The 2008 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing competition for closed, production based sports cars which were either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GT cars.[1] It was the 12th Australian GT Championship to be awarded by CAMS.[2] The Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd was recognised by CAMS as the Category Manager and Administrator for the 2008 championship.[1]
Championship points were awarded on a 38-32-28-25-23-21-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 to the first 25 finishers in each race.[1] Each driver's worst round point score had to be dropped from his/her overall point score.[1]
Drivers competing with a foreign licence and a Foreign Participation Visa under FIA ISC Regulation 18 Para 5 (e.g. Hector Lester) were not allowed to score championship points.[4]
^ Retrieved from www.gtchampionship.com.au via replay.web.archive.org on 22 April 2011
^ Retrieved from www.gtchampionship.com.au via replay.web.archive.org on 22 April 2011
^ abcdGrant Rowley, The Annual, Australian Motorsport, 2008, page 96
^"Eastern Creek International Raceway 03/02/2008 2008 A1 GP". National Software. 3 February 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
^"Adelaide Parklands Circuit 24/02/2008 2008 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 24 February 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
^"Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 16/03/2008 2008 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix". National Software. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
^ ab. National Software. 13 July 2008. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
^. National Software. 10 August 2008. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
^. National Software. 30 November 2008. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
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2008, australian, championship, previous, 2007, next, 2009, cams, sanctioned, australian, motor, racing, competition, closed, production, based, sports, cars, which, were, either, approved, competition, approved, cams, australian, cars, 12th, australian, champ. 2008 Australian GT Championship Previous 2007 Next 2009 The 2008 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing competition for closed production based sports cars which were either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GT cars 1 It was the 12th Australian GT Championship to be awarded by CAMS 2 The Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd was recognised by CAMS as the Category Manager and Administrator for the 2008 championship 1 The championship was won by Mark Eddy driving a Lamborghini Gallardo Contents 1 Teams and drivers 2 Race calendar 3 Points system 4 Championship results 4 1 GT Championship 4 2 GT Challenge 4 3 GT Production 5 Australian Tourist Trophy 6 References 7 External linksTeams and drivers editThe following drivers competed in the 2008 Australian GT Championship Team Manufacturer Car model No Driver Maranello Motorsport Ferrari F430 GT3 1 nbsp Allan Simonsen nbsp John Bowe nbsp Nick O Halloran 80 nbsp Nick O Halloran Property Solutions Group Ferrari F430 Challenge 2 nbsp Kevin Miller Taplin Real EstateANZ Banking Lamborghini Porsche Gallardo 996 GT3 Cup 2 nbsp Dean Grant nbsp Andrew Taplin 11 Dupont Dodge Viper GTS ACR 3 nbsp D arcy Russell Koala Furniture International DodgeLamborghini Viper GTS ACRGallardo 3 nbsp Ross Lilley nbsp Greg Crick 57 Consolidated Chemical Company FerrariLamborghini 360 GTGallardo 4 nbsp Craig Baird nbsp Ted Hughlin nbsp John Bowe Superplus Racing Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 5 nbsp Simon Froude Team Aston Martin Abcor Preston General Engineering Aston Martin DBRS9 7 nbsp John Kaias nbsp Peter Hackett 59 nbsp John Kaias VIP Petfoods Aston Martin DBRS9 7 nbsp Tony Quinn Flash Air Daikin Air Conditioninh Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 8 nbsp Simon Middleton Hallmarc Developments Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 9 nbsp Michael Loccisano nbsp Marc Cini Glenelg East Day Night Pharmacy Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 10 nbsp Mark Krashos SMS Commander Lotus Exige S 10 nbsp Mark O Connor allaboutjesus com Lamborghini Gallardo 12 nbsp Mark Eddy Echo Ridges Wines Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 14 nbsp Greg Ward Jr Trueloc Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 18 nbsp Max Twigg Roock Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 19 nbsp Ash Samadhi allaboutjesus com Ferrari F430 GT3 21 nbsp Hector Lester Bruce Lynton