2009 Australian GT Championship

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.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2009 Australian GT Championship.

Team	Car	Division	No	Driver
Jocaro Motorsport	Lamborghini Gallardo	Championship	1	Mark Eddy
	Lamborghini Gallardo		2	Dean Grant
	Dodge Viper GTS ACR		3	Ross Lilley
	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	50	Calvin Pusterla
Consolidated Chemical Company	Lamborghini Gallardo	Championship	4	Ted Huglin John Bowe
Taplin Real Estate	Lamborghini Gallardo	Championship	5	Andrew Taplin
Golf Car Solutions	Porsche 996 GT3 RS	Challenge	6	Jordan Ormsby
VIP Petfoods Racing	Aston Martin DBRS9	Championship	7	Tony Quinn
VIP Petfoods Racing	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Challenge Championship	12	Klark Quinn
Greg Murphy Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996	Championship	8	Simon Middleton
Creative Colour	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	8	Jeff Bobik
Hallmarc Developments	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	9	Marc Cini
Hallmarc Developments	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	19	Michael Loccisano
SMS Commander	Lotus Exige S	Production	10	Mark O'Connor
Briggs Motor Sport	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	Championship	11	John Briggs
Jim Richards Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	15	Jim Richards
Twigg Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997	Championship	18	Max Twigg
Team Palmer	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	Championship	20	Ian Palmer
Bayside Church	Ferrari F430 GT3	Championship	21	Hector Lester
Bruce Lynton BMW	BMW M3	Production	23	Beric Lynton
Freestone's Racing	Chevrolet Corvette Z06	Production	25	Paul Freestone
Freestone Transport	HSV Coupé GTS	Production	26	Paul Freestone
Maranello Motorsport	Ferrari F430 GT3	Championship	27	Nick O'Halloran Allan Simonsen
Maranello Motorsport	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Challenge	37	Andrew Barlow
Trofeo Motorsport	Maserati Trofeo Light	Challenge	29	Jim Manolios Rod Wilson
Warrin Mining	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	30	Adam Wallis
Kirchner Constructions	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	33	Fraser Kirchner
PR Racing Technology Wall Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997	Championship	38	David Wall
	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996	Championship	39	Des Wall
	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996	Championship Challenge	39	Paul Tresidder
	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	58	Richard Kimber
Italia Motori	Maserati Trofeo	Production	42	Kai Mysliwiecz
Brennan Voice Data & IT	Ferrari F430 GT3	Championship	43	David Stevens
Supabarn Supermarkets	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	47	Theo Koundouris
Supabarn Supermarkets	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997	Championship	69	James Koundouris
AMAC Motorsport	Lotus Exige S	Production	51	Andrew MacPherson Mike Reedy
AMAC Motorsport	Mosler MT900R	Championship	51	Andrew MacPherson
Donut King Racing	HSV Coupé GTS Nissan GT-R	Production	54	Tony Alford
John Teulan Racing	Mosler MT900R	Championship	55	Craig Baird
John Teulan Racing	Mosler MT900R	Championship	88	John Teulan
McGrath Estate Agents	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	56	Shane Smollen
Donut King Racing	HSV Coupé GTS	Production	56	Barrie Nesbitt
Austral Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	63	Richard Green
Racing Incident	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	66	Peter Hill
Eric Bana Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	67	Eric Bana
Juniper Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	71	Shaun Juniper
Bicycle Express Motorsport	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Challenge	74	Keith Wong
OOAK Racing	Lotus Exige S	Production	77	Timothy Poulton
Cue	Lotus Elise HDPE	Championship	78	Justin Levis
Pariah Motorsport	Lotus Exige GT3	Championship	98	Angelo Lazaris
Maranello Motorsport	Ferrari 430 Challenge	Challenge	99	Maher Algadrie

Race calendar

The 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	Winner
Rd.	Event	Circuit	Location / state	Date	Format	Championship	Challenge	Production
Rd 1	Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	19–22 March	Three races	Craig Baird	Klark Quinn	Mark O'Connor
Rd 2	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	26–29 March	Three races	David Wall	Klark Quinn	Paul Freestone
Rd 3	Australian GT Classic	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	16–17 May	Two races	David Wall	Jordan Ormsby	Paul Freestone
Rd 4	Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	18–19 July	Three races	David Wall	Jordan Ormsby	Paul Freestone
Rd 5	Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	8–11 October	Two races	David Wall	Paul Tresidder	Paul Freestone
Rd 6	Sydney 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	4–6 December	Two races	Max Twigg	Michael Loccisano	Tony Alford

