2006 Australian GT Championship

Last updated December 19, 2023

The 2006 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of closed, production based sports cars. It was open to vehicles approved by the FIA for International GT3 competition and to similar models as approved by CAMS. ^[1] The title, which was the tenth Australian GT Championship, was won by Greg Crick driving a Dodge Viper GTS ACR.

Teams and Drivers

Entrant	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Secondary Driver	Rounds
ADRAD Radiator Experts	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	1	Bryce Washington	All
Property Solutions Group	Ferrari F430	2	Kevin Miller	7–8
Property Solutions Group	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	44	Bill Pye	2
Crickcars.com	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	3	Greg Crick	All
Consolidated Chemical Company	Ferrari 360 GT	4	Allan Simonsen	1, 4
Dare Shots / Supabarn Supermarkets	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	19	Theo Koundouris	1–3, 5–7
		69	James Koundouris	All	Allan Simonsen	6
		69	James Koundouris	All	Theo Koundouris	8
Team Lamborghini Australia	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	5	Peter Hackett	2
Bob Jane T-Marts	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	6	David Reynolds	2
Witches Chase Cheese Co.	Lotus Exige	6	Andre Morriss	7–8	Andrew Fisher	8
Dupont	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	7	D'Arcy Russell	1–2, 4, 6, 8	Dean Lindstrom	8
Hallmarc	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	9	Marc Cini	2, 8	Dean Fiore	8
Jim Beam Racing	Ford Mustang	10	Geoff Munday	1
Quarterback Shirts	Porsche 911 GT3 R	12	Mark Eddy	1–2, 7
PROMAT	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	13	Matthew Turnbull	1–3, 5
Greg Ward Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	14	Greg Ward	4, 8	David Giugni	8
Twigg Waste Management	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	17	Max Twigg	1–6, 8	Andrew Luxton	6, 8
Instant Fountains Paluki Ho	Honda NSX	20	Ian Palmer	1, 3–4
Steel Force	Lotus Exige	22	Paul Ryan	7–8	N/A
Wynn Tresidder Management	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	23	Paul Tresidder	1–3, 6, 8	Bill Pye	8
Betterdeal.com.au	Ferrari 360 Challenge	25	Neil Bryson	4–5
Buildwise	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	29	Claudie Giorgi	5
Juniper Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	30	Shaun Juniper	5–6
Lynn Building Supplies	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	32	Blake Lynn	8	Malcolm Lynn	8
RDS	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	38	David Wall	1–3, 5–6, 8
Bennanit Secure Telecom	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	43	David Stevens	2
Bennanit Secure Telecom	Ferrari F430 Challenge	43	David Stevens	4–6
Bolin Racing	Porsche 911 GT3	45	Paul Bolinowsky	1–2, 6–8	Christian D'Agostin	6
Bolin Racing	Porsche 911 GT3	45	Paul Bolinowsky	1–2, 6–8	Paul Pizzati	8
Travelplan Ski Holiday	Porsche 911 GT3	46	Anthony Skinner	1–2, 7
Loloa Furniture International	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	51	Ross Lilley	1–2
Roock	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	55	Ash Samandi	1	Ash Samandi	8
Roock	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	55	Damien Flack	3–4, 6, 8	Ash Samandi	8
Urban Arrangement	Lotus Exige	56	Tim Poulton	8
Urban Arrangement	Lotus Elise	86	Angela Coradine	8	Glen Townsend	8
Speed Energy Drink	Ferrari 360 Challenge	66	Garth Rainsbury	1
PHR Scuderia	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	70	Maher Algadri	3
PHR Scuderia	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	70	Stuart Kostera	4
ABCOR Preston General Engine	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	77	John Kaias	1–2, 4
AutoHaus Hamilton	Lotus Elise Motorsport 200	78	Justin Levis	2
AutoHaus Hamilton	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	78	Justin Levis	6	Bill Pye	6
Industry Central Stahlwille	Ferrari 360 Challenge	88	John Teulan	1–4, 6–8
Industry Central Stahlwille	Ferrari F430 Challenge	88	John Teulan	1–4, 6–8
Cargraphic AG	Porsche 911 GT3	90	Sven Burchartz	2, 6–8	David Reynolds	6, 8
Container Solutions	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car	91	Graeme Cook	1, 5
Urban Developments	Lotus Elise Motorsport 200	99	Peter Lucas	1, 5, 8	Scott Bargwanna	8

Round schedule

The championship was contested over eight rounds.

