2009 Australian GT Championship

2009 Australian GT Championship
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The 2009 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of closed production based sports cars which are either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GTs.^[1]

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 old 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] was won by Chevrolet Corvette driver, Paul Freestone. Lotus Exige drivers Mark O'Connor and Tim Poulton completed the top three.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 2009 Australian GT Championship.

Team	Manufacturer	Car model	Division	No	Driver
Jocaro Motorsport	Lamborghini	Gallardo	Championship	1	Mark Eddy
				2	Dean Grant
	Dodge	Viper GTS ACR		3	Ross Lilley
	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	Challenge	50	Calvin Pusterla
Consolidated Chemical Company	Lamborghini	Gallardo	Championship	4	Ted Hughlin John Bowe
Taplin Real Estate	Lamborghini	Gallardo	Championship	5	Andrew Taplin
Golf Car Solutions	Porsche	996 GT3 RS	Challenge	6	Jordan Ormsby
VIP Petfoods Racing	Aston Martin	DBRS9	Championship	7	Tony Quinn
	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup 997 GT3 Cup	Challenge Championship	12	Klark Quinn
Greg Murphy Racing	Porsche	996 GT3 RSR	Championship	8	Simon Middleton
Creative Colour	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	Challenge	8	Jeff Bobik
Hallmarc Developments	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Championship	9	Marc Cini
	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	Challenge	19	Michael Loccisano
SMS Commander	Lotus	Exige S	Production	10	Mark O'Connor
Briggs Motor Sport	Dodge	Viper GTS ACR	Championship	11	John Briggs
Jim Richards Racing	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Championship	15	Jim Richards
Twigg Motorsport	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup 997 GT3 Cup S	Championship	18	Max Twigg
Team Palmer	Dodge	Viper GTS ACR	Championship	20	Ian Palmer
Bayside Church	Ferrari	F430 GT3	Championship	21	Hector Lester
Bruce Lynton BMW	BMW	M3	Production	23	Beric Lynton
Freestone's Racing	Chevrolet	Corvette Z06	Production	25	Paul Freestone
Maranello Motorsport	Ferrari	F430 GT3	Championship	27	Nick O'Halloran Allan Simonsen
		360 Challenge	Challenge	37	Andrew Barlow
Trofeo Motorsport	Maserati	Trofeo Light	Challenge	29	Jim Manolios Rod Wilson
Warrin Mining	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	Challenge	30	Adam Wallis
Kirchner Constructions	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	Challenge	33	Fraser Kirchner
PR Racing Technology Wall Racing	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup S	Championship	38	David Wall
		996 GT3 RSR	Championship	39	Des Wall
			Championship Challenge		Paul Tresidder
		996 GT3 Cup	Challenge	58	Richard Kimber
	Maserati	Trofeo	Production	42	Kai Mysliwiecz
Brennan Voice Data & IT	Ferrari	F430 GT3	Championship	43	David Stevens
Supabarn Supermarkets	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Championship	47	Theo Koundouris
		997 GT3 Cup 997 GT3 Cup S		69	James Koundouris
AMAC Motorsport	Lotus	Exige S	Production	51	Andrew MacPherson Mike Reedy
	Mosler	MT900R	Championship		Andrew MacPherson
Donut King Racing	HSV Nissan	Coupé GTS GT-R	Production	54	Tony Alford
John Teulan Racing	Mosler	MT900R	Championship	55	Craig Baird
				88	John Teulan
McGrath Estate Agents	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Championship	56	Shane Smollen
	HSV	Coupé GTS	Production	56	Barrie Nesbitt
Austral Racing	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	Challenge	63	Richard Green
Racing Incident	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Championship	66	Peter Hill
Eric Bana Racing	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	Challenge	67	Eric Bana
	Porsche	997 GT3 Cup	Championship	71	Shaun Juniper
Bicycle Express Motorsport	Ferrari	360 Challenge	Challenge	74	Keith Wong
OOAK Racing	Lotus	Exige S	Production	77	Timothy Poulton
Cue	Lotus	Elise HDPE	Championship	78	Justin Levis
Pariah Motorsport	Lotus	Exige GT3	Championship	98	Angelo Lazaris
	Ferrari	430 Challenge	Challenge	99	Maher Algadrie

Season review

Race calendar

The 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	City / State	Date	Winner
					Championship	Challenge	Production
Rd 1	Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	19–22 March	Craig Baird	Klark Quinn	Mark O'Connor
Rd 2	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	26–29 March	David Wall	Klark Quinn	Paul Freestone
Rd 3	Australian GT Classic	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	16–17 May	David Wall	Jordan Ormsby	Paul Freestone
Rd 4	Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	18–19 July	David Wall	Jordan Ormsby	Paul Freestone
Rd 5	Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	8–11 October	David Wall	Paul Tresidder	Paul Freestone
Rd 6	Sydney 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	4–6 December	Max Twigg	Michael Loccisano	Tony Alford

Drivers Championship

Points score sourced from:^[5][6]

