2018 Aussie Racing Car Series

The 2018 Aussie Racing Car Series was an Australian motor racing series open to Aussie Racing Cars, which are silhouette racing cars which use Yamaha FJ1300 engines and Kumho Tyres.[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as an Authorised Series with the Series and Category owner, Aussie Racing Cars Pty Ltd, appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager.[2] The series commenced at Baskerville Raceway in Tasmania on 23 February and concluded on 21 October at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.[3] James Duckworth was the defending series winner heading into the 2018 series, but opted not to defend his title.

2018 Aussie Racing Cars
Previous: 2017 Next: 2019

The series was won by Joel Heinrich.[4]


Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the series.

Team Body style No Driver Rounds
Western Sydney Motorsport Toyota Aurion (XV40) 2 Adam Gowans 1
Troy Dontas 2
Nissan Altima (L33) Bruce Heinrich 3, 5
Ford Mustang (S-197) 8 Justin Ruggier 1–5
27 Troy Dontas 3
29 Grant Thompson 1–5
52 Charlotte Poynting 1–5
68 Blake Sciberas 1–5
72 Craig Thompson 1–5
McDonald's Restaurants Chevrolet Camaro 3 Madison Dunston 1–5
Variety Group Chevrolet Camaro 4 Brendon Tucker 1–5
Pitstop Karting Holden Commodore (VY) 5 Keelan Dunston 2
Silkgate Group Nissan Altima (L33) 6 Ian Chivas 2, 4
Peter Herd Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro 7 Peter Herd 3
Ruthie Racer Racing 1937 Ford 9 Ruth Bowler 1
Supergroups Conplex Construction Chevrolet Camaro 11 Leigh Bowler 2–4
Nissan Altima (L33) 56 1
Cumberland River Holiday Park Chevrolet Camaro 13 Ross Higgins 2
Lustre Bar Melbourne Nissan Altima (L33) 15 Adam Clark 1–2
Chevrolet Camaro Emma Clark 3–4
51 2
Osborns Transport Nissan Altima (L33)
Holden Cruze
Chevrolet Camaro		 16 Joel Heinrich 1–4
Redcliffe Wrecking Chevrolet Camaro 17 Ben Tomlin 4
Automotive Warehouse Toyota Aurion (XV40) 19 Sheridan Phillips 3
Kyle Ensbey Motorsport Ford Mustang 21 Kyle Ensbey 1–4
Tekno Autosports Ford Mustang 22 Jonathon Webb 5
Opteon Motorsport Nissan Altima (L33) 23 Johnathon Bloxsom 1–4
Motorsport 25 Chevrolet Camaro 25 Reece Chapman 1–4
RDA Brakes / Perenso Toyota Aurion (XV40) 35 Darren Chamberlin 2
Chevrolet Camaro 36 Joshua Anderson 1–4
Procool Racing Chevrolet Camaro 47 Troy Jones 4
Owen Build Racing Chevrolet Camaro 55 Tyler Owen 4
Uebergang Transport Chevrolet Camaro 63 Adam Uebergang 4
Axil Coffee Rosters Chevrolet Camaro 65 David Makin 1–4
Paul Morris Motorsport Nissan Altima (L33) 67 Paul Morris 4
Muswellbrook Racing Chevrolet Camaro 71 Michael Rinkin 1
KKP Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro 75 Kel Treseder 1–4
Aughterson's Insurance Brokers Nissan Altima (L33) 96 Jeff Watters 1–3
Aussie Racing Cars Ford Mustang 100 Tony Quinn 4

Calendar

The series was contested over seven rounds.[2]

Rnd Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Baskerville Raceway
(Old Beach, Tasmania)		 February 23–25 Blake Sciberas Adam Gowans Justin Ruggier Western Sydney Motorsport
R2 Kel Treseder Justin Ruggier Western Sydney Motorsport
R3 Justin Ruggier Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
R4 Joel Heinrich Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
2 R1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
(Phillip Island, Victoria)		 April 20–22 Kel Treseder Justin Ruggier Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
R2 Kel Treseder Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
R3 Kyle Ensbey Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
3 R1 Winton Motor Raceway
(Benalla, Victoria		 May 18–20 Justin Ruggier Cancelled due to weather conditions
R2 Joel Heinrich Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
R3 Justin Ruggier Kyle Ensbey Kyle Ensbey Motorsport
R4 Joel Heinrich Kyle Ensbey Kyle Ensbey Motorsport
4 R1 Queensland Raceway
(Ipswich, Queensland)		 July 20–22 Kel Treseder Kel Treseder Kyle Ensbey Kyle Ensbey Motorsport
R2 Blake Scibberas Joel Heinrich Osborns Transport
R3 Joel Heinrich Blake Scibberas Western Sydney Motorsport
R4 Justin Ruggier Joel Heinrich Osborns Transport
5 R1 The Bend Motorsport Park
(Tailem Bend, South Australia)		 August 24–26 Joel Heinrich Joel Heinrich Joel Heinrich Osborns Transport
R2 Joel Heinrich Joel Heinrich Osborns Transport
R3 Joel Heinrich Joel Heinrich Osborns Transport
R4 Joel Heinrich Joel Heinrich Osborns Transport
6 R1 Sydney Motorsport Park
(Eastern Creek, New South Wales)		 September 21–23 Kel Treseder Kel Treseder Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
R2 Joshua Anderson Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
R3 Kyle Ensbey Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
R4 Justin Ruggier Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
7 R1 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
(Gold Coast, Queensland		 October 19–21 Kel Treseder Paul Morris Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport
R2 Tyler Owen Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport
R3 Justin Ruggier Justin Ruggier Western Sydney Motorsport
R4 Justin Ruggier Blake Scibberas Western Sydney Motorsport

