2008 Australian GT Championship season

2008 Australian GT Championship season
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The 2008 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of closed, production based sports cars which were either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GT cars.^[1] It was the 12th Australian GT Championship to be awarded by CAMS.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 2008 Australian GT Championship.

Team	Manufacturer	Car model	No	Driver
Maranello Motorsport	Ferrari	F430 GT3	1	Allan Simonsen John Bowe Nick O'Halloran
			80	Nick O'Halloran
Property Solutions Group	Ferrari	F430 Challenge	2	Kevin Miller
Taplin Real Estate ANZ Banking	Lamborghini Porsche	Gallardo 996 GT3 Cup	2	Dean Grant Andrew Taplin
			11
Dupont	Dodge	Viper GTS ACR	3	D'arcy Russell
Koala Furniture International	Dodge Lamborghini	Viper GTS ACR Gallardo	3	Ross Lilley Greg Crick
			57
Consolidated Chemical Company	Ferrari Lamborghini	360 GT Gallardo	4	Craig Baird Ted Hughlin John Bowe
Superplus Racing	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	5	Simon Froude
Team Aston Martin Abcor Preston General Engineering	Aston Martin	DBRS9	7	John Kaias Peter Hackett
			59	John Kaias
VIP Petfoods	Aston Martin	DBRS9	7	Tony Quinn
Flash Air Daikin Air Conditioninh	Porsche	996 GT3 RSR	8	Simon Middleton
Hallmarc Developments	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	9	Michael Loccisano Marc Cini
Glenelg East Day/Night Pharmacy	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	10	Mark Krashos
SMS Commander	Lotus	Exige S	10	Mark O'Connor
allaboutjesus.com	Porsche Lamborghini	996 GT3 Cup Gallardo	12	Mark Eddy
Echo Ridges Wines	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	14	Greg Ward
Trueloc	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	18	Max Twigg
Roock	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	19	Ash Samadhi
allaboutjesus.com	Ferrari	F430 GT3	21	Hector Lester
Bruce Lynton BMW	BMW	M3	23	Beric Lynton
Rod Wilson	Maserati	Trofeo Light	27	Ivan Capelli
			28	Rod Wilson
			29	Jim Manolios
Warrin Mining	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	30	Adam Wallis
Cooks Construction	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	31	Jon Trende
Kirrapak Sheetmetal	Lotus	Elise Motorsport 200	31	Scott Bargwanna David Mackie
Kirchner Constructions	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	33	Fraser Kirchner
Ultra Finish Jaylec	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	36	Peter Fountas Ray Angus
RDS Wall Racing World of Learning	Porsche	996 GT3 RSR	38	Des Wall
Brennan Voice Data & IT	Ferrari	F430 Challenge	43	David Stevens
Kwikmit IMAK	Lotus	Exige S	51	Andrew MacPherson Peter Lucas
Industrie	Ferrari	360 Challenge	53	Nick Kelly
Report Factory	Lotus	Exige S	55	Garth Walden
Drivebathurst.com	Porsche	996 Clubsport	58	Richard Kimber
Jocaro Motors	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	66	Garth Rainsbury
TAG Heuer	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	67	Eric Bana
PR Technology Racing	Porsche	997 Clubsport	68	Kim Burke
www.xacarz.com.au	Dodge	Viper GTS ACR	69	Scott Lyddiard
Equity-one	Porsche	997 Clubsport	71	Dean Koutsoumidis Michael Goedheer
Lentini Dental	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	73	Michael Lentini
Bicycle Express	Ferrari	360 Challenge	74	Keith Wong
Creative Colour	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	75	Jeff Bobik
The Oxford Tavern Wollongong	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	77	Anthony Kosseris
Urban Arrangements	Lotus	Elise	86	Angela Coradine Angelo Lazaris
		Elise Motorsport 200	99	Peter Lucas Scott Bargwanna
Industry Central Stahlwille	Ferrari	F430 GT3	88	John Teulan
Macpherson & Kelley Lawyers	Porsche	996 GT3	90	Sven Burchartz
Haden/Smith Brothers	Porsche	996 GT3 Cup	91	Graeme Cook
Simply Sportscars	Lotus	Exige S	97	Timothy Poulton
Quintessence Constructions	Lotus	Elise GT3	98	Angelo Lazaris

Race calendar

The championship was contested over a six round series.^[2]

Rd.	Name	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner	Car
Rd 1		Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	1–3 February	Allan Simonsen	Ferrari F430 GT3
Rd 2		Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	21–24 February	Allan Simonsen	Ferrari F430 GT3
Rd 3		Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	13–16 March	Mark Eddy	Lamborghini Gallardo
Rd 4		Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	12–13 July	John Kaias	Aston Martin DBRS9
Rd 5		Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	9–10 August	John Bowe	Lamborghini Gallardo
Rd 6	Sandown GT Classic	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	28–30 November	Allan Simonsen Nick O'Halloran	Ferrari F430 GT3

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 38-32-28-25-23-21-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 to the first 25 finishers in each race.^[1] Each driver’s worst round point score had to be dropped from his/her overall point score.^[1]

Drivers competing with a foreign licence and a Foreign Participation Visa under FIA ISC Regulation 18 Para 5 (e.g. Hector Lester) were not allowed to score championship points.^[3]

