2004 Australian Production Car Championship

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The 2004 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title open to Group 3E Series Production Cars. [1] The championship, which was the 11th Australian Production Car Championship, was managed by Procar Australia as part of the 2004 PROCAR Championship Series. [1] The championship was won by Chris Alajajian driving a Subaru Liberty GT.

Contents

Race calendar

The championship was contested over a seven-round series [2] with two races per round.

RoundCircuitStateDate
1 Adelaide Parklands Circuit South Australia 19–20 March [3]
2 Oran Park Grand Prix Circuit New South Wales 18 April [3]
3 Sandown International Motor Raceway Victoria 16 May [3]
4 Winton Motor Raceway Victoria 20 June [3]
5 Eastern Creek International Motor Raceway New South Wales 18 July [3]
6 Wakefield Park New South Wales 8 August [4]
7 Mallala Motor Sport Park South Australia 19 September [3]

Classes

Car competed in four classes based on the performance potential of each car. [2]

Points system

Outright championship points were awarded on a 30–24–20–18–17–16–15–14–13–12–11–10–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis to the first 21 finishers in each class in each race. [1] In addition, 3 outright championship points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest qualifying time in each class for race 1 at each round. [1] Class championship points were awarded on the same basis as outright championship points. [1]

Results

Position
[5] [6]
Driver [5] [6] No. [3] [4] Car [3] [4] Entrant [3] [4] Points
[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [6]
1 Chris Alajajian 27 Subaru Liberty GT Jack Hillermans Smash352
2 David Russell 68 & 3 Proton Satria GTi Proton Cars Australia266
3 Leanne Ferrier 42 Toyota Corolla Sportivo Toyota Motor Corporation237
4Scott Loadsman1 & 62 Holden VY Commodore
Holden VX Commodore
Wakeling Holden222
5Ian Luff54 Honda Integra Type-R Formica198
6David Ratcliff6 Toyota Celica SX Ratcliffe Transport Spares183
Class A
1 Chris Alajajian 27 Subaru Liberty GT Jack Hillermans Smash419
2Scott Loadsman1 & 62 Holden VY Commodore SS
Holden VX Commodore SS
Wakeling Holden268
3David Ryan30 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Thomson Ford / GAM Electric240
4Steve Drake11 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Brigette Forestier Australia197
5Nick Dunkley12 Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo Dayco / Ontrack Motorsport152
6John Houlder2 Ford BA Falcon XR8 Budget Waterproofing145
7 Drew Russell 28 Honda S2000 Formula Green127
8Derek Hocking62 Holden VX Commodore SS Paul Wakelings Holden106
9David Capraro32 Alfa Romeo 156 GTA Circle Corporation52
10Greg Smith16 Holden VY Commodore SS Fujitsu Air Conditioning46
11Andrew Leithhead156 Alfa Romeo 156 GTA GTA Motorsport13
Class B
1Ian Luff54 Honda Integra Type-R Formica320
2David Ratcliff6 Toyota Celica SX Ratcliffe Transport Spares289
3Colin Osborne13 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport264
4 Adam Beechey 60 Honda Integra Type-R Greg Crick Honda216
5Steven Grocl35 Volkswagen Beetle RS J & F Motors127
6Rob Rubis31 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport104
7Trevor Keene31 Toyota Celica SX Osborne Motorsport103
8Allan Shephard44 Honda Integra Type-R Thrifty Car Rental100
9Richard Hing88 Mitsubishi FTO GPX Millennium Audio Visual52
10Peter Conroy7 Honda Integra Type-R Hankook Tyres / DBA34
11 Leanne Ferrier 42 Toyota Corolla Sportivo Rick Bates33
Class C
1 Leanne Ferrier 42 Toyota Corolla Sportivo Toyota Motor Corporation378
2Lynne Champion93 Ford AUIII Falcon XR6 Lynne Champion306
3Darren Best170 Ford Focus ST170 Darren Best126
4Ben Walsh29 Citroen Xsara Coupe VTS Cuttaway Hill Wines / Total Oil64
5AJ Lewis55 Toyota Camry CSi Cameron Competition33
Class D
1 David Russell 68 & 3 Proton Satria GTi Proton Cars Australia348
2Geoff Russell67 & 33 Proton Satria GTi Proton Cars Australia287
3Rick Bates22 Daihatsu Copen Daihatsu Motor Corporation254
4Lauren Gray21 Proton Satria GTi Graham Roylett Motorsport200
5Martin Doxey17 Holden Astra RSi Binzel / Holden / Bilstein149
6Leigh Mertens71 Holden Vectra GL C.V.G. Gas / Bilstein / HAZKEM100
7Dave Mertens71 Holden Vectra GL Martin Doxey Racing88
8Stephen Lambrick39 Proton Satria GTi Auto Brake Service17

Note: The Toyota Corolla Sportiva was classified as a Class B car for Round 1 and as a Class C car from Round 2 onwards.

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