2009 Australian Mini Challenge

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The 2009 Australian Mini Challenge delivered by Pizza Capers was the second running of the one make championship. It began on 26 March at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and ended on 2 December at the new Homebush Street Circuit. A winner of two rounds during the season, Paul Stokell won the championship ahead of Chris Alajajian, who remained in title contention despite not winning any of the series' eight rounds.

Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit motorsport track in Australia

The Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit is a street circuit around Albert Park Lake, only a few kilometres south of central Melbourne. It is used annually as a racetrack for the Formula One Australian Grand Prix, Supercars Championship Melbourne 400 and associated support races. The circuit has FIA Grade 1 licence. In spite of being a circuit on public roads it has characteristics of a natural road course considering it being fast and flowing combined with extensive runoff in many corners.

Homebush Street Circuit

The Homebush Street Circuit, also known as the Sydney Olympic Park Street Circuit, was a temporary street circuit around the former Olympic precinct at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay, Australia. The track hosted the Sydney 500 and was used for the first time at the final round of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The circuit was used for the final time in December 2016 due to a relocation to a Newcastle after it was announced the ANZ stadium precinct would be upgraded and block the track location.

Paul Stokell is an Australian racing driver. Despite never making a significant impact in touring car racing, Stokell has been a race and championship winning driver in open wheel and sportscar racing consistently since the early 1990s and remains so today have won the Australian Mini Challenge in 2009.

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Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2009 Australian Mini Challenge.

Team No Drivers
Doulman Automotive 1 Flag of Australia.svg Grant Doulman
Flag of Australia.svg Robert Jones
3 Flag of Australia.svg John Magro
Donut King Racing 5 Flag of Australia.svg Barrie Nesbitt
12 Flag of Australia.svg Tony Alford
14 Flag of Australia.svg Peter Leemhuis
Stillwell Mini Garage 6 Flag of Australia.svg David Stillwell
Flag of New Zealand.svg Ant Pedersen
Flag of Australia.svg Helen Linder
8 Flag of Australia.svg Gary Young
Flag of Australia.svg Bill Fulton
Flag of Australia.svg Geoff Emery
Flag of Australia.svg Scott Manson
Flag of Australia.svg Tom Pickett
Sherrin Rentals 7 Flag of Australia.svg Grant Sherrin
72 Flag of Australia.svg Iain Sherrin
BMW Group Australia
(BMW Uber Star)
9 Flag of Australia.svg Chris Alajajian
Flag of Australia.svg Paul Morris
16 Flag of Australia.svg Nathan Geier
Flag of Australia.svg Andrew Fisher
Flag of Australia.svg John Martin
Flag of Australia.svg Chris Reindler
Flag of Australia.svg Karl Reindler
19 Flag of Australia.svg Nathan Callaghan
24 Flag of Australia.svg Matt Mackelden
Flag of Australia.svg Ryan Hansford
Flag of Australia.svg Vaughan Brewer
Flag of Australia.svg Glenn Seton
25 Flag of Australia.svg Sam Newman
50 Flag of Australia.svg Steven Bradbury
Flag of Australia.svg Chris Atkinson
Flag of Australia.svg Steve Owen
Flag of Australia.svg James Tomkins
Flag of Australia.svg Robbie Maddison
Flag of Australia.svg Glenn Seton
Flag of Australia.svg Guy Andrews
Flag of Australia.svg Leanne Tander
Flag of Australia.svg David Brabham
Glory Team Racing 10 Flag of Australia.svg Nathan Caratti
Flag of Australia.svg Aaron Caratti
Motorline Mini Garage 22 Flag of Australia.svg Andrew Mill
Flag of Australia.svg Jonathon Webb
Flag of Australia.svg Todd Wanless
43 Flag of Australia.svg Brendan Cook
Flag of Australia.svg Paul Fiore
Bruce Lynton BMW 23
80
Flag of Australia.svg Beric Lynton
Prosurv 26 Flag of Australia.svg John Modystach
Decorug Racing 27 Flag of Australia.svg Paul Stokell
95 Flag of Australia.svg Grant Denyer
Flag of Australia.svg Warren Luff
Bargwanna Motorsport 79 Flag of Australia.svg Scott Bargwanna
97 Flag of Australia.svg BJ Cook
East Coast Traffic Control 88 Flag of Australia.svg Wayne Miles
Livi bathroom Tissues 91 Flag of Australia.svg Damien Flack
Rock Energy Drink 98 Flag of Australia.svg Sean Carter

Calendar

The 2009 Australian Mini Challenge delivered by Pizza Capers was contested over eight rounds, starting at Albert Park in March and finishing at Homebush in December

The Australian Mini Challenge was a touring car racing category in Australia. First held in 2008, the Mini Challenge supported both the V8 Supercar Championship Series and the V8 Supercar Development Series. The category is managed by Toleman Motorsport, who took over management rights following the demise of previous rights holder, Sherrin Motorsport. Late in 2010, BMW announced the withdrawal of its support of the series, with the final running held at the 2010 Sydney Telstra 500.

Rd. Supporting Circuit City / State Date Winner
1 AGP Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 26–29 Mar Paul Stokell
2 V8SCS 4 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 29–31 May Grant Denyer
3 * V8SCS 6 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 10–12 Jul Paul Stokell
4 V8SCS 7 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 1–2 Aug Grant Denyer
5 V8SCS 9 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 11–13 Sept Grant Denyer
6 V8SCS 11 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 9–12 Oct Paul Stokell
7 * V8SCS 13 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 7–8 Nov Nathan Caratti
8 V8SCS 14 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales 4–6 Dec Glenn Seton

Driver standings

Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Pts
1 Paul Stokell 144 156 168 102 24 168 150 54966
2 Chris Alajajian 78 129 138 DNS 123 150 138 162918
3 Scott Bargwanna 75 132 84 90 114 114 108 156873
4 Nathan Caratti 51 30 126 60 120 90 168 120765
5 Grant Denyer 51 162 105 114 135 27 108 51753
6 Beric Lynton 82.5 21 108 90 90391.5
7 BJ Cook 19.5 81 57 39 57 48 54 21376.5
8 John Modystach 16.5 69 39 27 84 36 60 27358.5
9 Grant Sherrin 57 54 60 63234
10 Sean Carter 66 90 45201
11 Brendan Cook DNS 48 30 12 51 12 33 12198
12 David Stillwell 66 60 69195
13 Aaron Caratti 126 51177
14 Geoff Emery 102 66177
15 Glenn Seton 162162
16 Paul Morris 138138
17 Ryan Hansford 129129
18 Gary Young 129129
19 Robert Jones 126126
20 Jonathon Webb 114114
21 Warren Luff 105105
22 Grant Doulman 45 5499
23 Chris Reindler 9696
Karl Reindler 9696
25 Scott Manson 9393
26 Bill Fulton 7878
27 John Magro 7272
28 Nathan Geier 6969
29 Nathan Callaghan 67.567.5
30 Anthony Pedersen 6363
Paul Fiore 30 3363
32 Steven Bradbury 5757
Matt Mackelden 57 DNS57
34 Andrew Mill 55.555.5
35 Iain Sherrin 33 1851
36 John Martin 4848
37 Damien Flack 4545
38 Peter Leemhuis 4242
Tom Pickett 4242
40 Andrew Fisher 3939
41 Wayne Miles 12 9 1536
42 Vaughan Brewer 3030
43 Barrie Nesbitt 22.522.5
44 Todd Wanless 1818
45 Tony Bates 99
46 Helen Lindner 7.57.5
Tony Alford 7.57.5
48 Wayne Lamont 66
Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

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