1995 Australian GT Production Car Series

Last updated

The 1995 Australian GT Production Car Series was an Australian motor racing series for production cars. [1] It was the first and only series to be contested under the Australian GT Production Car Series name. [2] The series was however preceded by the 1994 Australian Super Production Car Series [2] with the Super Production category being renamed to GT Production for 1995 [3] and the series gaining national title status to become the Australian GT Production Car Championship in 1996. [2] The 1995 series was won by Jim Richards driving a Porsche 968CS and a Porsche 911 RSCS . [1]

Contents

Schedule

The series was contested over six rounds with two races per round. [1]

Round [2] Circuit [2] StateDate [4]
1 Phillip Island Victoria 5 March
2 Oran Park New South Wales 2 April
3 Symmons Plains Tasmania 7 May
4 Calder Victoria 13 May
5 Mallala South Australia 4 June
6 Lakeside Queensland 23 July

Results

Position [2] Driver [2] No [5] Car [5] Entrant [5] Phi [2] Ora [2] Sym [2] Cal [2] Mal [2] Lak [2] Total [2]
1 Jim Richards 5 Porsche 968CS [1]
Porsche 911 RSCS 		Bob Jane T Mart352240353535202
2Peter Fitzgerald3 Porsche 968CS [1]
Porsche 911 RSCS 		Falken Tyres271627323535172
3Jim Zerefos10 Lotus Esprit Monarch Motor Imports-3015202418107
4Gary Waldon Mazda RX-7 [1]
Mazda RX-7 SP [1] 		Mazda Motorsport 20402016--96
5 Paul Morris 32 BMW M3-R [1] Paul Morris Motorsport -162020--56
6Greg Crick8 Honda NSX Ross Palmer Motorsport---14121440
7Geoff Morgan4 Porsche 911 RSCS Geoff Morgan--11818-37
8Jeremy Norris Porsche 968CS [1] 188----26
9Brett Peters41 Porsche 968CS [1] Bob Jane T Marts--868-22
John Smith4 Porsche 911 RSCS [1] Geoff Morgan [1] -----2222
11Ross Palmer Honda NSX [1] 867---21
12 Dick Johnson 7 Mazda RX-7 SP [1] Mazda Motorsport ---8-1220
13John Nicholls11 Porsche 911 RSCS John Nicholls----18-18
14 Alan Jones Mazda RX-7 [1] Mazda Motorsport -14----14
15Terry Bosnjak27 Mazda RX-7 [1]
Mazda RX-7 SP 		Hatfield Engineering-66---12
16 John Bowe Mazda RX-7 [1] Mazda Motorsport 10-----10
17Russell Paterson Porsche 968CS 4-5---9
18Matthew Martin33 Porsche 968 Falken Tyres---3--3
Class B
1Chris Sexton99 Ford ED Falcon XR6 Chris Sexton-404040-30150
2Guy Gibbons Subaru Impreza WRX 40-----40
Vaughan Hatcher----40-40
Tony Scott Holden VP Commodore SS -----4040
5John Cowley Ford ED Falcon XR6 -----2424
Class C
1Milton Leslight16 Peugeot 405 [1] Milton Leslight--204040-100
2Gwenda Searle Toyota Celica ZR
Toyota MR2 		-40----40

Related Research Articles

Mallala Motor Sport Park Motor racing circuit in Mallala, South Australia

Mallala Motor Sport Park is a 2.6 km (1.6 mi) bitumen motor racing circuit near the town of Mallala in South Australia, 55 km north of the state capital, Adelaide.

The Australian Nations Cup Championship was a motor racing title sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) from 2000 to 2004.

The 2002 Australian Nations Cup Championship was CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to GT type cars complying with both Group 3E Series Production Car regulations as published by CAMS and Nations Cup regulations as published by Procar Australia. The title, which was the third Australian Nations Cup Championship, was won by Jim Richards driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.

The Australian Production Car Championship is an Australian motor racing title for production cars, sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS). The championship was first contested in 1987 and from 2008 to 2015 the title was awarded to the most successful driver in the annual Australian Manufacturers' Championship series which ran on the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships program.