Round	Circuit	State	Date	Format^[2]	Winning driver^[3]	Car
1	Wakefield Park Raceway	New South Wales	5 March	Three races	Allan Simonsen	Ferrari F360 GT
2	Mount Panorama Circuit	New South Wales	15 April	Two races	Greg Crick	Dodge Viper GTS ACR
3	Oran Park Raceway	New South Wales	7 May	Three races	Bryce Washington	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996
4	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Victoria	21 May	Three races	Allan Simonsen	Ferrari F360 GT
5	Mallala Motor Sport Park	South Australia	25 June	Three races	Bryce Washington	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996
6	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Victoria	20 August	One race	D'Arcy Russell	Dodge Viper GTS ACR
7	Queensland Raceway	Queensland	3 September	One race	Sven Burchartz	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 997
8	Eastern Creek International Raceway	New South Wales	26 November	Two races	David Wall	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996

Points system

Three championship points were awarded to the fastest qualifier for each round. For rounds composed of three races, points were awarded on a 38-32-28-25-23-21-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 to the first 25 finishers in each race. All other rounds attracted the same total number of points regardless of the number of races.

Championship results

Position^[4]	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Wak	Mou	Ora	Phi	Mal	Phi	Que	Eas	Total
1	Greg Crick	3	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	Crickcars.com	98	108	91	72	98	96	60	90	713
2	Bryce Washington	1 & 54	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	ADRAD Radiator Experts	85	79.5	104	42	102	84	75	79.5	651
3	James Koundouris	69	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	Dare Shots Supabarn Supermarkets	76	28.5	78	84	69	30	96	63	524.5
4	Theo Koundouris	19	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	Dare Shots Supabarn Supermarkets	74	57	55	-	79	75	84	63	487
5	Sven Burchartz	90	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	Cargraphic AG	32	18	-	63	57	69	114	85.5	438.5
6	David Wall	38	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996	RDS	32	37.5	63	-	80	33	-	117	362.5
7	John Teulan	88	Ferrari 360 Challenge Ferrari F430 Challenge	Industry Central - Stahlwille	47	48	61	77	-	48	48	19.5	348.5
8	Max Twigg	18 & 17	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	Twigg Waste Management Luxton Plan	45	33	51	14	37	57	-	66	303
9	D'Arcy Russell	7	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	Dupont	34	31.5	-	23	-	117	-	60	265.5
10	David Reynolds	6 & 90	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	Bob Jane T-marts Cargraphics	-	90	-	-	-	69	-	85.5	244.5
11	Allan Simonsen	4	Ferrari 360 GT Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	Consolidated Chemical Company Dare Shots Supabarn Supermarkets	104	-	-	102	-	30	-	-	236
12	Paul Bolinowsky	45	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	Bolin Racing	24	30	-	-	-	42	54	45	195
13	Dave Stevens	43	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996 Ferrari F430 Challenge	Bennanit Secure Telecom	-	37.5	-	45	72	36	-	-	190.5
14	Paul Tressider	23	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	Wynn Tressider Management	29	22.5	49	-	-	45	-	43.5	189
15	Mark Eddy	12	Porsche 911 GT3R Type 996	Quarterback Shirts	41	15	-	-	-	63	-	52.5	171.5
16	Damien Flack	55	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	Roock	-	-	69	12	-	54	-	25.5	160.5
17	Matthew Turnbull	13	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	PROMAT	43	49.5	38	-	27	-	-	-	157.5
18	Bill Pye	44	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	AutoHaus Hamilton Property Solutions Group	-	58.5	-	-	-	39	-	43.5	141
19	Anthony Skinner	46	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	Travelplan Ski Holiday	52	18	-	-	-	-	69	-	139
20	Andrew Luxton	17 & 18	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	Luxton Plant Twigg Waste Management	-	-	-	-	-	57	-	66	123
21	John Kaias	77	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	ABCOR Preston General Engine	53	25.5	-	42	-	-	-	-	120.5
22	Ian Palmer	20	Honda NSX	Instant Fountains Paluky Ho	25	-	33	53	-	-	-	-	111
23	Ross Lilley	51	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	Koala Furniture International	29	36	-	-	46	-	-	-	111
24	Kevin Miller	2	Ferrari F430	Property Solutions Group	-	-	-	-	-	-	63	36	99
25	Shaun Juniper	30	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	Juniper Racing	-	-	-	-	43	51	-	-	94
