2015 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series
The 2015 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series was an Australian motor racing competition open to Sports Sedans and Trans Am style cars.[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Series [1] and was the twelfth National Series for Sports Sedans to be contested following the discontinuation of the Australian Sports Sedan Championship at the end of 2003. The 2015 series was won by Tony Ricciardello driving an Alfa Romeo GTV.
Calendar
The series was contested over five rounds.[1]
Round [1] | Circuit [1] [2] | Date [1] [2] | Format [1] [2] | Round winner [3] | Car [2] |
1 | Sandown | 27-29 March | Three races | Tony Ricciardello | Alfa Romeo GTV |
2 | Winton | 15-17 May | Three races | Tony Ricciardello | Alfa Romeo GTV |
3 | Queensland Raceway | 7-9 August | Three races | Jack Perkins | Audi A4 |
4 | Wakefield Park | 16-18 October | Three races | Jack Perkins | Audi A4 |
5 | Sydney Motorsport Park | 13-15 November | Three races | Jack Perkins | Audi A4 |
The results for each round were determined by the number of points scored by each driver at that round.[1]
Classes structure
Cars competed in the following classes: [1]
- Class SS: Automobiles complying with the provisions of the CAMS Group 3D regulations for Sport Sedans.[1]
- Class TA: Trans Am type automobiles complying with the 2015 Sports Sedan Series Technical Regulations for Class TA.[1]
- Class M: MARC cars [4]
Points system
Series points were awarded to drivers for their outright finishing positions in each race on the following basis: [1]
Position [1] | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th & below |
Race 1 [1] | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Race 2 [1] | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Race 3 [1] | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
Series standings
Final series standings were as follows:
Position [3] | Driver [3] | No. [3] | Car [2] | Class [2] | Competitor / Team [2] | San [3] | Win [3] | Que [3] | Wak [3] | Syd [3] | Total [3] |
1 | Tony Ricciardello | 1 | Alfa Romeo GTV | SS | B&M Ricciardello Motors | 133 | 131 | 78 | 122 | 120 | 584 |
2 | Steven Tamasi | 9 | Holden Calibra | SS | Domain Prestige Homes | 119 | 107 | 117 | 110 | 70 | 523 |
3 | Thomas Randle | 93 | Saab | SS | Kerrick / CKAS | 115 | 128 | 92 | 95 | 84 | 514 |
4 | Jack Perkins | 4 | Audi A4 | SS | Auto Union Deutsche | 0 | 0 | 135 | 135 | 135 | 405 |
5 | Colin Smith | 44 | Holden Monaro | SS | MR Automotive | 63 | 105 | 56 | 79 | 62 | 365 |
6 | Bruce Banks | 56 | Mazda RX-7 | SS | BJ Banks Electrical | 66 | 80 | 59 | 70 | 59 | 334 |
7 | Shane Woodman | 16 | BMW M3 | SS | Landells Signs | 0 | 100 | 60 | 101 | 0 | 261 |
8 | Michael Robinson | 32 | Holden Monaro | SS | Bell Real Estate | 0 | 69 | 83 | 82 | 0 | 234 |
9 | Bruce Henley | 43 | Mazda RX-8 | SS | Stawell Cartage | 51 | 75 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 193 |
10 | Kerry Baily | 58 | Aston Martin DBR9 | SS | Rent Depot | 110 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 158 |
11 | Andrew Brown | 60 | Chevrolet Camaro | TA | Andrew Brown Motorsport | 78 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 |
12 | Phil Crompton | 12 | Ford Mustang | TA | Moonbi Oil Traders | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 24 | 98 |
13 | Shane Bradford | 68 | Chevrolet Camaro | TA | Aston Air Conditioning | 0 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
14 | Paul Morris | 91 | MARC | M | MARC Cars Australia | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
15 | Dean Camm | 66 | Chevrolet Corvette | TA | Five Star Fencing & Gates | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
16 | Michael Benton | 92 | MARC | M | Castrol | 42 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
17 | Keith Kassulke | 91 | MARC | M | MARC Cars Australia | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
18 | Darren Hossack | 4 | Audi A4 | SS | Auto Union Deutsche | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
19 | Tony Alford | 54 | MARC | M | Donut King | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
20 | Peter McLeod | 50 | Mazda RX-7 | SS | Slick 50 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Class TA award
Reference was made in the sporting regulations regarding a Class TA award [1] however results for this were not included with the official published series points table.[3]
Notes and references
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2015 Sports Sedan Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Natsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 7 January 2016
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series - 2015 Pointscore, www.sportssedans.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ↑ Race results as published at racing.natsoft.com.au/results/ show all MARC cars in a separate Class M