2005_Australian_Performance_Car_Championship

2005 Australian Performance Car Championship

2005 Australian Performance Car Championship

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The 2005 Australian Performance Car Championship was an Australian motor sport competition for Performance Cars.[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Championship with GT Performance Racing Pty Ltd. appointed as the Category Manager.[1] It was the first time that the Australian Performance Car Championship name had been used, although similar titles had been run in the two previous years as the Australian GT Performance Car Championship.[2]

Peter Floyd won the championship by 39 points driving a HSV GTS. Garry Holt finished second with 2003 Australian GT Performance Car champion Mark King third.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven round series with three races per round.[3]

Round [3] Circuit [3][4] State / Territory Date [3] Winning driver [3] Car [4]
1 Adelaide Parklands Circuit South Australia 17–20 March Chris Alajajian Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2 Wakefield Park Raceway New South Wales 13–15 May Mark King Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
3 Eastern Creek International Raceway New South Wales 27–29 May Peter Floyd HSV VYII GTS 300
4 Hidden Valley Raceway Northern Territory 1–3 July Garry Holt Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
5 Oran Park Motorsport Circuit New South Wales 12–14 August Ric Shaw Mazda RX-7
6 Symmons Plains International Raceway Tasmania 11–13 November Steve Cramp HSV GTS
7 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Victoria 25–27 November Beric Lynton BMW M3 E46

Points system

Points were awarded on a 30-24-20-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first 21 classified finishers in each race.[1] An additional 3 points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest qualifying time at each round.[1]

Results

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Note: Race 1 of Round 7 at Phillip island was stopped following a first lap collision between championship leader Peter Floyd and his teammate Trevor Sheumack.[6] No points were awarded for this race and the points awarded for Race 2 and Race 3 were adjusted to compensate.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    CAMS Bulletin B05/029 of 11 March 2005, 2005 Australian Performance Car Championship Sporting Regulations, www.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. [2]
    Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
  3. [3]
    Grant Rowley, Performing Live, The Annual – Australian Motorsport, Number 1 / 2005, pages 116-120
  4. [4]
    Natsoft Race Results Archive 2005, www.natsoft.biz, as archived at web.archive.org
  5. [5]
    Points at www.performanceracing.net.au Retrieved from web.archive.org on 29 December 2010
  6. [6]
    Heavy Crash Leaves Floyd in Championship Race Against Time, 26 November 2005, www.performanceracing.net.au, as archived at web.archive.org
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