2009 Australian GT Championship

February 2015 February 2021 2009 Australian GT Championship 2008 2010 The 2009 Australian GT Championship was an Australian national motor racing title sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport for drivers of closed production based sports cars which were either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GTs.http://www.australiangt.com.au/_assets/eligibility_list.pdf GT Championship Eligible Automobiles 23 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091001070157/http://www.australiangt.com.au/_assets/eligibility_list.pdf 1 October 2009 dead It was the thirteenth Australian GT Championship. The GT Championship division for FIA GT3 specification vehicleshttp://www.australiangt.com.au/about_australian_gt.php Australian GT – About us – Division system 20 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100222014240/http://www.australiangt.com.au/about_australian_gt.php 22 February 2010 dead 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, (mostly Porsche 996 Carrera Cup cars and one-make specification Ferraris and Maseratis), was won by Jordan Ormsby whose 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 Paul Freestone driving a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and a HSV Coupé GTS. Lotus Exige drivers Mark O'Connor and Tim Poulton completed the top three. Teams and drivers thumb|David Wall won the championship driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997. (2010 image). The following teams and drivers competed in the 2009 Australian GT Championship. TeamCar DivisionNoDriver Jocaro Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo Championship 1 Australia Mark Eddy 2 Australia Dean Grant Dodge Viper GTS ACR 3 Australia Ross Lilley Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Challenge 50 Australia Calvin Pusterla Consolidated Chemical Company Lamborghini Gallardo Championship 4 Australia Ted Huglin Australia John Bowe Taplin Real Estate Lamborghini Gallardo Championship 5 Australia Andrew Taplin Golf Car Solutions Porsche 996 GT3 RS Challenge 6 Australia Jordan Ormsby VIP Petfoods Racing Aston Martin DBRS9 Championship 7 UK Tony Quinn Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Challenge Championship 12 Australia Klark Quinn Greg Murphy Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 Championship 8 Australia Simon Middleton Creative Colour Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Challenge 8 Australia Jeff Bobik Hallmarc Developments Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Championship 9 Australia Marc Cini Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Challenge 19 Australia Michael Loccisano SMS Commander Lotus Exige S Production 10 Australia Mark O'Connor Briggs Motor Sport Dodge Viper GTS ACR Championship 11 Australia John Briggs Jim Richards Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Championship 15 New Zealand Jim Richards Twigg Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 Championship 18 Australia Max Twigg Team Palmer Dodge Viper GTS ACR Championship 20 Australia Ian Palmer Bayside Church Ferrari F430 GT3 Championship 21 UK Hector Lester Bruce Lynton BMW BMW M3 Production 23 Australia Beric Lynton Freestone's Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Production 25 Australia Paul Freestone Freestone Transport HSV Coupé GTS Production 26 Australia Paul Freestone Maranello Motorsport Ferrari F430 GT3 Championship 27 Australia Nick O'Halloran Denmark Allan Simonsen Ferrari 360 Challenge Challenge 37 Australia Andrew Barlow Ferrari 430 Challenge Challenge 99 Indonesia Maher Algadrie Trofeo Motorsport Maserati Trofeo Light Challenge 29 Australia Jim Manolios Australia Rod Wilson Warrin Mining Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Challenge 30 Australia Adam Wallis Kirchner Constructions Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Challenge 33 Australia Fraser Kirchner PR Racing Technology Wall Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 Championship 38 Australia David Wall Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 Championship 39 Australia Des Wall Championship Challenge Australia Paul Tresidder Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Challenge 58 Australia Richard Kimber Italia Motori Maserati Trofeo Production 42 Australia Kai Mysliwiecz Brennan Voice Data & IT Ferrari F430 GT3 Championship 43 Australia David Stevens Supabarn Supermarkets Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Championship 47 Australia Theo Koundouris Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 69 Australia James Koundouris AMAC Motorsport Lotus Exige S Production 51 Australia Andrew MacPherson Australia Mike Reedy Mosler MT900R Championship Australia Andrew MacPherson Donut King Racing HSV Coupé GTS Nissan GT-R