Sonic Motor Racing Services driver Foster won eight races during the season, with two runs of four consecutive victories including weekend sweeps at Townsville and Sandown. Foster finished sixty-four points ahead of Finance EZI Racing's David Russell, who took eleven podium finishes during the season but only one win, at Bathurst. Third place in the championship went to Matt Campbell (McElrea Racing), who won six races, including a weekend sweep at Surfers Paradise as part of a four-race win streak to close the season. Defending champion Steven Richards won five of the first six races, but only returned to the podium four times over the remaining sixteen races to finish fourth in the championship. Foster's teammate Nick McBride and Hamilton Autohaus driver Shane Smollen were the other race-winners, winning at Albert Park and Phillip Island respectively. Foster also won the Professional sub-classification by 46 points, while Smollen won the Elite sub-classification by 60 points ahead of Stephen Grove.
Championship points were awarded at each race as per the table below:[1]
Points format
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
Three races
60
54
48
42
36
32
29
26
23
20
18
16
14
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Two races
90
81
72
63
54
48
43.5
39
34.5
30
27
24
21
18
16.5
15
13.5
12
10.5
9
7.5
6
4.5
3
1.5
Each driver was deemed by the Category Manager to be in either the Professional Class or the Elite Class for the purpose of awarding class points.[1] For class awards, each driver in each class who was classified as a finisher received points in accordance with the above pointscore table relative to each other driver in their class.[1]
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2015, australian, carrera, championship, previous, 2014, next, 2016, australian, motor, racing, competition, porsche, cars, sanctioned, confederation, australian, motor, sport, cams, national, championship, with, porsche, cars, australia, appointed, category, . 2015 Australian Carrera Cup Championship Previous 2014 Next 2016 The 2015 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport CAMS as a national championship with Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd appointed as the Category Manager by CAMS 1 The title which was the eleventh Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship was won by Nick Foster Sonic Motor Racing Services driver Foster won eight races during the season with two runs of four consecutive victories including weekend sweeps at Townsville and Sandown Foster finished sixty four points ahead of Finance EZI Racing s David Russell who took eleven podium finishes during the season but only one win at Bathurst Third place in the championship went to Matt Campbell McElrea Racing who won six races including a weekend sweep at Surfers Paradise as part of a four race win streak to close the season Defending champion Steven Richards won five of the first six races but only returned to the podium four times over the remaining sixteen races to finish fourth in the championship Foster s teammate Nick McBride and Hamilton Autohaus driver Shane Smollen were the other race winners winning at Albert Park and Phillip Island respectively Foster also won the Professional sub classification by 46 points while Smollen won the Elite sub classification by 60 points ahead of Stephen Grove Contents 1 Teams and drivers 2 Race calendar 3 Championship standings 3 1 Overall 3 2 Professional 3 3 Elite 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksTeams and drivers edit nbsp Nick Foster won the championship driving for Sonic