2011 Australian GT Championship

February 2015 March 2020 2011 Australian GT Championship 2010 2012 The 2011 Australian GT Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to closed, production based sports cars which are either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) for Australian GT.2011 Australian GT Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations – Version 5, Bulletin B11/089, Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Ltd, 2011 It was sanctioned by CAMS as a National Championship with the Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager. The championship, which was the 15th Australian GT Championship, incorporated drivers titles in two divisions, GT Championship and GT Challenge. The former GT Production division was merged into the GT Challenge division for 2011. Mark Eddy won his second GT Championship. Driving his Melbourne Performance Centre prepared Audi R8 LMS the 2008 champion finished 36 points ahead of Klark Quinn (Mosler MT900 GT3 and Aston Martin DBRS9) and 99 points ahead of 2006 champion Greg Crick (Chrysler Viper GT3). Eddy only won one round, but it was the bonus point Phillip Island event at Round 5. Eddy also won races at Winton and Bathurst. Quinn won two races at the street circuits of Adelaide and Townsville, but fell behind Eddy after failing to finish in the second race at Phillip Island. Crick fell behind Eddy after failing to score any points at Bathurst. Peter Hackett, Dean Grant and Kevin Weeks all claimed race wins during the course of the season. The GT Challenge division was won by Porsche driver Peter Boylan, defeating Lotus driver Tim Poulton by 63 points. They were the only two GT Challenge drivers to complete more than half of the season. Drivers thumb|Marc Eddy won the championship driving an Audi R8 LMS thumb|right|Tony Quinn placed eighth driving an Aston Martin DBRS9 thumb|right|Kevin Weeks placed tenth driving a Lamborghini Gallardo thumb|David Wall placed 17th driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 thumb|Peter Edwards placed 18th driving a Ferrari 430 thumb|Andrew Taplin placed 21st driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 thumb|Adrian Flack placed fifth in the GT Challenge division driving a Ginetta G50 HC (pictured) and a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 The following drivers contested the 2011 Australian GT Championship. DriverNoCar Division Australia David Wall 1 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 Championship Australia Dean Grant NZL Daniel Gaunt 2 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 Mosler MT900 GT3 Championship Australia Andrew Taplin 3 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 Championship Australia Nathan Tinkler 3 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Challenge Australia Peter Hackett 4 63 Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Championship Australia Stephen Grove 4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Challenge Australia Kevin Weeks Australia Josh Hunt 5 Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Championship Australia Jordan Ormsby 6 Porsche 911 GT3-RS Type 996 Challenge UK Tony Quinn 7 Aston Martin DBRS9 Championship Australia Mark Eddy 8 Audi R8 LMS Championship Australia Marc Cini New Zealand Craig Baird 9 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 Championship Australia Mark O'Connor 10 Lotus Exige S Challenge Australia Mark Seamons 11 Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Championship Australia Klark Quinn 12 7 Mosler MT900 GT3 Aston Martin DBRS9 Championship Tonga Jon Tupou 14 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Challenge Australia Peter Edwards New Zealand Jason Richards 17 Ferrari F430 GT3 Championship Australia Ian Palmer 20 Dodge Viper GT3 Championship Australia Peter Boylan 21 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Challenge Australia Ash Samadi 22 Mosler MT900 GT3 Championship Australia Rob Knight Australia Marcus Marshall 25 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Challenge Australia John Modystach New Zealand Jonny Reid 26 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Challenge Australia Nick O'Halloran Denmark Allan Simonsen New Zealand Jason Richards 27 88 Ferrari F430 GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Championship Australia Indiran Padayachee 35 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Challenge Australia Ben Eggleston 38 Aston Martin DBRS9 Championship Australia Richard Bennett 39 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Challenge Australia Paul Tresidder 39 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Challenge