The 2009 Australian GT Championship was an Australian national motor racing title sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport for drivers of closed production based sports cars which were either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GTs.[1] It was the thirteenth Australian GT Championship.
The GT Championship division for FIA GT3 specification vehicles[2] was won by former Carrera Cup racer David Wall driving a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S for the family owned Wall Racing team, which included race victories at Albert Park, Phillip Island, Eastern Creek and Mount Panorama for a comfortable victory margin of almost 90 points over another former Carrera Cup racer James Koundouris. Veteran Jim Richards, driving Wall's 2008 Carrera Cup car, finished third in the championship. Neither Koundouris or Richards took race wins in the series. The other race winners were Craig Baird, whose Mosler dominated the opening round at Adelaide but the team was sold mid-season leaving Baird without a drive, Dean Grant, whose Lamborghini gained a win at Eastern Creek, and Max Twigg, who debuted a 997 GT3 Cup S similar to Wall's at the final round at Sydney Olympic Park to dominate the event.
The GT Challenge division for older cars,[2] (mostly Porsche 996 Carrera Cup cars and one-make specification Ferraris and Maseratis), was won by Jordan Ormsby whose Porsche GT3-RS dominated the series after Klark Quinn was moved from the Challenge division to the Championship division. Quinn won the first five races for the season prior to that. Michael Loccisano was second driving a 996 Carrera Cup with Keith Wong third driving a Ferrari 360.
The GT Production division for production based sportscars[2] Paul Freestone driving a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and a HSV Coupé GTS. Lotus Exige drivers Mark O'Connor and Tim Poulton completed the top three.
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^"Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 29/03/2009 2009 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix". National Software. 29 March 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
^"Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 17/05/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2009 – Round 3". National Software. 17 May 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
^"Eastern Creek International Raceway 19/07/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 6". National Software. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
^"Mount Panorama – Bathurst 11/10/2009 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 18". National Software. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
^"Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit 06/12/2009 Sydney Telstra 500 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 25 & 26". National Software. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
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^ abAustralian Titles, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014
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former Carrera Cup racer James Koundouris Veteran Jim Richards driving Wall s 2008 Carrera Cup car finished third in the championship Neither Koundouris or Richards took race wins in the series The other race winners were Craig Baird whose Mosler dominated the opening round at Adelaide but the team was sold mid season leaving Baird without a drive Dean Grant whose Lamborghini gained a win at Eastern Creek and Max Twigg who debuted a 997 GT3 Cup S similar to Wall s at the final round at Sydney Olympic Park to dominate the event The GT Challenge division for older cars 2 mostly Porsche 996 Carrera Cup cars and one make specification Ferraris and Maseratis was won by Jordan Ormsby whose Porsche GT3 RS dominated the series after Klark Quinn was moved from the Challenge division to the Championship division Quinn won the first five races for the season prior to that Michael Loccisano was second driving a 996 Carrera Cup with Keith Wong third driving a Ferrari 360 The GT Production division for production based sportscars 2 Paul Freestone driving a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and a HSV Coupe