The 2009 Australian GT Championship was an Australian national motor racing title sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport for drivers of closed production based sports cars which were either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GTs.[1] It was the thirteenth Australian GT Championship.
The GT Championship division for FIA GT3 specification vehicles[2] was won by former Carrera Cup racer David Wall driving a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S for the family owned Wall Racing team, which included race victories at Albert Park, Phillip Island, Eastern Creek and Mount Panorama for a comfortable victory margin of almost 90 points over another former Carrera Cup racer James Koundouris. Veteran Jim Richards, driving Wall's 2008 Carrera Cup car, finished third in the championship. Neither Koundouris or Richards took race wins in the series. The other race winners were Craig Baird, whose Mosler dominated the opening round at Adelaide but the team was sold mid-season leaving Baird without a drive, Dean Grant, whose Lamborghini gained a win at Eastern Creek, and Max Twigg, who debuted a 997 GT3 Cup S similar to Wall's at the final round at Sydney Olympic Park to dominate the event.
The GT Challenge division for older cars,[2] (mostly Porsche 996 Carrera Cup cars and one-make specification Ferraris and Maseratis), was won by Jordan Ormsby whose Porsche GT3-RS dominated the series after Klark Quinn was moved from the Challenge division to the Championship division. Quinn won the first five races for the season prior to that. Michael Loccisano was second driving a 996 Carrera Cup with Keith Wong third driving a Ferrari 360.
The GT Production division for production based sportscars[2] Paul Freestone driving a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and a HSV Coupé GTS. Lotus Exige drivers Mark O'Connor and Tim Poulton completed the top three.
Teams and drivers
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The following teams and drivers competed in the 2009 Australian GT Championship.
| Team | Car | Division | No | Driver |
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| Jocaro Motorsport | Lamborghini Gallardo | Championship | 1 |  Mark Eddy
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| 2 | Dean Grant
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| Dodge Viper GTS ACR | 3 | Ross Lilley
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| Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Challenge | 50 | Calvin Pusterla
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| Consolidated Chemical Company | Lamborghini Gallardo | Championship | 4 | Ted Huglin John Bowe
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| Taplin Real Estate | Lamborghini Gallardo | Championship | 5 | Andrew Taplin
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| Golf Car Solutions | Porsche 996 GT3 RS | Challenge | 6 | Jordan Ormsby
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| VIP Petfoods Racing | Aston Martin DBRS9 | Championship | 7 |  Tony Quinn
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| Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche 997 GT3 Cup |
Challenge Championship |
12 | Klark Quinn
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| Greg Murphy Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 | Championship | 8 | Simon Middleton
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| Creative Colour | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Challenge | 8 | Jeff Bobik
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| Hallmarc Developments | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 | Championship | 9 | Marc Cini
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| Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Challenge | 19 | Michael Loccisano
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| SMS Commander | Lotus Exige S | Production | 10 | Mark O'Connor
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| Briggs Motor Sport | Dodge Viper GTS ACR | Championship | 11 | John Briggs
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| Jim Richards Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 | Championship | 15 |  Jim Richards
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| Twigg Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 |
Championship | 18 | Max Twigg
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| Team Palmer | Dodge Viper GTS ACR | Championship | 20 | Ian Palmer
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| Bayside Church | Ferrari F430 GT3 | Championship | 21 | Hector Lester
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| Bruce Lynton BMW | BMW M3 | Production | 23 | Beric Lynton
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| Freestone's Racing | Chevrolet Corvette Z06 | Production | 25 | Paul Freestone
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| Freestone Transport | HSV Coupé GTS | Production | 26 | Paul Freestone
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| Maranello Motorsport | Ferrari F430 GT3 | Championship | 27 | Nick O'Halloran Allan Simonsen
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| Ferrari 360 Challenge | Challenge | 37 | Andrew Barlow
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| Ferrari 430 Challenge | Challenge | 99 |  Maher Algadrie
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| Trofeo Motorsport | Maserati Trofeo Light | Challenge | 29 | Jim Manolios Rod Wilson
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| Warrin Mining | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Challenge | 30 | Adam Wallis
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| Kirchner Constructions | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Challenge | 33 | Fraser Kirchner
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| PR Racing Technology Wall Racing |
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 | Championship | 38 | David Wall
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| Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 | Championship | 39 | Des Wall
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| Championship Challenge |
Paul Tresidder
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| Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Challenge | 58 | Richard Kimber
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| Italia Motori | Maserati Trofeo | Production | 42 | Kai Mysliwiecz
