The 1998 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Group 2D Sports Sedans.Specific Conditions, 1998 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-11 It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport and was the 14th Australian Sports Sedan Championship to be awarded by CAMS.Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
The championship was won by Tony Ricciardello driving an Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Chevrolet.
Championship schedule The championship was contested over five rounds.Championship final pointscore, National Australian Sports Sedan Association, 25 November 1998 Round Circuit State Date Format Round winner 1 Baily brilliant at Oran, Australian Auto Action, 8–14 May 1998, page 33 Oran Park New South Wales 5 April Three races Kerry Baily 2 Ricciardello in front, Australian Auto Action, 10–16 July 1998, page 36 Oran Park New South Wales 14 June Three races Tony Ricciardello 3 Ricciardello extends advantage, Australian Auto Action, 15 – 21 August 1998, page 36 Oran Park New South Wales 2 August Three races Tony Ricciardello 4 Ricciardello stretches lead, Australian Auto Action, 11–17 September 1998, pages 32–33 Mallala South Australia 23 August Three races Tony Ricciardello 5 Ricciardello wraps it up, Australian Auto Action, 11 December 1998, page 30 Oran Park New South Wales 1 November Three races Tony Ricciardello
Points system Championship points were awarded on a 10–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first ten positions attained in qualifying at each round . No points were awarded for Race 1, however the results were used to determine the starting grid for Race 2.Australian Sports Sedan Championship, race program, Mallala, 23 August 1998, pages 10–11 Championship points were awarded on a 21–19–17–16–15–14–13–12–11–10 basis for the first ten positions in both Race 2 and Race 3 of each round.
Results Position Driver No.1998 race results at www.racetime.com.au – retrieved in 1998 – pages no longer available CarRace results archive at www.natsoft.com.au retrieved on 28 October 2010 Entrant Total 1 Tony Ricciardello 15 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Chevrolet Basil Ricciardello 244 2 Mick Monterosso 2 Ford Escort RS2000 Chevrolet Mick Monterosso 207 3 Kerry Baily 1 Toyota Celica Supra Chevrolet K Baily 197 4 Mark Stinson 13 Holden Calibra Australian Sports Sedan Association 173 5 Des Wall 20 Toyota Supra Chevrolet Des Wall 121 6 Ivan Mikac 42 Mazda RX-7 Ivan Mikac 71 7 Stephen Lichtenberger 5 Mazda RX-7 Chevrolet Australian Sports Sedan Association 62 8 Bob Jolly 3 Holden VS Commodore Bob Jolly 58 9 Joseph Said 9 Fiat 124 Coupe 53 10 Graham Smith 16 Opel Calibra Australian Sports Sedan Association 52 11 Stephen Voight 38 Honda Prelude Stephen Voight 51 12 Keith Carling 11 Mazda RX-7 Nissan JW Keen 47 13 Peter O'Brien 17 Holden VL Commodore O'Brien Aluminium 43 14 Barry Jameson 45 Ford EF Falcon XR8 Barry Jameson 40 15 Tony Wilson 27 Holden VS Commodore The Smash Repair Centre 39 16 James Phillip 55 Honda Prelude 34 17 Charlie Senese 12 Ford EF Falcon Carmine Senese 32 18 Glen Taylor 19 Holden VN Commodore 27 19 Phil Crompton 49 Ford EB Falcon 25 20 Fred Axisa 80 Holden VK Commodore 25 21 Jeff Barnes 6 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 22 22 Barry Morcom 7 Ford Falcon 18 23 Bill Martin 10 Mazda RX-7 Bill Martin 14 24 Frank Sola 78 Ford TE Cortina 13 25 Kevin Clark 116 Ford Mustang Kevin Clark 12 26 Lance Hughes 22 Holden VL Commodore 11 27 Dean Randle 32 Saab 900 Aero Dean Randle 10 28 Mike Imrie 4 Holden VS Commodore 10 29 Darren Pearce 83 Fiat 124 10
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