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.
The championship was contested over a seven-round series [2] with two races per round.
Round | Circuit | State | Date |
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] |
Car competed in four classes based on the performance potential of each car. [2]
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]
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 Smash | 352 |
2 | David Russell | 68 & 3 | Proton Satria GTi | Proton Cars Australia | 266 |
3 | Leanne Ferrier | 42 | Toyota Corolla Sportivo | Toyota Motor Corporation | 237 |
4 | Scott Loadsman | 1 & 62 | Holden VY Commodore Holden VX Commodore | Wakeling Holden | 222 |
5 | Ian Luff | 54 | Honda Integra Type-R | Formica | 198 |
6 | David Ratcliff | 6 | Toyota Celica SX | Ratcliffe Transport Spares | 183 |
Class A | |||||
1 | Chris Alajajian | 27 | Subaru Liberty GT | Jack Hillermans Smash | 419 |
2 | Scott Loadsman | 1 & 62 | Holden VY Commodore SS Holden VX Commodore SS | Wakeling Holden | 268 |
3 | David Ryan | 30 | Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo | Thomson Ford / GAM Electric | 240 |
4 | Steve Drake | 11 | Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo | Brigette Forestier Australia | 197 |
5 | Nick Dunkley | 12 | Ford BA Falcon XR6 Turbo | Dayco / Ontrack Motorsport | 152 |
6 | John Houlder | 2 | Ford BA Falcon XR8 | Budget Waterproofing | 145 |
7 | Drew Russell | 28 | Honda S2000 | Formula Green | 127 |
8 | Derek Hocking | 62 | Holden VX Commodore SS | Paul Wakelings Holden | 106 |
9 | David Capraro | 32 | Alfa Romeo 156 GTA | Circle Corporation | 52 |
10 | Greg Smith | 16 | Holden VY Commodore SS | Fujitsu Air Conditioning | 46 |
11 | Andrew Leithhead | 156 | Alfa Romeo 156 GTA | GTA Motorsport | 13 |
Class B | |||||
1 | Ian Luff | 54 | Honda Integra Type-R | Formica | 320 |
2 | David Ratcliff | 6 | Toyota Celica SX | Ratcliffe Transport Spares | 289 |
3 | Colin Osborne | 13 | Toyota Celica SX | Osborne Motorsport | 264 |
4 | Adam Beechey | 60 | Honda Integra Type-R | Greg Crick Honda | 216 |
5 | Steven Grocl | 35 | Volkswagen Beetle RS | J & F Motors | 127 |
6 | Rob Rubis | 31 | Toyota Celica SX | Osborne Motorsport | 104 |
7 | Trevor Keene | 31 | Toyota Celica SX | Osborne Motorsport | 103 |
8 | Allan Shephard | 44 | Honda Integra Type-R | Thrifty Car Rental | 100 |
9 | Richard Hing | 88 | Mitsubishi FTO GPX | Millennium Audio Visual | 52 |
10 | Peter Conroy | 7 | Honda Integra Type-R | Hankook Tyres / DBA | 34 |
11 | Leanne Ferrier | 42 | Toyota Corolla Sportivo | Rick Bates | 33 |
Class C | |||||
1 | Leanne Ferrier | 42 | Toyota Corolla Sportivo | Toyota Motor Corporation | 378 |
2 | Lynne Champion | 93 | Ford AUIII Falcon XR6 | Lynne Champion | 306 |
3 | Darren Best | 170 | Ford Focus ST170 | Darren Best | 126 |
4 | Ben Walsh | 29 | Citroen Xsara Coupe VTS | Cuttaway Hill Wines / Total Oil | 64 |
5 | AJ Lewis | 55 | Toyota Camry CSi | Cameron Competition | 33 |
Class D | |||||
1 | David Russell | 68 & 3 | Proton Satria GTi | Proton Cars Australia | 348 |
2 | Geoff Russell | 67 & 33 | Proton Satria GTi | Proton Cars Australia | 287 |
3 | Rick Bates | 22 | Daihatsu Copen | Daihatsu Motor Corporation | 254 |
4 | Lauren Gray | 21 | Proton Satria GTi | Graham Roylett Motorsport | 200 |
5 | Martin Doxey | 17 | Holden Astra RSi | Binzel / Holden / Bilstein | 149 |
6 | Leigh Mertens | 71 | Holden Vectra GL | C.V.G. Gas / Bilstein / HAZKEM | 100 |
7 | Dave Mertens | 71 | Holden Vectra GL | Martin Doxey Racing | 88 |
8 | Stephen Lambrick | 39 | Proton Satria GTi | Auto Brake Service | 17 |
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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