2012 Australian GT Championship

February 2015 February 2015 2012 Australian GT Championship 2011 2013 The 2012 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship open to GT style closed production based sports cars which were either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GTs.2012 Australian GT Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations, www.camsmanual.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org It was the 16th Australian GT Championship, the twelfth to be contested over a multi-event championship, and the eighth to be contested since the title was revived in 2005. The series had a new owner for 2012, with seasoned GT racer Tony Quinn taking over the series towards the end of the 2011 season. The championship was won by Klark Quinn driving a Porsche 911 GT3-R. Divisions After consolidation from three divisions to two in 2011, the 2012 series saw an expansion to four divisions, based on vehicle eligibility and specification. GT Championship – for FIA GT3 specification vehicles About Australian GT, www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org GT Trophy – for older specification FIA GT3 vehicles GT Challenge – for cars that no longer fit within the GT Championship and Trophy divisions GT Sports – for GT4 specification cars Teams and drivers thumb|Peter Hacket (Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3) placed second in the GT Championship thumb|Peter Edwards & John Bowe (Ferrari 458 Italia GT3) placed third in the GT Championship thumb|Ben Eggleston (Aston Martin DBRS9) placed sixth in the GT Championship thumb|John Briggs (Audi R8 LMS) placed 12th in the GT Championship thumb|Kevin Weeks (Ford GT) placed 17th in the GT Championship thumb|Andrew Taplin (Lamborghini Gallardo) placed second in the GT Trophy The following teams and drivers contested the 2012 Australian GT Championship. DriverCo-driverTeamNo. Car numberVehicleGT Championship Australia Mark Eddy Australia Warren Luff 1 Audi R8 LMS Australia Nathan Tinkler Hunter Motorsports 3 Porsche 997 GT3-R Australia Kevin Weeks Australia Steve Owen Supaloc Racing 5 Ford GT Australia Rod Salmon 6 Audi R8 LMS Australia Martin Wagg Eggleston Motorsport 7 Aston Martin DBRS9 Australia Peter Edwards Denmark Allan Simonsen Australia John Bowe New Zealand Jonny Reid Maranello Motorsport 888 Ferrari 458 GT3 Australia Nick O'Halloran Denmark Allan Simonsen Australia Cameron McConville Maranello Motorsport 8 Ferrari 458 GT3 Australia Neale Muston Excalibur Racing 9 Porsche 997 GT3-R UK Tony Quinn VIP Petfoods Racing 11 Ferrari 458 GT3 Mosler MT900 GT3 Australia Klark Quinn VIP Petfoods Racing 12 Porsche 997 GT3-R Australia Peter Conroy Great Britain James Winslow Peter Conroy Motorsport 14 Audi R8 LMS Australia Ash Samadi Australia Dean Grant Team ASR 22 Lamborghini Gallardo Mosler MT900 GT3 Australia Roger Lago Australia David Russell JBS 23 Lamborghini Gallardo Australia Jim Manolios Australia Rod Wilson Trofeo Motorsport 29 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3R Australia Ben Eggleston Eggleston Motorsport 38 Aston Martin DBRS9 Australia Tony Defelice Australian GT Championship (Phillip Island): Saturday Race, September 22nd, 2012, www.ausmotive.com, as archived at web.archive.org Australia Renato Loberto Defelice Homes 49 Ferrari 458 GT3 Australia James Brock Germany Maro Engel Germany Thomas Jäger Germany Bernd Schneider Erebus Racing 62 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Mosler MT900 GT3 Australia Peter Hackett Erebus Racing 63 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Australia Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport 67 Aston Martin DBRS9 Australia John Briggs Briggs Motor Sport 70 Mosler MT900 GT3 Audi R8 LMS Australia Greg Crick 75 Dodge Viper CompetitionGT Trophy Australia Andrew Taplin Supaloc Racing 2 Lamborghini Gallardo Australia Ian Palmer Palmer Promotions 20 Dodge Viper Australia Jordan Ormsby 61 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Australia Dean Koutsoumidis Australia Andrew McInnes 71 Lamborghini GallardoGT Challenge Australia Stephen Grove 4 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Hong Kong Jacky Yeung ULX110 Custom Blend Oils 13 Ferrari 360 Challenge Australia Keith Wong Australia Kiang-Kuan Wong ULX110 Custom Blend Oils 15 Porsche 996 GT3-R Australia Peter Boylan Boylan Group 21 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Australia Brendon Cook Australia Matt Kingsley McElrea Racing 25 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Australia John Modystach 26 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Australia Brenton Griguol Australia Cameron Wearing 69 Ferrari 360 Challenge Australia Jan Jinadasa 77 Porsche 997 GT3 CupGT Sports Australia Graham Lusty Australia Darrell Dixon G & D Wheels 24 Nissan GT-R R35 Australia Darren Berry Australia Paul Stokell Papua New Guinea Keith Kassulke Williams Race Services 50 Ginetta G50 HC Australia Michael Hovey ES Australia 73 Ginetta G50 Race calendar The championship was contested over a seven round series.Australian GT Events https://web.archive.org/web/20120215062203/http://www.australiangt.com.au/page/16/Australian_GT_Events 15 February 2012 Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 4 March 2012 Rd.CircuitLocation / stateDateWinner GT Championship GT Trophy GT Challenge GT Sports 1 Adelaide Street Circuithttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?04/03/2012.ADEL Adelaide Parklands Circuit 04/03/2012 2012 Clipsal 500 Adelaide National Software 4 March 2012 4 March 