2018 Aussie Racing Car Series Explained

The 2018 Aussie Racing Car Series was an Australian motor racing series open to Aussie Racing Cars, which are silhouette racing cars which use Yamaha FJ1300 engines and Kumho Tyres.^[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as an Authorised Series with the Series and Category owner, Aussie Racing Cars Pty Ltd, appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager.^[2] The series commenced at Baskerville Raceway in Tasmania on 23 February and concluded on 21 October at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.^[3] James Duckworth was the defending series winner heading into the 2018 series, but opted not to defend his title.

The series was won by Joel Heinrich.^[4]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the series.

Team	Body style	No	Driver	Rounds
Western Sydney Motorsport	Toyota Aurion (XV40)	2	Adam Gowans	1
			Troy Dontas	2
	Nissan Altima (L33)		Bruce Heinrich	3, 5
	Ford Mustang (S-197)	8	Justin Ruggier	1–5
		27	Troy Dontas	3
		29	Grant Thompson	1–5
		52	Charlotte Poynting	1–5
		68	Blake Sciberas	1–5
		72	Craig Thompson	1–5
McDonald's Restaurants	Chevrolet Camaro	3	Madison Dunston	1–5
Variety Group	Chevrolet Camaro	4	Brendon Tucker	1–5
Pitstop Karting	Holden Commodore (VY)	5	Keelan Dunston	2
Silkgate Group	Nissan Altima (L33)	6	Ian Chivas	2, 4
Peter Herd Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro	7	Peter Herd	3
Ruthie Racer Racing	1937 Ford	9	Ruth Bowler	1
Supergroups Conplex Construction	Chevrolet Camaro	11	Leigh Bowler	2–4
	Nissan Altima (L33)	56		1
Cumberland River Holiday Park	Chevrolet Camaro	13	Ross Higgins	2
Lustre Bar Melbourne	Nissan Altima (L33)	15	Adam Clark	1–2
	Chevrolet Camaro		Emma Clark	3–4
		51		2
Osborns Transport	Nissan Altima (L33) Holden Cruze Chevrolet Camaro	16	Joel Heinrich	1–4
Redcliffe Wrecking	Chevrolet Camaro	17	Ben Tomlin	4
Automotive Warehouse	Toyota Aurion (XV40)	19	Sheridan Phillips	3
Kyle Ensbey Motorsport	Ford Mustang	21	Kyle Ensbey	1–4
Tekno Autosports	Ford Mustang	22	Jonathon Webb	5
Opteon Motorsport	Nissan Altima (L33)	23	Johnathon Bloxsom	1–4
Motorsport 25	Chevrolet Camaro	25	Reece Chapman	1–4
RDA Brakes / Perenso	Toyota Aurion (XV40)	35	Darren Chamberlin	2
	Chevrolet Camaro	36	Joshua Anderson	1–4
Procool Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	47	Troy Jones	4
Owen Build Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	55	Tyler Owen	4
Uebergang Transport	Chevrolet Camaro	63	Adam Uebergang	4
Axil Coffee Rosters	Chevrolet Camaro	65	David Makin	1–4
Paul Morris Motorsport	Nissan Altima (L33)	67	Paul Morris	4
Muswellbrook Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	71	Michael Rinkin	1
KKP Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro	75	Kel Treseder	1–4
Aughterson's Insurance Brokers	Nissan Altima (L33)	96	Jeff Watters	1–3
Aussie Racing Cars	Ford Mustang	100	Tony Quinn	4

Calendar

The series was contested over seven rounds.^[2]

Rnd		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Baskerville Raceway (Old Beach, Tasmania)	February 23–25	Blake Sciberas	Adam Gowans	Justin Ruggier	Western Sydney Motorsport
	R2				Kel Treseder	Justin Ruggier	Western Sydney Motorsport
	R3				Justin Ruggier	Kel Treseder	KKP Motorsport
	R4				Joel Heinrich	Kel Treseder	KKP Motorsport
2	R1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit (Phillip Island, Victoria)	April 20–22	Kel Treseder	Justin Ruggier	Kel Treseder	KKP Motorsport
	R2				Kel Treseder	Kel Treseder	KKP Motorsport
	R3				Kyle Ensbey	Kel Treseder	KKP Motorsport
3	R1	Winton Motor Raceway (Benalla, Victoria	May 18–20	Justin Ruggier	Cancelled due to weather conditions
	R2				Joel Heinrich	Kel Treseder	KKP Motorsport
	R3				Justin Ruggier	Kyle Ensbey	Kyle Ensbey Motorsport
	R4				Joel Heinrich	Kyle Ensbey	Kyle Ensbey Motorsport
4	R1	Queensland Raceway (Ipswich, Queensland)	July 20–22	Kel Treseder	Kel Treseder	Kyle Ensbey	Kyle Ensbey Motorsport
	R2				Blake Scibberas	Joel Heinrich	Osborns Transport
	R3				Joel Heinrich	Blake Scibberas	Western Sydney Motorsport
	R4				Justin Ruggier	Joel Heinrich	Osborns Transport
5	R1	The Bend Motorsport Park (Tailem Bend, South Australia)	August 24–26	Joel Heinrich	Joel Heinrich	Joel Heinrich	Osborns Transport
	R2				Joel Heinrich	Joel Heinrich	Osborns Transport
	R3				Joel Heinrich	Joel Heinrich	Osborns Transport
	R4				Joel Heinrich	Joel Heinrich	Osborns Transport
6	R1	Sydney Motorsport Park (Eastern Creek, New South Wales)	September 21–23	Kel Treseder	Kel Treseder	Kel Treseder	KKP Motorsport
	R2				Joshua Anderson	Kel Treseder	KKP Motorsport
	R3				Kyle Ensbey	Kel Treseder	KKP Motorsport
	R4				Justin Ruggier	Kel Treseder	KKP Motorsport
7	R1	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit (Gold Coast, Queensland	October 19–21	Kel Treseder	Paul Morris	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport
	R2				Tyler Owen	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport
	R3				Justin Ruggier	Justin Ruggier	Western Sydney Motorsport
	R4				Justin Ruggier	Blake Scibberas	Western Sydney Motorsport

