The 2007 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group 3E Series Production Cars.[1] The championship, which was administered by the Production Car Association of Australia,[1] was promoted as the Shannons Australian Production Car Championship.[2] It was the 14th Australian Production Car Championship.[3]

The championship was won Garry Holt driving a BMW 335i. It was the second national title in as many years for Holt who had previously won the 2006 Australian Performance Car Championship. Holt finished 50 points clear of his team-mate Barry Morcom, also driving a BMW 335i. Morcom won a season long battle with Holden Commodore driver Steve Briffa for the runner-up position in the championship.

Calendar

The championship was contested over an eight round series.[4]

Round[1] Name Circuit[1] Date[1] Format[5] Round winner[4] Car Report
1 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour[4] Mount Panorama 7–8 April One race Garry Holt BMW 335i Report
2 Phillip Island 5–6 May Three races Leigh Mertens HSV VY GTS
3 Queensland Raceway 26–27 May Three races Garry Holt BMW 335i
4 Eastern Creek 14–15 July Three races Garry Holt BMW 335i
5 Phillip Island 11–12 August Three races Steve Briffa Holden VZ Commodore SSZ
6 Shannons 250[6] Mallala 13–14 October Three races Garry Holt BMW 335i
7 Oran Park 3–4 November Three races Steve Briffa Holden VZ Commodore SSZ
8 Sandown Raceway 8–9 December Two races Leigh Mertens HSV VZ

Class Structure

Cars competed in five classes:[1]

  • Class SP – for "Super Production" Cars[1]
  • Class A – for V8 and turbocharged six cylinder cars[2]
  • Class B – for medium cars including high performance fours and smaller turbocharged cars[2]
  • Class C – for small cars[2]
  • Class D – for diesel engined cars[1]

Additional entries, competing without a Production Car Association License Agreement, contested two Trophy classes, “SP Trophy”, (for cars in Super Production) and “Trophy” (for cars in Classes A, B or C).[1] Drivers of SP Trophy and Trophy class cars were not eligible to score championship points.[1]

Points system

Championship points for both outright and classes were awarded on a 30-25-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis for the first 14 finishers in each race.[1] One point was awarded to all other finishers.[1] Bonus points were also awarded at Round 1 according to the outright finishing order of competitors that were registered for the championship.[7]

The fastest qualifying driver in each Class of the qualifying session was awarded 3 points towards their class points score.[1]

To be eligible to score points at any rounds of the championship the driver was required to be a current financial member of the Production Car Association of Australia.[1]

Any seven rounds were counted towards the championship.[1]

Drivers registered as Trophy competitors were not eligible to score championship points, but competed for two separate Trophy class awards.[1] Points towards the two season class awards were allocated on a 5-4-6-2-1- basis for the first five positions in each class at each race, with one point given to each of the other finishers.[1]

Results

Outright

Position[8] Driver[8] No.[5] Car[5] Entrant[5] Points[8]
1 Garry Holt 20 BMW 335i Eastern Creek Karts 376
2 Barry Morcom 17 BMW 335i Rondo/Charsam/P & I Smash 326
3 Steve Briffa 8 Holden VZ Commodore SSZ Paul Wakeling Holden 322
4 Leigh Mertens 7 HSV VY GTS & HSV VZ G & D Performance 286
5 Chris Delfsma 21 Ford BF Falcon XR8 Century 21 Hazelbrook 240
6 Trevor Keene 50 Mini Cooper S Med West Multimedia 184
7 Luke Searle 3 BMW 130i S.A.E. College 149
8 Garth Walden 24 Holden VY Commodore SS Walden Motorsport 140
9 David Mertens 77 Proton Satria GTi RHM Group 126
10 Kean Booker 72 Toyota Celica Thrifty Car Rentals 111
11 Peter Kelly 88 BMW 130i KEL Technologies 103
12 Alan Shephard 27 Mazda 3 MPS Thrifty Car Rentals 102
13 Andrew Moffat 9 BMW 130i Australian Motor Finance 82
14 Colin Osborne 13 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 67
15 Andrew Bretherton 50 Mini Cooper S Med West Multimedia 62
16 Alan Letcher 99 Ford BF Falcon XR6 Turbo Team Queensland Racing 52
David Turner 99 Ford BF Falcon XR6 Turbo Team Queensland Racing 52
Nathan Callaghan 99 Ford BF Falcon XR6 Turbo Team Queensland Racing 52
19 David Giugni 50 Mini Cooper S Med West Multimedia 52
20 Iain Sherrin 11 BMW 120i Sherrin Motorsport 47
Grant Sherrin 11 BMW 120i Sherrin Motorsport 47
22 Peter Conroy 14 Honda Integra Type S Hankook Tyres/DBA 42
23 Jim Hunter 34 Subaru Impreza Jim Hunters Suspension 38
24 Adam Graham 66 BMW 130i Sherrin Motorsport 32
25 Lauren Gray 15 Toyota Echo Kingville Accident Repairs 30
26 Brain Walden 24 Holden VY Commodore SS Wilsons Solicitors & Accountants 28
27 Michael Craig 1 Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Armour Auotmotive 26
28 Tim Robson 50 Mini Cooper S Med West Multimedia 20
29 Len Cave 72 Toyota Celica Thrifty Car Rentals 16