Motor Racing Services nbsp David Russell finished runner up in the championship driving for Finance EZI Racing nbsp Shane Smollen won the Elite class driving for Hamilton Autohaus The following teams and drivers contested the championship Team No Driver Rd 3 co driver 2 Class Rounds Steve Richards Motorsport 1 nbsp Steven Richards nbsp Dean Grant Professional All Grove Group 4 nbsp Stephen Grove nbsp Scott McLaughlin Elite All McElrea Racing 5 nbsp Spike Goddard Professional 1 2 nbsp Tony Walls Elite 7 7 nbsp Matt Campbell nbsp Tim Miles Professional All 56 nbsp Shane Smollen nbsp Nick Percat Elite All Garth Walden Racing 6 nbsp Ash Samadi nbsp Dean Fiore Elite All Porsche Centre Melbourne 8 nbsp Craig Baird nbsp Max Twigg Professional All Hallmarc 9 nbsp Marc Cini nbsp Christopher Mies Elite All Finance EZI Racing 10 nbsp David Russell nbsp James Koundouris Professional All Team BRM 11 nbsp Simon Hodge nbsp Ray Angus Professional 1 5 nbsp John Magro Professional 6 22 nbsp Richard Muscat nbsp Sam Walter Professional All 45 nbsp Duvashen Padayachee nbsp Indiran Padayachee Professional All Porsche Centre Brighton 13 nbsp James Bergmuller nbsp Alex Davison Elite All Buik Motorsport 14 nbsp Cameron McConville nbsp John Goodacre Professional 1 3 25 nbsp John Martin 3 Professional 4 8 26 nbsp Michael Almond nbsp John Karytinos Professional All AVCS 18 nbsp Max Twigg Elite 2 Lago Racing 23 nbsp Roger Lago nbsp Steve Owen Elite 1 4 Tony Bates Racing 24 nbsp Tony Bates nbsp Daniel Gaunt Elite All Sonic Motor Racing Services 39 nbsp Adrian Mastronardo nbsp Tim Slade Elite All 77 nbsp Nick McBride nbsp Neale Muston Professional All 777 nbsp Nick Foster nbsp Dylan Thomas Professional All DNA Racing 65 nbsp Fraser Ross nbsp David Ryan Professional All Koala Motorsport 69 nbsp Brenton Griguol Elite 7 Scott Taylor Motorsport 88 nbsp Shae Davies nbsp Geoff Emery Professional 2 3 5 6 8 222 nbsp Scott Taylor nbsp Dean Canto Elite 1 5 7 8 nbsp Aaron Seton Professional 6 All vehicles were Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 cars as mandated by the championship regulations 1 Race calendar editThe championship was contested over eight rounds 4 Round Circuit City state Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Round winner 1 R1 nbsp Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide South Australia 27 February nbsp Nick Foster nbsp Steven Richards nbsp Steven Richards Steve Richards Motorsport nbsp Steven Richards R2 28 February nbsp Nick Foster nbsp Steven Richards Steve Richards Motorsport R3 1 March nbsp Steven Richards nbsp Steven Richards Steve Richards Motorsport 2 R1 nbsp Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne Victoria 13 March nbsp Nick McBride nbsp Cameron McConville nbsp Nick McBride Sonic Motor Racing Services nbsp Steven Richards R2 14 March nbsp Steven Richards nbsp Steven Richards Steve Richards Motorsport R3 15 March nbsp Shae Davies nbsp Steven Richards Steve Richards Motorsport 3 R1 nbsp Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island Victoria 23 May nbsp Cameron McConville nbsp John Goodacre nbsp Stephen Grove nbsp Scott McLaughlin nbsp Shane Smollen nbsp Nick Percat Hamilton Autohaus nbsp Shane Smollen nbsp Nick Percat R2 24 May nbsp Matt Campbell nbsp Tim Miles nbsp Stephen Grove nbsp Scott McLaughlin nbsp Nick Foster nbsp Dylan Thomas Sonic Motor Racing Services 4 R1 nbsp Townsville Street Circuit Townsville Queensland 11 July nbsp David Russell nbsp Richard Muscat nbsp Nick Foster Sonic Motor Racing Services nbsp Nick Foster R2 12 July nbsp Steven Richards nbsp Nick Foster Sonic Motor Racing Services R3 nbsp Nick