1994 Australian Production Car Championship Explained

The 1994 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to Group 3E Series Production Cars.^[1] It was the eighth Australian Production Car Championship^[2] and the first to be restricted to front wheel drive cars with an engine capacity of under 2.5 litres.^[3] The championship was won by South Australian Phil Morriss, driving a Nissan Pulsar SSS.^[4]

Calendar

The title was contested over a six round series with two races per round.^[5]

Round	Circuit	State	Date
1	Amaroo Park	New South Wales	27 February
2	Lakeside	Queensland	24 April
3	Winton	Victoria	5 May
4	Eastern Creek	New South Wales	5 June
5	Mallala	South Australia	25 June
6	Oran Park	New South Wales	24 July

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top ten finishers in each race.

A separate Class B award was open to drivers of Group 3E cars of up to 1.6 litre engine capacity, with points awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six Class B finishers in each race.

Results

Position	Driver^[6]	No.^[7]	Car	Entrant	Amaroo		Lakeside		Winton		Eastern Ck		Mallala		Oran Pk		Total
Position	Driver^[6]	No.^[7]	Car	Entrant	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Total
1	Phil Morriss	5	Nissan Pulsar SSS		20	20	6	10	20	20	10	15	20	20	10	-	171
2	Murray Carter	18	Nissan Pulsar SSS	Murray Carter	12	15	20	-	12	12	20	20	12	15	6	12	156
3	Tony Scott	8	Volvo 850GLT	Volvo Cars Australia	2	4	15	20	2	4	12	6	15	6	1	4	91
4	Warren Rush	36	Nissan Pulsar SSS	Procar Racing	15	3	12	15	10	8	-	-	-	-	12	10	85
5	Mark Brame	42	Suzuki Swift GTi	Mark Brame	6	6	1	1	15	15	8	8	10	10	-	1	81
6	Gary Quartly		Nissan Pulsar SSS		10	8	-	-	-	-	15	12	-	-	15	20	80
7	Brian Callaghan	43	Toyota Corolla GTi	Brian Callaghan	-	-	4	3	8	6	6	4	4	4	3	6	48
8	Bevan Purcell		Nissan Pintara TRX		3	10	8	12	4	3	1	-	-	-	4	2	47
9	Harry Bargwanna	97	Nissan Pulsar SSS	Larry King Motorsport	8	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	-	3	41
10	Phil Alexander	35	Nissan Pulsar SSS	Procar Racing	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	15	41
11	Kevin Burton		Nissan Pulsar SSS		-	2	10	8	-	-	2	1	-	-	2	8	33
12	Phil Kirkham	7	Mazda 626	Rebound Sportswear	-	-	-	-	6	10	-	-	3	8	-	-	27
13	Chris Wiles		Ford Laser TX3		-	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	-	-	-	-	14
14	Milton Leslight		Peugeot 405 MI15		-	-	-	6	-	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	13
15	Ryan McLeod		Citroen BX16		4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	12
16	Matt Lehmann	14	Nissan Pulsar SSS	Matt Lehmann	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	12
17	Colin Osborne	13	Toyota Corolla GTi	Colin Osborne	-	1	3	2	-	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	10
18	Lucianno Iezzi	27	Toyota Corolla	Colin Osborne	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	6
19	Andrej Pavicevic		Suzuki Swift		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3
20	Chris Kousparis		Nissan Pulsar SSS		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Class B : Under 1600cc
1	Mark Brame	42	Suzuki Swift GTi	Mark Brame	9	9	4	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	92
2	Brian Callaghan	43	Toyota Corolla GTi	Brian Callaghan	4	4	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	80
3	Colin Osborne	13	Toyota Corolla GTi	Colin Osborne	6	6	6	6	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	2	48
4	Luciano Iezzi	27	Toyota Corolla	Colin Osborne	3	2	2	2	4	-	2	2	3	4	3	4	31
5	Denis Cribben				1	1	3	3	2	3	1	1	-	-	1	1	17
6	Andrej Pavicevic		Suzuki Swift		-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	4	3	15
7	Paul Wilkin				2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
8	Gwenda Searle				-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

Notes and References

Australian Title Conditions, 1994 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 164-165
Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
To The Front (Wheel Drive), March!, Australian Production Car Championship, Official Programme, Mallala, June 26th, 1994, pages 76 to 78
It's a Morriss, Australian Production Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1994/95, pages 200-204
Australian Production Car Championship (race results), Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1994/95, page 288
https://web.archive.org/web/20050615215123/http://www.procar.com.au/Stats_PROCARTABLES.pdf PROCAR points tables
(Entry list), Australian Production Car Championship, Round 5, (Race 1), Official Programme, Mallala, June 26th, 1994