2017 Australian Production Car Series

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The 2017 Australian Production Car Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Group 3E Series Production Cars. [1] It was the second Australian Production Car Series following the discontinuation of the Australian Production Car Championship at the end of 2015.

The series was won by Grant Sherrin & Iain Sherrin [2] driving a BMW M4. [3]

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  2. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). 2017-12-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-03. Retrieved 2021-05-24.Cite uses generic title (help)
  3. racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 2 January 2018