2004 Australian Nations Cup Championship

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The 2004 Australian Nations Cup Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for modified production-based coupes [1] complying with "Nations Cup" regulations. [2] Contested as part of the 2004 Procar Championship Series, it was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Championship with PROCAR Australia Pty Ltd appointed as the Category Manager. [2]

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The championship, which was the fifth Australian Nations Cup Championship, was won by defending champion Paul Stokell driving a Lamborghini Diablo GTR. Finishing second was Nathan Pretty driving a Holden Monaro 427C with David Stevens third in his turbocharged Porsche 911 GT2. [3]

The 2004 championship was eagerly awaited by fans of the category. Although it had lost John Bowe and his Ferrari 360 N-GT, popular young Danish driver Allan Simonsen would drive an ex-ALMS Ferrari 550 GT2 in selected rounds (as well as racing a Ferrari 360 Challenge in the Trophy Class) for Mark Coffey Racing while David Stevens introduced the 911 GT2. 59 year old Australian racing legend Peter Brock, after racing a Monaro for Garry Rogers Motorsport in 2003, left to form his own team (with Monaro's supplied by GRM) with himself and oldest son James Brock doing the driving. GRM themselves would continue with Pretty driving the #427 Monaro as well as servicing the Team Brock cars between rounds. Ian Palmer, the brother of series founder Ross Palmer, raced a Honda NSX Brabham and also Peter Brock's Monaro for a number of races. Team Lamborghini Australia returned to defend their crown with Stokell driving the V12 Lamborghini Diablo and he was joined by Formula 3 driver Peter Hackett in a second Diablo GTR.

Following the 2004 championship, PROCAR shut down the Nations Cup championship citing financial difficulties (this also saw the cancellation of the 2004 Bathurst 24 Hour). From 2005 CAMS would revive the Australian GT Championship with the Nations Cup cars (with the exception of the Monaros) eligible to race in that series. [4]

Schedule

The championship was contested over a seven round series [1] with three races per round. [5]

Round [5] Circuit [5] [6] StateDate [5] Race winners [6] Round winner [6] Car [6] Report
1 Adelaide Street Circuit South Australia 20–21 MarchR1 - Paul Stokell
R2 - Paul Stokell
R3 - Allan Simonsen 		Paul Stokell Lamborghini Diablo GTR
2 Oran Park Raceway New South Wales 17–18 AprilR1 - Paul Stokell
R2 - Nathan Pretty
R3 - Nathan Pretty 		Nathan Pretty Holden Monaro 427C
3 Sandown Raceway Victoria 15–16 MayR1 - Paul Stokell
R2 - Paul Stokell
R3 - Nathan Pretty 		Paul Stokell Lamborghini Diablo GTR
4 Winton Motor Raceway Victoria 20 JuneR1 - Paul Stokell
R2 - Nathan Pretty
R3 - Nathan Pretty 		Nathan Pretty Holden Monaro 427C
5 Eastern Creek Raceway New South Wales 18 JulyR1 - Paul Stokell
R2 - Paul Stokell
R3 - Paul Stokell 		Paul Stokell Lamborghini Diablo GTR
6 Wakefield Park New South Wales 8 AugustR1 - Paul Stokell
R2 - Nathan Pretty
R3 - Paul Stokell 		Paul Stokell Lamborghini Diablo GTR
7 Mallala Motor Sport Park South Australia 19 SeptemberR1 - Paul Stokell
R2 - Paul Stokell
R3 - James Brock		James Brock Holden Monaro 427C

Classes

Cars competing in two classes, GT Class and Trophy Class, [2] classified according to potential vehicle performance. [1]

Points system

Championship points were awarded in each class on a 30-24-20-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the top twenty one class placegetters in each race. [2] 3 bonus points were awarded to the driver achieving pole position in each class during qualifying at each round. [2]

Cars from a separate series, the Porsche Drivers Challenge, were invited to compete with the Nations Cup cars at selected rounds however the drivers were not eligible for championship points.

Championship results

Paul Stokell won the title driving a Lamborghini Diablo GTR. He is pictured above driving a Lamborghini Diablo SVR in the 2001 Australian Nations Cup Championship Stokell-lambo.jpg
Paul Stokell won the title driving a Lamborghini Diablo GTR. He is pictured above driving a Lamborghini Diablo SVR in the 2001 Australian Nations Cup Championship
Position [7] Driver [7] No. [5] [6] Car [5] [6] Entrant [5] [6] Points [7]
GT Class
1 Paul Stokell 1 Lamborghini Diablo GTR Team Lamborghini Australia572
2 Nathan Pretty 427 Holden Monaro 427C Garry Rogers Motorsport 415
3David Stevens9 Porsche 911 GT2 Brennan IT / Securetel309
4James Brock22 Holden Monaro 427C Poolrite238
5Ian Palmer50 Holden Monaro 427C
Honda NSX Brabham		Ian Palmer178.5
6 Peter Brock 05 Holden Monaro 427C Poolrite156
7 Allan Simonsen 888 Ferrari 550 Millenio Coopers 119
8D'arcy Russell7 Chrysler Viper GTR ACR DRR79.5
9Mark Eddy30 Porsche 911 GT3 R Mark Eddy66
10Peter Hackett2 Lamborghini Diablo GTR Clarion / Penrite38
Trophy Class
1John Teulan54 Ferrari 360 Challenge Industry Central312
2Theo Koundouris33 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport
Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera
Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera Cup 		Supabarn Emporium291
3 Allan Simonsen 888 Ferrari 360 Challenge Consolidated Chemical Co279
4James Koundouris88 Ferrari 360 Challenge
Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera Cup 		Mark Coffey Racing266
5Marc Cini12 Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera Marc Cini106
6Paul Blackie24 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Pro-Floor97
7Stephen Borness24 Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera Ross Palmer Motorsport93
8Rod Wilson11 Ferrari 360 Challenge Pirelli81
Matthew Turnbull13 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Fire Rating Solution / Promat81
10Anthony Skinner126 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Team Mongrel64
11Ted Huglin110 Ferrari 360 Challenge Consolidated Chemical Co60
Perry Spiridis28 Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera ADAMCO60
13Dean Koutsoumidis71 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Equity-One Finance48
14Geoff Munday10 Ford Mustang Cobra R NMR Motorsport46
15 Murray Carter 18 Chevrolet Corvette C5 Murray Carter36
16Carol Jackson28 Maserati Team Mongrel30

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Official Program, PROCAR Champ Series, Mallala Motor Sport Park, 17, 18 & 19 September 2004, page 4
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 2004 Procar Championship Series regulations, www.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. ↑ 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport – Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  4. ↑ "PROCAR Australia ceases operations". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Season 2004 Events, www.procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Natsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au
  7. 1 2 3 Drivers Points For Season 2004, www.procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
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