2006 Australian Performance Car Championship

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2006 Australian Performance Car Championship
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The 2006 Australian Performance Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing championship [1] for production-based touring cars. [2] It was the second championship to be contested under the Australian Performance Car Championship name with similar titles having been run in 2003 and 2004 as the Australian GT Performance Car Championship. [3] GT Performance Racing Pty Ltd was appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager for the 2006 championship. [1]

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The championship was won by Gary Holt driving a Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII. It was Holt's first title after racing in various categories of high performance sedans from V8 Supercars to Production Cars since 1999. Beric Lynton was second in a BMW M3 with defending champion Peter Floyd third in a HSV GTS.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven round series. [4]

Round [4] Circuit [4] [5] State [4] Date [4] Format [4] Round winner [4] Car [5]
1 Oran Park Raceway New South Wales 6-7 May3 racesBarry Morcom Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII
2 Wakefield Park Raceway New South Wales 26-28 May2 racesGarry Holt Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII
3 Eastern Creek International Raceway New South Wales 8-9 July3 racesGarry Holt Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII
4 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Victoria 19-20 August3 racesPeter Floyd HSV VYII GTS
5 Mallala Motor Sport Park South Australia 15-17 September [6] 3 racesGraham Alexander Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII
6 Symmons Plains International Raceway Tasmania 10-12 November3 racesGraham Alexander Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII
7 Eastern Creek International Raceway New South Wales 25-26 November2 racesBeric Lynton BMW M3 E46

Classes

Car competed in two classes, Outright and Privateer. [1] The latter class was for non-current model vehicles running on a control tyre. [2]

Points system

Championship points were awarded on the results of each race as per the following table:

Race position [1] 1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th21st
Rounds with two races [1] 4536302725.52422.52119.51816.51513.51210.597.564.531.5
Rounds with three races [1] 302420181716151413121110987654321

In addition, 3 points were awarded to the driver gaining Pole Position for Race 1 at each round. [1]

The same points score structure was applied for the Privateers Cup award. [1]

Results

PositionDriver [4] No. [5] Car [5] Entrant [5] Points [4]
1Garry Holt21 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII Century 21 Real Estate447.5
2Beric Lynton23 BMW M3 E46 Bruce Lynton BMW/Donut King425.5
3Peter Floyd300 & 98 HSV VYII GTS www.kawasaki-fp.com413
4Barry Morcom11 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII Rondo Building Services396.5
5Dean Lillie15 HSV VYII GTS LPGAS 1342
6Steve Cramp19 HSV VYII GTS Manta Racing Services308.5
7Graham Alexander57 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII Corio Auto Parts280.5
8Tony Alford12 HSV VY GTS Coupe Donut King158.5
9Andrew Moffat9 FPV BF F6 Typhoon Australian Motor Finance156
10James Philip3 FPV BF GT First Auto Parts Plus130
11Barrie Nesbitt5 HSV VY GTS Coupe Donut King Racing115
12Sam Walter99 HSV VYII GTS www.kawasaki-fp.com46
13Gary Young8 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Salta / Westgate43.5
14Adam Beechey60 Nissan 200SX GT Beechey's Service Centre18
15John Falk87 FPV BA GT Fiberglass International15
Privateer's Cup
PositionDriverNo.CarEntrantPoints
1Drew Russell27 Mazda RX-7
Honda S2000 		Go Karts Go422
2Mark Cohen44 HSV VX GTS MGC Racing350.5
3Jim Pollicina4 HSV VX GTS Excellerate Motorsports145
4Martin Miller58 HSV VT GTS Ferntree Gully Holden92
5Steve Knight3 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VI Steve Knight90
6 Chris Alajajian 2 Subaru Liberty GT Jack Hillermans/Elf Oil61.5

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CAMS Bulletin B06/60, 2006 Australian Performance Car Championship Sporting Regulations
  2. 1 2 High Performance, Official Programme, Mallala, June 24-25, 2006
  3. ↑ Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Grant Rowley, Performing Arts, The Annual – Australian Motorsport, Number 2 / 2006, pages 138-142
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 2006 Race Results Archive, www.natsoft.biz Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 10 May 2012
  6. ↑ Official Event Programme, Mallala Motor Sport Park, September 15-17, 2006
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