2007 Australian Production Car Championship

The 2007 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group 3E Series Production Cars.2007 Australian Production Car Championship Regulations, www.camsmanual.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 31 August 2007 The championship, which was administered by the Production Car Association of Australia, was promoted as the Shannons Australian Production Car Championship.Conor McNally, Production lines, Official Program, Mallala, October 13–14, 2007, pages 6-7 It was the 14th Australian Production Car Championship.Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014 The championship was won Garry Holt driving a BMW 335i. It was the second national title in as many years for Holt who had previously won the 2006 Australian Performance Car Championship. Holt finished 50 points clear of his team-mate Barry Morcom, also driving a BMW 335i. Morcom won a season long battle with Holden Commodore driver Steve Briffa for the runner-up position in the championship. Calendar The championship was contested over an eight round series.Mitchell Adam, By no means a cakewalk, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 3 / 2007, pages 108-110 Round Name Circuit Date Format2007 Race Results Archive, www.natsoft.biz Retrieved on 6 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20070919201742/http://www.natsoft.biz/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2007 19 September 2007 Round winner Car Report 1 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour Mount Panorama 7–8 April One race Garry Holt BMW 335i Report 2 Phillip Island 5–6 May Three races Leigh Mertens HSV VY GTS 3 Queensland Raceway 26–27 May Three races Garry Holt BMW 335i 4 Eastern Creek 14–15 July Three races Garry Holt BMW 335i 5 Phillip Island 11–12 August Three races Steve Briffa Holden VZ Commodore SSZ 6 Shannons 250Shannons 250 entry list, Official Program, Mallala, October 13–14, 2007 Mallala 13–14 October Three races Garry Holt BMW 335i 7 Oran Park 3–4 November Three races Steve Briffa Holden VZ Commodore SSZ 8 Sandown Raceway 8–9 December Two races Leigh Mertens HSV VZ Class Structure Cars competed in five classes: Class SP – for "Super Production" Cars Class A – for V8 and turbocharged six cylinder cars Class B – for medium cars including high performance fours and smaller turbocharged cars Class C – for small cars Class D – for diesel engined cars Additional entries, competing without a Production Car Association License Agreement, contested two Trophy classes, “SP Trophy”, (for cars in Super Production) and “Trophy” (for cars in Classes A, B or C). Drivers of SP Trophy and Trophy class cars were not eligible to score championship points. Points system Championship points for both outright and classes were awarded on a 30-25-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis for the first 14 finishers in each race. One point was awarded to all other finishers. Bonus points were also awarded at Round 1 according to the outright finishing order of competitors that were registered for the championship.The Inside Cover Newsletter issue #1, Production Car Association of Australia, Retrieved from http://www.pcaa.com.au https://web.archive.org/web/20201119054447/http://www.pcaa.com.au/ 2020-11-19 on 18 December 2007 The fastest qualifying driver in each Class of the qualifying session was awarded 3 points towards their class points score. To be eligible to score points at any rounds of the championship the driver was required to be a current financial member of the Production Car Association of Australia. Any seven rounds were counted towards the championship. Drivers registered as Trophy competitors were not eligible to score championship points, but competed for two separate Trophy class awards. Points towards the two season class awards were allocated on a 5-4-6-2-1- basis for the first five positions in each class at each race, with one point given to each of the other finishers. Results Outright PositionShannons APCC 2007 Corrected Round Points, retrieved from http://www.pcaa.com.au https://web.archive.org/web/20201119054447/http://www.pcaa.com.au/ 2020-11-19 on 24 December 2007 Driver No. Car Entrant Points 1 Garry Holt 20 BMW 335i Eastern Creek Karts 376 2 Barry Morcom 17 BMW 335i Rondo/Charsam/P & I Smash 326 3 Steve Briffa 8 Holden VZ Commodore SSZ Paul Wakeling Holden 322 4 Leigh Mertens 7 HSV VY GTS & HSV VZ G & D Performance 286 5 Chris Delfsma 21 