Production 54 Australia Tony AlfordHSV Coupe GTS 56 Australia Barrie Nesbitt John Teulan Racing Mosler MT900R Championship 55 New Zealand Craig Baird 88 Australia John Teulan McGrath Estate Agents Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Championship 56 Australia Shane Smollen Austral Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Challenge 63 Australia Richard Green Racing Incident Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Championship 66 Australia Peter Hill Eric Bana Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Challenge 67 Australia Eric Bana Juniper Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Championship 71 Australia Shaun Juniper Bicycle Express Motorsport Ferrari 360 Challenge Challenge 74 Australia Keith Wong OOAK Racing Lotus Exige S Production 77 Australia Timothy Poulton Cue Lotus Elise HDPE Championship 78 Australia Justin Levis Pariah Motorsport Lotus Exige GT3 Championship 98 Australia Angelo Lazaris Race calendar The championship was contested over a six-round series.Australian GT Events 2009 Event Information 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 23 December 2009 Within each division, each driver could count only his/her best five round results.2009 AGTC Sporting Regulations as archived at web.archive.org on 1 October 2009 Rd.EventCircuitLocation / stateDateFormatWinner Championship Challenge Production Rd 1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 19–22 March Three races Craig Baird Klark Quinn Mark O'Connor Rd 2 Australian Grand Prix Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 26–29 March Three races David Wall Klark Quinn Paul Freestone Rd 3 Australian GT Classic Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 16–17 May Two races David Wall Jordan Ormsby Paul Freestone Rd 4 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 18–19 July Three races David Wall Jordan Ormsby Paul Freestone Rd 5 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 8–11 October Two races David Wall Paul Tresidder Paul Freestone Rd 6 Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 4–6 December Two races Max Twigg Michael Loccisano Tony Alford Championship standings Points score sourced from:Australian GT – Archives – 2009 Championship Points Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 20 March 2010, Archived at web.archive.org on 16 April 2010Australian GT – Archives – 2009 Round Points Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 20 March 2010, Archived at web.archive.org on 16 April 2010 Pos Driver CarRound 1 Ade.http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?22/03/2009.ADEL Adelaide Parklands Circuit 22/03/2009 2009 Clispal 500 Adelaide National Software 22 March 2009 23 December 2009Round 2 Alb.http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?29/03/2009.APGP Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 29/03/2009 2009 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix National Software 29 March 2009 23 December 2009 Round 3 Phi.http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?17/05/2009.PHIL Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 17/05/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2009 – Round 3 National Software 17 May 2009 23 December 2009Round 4 Eas.http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?19/07/2009.ARDC Eastern Creek International Raceway 19/07/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 6 National Software 19 July 2009 23 December 2008Round 5 Bat.http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?11/10/2009.MOUN Mount Panorama – Bathurst 11/10/2009 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 18 National Software 11 October 2009 23 December 2009Round 6 Syd.http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?06/12/2009.SOP Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit 06/12/2009 Sydney Telstra 500 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 25 & 26 National Software 6 December 2009 23 December 2009 PtsRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 1Race 2Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 1Race 2Race 1Race 2 GT Championship 1 David Wall Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 4th 544 2 James Koundouris Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 4th 3rd 3rd 6th 6th 10th 8th 5th 4th 5th 4th 5th 6th 9th 455.5 3 Jim Richards Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Ret 13th 8th 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 7th 6th 451 4 Ross Lilley Dodge Viper GTS ACR 15th 18th 12th 14th 11th 3rd 4th 6th 5th 6th 7th 8th 8th 7th 431.5 5 Dean Grant Lamborghini Gallardo 9th 8th 6th 8th Ret 11th 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd Ret 13th 10th 8th 404 6 Marc Cini Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 10th 9th 7th 