1995 Australian GT Production Car Series

The 1995 Australian GT Production Car Series was an Australian motor racing series for production cars.[1] It was the first and only series to be contested under the Australian GT Production Car Series name.[2] The series was however preceded by the 1994 Australian Super Production Car Series[2] with the Super Production category being renamed to GT Production for 1995[3] and the series gaining national title status to become the Australian GT Production Car Championship in 1996.[2] The 1995 series was won by Jim Richards driving a Porsche 968CS and a Porsche 911 RSCS .[1]

Schedule

The series was contested over six rounds with two races per round.[1]

Round[2] Circuit[2] State Date[4]
1 Phillip Island Victoria 5 March
2 Oran Park New South Wales 2 April
3 Symmons Plains Tasmania 7 May
4 Calder Victoria 13 May
5 Mallala South Australia 4 June
6 Lakeside Queensland 23 July

Results

Position[2] Driver[2] No[5] Car[5] Entrant[5] Phi[2] Ora[2] Sym[2] Cal[2] Mal[2] Lak[2] Total[2]
1 Jim Richards 5 Porsche 968CS[1]
Porsche 911 RSCS 		Bob Jane T Mart 35 22 40 35 35 35 202
2 Peter Fitzgerald 3 Porsche 968CS[1]
Porsche 911 RSCS 		Falken Tyres 27 16 27 32 35 35 172
3 Jim Zerefos 10 Lotus Esprit Monarch Motor Imports - 30 15 20 24 18 107
4 Gary Waldon Mazda RX-7[1]
Mazda RX-7 SP[1] 		Mazda Motorsport 20 40 20 16 - - 96
5 Paul Morris 32 BMW M3-R[1] Paul Morris Motorsport - 16 20 20 - - 56
6 Greg Crick 8 Honda NSX Ross Palmer Motorsport - - - 14 12 14 40
7 Geoff Morgan 4 Porsche 911 RSCS Geoff Morgan - - 11 8 18 - 37
8 Jeremy Norris Porsche 968CS[1] 18 8 - - - - 26
9 Brett Peters 41 Porsche 968CS[1] Bob Jane T Marts - - 8 6 8 - 22
John Smith 4 Porsche 911 RSCS[1] Geoff Morgan[1] - - - - - 22 22
11 Ross Palmer Honda NSX[1] 8 6 7 - - - 21
12 Dick Johnson 7 Mazda RX-7 SP[1] Mazda Motorsport - - - 8 - 12 20
13 John Nicholls 11 Porsche 911 RSCS John Nicholls - - - - 18 - 18
14 Alan Jones Mazda RX-7[1] Mazda Motorsport - 14 - - - - 14
15 Terry Bosnjak 27 Mazda RX-7[1]
Mazda RX-7 SP 		Hatfield Engineering - 6 6 - - - 12
16 John Bowe Mazda RX-7[1] Mazda Motorsport 10 - - - - - 10
17 Russell Paterson Porsche 968CS 4 - 5 - - - 9
18 Matthew Martin 33 Porsche 968 Falken Tyres - - - 3 - - 3
Class B
1 Chris Sexton 99 Ford ED Falcon XR6 Chris Sexton - 40 40 40 - 30 150
2 Guy Gibbons Subaru Impreza WRX 40 - - - - - 40
Vaughan Hatcher - - - - 40 - 40
Tony Scott Holden VP Commodore SS - - - - - 40 40
5 John Cowley Ford ED Falcon XR6 - - - - - 24 24
Class C
1 Milton Leslight 16 Peugeot 405[1] Milton Leslight - - 20 40 40 - 100
2 Gwenda Searle Toyota Celica ZR
Toyota MR2 		- 40 - - - - 40

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Phil Branagan, The consolation prize, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1995, pages 182 to 185
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Procar Series PointsTables, www.procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. ^ David Tait, Welcome, Official Programme, Mallala, June 4, 1995, page 3
  4. ^ Around the tracks, Official Programme, Mallala, June 4, 1995, pages 60 to 64
  5. ^ a b c Australian GT Production Series, Race 1, Official Programme, Mallala, June 4, 1995