The 1994 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to Group 3E Series Production Cars.[1] It was the eighth Australian Production Car Championship[2] and the first to be restricted to front wheel drive cars with an engine capacity of under 2.5 litres.[3] The championship was won by South Australian Phil Morriss, driving a Nissan Pulsar SSS.[4]
Calendar
editThe title was contested over a six round series with two races per round.[5]
| Round[5] | Circuit[5] | State | Date[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amaroo Park | New South Wales | 27 February |
| 2 | Lakeside | Queensland | 24 April |
| 3 | Winton | Victoria | 5 May |
| 4 | Eastern Creek | New South Wales | 5 June |
| 5 | Mallala | South Australia | 25 June |
| 6 | Oran Park | New South Wales | 24 July |
Points system
editChampionship points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top ten finishers in each race.
A separate Class B award was open to drivers of Group 3E cars of up to 1.6 litre engine capacity, with points awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six Class B finishers in each race.
Results
edit| Position[4] | Driver[4][6] | No.[4][7] | Car[5] | Entrant[7] | Amaroo | Lakeside | Winton | Eastern Ck | Mallala | Oran Pk | Total[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||||
| 1 | Phil Morriss | 5 | Nissan Pulsar SSS | 20 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 10 | - | 171 | |
| 2 | Murray Carter | 18 | Nissan Pulsar SSS | Murray Carter | 12 | 15 | 20 | - | 12 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 156 |
| 3 | Tony Scott | 8 | Volvo 850GLT | Volvo Cars Australia | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 91 |
| 4 | Warren Rush | 36 | Nissan Pulsar SSS | Procar Racing | 15 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | 85 |
| 5 | Mark Brame | 42 | Suzuki Swift GTi | Mark Brame | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | - | 1 | 81 |
| 6 | Gary Quartly | Nissan Pulsar SSS | 10 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 12 | - | - | 15 | 20 | 80 | ||
| 7 | Brian Callaghan | 43 | Toyota Corolla GTi | Brian Callaghan | - | - | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 48 |
| 8 | Bevan Purcell | Nissan Pintara TRX | 3 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 47 | ||
| 9 | Harry Bargwanna | 97 | Nissan Pulsar SSS | Larry King Motorsport | 8 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 12 | - | 3 | 41 |
| 10 | Phil Alexander | 35 | Nissan Pulsar SSS | Procar Racing | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 15 | 41 |
| 11 | Kevin Burton | Nissan Pulsar SSS | - | 2 | 10 | 8 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 8 | 33 | ||
| 12 | Phil Kirkham | 7 | Mazda 626 | Rebound Sportswear | - | - | - | - | 6 | 10 | - | - | 3 | 8 | - | - | 27 |
| 13 | Chris Wiles | Ford Laser TX3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 14 | ||
| 14 | Milton Leslight | Peugeot 405 MI15 | - | - | - | 6 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 13 | ||
| 15 | Ryan McLeod | Citroen BX16 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 12 | ||
| 16 | Matt Lehmann | 14 | Nissan Pulsar SSS | Matt Lehmann | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
| 17 | Colin Osborne | 13 | Toyota Corolla GTi | Colin Osborne | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| 18 | Lucianno Iezzi | 27 | Toyota Corolla | Colin Osborne | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| 19 | Andrej Pavicevic | Suzuki Swift | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| 20 | Chris Kousparis | Nissan Pulsar SSS | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Class B : Under 1600cc | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mark Brame | 42 | Suzuki Swift GTi | Mark Brame | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 92 |
| 2 | Brian Callaghan | 43 | Toyota Corolla GTi | Brian Callaghan | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 80 |
| 3 | Colin Osborne | 13 | Toyota Corolla GTi | Colin Osborne | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 48 |
| 4 | Luciano Iezzi | 27 | Toyota Corolla | Colin Osborne | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Denis Cribben | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Andrej Pavicevic | Suzuki Swift | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 15 | ||
| 7 | Paul Wilkin | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |||
| 8 | Gwenda Searle | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |||
References
edit- ^ Australian Title Conditions, 1994 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 164-165
- ^ Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
- ^ To The Front (Wheel Drive), March!, Australian Production Car Championship, Official Programme, Mallala, June 26th, 1994, pages 76 to 78
- ^ a b c d e It's a Morriss, Australian Production Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1994/95, pages 200-204
- ^ a b c d e Australian Production Car Championship (race results), Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1994/95, page 288
- ^ PROCAR points tables Retrieved on 17 March 2012
- ^ a b (Entry list), Australian Production Car Championship, Round 5, (Race 1), Official Programme, Mallala, June 26th, 1994