The 2018 CAMS Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. [1] The series, which was the 14th Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, commenced on 1 March at the Adelaide Street Circuit and finish on 21 October at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit after eight rounds. 2018 saw the introduction of the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup type 991.II model to the series. [2]
The series was won by Jaxon Evans. [3]
Team | Class | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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Wall Racing [4] | P | 1 | David Wall | All |
PA | 5 | Greg Taylor [5] | 1–4 | |
Shane Smollen | 5 | |||
P | 18 | James Moffat [6] | All | |
PA | 50 | David Stevens | 7-8 | |
Grove Motorsport | PA | 4 | Stephen Grove | All |
P | 911 | Earl Bamber [7] | 8 | |
McElrea Racing | PA | 6 | Tim Miles | All |
P | 7 | Jaxon Evans [8] | All | |
P | 12 | Adam Garwood [9] | 4-8 | |
PA | 19 | Anthony Gilbertson [10] | All | |
Porsche Centre Melbourne | P | 8 | Nick McBride | All |
PA | 9 | Marc Cini | All | |
PA | 808 | John Steffensen | 1–4 | |
Garwood Motorsport | P | 12 | Adam Garwood | 1–3 |
Buik Motorworks | PA | 13 | Sam Shahin | 1–3, 6–8 |
Sonic Motor Racing Services [11] | P | 14 | Peter Major | All |
77 | Michael Almond | All | ||
100 | Dale Wood [12] | All | ||
PA | 131 | Graham Williams | All | |
P | 777 | Jordan Love | All | |
Volante Rosso Motorsport [13] | P | 15 | Josh Hunt [14] | 1–5, 7, 8 |
PA | Benjamin Stack | 6 | ||
Agas National | PA | 20 | Adrian Flack | All |
Ashley Seward Motorsport | PA | 22 | Dean Cook | All |
PA | 80 | Max Twigg | 1–3, 6 | |
P | 88 | Dylan O'Keeffe | All | |
888 | Leanne Tander | 1 | ||
Alex Davison | 2–3 | |||
Glen Wood [15] | 4–7 | |||
JBS Australia | PA | 23 | Roger Lago | 1–7 |
Garth Walden Racing | PA | 35 | Indiran Padayachee | 1–3, 5–8 |
Cameron Hill Racing | P | 111 | Cameron Hill | 1, 3–8 |
Series standings are as follows:
Pos. | Driver | ADE | AGP | PHI | HID | SYD | BEN | BAT | SUR | Pts. | |||||||||||||||
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Pro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Jaxon Evans | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1186 |
2 | David Wall | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1004 |
3 | Dylan O'Keeffe | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | Ret | 19 | 11 | 957 |
4 | Jordan Love | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 833 |
5 | James Moffat | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | DNS | 815 |
6 | Dale Wood | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 6 | 5 | 802 |
7 | Michael Almond | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | 14 | 9 | 681 |
8 | Nick McBride | Ret | 11 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | Ret | DNS | 7 | 6 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 592 |
9 | Peter Major | 9 | 20 | 16 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 494 |
10 | Adam Garwood | 11 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 483 |
11 | Cameron Hill | 16 | 8 | 9 | 25 | Ret | 6 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 15 | 480 | ||||
12 | Glen Wood | 12 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 6 | 405 | |||||||||
13 | Josh Hunt | 17 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 16 | Ret | 18 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 11 | 8 | 402 | |||
14 | Alex Davison | 6 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 239 | |||||||||||||||||
15 | Earl Bamber | 3 | 2 | 3 | 150 | ||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Leanne Tander | 18 | 21 | Ret | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Challenge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Stephen Grove | 10 | 13 | 14 | Ret | 16 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 1105 |
2 | Adrian Flack | 14 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 17 | Ret | 12 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1032 |
3 | Tim Miles | 12 | Ret | 18 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 18 | Ret | 14 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 954 |
4 | Anthony Gilbertson | 23 | 15 | 17 | Ret | 16 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 919 | ||
5 | Roger Lago | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 14 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 841 | |||
6 | Dean Cook | 20 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 17 | Ret | 17 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 756 |
7 | Marc Cini | 19 | 16 | Ret | 18 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 18 | Ret | 18 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 587 | |
8 | Graham Williams | 25 | 24 | 23 | Ret | 21 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 21 | Ret | 497 |
9 | Max Twigg | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 18 | 10 | Ret | 18 | 15 | 12 | 447 | |||||||||||
10 | Indiran Padayachee | 24 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 22 | Ret | 436 | |||
11 | Sam Shahin | 21 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 19 | 14 | 384 | ||||||||
12 | Greg Taylor | 22 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 13 | 232 | |||||||||||||
13 | John Steffensen | 15 | 23 | 24 | 19 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 21 | 14 | 19 | Ret | DNS | 202 | |||||||||||
14 | David Stevens | 14 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 19 | 128 | |||||||||||||||||
15 | Shane Smollen | 18 | 18 | 106 | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Benjamin Stack | 19 | 14 | 19 | 94 |
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