Foster nbsp Nick Foster Sonic Motor Racing Services 5 R1 nbsp Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek New South Wales 22 August nbsp Nick Foster nbsp Matt Campbell nbsp Matt Campbell McElrea Racing nbsp Nick Foster R2 nbsp Nick Foster nbsp Matt Campbell McElrea Racing R3 23 August nbsp Nick Foster nbsp Nick Foster Sonic Motor Racing Services 6 R1 nbsp Sandown Raceway Melbourne Victoria 12 September nbsp Matt Campbell nbsp Nick Foster nbsp Nick Foster Sonic Motor Racing Services nbsp Nick Foster R2 nbsp Nick McBride nbsp Nick Foster Sonic Motor Racing Services R3 13 September nbsp Nick McBride nbsp Nick Foster Sonic Motor Racing Services 7 R1 nbsp Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst New South Wales 9 October nbsp Matt Campbell nbsp Matt Campbell nbsp David Russell Finance EZI Racing nbsp Matt Campbell R2 10 October Race abandoned N 1 R3 11 October nbsp Matt Campbell nbsp Matt Campbell McElrea Racing 8 R1 nbsp Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise Queensland 24 October nbsp David Russell nbsp Matt Campbell nbsp Matt Campbell McElrea Racing nbsp Matt Campbell R2 25 October nbsp Craig Baird nbsp Matt Campbell McElrea Racing R3 nbsp Matt Campbell nbsp Matt Campbell McElrea RacingChampionship standings editPoints system Championship points were awarded at each race as per the table below 1 Points format Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th Three races 60 54 48 42 36 32 29 26 23 20 18 16 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Two races 90 81 72 63 54 48 43 5 39 34 5 30 27 24 21 18 16 5 15 13 5 12 10 5 9 7 5 6 4 5 3 1 5 Each driver was deemed by the Category Manager to be in either the Professional Class or the Elite Class for the purpose of awarding class points 1 For class awards each driver in each class who was classified as a finisher received points in accordance with the above pointscore table relative to each other driver in their class 1 Overall edit Pos Driver 6 No ADE nbsp MEL nbsp PHI nbsp TOW nbsp SYD nbsp SAN nbsp BAT nbsp SUR nbsp Pts 6 1 nbsp Nick Foster 777 Ret Ret DNS Ret 10th 5th 6th 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 956 2 nbsp David Russell 10 2nd 4th 3rd 5th 8th 6th Ret 16th 3rd 2nd 17th 5th 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 5th 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 892 3 nbsp Matt Campbell 7 Ret 15th Ret 4th 7th 7th Ret 11th 4th 6th 5th 1st 1st 5th 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 860 4 nbsp Steven Richards 1 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 7th 10th 6th 3rd 2nd 3rd Ret 8th Ret 7th 4th 4th 3rd 12th 12th 11th 846 5 5 nbsp Craig Baird 8 4th 2nd 2nd 6th 4th 2nd 9th 7th 5th 5th 3rd 6th 4th 2nd Ret 10th 6th 5th 5th 5th 4th Ret 806 6 nbsp Richard Muscat 22 5th 5th 6th 8th 6th 8th 12th 3rd 2nd 4th 4th Ret DNS 9th 3rd 3rd 3rd 8th 7th 6th 5th 4th 754 7 nbsp Nick McBride 77 3rd 3rd 4th 1st 3rd 23rd 4th 5th DNS 10th 7th 8th 6th 6th 17th 11th 11th 6th 6th 9th 8th 7th 692 8 nbsp Michael Almond 26 7th 7th 7th 10th 9th 9th 11th Ret 7th 7th Ret 10th 7th 7th 8th 5th 8th 7th 11th 4th 7th 8th 538 9 nbsp Shane Smollen 56 15th 14th 12th 17th 17th 16th 1st 2nd 12th 11th 13th 13th 13th 13th 9th 16th 14th 12th 13th 10th 15th 15th 445 10 nbsp Shae Davies 88 7th 5th 4th 5th 8th 4th 5th 4th 12th 13th 9th 8th 6th 6th 438 11 nbsp Stephen Grove 4 11th 13th 13th 13th 18th 18th 2nd 6th 13th 12th 11th 14th 11th 15th 13th 15th 15th 14th 14th 18th 14th 13th 388 12 nbsp Duvashen Padayachee 45 Ret 11th 9th 9th 13th 12th 16th 17th 9th 16th 8th 12th 9th 12th Ret 17th 12th 9th 9th 7th 16th 10th 366 5 13 nbsp Fraser