2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia

Australian motor racing series August 2019 August 2019 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2015 2017 The 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia was an Australian motor racing series open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars.2016 CAMS Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Series – Sporting and Technical Regulations – Version 2, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as a National Series with Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd appointed as the Category Manager. It was the 12th Carrera Cup to be contested in Australia and the first to be sanctioned as a national series rather than a national championship.Gordon Lomas, Carrera Cup pushes for CAMS review backflip, Tuesday 30 June 2015, www.speedcafe.com, as archived at web.archive.org The series was won by Matt Campbell. Teams and drivers thumb|Matt Campbell won the series driving for McElrea Racing thumb|Steven Richards placed fifth in the series The following teams and drivers contested the series. Team Class No. Driver Pro-am co-driver Rounds Grove Hire Challenge 4 Australia Stephen Grove Australia Lee Holdsworth All McElrea Racing Pro 7 Australia Matt Campbell Australia Geoff Emery All 45 Australia Duvashen Padayachee Australia Roger Lago All 54 Australia James Abela Australia Tony Walls AllPorsche Centre Melbourne Pro 8 Australia Dean Fiore Australia Jake Camilleri 1–7 Guest Australia Tony Longhurst 8 Challenge 9 Australia Marc Cini Australia Michael Caruso AllSteve Richards Motorsport Guest 11 Australia Tony Longhurst 7 Pro 12 New Zealand Steven Richards Australia Dean Grant All Challenge 13 Australia James Bergmuller Australia Garth Tander All Twigg Motorsport Guest 18 Australia Max Twigg 7 Garth Walden Racing Pro 21 Australia Garth Walden Australia Ash Samadi All Tony Bates Racing Challenge 24 Australia Tony Bates Australia David Reynolds AllBuik Motorsport Pro 25 Australia Alex Davison Australia David-Calvert Jones All Pro 26 Australia Michael Almond Australia John Goodacre All FreeM Guest 32 Australia Daniel Stutterd 7 Wall Racing Pro 38 Australia David Wall Australia Adrian Flack All Sonic Motor Racing Services Challenge 39 Australia Adrian Mastronardo Australia Tim Slade All Pro 77 Australia Nick McBride Australia Dylan Thomas All Pro 777 Australia Ashley Walsh Australia Max Twigg All McGrath Estate Agents Challenge 56 Australia Shane Smollen Australia Nick Percat All Dexion Supply Centre Pro 88 Australia Dylan O'Keeffe Australia Sam Walter All Scott Taylor Motorsport Pro 222 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen New Zealand Paul Kelly 3 Challenge AUS Scott Taylor 4–5, 7–8 DNA Racing Pro 360 Australia Fraser Ross Australia David Ryan 1–5, 8 All vehicles were Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 cars.Clipsal 500 Adelaide Official Program 2016 3 March 2016 Race calendar The championship was contested over eight rounds.http://www.carreracup.com.au/sites/default/files/2016%20Porsche%20Carrera%20Cup%20Australia%20Season%20Guide.pdf 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Season Guide 15 March 2016 Round Circuit City / state Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Round winner 1 R1 South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 4 March AUS Ashley Walsh AUS Matt Campbell AUS Matt Campbell McElrea Racing AUS Nick McBride R2 5 March AUS Ashley Walsh AUS Ashley Walsh Sonic Motor Racing Services R3 6 March AUS Alex Davison AUS Michael Almond Buik Motorsport 2 R1 Victoria Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 17 March AUS Matt Campbell AUS Matt Campbell AUS Matt Campbell McElrea Racing AUS Alex Davison R2 18 March NZL Steven Richards AUS Alex Davison Buik Motorsport R3 19 March AUS Alex Davison AUS Alex Davison Buik Motorsport R4 20 March AUS Ashley Walsh AUS Alex Davison Buik Motorsport 3 R1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 30 April AUS Matt CampbellAUS Geoff Emery NZL Shane van GisbergenNZL Paul Kelly AUS