The 2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars.2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship - Sporting and Technical Regulations – Version 2, As archived at www.webcitation.org from docs.cams.com.au on 4 November 2014 Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd was appointed as the Category Manager for the championship, which was the tenth Australian Carrera Cup Championship.

The championship was won by Steven Richards.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship. TeamNo.DriverCo-driverClassRounds Alliance Group Racing 1 Craig Baird Max Twigg Pro All Grove Group 4 Stephen Grove Scott McLaughlin Elite All Objective Racing 5 Tony Walls David Reynolds Elite All McElrea Racing 7 Warren Luff Geoff Emery Pro All 55 Renee Gracie Tim Miles Pro All 88 Shae Davies Adam Gowans Pro All Hallmarc 9 Marc Cini Dean Fiore Elite 1–4, 6–8 Finance EZI Racing 10 Maurice Pickering Elite 1–2, 4–8 Garth Walden Racing 11 Ash Samadi Jonny Reid Elite All Steve Richards Motorsport 12 Steven Richards Damien Flack Pro All 13 James Bergmuller Dale Wood Elite All Phenix Motorsport 22 Brenton Ramsay Jason Bright Elite All Lago Racing 23 Roger Lago David Russell Elite 1–6 David Russell Pro 7–8 Tony Bates Racing 24 Tony Bates Daniel Gaunt Elite All Almond Racing 26 Michael Almond John Karytinos Pro All Team BRM 27 Sam Power James Koundouris Pro All 29 Michael Patrizi Troy Bayliss Pro 1–7 45 Duvashen Padayachee Neale Muston Pro All David Wall Racing 38 Greg Taylor Elite 5–6, 8 Sonic Motor Racing Services 39 Adrian Mastronardo Tim Slade Elite All 77 Nick McBride Rodney Jane Pro All 777 Nick Foster Ryan Simpson Pro All Hamilton Autohaus 56 Shane Smollen Nick Percat Elite All Equity-One 71 Dean Koutsoumidis Elite 1–2 Scott Taylor Motorsport 222 Scott Taylor Elite 5–8

Note: All teams competed with the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991, which was the only model eligible for the championship.

Race calendar The championship was contested over an eight round series. RoundCircuitCity / stateDateFormatWinning driver(s) 1 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 27 February—2 MarchThree races Warren Luff 2 Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 13—16 MarchThree races Warren Luff 3 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria23–25 MayTwo races Stephen GroveScott McLaughlin 4 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 4—6 JulyThree races Steven Richards 5 Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 22–24 AugustThree races Craig Baird 6 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 12–14 September Three races Michael Patrizi 7 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 9—12 OctoberThree races Shae Davies 8 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 24—26 OctoberThree races Nick Foster

Points system Championship points were awarded to the first 25 finishers in each race as per the following table. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th Points 60 54 48 42 36 32 29 26 23 20 18 16 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

In addition to contesting the outright championship, each driver was classified as either Professional or Elite and competed for the relevant class title.

Points were awarded for class places in each race on the same basis as for the outright championship.

The results for each round were determined by the number of championship points scored by each driver at that round.

The driver gaining the highest points total over all rounds was declared the winner of the championship.

Race 2 at the Sandown round was abandoned following a multi-car accident and no championship points were awarded.Patrizi scores Carrera Cup sweep, www.speedcafe.com Retrieved on 4 November 2014

Championship standings Overall PositionStandings - Season 2014, As archived at www.webcitation.org from www.carreracup.com.au on 4 November 2014 Driver NoNatsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved on 4 November 2014 Car Competitor / Team Points 1 Steven Richards 12 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Laser Plumbing & Electrical 954 2 Warren Luff 7 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 No Second Chance / Phase 8 921 3 Craig Baird 1 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Bonaire / Wilson Security 914 4 Shae Davies 88 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Davbridge Constructions 777 5 Nick Foster 777 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Sonic Motor Racing Services 767 6 Sam Power 27 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 AVCS 668 7 Michael Almond 26 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Copyworld 551 8 Michael Patrizi 29 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Onsite Racing 525.5 9 Nick McBride 77 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Sonic Motor Racing Services 489 10 Stephen Grove 4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Grove Group 460 11 Duvashen Padayachee 45 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Rentcorp 406 12 Shane Smollen 56 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 McGrath Estate Agents 393 13 James Bergmuller 13 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Porsche Brighton 359 14 Tony Bates 24 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Alternative Freight Services 324 15 Renee Gracie 55 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Fujitsu Racing 322.5 16 Tony Walls 5 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Objective Ra 270 17 Brenton Ramsay 22 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Phenix Motorsport 239.5 18 Roger Lago 23 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 JBS Swift 233 19 David Russell 23 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 JBS Australia 218 20 Ash Samadi 11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Royal Purple Oil / Garth Walden 215 21 Marc Cini 9 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Hallmarc 167 22 Maurie Pickering 10 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Finance EZI 126 23 Adrian Mastronardo 39 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Adrian Mastronadro 124 24 Scott Taylor 222 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Scott Taylor Motorsport 64.5 25 Greg Taylor 38 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Taylor Motorsport / Adina Apartm 35 26 Dean Koutsoumidis 71 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Equity-One 31

Professional Class Position Driver No Car Competitor / Team Points 1 Steven Richards 12 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Laser Plumbing & Electrical 972 2 Warren Luff 7 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 No Second Chance / Phase 8 939 3 Craig Baird 1 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Bonaire / Wilson Security 929 4 Shae Davies 88 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Davbridge Constructions 808 5 Nick Foster 777 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Sonic Motor Racing Services 772 6 Sam Power 27 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 AVCS 701 7 Michael Almond 26 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Copyworld 618.5 8 Michael Patrizi 29 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Onsite Racing 541.5 9 Renee Gracie 55 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Fujitsu Racing 527 10 Nick McBride 7 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Sonic Motor Racing Services 516 11 Duvashen Padayachee 45 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Rentcorp 439.5 12 David Russell 23 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 JBS Australia 236

Elite Class Position Driver No Car Competitor / Team Points 1 Stephen Grove 4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Grove Group 1046 2 Shane Smollen 56 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 McGrath Estate Agents 963 3 Tony Bates 24 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Alternative Freight Services 925 4 James Bergmuller 13 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Porsche Brighton 896 5 Tony Walls 5 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Objective Racing 736 6 Brenton Ramsay 22 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Phenix Motorsport 669 7 Roger Lago 23 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 JBS Swift 640 8 Ash Samadi 11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Royal Purple Oil / Garth Walden 571 9 Marc Cini 9 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Hallmarc 500 10 Maurie Pickering 10 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Finance EZI 407 11 Adrian Mastronardo 39 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Adrian Mastronadro 406 12 Scott Taylor 222 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Scott Taylor Motorsport 196 13 Dean Koutsoumidis 71 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Equity-One 119 14 Greg Taylor 38 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Taylor Motorsport / Adina Apartm 113

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