2016 Sports Racer Series Explained

The 2016 Sport Racer Series is an Australian motor racing competition sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motorsport for prototype sports cars.^[1] The series is made up of three classes, Sport Racer, Formula 1000 and Radical/Supersports.^[2]

Team and drivers

Team	Car	Class	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Taylor Collision/Laucke Flour Mills	West WX10RS	SR1	1	Mark Laucke	3
	West WR1000		4
		SR2	33	Michael Whiting	1,3
	West WX10RS	SR1	55	Mark Laucke	1-2
West Race Cars Marina Mirage	RFR F1000	F1K	2	Aaron Steer	1
			Greg Steer	2-4
			5	Joshua Cranston	1
	West LMP4	SR1	27	Aaron Steer	2,4
			John-Paul Drake	3
	West WX10		44	Jason Makris	1-3
	West WR1000	SR2	56	Adam Cranston	1-3
	West WX10		66	John-Paul Drake	1-2
	West WR1000		4
Vantage Freight Services	Radical SR3	RAD	3	David Crampton	1,4
Orlando Phoenix	RFR F1000	F1K	4	Terry Peovitis	1-4
Aventis Racing	RFR F1000	F1K	5	Josh Cranston	2-4
DSR Downunder	Nova Race LSR F1000	F1K	9	Joshua Townsend	1,3
Driving Events	Radical SR3	RAD	10	Grant Green	3
Ken's Exhaust Systems Berri Rivergraphics	West WR 1000	SR1	14	Roger I'Anson	1-4
Motorsport Leasing P/L	Radical SR3	RAD	15	Rob Knight	1
			34	John Morriss	1-4
MSR Motorsport Fabrication	Prince LSR	SR2	16	Mark Short	1
PJS Air	Radical SR3	RAD	17	Peter Johnston	1-4
Hughes Motorsport/Pro Vinyl	Radical SR3	RAD	32	Sue Hughes	2-3
Sutto's Motorcycle Supply	Radical SR3	RAD	35	Chris Sutton	1-2
Hughes Supercar Services	Radical SR3	RAD	42	Philip Hughes	2,4
Bryan Stoeckel	West WR1000	SR2	53	Jonathan Stoeckel	1,4

Race calendar

The series is being contested over five rounds, each consisting of three races.^[3]

Round	Circuit	City / state	Date	Round winner
1	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	1–3 April	Joshua Townsend
2	Winton Raceway	Winton, Victoria	10–12 June	Roger I'Anson
3	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	29–31 July	Roger I'Anson
4	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	9–11 September	Aaron Steer
5	Sydney Motorsport Park	Sydney, New South Wales	11–13 November

Series standings

	Driver	SAN			WIN			QLD			PHI			SMP			Pts.
1	Roger I'Anson	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	1	501
2	Peter Johnston	7	9	5	5	5	6	6	5	7	3	6	10	4	6	5	398
3	Josh Cranston	4	4	12	11	9	8	7	4	2	Ret	4	Ret	3	2	3	397
4	Mark Laucke	5	Ret	8	6	3	Ret	9	Ret	6	7	3	2	1	8	2	377
5	Terry Peovitis	13	10	9	10	8	9	13	8	4	8	8	5	5	4	4	376
6	John-Paul Drake	Ret	7	7	4	11	5	5	6	8	5	5	3	10	Ret	DNS	331
7	John Morriss	3	Ret	DNS	7	6	4	4	2	5	4	7	4				315
8	Greg Steer				13	14	12	11	9	9	9	11	8	9	7	7	313
9	Jason Makris	1	3	4	3	12	11	8	3	3							279
10	Aaron Steer	6	DNS	DNS	2	2	2				2	2	1				243
11	Philip Hughes				9	10	10				DNS	9	6	8	3	6	227
12	Adam Cranston	Ret	Ret	DNS	14	4	3	3	Ret	DNS				7	Ret	8	177
13	Chris Sutton	12	8	6	8	7	7										168
14	David Crampton	8	11	10							6	10	7				164
15	Joshua Townsend	2	2	2				2	Ret	DNS							140
16	Jonathan Stoeckel	9	6	Ret							Ret	12	9				108
17	Mark Short	10	5	3													90
18	Grant Green							12	7	10							80
19	Rob Knight	11	12	13													72
20	Sue Hughes				12	13	13	Ret	DNS	DNS							70
21	Michael Whiting	Ret	Ret	11				10	Ret	DNS							51
22	Glenn Cooper													6	5	Ret	31
-	Gerrit Ruff	DNS	DNS	DNS													0

Notes and References

1. Sportsracer.com.au. (2016). Sports Racer - About the Australian Sports Racer Series. [online] Available at: http://www.sportsracer.com.au/about/overview [Accessed 13 Sep. 2016].
2. Sports Racer. (2016). Category Information. [online] Available at: http://www.sportsracer.com.au/uploads/images/2016%20Australian%20Sports%20Racer%20Series%20Information%20(2).pdf [Accessed 13 Sep. 2016].
3. Sportsracer.com.au. (2016). Sports Racer - Australian Sports Racer Series. [online] Available at: http://www.sportsracer.com.au/ [Accessed 13 Sep. 2016].