1994 Australian Drivers' Championship

Motor racing competition April 2014 April 2014 1994 Australian Drivers' Championship 1993 1995 The 1994 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition open to drivers of racing cars complying with CAMS Formula Brabham (formerly known as Formula Holden) regulations.Australian Title Conditions, 1994 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 164 The championship winner was awarded the 1994 CAMS Gold Star as the Australian Champion Driver. It was the 38th running of the Australian Drivers' Championship and the sixth to feature the Formula Holden / Formula Brabham category which had been developed during 1988. The championship began on 17 April 1994 at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 28 August at Oran Park Raceway after six rounds. The championship was won by Birrana Racing's Paul Stokell after a season long duel with Triple Eight Racing driver Greg Murphy. Murphy and his Ralt RT23 was the better combination at the start of the season, winning the first four races. Stokell started the year in a Reynard 90D, moving into the teams newer 91D at the second round. Stokell took his first win at Winton Motor Raceway and won every race bar one for the rest of the season to push past Murphy and win the championship. Reynard 91D driver Adam Kaplan won the third place on consistency, finishing in the top three at the final race of the season with a second place at Oran Park. Tied for fourth place in the championship was Kevin Weeks (Reynard 91D) and Craig Lowndes . The emerging Formula Ford driver drove the ageing Cheetak Mk.9 owned by Brian Sampson. Teams and drivers thumb|Greg Murphy's Ralt RT23 at the Lakeside round of the championship The following drivers competed in the 1994 Australian Drivers' Championship. DriverNoCar Allan Galloway 3 Reynard 91D Ron Barnacle 4 Reynard 90D Adam Kaplan 7 Reynard 91D Paul Stokell 9 Reynard 90D Reynard 91D Graham Watson 11 SPA 003 Peter Brennan 17 Ralt RT21 Rick Fabri 18 Ralt RT21 Arthur Abrahams 19 Reynard 92D Greg Murphy 21 Ralt RT23 Chas Jacobsen 24 Reynard 92D Ross Hodgson 32 Ralt RT21 Bernie Stack 38 Ralt RT21 Craig Lowndes 49 94 Cheetah Mk. 9 Bob Minogue 64 Lola T87/50 Kevin Weeks 70 Reynard 91D Stan Keen 73 Shrike NB89H Chris Hocking 74 Reynard 91D Paul Collins 88 Liston BF3 Roger Seward 96 Ralt RT23 Albert Callagher 99 Ralt RT21 Colin Milne Hocking 911 Results and standings Race calendar The 1994 Australian Drivers' Championship consisted of six rounds held in four different states. Each round consisted of two heats. The final round at Oran Park in Sydney used the shorter (1.96 km) South Circuit rather than the 2.6 km Grand Prix Circuit. Results sourced from:Steve Normoyle 1994–95 Worth the Wait Australian Motor Racing Year 24 178–187 & 284–5 Chevron Publishing Group Pty. Limited Hornsby 0158-4138 Rd.CircuitCity / stateDateWinner 1 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 17 April Greg Murphy 2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 22 May Greg Murphy 3 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 19 June Paul Stokell 4 Lakeside Raceway Brisbane, Queensland 17 July Paul Stokell 5 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia 7 August Paul Stokell 6 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 28 August Paul Stokell Drivers Championship Points were awarded 20–16–14–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 based on the top ten race positions. Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Pts 1 Paul Stokell 2nd 4th DNS 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 200 2 Greg Murphy 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd Ret 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd Ret 178 3 Adam Kaplan 5th 5th 7th 7th 5th 5th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 2nd 128 4 Craig Lowndes Ret 6th 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 116 Kevin Weeks 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd 3rd Ret Ret 116 6 Bob Minogue 6th 7th 6th Ret 8th 8th 5th 5th 6th 6th 8th 7th 76 7 Allan Galloway 4th 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th DNS 5th Ret DNS 72 8 Chris Hocking DNS 6th 7th Ret 5th DNS 5th 4th 46 9 Graham Watson 8th 8th 9th 9th 6th 6th 28 10 Arthur Abrahams Ret DNS Ret 6th 2nd Ret 24 11 Bernie Stack 7th Ret 5th 8th DNS 10th 21 12 Ron Barnacle 7th 5th 16 13 Peter Brennan 10th Ret 8th 9th 8th 8th 15 14 Chas Jacobsen 9th 7th 8 Stan Keen 7th 9th 8 16 Ross Hodgson 9th 9th 4 17 Rick Fabri Ret Ret 9th 10th 3 18 Paul Collins 12th 11th 10th DNS 10th Ret 2 19 Al Callegher 11th 10th Ret Ret 1 Roger Seward 10th Ret 1 Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Pts References External links CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles at www.camsmanual.com.au > About CAMS > Titles – CAMS Gold Star Category:Australian Drivers' Championship Drivers' Championship Category:Formula Holden