11th 12th 9th Ret 7th 10th 9th 9th 9th 9th 5th 389 7 Theo Koundouris Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Ret 11th Ret 10th 8th Ret 10th 8th 8th 7th 6th 7th 3rd 2nd 371.5 8 Tony Quinn Aston Martin DBRS9 Ret Ret DNS 2nd 2nd 14th 16th Ret 9th Ret 11th 2nd 4th 3rd 355 9 Max Twigg Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 6th 4th 4th 5th 5th Ret 11th Ret 6th Ret 1st 1st 340.5 10 Mark Eddy Lamborghini Gallardo 8th 7th 11th 7th 7th 11th 2nd 3rd 7th 2nd DNS DNS 334.5 11 Peter Hill Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 5th 6th 10th 18th 13th 12th 6th 11th 10th 297 12 Ted Huglin Lamborghini Gallardo 20th 21st 18th 21st 19th 5th 9th 17th 18th 24th Ret 294 13 Simon Middleton Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 8th 12th 15th 19th 17th 24th 216 14 Andrew Macpherson Mosler MT900R 15th 14th 11th 12th 16th 25th 21st 213 15 Nick O'Halloran Ferrari F430 GT3 12th 10th 14th 15th 31st 4th 7th 212.5 16 Ian Palmer Dodge Viper GTS ACR 17th 15th Ret Ret 23rd DNS 13th 19th Ret DNS 8th 10th Ret DNS 210.5 17 Andrew Taplin Lamborghini Gallardo 7th Ret 19th 12th 9th 6th 5th 197.5 18 Klark Quinn Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 2nd 3rd 5th Ret 148.5 19 Craig Baird Mosler MT900R 1st 1st 1st Ret Ret 114 20 Allan Simonsen Ferrari F430 GT3 4th 7th 91.5 Shaun Juniper Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 5th 6th 91.5 22 John Bowe Lamborghini Gallardo 5th 9th 87 23 Angelo Lazaris Lotus Exige GT3 Ret Ret 10th 11th 10th Ret Ret Ret Ret 78 24 Des Wall Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 14th 16th 13th 73 25 Shane Smollen Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 13th 11th 72 David Stevens Ferrari F430 GT3 12th 16th 72 27 Justin Levis Lotus Elise HDPE 17th 15th 47 28 Paul Tresidder Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 20th 18th 44 Hector Lester Ferrari F430 GT3 4th 4th John TeulanMosler MT900R Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS John Briggs Dodge Viper GTS ACR Ret Ret DNS GT Challenge 1 Jordan Ormsby Porsche 996 GT3 RS 11th 12th 9th 13th 14th 17th 14th 11th 13th 9th 21st 15th 14th 15th 531(601) 2 Michael Loccisano Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 18th 19th 15th Ret 20th 7th Ret 19th Ret 15th 12th 345 3 Keith Wong Ferrari 360 Challenge 19th 23rd 17th 22nd 21st 21st 20th 238 4 Andrew Barlow Ferrari 360 Challenge 16th 17th 16th 19th 17th 12th 12th DNS 233 5 Paul Tresidder Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 13th 11th 16th 13th 216 6 Richard Kimber Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 21st 20th Ret Ret DNS 20th Ret 20th 19th 198.5 7 Klark Quinn Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 3rd 5th 5th 9th 10th 190 8 Eric Bana Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 23rd 22nd 18th 14th 156.5 9 Jim Manolios Maserati Trofeo Light 18th 15th 102 Rod Wilson Maserati Trofeo Light 18th 15th 102 11 Calvin Pusterla Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 19th 17th 93 12 Adam Wallis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 13th 14th Ret 66 Jeff Bobik Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 16th 16th 66 14 Fraser Kirchner Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 24th 24th 57 15 Richard Green Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 27th 26th 55 Maher Algadrie Ferrari 430 Challenge DNS DNS GT Production 1 Paul Freestone Chevrolet Corvette Z06 HSV Coupé GTS 26th 25th 16th 17th 13th 15th 14th 10th 12th 23rd 23rd 504.5 2 Mark O'Connor Lotus Exige S 22nd 24th 20th 32nd 28th 15th 18th Ret DNS DNS 14th 14th Ret 18th 440 3 Tim Poulton Lotus Exige S Ret 22nd 21st 28th 29th 13th Ret 16th 18th 12th 16th Ret Ret Ret 347.5 4 Tony Alford HSV Coupé GTS Nissan GT-R 29th 33rd Ret 16th 13th 18th 17th 22nd 22nd 338 5 Beric Lynton BMW M3 24th Ret 22nd 25th 27th 139 6 Kai Mysliwiecz Maserati Trofeo 14th 17th 15th 100 7 Andrew Macpherson Lotus Exige S 23rd Ret DNS 30th 30th DNS DNS 97 8 Barrie Nesbitt HSV Coupé GTS 31st 32nd 60 Mike Reedy Lotus Exige S DNS DNS Note: No points were awarded for the third race at Albert Park as the race was stopped due to incidents on the first lap.Wall Wins VodkaO Australian GT Championship Round 2 at Australian Grand Prix Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 18 January 2009, Archived at web.archive.org on 1 October 2009 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.Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014 The title, which was the twentieth Australian Tourist Trophy, was won by David Wall driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997. References External links 2009 Race Results Archive Retrieved from Natsoft on 23 December 2009 2009 AGTC Technical Regulations as archived at web.archive.org on 1 October 2009 Category:Australian GT Championship GT Championship