Championship standings

Points 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]		Pts
Pos	Driver	Car	Race 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 2	Pts
GT Championship
1	David Wall	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st		1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	4th	544
2	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	455.5
3	Jim Richards	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Ret	13th	8th	3rd	3rd		2nd	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	7th	6th	451
4	Ross Lilley	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	15th	18th	12th	14th	11th		3rd	4th	6th	5th	6th	7th	8th	8th	7th	431.5
5	Dean Grant	Lamborghini Gallardo	9th	8th	6th	8th	Ret		11th	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	Ret	13th	10th	8th	404
6	Marc Cini	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	10th	9th	7th	11th	12th		9th	Ret	7th	10th	9th	9th	9th	9th	5th	389
7	Theo Koundouris	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Ret	11th	Ret	10th	8th		Ret	10th	8th	8th	7th	6th	7th	3rd	2nd	371.5
8	Tony Quinn	Aston Martin DBRS9	Ret	Ret	DNS	2nd	2nd		14th	16th	Ret	9th	Ret	11th	2nd	4th	3rd	355
9	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	340.5
10	Mark Eddy	Lamborghini Gallardo	8th	7th	11th	7th	7th		11th	2nd	3rd	7th	2nd	DNS	DNS			334.5
11	Peter Hill	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	5th	6th	10th	18th	13th		12th	6th						11th	10th	297
12	Ted Huglin	Lamborghini Gallardo	20th	21st	18th	21st	19th		5th	9th				17th	18th	24th	Ret	294
13	Simon Middleton	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996							8th	12th				15th	19th	17th	24th	216
14	Andrew Macpherson	Mosler MT900R									15th	14th	11th	12th	16th	25th	21st	213
15	Nick O'Halloran	Ferrari F430 GT3	12th	10th	14th	15th	31st		4th	7th								212.5
16	Ian Palmer	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	17th	15th	Ret	Ret	23rd		DNS	13th	19th	Ret	DNS	8th	10th	Ret	DNS	210.5
17	Andrew Taplin	Lamborghini Gallardo	7th	Ret	19th	12th	9th		6th	5th								197.5
18	Klark Quinn	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997												2nd	3rd	5th	Ret	148.5
19	Craig Baird	Mosler MT900R	1st	1st	1st	Ret	Ret											114
20	Allan Simonsen	Ferrari F430 GT3							4th	7th								91.5
20	Shaun Juniper	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997												5th	6th			91.5
22	John Bowe	Lamborghini Gallardo							5th	9th								87
23	Angelo Lazaris	Lotus Exige GT3				Ret	Ret				10th	11th	10th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	78
24	Des Wall	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996	14th	16th	13th													73
25	Shane Smollen	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997														13th	11th	72
25	David Stevens	Ferrari F430 GT3														12th	16th	72
27	Justin Levis	Lotus Elise HDPE				17th	15th											47
28	Paul Tresidder	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996				20th	18th											44
	Hector Lester	Ferrari F430 GT3				4th	4th
	John Teulan	Mosler MT900R	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret				DNS	DNS	DNS
	John Briggs	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	Ret	Ret	DNS
GT Challenge
1	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	345
3	Keith Wong	Ferrari 360 Challenge	19th	23rd	17th	22nd	21st									21st	20th	238
4	Andrew Barlow	Ferrari 360 Challenge	16th	17th	16th	19th	17th				12th	12th	DNS					233
5	Paul Tresidder	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996												13th	11th	16th	13th	216
6	Richard Kimber	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	21st	20th	Ret	Ret	DNS							20th	Ret	20th	19th	198.5
7	Klark Quinn	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	3rd	5th	5th	9th	10th											190
8	Eric Bana	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996				23rd	22nd									18th	14th	156.5
9	Jim Manolios	Maserati Trofeo Light							18th	15th								102
9	Rod Wilson	Maserati Trofeo Light							18th	15th								102
11	Calvin Pusterla	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996														19th	17th	93
12	Adam Wallis	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	13th	14th	Ret													66
12	Jeff Bobik	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996				16th	16th											66
14	Fraser Kirchner	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996				24th	24th											57
15	Richard Green	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996				27th	26th											55
	Maher Algadrie	Ferrari 430 Challenge							DNS	DNS
GT Production
1	Paul Freestone	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 HSV Coupé GTS				26th	25th		16th	17th	13th	15th	14th	10th	12th	23rd	23rd	504.5
2	Mark O'Connor	Lotus Exige S	22nd	24th	20th	32nd	28th		15th	18th	Ret	DNS	DNS	14th	14th	Ret	18th	440
3	Tim Poulton	Lotus Exige S	Ret	22nd	21st	28th	29th		13th	Ret	16th	18th	12th	16th	Ret	Ret	Ret	347.5
4	Tony Alford	HSV Coupé GTS Nissan GT-R				29th	33rd				Ret	16th	13th	18th	17th	22nd	22nd	338
5	Beric Lynton	BMW M3	24th	Ret	22nd	25th	27th											139
6	Kai Mysliwiecz	Maserati Trofeo									14th	17th	15th					100
7	Andrew Macpherson	Lotus Exige S	23rd	Ret	DNS	30th	30th		DNS	DNS								97
8	Barrie Nesbitt	HSV Coupé GTS				31st	32nd											60
	Mike Reedy	Lotus Exige S							DNS	DNS

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

The 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

^ "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 & 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 Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014

External links

2009 Race Results Archive Retrieved from Natsoft on 23 December 2009
2009 AGTC Technical Regulations as archived at web.archive.org on 1 October 2009

[1] "GT Championship Eligible Automobiles" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.

[Division-2] "Australian GT – About us – Division system". Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.

[3] Australian GT Events 2009 Event Information Archived 27 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.australiangt.com.au on 23 December 2009

[4] 2009 AGTC Sporting Regulations as archived at web.archive.org on 1 October 2009

[5] 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

[6] 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

[7] "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 22/03/2009 2009 Clispal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 22 March 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.

[8] "Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 29/03/2009 2009 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix". National Software. 29 March 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.

[9] "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.

[10] "Eastern Creek International Raceway 19/07/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 6". National Software. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2008.

[11] "Mount Panorama – Bathurst 11/10/2009 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 18". National Software. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.

[12] "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.

[13] 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

[CAMS_2014-14] Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014

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