2011 Australian GT Championship season

2011 Australian GT Championship season
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The 2011 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship open to closed production based sports cars which are either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GTs.^[1] The championship, which was the 15th Australian GT Championship, incorporated drivers titles in two divisions, GT Championship and GT Challenge. The former GT Production division was merged into the GT Challenge division for 2011.^[1]

Mark Eddy won his second GT Championship. Driving his Melbourne Performance Centre prepared Audi R8 LMS the 2008 champion finished 36 points ahead of Klark Quinn (Mosler MT900 GT3 and Aston Martin DBRS9) and 99 points ahead of 2006 champion Greg Crick (Chrysler Viper GT3). Eddy only won one round, but it was the bonus point Phillip Island event at Round 5. Eddy also won races at Winton and Bathurst. Quinn won two races at the street circuits of Adelaide and Townsville, but fell behind Eddy after failing to finish in the second race at Phillip Island. Crick fell behind Eddy after failing to score any points at Bathurst. Peter Hackett, Dean Grant and Kevin Weeks all claimed race wins during he course of the season.

The GT Challenge division was won by Porsche driver Peter Boylan, defeating Lotus driver Tim Poulton by 63 points. They were the only two GT Challenge drivers to complete more than half of the season.

Drivers

The Audi R8 LMS of 2011 champion Mark Eddy at the opening round of the 2011 Australian GT Championship

The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 of Andrew Taplin in Adelaide prior to Round 1 of the 2011 Australian GT Championship

The Lamborghini Gallardo of Kevin Weeks in Adelaide prior to the opening round of the 2011 Australian GT Championship

The Aston Martin DBRS9 of Tony Quinn at the opening round of the 2011 Australian GT Championship

The Ferrari 430 of Peter Edwards & Jason Richards at the opening round of the 2011 Championship

The Ginetta G50 HC of Adrian Flack at the opening round of the championship

The following drivers contested the 2011 Australian GT Championship.

Driver	No	Manufacturer	Car model	Division
David Wall	1	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup S	Championship
Dean Grant Daniel Gaunt	2	Porsche Mosler	997 GT3 Cup S MT900 GT3	Championship
Andrew Taplin	3	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup S	Championship
Nathan Tinkler	3	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Challenge
Peter Hackett	4 63	Lamborghini Mercedes-Benz	Gallardo GT3 SLS GT3	Championship
Stephen Grove	4	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Challenge
Kevin Weeks Josh Hunt	5	Lamborghini	Gallardo GT3	Championship
Jordan Ormsby	6	Porsche	996 GT3-RS	Challenge
Tony Quinn	7	Aston Martin	DBRS9	Championship
Mark Eddy	8	Audi	R8 LMS	Championship
Marc Cini Craig Baird	9	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup S	Championship
Mark O'Connor	10	Lotus	Exige S	Challenge
Mark Seamons	11	Lamborghini	Gallardo GT3	Championship
Klark Quinn	12 7	Mosler Aston Martin	MT900 GT3 DBRS9	Championship
Jon Tupou	14	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Challenge
Peter Edwards Jason Richards	17	Ferrari	F430 GT3	Championship
Ian Palmer	20	Dodge	Viper GT3	Championship
Peter Boylan	21	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Challenge
Ash Samadi	22	Mosler	MT900 GT3	Championship
Rob Knight Marcus Marshall	25	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Challenge
John Modystach Jonny Reid	26	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Challenge
Nick O'Halloran Allan Simonsen Jason Richards	27 88	Ferrari Lamborghini	F430 GT3 Gallardo GT3	Championship
Indiran Padayachee	35	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Challenge
Ben Eggleston	38	Aston Martin	DBRS9	Championship
Richard Bennett	39	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Challenge
Paul Tresidder	39	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Challenge
Mike Reedy	46	Lotus	Exige S	Challenge
Adrian Flack Lindsay Yelland	50	Ginetta	G50 HC	Challenge
Andrew MacPherson Mike Reedy	51	Mosler Lotus	MT900 GT3 Exige S	Championship Challenge
Greg Crick	55	Dodge	Viper GT3	Championship
Richard Kimber Des Wall	58	Dodge	Viper GT3	Championship
Timothy Poulton Stig Richards	61	Lotus	Exige S	Challenge
Dean Koutsoumidis	71	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Challenge
Rob Sherrard	75	Dodge	Viper GT3	Championship
Victor Zagame	88	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Challenge
Angelo Lazaris Barton Mawer	98	Lotus	Exige GT3	Championship
Damien Flack Adrian Flack	99	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Challenge

Race calendar

The championship was contested over a seven round series.^[2]

Rd.	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner
Rd.	Circuit	City / State	Date	Championship	Challenge
1	Adelaide Street Circuit^[3]	Adelaide, South Australia	17–20 March	Klark Quinn	Damien Flack
2	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	20–22 May	Dean Grant	Lindsay Yelland
3	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	28–30 May	David Wall	Peter Boylan
4	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	8–10 July	Klark Quinn	Peter Boylan
5	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	2–4 September	Mark Eddy	John Modystach Jonny Reid
6	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	6–9 October	Klark Quinn	Mark O'Connor
7	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	18–20 November	Greg Crick	Dean Koutsoumidis

Points system

Points were awarded in each division at each race according to the following table. Points were allocated according to the drivers position in their division rather than outright race position, except for Phillip Island Round 5 where points were also allocated according to qualifying order.^[1]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th
Points	57	53	50	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17