GTS Lotus Exige drivers Mark O Connor and Tim Poulton completed the top three Contents 1 Teams and drivers 2 Race calendar 3 Championship standings 4 Australian Tourist Trophy 5 References 6 External linksTeams and drivers Edit David Wall won the championship driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 2010 image The following teams and drivers competed in the 2009 Australian GT Championship Team Car Division No DriverJocaro Motorsport Lamborghini Gallardo Championship 1 Mark Eddy2 Dean GrantDodge Viper GTS ACR 3 Ross LilleyPorsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Challenge 50 Calvin PusterlaConsolidated Chemical Company Lamborghini Gallardo Championship 4 Ted Huglin John BoweTaplin Real Estate Lamborghini Gallardo Championship 5 Andrew TaplinGolf Car Solutions Porsche 996 GT3 RS Challenge 6 Jordan OrmsbyVIP Petfoods Racing Aston Martin DBRS9 Championship 7 Tony QuinnPorsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Challenge Championship 12 Klark QuinnGreg Murphy Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 Championship 8 Simon MiddletonCreative Colour Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Challenge 8 Jeff BobikHallmarc Developments Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Championship 9 Marc CiniPorsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Challenge 19 Michael LoccisanoSMS Commander Lotus Exige S Production 10 Mark O ConnorBriggs Motor Sport Dodge Viper GTS ACR Championship 11 John BriggsJim Richards Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Championship 15 Jim RichardsTwigg Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 Championship 18 Max TwiggTeam Palmer Dodge Viper GTS ACR Championship 20 Ian PalmerBayside Church Ferrari F430 GT3 Championship 21 Hector LesterBruce Lynton BMW BMW M3 Production 23 Beric LyntonFreestone s Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Production 25 Paul FreestoneFreestone Transport HSV Coupe GTS Production 26 Paul FreestoneMaranello Motorsport Ferrari F430 GT3 Championship 27 Nick O Halloran Allan SimonsenFerrari 360 Challenge Challenge 37 Andrew BarlowTrofeo Motorsport Maserati Trofeo Light Challenge 29 Jim Manolios Rod WilsonWarrin Mining Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Challenge 30 Adam WallisKirchner Constructions Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Challenge 33 Fraser KirchnerPR Racing Technology Wall Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 Championship 38 David WallPorsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 Championship 39 Des WallChampionship Challenge Paul TresidderPorsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Challenge 58 Richard KimberItalia Motori Maserati Trofeo Production 42 Kai MysliwieczBrennan Voice Data amp IT Ferrari F430 GT3 Championship 43 David StevensSupabarn Supermarkets Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Championship 47 Theo KoundourisPorsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 69 James KoundourisAMAC Motorsport Lotus Exige S Production 51 Andrew MacPherson Mike ReedyMosler MT900R Championship Andrew MacPhersonDonut King Racing HSV Coupe GTS Nissan GT R Production 54 Tony AlfordJohn Teulan Racing Mosler MT900R Championship 55 Craig Baird88 John TeulanMcGrath Estate Agents Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Championship 56 Shane SmollenDonut King Racing HSV Coupe GTS Production 56 Barrie NesbittAustral Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Challenge 63 Richard GreenRacing Incident Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Championship 66 Peter HillEric Bana Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Challenge 67 Eric BanaJuniper Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Championship 71 Shaun JuniperBicycle Express Motorsport Ferrari 360 Challenge Challenge 74 Keith WongOOAK Racing Lotus Exige S Production 77 Timothy PoultonCue Lotus Elise HDPE Championship 78 Justin LevisPariah Motorsport Lotus Exige GT3 Championship 98 Angelo LazarisMaranello Motorsport Ferrari 430 Challenge Challenge 99 Maher AlgadrieRace calendar EditThe championship was contested over a six round series 3 Within each division each driver could count only his her best five round results 4 Rd Event Circuit Location