The 2016 Australian Production Car Series was an Australian motor racing series for modified production touring cars.^[1] It was the first Australian Production Car Series to be contested following the cancellation of the Australian Production Car Championship at the end of 2015.

The Series was won by Beric Lynton driving a BMW 1M.

Classes

Entries competed in six classes:^[1]

• A Class for Extreme Performance
• B Class for High Performance
• C Class for Performance
• D Class for Production
• E Class for Compac
• F Class for Diesel
• I Class for Invitational.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	Class	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Sherrin Rentals	BMW 135i	B	1	Iain Sherrin	1-3
				Grant Sherrin	1-3
			19	David Ayres	1-3
				Michael Sherrin	2-3
Network Clothing/Dentbuster Gosford European Car Services	Audi TTRS	A	2	Mark Eddy	1,3
				Dean Fiore	2-3
	Renault Megane	C	88	Francois Jouy	1-3
				Franck Donniaux	1-3
	Renault Clio	D	97	Carly Black	1-3
				Barry Black	2-3
Falcon Fire Racing	BMW M3	C	5	Doug Westwood	1-3
				Daniel Sugden	1,3
				Chad Parrish	2
Future Assist Racing	Suzuki Swift	E	6	Scott Gore	1
				Patrick Galang	1
Car Mine	Suzuki Swift	E	6	Charlie Senese	3
Hurley Smash Repairs Racing Future Assist Racing	Suzuki Swift	E	9	Jason Walsh	1-2
				Paul Currie	2
Naylor Racing	Suzuki Swift	E	10	Leigh Naylor	3
				Mitchell Naylor	2-3
			11		1
				Leigh Naylor	1
Lighthouse Electrical/Jarvis	Ford Falcon AU	I	11	Ashley Jarvis	3
Osborne Motorsport	Renault Megane RS	C	13	Colin Osborne	1-3
				Ricky Bates	1
				Hadrian Morrall	2-3
			31	Robert Hughes	1
				Adrian Mastronardo	1
				Scott Gore	2
				Patrick Galang	2-3
				Keith Bensley	3
Lauren Gray Motorsport	Toyota Echo	E	15	Liam Thompson	1-3
				Ellexandrea Best	2
Hi-Tec Oil	Holden CSV Mondo GT	B	16	Steve Hodges	3
				Gerry Murphy	3
Melbourne Performance Centre	Mitsubishi Evo 10	A	21	Rod Salmon	2
Griffith Corporation	Mitsubishi Evo 10	A	21	Daniel Gaunt	3
Bruce Lynton Prestige Auto	BMW 1M	A	23	Beric Lynton	1-3
PRO-DUCT CASTROL DBA	Mitsubishi Evo 10	A	33	Bob Pearson	2-3
				Ricky Bates	2-3
Casabene Group/Karadimas Motorsport	Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo	C	34	George Karadimas	1-3
Dount King	Audi TTRS	A	54	Tony Alford	1-2
				Stuart Kostera	1-2
	BMW M1			Anthony Alford	3
		I	55	Aaron Seton	2
				Kyle Alford	2
	Mitsubishi Mirage				3
				Carey McMahon	3
Hare Motorsport/Declan Kirkham Racing/Inertia	Mazda Euros	E	55	Michael Hopp	1
	Mazda MX6	D	85	Phil Kirkham	1
Roadchill Freight Express	BMW M135i	A	62	Luke Searle	1-3
				Paul Morris	1-2
TOA57d Motorsport	Suzuki Swift	E	72	Alan Jarvis	3
				Rob Jarvis	3
Black Arts Racing	Holden Commodore SSV Redline	C	76	Troy Williams	1
Pedders Motorsport Training Australia	Toyota 86 GTS	D	86	Grant Phillips	1,3
				Andrew Turpie	1-3
Katilyn Hawkins/Richard Luff	Suzuki Swift	E	223	Katilyn Hawkins	1
				Richard Luff	1

Race calendar

The series was contested over four rounds.^[1]

Round	Circuit	City / state	Date	Format
1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	27–29 May	1 x 4 hours
2	Sydney Motorsport Park	Sydney, New South Wales	1–3 July	2 x 250 km
3	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	29–31 July	1 x 300 km 1 x 250 km
4	Sydney Motorsport Park	Sydney, New South Wales	11–13 November	1 x 4 hours

Series standings

The series was won by Beric Lynton driving a BMW 1M.

Pos.	Driver	PHI			SMP			QLD			SMP			Pts.

References