- Race calendar
- Points system
- Championship results
- References
- External links
The 2005 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title open to Group 3E Series Production Cars.[1] It was organised by the Production Car Association of Australia [1] and was the 12th Australian Production Car Championship.[2] The title was won by Colin Osborne driving a Toyota Celica.[3] Race calendarThe championship was contested over a seven round series with three races per round.[3] Race 1 at each round utilised a mass standing start and Races 2 and 3 at each round featured a handicap standing start.[1] generated with de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\\hiddentext>> Round [3] | Circuit [3] | Date [3] | Round winner [3] | Car [4] |
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1 | Wakefield Park | 26-27 February | Derek Hocking | Holden VY Commodore SS |
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2 | Mallala | 16-17 April | Derek Hocking * | Holden VY Commodore SS |
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3 | Queensland Raceway | 2-3 June | Drew Russell | Honda S2000 |
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4 | Eastern Creek | 23-24 July | Scott Anderson | Holden VZ Commodore SS |
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5 | Phillip Island | 20-21 August | Colin Osborne | Toyota Celica SX |
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6 | Oran Park | 17-18 September | Leigh Mertens | Proton Satria GTi |
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7 | Eastern Creek | 3-4 December | Steve Briffa | Toyota Celica SX |
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- Note: Hocking was subsequently disqualified from Round 2 due to illegally modified suspension components
Points systemPoints for class and outright were awarded on race results as follows: generated with de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\\hiddentext>> Position [1] | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th & other finishers |
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Points [1] | 30 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | In addition, the fastest competitor in each Class in Qualifying was awarded 3 points towards both class and outright.[1] Race 1 at each round had points awarded for class titles only and Races 2 and 3 at each round had points awarded for both class and outright titles.[1] Competitors registered as “Trophy” competitors are not eligible to score points in the championship.[1] Championship resultsgenerated with de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\\hiddentext>> Position | Driver [5] | No. [4] | Car [4] | Entrant [4] | Points [5] |
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1 | Colin Osborne | 13 | Toyota Celica SX | Osborne Motorsport | 284 |
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2 | Drew Russell | 28 | Honda S2000 | Go - Karts - Go | 265 |
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3 | Daniel Natoli | 21 | Proton Satria GTi | Graham Roylett | 204 |
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4 | Leigh Mertens | 77 | Proton Satria GTi | C V G Gas | 204 |
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5 | Allan Shephard | 27 | Honda Integra Type R | Thrifty Car Rentals | 194 |
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6 | Trevor Keene | 31 | Toyota Celica SX | Osborne Motorsport | 192 |
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7 | Scott Anderson | 19 | Ford AUIII Falcon XR8 Holden VZ Commodore SS | Elf Oil | 146 |
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8 | Nick Dunkley | 12 | Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo | Dayco/ Ontrack Motorsport | 128 |
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9 | John Houlder | 2 | Ford BA Falcon XR8 | In-Tune Motorsport | 126 |
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10 | Lauren Gray | 15 | Toyota Echo Sportivo | Car Feash/Flexi Quote/ Powcon | 111 |
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11 | Steve Briffa | 72 | Toyota Celica SX | Thrifty Car Rentals | 107 |
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12 | Dane Rudolph | 29 | Citroen Xsara VTS | Cuttaway Hill Wines | 99 |
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13 | Veijo Phillips | 83 | Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo | Hocking Racing Shop | 99 |
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14 | David Ryan | 30 | Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo | Shell / Thomson Ford | 84 |
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15 | Derek Hocking | 62 | Holden VY Commodore SS | Redback | 58 |
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16 | Michael Craig | 30 | Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo | Shell / Thomson Ford | 44 |
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17 | David Mertens | 71 | Holden Vectra | Quadrant / Bilstein | 31 |
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18 | Martin Doxey | 17 | Holden Astra | M Doxey | 30 |
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19 | Darren Best | 76 | Ford Focus ST170 | Darren Best | 28 |
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20 | Shane Baker | 3 | Proton Satria GTi | Proton Cars Australia | 25 |
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21 | Rick Bates | 42 | Toyota Corolla Sportivo | Wayne Russell | 22 |
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Class A |
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1 | Drew Russell | 28 | Honda S2000 | Go - Karts - Go | 477 |
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2 | John Houlder | 2 | Ford BA Falcon XR8 | In-Tune Motorsport | 300 |
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3 | Nick Dunkley | 12 | Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo | Dayco/ Ontrack Motorsport | 286 |
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4 | Veijo Phillips | 83 | Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo | Hocking Racing Shop | 279 |
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5 | Scott Anderson | 19 | Ford AUIII Falcon XR8 Holden VZ Commodore SS | Elf Oil | 275 |
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6 | David Ryan | 30 | Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo | Shell / Thomson Ford | 249 |
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Class B |
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1 | Colin Osborne | 13 | Toyota Celica SX | Osborne Motorsport | 585 |
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2 | Allan Shephard | 27 | Honda Integra Type R | Thrifty Car Rentals | 425 |
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3 | Trevor Keene | 31 | Toyota Celica SX | Osborne Motorsport | 417 |
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4 | Steve Briffa | 72 | Toyota Celica SX | Thrifty Car Rentals | 233 |
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Class C |
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1 | Daniel Natoli | 21 | Proton Satria GTi | Graham Roylett | 565 |
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2 | Leigh Mertens | 77 | Proton Satria GTi | C V G Gas | 451 |
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3 | Lauren Gray | 15 | Toyota Echo Sportivo | Car Feash/Flexi Quote/ Powcon | 418 |
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4 | Dane Rudolph | 29 | Citroen Xsara VTS | Cuttaway Hill Wines | 299 |
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5 | Darren Best | 76 | Ford Focus ST170 | Darren Best | 127 |
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6 | David Mertens | 71 | Holden Vectra | Quadrant / Bilstein | 119 |
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sporting Regulations for the 2005 Australian Production Car Championship As archived at [https://www.webcitation.org/699IeBXhy www.webcitation.org] 2. ^Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 Grant Rowley, The Annual, Australian Motorsport Number 1/2005, pages 152-154 4. ^1 2 3 2005 Race Results Archive at www.natsoft.biz {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209193148/http://www.natsoft.biz/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2005 |date=2012-02-09 }} Retrieved on 15 July 2012 5. ^1 Briffa's Round, Osborne's APCC Title (19573), Helix/RaceNews, Monday 5 December 2005
External links- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050715000000/http://www.pcaa.com.au Official PCAA website at wayback.archive.org]
- 2005 Australian Production Car Championship images at www.v8central.com
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