 11th Ret DNS 6
29 Luke Chambers DNS 13th Ret 4
Luke Marinelli Ret DNS
Des Wall DNS DNS
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)

* No points were scored after the race was declared with insufficient laps completed after a crash by Jordan Roddy caused the race to be red flagged.
** Race was cancelled after race schedule over-ran.

References

  1. ^ "Oran Park Raceway 22/04/2007 Shannons Nationals 2007". National Software. 22 April 2007. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?22/04/2007.ORAN. Retrieved 2007-12-16. 
  2. ^ "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 2007-12-16. 
  3. ^ "Eastern Creek International Raceway 15/07/2007 Shannon's National Motor Racing Championship - Round 5". National Software. 15 July 2007. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?15/07/2007.ARDC. Retrieved 2007-12-16. 
  4. ^ "Mallala Motorsport Park 14/10/2007 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships - Round 8". National Software. 14 October 2007. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?14/10/2007.MALL. Retrieved 2007-12-16. 
  5. ^ "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 2007-12-16. 

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