2005 Australian Production Car Championship

The 2005 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title open to Group 3E Series Production Cars.[1] It was organised by the Production Car Association of Australia[1] and was the 12th Australian Production Car Championship.[2] The title was won by Colin Osborne driving a Toyota Celica.[3]

Race calendar

The championship was contested over a seven round series with three races per round.[3] Race 1 at each round utilised a mass standing start and Races 2 and 3 at each round featured a handicap standing start.[1]

Round[3] Circuit[3] Date[3] Round winner[3] Car[4]
1 Wakefield Park 26-27 February Derek Hocking Holden VY Commodore SS
2 Mallala 16-17 April Derek Hocking * Holden VY Commodore SS
3 Queensland Raceway 2-3 June Drew Russell Honda S2000
4 Eastern Creek 23-24 July Scott Anderson Holden VZ Commodore SS
5 Phillip Island 20-21 August Colin Osborne Toyota Celica SX
6 Oran Park 17-18 September Leigh Mertens Proton Satria GTi
7 Eastern Creek 3-4 December Steve Briffa Toyota Celica SX
  • Note: Hocking was subsequently disqualified from Round 2 due to illegally modified suspension components

Points system

Points for class and outright were awarded on race results as follows:

Position[1] 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th & other finishers
Points[1] 30 25 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

In addition, the fastest competitor in each Class in Qualifying was awarded 3 points towards both class and outright.[1]

Race 1 at each round had points awarded for class titles only and Races 2 and 3 at each round had points awarded for both class and outright titles.[1]

Competitors registered as “Trophy” competitors are not eligible to score points in the championship.[1]

Championship results

Position Driver[5] No.[4] Car[4] Entrant[4] Points[5]
1 Colin Osborne 13 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 284
2 Drew Russell 28 Honda S2000 Go - Karts - Go 265
3 Daniel Natoli 21 Proton Satria GTi Graham Roylett 204
4 Leigh Mertens 77 Proton Satria GTi C V G Gas 204
5 Allan Shephard 27 Honda Integra Type R Thrifty Car Rentals 194
6 Trevor Keene 31 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 192
7 Scott Anderson 19 Ford AUIII Falcon XR8
Holden VZ Commodore SS 		Elf Oil 146
8 Nick Dunkley 12 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Dayco/ Ontrack Motorsport 128
9 John Houlder 2 Ford BA Falcon XR8 In-Tune Motorsport 126
10 Lauren Gray 15 Toyota Echo Sportivo Car Feash/Flexi Quote/ Powcon 111
11 Steve Briffa 72 Toyota Celica SX Thrifty Car Rentals 107
12 Dane Rudolph 29 Citroen Xsara VTS Cuttaway Hill Wines 99
13 Veijo Phillips 83 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Hocking Racing Shop 99
14 David Ryan 30 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Shell / Thomson Ford 84
15 Derek Hocking 62 Holden VY Commodore SS Redback 58
16 Michael Craig 30 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Shell / Thomson Ford 44
17 David Mertens 71 Holden Vectra Quadrant / Bilstein 31
18 Martin Doxey 17 Holden Astra M Doxey 30
19 Darren Best 76 Ford Focus ST170 Darren Best 28
20 Shane Baker 3 Proton Satria GTi Proton Cars Australia 25
21 Rick Bates 42 Toyota Corolla Sportivo Wayne Russell 22
Class A
1 Drew Russell 28 Honda S2000 Go - Karts - Go 477
2 John Houlder 2 Ford BA Falcon XR8 In-Tune Motorsport 300
3 Nick Dunkley 12 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Dayco/ Ontrack Motorsport 286
4 Veijo Phillips 83 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Hocking Racing Shop 279
5 Scott Anderson 19 Ford AUIII Falcon XR8
Holden VZ Commodore SS 		Elf Oil 275
6 David Ryan 30 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Shell / Thomson Ford 249
Class B
1 Colin Osborne 13 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 585
2 Allan Shephard 27 Honda Integra Type R Thrifty Car Rentals 425
3 Trevor Keene 31 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport 417
4 Steve Briffa 72 Toyota Celica SX Thrifty Car Rentals 233
Class C
1 Daniel Natoli 21 Proton Satria GTi Graham Roylett 565
2 Leigh Mertens 77 Proton Satria GTi C V G Gas 451
3 Lauren Gray 15 Toyota Echo Sportivo Car Feash/Flexi Quote/ Powcon 418
4 Dane Rudolph 29 Citroen Xsara VTS Cuttaway Hill Wines 299
5 Darren Best 76 Ford Focus ST170 Darren Best 127
6 David Mertens 71 Holden Vectra Quadrant / Bilstein 119

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Sporting Regulations for the 2005 Australian Production Car Championship, www2.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. ^ Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
  3. ^ a b c d e f Grant Rowley, The Annual, Australian Motorsport Number 1/2005, pages 152-154
  4. ^ a b c d 2005 Race Results Archive at www.natsoft.biz Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 15 July 2012
  5. ^ a b "Briffa's Round, Osborne's APCC Title, www.piarc.com.au, as archived at www.webcitation.org". Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2021-05-04.