The 1996 BOC Gases Australian Super Touring Championship was the fourth running of a touring car series in Australia under the Super Touring Car regulations. It began on 19 May 1996 at Amaroo Park and ended on 9 November at Oran Park Raceway after sixteen races.

Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship

Porsche Carrera Cup Australia is an Australian motor racing series open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. First held in 2003, it is administered by Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd and was sanctioned by CAMS as a national championship through to 2015 and as a National Series from 2016. During its history, Carrera Cup has been a leading support category for the Supercars Championship. New Zealand driver Craig Baird has been the most successful driver, winning the series five times.

The 2001 Australian Nations Cup Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to drivers of GT style cars complying with Nations Cup regulations as published by PROCAR and approved by CAMS. The title, which was the second Australian Nations Cup Championship, was contested over an eight round series.

1996 Australian Touring Car Championship

The 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of 5.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with Australian Group 3A regulations. The championship, which was the 37th Australian Touring Car Championship, was promoted as the Shell Australian Touring Car Championship. It was contested over ten rounds between January 1996 and June 1996. The championship was contested earlier in the year than usual as much of telecaster Channel 7's broadcast equipment was required for its 1996 Summer Olympics coverage. 1996 was the last year in which Channel 7 would broadcast the championship until 2007, with Network Ten taking over the broadcast rights from the 1997 season onwards.

The Australian GT Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title, organised by Procar Australia Pty Ltd, for drivers of Group 3E Series Production Cars.

The 1997 Australian GT Production Car Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Group 3E Series Production Cars. The championship, which was contested over an eight round series, was organised and administered by Procar Australia. It was recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the second Australian GT Production Car Championship.

The 1996 Australian GT Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group 3E Series Production Cars. The championship, which was organised and promoted by Procar Australia, was contested over an eight-round series with two races per round.

The 1999 Australian GT Production Car Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to cars complying with Group 3E Series Production Car regulations. It was the sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian title and was the fourth Australian GT Production Car Championship.

The 2004 Australian Nations Cup Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for modified production-based coupes complying with "Nations Cup" regulations. Contested as part of the 2004 Procar Championship Series, it was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Championship with PROCAR Australia Pty Ltd appointed as the Category Manager.

The Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships is a series of motor racing events held across five states of Australia. It was first held as the CAMS National Racing Championships in 2006 and adopted its present name the following year when it gained Shannons Insurance as a new partner.

The 2004 Australian GT Performance Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title, organised by Procar Australia as part of the PROCAR Championship Series and open to high performance coupes and sedans, racing with minimal modifications. It was the second running of the Australian GT Performance Car Championship.

Procar Australia was a motorsport category management company which operated in Australia from 1994 to 2004.

The 2000 Australian Nations Cup Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Nations Cup cars. The championship, which was organised by Procar Australia, is recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the inaugural Australian Nations Cup Championship. The year 2000 marked the first season in which the High Performance cars from the Australian GT Production Car Championship were to contest their own separate series under the Nations Cup name.

The 2004 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title open to Group 3E Series Production Cars. The championship, which was the 11th Australian Production Car Championship, was managed by Procar Australia as part of the 2004 PROCAR Championship Series. The championship was won by Chris Alajajian driving a Subaru Liberty GT.

The 2004 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. The championship, which was the second Australian Carrera Cup Championship, was contested over a nine round series and was administered by CupCar Australia Pty Ltd. Alex Davison won the title from Jim Richards and Fabian Coulthard.

The 1994 Australian Super Production Car Series was an Australian motor racing competition for production cars. It was the first and only series to be contested under the Australian Super Production Car Series name prior to the adoption of "Australian GT Production Car Series" for 1995 and subsequently "Australian GT Production Car Championship" for 1996.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Phil Branagan, The consolation prize, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1995, pages 182 to 185
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Procar Series PointsTables, www.procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. ↑ David Tait, Welcome, Official Programme, Mallala, June 4, 1995, page 3
  4. ↑ Around the tracks, Official Programme, Mallala, June 4, 1995, pages 60 to 64
  5. 1 2 3 Australian GT Production Series, Race 1, Official Programme, Mallala, June 4, 1995
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.