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| Brennan Voice Data & IT | Ferrari F430 GT3 | Championship | 43 | David Stevens
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| Supabarn Supermarkets | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 | Championship | 47 | Theo Koundouris
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| Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 |
69 | James Koundouris
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| AMAC Motorsport | Lotus Exige S | Production | 51 | Andrew MacPherson Mike Reedy
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| Mosler MT900R | Championship | Andrew MacPherson
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| Donut King Racing | HSV Coupé GTS Nissan GT-R |
Production | 54 | Tony Alford
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| HSV Coupe GTS | 56 | Barrie Nesbitt
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| John Teulan Racing | Mosler MT900R | Championship | 55 | Craig Baird
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| 88 | John Teulan
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| McGrath Estate Agents | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 | Championship | 56 | Shane Smollen
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| Austral Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Challenge | 63 | Richard Green
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| Racing Incident | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 | Championship | 66 | Peter Hill
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| Eric Bana Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Challenge | 67 | Eric Bana
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| Juniper Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 | Championship | 71 | Shaun Juniper
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| Bicycle Express Motorsport | Ferrari 360 Challenge | Challenge | 74 | Keith Wong
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| OOAK Racing | Lotus Exige S | Production | 77 | Timothy Poulton
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| Cue | Lotus Elise HDPE | Championship | 78 | Justin Levis
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| Pariah Motorsport | Lotus Exige GT3 | Championship | 98 | Angelo Lazaris
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Race calendar
editThe championship was contested over a six-round series.[3] Within each division, each driver could count only his/her best five round results.[4]
| Rd. | Event | Circuit | Location / state | Date | Format | Winner | ||
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| Rd 1 | Clipsal 500 | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | 19–22 March | Three races | Craig Baird | Klark Quinn | Mark O'Connor |
| Rd 2 | Australian Grand Prix | Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | Melbourne, Victoria | 26–29 March | Three races | David Wall | Klark Quinn | Paul Freestone |
| Rd 3 | Australian GT Classic | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 16–17 May | Two races | David Wall | Jordan Ormsby | Paul Freestone |
| Rd 4 | Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | 18–19 July | Three races | David Wall | Jordan Ormsby | Paul Freestone |
| Rd 5 | Bathurst 1000 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 8–11 October | Two races | David Wall | Paul Tresidder | Paul Freestone |
| Rd 6 | Sydney 500 | Homebush Street Circuit | Sydney, New South Wales | 4–6 December | Two races | Max Twigg | Michael Loccisano | Tony Alford |
Championship standings
editPoints score sourced from:[5][6]
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Note: No points were awarded for the third race at Albert Park as the race was stopped due to incidents on the first lap.[13]
Australian Tourist Trophy
editThe 2009 Australian Tourist Trophy was awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the driver gaining the highest aggregate points total in the Eastern Creek and Phillip Island rounds of the 2009 Australian GT Championship.[14] The title, which was the twentieth Australian Tourist Trophy, was won by David Wall driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997.[14]
References
edit- ^ "GT Championship Eligible Automobiles" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- ^ a b c "Australian GT – About us – Division system". Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ^ Australian GT Events 2009 Event Information Archived 27 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 23 December 2009
- ^ 2009 AGTC Sporting Regulations as archived at web.archive.org on 1 October 2009
- ^ Australian GT – Archives – 2009 Championship Points Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 20 March 2010, Archived at web.archive.org on 16 April 2010
- ^ Australian GT – Archives – 2009 Round Points Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 20 March 2010, Archived at web.archive.org on 16 April 2010
- ^ "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 22/03/2009 2009 Clispal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 22 March 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- ^ "Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 29/03/2009 2009 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix". National Software. 29 March 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- ^ "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 17/05/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2009 – Round 3". National Software. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- ^ "Eastern Creek International Raceway 19/07/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 6". National Software. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
- ^ "Mount Panorama – Bathurst 11/10/2009 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 18". National Software. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- ^ "Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit 06/12/2009 Sydney Telstra 500 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 25 & 26". National Software. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- ^ Wall Wins VodkaO Australian GT Championship Round 2 at Australian Grand Prix Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 18 January 2009, Archived at web.archive.org on 1 October 2009
- ^ a b Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014
External links
edit- 2009 Race Results Archive Retrieved from Natsoft on 23 December 2009
- 2009 AGTC Technical Regulations as archived at web.archive.org on 1 October 2009