26	Peter Hackett	5	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	Team Lamborghini Australia	-	91.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	91.5
27	Marc Cini	9	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	Hallmarc	-	45	-	-	-	-	-	42	87
28	Graeme Cook	91	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	Container Solutions	27	-	-	-	58	-	-	-	85
29	Ash Samadi	55	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	Rook	54	-	-	-	-	-	-	25.5	79.5
30	Greg Ward	14	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	Greg Ward	-	-	-	48	-	-	-	30	78
31	Peter Lucas	99	Lotus Elise Motorsport 200	Urban Developments	10	-	-	-	42	-	-	24	76
32	Stuart Kostera	70	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	PHR Scuderia	-	-	-	73	-	-	-	-	73
33	Paul Ryan	22	Lotus Exige	Steel Force Choice Petroleum	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	27	72
34	Justin Levis	78	Lotus Elise Motorsport 200 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	CUE AutoHaus Hamilton	-	24	-	-	-	39	-	-	63
35	Dean Lindstrom	7	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	Dupont	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	60
36	Maher Algadri	70	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	PHR Scuderia	-	-	51	-	-	-	-	-	51
37	Andre Morriss	6	Lotus Exige	Witches Chase Cheese Co	-	-	-	-	-	-	42	9	51
38	Paul Pizzati	45	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	Bolin Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	45
39	Neil Bryson	25	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Betterdeal.com.au	-	-	-	18	25	-	-	-	43
40	Christian D'Agostin	45	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	Bolin Racing	-	-	-	-	-	42	-	-	42
41	Dean Fiore	9	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	Hallmarc	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	42	42
42	Blake Lynn	32	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	Lynn Building Supplies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	36
43	Malcolm Lynn	32	Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996	Lynn Building Supplies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	36
44	Claude Giorgi	29	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	Buildwise	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	-	32
45	David Giugni	14	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car Type 996	Ech Ridge Wines	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	30
46	Garth Rainsbury	66	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Speed Energy Drink	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24
47	Scott Bargwanna	99	Lotus Elise Motorsport 200	Urban Developments	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	24
48	Tim Poulton	56	Lotus Exige	Urban Arrangement	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13.5	13.5
49	Angela Coradine	86	Lotus Elise	Urban Arrangement	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12
50	Glenn Townsend	86	Lotus Elise	Urban Arrangement	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12
51	Andrew Fisher	6	Lotus Exige	Witches Chase Cheese Co	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9
52	Geoff Munday	10	Ford Mustang	Jim Beam Racing	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

Note: Total points scored and championship positions attained have been adjusted to override points summation errors in the published results retrieved from www.gtchampionship.com.au

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References

↑ 2006 Australian GT Championship Sporting & Technical Regulations, www.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
↑ Race Results Archive, www.gtchampionship.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
↑ Australian GT, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 2 / 2006, pages 144 to 147
↑ Outright Standings, 2006, www.gtchampionship.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

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[1] 2006 Australian GT Championship Sporting & Technical Regulations, www.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

[2] Race Results Archive, www.gtchampionship.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

[The_Annual-3] Australian GT, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 2 / 2006, pages 144 to 147

[gtc-4] Outright Standings, 2006, www.gtchampionship.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

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