2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
The 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship[1] open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 cars complying with Australian Carrera Cup regulations.[2] The championship, which was administered by CupCar Australia Pty Ltd,[1] was the inaugural Australian Carrera Cup Championship.[3]
Calendar
The championship was contested over a nine-round series with three races per round.[1]
Rnd[1] | Circuit[1][4] | State | Date[1] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 11–13 April |
2 | Eastern Creek International Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | 2–4 May |
3 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | 23–25 May |
4 | Hidden Valley Raceway | Darwin, Northern Territory | 27–29 June |
5 | Queensland Raceway, Ipswich | Ipswich, Queensland | 18–20 July |
6 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | 12–14 September |
7 | Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst | Bathurst, New South Wales | 10–12 October |
8 | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit | Surfers Paradise, Queensland | 24–26 October |
9 | Eastern Creek International Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | 28–30 November |
Points system
Championship points were awarded at each race on the following basis:
Finishing Position[1] | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st – last |
Points awarded[1] | 60 | 54 | 48 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Championship results
Position[5] | Driver[5] | No.[5] | Car[1][2] | Team[5] | PI[5] | EC[5] | Win[5] | HV[5] | QR[5] | San[5] | Bat[5] | Sur[5] | EC[5] | Total[5] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jim Richards | 5 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Jim Richards Racing | 180 | 180 | 123 | 156 | 180 | 144 | 170 | 180 | 162 | 1475 |
2 | Marcus Marshall | 31 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | VIP Pet Foods Racing | 144 | 162 | 174 | 96 | 162 | 36 | 156 | 156 | 108 | 1194 |
3 | Peter Fitzgerald | 33 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Fitzgerald Racing/ENJO | 162 | 126 | 102 | 93 | 120 | 108 | 126 | 132 | 81 | 1050 |
4 | Tim Leahey | 55 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Greg Murphy Racing | 51 | 138 | 96 | 162 | 138 | 48 | 30 | 54 | 63 | 780 |
5 | Kevin Bell | 86 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | International Motorsport NZ | 96 | 96 | 51 | 117 | 120 | 81 | 54 | 0 | 51 | 666 |
6 | Matthew Coleman | 62 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Matt Coleman Racing | 51 | 78 | 84 | 72 | 87 | 0 | 78 | 81 | 132 | 663 |
7 | Paul Pedersen | 96 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | International Motorsport NZ | 102 | 45 | 33 | 96 | 66 | 63 | 84 | 0 | 45 | 534 |
8 | Jonathon Webb | 22 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Tekno Autosports | 51 | 45 | 36 | 39 | 21 | 111 | 87 | 6 | 93 | 489 |
9 | Tony Quinn | 32 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | VIP Pet Foods Racing | 72 | 45 | 27 | 48 | 12 | 54 | 99 | 63 | 51 | 471 |
10 | Dean Cook | 9 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | European Technique | 33 | 48 | 93 | 42 | 18 | 54 | 15 | 60 | 39 | 402* |
11 | Rodney Jane | 7 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Rodney Jane Racing | 13 | 27 | 54 | 24 | 42 | 13.5 | 6 | 102 | 69 | 350.5 |
12 | Dean Grant | 10 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Team Becks Racing | 66 | 21 | 54 | 57 | 51 | 13.5 | 15 | 13 | 33 | 323.5 |
13 | Klark Quinn | 23 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | RT Motorsport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 120 | 120 | 36 | 318 |
14 | Andrew Miedecke | 35 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Miedecke Motorsport | 63 | 48 | 114 | 18 | 0 | 45 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 318 |
15 | James Dutton | 26 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Dutton Motorsport | 5 | 48 | 4 | 75 | 18 | 60 | 0 | 21 | 45 | 276 |
16 | Peter Hill | 66 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Greg Murphy Racing | 34 | 18 | 66 | 6 | 72 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 214* |
17 | Charlie O'Brien | 15 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | International Motorsport NZ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 61.5 | 33 | 60 | 0 | 208.5 |
18 | Geoff Morgan | 4 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Mog Sport | 18 | 21 | 0 | 54 | 12 | 4.5 | 51 | 0 | 27 | 187.5 |
19 | Alex Davison | 66 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Greg Murphy Racing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 180 |
20 | Scott Shearman | 77 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Natural Blonde Racing | 60 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 45 | 3 | 177 |
21 | Jack Crocker | 51 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Team Terrier | 12 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 25.5 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 176.5 |
22 | Andrew Taplin | 18 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Taplin Real Estate | 27 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 12 | 25.5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 133.5* |
23 | Chris Seidler | 11 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | European Technique | 0 | 7 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 7.5 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 117.5 |
24 | Greg Keene | 8 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | SportsMed SA | 3 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 116* |
25 | Russell Wright | 52 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Team Terrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 75* |
26 | John Teulan | 88 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Statewide GT-Racing | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 62* |
27 | David Scaysbrook | 28 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | JAM Racing | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
28 | Roger Oakeshott | 44 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Greg Murphy Racing | 5 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5.5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 54.5* |
29 | Rick Armstrong | 99 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | International Motorsport NZ | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
30 | Paul Blackie | 24 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Pro-Floor Motorsport | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
31** | Andrew Bagnall | 82 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | International Motorsport NZ | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
32** | Marc Cini | 12 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Adamco | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 21.5 |
33** | Stephen Borness | 24 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Brook Motorsport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 20.5* |
34 | Mark Howard | 23 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | RT Motorsport | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
35 | Rusty French | 6 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Skye Sands Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
36 | Tim Pritchard | 23 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | RT Motorsport | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- Note: * indicates points total has been amended due to a minor summation error in the referenced official results.
- Note: ** indicates championship position has been adjusted to fit amended points totals.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Sporting Regulations for the 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship Retrieved from cams.com.au via replay.waybackmachine.org/ on 1 April 2011
- ^ a b Technical Regulations for the 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship Retrieved from cams.com.au via replay.waybackmachine.org/ on 1 April 2011
- ^ Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
- ^ 2003 Race Results Archive Archived 21 November 2004 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.natsoft.biz on 1 April 2011
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Championship Points Retrieved from carreracup.cupcar.com.au via replay.waybackmachine.org/ on 1 April 2011