2020 Australian GT Championship

The 2020 Australian GT Championship was scheduled to be the 24th running of the Australian GT Championship, a Motorsport Australia-sanctioned Australian motor racing championship open to FIA GT3 cars, FIA GT4 cars and similar cars as approved for the championship. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in only the first round of the Australian Endurance Championship, and the first & second rounds of the Australian GT Trophy Series taking place before the rest of the season was abandoned.

Race calendar The 2020 calendar was unveiled on 31 October 2019. A revised calendar was announced on 26 June 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ultimately, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in all further rounds being cancelled.

Circuit Location Date Supporting 1 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 30 January – 2 February Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 15–16 February Victorian State Series 2 Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 7–8 March NSW State Series

Entry list

Australian Endurance Championship

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Wall Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 6 Adrian Deitz S 1 Tony D'Alberto Cameron McConville Jules Westwood Hallmarc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo 9 Marc Cini PA 1 Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth Nineteen Corp. With Multimatic Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT4 19 Mark Griffith GT4 1 Dirk Müller Harrison Newey T2 Racing MARC II Mustang 20 Adam Hargraves I 1 Daniel Jilesen Cédric Sbirrazzuoli Steve Owen Tony Bates Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo 24 Tony Bates S 1 Geoff Emery Dylan O'Keeffe Max Twigg Trofeo Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 29 Dean Canto PA 1 Grant Denyer Liam Talbot Marcel Zalloua Team 59Racing McLaren 720S GT3 59 Martin Kodrić S 1 Fraser Ross Dominic Storey SCANDIA Racing - by Racer Industries MARC II Mustang 91 Aaron Cameron I 1 Broc Feeney Nick Percat 92 Tyler Everingham I 1 James Kaye Hadrian Morrall GJ Motorsport MARC II Mustang 95 Bayley Hall I 1 Warren Luff Brad Schumacher Geoff Taunton Hobson/Garth Walden Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017) 96 Brett Hobson S 1 Garth Walden Kurt Kostecki Triple Eight Race Engineering Mercedes-AMG GT3 777 Anton de Pasquale PA 1 Nick Foster Sam Shahin Yasser Shahin Icon Class S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup GT4 GT4 Class I Invitational Class

Australian GT Trophy Series Team Car Drivers Class Rounds Trophy Series KFC Racing Audi R8 LMS Ultra 23 Matt Stoupas Am 1–2 Audi R8 LMS 24 Gary Higgon Am 1–2 Nathan Antunes 2 REN Racing Audi R8 LMS 33 Vince Muriti Am 2 99 Nick Kelly Am 2 Mack Bros Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 47 Wayne Mack Am 1 Wall Racing Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 69 Richard Gartner Am 2 DPM Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro SS GT3 71 Dale Paterson Am 1 Showergrate ShopLamborghini Gallardo R-EX73 Peter CorbettAm2 Trofeo Challenge Trofeo Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 19 Arthur Abrahams Am 1–2 29 Tayla Heath Am 1 Stillwell Family Racing Ford S197 Mustang 60 Michael Stillwell Am 1–2 Dave Stillwell 2 GJ Motorsport MARC II Mustang 95 Geoff Taunton Am 2 Icon Class PA Pro-Am Class Am Am Class

Race results Bold indicates overall winner.

Australian Endurance Championship Round Circuit Pole position Silver winners Pro-am winners GT4 winners Invitational winners 1 Bathurst No. 59 Team 59Racing No. 59 Team 59Racing No. 9 Hallmarc Racing No. 19 Nineteen Corp. with Multimatic Motorsports No. 91 SCANDIA Racing - by Racer Industries Martin Kodrić Fraser Ross Dominic Storey Martin Kodrić Fraser Ross Dominic Storey Marc Cini Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth Mark Griffith Dirk Müller Harrison Newey Aaron Cameron Broc Feeney Nick Percat

Australian GT Trophy Series Round Circuit Pole position Am Winners Am Winners 1 1 Sandown No. 23 KFC Racing No. 23 KFC Racing No. 29 Trofeo Motorsport Matt Stoupas Matt Stoupas Tayla Heath R2 No. 23 KFC Racing No. 19 Trofeo Motorsport Matt Stoupas Arthur Abrahams 2 R1 Sydney No. 23 KFC Racing No. 23 KFC Racing No. 95 GJ Motorsport Matt Stoupas Matt Stoupas Geoff Taunton R2 No. 24 KFC Racing No. 95 GJ Motorsport Nathan Antunes Gary Higgon Geoff Taunton

Championship standings Points system 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+  Qualifying 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1colspan=15 50 44 39 33 31 30 27 25 24 23 22 20 19 18 17 15 14 13 12 10 8 5 2 2 450 398 345 293 285 270 248 225 215 203 192 180 170 158 147 135 125 113 102 90 68 45 23 8

Australian Endurance Championship Drivers BAT Points Pro-Am Cup 1 Marc Cini Dean Fiore Lee Holdsworth 10 1 460 2 Nick Foster Anton de Pasquale Sam Shahin Yasser Shahin 8 DNS 8 Silver Cup 1 Fraser Ross Dominic Storey 10 1 460 2 Dean Canto Grant Denyer Liam Talbot 8 2 406 3 Brett Hobson Garth Walden Kurt Kostecki 5 3 350 4 Adrian Deitz Tony D'Alberto Cameron McConville 7 Ret 7 5 Tony Bates Geoff Emery Dylan O'Keeffe Max Twigg 6 Ret 6 Ineligible to score points in Silver Cup Martin Kodrić 1 – Marcel Zalloua 2 – Jules Westwood Ret – GT4 Cup 1 Mark Griffith 10 1 460 Ineligible to score points in GT4 Cup Dirk Müller Harrison Newey 1 – Invitational Cup 1 Aaron Cameron Broc Feeney 10 1 460 2 Bayley Hall Warren Luff Brad Schumacher Geoff Taunton 8 NC 8 3 Adam Hargraves Daniel Jilesen Cédric Sbirrazzuoli 7 NC 7 4 Tyler Everingham Hadrian Morrall 6 DNS 6 Ineligible to score points in Invitational Cup Nick Percat 1 – Steve Owen NC – James Kaye DNS – Drivers BAT PointsBold - Pole position in class

Australian GT Trophy Series Drivers SAN SMP Points 1 R2 QP R1 R2 1 Matt Stoupas 10 1 1814 201 2 Gary Higgon 7 3 21031 1893 Nathan Antunes103199 4 Wayne Mack 8 2 3 915 Vince Muriti642836 Nick Kelly725827 Richard Gartner5Ret344 8 Dale Paterson 6DNS Ret 69 Peter Corbett0DNSDNS0 Drivers SAN SMP Points

Trofeo Challenge Drivers SAN SMP Points 1 R2 QP R1 R2 1 Arthur Abrahams 8 2 1822 198 2 Michael Stillwell 7 3 3733 1703 Geoff Taunton1011110 4 Tayla Heath 101 2 1045 Dave Stillwell73385 Drivers SAN SMP Points

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