2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
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The 2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars.^[1] Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd was appointed as the Category Manager for the championship,^[1] which was the tenth Australian Carrera Cup Championship.

The championship was won by Steven Richards.

Teams and drivers

Steven Richards won the championship driving this Laser Plumbing & Electrical entry

Warren Luff placed second in the championship in this No Second Chance/Phase 8 entry

Nick Foster placed fifth in the championship in this Sonic Motor Racing Services entry

Brenton Ramsay placed 17th n the championship in this Phenix Motorsport entry

The following teams and drivers contested the 2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship.

Team	No.	Driver	Co-Driver^[2]	Class	Rounds
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
Steve Richards Motorsport	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
Lago Racing	23	David Russell		Pro	7–8
Tony Bates Racing	24	Tony Bates	Daniel Gaunt	Elite	All
Almond Racing	26	Michael Almond^[3]	John Karytinos	Pro	All
Team BRM	27	Sam Power^[4]	James Koundouris	Pro	All
	29	Michael Patrizi^[5]	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^[6]	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.^[1]

Race calendar

The championship was contested over an eight round series.^[1]

Round	Circuit	City / State	Date	Format	Winning driver(s)
1	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	27 February—2 March	Three races	Warren Luff
2	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	13—16 March	Three races	Warren Luff
3	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	23–25 May	Two races	Stephen Grove Scott McLaughlin
4	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	4—6 July	Three races	Steven Richards
5	Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	22–24 August	Three 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 October	Three races	Shae Davies
8	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	24—26 October	Three races	Nick Foster

Points system

Championship points were awarded to the first 25 finishers in each race as per the following table.^[1]

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.^[1]

Points were awarded for class places in each race on the same basis as for the outright championship.^[1]

The results for each round were determined by the number of championship points scored by each driver at that round.^[1]

The driver gaining the highest points total over all rounds was declared the winner of the championship.^[1]

Race 2 at the Sandown round was abandoned following a multi-car accident and no championship points were awarded.^[7]

Championship standings

Overall

Position ^[8]	Driver ^[8]	No ^[9]	Car ^[1]	Competitor / Team ^[9]	Points ^[8]
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 ^[8]	Driver ^[8]	No ^[9]	Car ^[1]	Competitor / Team ^[9]	Points ^[8]
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 ^[8]	Driver ^[8]	No ^[9]	Car ^[1]	Competitor / Team ^[9]	Points ^[8]
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

References

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↑ "Power replaces Percat Carrera Cup". Speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
↑ "Michael Patrizi Joins Three-Car BRM Line up". Speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
↑ "Nick Foster returns to carrera cup". Speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
↑ Patrizi scores Carrera Cup sweep, www.speedcafe.com Retrieved on 4 November 2014
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Standings - Season 2014, As archived at www.webcitation.org from www.carreracup.com.au on 4 November 2014
1 2 3 4 5 6 Natsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved on 4 November 2014

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