Ross 65 8th 9th Ret 14th 12th 10th 15th Ret 11th 19th 12th 9th 8th 19th 10th 6th Ret 10th 10th 15th 9th 9th 359 5 14 nbsp Cameron McConville 14 6th 6th 5th 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd Ret 322 15 nbsp Tony Bates 24 9th 10th 10th 15th 14th 17th 14th 19th Ret 13th 10th DNS DNS DNS 7th 14th 13th 13th 12th 11th 11th 12th 284 5 16 nbsp John Martin 25 10th 9th 6th 7th Ret 10th Ret 9th 7th 11th 8th 20th 10th 5th 282 17 nbsp Simon Hodge 11 10th 8th 8th Ret Ret 14th 17th 18th 8th 8th 9th 11th 10th 11th 240 5 18 nbsp Ash Samadi 6 13th 17th 15th 20th 21st 20th 13th 13th 16th 15th 15th 15th 16th 16th 14th 20th 18th 16th 17th 17th 17th 18th 227 19 nbsp Adrian Mastronardo 39 Ret 16th 16th 21st 20th 21st 10th 4th 18th 20th Ret Ret 14th 17th 16th 18th 17th 18th 20th 19th Ret 17th 221 20 nbsp Marc Cini 9 14th Ret 14th 16th 19th 19th 18th 14th 15th 14th 16th 18th 17th Ret 15th 19th 19th 17th 19th 14th Ret 16th 191 21 nbsp James Bergmuller 13 DNS DNS DNS 18th 22nd 22nd Ret 15th 14th 18th 14th 16th 12th 14th 11th 21st 16th Ret 18th 13th 13th 14th 183 5 22 nbsp Roger Lago 23 12th 12th 11th Ret 15th 15th 8th 9th DNS DNS DNS 145 5 23 nbsp Scott Taylor 222 16th 18th 17th 19th 23rd Ret Ret 12th 17th 17th Ret 17th 15th 18th Ret 16th 16th 18th Ret 135 24 nbsp Aaron Seton 222 6th 12th 10th 68 25 nbsp John Magro 11 5th 8th Ret 62 26 nbsp Max Twigg 18 11th 11th 13th 50 27 nbsp Spike Goddard 5 Ret DNS DNS 12th 16th 11th 44 28 nbsp Tony Walls 5 15th 15th 22 29 nbsp Brenton Griguol 69 19th Ret 7 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 Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap Professional edit Pos Driver 6 Pts 6 1 nbsp Nick Foster 971 2 nbsp David Russell 925 3 nbsp Matt Campbell 883 5 4 nbsp Steven Richards 881 5 nbsp Craig Baird 839 6 nbsp Richard Muscat 778 7 nbsp Nick McBride 748 8 nbsp Michael Almond 557 5 9 nbsp Shae Davies 478 10 nbsp Duvashen Padayachee 423 5 11 nbsp Fraser Ross 416 5 12 nbsp Cameron McConville 340 13 nbsp John Martin 292 14 nbsp Simon Hodge 277 15 nbsp Aaron Seton 68 16 nbsp John Magro 62 17 nbsp Spike Goddard 50 Elite edit Pos Driver 6 Pts 6 1 nbsp Shane Smollen 1178 2 nbsp Stephen Grove 1118 3 nbsp Tony Bates 972 5 4 nbsp Ash Samadi 784 5 nbsp James Bergmuller 684 6 nbsp Marc Cini 675 7 nbsp Adrian Mastronardo 637 8 nbsp Scott Taylor 459 9 nbsp Roger Lago 393 10 nbsp Max Twigg 180 11 nbsp Tony Walls 84 12 nbsp Brenton Griguol 26Notes edit Race abandoned due to heavy rain 5 References edit a b c d e Sporting and Technical Regulations 2015 CAMS Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship Version 2 PDF Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Ltd 26 March 2015 Archived from the original PDF on 2015 12 26 Retrieved 27 December 2015 Bartholomaeus Stefan 12 May 2015 Full Carrera Cup Pro Am line up revealed Speedcafe com Speedcafe Retrieved 12 May 2015 John Martin secures Porsche Carrera Cup drive Speedcafe com Speedcafe 18 June 2015 Retrieved 21 June 2015 Results Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Archived from the original on 26 December 2015 Retrieved 18 January 2016 Second Carrera Cup race abandoned Speedcafe com Speedcafe 10 October 2015 Retrieved 13 October 2015 a b c d e f Standings Season 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Archived from the original on 26 December 2015 Retrieved 18 January 2016 External links edit nbsp Media related to 2015 in Porsche Carrera Cup Australia at Wikimedia Commons Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2015 Australian Carrera Cup Championship amp oldid 1134372554, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