Australia Mike Reedy 46 Lotus Exige S Challenge Australia Adrian Flack Australia Lindsay Yelland 50 Ginetta G50 HC Challenge Australia Andrew MacPherson Australia Mike Reedy 51 Mosler MT900 GT3Lotus Exige S ChampionshipChallenge Australia Greg Crick 55 Dodge Viper GT3 Championship Australia Richard Kimber Australia Des Wall 58 Dodge Viper GT3 Championship Australia Timothy Poulton Australia Stig Richards 61 Lotus Exige S Challenge Australia Dean Koutsoumidis 71 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Challenge UK Rob Sherrard 75 Dodge Viper GT3 Championship Australia Victor Zagame 88 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Challenge Australia Angelo Lazaris Australia Barton Mawer 98 Lotus Exige GT3 Championship Australia Damien Flack Australia Adrian Flack 99 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Challenge Race calendar The championship was contested over a seven-round series.Australian GT Events https://web.archive.org/web/20091227202322/http://www.australiangt.com.au/events_australian_gt.php 27 December 2009 Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 18 March 2011 Rd.CircuitCity / stateDateWinner Championship Challenge 1 Adelaide Street Circuithttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?20/03/2011.ADEL Adelaide Parklands Circuit 20/03/2011 2011 Clipsal 500 Adelaide National Software 20 March 2011 20 March 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110706110441/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?20%2F03%2F2011.ADEL 6 July 2011 dmy Adelaide, South Australia 17–20 March Klark Quinn Damien Flack 2 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 20–22 May Dean Grant Lindsay Yelland 3 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 28–30 May David Wall Peter Boylan 4 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 8–10 July Klark Quinn Peter Boylan 5 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 2–4 September Mark Eddy John Modystach Jonny Reid 6 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 6–9 October Klark Quinn Mark O'Connor 7 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 18–20 November Greg Crick Dean Koutsoumidis Points system Points were awarded in each division at each race according to the following table. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th Points 57 53 50 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 For Round 5 of the championship only, points were also awarded to each driver based on their fastest lap time achieved in qualifying relative to the other drivers within their division of the championship, in accordance with the above table. The results for each round of the championship were determined by the number of points scored by each driver within their division at that round. The driver gaining the highest points total over all rounds of the Championship within their division was declared the winner of that division. Championship results Pos DriverVodka O Australian GT Championship, The Speedcafe Annual, Number 7 / 2011, pages 116–118 (Does not list GT Challenge drivers who did not score points) CarRound 1 – ADERound 2 – WINhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?22/05/2011.WIN Winton Motor Raceway 22/05/2011 2011 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Races 10 & 11 National Software 22 May 2011 1 June 2011Round 3 – EAShttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?29/05/2011.ARDC Eastern Creek International Raceway 29/05/2011 2011 Sports Car Carnival National Software 29 May 2011 1 June 2011Round 4 – TOWhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?10/07/2011.TVSC Townsville Street Circuit 10/07/2011 Sucrogen Townsville 400-V8 Supercars Championship Race 14&15 National Software 10 July 2011 11 July 2011Round 5 – PHIhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?04/09/2011.PHIL Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 04/09/2011 2011 Australian GT Championship – Round 5 National Software 4 September 2011 6 September 2011Round 6 – BAThttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?09/10/2011.MOUN Mount Panorama – Bathurst 09/10/2011 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – 2011 V8 Supercars – Race 20 National Software 8 October 2011 29 October 2011Round 7 – SAN Pen. Pts60 min race30 min race30 min race60 min race60 min race60 min race30 min race30 min raceQualifying60 min race60 min race30 min race30 min race30 min race30 min race GT Championship 1 Mark Eddy Audi R8 LMS 2nd 3rd 1st 4th 3rd 6th 4th 6th 1st 1st 2nd 4th 1st 8th 6th 761 2 Klark Quinn Mosler MT900 GT3 Aston Martin DBRS9 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 