2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

Australian motor racing competition 2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 2013 2015 The 2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars.2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship - Sporting and Technical Regulations – Version 2, As archived at www.webcitation.org from docs.cams.com.au on 4 November 2014 Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd was appointed as the Category Manager for the championship, which was the tenth Australian Carrera Cup Championship. The championship was won by Steven Richards. Teams and drivers thumb|Steven Richards won the championship driving this Laser Plumbing & Electrical entry thumb|Warren Luff placed second in the championship in this No Second Chance/Phase 8 entry thumb|Nick Foster placed fifth in the championship in this Sonic Motor Racing Services entry thumb|Brenton Ramsay placed 17th in the championship in this Phenix Motorsport entry The following teams and drivers contested the 2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship. TeamNo.DriverCo-driverhttp://www.speedcafe.com/2014/05/21/bayliss-completes-carrera-cup-pro-grid/ Bayliss completes Carrera Cup Pro-Am grid Speedcafe.com Speedcafe 21 May 2014 21 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140521082435/http://www.speedcafe.com/2014/05/21/bayliss-completes-carrera-cup-pro-grid/ 21 May 2014 deadClassRounds Alliance Group Racing 1 NZ Craig Baird NZ Max Twigg Pro All Grove Group 4 AUS Stephen Grove NZ Scott McLaughlin Elite All Objective Racing 5 AUS Tony Walls AUS David Reynolds Elite All McElrea Racing 7 AUS Warren Luff AUS Geoff Emery Pro All 55 AUS Renee Gracie AUS Tim Miles Pro All 88 AUS Shae Davies AUS Adam Gowans Pro All Hallmarc 9 AUS Marc Cini AUS Dean Fiore Elite 1–4, 6–8 Finance EZI Racing 10 AUS Maurice Pickering Elite 1–2, 4–8 Garth Walden Racing 11 AUS Ash Samadi NZL Jonny Reid Elite All Steve Richards Motorsport 12 NZL Steven Richards AUS Damien Flack Pro All 13 AUS James Bergmuller AUS Dale Wood Elite All Phenix Motorsport 22 AUS Brenton Ramsay AUS Jason Bright Elite All Lago Racing 23 AUS Roger Lago AUS David Russell Elite 1–6 AUS David Russell Pro 7–8 Tony Bates Racing 24 AUS Tony Bates NZL Daniel Gaunt Elite All Almond Racing 26 AUS Michael Almondhttps://speedcafe.com/almond-readies-maiden-carrera-cup-tilt/ Almond readies Maiden Carrera Cup Tilt Speedcafe.com Speedcafe 19 December 2013 19 December 2013 AUS John Karytinos Pro All Team BRM 27 AUS Sam Powerhttps://speedcafe.com/power-replaces-percat-carrera-cup/ Power replaces Percat Carrera Cup Speedcafe.com Speedcafe 13 January 2014 13 January 2014 AUS James Koundouris Pro All 29 AUS Michael Patrizihttps://speedcafe.com/patrizi-joins-three-car-brm-line/ Michael Patrizi Joins Three-Car BRM Line up Speedcafe.com Speedcafe 20 February 2014 20 February 2014 AUS Troy Bayliss Pro 1–7 45 AUS Duvashen Padayachee AUS Neale Muston Pro All David Wall Racing 38 AUS Greg Taylor Elite 5–6, 8 Sonic Motor Racing Services 39 AUS Adrian Mastronardohttps://speedcafe.com/nick-foster-returns-carrera-cup/ Nick Foster returns to carrera cup Speedcafe.com Speedcafe 13 February 2014 13 February 2014 AUS Tim Slade Elite All 77 AUS Nick McBride AUS Rodney Jane Pro All 777 AUS Nick Foster AUS Ryan Simpson Pro All Hamilton Autohaus 56 AUS Shane Smollen AUS Nick Percat Elite All Equity-One 71 AUS Dean Koutsoumidis Elite 1–2 Scott Taylor Motorsport 222 AUS Scott Taylor Elite 5–8 Note: All teams competed with the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991, which was the only model eligible for the championship. Race calendar The championship was contested over an eight round series. RoundCircuitCity / stateDateFormatWinning driver(s) 1 South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 27 February—2 MarchThree races Warren Luff 2 Victoria Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 13—16 MarchThree races Warren Luff 3 Victoria Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria23–25 MayTwo races Stephen GroveScott McLaughlin 4 Queensland Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 4—6 JulyThree races Steven Richards 5 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 22–24 AugustThree races Craig Baird 6 Victoria Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 12–14 September Three races Michael Patrizi 7 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 9—12 OctoberThree races Shae Davies 8 Queensland Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 24—26 OctoberThree races Nick Foster Points system Championship points were awarded to the first 25 finishers in each race as per 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 Points 60 54 48 42 36 32 29 26 23 20 18 16 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In addition to contesting the outright championship, each driver was classified as either Professional or Elite and competed for the relevant class title. Points were awarded for class places in each race on the same basis as for the outright championship. The results for each round were determined by the number of championship points scored by each driver at that round. The driver gaining the highest points total over all rounds was declared the winner of the championship. Race 2 at the Sandown round was abandoned following a multi-car accident and no championship points were awarded.Patrizi scores Carrera Cup sweep, www.speedcafe.com Retrieved on 4 