2009 Australian GT Championship explained

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		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
	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Challenge	37	Andrew Barlow
	Ferrari 430 Challenge	Challenge	99	Maher Algadrie
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	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	Andrew MacPherson
Donut King Racing	HSV Coupé GTS Nissan GT-R	Production	54	Tony Alford
Donut King Racing	HSV Coupe GTS	Production	56	Barrie Nesbitt
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
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

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	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2	Pts
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
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

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]

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

Notes and References

Web site: GT Championship Eligible Automobiles . 23 December 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091001070157/http://www.australiangt.com.au/_assets/eligibility_list.pdf . 1 October 2009 . dead .
Web site: Australian GT – About us – Division system . 20 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100222014240/http://www.australiangt.com.au/about_australian_gt.php . 22 February 2010 . dead .
http://www.australiangt.com.au/events_australian_gt.php Australian GT Events 2009 Event Information
https://web.archive.org/web/20091001081236/http://www.australiangt.com.au/_assets/2009_AUST_GT_SPORTING_REGS.pdf 2009 AGTC Sporting Regulations as archived at web.archive.org on 1 October 2009
http://www.australiangt.com.au/2009_championship_points.php Australian GT – Archives – 2009 Championship Points
http://www.australiangt.com.au/2009_round_points.php Australian GT – Archives – 2009 Round Points
Web site: Adelaide Parklands Circuit 22/03/2009 2009 Clispal 500 Adelaide . National Software . 22 March 2009 . 23 December 2009.
Web site: Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 29/03/2009 2009 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix . National Software . 29 March 2009 . 23 December 2009.
Web site: Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 17/05/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2009 – Round 3 . National Software . 17 May 2009 . 23 December 2009.
Web site: Eastern Creek International Raceway 19/07/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 6 . National Software . 19 July 2009 . 23 December 2008.
Web site: Mount Panorama – Bathurst 11/10/2009 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 18 . National Software . 11 October 2009 . 23 December 2009.
Web site: Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit 06/12/2009 Sydney Telstra 500 – 2009 V8 Supercars – Race 25 & 26 . National Software . 6 December 2009 . 23 December 2009.
http://www.australiangt.com.au/news/race3agp.php Wall Wins VodkaO Australian GT Championship Round 2 at Australian Grand Prix
https://www.webcitation.org/6R6iap8Hn?url=http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/About/AC06-Titles-Australian-2014-1.pdf Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au