The 2009 Biante Touring Car Masters was an Australian motor racing series[1] for pre-1974 Touring Cars.[2] It was the third annual Touring Car Masters series.
Group 1 was won by Gavin Bullas driving a Ford Mustang and Group 2 by Trevor Talbot driving a Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1.
Schedule
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The series was contested over seven rounds.[1]
| Round | Circuit[1][3] | Date[3] | Round winner[1] | Car[3] |
| 1 | Adelaide Parklands Circuit | 1–4 March | Gavin Bullas | Ford Mustang |
| 2 | Winton Motor Raceway | 1–3 May | Gavin Bullas | Ford Mustang |
| 3 | Hidden Valley Raceway | 19–21 June | Gavin Bullas | Ford Mustang |
| 4 | Queensland Raceway, Ipswich | 21–23 August | Jim Richards | Ford Falcon Sprint |
| 5 | Eastern Creek International Raceway | 5–6 September | Gavin Bullas | Ford Mustang |
| 6 | Mount Panorama, Bathurst | 8–11 October | Jim Richards | Ford Falcon Sprint |
| 7 | Sandown International Motor Raceway | 7–8 November | Gavin Bullas | Ford Mustang |
Series standings
edit| Group 1 | ||||||||||
| Position[4] | Driver[4] | Car[3] | Ade[4] | Win[4] | Hid[4] | Que[4] | Eas[4] | Bat[4] | San[4] | Total[4] |
| 1 | Gavin Bullas | Ford Boss Mustang | 180 | 168 | 180 | 164 | 168 | 153 | 168 | 1181 |
| 2 | Brad Tilley | Ford XY Falcon GT | 82 | 104 | 164 | 138 | 156 | 164 | 142 | 950 |
| 3 | John Bowe | Chevrolet Camaro SS & Holden HQ Monaro |
108 | 165 | 147 | 168 | 153 | 135 | - | 876 |
| 4 | Jim Richards | Ford Falcon Sprint | 52 | - | 135 | 172 | 155 | 168 | 161 | 843 |
| 5 | Drew Marget | Ford Mustang | 129 | 147 | 97 | 135 | - | 132 | 164 | 804 |
| 6 | Steve Mason | Chevrolet Camaro SS | 160 | 97 | 48 | 102 | 145 | 129 | 78 | 759 |
| 7 | Rod Wilson | Ford XY Falcon GTHO | 135 | 90 | 117 | 105 | - | 90 | 66 | 603 |
| 8 | Tony Edwards | Holden HQ Monaro | 36 | 129 | 90 | 132 | 42 | - | 148 | 577 |
| 9 | Graham Alexander | Holden HQ Monaro | 0 | - | 105 | 114 | 108 | 93 | 111 | 531 |
| 10 | Tony Hunter | Holden HQ Monaro | 123 | - | - | 87 | 123 | 60 | 78 | 471 |
| 11 | Michael Acheson | Chrysler Valiant Charger E55 | - | 63 | 66 | 66 | 111 | 75 | 66 | 447 |
| 12 | Bob Middleton | Chevrolet Camaro SS | 60 | 69 | 111 | 81 | 57 | 45 | 0 | 423 |
| 13 | Alastair MacLean | Chevrolet Camaro SS | 45 | 120 | 0 | - | - | 134 | - | 299 |
| 14 | Nigel Benson | Holden HQ Monaro | 99 | 30 | - | 65 | 102 | - | - | 296 |
| 15 | Steve Makarios | Ford XY Falcon GTHO | 102 | 96 | 30 | - | - | - | 0 | 228 |
| 16 | Matt O'Brien | Holden HQ Monaro | - | - | - | 45 | 0 | 105 | - | 150 |
| 17 | Garry Treloar | Chevrolet Camaro SS | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | 108 | 126 |
| 18 | Ross Donnelley | Ford Boss Mustang | - | 99 | - | - | - | - | - | 99 |
| 19 | Mike Erwin | Ford XY Falcon GT | 66 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 66 |
| 20 | Brett Youlden | Ford XY Falcon GTHO | - | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | 48 |
| 21 | Cameron Tilley | Ford XY Falcon GT | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Group 2 | ||||||||||
| Position[4] | Driver[4] | Car[3] | Ade[4] | Win[4] | Hid[4] | Que[4] | Eas[4] | Bat[4] | San[4] | Total[4] |
| 1 | Trevor Talbot | Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 | 156 | 156 | 148 | - | 160 | 160 | 148 | 928 |
| 2 | Rory O'Neill | Porsche 911 RS | 135 | 136 | 87 | 152 | 98 | 117 | 117 | 842 |
| 3 | Greg Waddington | Holden Monaro & Holden HQ SS |
153 | - | 104 | 112 | 100 | 153 | 168 | 790 |
| 4 | John Nelson | Porsche 911 RS | 176 | 0 | 152 | 52 | 126 | 84 | 129 | 719 |
| 5 | Bernie Stack | Porsche 911 RS | - | 141 | 180 | - | 0 | 116 | 120 | 557 |
| 6 | Graeme Cook | Porsche 911 RS | 112 | 160 | 33 | 176 | 0 | - | 0 | 481 |
| 7 | Ian McAlister | Ford Mustang | - | 129 | 75 | - | 123 | 39 | 105 | 471 |
| 8 | Mick Wilson | Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T | 48 | - | 145 | - | 45 | 145 | 81 | 464 |
| 9 | Cameron Tilley | Chrysler Valiant Pacer | - | - | - | - | 120 | 164 | 97 | 381 |
| 10 | Cameron Mason | Datsun 510 | 66 | 111 | 42 | 0 | 117 | 30 | - | 366 |
| 11 | Phillip Showers | Ford Escort RS1600 | - | 117 | - | 84 | 33 | 0 | 90 | 324 |
| 12 | Greg Keene | Porsche 911 RS | - | - | 126 | - | 164 | 27 | - | 317 |
| 13 | Mark Forgie | Porsche 911 RS | 114 | - | - | 149 | - | - | - | 263 |
| 14 | Greg East | Holden HQ Monaro | 72 | 172 | - | - | - | - | - | 244 |
| 15 | Amanda Sparks | Porsche 911 RS | - | 36 | - | 139 | - | - | 33 | 208 |
| 16 | Richard Fairlam | Holden HQ Monaro | 123 | 42 | 0 | - | 42 | 0 | 207 | |
| 17 | Tony Karanfilovski | Alfa Romeo GTAm | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 66 | 180 |
| 18 | Chris Stillwell | Ford Mustang | - | - | - | - | - | - | 157 | 157 |
| 19 | Garry Treloar | Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 |
| 20 | Mark Buik | Porsche 911 RS | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 |
References
edit- ^ a b c d Rebecca Wyatt, Back-to-back for Bullas, The Annual - Australian Motorsports, Number 5 / 2009, pages 84 to 86
- ^ 2009 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 3rd Category - Touring Cars, Group 3D - Touring Car Masters Technical Regulations
- ^ a b c d e Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 21 October 2017
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t 2009 Standings, www.touringcarmasters.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org