6th 5th 1st 3rd 7th 2nd Ret 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 725 3 Greg Crick Dodge Viper GT3 3rd 2nd 6th 5th 1st 7th 3rd 4th 2nd 4th 3rd Ret DNS 1st 1st 662 4 Peter Hackett Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Ret 6th DSQ 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 9th 2nd 2nd 570 5 Ash Samadi Mosler MT900 GT3 5th 5th 5th 7th Ret 9th 5th 5th 6th Ret 4th DNS 5th 6th Ret 511 6 Ian Palmer Dodge Viper GT3 7th 8th 10th 9th 10th 5th 5th 6th 7th 11th 8th 489 7 Dean Grant Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 Mosler MT900 GT3 4th 12th 3rd 1st 5th 4th 9th 7th DNS DNS DNS 4th Ret 430 8 Tony Quinn Aston Martin DBRS9 Ret 4th 7th DNS Ret DNS 7th Ret 13th 2nd Ret 3rd 4th 7th 4th 421 9 Marc Cini Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 9th 8th Ret 3rd 8th 8th 9th 7th 315 10 Kevin Weeks Lamborghini Gallardo Ret DNS 4th DNS 6th 1st 5th Ret DSQ Ret 3rd 248 11 Nick O'Halloran Ferrari F430 GT3 Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Ret 10th 9th 8th 5th 5th 224 12 Angelo Lazaris Lotus Exige GT3 6th Ret 12th 9th Ret Ret 9th 7th DNS 220 13 Daniel Gaunt Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 Mosler MT900 GT3 4th DNS DNS 1st 5th 4th DNS DNS DNS 202 14 Mark Seamons Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 14th Ret 11th 10th 6th 172 15 Barton Mawer Lotus Exige GT3 DNS 9th 4th 7th DNS 132 16 Rob Sherrard Dodge Viper GT3 12th 9th 9th 130 17 David Wall Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 2nd 1st 110 18 Peter Edwards Ferrari F430 GT3 Ret Ret 8th 6th 90 19 Craig Baird Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 DNS 3rd 50 20 Ben Eggleston Aston Martin DBRS9 4th Ret 48 21 Andrew Taplin Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 DSQ 7th 45 22 Jason Richards Ferrari F430 GT3 Ret DNS DNS 8th 44 Andrew Macpherson Mosler MT900 GT3 Ret DNS 8th DNS 10th 11th 44 Mike Reedy Mosler MT900 GT3 8th DNS 44 Josh Hunt Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 8th Ret DSQ 44 26 Richard Kimber Dodge Viper GT3 11th DNS 43 Des Wall Dodge Viper GT3 11th DNS 43 Allan Simonsen Ferrari F430 GT3 Ret DNS 0 GT Challenge 1 Peter Boylan Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 10th 14th 9th 11th 11th 10th 5th 11th 8th Ret DNS 14th 10th 571 2 Tim Poulton Lotus Exige S 11th 13th 11th 11th 10th 10th Ret DNS 6th Ret Ret 8th 10th 13th Ret 510 3 Damien Flack Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 6th 9th Ret 3rd 2nd 8th Ret 281 4 Stig Richards Lotus Exige S 11th DNS DNS 11th 10th 10th 8th Ret Ret 252 5 Adrian Flack Ginetta G50 HC Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 7th 11th 3rd 8th Ret 212 6 John Modystach Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 4th 6th 7th 164 7 Lindsay Yelland Ginetta G50 HC 10th 10th 114 Dean Koutsoumidis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 12th 9th 114 9 Mark O'Connor Lotus Exige S DNS Ret Ret DNS 5th 8th Ret DNS 110 10 Andrew Macpherson Lotus Exige S 11th 6th 104 11 Nathan Tinkler Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 7th 12th 100 12 Stephen Grove Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 15th 12th 98 13 Paul Tresidder Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 9th 11th 96 14 Richard Bennett Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 12th 15th 94 15 Indiran Padayachee Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 DSQ 13th 46 Jon Tupou Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 7th DNS DNS 46 Victor Zagame Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 13th Ret 0 Jordan Ormsby Porsche 911 GT3-RS Type 996 Ret DNS 0 Mike Reedy Lotus Exige S Ret DNS 0 Rob Knight Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 DNS DNS DNS 0 Marcus Marshall Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 DNS DNS DNS 0 Jonny Reid Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 1st 6th 7th 0 2011 Australian Tourist Trophy The 2011 Australian Tourist Trophy was awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the driver accumulating the highest aggregate points total from the Eastern Creek and Phillip Island "endurance" rounds of the championship.Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014 The title, which was the 22nd Australian Tourist Trophy, was won by Mark EddySam Tickle, We catch up with Australian GT leader and Australian Tourist Trophy winner, Mark Eddy, 7 October 2011, www.racerviews.com As archived at www.webcitation.org on 21 September 2014 driving an Audi R8 LMS. References External links Australian GT – Official website 2011 Race Results Archive Category:Australian GT Championship GT Championship