Classes

Position[9] Driver[9] No.[5] Car[5] Entrant[5] Points[9]
Super Production
1 Garry Holt 20 BMW 335i Eastern Creek Karts 598
2 Barry Morcom 17 BMW 335i Rondo/Charsam/P & I Smash 532
3 Leigh Mertens 7 HSV VY GTS & HSV VZ G & D Performance 376
Class A
1 Steve Briffa 8 Holden VZ Commodore SSZ Paul Wakeling Holden 606
2 Chris Delfsma 21 Ford BF Falcon XR8 Century 21 Hazelbrook 480
3 Garth Walden 24 Holden VY Commodore SS Walden Motorsport 299
4 Luke Searle 3 BMW 130i S.A.E. College 245
5 Alan Shephard 27 Mazda 3 MPS Thrifty Car Rentals 232
6 Peter Kelly 88 BMW 130i KEL Technologies 149
7 Andrew Moffat 9 BMW 130i Australian Motor Finance 96
8 Alan Letcher 99 Ford BF Falcon XR6 Turbo Team Queensland Racing 77
David Turner 99 Ford BF Falcon XR6 Turbo Team Queensland Racing 77
Nathan Callaghan 99 Ford BF Falcon XR6 Turbo Team Queensland Racing 77
11 Brain Walden 24 Holden VY Commodore SS Wilsons Solicitors & Accountants 69
12 Adam Graham 66 BMW 130i Sherrin Motorsport 67
13 Michael Craig 1 Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Armour Auotmotive 66
Class B
1 Trevor Keene 50 Mini Cooper S Med West Multimedia 444
2 Kean Booker 72 Toyota Celica Thrifty Car Rentals 165
3 David Giugni 50 Mini Cooper S Med West Multimedia 118
4 Colin Osborne 13 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 96
5 Andrew Bretherton 50 Mini Cooper S Med West Multimedia 90
6 David Mertens 31 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 88
7 Leigh Mertens 31 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 82
Tim Robson 40 BMW 323i Dayco / Wesfil 82
8 Peter Conroy 14 Honda Integra Type S Hankook Tyres/DBA 77
9 Len Cave 72 Toyota Celica Thrifty Car Rentals 63
Class C
1 David Mertens 77 Proton Satria GTi RHM Group 178
2 Jim Hunter 34 Subaru Impreza Jim Hunters Suspension 113
3 Iain Sherrin 11 BMW 120i Sherrin Motorsport 96
4 Grant Sherrin 11 BMW 120i Sherrin Motorsport 96
5 Lauren Gray 15 Toyota Echo Kingville Accident Repairs 50
6 Warren Bossie 88 Subaru Impreza Jim Hunters Suspension 30
Class D
1 Kean Booker 76 Alfa Romeo 159 Thompson Alfa 96
2 Rocco Rinaldo 76 Alfa Romeo 159 Thompson Alfa 63
Trophy Class Point Score
SP Trophy
1 James Parish 35 Mazda RX-7 Sennheiser Audio 88
2 Marty Miller 55 HSV VT   14
Trophy
1 Amber Anderson 88 Holden Vectra Revolution Race Gear 24
2 Matt Brady 30 Ford AU Falcon XR8 Coastal Flooring and Construct 23
3 Mike Fitzgerald 40 BMW 323i Dayco / Wesfil 20
4 Tim Robson 40 BMW 323i Dayco / Wesfil 15
5 Brendon Cook 4 Holden Vectra Revolution Race Gear 14
6 Garth Duffy 40 BMW 323i Dayco / Wesfil 14
7 Rob Rubis 40 BMW 323i Dayco / Wesfil 13
8 Danielle Argiro 88 Holden Vectra Paul Wakeling Holden 10
9 Garry Mennell 40 BMW 323i Dayco/Wefil Cooper/Nippon 5
10 Richard Mork 77 Honda Integra Type R V8Racing.com 4

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2007 Australian Production Car Championship Regulations, www.camsmanual.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 31 August 2007
  2. 1 2 3 4 Conor McNally, Production lines, Official Program, Mallala, October 13–14, 2007, pages 6-7
  3. ↑ Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at www.webcitation.org on 16 July 2014
  4. 1 2 3 Mitchell Adam, By no means a cakewalk, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 3 / 2007, pages 108-110
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2007 Race Results Archive, www.natsoft.biz Retrieved on 6 December 2011 Archived 19 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Shannons 250 entry list, Official Program, Mallala, October 13–14, 2007
  7. ↑ The Inside Cover Newsletter issue #1, Production Car Association of Australia, Retrieved from http://www.pcaa.com.au Archived 2020-11-19 at the Wayback Machine on 18 December 2007
  8. 1 2 3 Shannons APCC 2007 Corrected Round Points, retrieved from http://www.pcaa.com.au Archived 2020-11-19 at the Wayback Machine on 24 December 2007
  9. 1 2 3 2007 APCC pointscore table retrieved from http://www.pcaa.com.au Archived 2020-11-19 at the Wayback Machine on 24 December 2007
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