1991 Australian Sports Sedan Championship

The 1991 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title ^[1] open to Sports Sedans. It was the 7th Australian Sports Sedan Championship and the first to be awarded since 1981.^[1] The championship was won by Greg Crick driving a Honda Prelude Chevrolet.^[2]

Calendar

The championship was contested over a fourteen round series with one race per round.^[3]

Round [3]	Circuit [3]	State	Date [3]	Winning Driver [3]	Car [3] [2]
1	Sandown	Victoria	19 May	Domenic Beninca	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV
2	Sandown	Victoria	19 May	Domenic Beninca	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV
3	Eastern Creek	New South Wales	26 May	Mick Monterosso	Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
4	Eastern Creek	New South Wales	26 May	Mick Monterosso	Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
5	Eastern Creek	New South Wales	21 July	Mick Monterosso	Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
6	Eastern Creek	New South Wales	21 July	Mick Monterosso	Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
7	Mallala	South Australia	4 August	Mick Monterosso	Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
8	Mallala	South Australia	4 August	Greg Crick	Honda Prelude Chevrolet
9	Eastern Creek	New South Wales	25 August	Greg Crick	Honda Prelude Chevrolet
10	Eastern Creek	New South Wales	25 August	Kerry Baily	Toyota Celica Supra Chevrolet
11	Lakeside	Queensland	15 September	Mick Monterosso	Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
12	Lakeside	Queensland	15 September	Des Wall	Toyota Supra Chevrolet
13	Eastern Creek	New South Wales	29 September	Greg Crick	Honda Prelude Chevrolet
14	Eastern Creek	New South Wales	29 September	Greg Crick	Honda Prelude Chevrolet

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten places at each round.^[3]

Results

				Sandown		Eastern Creek		Eastern Creek		Mallala		Eastern Creek		Lakeside		Eastern Creek
Position	Driver [3]	No. [2]	Car [3] [2]	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Total [3]
1	Greg Crick	12	Honda Prelude Chevrolet	15	-	15	20	15	12	6	20	20	-	10	5	20	20	178
2	Mick Monterosso	69	Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet	-	8	20	-	20	20	20	15	-	-	20	7.5	15	-	145.5
3	Des Wall	48	Toyota Supra Chevrolet	10	12	3	6	6	15	10	-	15	12	15	10	6	10	130
4	Kerry Baily	28	Toyota Celica Supra Chevrolet	-	-	-	-	10	6	-	-	12	20	12	4	10	15	89
5	Brian Smith	5	Alfa Romeo Alfetta Chevrolet	8	-	12	10	8	8	12	10	-	2	-	-	8	8	86
6	Domenic Beninca	52	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV	20	20	6	-	12	-	15	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	81
7	Gary Scott	8	Jaguar XJS	6	4	10	15	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	6	12	12	80
8	Keith Carling		Mazda RX-7 Nissan Holden Commodore Chevrolet	-	15	8	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	33
=	Barry Jameson	45	Ford Falcon Chevrolet	12	-	2	-	3	3	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	3	33
10	Bob Jolly	3	Holden VK Commodore Chevrolet	-	-	4	8	-	-	8	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	32
11	Ian Luff	13	Holden Commodore Chevrolet	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	10	-	-	4	4	26
12	Graham Neilsen	15	Mazda RX-7	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	8	8	3	0.5	-	-	23.5
13	Terry Shiel	11	Mazda RX-7	-	-	1	12	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23
14	Jeff Barnes		Chevrolet Monza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	6	17
15	Robin Doherty		Ford Falcon Chevrolet	4	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
16	Ken Nelson	81	Rover Vitesse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	2	1	-	-	13
17	David Attard	84	Datsun 1600	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	10
18	Tino Leo	85	Holden HQ Monaro Chevrolet	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
=	John White		Chevrolet Monza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	-	8
20	Shawn Donnelly		Holden Commodore	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	6
=	John Cook	20	Mazda RX-7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
=	Noel Davis		Holden Commodore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	6
23	Terry Skene		Holden Commodore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1.5	-	-	5.5
24	Garry McFadyen		Holden Torana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	5
25	Tony Hubbard		Holden Commodore Chevrolet	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
=	Bob Tindal	49	Holden VL Commodore Chevrolet	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
=	Cos Monterosso		Holden Commodore Chevrolet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
28	Laurie Attard		Ford Capri Chevrolet	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
=	Mike Griffin		Mazda	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3
=	Lee Nicolle	10	Holden Torana Chevrolet	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
=	James Rosenberg		Holden Torana	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
32	Laurie Nelson		Ford Mustang	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
=	Bill Harris		Holden Torana	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
=	Rodney Brown		Holden EH	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
35	Hugh Harrison		Alfa Romeo GTV	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
=	Les Butler		Holden Commodore	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
=	Ettore Vosolo		Toyota Celica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1

Note:

• The above table reflects the points awarded to each driver at each round as shown in Australian Motor Racing Year 1991/92 on pages 302 & 303. The final points listing shown on page 303 varies slightly from this.
• There were only nine finishers at Rounds 9 and 10.^[3]
• Round 12 at Lakeside was stopped due to an accident ^[2] and only half points were awarded.^[3]

References

1. Records Titles & Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
2. Power with Glory, Australian Sports Sedan Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1991/92, pages 216-231
3. 1991 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1991/92, pages 302-303