BMW BMW M3 23 nbsp Beric Lynton Rod Wilson Maserati Trofeo Light 27 nbsp Ivan Capelli 28 nbsp Rod Wilson 29 nbsp Jim Manolios Warrin Mining Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 30 nbsp Adam Wallis Cooks Construction Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 31 nbsp Jon Trende Kirrapak Sheetmetal Lotus Elise Motorsport 200 31 nbsp Scott Bargwanna nbsp David Mackie Kirchner Constructions Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 33 nbsp Fraser Kirchner Ultra Finish Jaylec Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 36 nbsp Peter Fountas nbsp Ray Angus RDS Wall Racing World of Learning Porsche 996 GT3 RSR 38 nbsp Des Wall Brennan Voice Data amp IT Ferrari F430 Challenge 43 nbsp David Stevens Kwikmit IMAK Lotus Exige S 51 nbsp Andrew MacPherson nbsp Peter Lucas Industrie Ferrari 360 Challenge 53 nbsp Nick Kelly Report Factory Lotus Exige S 55 nbsp Garth Walden Drivebathurst com Porsche 996 Clubsport 58 nbsp Richard Kimber Jocaro Motors Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 66 nbsp Garth Rainsbury TAG Heuer Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 67 nbsp Eric Bana PR Technology Racing Porsche 997 Clubsport 68 nbsp Kim Burke www xacarz com au Dodge Viper GTS ACR 69 nbsp Scott Lyddiard Equity one Porsche 997 Clubsport 71 nbsp Dean Koutsoumidis nbsp Michael Goedheer Lentini Dental Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 73 nbsp Michael Lentini Bicycle Express Ferrari 360 Challenge 74 nbsp Keith Wong Creative Colour Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 75 nbsp Jeff Bobik The Oxford Tavern Wollongong Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 77 nbsp Anthony Kosseris Urban Arrangements Lotus Elise 86 nbsp Angela Coradine nbsp Angelo Lazaris Elise Motorsport 200 99 nbsp Peter Lucas nbsp Scott Bargwanna Industry CentralStahlwille Ferrari F430 GT3 88 nbsp John Teulan Macpherson amp Kelley Lawyers Porsche 996 GT3 90 nbsp Sven Burchartz Haden Smith Brothers Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 91 nbsp Graeme Cook Simply Sportscars Lotus Exige S 97 nbsp Timothy Poulton Quintessence Constructions Lotus Elise GT3 98 nbsp Angelo LazarisRace calendar editThe championship was contested over a six round series 3 Rd Name Circuit Location state Date Winner Car Rd 1 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney New South Wales 1 3 February Allan Simonsen Ferrari F430 GT3 Rd 2 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide South Australia 21 24 February Allan Simonsen Ferrari F430 GT3 Rd 3 Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne Victoria 13 16 March Mark Eddy Lamborghini Gallardo Rd 4 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney New South Wales 12 13 July John Kaias Aston Martin DBRS9 Rd 5 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island Victoria 9 10 August John Bowe Lamborghini Gallardo Rd 6 Sandown GT Classic Sandown International Raceway Melbourne Victoria 28 30 November Allan SimonsenNick O Halloran Ferrari F430 GT3Points system editChampionship points were awarded on a 38 32 28 25 23 21 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 to the first 25 finishers in each race 1 Each driver s worst round point score had to be dropped from his her overall point score 1 Drivers competing with a foreign licence and a Foreign Participation Visa under FIA ISC Regulation 18 Para 5 e g Hector Lester were not allowed to score championship points 4 Championship results editGT Championship edit Pos Driver 5 Round 1 EAS 6 Round 2 ADE 7 Round 3 ALB 8 Round 4 EAS 9 Round 5 PHI 10 Round 6 SAN 11 Pts 5 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 1 Mark Eddy 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 3rd 5th 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 7th 412 2 Allan Simonsen 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 351 3 Ross Lilley 6th 4th 4th 5th 5th 4th 20th Ret 7th 16th 5th 6th 3rd 3rd 2nd 337 75 4 John Kaias 3rd 2nd 3rd Ret DNS DNS 4th Ret 16th 7th 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd DNS DNS 323 25 5 John Bowe 1st 8th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 7th 4th 290 25 6 Peter Lucas 4th 6th 5th 18th 12th 4th 10th 1st 2nd 2nd 220 5 7 Michael Loccisano 11th 6th 8th 9th 7th 5th 9th 10th 9th 169 25 8 Anthony Kosseris 8th Ret 6th 15th 12th 9th 9th 11th 10th Ret 16th 10th 12th 162 5 9 Scott Bargwanna 2nd 2nd 2nd 6th 5th 6th 161 10 John Teulan 5th Ret DNS 6th 3rd 12th Ret 7th Ret DNS 7th 7th 8th 158 75 11 Richard Kimber 11th 12th 10th 5th 8th 8th 14th 12th 150 12 Ted Huglin 19th Ret Ret 20th 15th 14th 15th Ret Ret 7th 7th 4th 144 25 13 David Stevens 