2005_Australian_Carrera_Cup_Championship

2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

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The 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars.[1] The championship, which was the third Australian Carrera Cup Championship,[2] was administered by CupCar Australia Pty Ltd.[1] and was promoted as the “Wright Patton Shakespeare Carrera Cup Australia”.[3] The title was won by Fabian Coulthard.[4]

Calendar

The championship was contested over a nine round series with three races per round.[4]

Round[4] Circuit[4][5] State[4] Date[4] Round winner[4]
1 Adelaide Parklands Circuit South Australia 17-20 March Fabian Coulthard
2 Barbagallo Raceway Western Australia 6-8 May Fabian Coulthard
3 Eastern Creek International Raceway New South Wales 27-29 May Jonathon Webb
4 Queensland Raceway Queensland 22-24 July Fabian Coulthard
5 Oran Park Motorsport Circuit New South Wales 12-14 August Fabian Coulthard
6 Sandown International Motor Raceway Victoria 9-11 September Jim Richards
7 Mount Panorama, Bathurst New South Wales 6-9 October Fabian Coulthard
8 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Queensland 21-23 October Fabian Coulthard
9 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Victoria 25-27 November Jim Richards

Points system

Points were awarded in each race as per the following table:[1]

Finishing position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st-last
Points awarded 60 54 48 42 36 30 27 24 21 18 15 12 9 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 1

Results

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All cars were Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996s as mandated by the technical regulations for the championship.[7]

Race 2 at the Bathurst round was stopped after an accident and no points were awarded for the race.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Sporting Regulations for the 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, cams.com.au Retrieved via web.archive.org on 29 May 2012
  2. [2]
    Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
  3. [3]
    2005 Season Review, www.cupcar.com.au Retrieved via web.archive.org on 29 May 2012
  4. [4]
    The Wright Pattern, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 1 / 2005, pages 32-63
  5. [5]
    Race Results Archive – 2005, www.natsoft.biz Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 29 May 2012
  6. [6]
    Points, cupcar.com.au Retrieved via web.archive.org on 29 May 2012
  7. [7]
    Technical Regulations for the 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship, cams.com.au Retrieved via web.archive.org on 29 May 2012
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