1995 Australian GT Production Car Series
The 1995 Australian GT Production Car Series was an Australian motor racing series for production cars.[1] It was the first and only series to be contested under the Australian GT Production Car Series name.[2] The series was however preceded by the 1994 Australian Super Production Car Series[2] with the Super Production category being renamed to GT Production for 1995[3] and the series gaining national title status to become the Australian GT Production Car Championship in 1996.[2] The 1995 series was won by Jim Richards driving a Porsche 968CS and a Porsche 911 RSCS .[1]
Schedule[edit]
The series was contested over six rounds with two races per round.[1]
| Round[2] | Circuit[2] | State | Date[4] |
| 1 | Phillip Island | Victoria | 5 March |
| 2 | Oran Park | New South Wales | 2 April |
| 3 | Symmons Plains | Tasmania | 7 May |
| 4 | Calder | Victoria | 13 May |
| 5 | Mallala | South Australia | 4 June |
| 6 | Lakeside | Queensland | 23 July |
Results[edit]
| Position[2] | Driver[2] | No[5] | Car[5] | Entrant[5] | Phi[2] | Ora[2] | Sym[2] | Cal[2] | Mal[2] | Lak[2] | Total[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Richards | 5 | Porsche 968CS[1] Porsche 911 RSCS |
Bob Jane T Mart | 35 | 22 | 40 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 202 |
| 2 | Peter Fitzgerald | 3 | Porsche 968CS[1] Porsche 911 RSCS |
Falken Tyres | 27 | 16 | 27 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 172 |
| 3 | Jim Zerefos | 10 | Lotus Esprit | Monarch Motor Imports | - | 30 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 107 |
| 4 | Gary Waldon | Mazda RX-7[1] Mazda RX-7 SP[1] |
Mazda Motorsport | 20 | 40 | 20 | 16 | - | - | 96 | |
| 5 | Paul Morris | 32 | BMW M3-R[1] | Paul Morris Motorsport | - | 16 | 20 | 20 | - | - | 56 |
| 6 | Greg Crick | 8 | Honda NSX | Ross Palmer Motorsport | - | - | - | 14 | 12 | 14 | 40 |
| 7 | Geoff Morgan | 4 | Porsche 911 RSCS | Geoff Morgan | - | - | 11 | 8 | 18 | - | 37 |
| 8 | Jeremy Norris | Porsche 968CS[1] | 18 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 26 | ||
| 9 | Brett Peters | 41 | Porsche 968CS[1] | Bob Jane T Marts | - | - | 8 | 6 | 8 | - | 22 |
| John Smith | 4 | Porsche 911 RSCS[1] | Geoff Morgan[1] | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | 22 | |
| 11 | Ross Palmer | Honda NSX[1] | 8 | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | 21 | ||
| 12 | Dick Johnson | 7 | Mazda RX-7 SP[1] | Mazda Motorsport | - | - | - | 8 | - | 12 | 20 |
| 13 | John Nicholls | 11 | Porsche 911 RSCS | John Nicholls | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | 18 |
| 14 | Alan Jones | Mazda RX-7[1] | Mazda Motorsport | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | 14 | |
| 15 | Terry Bosnjak | 27 | Mazda RX-7[1] Mazda RX-7 SP |
Hatfield Engineering | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | 12 |
| 16 | John Bowe | Mazda RX-7[1] | Mazda Motorsport | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |
| 17 | Russell Paterson | Porsche 968CS | 4 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 9 | ||
| 18 | Matthew Martin | 33 | Porsche 968 | Falken Tyres | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Class B | |||||||||||
| 1 | Chris Sexton | 99 | Ford ED Falcon XR6 | Chris Sexton | - | 40 | 40 | 40 | - | 30 | 150 |
| 2 | Guy Gibbons | Subaru Impreza WRX | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | ||
| Vaughan Hatcher | - | - | - | - | 40 | - | 40 | ||||
| Tony Scott | Holden VP Commodore SS | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | 40 | |||
| 5 | John Cowley | Ford ED Falcon XR6 | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 24 | ||
| Class C | |||||||||||
| 1 | Milton Leslight | 16 | Peugeot 405[1] | Milton Leslight | - | - | 20 | 40 | 40 | - | 100 |
| 2 | Gwenda Searle | Toyota Celica ZR Toyota MR2 |
- | 40 | - | - | - | - | 40 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Phil Branagan, The consolation prize, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1995, pages 182 to 185
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Procar Series PointsTables, www.procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ David Tait, Welcome, Official Programme, Mallala, June 4, 1995, page 3
- ^ Around the tracks, Official Programme, Mallala, June 4, 1995, pages 60 to 64
- ^ a b c Australian GT Production Series, Race 1, Official Programme, Mallala, June 4, 1995