1991 Australian Production Car Championship

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The 1991 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Group 3E Series Production Cars. The title was contested over an eight-round series.

The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS), is the official governing body of motor sport in Australia. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).

Group 3E Series Production Cars

Group 3E Series Production Cars is an Australian motor racing formula for production based cars competing with limited modifications. Group 3E cars formerly contested the Australian Manufacturers' Championship and Australian Production Car Championship titles and compete in the annual Bathurst 12 Hour and Bathurst 6 Hour endurance races.

Sandown Raceway motorsport track in Australia

Sandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in the suburb of Springvale in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) south east of the city centre. Sandown is considered a power circuit with its "drag strip" front and back straights being 899 and 910 metres long respectively.

Victoria (Australia) State in Australia

Victoria is a state in south-eastern Australia. Victoria is Australia's smallest mainland state and its second-most populous state overall, thus making it the most densely populated state overall. Most of its population lives concentrated in the area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, which includes the metropolitan area of its state capital and largest city, Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city. Geographically the smallest state on the Australian mainland, Victoria is bordered by Bass Strait and Tasmania to the south, New South Wales to the north, the Tasman Sea to the east, and South Australia to the west.

Symmons Plains Raceway race track

Symmons Plains Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Australia, located about 30 kilometres (18.64 mi) south of Launceston, Tasmania. Since the closure of the Longford circuit in the 1960s it has been Tasmania's premier motor racing facility. The circuit is one of the longest serving circuits of the combined history of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the V8 Supercar Championship Series. Since 2005 it has hosted the Falken Tasmania Challenge for V8 Supercars.

Results

Position Driver No Car Entrant Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Total
1 Kent Youlden 1 Ford EA Falcon Kent Youlden 10 15 20 12 20 (3) 8 1095
2 Mal Rose 44 Ford EA Falcon Mal Rose 20 20 (4) 20 6 10 6 688
3 Tony Scott 6 Holden VN Commodore Tony Scott 12 10 6 8 10 20 - 2086
4 Jim Zerefos 2 Ford EA Falcon Goodyear Australia 15 8 15 10 15 6 15 -84
5 Peter Fitzgerald 3 Holden VN Commodore Goodyear Tyres (1) 6 12 15 12 15 12 880
6 Ken Douglas 10 Ford EA Falcon Douglas Robinson Motor Sport 8 12 10 - 4 4 20 -58
7 Paul Fordham 12 Holden VN Commodore Valvoline Australia 4 3 - 6 8 - 4 1540
8 Ian Palmer 7 Holden VN Commodore Palmer Promotions 6 4 - 4 - 8 2 1236
9 Roland Hill 5 Holden VN Commodore Goodyear Tyres 2 - 2 2 1 12 10 231
10 Adrian Mastronardo 27 Ford EA Falcon Adrian Mastronardo - - - 3 3 1 3 414
11 Mark Larkham 9 Ford EA Falcon - 2 8 1 - - - -11
12 Garry Rogers 13 Holden VN Commodore Valvoline Australia 3 - 3 - 2 - - -8
13 Don Watson 15 Ford EA Falcon Douglas Robinson Motor Sport - - 1 - - - - 34
14 Robert Ogilvie Holden Commodore - - - - - 2 - -2
15 Glenn Cullen Holden VN Commodore - 1 - - - - - -1
Gordon Leven Holden VN Commodore - - - - - - 1 -1
Chris Muscat Ford EA Falcon - - - - - - - 11
Front Wheel Drive Class
1 Paul Gover 23 Toyota Corolla SX Paul Gover 6 9 3 6 6 4 - 337
2 Geoff Forshaw Suzuki Swift - - 9 9 - - 9 936
3 Justin Barham 28 Toyota Corolla SX Charlestown Toyota 9 6 1 3 1 - - -20
4 Harry Bargwanna 97 Toyota Corolla - - - - - 9 4 619
5 Ross Burbidge 18 Toyota Corolla SX Ross Burbidge - 4 2 4 3 6 - -19
6 David Sala 33 Toyota Corolla SX David Sala - - - - 9 - 1 111
7 Darryl Bennett 36 Toyota Corolla SX Darryl Bennett - - 6 - 4 - - -10
8 Tom Watkinson Toyota Corolla 4 - 4 - - - 2 -10
9 Tony Regan 20 Toyota Corolla SX Tony Regan - - - 1 2 3 - 410
10 Mark Brame Suzuki Swift GTi - - - - - - 6 -6
11 Noel Gibson Ford Laser TX3 3 - - - - - - -3
Peter Mitchell 17 Toyota Corolla Peter Mitchell - 3 - - - - - -3
Phil Alexander Toyota Corolla - - - - - - 3 -3
14 Danny Bogut 21 Suzuki Swift GTi Danny Bogut 1 2 - - - - - -3
Colin Osborne Toyota Corolla - - - - - 1 - 23
16 Craig Dare Suzuki Swift GTi 2 - - - - - - -2
Kevin Burton Mitsubishi Lancer - - - 2 - - - -2
Russell Worthington Suzuki Swift - - - - - 2 - -2

Championship points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the top ten outright places at each round. Points for the Front Wheel Drive Class, in which cars were restricted to engines of under 2000cc capacity, were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the top six class places at each round. Drivers could retain the points from their best seven round results.

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