November 2014 Championship standings Overall PositionStandings - Season 2014, As archived at www.webcitation.org from www.carreracup.com.au on 4 November 2014 Driver NoNatsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved on 4 November 2014 Car Competitor / Team Points 1 Steven Richards 12 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Laser Plumbing & Electrical 954 2 Warren Luff 7 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 No Second Chance / Phase 8 921 3 Craig Baird 1 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Bonaire / Wilson Security 914 4 Shae Davies 88 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Davbridge Constructions 777 5 Nick Foster 777 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Sonic Motor Racing Services 767 6 Sam Power 27 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 AVCS 668 7 Michael Almond 26 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Copyworld 551 8 Michael Patrizi 29 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Onsite Racing 525.5 9 Nick McBride 77 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Sonic Motor Racing Services 489 10 Stephen Grove 4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Grove Group 460 11 Duvashen Padayachee 45 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Rentcorp 406 12 Shane Smollen 56 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 McGrath Estate Agents 393 13 James Bergmuller 13 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Porsche Brighton 359 14 Tony Bates 24 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Alternative Freight Services 324 15 Renee Gracie 55 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Fujitsu Racing 322.5 16 Tony Walls 5 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Objective Ra 270 17 Brenton Ramsay 22 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Phenix Motorsport 239.5 18 Roger Lago 23 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 JBS Swift 233 19 David Russell 23 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 JBS Australia 218 20 Ash Samadi 11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Royal Purple Oil / Garth Walden 215 21 Marc Cini 9 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Hallmarc 167 22 Maurie Pickering 10 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Finance EZI 126 23 Adrian Mastronardo 39 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Adrian Mastronadro 124 24 Scott Taylor 222 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Scott Taylor Motorsport 64.5 25 Greg Taylor 38 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Taylor Motorsport / Adina Apartm 35 26 Dean Koutsoumidis 71 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Equity-One 31 Professional Class Position Driver No Car Competitor / Team Points 1 Steven Richards 12 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Laser Plumbing & Electrical 972 2 Warren Luff 7 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 No Second Chance / Phase 8 939 3 Craig Baird 1 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Bonaire / Wilson Security 929 4 Shae Davies 88 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Davbridge Constructions 808 5 Nick Foster 777 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Sonic Motor Racing Services 772 6 Sam Power 27 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 AVCS 701 7 Michael Almond 26 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Copyworld 618.5 8 Michael Patrizi 29 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Onsite Racing 541.5 9 Renee Gracie 55 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Fujitsu Racing 527 10 Nick McBride 7 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Sonic Motor Racing Services 516 11 Duvashen Padayachee 45 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Rentcorp 439.5 12 David Russell 23 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 JBS Australia 236 Elite Class Position Driver No Car Competitor / Team Points 1 Stephen Grove 4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Grove Group 1046 2 Shane Smollen 56 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 McGrath Estate Agents 963 3 Tony Bates 24 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Alternative Freight Services 925 4 James Bergmuller 13 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Porsche Brighton 896 5 Tony Walls 5 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Objective Racing 736 6 Brenton Ramsay 22 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Phenix Motorsport 669 7 Roger Lago 23 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 JBS Swift 640 8 Ash Samadi 11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Royal Purple Oil / Garth Walden 571 9 Marc Cini 9 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Hallmarc 500 10 Maurie Pickering 10 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Finance EZI 407 11 Adrian Mastronardo 39 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Adrian Mastronadro 406 12 Scott Taylor 222 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Scott Taylor Motorsport 196 13 Dean Koutsoumidis 71 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Equity-One 119 14 Greg Taylor 38 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Taylor Motorsport / Adina Apartm 113 References External links http://www.carreracup.com.au/ Category:Australian Carrera Cup Championship seasons Carrera Cup Championship