Series standings

Series standings after six of seven rounds were as follows:

Pos.	Driver	BAS				PHI			WIN				QUE				BEN				SYD				SUR				Pts.
1	Kyle Ensbey	6	6	5	5	12	3	2	5	7	1	1	1	4	5	10	5	5	5	5	6	4	3	3					293
2	Joel Heinrich	3	3	18	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	17	9	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	5	3	2	2					292
3	Kel Treseder	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	19	Ret	3	3	3	4	3	1	1	1	1					290
4	Justin Ruggier	1	1	2	16	2	Ret	4	1	2	4	16	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	2	7	12	5			1		282
5	Blake Sciberras	7	5	14	4	6	5	9	4	4	5	2	4	7	1	5	9	4	7	10	3	5	5	4				1	282
6	Joshua Anderson	10	12	7	7	5	4	5	6	5	6	5	8	10	6	8	6	7	3	6	4	2	6	6					279
7	Reece Chapman	5	7	4	6	7	6	6	8	6	7	6	5	5	9	7	12	14	10	7	7	6	4	7					273
8	Leigh Bowler	Ret	Ret	9	9	10	7	10	7	8	8	4	11	6	Ret	9	7	Ret	9	11	20	10	9	9					252
9	Brendon Tucker	8	9	Ret	8	4	15	8	15	16	12	10	13	14	12	DSQ	13	12	11	14	8	8	8	8					239
10	Craig Thompson	12	13	12	11	11	12	Ret	10	12	11	9	15	15	14	19	11	13	13	15	13	11	10	10					235
11	Jeff Watters	16	14	10	13	13	12	14	9	9	19	14	17	18	17	16	16	16	17	17	11	17	21	22					188
12	Johnathon Bloxsom	14	16	13	14	17	18	15	Ret	14	13	13	14	13	16	13	14	9	18	18	9	9	7	11					184
13	Charlotte Poynting	Ret	10	8	15	9	Ret	12	11	Ret	14	11	24	17	13	Ret	Ret	18	15	19	10	13	14	17					176
14	David Makin	11	8	Ret	Ret	21	14	Ret	17	15	18	15	19	16	19	14	17	Ret	16	16	16	15	15	15					173
15	Madison Dunston	9	19	11	10	18	13	13	13	DSQ	20	Ret	22	24	18	15	15	19	21	20	12	12	11	13					169
16	Grant Thompson	15	15	15	DNS	14	11	18	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	18	20	21	21	18	21	Ret	22	17	14	13	12					162
17	Adam Clark	13	11	6	13	15	9	11									10	8	6	8	14	19	16	18					128
18	Emma Clark					16	19	19	16	17	16	Ret	20	23	15	20					15	22	18	20					99
19	Ian Chivas					19	17	16					21	22	22	17	19	22	24	Ret	21	16	20	20					94
20	Tyler Owen												6	9	7	6	8	6	8	9									90
21	Bruce Heinrich								Ret	11	10	11					Ret	10	19	12									79
22	Troy Dontas					20	16	17	12	13	15	12																	72
23	Keelan Dunston					23	21	21									20	17	20	24									60
24	Ruth Bowler	18	18	17	17												22	23	25	Ret									59
25	Adam Gowans	2	4	3	3																								50
26	Paul Morris												10	2	2	4									1	1			48
27	Daniel Price																4	11	12	2									46
28	Darren Chamberlin					8	8	7																					45
29	Sheridan Phillips								14	10	9	7																	44
30	Ben Tomlin												16	12	11	11													41
31	Adam Uebergang												7	11	8	18													40
32	Hamish Leighton																Ret	15	14	13									36
33	Michael Rinkin	17	17	16	Ret																								34
34	Peter Herd								18	18	17	18																	34
35	Ross Higgins					22	20	20																					30
36	Troy Jones												23	21	20	22					18	20	Ret	19					30
37	Jonathan Webb																Ret	20	23	21									29
38	Pawel Faber																21	Ret	22	23									28

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aussie Racing Cars - About the cars. September 9, 2018.
2. Web site: 2018 Aussie Racing Car Series – Sporting and Technical Regulations – Version 2, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org . 2018-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180921223155/http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/SportingRegulations/2018%20Aussie%20Racing%20Car%20Series%20Sporting%20and%20Technical%20Regulations%20-%20Version%202.pdf . 2018-09-21 . live .
3. Web site: AUSSIE RACING CARS 2018 CALENDAR. September 9, 2018.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20181210050854/http://www.aussieracingcars.com.au/racing/point-scores/2018-results Series Points, 2018, www.aussieracingcars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org