state Date Format WinnerChampionship Challenge ProductionRd 1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide South Australia 19 22 March Three races Craig Baird Klark Quinn Mark O ConnorRd 2 Australian Grand Prix Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne Victoria 26 29 March Three races David Wall Klark Quinn Paul FreestoneRd 3 Australian GT Classic Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island Victoria 16 17 May Two races David Wall Jordan Ormsby Paul FreestoneRd 4 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney New South Wales 18 19 July Three races David Wall Jordan Ormsby Paul FreestoneRd 5 Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst New South Wales 8 11 October Two races David Wall Paul Tresidder Paul FreestoneRd 6 Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney New South Wales 4 6 December Two races Max Twigg Michael Loccisano Tony AlfordChampionship standings EditPoints score sourced from 5 6 Pos Driver Car Round 1 Ade 7 Round 2 Alb 8 Round 3 Phi 9 Round 4 Eas 10 Round 5 Bat 11 Round 6 Syd 12 PtsRace 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 1 Race 2GT Championship1 David Wall Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 4th 5442 James Koundouris Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 4th 3rd 3rd 6th 6th 10th 8th 5th 4th 5th 4th 5th 6th 9th 455 53 Jim Richards Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Ret 13th 8th 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 7th 6th 4514 Ross Lilley Dodge Viper GTS ACR 15th 18th 12th 14th 11th 3rd 4th 6th 5th 6th 7th 8th 8th 7th 431 55 Dean Grant Lamborghini Gallardo 9th 8th 6th 8th Ret 11th 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd Ret 13th 10th 8th 4046 Marc Cini Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 10th 9th 7th 11th 12th 9th Ret 7th 10th 9th 9th 9th 9th 5th 3897 Theo Koundouris Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Ret 11th Ret 10th 8th Ret 10th 8th 8th 7th 6th 7th 3rd 2nd 371 58 Tony Quinn Aston Martin DBRS9 Ret Ret DNS 2nd 2nd 14th 16th Ret 9th Ret 11th 2nd 4th 3rd 3559 Max Twigg Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 6th 4th 4th 5th 5th Ret 11th Ret 6th Ret 1st 1st 340 510 Mark Eddy Lamborghini Gallardo 8th 7th 11th 7th 7th 11th 2nd 3rd 7th 2nd DNS DNS 334 511 Peter Hill Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 5th 6th 10th 18th 13th 12th 6th 11th 10th 29712 Ted Huglin Lamborghini Gallardo 20th 21st 18th 21st 19th 5th 9th 17th 18th 24th Ret 29413 Simon Middleton Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 8th 12th 15th 19th 17th 24th 21614 Andrew Macpherson Mosler MT900R 15th 14th 11th 12th 16th 25th 21st 21315 Nick O Halloran Ferrari F430 GT3 12th 10th 14th 15th 31st 4th 7th 212 516 Ian Palmer Dodge Viper GTS ACR 17th 15th Ret Ret 23rd DNS 13th 19th Ret DNS 8th 10th Ret DNS 210 517 Andrew Taplin Lamborghini Gallardo 7th Ret 19th 12th 9th 6th 5th 197 518 Klark Quinn Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 2nd 3rd 5th Ret 148 519 Craig Baird Mosler MT900R 1st 1st 1st Ret Ret 11420 Allan Simonsen Ferrari F430 GT3 4th 7th 91 5Shaun Juniper Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 5th 6th 91 522 John Bowe Lamborghini Gallardo 5th 9th 8723 Angelo Lazaris Lotus Exige GT3 Ret Ret 10th 11th 10th Ret Ret Ret Ret 7824 Des Wall Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 14th 16th 13th 7325 Shane Smollen Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 13th 11th 72David Stevens Ferrari F430 GT3 12th 16th 7227 Justin Levis Lotus Elise HDPE 17th 15th 4728 Paul Tresidder Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 20th 18th 44Hector Lester Ferrari F430 GT3 4th 4thJohn Teulan Mosler MT900R Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret DNS DNS DNSJohn Briggs Dodge Viper GTS ACR Ret Ret DNSGT Challenge1 Jordan Ormsby Porsche 996 GT3 RS 11th 12th 9th 13th 14th 17th 14th 11th 13th 9th 21st 15th 14th 15th 531 601 2 Michael Loccisano Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 18th 19th 15th Ret 20th 7th Ret 19th Ret 15th 12th 3453 Keith Wong Ferrari 360 Challenge 19th 23rd 17th 22nd 21st 21st 20th 2384 Andrew Barlow Ferrari 360 Challenge 16th 17th 16th 19th 17th 12th 12th DNS 2335 Paul