2012 Adelaide, South Australia 1–4 March Klark Quinn Jordan Ormsby Jan Jinadasa Darren Berry 2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuithttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?27/05/2012.PHIL Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 27/05/2012 2012 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 3 National Software 27 May 2012 31 May 2012 Phillip Island, Victoria 25–27 May Greg Crick Andrew Taplin Jan Jinadasa Darren Berry 3 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoriahttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?24/06/2012.WIN Winton Motor Raceway 24/06/2012 2012 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 4 National Software 22 June 2012 1 July 2012 22–24 June Peter Hackett Andrew Taplin Peter Boylan no entries 4 Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales 13–15 July Peter Hackett Dean KoutsoumidisAndrew McInnes Jan Jinadasa Graham Lusty 5 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 21–23 September Maro Engel Dean KoutsoumidisAndrew McInnes Rob KnightMarcus Marshall no entries 6 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 19–21 October Klark Quinn Dean KoutsoumidisAndrew McInnes Michael Almond Darren Berry 7 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 30 November–2 December Bernd Schneider Dean KoutsoumidisAndrew McInnes Scott Taylor no entries Points system Points were awarded in each division for each qualifying session and each race at each round according to the following table. Points were allocated according to positions attained in each division rather than for outright positions. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th All otherfinishers Qualifying 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Races 16 12 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Championship results Pos. GT Championship, www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.orgGT Trophy, www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org GT Challenge, www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org GT Sports, www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org DriverCarPoints.GT Championship 1 Klark Quinn Porsche GT3-R 186 2 Peter Hackett Mercedes-Benz SLS GT3 173 3 Peter Edwards / John Bowe Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 128 4 Nick O'Halloran / Allan Simonsen Ferrari 458 GT3 56 5 Greg Crick Dodge Viper Competition Coupe Series II 56 6 Ben Eggleston Aston Martin DBRS9 54 7 Roger Lago Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 52 8 Tony Quinn Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Mosler 51 9 James Brock Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS GT3 Mosler 47 10 Rod Salmon Audi R8 LMS 43 11 Bernd Schneider Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS GT3 42 12 John Briggs Mosler MT900 GT3 Audi R8 LMS 35 13 Ash Samadi / Dean Grant Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 Mosler 34 14 Jim Manolios / Rod Wilson Corvette ZO6 GT3R 22 15 Martin Wagg Aston Martin DBRS9 18 16 Peter Conroy Audi R8 LMS 17 17 Kevin Weeks Ford GT3 15 18 Thomas Jäger Mercedes-Benz SLS GT3 15 19 Mark Eddy / Warren Luff Audi R8 LMS 15 20 Paul Morris Aston Martin DBRS9 13 21 Tony Defelice / Renato Loberto Ferrari 458 GT3 9 22 John Bowe / Peter Edwards Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 0 23 David Russell Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 0 24 Dean Grant / Ash Samadi Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 0 GT Trophy 1 Dean Koutsoumidis / Andrew McInnes Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 255 2 Andrew Taplin Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 99 3 Jordan Ormsby Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 40 4 Ian Palmer Dodge Viper Competition Coupe Series II 31 5 Marc Cini Porsche GT3 997 Cup S 26 GT Challenge 1 Jan Jinadasa Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 179 2 Peter Boylan Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 93 3 Rob Knight Porsche 911 GT3 66 4 Brenton Griguol Ferrari 360 Challenge 45 5 John Modystach Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 43 6 Michael Almond Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 40 7 Brendon Cook Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 31 8 Keith Wong / Kiang-Kuan Wong Porsche GT3 R 30 9 Stephen Grove Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 20 10 Nicolas McBride Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 20 11 Ben Foessel Porsche 996 GT3 R 16 12 Jacky Yeung Ferrari 360 Challenge 12 13 Nathan Tinkler Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 3 14 Matthew Kingsley Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Car 0 GT Sports 1 Darren Berry Ginetta G50 GT4 112 2 Michael Hovey Ginetta G50 GT4 29 3 Graham Lusty / Darrell Dixon Nissan GT-R R3 0 2012 Australian Tourist Trophy The 2012 Australian Tourist Trophy was awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the driver accumulating the highest aggregate points total from the Phillip Island and Sydney Motorsport Park rounds of the Australian GT Championship.Australian Titles, 2015 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, as archived at web.archive.org The title, which was the 23rd Australian Tourist Trophy, was won by Peter Hackett driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. References 2 External links www.australiangt.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 14 January 2013 Natsoft Race Results Category:Australian GT Championship GT Championship