2011 Commodore Cup National Series

The 2011 Commodore Cup National Series is an Australian motor racing series. It is the 18th running of the Commodore Cup and runs on the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships calendar. The series began on 3 April 2011, at Wakefield Park and will end on 6 November 2011, at Phillip Island. For the first time, two two-driver endurance rounds will be held during the season; the traditional Ashley Cooper Memorial round at Winton and a new endurance round at the Bathurst Motor Festival.

Tony Bates won the opening round of the season despite nearly failing to make it to the race one starting grid. Ross McGregor and Fujitsu V8 Supercar driver Drew Russell won the first of the two-driver rounds at Bathurst after the pole-sitting car of five-time champion Geoff Emery and V8 Supercar driver Steve Owen encountered mechanical dramas in the first race. Reigning Ashley Cooper Memorial winners Adam Beechey and Dean Crosswell successfully defended their title at Winton, with reigning Commodore Cup champion Beechey taking the championship lead. Beechey won again at Eastern Creek before finishing off the podium for the first time in Commodore Cup at Sandown, where Matt Hayes took the round win and closed Beechey's series lead to just one point with one round remaining. Hayes took pole position at the final round to be level with Beechey on points but he was forced wide at turn two in race one which allowed Beechey ahead. Beechey went on to win the round, securing his second Commodore Cup title in as many years.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2011 Commodore Cup National Series. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Team	Car model	No	Driver	Enduro co-drivers
Donut King	VS Commodore	1	Adam Beechey	Dean Crosswell
San Marco Italian Restaurant	VS Commodore	6	Matthew Hayes	Christian D'Agostin
Renaissance Homes	VS Commodore	7	Matthew Chick	Scott Andrews
On Track Motorsport	VS Commodore	8		Garry Mennell Steve Briffa
Castle Concreting	VH Commodore	10		Geoff Cowie Bruce Panting
Octane Alley Race Engines	VS Commodore	12	Josh Hughes	Tim Blanchard
Aussie NASCAR Tours	VH Commodore	14		David Ling Steven Ling
Sentinel Fire Services	VS Commodore	16	Andrew Parker
Aquacity Pool and Spa	VH Commodore	21	Graeme Meer	Neil Crowe
Sports Alive	VS Commodore	24	Tony Bates	David Russell
Australian Motive Power Systems	VS Commodore	34	Stephen Yates
Top Shelf Fruits	VS Commodore	40	Michael Tancredi
Anthony Tancredi	VS Commodore	41	Anthony Tancredi	Duane Preece
National Directory Distribution	VS Commodore	48	Geoff Emery	Steve Owen
Beeps Auto Parts	VS Commodore	58	Jordan Symes	Steve Courtis
Western General Bodyworks	VS Commodore	66	Danny Buzadzic	Nick Parker Shane Price
Action Racing	VS Commodore	71	Marcus Zukanovic	Gerrard McLeod
Adams Auto Electrics	VS Commodore	77	Adam Lloyd	Ryan McLeod
Aerial Motors Racing	VH Commodore	80		David Stevenson Glen Holdsworth
	VS Commodore	88	Chris Stevenson	Neil Crowe Kane Millier* Brett Holdsworth
Jason Domaschenz	VS Commodore	85		Jason Domaschenz Craig Domaschenz
Automobility	VS Commodore	96	Jeff Watters	Simon Evans
Powercorp	VH Commodore	98		Alan Langworthy Chris Langworthy
Southern Star Windows	VS Commodore	99	Ross McGregor	Drew Russell

*practiced only

Calendar

The 2011 Commodore Cup National Series will consist of six rounds. ^[7] Two-driver endurance rounds will be held at Bathurst and Winton.

Rd.	Race title	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner
1	Wakefield Park	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	2–3 April	Tony Bates
2	Bathurst	Mount Panorama	Bathurst, New South Wales	22–24 April	Ross McGregor Drew Russell
3	Ashley Cooper Memorial	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	25–26 June	Adam Beechey Dean Crosswell
4	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	16–17 July	Adam Beechey
5	Sandown	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	10–11 September	Matthew Hayes
6	Phillip Island	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	5–6 November	Adam Beechey

Series standings

Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Pts 1 Adam Beechey 115 119 143 143 109 140 769 2 Matthew Hayes 101 119 124 143 141 134 762 3 Marcus Zukanovic 131 121 111 114 108 111 696 4 Ross McGregor 105 137 122 105 91 102 662 5 Chris Stevenson 99 101 90 103 122 108 623 6 Matthew Chick 99 78 104 110 100 113 604 7 Danny Buzadzic 84 105 83 85 112 104 573 8 Tony Bates 135 86 99 116 106 542 9 Geoff Emery 103 108 93 92 87 483 10 Graeme Meer 81 98 40 91 47 357 11 Jeff Watters 66 83 94 99 342 12 Jordan Symes 34 38 101 101 274 13 Dean Crosswell 119 143 262 14 Drew Russell 137 122 259 15 Christian D'Agostin 119 124 243 16 Gerrard McLeod 121 111 232 17 Steve Owen 108 93 201 18 Adam Lloyd 114 85 DNS 199 Neil Crowe 101 98 199 20 David Russell 86 99 185 21 Scott Andrews 78 104 182 22 Michael Tancredi 91 79 170 23 Simon Evans 66 83 149 24 Anthony Tancredi 98 50 148 25 Nick Parker 105 105 26 David Ling 98 98 Steven Ling 98 98 Duane Preece 98 98 29 Garry Mennell 94 94 Steve Briffa 94 94 31 Glen Holdsworth 92 92 David Stevenson 92 92 33 Brett Holdsworth 90 90 34 Geoff Cowie 89 89 Bruce Panting 89 89 36 Ryan McLeod 85 DNS 85 Josh Hughes 85 EX 85 38 Shane Price 83 83 39 Alan Langworthy 76 76 Chris Langworthy 76 76 41 Stephen Yates 65 65 42 Steve Courtis 34 34 43 Jason Domaschenz 29 29 Craig Domaschenz 29 29 45 Andrew Parker 17 17 — Tim Blanchard EX 0

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold indicates 1 bonus point for pole.

References

1. "Beechey back to defend title". Shannons Nationals. 10 March 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
2. "Lloyd to race for local honour at Wakedield Park". V8 Commodore Cup. 29 March 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
3. "2011 Commodore Cup – Practice 1". National Software. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
4. "2011 Australian Commodore Cup Series - Practice". National Software. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
5. "Winton Motor Raceway 26/06/2011 – 2011 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship - Round 3". National Software. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
6. "2011 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship - Round 7 - Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit - Commodore Cup National Series - Race 1". National Software. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
7. "2011 V8 Commodore Cup National Series Calendar". V8 Commodore Cup. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2011.