Series standings

Series standings after six of seven rounds were as follows:

Pos. Driver
BAS
PHI
WIN
QUE
BEN
SYD
SUR		 Pts.
1 Kyle Ensbey 6 6 5 5 12 3 2 5 7 1 1 1 4 5 10 5 5 5 5 6 4 3 3 293
2 Joel Heinrich 3 3 18 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 17 9 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 3 2 2 292
3 Kel Treseder 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 19 Ret 3 3 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 290
4 Justin Ruggier 1 1 2 16 2 Ret 4 1 2 4 16 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 2 7 12 5 282
5 Blake Sciberras 7 5 14 4 6 5 9 4 4 5 2 4 7 1 5 9 4 7 10 3 5 5 4 282
6 Joshua Anderson 10 12 7 7 5 4 5 6 5 6 5 8 10 6 8 6 7 3 6 4 2 6 6 279
7 Reece Chapman 5 7 4 6 7 6 6 8 6 7 6 5 5 9 7 12 14 10 7 7 6 4 7 273
8 Leigh Bowler Ret Ret 9 9 10 7 10 7 8 8 4 11 6 Ret 9 7 Ret 9 11 20 10 9 9 252
9 Brendon Tucker 8 9 Ret 8 4 15 8 15 16 12 10 13 14 12 DSQ 13 12 11 14 8 8 8 8 239
10 Craig Thompson 12 13 12 11 11 12 Ret 10 12 11 9 15 15 14 19 11 13 13 15 13 11 10 10 235
11 Jeff Watters 16 14 10 13 13 12 14 9 9 19 14 17 18 17 16 16 16 17 17 11 17 21 22 188
12 Johnathon Bloxsom 14 16 13 14 17 18 15 Ret 14 13 13 14 13 16 13 14 9 18 18 9 9 7 11 184
13 Charlotte Poynting Ret 10 8 15 9 Ret 12 11 Ret 14 11 24 17 13 Ret Ret 18 15 19 10 13 14 17 176
14 David Makin 11 8 Ret Ret 21 14 Ret 17 15 18 15 19 16 19 14 17 Ret 16 16 16 15 15 15 173
15 Madison Dunston 9 19 11 10 18 13 13 13 DSQ 20 Ret 22 24 18 15 15 19 21 20 12 12 11 13 169
16 Grant Thompson 15 15 15 DNS 14 11 18 Ret DNS DNS DNS 18 20 21 21 18 21 Ret 22 17 14 13 12 162
17 Adam Clark 13 11 6 13 15 9 11 10 8 6 8 14 19 16 18 128
18 Emma Clark 16 19 19 16 17 16 Ret 20 23 15 20 15 22 18 20 99
19 Ian Chivas 19 17 16 21 22 22 17 19 22 24 Ret 21 16 20 20 94
20 Tyler Owen 6 9 7 6 8 6 8 9 90
21 Bruce Heinrich Ret 11 10 11 Ret 10 19 12 79
22 Troy Dontas 20 16 17 12 13 15 12 72
23 Keelan Dunston 23 21 21 20 17 20 24 60
24 Ruth Bowler 18 18 17 17 22 23 25 Ret 59
25 Adam Gowans 2 4 3 3 50
26 Paul Morris 10 2 2 4 48
27 Daniel Price 4 11 12 2 46
28 Darren Chamberlin 8 8 7 45
29 Sheridan Phillips 14 10 9 7 44
30 Ben Tomlin 16 12 11 11 41
31 Adam Uebergang 7 11 8 18 40
32 Hamish Leighton Ret 15 14 13 36
33 Michael Rinkin 17 17 16 Ret 34
34 Peter Herd 18 18 17 18 34
35 Ross Higgins 22 20 20 30
36 Troy Jones 23 21 20 22 18 20 Ret 19 30
37 Jonathan Webb Ret 20 23 21 29
38 Pawel Faber 21 Ret 22 23 28

References
  1. "Aussie Racing Cars - About the cars". Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  2. "2018 Aussie Racing Car Series – Sporting and Technical Regulations – Version 2, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  3. "AUSSIE RACING CARS 2018 CALENDAR". Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  4. Series Points, 2018, www.aussieracingcars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
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