9th 8th 5th 6th 3rd 3rd 3rd 143 25 14 Nick O Halloran 14th 13th 13th 4th 7th 4th 1st 1st 117 15 Mark Krashos 14th 10th 8th Ret 15th Ret 15th 13th 11th 11th 110 Andrew Taplin 13th 7th 7th 9th 8th 110 17 Dean Grant 10th 10th 9th 8th 9th 8th 106 5 18 D arcy Russell 3rd Ret DNS 5th 4th 6th 5th 102 25 19 Graeme Cook 11th 11th 11th 9th 15th 7th 96 Greg Crick 3rd 2nd 96 21 Craig Baird 2nd 3rd 2nd 92 22 Tony Quinn 2nd 3rd 84 23 Peter Hackett 2nd 4th 4th 82 24 Nick Kelly 9th 7th 8th 15th 17th DNS 14th 80 25 25 Angelo Lazaris DNS 18th 12th 17th 8th 9th 14th 16th Ret 72 75 26 Tim Poulton 17th Ret 16th 11th 9th 10th DNS Ret 72 27 Keith Wong 10th 9th 10th Ret DNS DNS DNS 9th Ret DNS 70 28 Garth Walden 8th 4th 5th 69 29 Fraser Kirchner Ret 20th 14th 18th 12th 11th 13th 66 30 Des Wall 7th 9th 5th 6th 63 75 31 Max Twigg 5th 6th 63 32 Ash Samadi 7th 5th 7th 61 Beric Lynton 10th 6th 6th 61 34 Peter Fountas 12th Ret 13th 17th 21st 17th 19th 13th Ret 53 75 35 Greg Ward Jr DNS DNS DNS 10th 8th 9th 51 Marc Cini 10th 9th 51 37 Sven Burchartz 8th 5th 20th 11th 50 25 38 Jim Manolios 12th 10th 48 39 Eric Bana 11th 11th 45 40 Garth Rainsbury 13th 10th 14th 44 41 Kevin Miller Ret DNS DNS 12th 16th 11th 13th 41 25 42 Dean Koutsoumidis Ret 13th 39 Michael Goedheer Ret 13th 39 44 Kim Burke 12th Ret DNS 6th Ret DNS DNS DNS 37 45 Simon Middleton Ret Ret Ret 14th 14th 19th 12th 36 75 46 Michael Lentini 13th 13th 13th Ret 30 75 47 David Mackie 14th Ret 11th 29 48 Simon Froude 16th 19th 15th DNS 22 5 49 Adam Wallis 8th Ret DNS 19 50 Mark O Connor Ret Ret 12th Ret Ret 15 Hector Lester 7th 6th 6th 2nd 1st 18th 4th 0 Jon Trende DNS DNS DNS DNS 0 Scott Lyddiard Ret DNS DNS DNS 0 Andrew MacPherson DNS DNS DNS 15th Ret 0 Angela Coradine 15th DNS 0 Rod Wilson 15th Ret 0 Ray Angus 13th Ret 0 Jeff Bobik Ret DNS DNS DNS 0 Ivan Capelli 5th 6th 0 Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non points finish Non classified finish NC Purple Retired Ret Red Did not qualify DNQ Did not pre qualify DNPQ Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Withdrew WD Race cancelled C Blank Did not practice DNP Did not arrive DNA Excluded EX GT Challenge edit The GT Challenge class was won by Richard Kimber 5 driving a Porsche 996 GT3 Clubsport 9 GT Production edit The GT Production class was won by Tim Poulton driving a Lotus Exige S 5 Australian Tourist Trophy editThe Confederation of Australian Motorsport awarded the 2008 Australian Tourist Trophy to the winners of the 2008 Sandown GT Classic which was the sixth and final round of the 2008 Australian GT Championship The title which was the nineteenth Australian Tourist Trophy 2 was won by Allan Simonsen and Nick O Halloren driving a Ferrari F430 GT3 References edit a b c d 2008 Australian GT Championship Sporting Regulations www camsmanual com au as archived at web archive org a b 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport Australian Titles cams com au as archived at web archive org 2008 AGTC Race Calendar Retrieved from www gtchampionship com au via replay web archive org on 22 April 2011 Revised points Clipsal AGP and Outright Retrieved from www gtchampionship com au via replay web archive org on 22 April 2011 a b c d Grant Rowley The Annual Australian Motorsport 2008 page 96 Eastern Creek International Raceway 03 02 2008 2008 A1 GP National Software 3 February 2008 Retrieved 12 December 2009 Adelaide Parklands Circuit 24 02 2008 2008 Clipsal 500 Adelaide National Software 24 February 2008 Retrieved 12 December 2009 Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 16 03 2008 2008 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix National Software 16 March 2008 Retrieved 12 December 2009 a b Eastern Creek International Raceway 13 07 2008 Shannons National Motor Racing Championship Rnd 5 National Software 13 July 2008 Archived from the original on 7 March 2009 Retrieved 12 December 2008 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 10 08 2008 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2008 Round 6 National Software 10 August 2008 Archived from the original on 7 March 2009 Retrieved 12 December 2009 Sandown International Motor Raceway 30 11 2008 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2008 Rd 10 National Software 30 November 2008 Archived from the original on 6 December 2008 Retrieved 12 December 2009 External links edit2008 Race Results Archive at www natsoft biz 2008 Australian GT Information from feedmesportscars com As archived at www webcitation org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 Australian GT Championship amp oldid 1194108617, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
