2005 Australian Production Car Championship

The 2005 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title open to Group 3E Series Production Cars. Sporting Regulations for the 2005 Australian Production Car Championship, www2.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org It was organised by the Production Car Association of Australia and was the 12th Australian Production Car Championship.Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10 The title was won by Colin Osborne driving a Toyota Celica.Grant Rowley, The Annual, Australian Motorsport Number 1/2005, pages 152-154 Race calendar The championship was contested over a seven round series with three races per round. Race 1 at each round utilised a mass standing start and Races 2 and 3 at each round featured a handicap standing start. Round Circuit Date Round winner Car2005 Race Results Archive at www.natsoft.biz https://web.archive.org/web/20120209193148/http://www.natsoft.biz/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2005 2012-02-09 Retrieved on 15 July 2012 1 Wakefield Park 26-27 February Derek Hocking Holden VY Commodore SS 2 Mallala 16-17 April Derek Hocking * Holden VY Commodore SS 3 Queensland Raceway 2-3 June Drew Russell Honda S2000 4 Eastern Creek 23-24 July Scott Anderson Holden VZ Commodore SS 5 Phillip Island 20-21 August Colin Osborne Toyota Celica SX 6 Oran Park 17-18 September Leigh Mertens Proton Satria GTi 7 Eastern Creek 3-4 December Steve Briffa Toyota Celica SX Note: Hocking was subsequently disqualified from Round 2 due to illegally modified suspension components Points system Points for class and outright were awarded on race results as follows: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th & other finishers Points 30 25 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 In addition, the fastest competitor in each Class in Qualifying was awarded 3 points towards both class and outright. Race 1 at each round had points awarded for class titles only and Races 2 and 3 at each round had points awarded for both class and outright titles. Competitors registered as “Trophy” competitors are not eligible to score points in the championship. Championship results Position Driverhttp://www.piarc.com.au/?helix=show&id=19573 Briffa's Round, Osborne's APCC Title, www.piarc.com.au, as archived at www.webcitation.org 2021-05-04 2024-05-26 https://archive.today/20240526021826/https://www.webcitation.org/69AkYYebx?url=http://www.piarc.com.au/%3Fhelix=show&id=19573 dead No. Car Entrant Points 1 Colin Osborne 13 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 284 2 Drew Russell 28 Honda S2000 Go - Karts - Go 265 3 Daniel Natoli 21 Proton Satria GTi Graham Roylett 204 4 Leigh Mertens 77 Proton Satria GTi C V G Gas 204 5 Allan Shephard 27 Honda Integra Type R Thrifty Car Rentals 194 6 Trevor Keene 31 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 192 7 Scott Anderson 19 Ford AUIII Falcon XR8 Holden VZ Commodore SS Elf Oil 146 8 Nick Dunkley 12 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Dayco/ Ontrack Motorsport 128 9 John Houlder 2 Ford BA Falcon XR8 In-Tune Motorsport 126 10 Lauren Gray 15 Toyota Echo Sportivo Car Feash/Flexi Quote/ Powcon 111 11 Steve Briffa 72 Toyota Celica SX Thrifty Car Rentals 107 12 Dane Rudolph 29 Citroen Xsara VTS Cuttaway Hill Wines 99 13 Veijo Phillips 83 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Hocking Racing Shop 99 14 David Ryan 30 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Shell / Thomson Ford 84 15 Derek Hocking 62 Holden VY Commodore SS Redback 58 16 Michael Craig 30 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Shell / Thomson Ford 44 17 David Mertens 71 Holden Vectra Quadrant / Bilstein 31 18 Martin Doxey 17 Holden Astra M Doxey 30 19 Darren Best 76 Ford Focus ST170 Darren Best 28 20 Shane Baker 3 Proton Satria GTi Proton Cars Australia 25 21 Rick Bates 42 Toyota Corolla Sportivo Wayne Russell 22 Class A 1 Drew Russell 28 Honda S2000 Go - Karts - Go 477 2 John Houlder 2 Ford BA Falcon XR8 In-Tune Motorsport 300 3 Nick Dunkley 12 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Dayco/ Ontrack Motorsport 286 4 Veijo Phillips 83 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Hocking Racing Shop 279 5 Scott Anderson 19 Ford AUIII Falcon XR8 Holden VZ Commodore SS Elf Oil 275 6 David Ryan 30 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Shell / Thomson Ford 249 Class B 1 Colin Osborne 13 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 585 2 Allan Shephard 27 Honda Integra Type R Thrifty Car Rentals 425 3 Trevor Keene 31 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 417 4 Steve Briffa 72 Toyota Celica SX Thrifty Car Rentals 233 Class C 1 Daniel Natoli 21 Proton Satria GTi Graham Roylett 565 2 Leigh Mertens 77 Proton Satria GTi C V G Gas 451 3 Lauren Gray 15 Toyota Echo Sportivo Car Feash/Flexi Quote/ Powcon 418 4 Dane Rudolph 29 Citroen Xsara VTS Cuttaway Hill Wines 299 5 Darren Best 76 Ford Focus ST170 Darren Best 127 6 David Mertens 71 Holden Vectra Quadrant / Bilstein 119 References External links Official PCAA website at wayback.archive.org 2005 Australian Production Car Championship images at www.v8central.comhttps://web.archive.org/web/20190823060156/http://www.v8central.com/gallery/index.php?cat=12 2019-08-23 Category:Australian Production Car Championship Production Car Championship