Tresidder Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996 13th 11th 16th 13th 2166 Richard Kimber Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 21st 20th Ret Ret DNS 20th Ret 20th 19th 198 57 Klark Quinn Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 3rd 5th 5th 9th 10th 1908 Eric Bana Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 23rd 22nd 18th 14th 156 59 Jim Manolios Maserati Trofeo Light 18th 15th 102Rod Wilson Maserati Trofeo Light 18th 15th 10211 Calvin Pusterla Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 19th 17th 9312 Adam Wallis Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 13th 14th Ret 66Jeff Bobik Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 16th 16th 6614 Fraser Kirchner Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 24th 24th 5715 Richard Green Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 27th 26th 55Maher Algadrie Ferrari 430 Challenge DNS DNSGT Production1 Paul Freestone Chevrolet Corvette Z06 HSV Coupe GTS 26th 25th 16th 17th 13th 15th 14th 10th 12th 23rd 23rd 504 52 Mark O Connor Lotus Exige S 22nd 24th 20th 32nd 28th 15th 18th Ret DNS DNS 14th 14th Ret 18th 4403 Tim Poulton Lotus Exige S Ret 22nd 21st 28th 29th 13th Ret 16th 18th 12th 16th Ret Ret Ret 347 54 Tony Alford HSV Coupe GTS Nissan GT R 29th 33rd Ret 16th 13th 18th 17th 22nd 22nd 3385 Beric Lynton BMW M3 24th Ret 22nd 25th 27th 1396 Kai Mysliwiecz Maserati Trofeo 14th 17th 15th 1007 Andrew Macpherson Lotus Exige S 23rd Ret DNS 30th 30th DNS DNS 978 Barrie Nesbitt HSV Coupe GTS 31st 32nd 60Mike Reedy Lotus Exige S DNS DNS Colour ResultGold WinnerSilver Second placeBronze Third placeGreen Points finishBlue Non points finishNon 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 Note No points were awarded for the third race at Albert Park as the race was stopped due to incidents on the first lap 13 Australian Tourist Trophy EditThe 2009 Australian Tourist Trophy was awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the driver gaining the highest aggregate points total in the Eastern Creek and Phillip Island rounds of the 2009 Australian GT Championship 14 The title which was the twentieth Australian Tourist Trophy was won by David Wall driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997 14 References Edit GT Championship Eligible Automobiles PDF Archived from the original PDF on 1 October 2009 Retrieved 23 December 2009 a b c Australian GT About us Division system Archived from the original on 22 February 2010 Retrieved 20 March 2010 Australian GT Events 2009 Event Information Archived 27 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www australiangt com au on 23 December 2009 2009 AGTC Sporting Regulations as archived at web archive org on 1 October 2009 Australian GT Archives 2009 Championship Points Retrieved from www australiangt com au on 20 March 2010 Archived at web archive org on 16 April 2010 Australian GT Archives 2009 Round Points Retrieved from www australiangt com au on 20 March 2010 Archived at web archive org on 16 April 2010 Adelaide Parklands Circuit 22 03 2009 2009 Clispal 500 Adelaide National Software 22 March 2009 Retrieved 23 December 2009 Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 29 03 2009 2009 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix National Software 29 March 2009 Retrieved 23 December 2009 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 17 05 2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2009 Round 3 National Software 17 May 2009 Retrieved 23 December 2009 Eastern Creek International Raceway 19 07 2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship Round 6 National Software 19 July 2009 Retrieved 23 December 2008 Mount Panorama Bathurst 11 10 2009 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 2009 V8 Supercars Race 18 National Software 11 October 2009 Retrieved 23 December 2009 Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit 06 12 2009 Sydney Telstra 500 2009 V8 Supercars Race 25 amp 26 National Software 6 December 2009 Retrieved 23 December 2009 Wall Wins VodkaO Australian GT Championship Round 2 at Australian Grand Prix Retrieved from www australiangt com au on 18 January 2009 Archived at web archive org on 1 October 2009 a b 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