2006 Australian Performance Car Championship

The 2006 Australian Performance Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing championship [1] for production-based touring cars.[2] It was the second championship to be contested under the Australian Performance Car Championship name with similar titles having been run in 2003 and 2004 as the Australian GT Performance Car Championship.[3] GT Performance Racing Pty Ltd was appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager for the 2006 championship.[1]

2006 Australian Performance Car Championship
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The championship was won by Gary Holt driving a Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII. It was Holt's first title after racing in various categories of high performance sedans from V8 Supercars to Production Cars since 1999. Beric Lynton was second in a BMW M3 with defending champion Peter Floyd third in a HSV GTS.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven round series.[4]

Round [4] Circuit [4] [5] State [4] Date [4] Format [4] Round winner [4] Car [5]
1 Oran Park Raceway New South Wales 6-7 May 3 races Barry Morcom Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII
2 Wakefield Park Raceway New South Wales 26-28 May 2 races Garry Holt Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII
3 Eastern Creek International Raceway New South Wales 8-9 July 3 races Garry Holt Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII
4 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Victoria 19-20 August 3 races Peter Floyd HSV VYII GTS
5 Mallala Motor Sport Park South Australia 15-17 September [6] 3 races Graham Alexander Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII
6 Symmons Plains International Raceway Tasmania 10-12 November 3 races Graham Alexander Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII
7 Eastern Creek International Raceway New South Wales 25-26 November 2 races Beric Lynton BMW M3 E46

Classes

Car competed in two classes, Outright and Privateer.[1] The latter class was for non-current model vehicles running on a control tyre.[2]

Points system

Championship points were awarded on the results of each race as per the following table:

Race position [1] 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Rounds with two races [1] 45 36 30 27 25.5 24 22.5 21 19.5 18 16.5 15 13.5 12 10.5 9 7.5 6 4.5 3 1.5
Rounds with three races [1] 30 24 20 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

In addition, 3 points were awarded to the driver gaining Pole Position for Race 1 at each round.[1]

The same points score structure was applied for the Privateers Cup award.[1]

Results
Position Driver [4] No. [5] Car [5] Entrant [5] Points [4]
1 Garry Holt 21 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII Century 21 Real Estate 447.5
2 Beric Lynton 23 BMW M3 E46 Bruce Lynton BMW/Donut King 425.5
3 Peter Floyd 300 & 98 HSV VYII GTS www.kawasaki-fp.com 413
4 Barry Morcom 11 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII Rondo Building Services 396.5
5 Dean Lillie 15 HSV VYII GTS LPGAS 1 342
6 Steve Cramp 19 HSV VYII GTS Manta Racing Services 308.5
7 Graham Alexander 57 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII Corio Auto Parts 280.5
8 Tony Alford 12 HSV VY GTS Coupe Donut King 158.5
9 Andrew Moffat 9 FPV BF F6 Typhoon Australian Motor Finance 156
10 James Philip 3 FPV BF GT First Auto Parts Plus 130
11 Barrie Nesbitt 5 HSV VY GTS Coupe Donut King Racing 115
12 Sam Walter 99 HSV VYII GTS www.kawasaki-fp.com 46
13 Gary Young 8 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Salta / Westgate 43.5
14 Adam Beechey 60 Nissan 200SX GT Beechey's Service Centre 18
15 John Falk 87 FPV BA GT Fiberglass International 15
Privateer's Cup
Position Driver No. Car Entrant Points
1 Drew Russell 27 Mazda RX-7
Honda S2000		 Go Karts Go 422
2 Mark Cohen 44 HSV VX GTS MGC Racing 350.5
3 Jim Pollicina 4 HSV VX GTS Excellerate Motorsports 145
4 Martin Miller 58 HSV VT GTS Ferntree Gully Holden 92
5 Steve Knight 3 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VI Steve Knight 90
6 Chris Alajajian 2 Subaru Liberty GT Jack Hillermans/Elf Oil 61.5

References
  1. CAMS Bulletin B06/60, 2006 Australian Performance Car Championship Sporting Regulations
  2. High Performance, Official Programme, Mallala, June 24-25, 2006
  3. Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
  4. Grant Rowley, Performing Arts, The Annual – Australian Motorsport, Number 2 / 2006, pages 138-142
  5. 2006 Race Results Archive, www.natsoft.biz Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 10 May 2012
  6. Official Event Programme, Mallala Motor Sport Park, September 15-17, 2006
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