Pos Driver Round 1 – ADE[7] Round 2 – ALB[8] Round 3 – PHI[9] Round 4 – EAS[10] Round 5 – BAT[11] Round 6 – SOP[12] Pts Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 1 Race 2 GT Championship 1 David Wall 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 4th 544 2 James Koundouris 4th 3rd 3rd 6th 6th 10th 8th 5th 4th 5th 4th 5th 6th 9th 455.5 3 Jim Richards Ret 13th 8th 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 7th 6th 451 4 Ross Lilley 15th 18th 12th 14th 11th 3rd 4th 6th 5th 6th 7th 8th 8th 7th 431.5 5 Dean Grant 9th 8th 6th 8th Ret 11th 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd Ret 13th 10th 8th 404 6 Marc Cini 10th 9th 7th 11th 12th 9th Ret 7th 10th 9th 9th 9th 9th 5th 389 7 Theo Koundouris Ret 11th Ret 10th 8th Ret 10th 8th 8th 7th 6th 7th 3rd 2nd 371.5 8 Tony Quinn Ret Ret DNS 2nd 2nd 14th 16th Ret 9th Ret 11th 2nd 4th 3rd 355 9 Max Twigg 6th 4th 4th 5th 5th Ret 11th Ret 6th Ret 1st 1st 340.5 10 Mark Eddy 8th 7th 11th 7th 7th 11th 2nd 3rd 7th 2nd DNS DNS 334.5 11 Peter Hill 5th 6th 10th 18th 13th 12th 6th 11th 10th 297 12 Ted Huglin 20th 21st 18th 21st 19th 5th 9th 17th 18th 24th Ret 294 13 Simon Middleton 8th 12th 15th 19th 17th 24th 216 14 Andrew Macpherson 15th 14th 11th 12th 16th 25th 21st 213 15 Nick O'Halloran 12th 10th 14th 15th 31st 4th 7th 212.5 16 Ian Palmer 17th 15th Ret Ret 23rd DNS 13th 19th Ret DNS 8th 10th Ret DNS 210.5 17 Andrew Taplin 7th Ret 19th 12th 9th 6th 5th 197.5 18 Klark Quinn 2nd 3rd 5th Ret 148.5 19 Craig Baird 1st 1st 1st Ret Ret 114 20 Allan Simonsen 4th 7th 91.5 Shaun Juniper 5th 6th 91.5 22 John Bowe 5th 9th 87 23 Angelo Lazaris Ret Ret 10th 11th 10th Ret Ret Ret Ret 78 24 Des Wall 14th 16th 13th 73 25 Shane Smollen 13th 11th 72 David Stevens 12th 16th 72 27 Justin Levis 17th 15th 47 28 Paul Tresidder 20th 18th 44 Hector Lester 4th 4th John Teulan Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS John Briggs Ret Ret DNS GT Challenge 1 Jordan Ormsby 11th 12th 9th 13th 14th 17th 14th 11th 13th 9th 21st 15th 14th 15th 531(601) 2 Michael Loccisano 18th 19th 15th Ret 20th 7th Ret 19th Ret 15th 12th 345 3 Keith Wong 19th 23rd 17th 22nd 21st 21st 20th 238 4 Andrew Barlow 16th 17th 16th 19th 17th 12th 12th DNS 233 5 Paul Tresidder 13th 11th 16th 13th 216 6 Richard Kimber 21st 20th Ret Ret DNS 20th Ret 20th 19th 198.5 7 Klark Quinn 3rd 5th 5th 9th 10th 190 8 Eric Bana 23rd 22nd 18th 14th 156.5 9 Jim Manolios 18th 15th 102 Rod Wilson 18th 15th 102 11 Calvin Pusterla 19th 17th 93 12 Adam Wallis 13th 14th Ret 66 Jeff Bobik 16th 16th 66 14 Fraser Kirchner 24th 24th 57 15 Richard Green 27th 26th 55 Maher Algadrie DNS DNS GT Production 1 Paul Freestone 26th 25th 16th 17th 13th 15th 14th 10th 12th 23rd 23rd 504.5 2 Mark O'Connor 22nd 24th 20th 32nd 28th 15th 18th Ret DNS DNS 14th 14th Ret 18th 440 3 Tim Poulton Ret 22nd 21st 28th 29th 13th Ret 16th 18th 12th 16th Ret Ret Ret 347.5 4 Tony Alford 29th 33rd Ret 16th 13th 18th 17th 22nd 22nd 338 5 Beric Lynton 24th Ret 22nd 25th 27th 139 6 Kai Mysliwiecz 14th 17th 15th 100 7 Andrew Macpherson 23rd Ret DNS 30th 30th DNS DNS 97 8 Barrie Nesbitt 31st 32nd 60 Mike Reedy DNS DNS

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Note: After an incident at the start of race 3 at the second round at Albert Park, competitors completed only three laps (two of which were behind the safety car) before the race was stopped. With less than half the race completed it was declared a 'no race' and no series points were awarded.^[13]

Australian Tourist Trophy

The 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

1. GT Championship Eligible Automobiles
2. Australian GT – About us – Division system
3. Australian GT Events 2009 Event Information Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 23 December 2009
4. 2009 AGTC Sporting Regulations as archived at www.webcitation.org on 7 January 2010
5. Australian GT – Archives – 2009 Championship Points Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 20 March 2010 Archived at www.webcitation.org on 20 March 2010
6. Australian GT – Archives – 2009 Round Points Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 20 March 2010 Archived at www.webcitation.org on 20 March 2010
7. "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 22/03/2009 2009 Clispal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 22 March 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
8. "Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 29/03/2009 2009 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix". National Software. 29 March 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
9. "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.
10. "Eastern Creek International Raceway 19/07/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 6". National Software. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
11. "Mount Panorama – Bathurst 11/10/2009 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 18". National Software. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
12. "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.
13. Wall Wins VodkaO Australian GT Championship Round 2 at Australian Grand Prix Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 18 January 2009 Archived at www.webcitation.org on 18 January 2009
14. Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014

External links

• 2009 Race Results Archive Retrieved from Natsoft on 23 December 2009
• 2009 AGTC Technical Regulations as archived at www.webcitation.org on 7 January 2010