Championship results

Pos Driver [4] Round 1 - EAS[5] Round 2 - ADE[6] Round 3 - ALB[7] Round 4 - EAS[8] Round 5 - PHI[9] Round 6 - SAN[10] Pts [4] Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 1 Mark Eddy 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 3rd 5th 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 7th 412 2 Allan Simonsen 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 351 3 Ross Lilley 6th 4th 4th 5th 5th 4th 20th Ret 7th 16th 5th 6th 3rd 3rd 2nd 337.75 4 John Kaias 3rd 2nd 3rd Ret DNS DNS 4th Ret 16th 7th 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd DNS DNS 323.25 5 John Bowe 1st 8th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 7th 4th 290.25 6 Peter Lucas 4th 6th 5th 18th 12th 4th 10th 1st 2nd 2nd 220.5 7 Michael Loccisano 11th 6th 8th 9th 7th 5th 9th 10th 9th 169.25 8 Anthony Kosseris 8th Ret 6th 15th 12th 9th 9th 11th 10th Ret 16th 10th 12th 162.5 9 Scott Bargwanna 2nd 2nd 2nd 6th 5th 6th 161 10 John Teulan 5th Ret DNS 6th 3rd 12th Ret 7th Ret DNS 7th 7th 8th 158.75 11 Richard Kimber 11th 12th 10th 5th 8th 8th 14th 12th 150 12 Ted Huglin 19th Ret Ret 20th 15th 14th 15th Ret Ret 7th 7th 4th 144.25 13 David Stevens 9th 8th 5th 6th 3rd 3rd 3rd 143.25 14 Nick O'Halloran 14th 13th 13th 4th 7th 4th 1st 1st 117 15 Mark Krashos 14th 10th 8th Ret 15th Ret 15th 13th 11th 11th 110 Andrew Taplin 13th 7th 7th 9th 8th 110 17 Dean Grant 10th 10th 9th 8th 9th 8th 106.5 18 D'arcy Russell 3rd Ret DNS 5th 4th 6th 5th 102.25 19 Graeme Cook 11th 11th 11th 9th 15th 7th 96 Greg Crick 3rd 2nd 96 21 Craig Baird 2nd 3rd 2nd 92 22 Tony Quinn 2nd 3rd 84 23 Peter Hackett 2nd 4th 4th 82 24 Nick Kelly 9th 7th 8th 15th 17th DNS 14th 80.25 25 Angelo Lazaris DNS 18th 12th 17th 8th 9th 14th 16th Ret 72.75 26 Tim Poulton 17th Ret 16th 11th 9th 10th DNS Ret 72 27 Keith Wong 10th 9th 10th Ret DNS DNS DNS 9th Ret DNS 70 28 Garth Walden 8th 4th 5th 69 29 Fraser Kirchner Ret 20th 14th 18th 12th 11th 13th 66 30 Des Wall 7th 9th 5th 6th 63.75 31 Max Twigg 5th 6th 63 32 Ash Samadi 7th 5th 7th 61 Beric Lynton 10th 6th 6th 61 34 Peter Fountas 12th Ret 13th 17th 21st 17th 19th 13th Ret 53.75 35 Greg Ward DNS DNS DNS 10th 8th 9th 51 Marc Cini 10th 9th 51 37 Sven Burchartz 8th 5th 20th 11th 50.25 38 Jim Manolios 12th 10th 48 39 Eric Bana 11th 11th 45 40 Garth Rainsbury 13th 10th 14th 44 41 Kevin Miller Ret DNS DNS 12th 16th 11th 13th 41.25 42 Dean Koutsoumidis Ret 13th 39 Michael Goedheer Ret 13th 39 44 Kim Burke 12th Ret DNS 6th Ret DNS DNS DNS 37 45 Simon Middleton Ret Ret Ret 14th 14th 19th 12th 36.75 46 Michael Lentini 13th 13th 13th Ret 30.75 47 David Mackie 14th Ret 11th 29 48 Simon Froude 16th 19th 15th DNS 22.5 49 Adam Wallis 8th Ret DNS 19 50 Mark O'Connor Ret Ret 12th Ret Ret 15 - Hector Lester 7th 6th 6th 2nd 1st 18th 4th 0 - Jon Trende DNS DNS DNS DNS 0 - Scott Lyddiard Ret DNS DNS DNS 0 - Andrew MacPherson DNS DNS DNS 15th Ret 0 - Angela Coradine 15th DNS 0 - Rod Wilson 15th Ret 0 - Ray Angus 13th Ret 0 - Jeff Bobik Ret DNS DNS DNS 0 - Ivan Capelli 5th 6th 0

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Australian Tourist Trophy

The Confederation of Australian Motorsport awarded the 2008 Australian Tourist Trophy to the winners of the 2008 Sandown GT Classic, which was the sixth and final round of the 2008 Australian GT Championship. The title, which was the nineteenth Australian Tourist Trophy,^[11] was won by Allan Simonsen and Nick O'Halloren, driving a Ferrari F430 GT3.

References

1. 2008 AGTC Regulations Retrieved from replay.web.archive.org on 20 April 2011
2. 2008 AGTC Race Calendar Retrieved from www.gtchampionship.com.au via replay.web.archive.org on 22 April 2011
3. Revised points Clipsal, AGP and Outright Retrieved from www.gtchampionship.com.au via replay.web.archive.org on 22 April 2011
4. Grant Rowley, The Annual, Australian Motorsport, 2008, page 96
5. "Eastern Creek International Raceway 03/02/2008 2008 A1 GP". National Software. 3 February 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
6. "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 24/02/2008 2008 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 24 February 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
7. "Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 16/03/2008 2008 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix". National Software. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
8. "Eastern Creek International Raceway 13/07/2008 Shannons National Motor Racing Championship - Rnd 5". National Software. 13 July 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
9. "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 10/08/2008 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2008 - Round 6". National Software. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
10. "Sandown International Motor Raceway 30/11/2008 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2008 - Rd 10". National Software. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
11. Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014

External links

• 2008 Race Results Archive at www.natsoft.biz
• 2008 Australian GT Information from feedmesportscars.com As archived at www.webcitation.org