Ford BF Falcon XR8 Century 21 Hazelbrook 240 6 Trevor Keene 50 Mini Cooper S Med West Multimedia 184 7 Luke Searle 3 BMW 130i S.A.E. College 149 8 Garth Walden 24 Holden VY Commodore SS Walden Motorsport 140 9 David Mertens 77 Proton Satria GTi RHM Group 126 10 Kean Booker 72 Toyota Celica Thrifty Car Rentals 111 11 Peter Kelly 88 BMW 130i KEL Technologies 103 12 Alan Shephard 27 Mazda 3 MPS Thrifty Car Rentals 102 13 Andrew Moffat 9 BMW 130i Australian Motor Finance 82 14 Colin Osborne 13 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 67 15 Andrew Bretherton 50 Mini Cooper S Med West Multimedia 62 16 Alan Letcher 99 Ford BF Falcon XR6 Turbo Team Queensland Racing 52 David Turner 99 Ford BF Falcon XR6 Turbo Team Queensland Racing 52 Nathan Callaghan 99 Ford BF Falcon XR6 Turbo Team Queensland Racing 52 19 David Giugni 50 Mini Cooper S Med West Multimedia 52 20 Iain Sherrin 11 BMW 120i Sherrin Motorsport 47 Grant Sherrin 11 BMW 120i Sherrin Motorsport 47 22 Peter Conroy 14 Honda Integra Type S Hankook Tyres/DBA 42 23 Jim Hunter 34 Subaru Impreza Jim Hunters Suspension 38 24 Adam Graham 66 BMW 130i Sherrin Motorsport 32 25 Lauren Gray 15 Toyota Echo Kingville Accident Repairs 30 26 Brain Walden 24 Holden VY Commodore SS Wilsons Solicitors & Accountants 28 27 Michael Craig 1 Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Armour Automotive 26 28 Tim Robson 50 Mini Cooper S Med West Multimedia 20 29 Len Cave 72 Toyota Celica Thrifty Car Rentals 16 Classes Position2007 APCC pointscore table retrieved from http://www.pcaa.com.au https://web.archive.org/web/20201119054447/http://www.pcaa.com.au/ 2020-11-19 on 24 December 2007 Driver No. Car Entrant Points Super Production 1 Garry Holt 20 BMW 335i Eastern Creek Karts 598 2 Barry Morcom 17 BMW 335i Rondo/Charsam/P & I Smash 532 3 Leigh Mertens 7 HSV VY GTS & HSV VZ G & D Performance 376 Class A 1 Steve Briffa 8 Holden VZ Commodore SSZ Paul Wakeling Holden 606 2 Chris Delfsma 21 Ford BF Falcon XR8 Century 21 Hazelbrook 480 3 Garth Walden 24 Holden VY Commodore SS Walden Motorsport 299 4 Luke Searle 3 BMW 130i S.A.E. College 245 5 Alan Shephard 27 Mazda 3 MPS Thrifty Car Rentals 232 6 Peter Kelly 88 BMW 130i KEL Technologies 149 7 Andrew Moffat 9 BMW 130i Australian Motor Finance 96 8 Alan Letcher 99 Ford BF Falcon XR6 Turbo Team Queensland Racing 77 David Turner 99 Ford BF Falcon XR6 Turbo Team Queensland Racing 77 Nathan Callaghan 99 Ford BF Falcon XR6 Turbo Team Queensland Racing 77 11 Brain Walden 24 Holden VY Commodore SS Wilsons Solicitors & Accountants 69 12 Adam Graham 66 BMW 130i Sherrin Motorsport 67 13 Michael Craig 1 Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Armour Automotive 66 Class B 1 Trevor Keene 50 Mini Cooper S Med West Multimedia 444 2 Kean Booker 72 Toyota Celica Thrifty Car Rentals 165 3 David Giugni 50 Mini Cooper S Med West Multimedia 118 4 Colin Osborne 13 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 96 5 Andrew Bretherton 50 Mini Cooper S Med West Multimedia 90 6 David Mertens 31 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 88 7 Leigh Mertens 31 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 82 Tim Robson 40 BMW 323i Dayco / Wesfil 82 8 Peter Conroy 14 Honda Integra Type S Hankook Tyres/DBA 77 9 Len Cave 72 Toyota Celica Thrifty Car Rentals 63 Class C 1 David Mertens 77 Proton Satria GTi RHM Group 178 2 Jim Hunter 34 Subaru Impreza Jim Hunters Suspension 113 3 Iain Sherrin 11 BMW 120i Sherrin Motorsport 96 4 Grant Sherrin 11 BMW 120i Sherrin Motorsport 96 5 Lauren Gray 15 Toyota Echo Kingville Accident Repairs 50 6 Warren Bossie 88 Subaru Impreza Jim Hunters Suspension 30 Class D 1 Kean Booker 76 Alfa Romeo 159 Thompson Alfa 96 2 Rocco Rinaldo 76 Alfa Romeo 159 Thompson Alfa 63 Trophy Class Point Score SP Trophy 1 James Parish 35 Mazda RX-7 Sennheiser Audio 88 2 Marty Miller 55 HSV VT   14 Trophy 1 Amber Anderson 88 Holden Vectra Revolution Race Gear 24 2 Matt Brady 30 Ford AU Falcon XR8 Coastal Flooring and Construct 23 3 Mike Fitzgerald 40 BMW 323i Dayco / Wesfil 20 4 Tim Robson 40 BMW 323i Dayco / Wesfil 15 5 Brendon Cook 4 Holden Vectra Revolution Race Gear 14 6 Garth Duffy 40 BMW 323i Dayco / Wesfil 14 7 Rob Rubis 40 BMW 323i Dayco / Wesfil 13 8 Danielle Argiro 88 Holden Vectra Paul Wakeling Holden 10 9 Garry Mennell 40 BMW 323i Dayco/Wefil Cooper/Nippon 5 10 Richard Mork 77 Honda Integra Type R V8Racing.com 4 References Category:Australian Production Car Championship Production Car Championship