The 2005 Australian GT Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for "closed production based sports cars".CAMS Bulletin B05/065 - 2005 Australian GT Championship Sporting & Technical Regulations, Re-issue, 13 July 2005 It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as a "National Championship".
It was the ninth Australian GT Championship and the first to be held since 1985.2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-7 CAMS revived the GT Championship after the demise of the Australian Nations Cup Championship at the end of 2004.
The championship was won by Bryce Washington driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.
Entries EntrantCarNo.DriverRoundsBrennanitPorsche 996 GT2 R3 David Stevens3Crickcars.com.auDodge Viper GTS ACR Greg Crick5Consolidated Chemicals Co. Ferrari 360 GT4 Ted HulginAllTeam Lamborghini AustraliaLamborghini Diablo GTR5 Peter HackettAll6 Rusty French1Darcy RussellDodge Viper GTS ACR7 Darcy Russell4Simon MiddletonPorsche 911 GT38 Simon Middleton1–4Geoff MundayFord Mustang Cobra R10 Geoff Munday4Don TryhornPorsche 964 Carrera11 Don TryhornAllMark EddyPorsche 911 GT3 R12 Mark Eddy1, 3–5Greg Ward RacingPorsche 911 GT3 Cup Car14 Greg Ward1, 3CAF NautilusPorsche 911 GT3 Cup Car17 Rob McMillan3Max Twigg RacingPorsche 993 RSR18 Max Twigg2–4Team MongrelHonda NSX20 Ian PalmerAllCGA Bryson DevelopmentsFerrari 360 Challenge25 Neil Bryson2–5Paul StuartPorsche 993 RSR27 Paul Stuart1Claudie GiorgiPorsche 911 GT329 Claudie Giorgi1–3Lynn's Building MaterialsPorsche 911 GT332 Malcolm Lynn2–5Anthony R MoodiePorsche 911 Carrera37 Anthony R Moodie1, 4Porsche 993 RSCS38 Matthew Jones4Sedgman Pty LtdPorsche 911 GT340 Russell Kempnich2, 4Song ZuPorsche 993 RSCS41 Matt Humphreys2–3Travelplan Ski HolidaysPorsche 911 GT346 Anthony Skinner3Wiffens Fruit & VegPorsche 993 RSCS48 David Giugni3, 5Trevor JohnPorsche 944 Turbo49 Trevor John1, 3–4Bryce WashingtonPorsche 911 GT3 Cup Car54 Bryce WashingtonAllDean SavageFerrari 360 Challenge57 Dean Savage2Kevin MillerPorsche 911 GT358 Kevin Miller4Garth RainsburyPorsche 911 GT3 Garth Rainsbury1, 4Speed Energy DrinksFerrari 360 Challenge66 Ross Lilley5J.K BurkePorsche 911 GT368 Kim Burke3John KaiasPorsche 911 GT377 John KaiasAllAssetval P/LPorsche 911 GT3 RS81 Phillip Holzberger2John TeulanFerrari 360 Challenge88 John Teulan1–4
Schedule The title was contested over a five-round series with three races per round.Grant Rowley, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 1/2005, pages 134-137
Round Circuit State Date Round winner Car 1 Phillip Island Victoria 21–22 May Peter Hackett Lamborghini Diablo GTR 2 Queensland Raceway Queensland 2–3 July Ian Palmer Honda NSX 3 Eastern Creek New South Wales 22–24 July Peter Hackett Lamborghini Diablo GTR 4 Phillip Island Victoria 20–21 August Peter Hackett Lamborghini Diablo GTR 5 Wakefield Park New South Wales 12–13 November Greg Crick Dodge Viper GTS ACR
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 basis to the first 25 classified finishers in each race. An additional 3 points were awarded to the fastest qualifier at each round.
Results Position Driver No.Race Results Archive - 2005 Retrieved from www.natsoft.com.au on 20 May 2010 Car Entrant Phi Que Eas Phi Wak Total 1 Bryce Washington 54 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Adrad Radiators 92 70 99 99 102 462 2 Peter Hackett 5 Lamborghini Diablo GTR Team Lamborghini Australia 117 79 114 104 - 414 3 Ian Palmer 20 Honda NSX Instant Foundation 28 87 84 78 - 277 4 John Teulan 88 Ferrari 360 Challenge Industry Central - Stahlwille 69 77 73 44 - 263 5 Neil Bryson 25 Ferrari 360 Challenge CGA Bryson Developments - 71 63 76 - 210 6 Claude Giorgi 27 Porsche 996 GT3 Claude Giorgi 61 71 69 - - 201 7 Ted Huglin 4 Ferrari 360 GT Consolidated Chemicals Co 36 59 59 - - 154 8 Greg Crick 3 Dodge Viper GTS ACR Crickcars.Com.Au - - - - 111 111 9 Dean Savage 57 Ferrari 360 Challenge Dean Savage 42 47 - - - 89 10 Mark Eddy 12 Porsche 996 GT3 R Mark Eddy 78 - - - - 78 11 Geoff Munday 10 Ford Mustang Cobra RA Jim Beam Racing - 18 - 58 - 76 12 Ross Lilley 66 Ferrari 360 Challenge Speed Energy Drinks - - - - 65 65 13 Garth Rainsbury 66 Ferrari 360 Challenge Garth Rainsbury - - - 63 - 63 14 Rusty French 6 Lamborghini Diablo GTR Team Lamborghini Australia 55 - - - - 55 15 D'Arcy Russell 7 Dodge Viper GTS ACR D'Arcy Russell - - - 38 - 38
Australian Porsche Drivers Challenge The Australian Porsche Drivers Challenge, which was run concurrently with the Australian GT Championship, was won by Bryce Washington.
References
External links CAMS Bulletin B05/065 - 2005 Australian GT Championship Sporting & Technical Regulations, Re-issue, 13 July 2005, cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org porschedriverschallenge.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 2 April 2006