Championship results

Pos	Driver	Round 1 – ADE^[3]		Round 2 – WIN^[4]		Round 3 – EAS^[5]		Round 4 – TOW^[6]		Round 5 – PHI^[7]			Round 6 – BAT^[8]		Round 7 – SAN		Pen.	Pts
Pos	Driver	60 min race	30 min race	30 min race	60 min race	60 min race	60 min race	30 min race	30 min race	Qualifying	60 min race	60 min race	30 min race	30 min race	30 min race	30 min race	Pen.	Pts
GT Championship
1	Mark Eddy	2nd	3rd	1st	4th	3rd	6th	4th	6th	1st	1st	2nd	4th	1st	8th	6th		761
2	Klark Quinn	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	6th	5th	1st	3rd	7th	2nd	Ret	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd		725
3	Greg Crick	3rd	2nd	6th	5th	1st	7th	3rd	4th	2nd	4th	3rd	Ret	DNS	1st	1st		662
4	Peter Hackett	Ret	6th			DSQ	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	9th	2nd	2nd		570
5	Ash Samadi	5th	5th	5th	7th	Ret	9th	5th	5th	6th	Ret	4th	DNS	5th	6th	Ret		511
6	Ian Palmer					7th	8th	10th	9th	10th	5th	5th	6th	7th	11th	8th		489
7	Dean Grant	4th	12th	3rd	1st	5th	4th	9th	7th	DNS	DNS	DNS			4th	Ret		430
8	Tony Quinn	Ret	4th	7th	DNS	Ret	DNS	7th	Ret	13th	2nd	Ret	3rd	4th	7th	4th		421
9	Marc Cini	9th	8th	Ret	3rd			8th	8th						9th	7th		315
10	Kevin Weeks	Ret	DNS			4th	DNS	6th	1st	5th	Ret	DSQ	Ret	3rd				248
11	Nick O'Halloran	Ret	10th	9th	8th										5th	5th		224
12	Angelo Lazaris	6th	Ret	12th	9th			Ret	Ret	9th	7th	DNS						220
13	Daniel Gaunt	4th	DNS	DNS	1st	5th	4th			DNS	DNS	DNS						202
14	Mark Seamons			14th	Ret					11th	10th	6th						172
15	Barton Mawer			DNS	9th					4th	7th	DNS						137
16	Rob Sherrard									12th	9th	9th						130
17	Andrew Macpherson	Ret	DNS			8th	DNS								10th	11th		129
18	David Wall					2nd	1st											110
19	Peter Edwards	Ret	Ret	8th	6th													90
20	Craig Baird			DNS	3rd													50
21	Ben Eggleston			4th	Ret													48
22	Andrew Taplin	DSQ	7th															45
23	Jason Richards	Ret	DNS	DNS	8th													44
	Mike Reedy					8th	DNS											44
	Josh Hunt									8th	Ret	DSQ						44
26	Richard Kimber					11th	DNS											43
26	Des Wall					11th	DNS											43
	Allan Simonsen	Ret	DNS															0
GT Challenge
1	Peter Boylan	10th	14th			9th	11th	11th	10th	5th	11th	8th	Ret	DNS	14th	10th		573
2	Tim Poulton	11th	13th	11th	11th	10th	10th	Ret	DNS	6th	Ret	Ret	8th	10th	13th	Ret		510
3	Damien Flack	6th	9th			Ret	3rd			2nd	8th	Ret						281
4	Stig Richards	11th	DNS	DNS	11th	10th	10th			8th	Ret	Ret						252
5	Adrian Flack	7th	11th							3rd	8th	Ret						212
6	John Modystach									4th	6th	7th						164
7	Lindsay Yelland			10th	10th													114
7	Dean Koutsoumidis														12th	9th		114
9	Mark O'Connor	DNS	Ret	Ret	DNS								5th	8th	Ret	DNS		110
10	Andrew Macpherson												11th	6th				103
11	Nathan Tinkler												7th	12th				100
12	Stephen Grove														15th	12th		98
13	Paul Tresidder												9th	11th				96
14	Richard Bennett	12th	15th															94
15	Victor Zagame			13th	Ret													50
16	Indiran Padayachee												DSQ	13th				46
16	Jon Tupou									7th	DNS	DNS						46
	Jordan Ormsby	Ret	DNS															0
	Mike Reedy	Ret	DNS															0
	Rob Knight									DNS	DNS	DNS						0
	Marcus Marshall									DNS	DNS	DNS						0
	Jonny Reid									1st	6th	7th						0

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate
Blank	Excluded (EX)

2011 Australian Tourist Trophy

The 2011 Australian Tourist Trophy was awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the driver accumulating the highest aggregate points total from the Eastern Creek and Phillip island "endurance" rounds of the championship.^[9] The title, which was the 22nd Australian Tourist Trophy,^[9] was won by Mark Eddy ^[10] driving a Audi R8 LMS.^[9]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2011 Australian GT Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 28 August 2011
↑ Australian GT Events Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 18 March 2011
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 20/03/2011 2011 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
↑ "Winton Motor Raceway 22/05/2011 2011 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Races 10 & 11". National Software. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
↑ "Eastern Creek International Raceway 29/05/2011 2011 Sports Car Carnival". National Software. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
↑ "Townsville Street Circuit 10/07/2011 Sucrogen Townsville 400-V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15". National Software. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
↑ "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 04/09/2011 2011 Australian GT Championship – Round 5". National Software. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
↑ "Mount Panorama – Bathurst 09/10/2011 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – 2011 V8 Supercars – Race 20". National Software. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014
↑ Sam Tickle, We catch up with Australian GT leader and Australian Tourist Trophy winner, Mark Eddy, 7 October 2011, www.racerviews.com As archived at www.webcitation.org on 21 September 2014

External links

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