Matt CampbellAUS Geoff Emery McElrea Racing AUS Matt CampbellAUS Geoff Emery R2 1 May AUS Matt CampbellAUS Geoff Emery NZL Shane van GisbergenNZL Paul Kelly AUS Matt CampbellAUS Geoff Emery McElrea Racing 4 R1 Northern Territory Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 18 June AUS Matt Campbell AUS Matt Campbell AUS Alex Davison Buik Motorsport AUS Alex Davison R2 19 June AUS Alex Davison AUS David Wall Wall Racing R3 AUS Matt Campbell AUS Alex Davison Buik Motorsport 5 R1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 27 August AUS Matt Campbell NZL Steven Richards AUS Matt Campbell McElrea Racing AUS Matt Campbell R2 28 August AUS Ashley Walsh AUS Matt Campbell McElrea Racing 6 R1 Victoria Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 17 September AUS Matt Campbell AUS Alex Davison AUS Matt Campbell McElrea Racing AUS Alex Davison R2 AUS Matt Campbell AUS Matt Campbell McElrea Racing R3 18 September AUS Ashley Walsh AUS Alex Davison Buik Motorsport 7 R1 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 7 October AUS Matt Campbell AUS Ashley Walsh AUS Matt Campbell McElrea Racing AUS Matt Campbell R2 8 October AUS Matt Campbell AUS Matt Campbell McElrea Racing R3 9 October AUS Matt Campbell AUS Matt Campbell McElrea Racing 8 R1 Queensland Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 22 October AUS Matt Campbell AUS Ashley Walsh AUS Matt Campbell McElrea Racing AUS Matt Campbell R2 AUS Matt Campbell AUS Matt Campbell McElrea Racing R3 23 October AUS Ashley Walsh AUS Alex Davison Buik Motorsport Series standings The series was won by Matt Campbell.Porsche Carrera Cup Australia - Standings - Season 2016, www.carreracup.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org The following table reflects the series standings as at the completion of the season. Pos. Position Driver ADESouth Australia MELVictoriaSMPNew South WalesHIDNorthern Territory SMPNew South Wales SANVictoria BATNew South Wales SURQueensland Pts.1 Matt Campbell 1 9 2 1 3 4 5 1 1 3 16 6 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 3 1204.52 Alex Davison 4 8 4 4 1 1 1 6 7 1 2 1 6 4 4 2 1 4 4 19 3 2 1 10723 David Wall 7 5 5 5 5 8 6 4 17 2 1 2 2 2 3 5 3 2 3 3 6 6 6 9934 Nick McBride 2 2 3 2 4 3 3 8 2 6 3 17 3 3 2 3 5 7 6 5 12 16 12 9405 Steven Richards 8 4 Ret 8 2 2 2 12 12 5 4 3 5 7 5 4 2 3 2 2 4 4 5 898.56 Ashley Walsh 3 1 Ret Ret 10 6 4 7 5 7 9 5 11 6 16 Ret 9 6 5 4 5 5 4 7067 Michael Almond 6 3 1 10 7 5 8 15 14 Ret 8 16 9 8 7 Ret 10 5 8 6 2 3 2 676.58 Dean Fiore 9 7 7 3 18 Ret 9 14 13 11 7 4 4 5 6 6 4 10 9 DNS 5449 Duvashen Padayachee 10 17 9 7 9 9 7 17 8 17 13 10 12 11 9 7 7 15 12 10 7 7 7 501.510 Dylan O'Keeffe DNS 13 Ret 11 15 11 11 18 10 4 5 9 7 9 Ret 8 6 9 11 8 8 Ret 10 43511 Fraser Ross 5 6 6 6 6 7 Ret 13 9 8 15 15 8 12 9 8 8 421.512 James Abela Ret 14 10 9 8 16 10 19 Ret 9 6 7 10 10 8 9 11 12 10 9 11 9 9 415.513 Tony Bates† 11 10 8 13 14 15 Ret 3 15 14 12 12 15 16 10 10 Ret 20 13 12 15 14 13 379.514 James Bergmuller† 15 18 12 15 Ret 13 16 2 6 12 17 Ret 17 18 15 13 12 16 14 13 14 12 14 36815 Garth Walden Ret 12 Ret 12 11 10DSQ 20 18 Ret 10 8 13 13 11 11 8 8 7 7 10 10 Ret 361.516 Shane Smollen† 12 11 Ret 16 13 Ret 12 10 3 10 11 11 16 14 Ret 15 13 13 Ret 15 DNS DNS DNS 31517 Stephen Grove† 13 15 Ret 14 12 12 13 11 11 Ret 14 Ret 14 15 12 14 14 17 Ret 14 13 11 11 290.518 Adrian Mastronardo† 16 19 13 17 16 14 14 9 16 15 18 18 18 17 14 16 16 19 17 20 18 17 16 25719 Marc Cini† 14 16 11 18 17 Ret 15 16 19 13 Ret 14 19 19 13 12 15 21 16 18 16 13 15 242.520 Shane van Gisbergen 5 4 11721 Scott Taylor 16 Ret 13 20 20 18 15 17 DNS DNS DNS 8022 Max Twigg 7 5 11 18 11 4423 Daniel Stutterd 14 Ret 16 2224 Tony Longhurst DNS DNS DNS 17 15 Ret 20 Pos. Position Driver ADESouth Australia MELVictoriaSMPNew South WalesHIDNorthern Territory SMPNew South Wales SANVictoria BATNew South Wales SURQueensland Pts.Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap † - Challenge Class References External links http://www.carreracup.com.au/ Category:Australian Carrera Cup Championship seasons Porsche Carrera Cup Australia