The 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia was an Australian motor racing series for Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 991) cars. [1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as a National Series with Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd appointed as the Category Manager. It was the 13th Carrera Cup to be contested in Australia in which the series was won by David Wall.
Team | Class | Car# | Driver | Pro-am co-driver | Rounds |
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Grove Motorsport | Challenge | 4 a | Stephen Grove | Tim Slade | All |
Zagame Motorsport | Pro | 5 b | Cameron McConville | Tony Bates | All |
6 | Michael Almond | 1-2,4 | |||
McElrea Racing | Pro | 7 c | Jaxon Evans | Tim Miles | All |
33 d | Simon Ellingham | John Goodacre | All | ||
54 | James Abela | Anthony Gilbertson | 1-3 | ||
136 | 4-8 | ||||
Porsche Centre Melbourne | Pro | 8 e | Lars Kern | 1-2, 5 | |
Challenge | Dean Grant | Lee Holdsworth | 3 | ||
Pro | Daniel Gaunt | 7 | |||
Challenge | 9 f | Marc Cini | Dean Fiore | 1-3, 5-8 | |
Pro | 23 | Brenton Grove | 6, 8 | ||
Buik Motorsport | Challenge | 13 | Sam Shahin | Daniel Gaunt | 3-4, 6-8 |
Pro | 26 | Michael Almond | 6-8 | ||
Twigg Motorsport | Challenge | 18 | Max Twigg | 7-8 | |
Garth Walden Racing | Challenge | 21 | Rob Woods | Duvashen Padayachee | 3 |
Pro | 29 | Garth Walden | 8 | ||
DNA Racing | Challenge | 22 g | Dean Cook | 2, 5-6, 8 | |
131 | Graham Williams | Nick Foster | 2-3, 5-8 | ||
Motorsport Leasing | Challenge | 34 | John Morriss | 6 | |
Wall Racing | Pro | 38 h | David Wall | Shane Smollen | All |
Challenge | 156 | Shane Smollen | 5 | ||
STR Truck Radios | Challenge | 48 | Matt Palmer | 2 | |
Miles Advisory Partners | Challenge | 70 i | Tim Miles | 4-7 | |
Sonic Motor Racing Services | Pro | 77 j | Nick McBride | Dylan Thomas | All |
79 | Jordan Love | 6-8 | |||
777 | Andre Heimgartner | Aaron Ireland | All | ||
Ashley Seward Motorsport | Pro | 88 k | Dylan O'Keeffe | Adam Gowans | All |
888 | Alex Davison | Geoff Emery | All |
The series was contested over eight rounds with a joined round with Porsche Carrera Cup Asia at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. [2]
Pos. | Driver | ADE | AGP | PHI | HID | SEP | SAN | BAT | SUR | Pts. | |||||||||||||||
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Pro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | David Wall | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1145 |
2 | Andre Heimgartner | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1125 |
3 | Alex Davison | 4 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1055 |
4 | Nick McBride | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 901 |
5 | Jaxon Evans | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | DNS | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | DNS | 5 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 879.5 |
6 | Dylan O'Keeffe | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 855 |
7 | Cameron McConville | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 789 |
8 | James Abela | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 6 | 527.5 |
9 | Michael Almond | Ret | Ret | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 11 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 465 | ||
10 | Simon Ellingham | DNS | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 344 |
11 | Lars Kern | Ret | Ret | DNS | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 191.5 | ||||||||||||||
12 | Jordan Love | 6 | Ret | 14 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 187 | ||||||||||||||
13 | Brenton Grove | 7 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 146 | |||||||||||||||||
14 | Daniel Gaunt | 10 | 8 | 7 | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Garth Walden | 7 | 11 | 11 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Challenge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Stephen Grove | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 12 | Ret | DNS | 1061 |
2 | Marc Cini | 10 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 18 | 15 | 15 | 904.5 | |||
3 | Sam Shahin | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 15 | DNS | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 681 | |||||||||
4 | Graham Williams | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 668.5 | ||||||
5 | Tim Miles | 10 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 634 | ||||||||||||
6 | Dean Cook | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 580 | |||||||||||
7 | Dean Grant | 10 | 1 | 153 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Matt Palmer | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 144 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Shane Smollen | 16 | 12 | 136 | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Rob Woods | 12 | 5 | 129 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Max Twigg | Ret | Ret | 14 | 13 | Ret | DNS | 108 | |||||||||||||||||
guest drivers ineligible to score points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Morriss | 14 | 17 | Ret | 0 |
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