2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

The 2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars.[1] Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd was appointed as the Category Manager for the championship,[1] which was the tenth Australian Carrera Cup Championship.

The championship was won by Steven Richards.

Teams and drivers
Steven Richards won the championship driving this Laser Plumbing & Electrical entry
Warren Luff placed second in the championship in this No Second Chance/Phase 8 entry
Nick Foster placed fifth in the championship in this Sonic Motor Racing Services entry
Brenton Ramsay placed 17th in the championship in this Phenix Motorsport entry

The following teams and drivers contested the 2014 Australian Carrera Cup Championship.

Team No. Driver Co-driver[2] Class Rounds
Alliance Group Racing 1 New Zealand Craig Baird New Zealand Max Twigg Pro All
Grove Group 4 Australia Stephen Grove New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Elite All
Objective Racing 5 Australia Tony Walls Australia David Reynolds Elite All
McElrea Racing 7 Australia Warren Luff Australia Geoff Emery Pro All
55 Australia Renee Gracie Australia Tim Miles Pro All
88 Australia Shae Davies Australia Adam Gowans Pro All
Hallmarc 9 Australia Marc Cini Australia Dean Fiore Elite 1–4, 6–8
Finance EZI Racing 10 Australia Maurice Pickering Elite 1–2, 4–8
Garth Walden Racing 11 Australia Ash Samadi New Zealand Jonny Reid Elite All
Steve Richards Motorsport 12 New Zealand Steven Richards Australia Damien Flack Pro All
13 Australia James Bergmuller Australia Dale Wood Elite All
Phenix Motorsport 22 Australia Brenton Ramsay Australia Jason Bright Elite All
Lago Racing 23 Australia Roger Lago Australia David Russell Elite 1–6
Australia David Russell Pro 7–8
Tony Bates Racing 24 Australia Tony Bates New Zealand Daniel Gaunt Elite All
Almond Racing 26 Australia Michael Almond[3] Australia John Karytinos Pro All
Team BRM 27 Australia Sam Power[4] Australia James Koundouris Pro All
29 Australia Michael Patrizi[5] Australia Troy Bayliss Pro 1–7
45 Australia Duvashen Padayachee Australia Neale Muston Pro All
David Wall Racing 38 Australia Greg Taylor Elite 5–6, 8
Sonic Motor Racing Services 39 Australia Adrian Mastronardo[6] Australia Tim Slade Elite All
77 Australia Nick McBride Australia Rodney Jane Pro All
777 Australia Nick Foster Australia Ryan Simpson Pro All
Hamilton Autohaus 56 Australia Shane Smollen Australia Nick Percat Elite All
Equity-One 71 Australia Dean Koutsoumidis Elite 1–2
Scott Taylor Motorsport 222 Australia Scott Taylor Elite 5–8

Note: All teams competed with the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991, which was the only model eligible for the championship.[1]

Race calendar

The championship was contested over an eight round series.[1]

Round Circuit City / state Date Format Winning driver(s)
1 South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 27 February—2 March Three races Warren Luff
2 Victoria (state) Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 13—16 March Three races Warren Luff
3 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 23–25 May Two races Stephen Grove
Scott McLaughlin
4 Queensland Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 4—6 July Three races Steven Richards
5 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 22–24 August Three races Craig Baird
6 Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 12–14 September Three races Michael Patrizi
7 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 9—12 October Three races Shae Davies
8 Queensland Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 24—26 October Three races Nick Foster

Points system

Championship points were awarded to the first 25 finishers in each race as per the following table.[1]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th
Points 60 54 48 42 36 32 29 26 23 20 18 16 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

In addition to contesting the outright championship, each driver was classified as either Professional or Elite and competed for the relevant class title.[1]

Points were awarded for class places in each race on the same basis as for the outright championship.[1]

The results for each round were determined by the number of championship points scored by each driver at that round.[1]

The driver gaining the highest points total over all rounds was declared the winner of the championship.[1]

Race 2 at the Sandown round was abandoned following a multi-car accident and no championship points were awarded.[7]

Championship standings

Overall
Position[8] Driver[8] No[9] Car[1] Competitor / Team[9] Points[8]
1 Steven Richards 12 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Laser Plumbing & Electrical 954
2 Warren Luff 7 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 No Second Chance / Phase 8 921
3 Craig Baird 1 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Bonaire / Wilson Security 914
4 Shae Davies 88 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Davbridge Constructions 777
5 Nick Foster 777 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Sonic Motor Racing Services 767
6 Sam Power 27 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 AVCS 668
7 Michael Almond 26 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Copyworld 551
8 Michael Patrizi 29 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Onsite Racing 525.5
9 Nick McBride 77 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Sonic Motor Racing Services 489
10 Stephen Grove 4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Grove Group 460
11 Duvashen Padayachee 45 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Rentcorp 406
12 Shane Smollen 56 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 McGrath Estate Agents 393
13 James Bergmuller 13 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Porsche Brighton 359
14 Tony Bates 24 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Alternative Freight Services 324
15 Renee Gracie 55 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Fujitsu Racing 322.5
16 Tony Walls 5 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Objective Ra 270
17 Brenton Ramsay 22 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Phenix Motorsport 239.5
18 Roger Lago 23 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 JBS Swift 233
19 David Russell 23 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 JBS Australia 218
20 Ash Samadi 11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Royal Purple Oil / Garth Walden 215
21 Marc Cini 9 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Hallmarc 167
22 Maurie Pickering 10 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Finance EZI 126
23 Adrian Mastronardo 39 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Adrian Mastronadro 124
24 Scott Taylor 222 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Scott Taylor Motorsport 64.5
25 Greg Taylor 38 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Taylor Motorsport / Adina Apartm 35
26 Dean Koutsoumidis 71 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Equity-One 31

Professional Class
Position[8] Driver[8] No[9] Car[1] Competitor / Team[9] Points[8]
1 Steven Richards 12 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Laser Plumbing & Electrical 972
2 Warren Luff 7 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 No Second Chance / Phase 8 939
3 Craig Baird 1 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Bonaire / Wilson Security 929
4 Shae Davies 88 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Davbridge Constructions 808
5 Nick Foster 777 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Sonic Motor Racing Services 772
6 Sam Power 27 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 AVCS 701
7 Michael Almond 26 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Copyworld 618.5
8 Michael Patrizi 29 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Onsite Racing 541.5
9 Renee Gracie 55 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Fujitsu Racing 527
10 Nick McBride 7 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Sonic Motor Racing Services 516
11 Duvashen Padayachee 45 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Rentcorp 439.5
12 David Russell 23 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 JBS Australia 236

Elite Class
Position[8] Driver[8] No[9] Car[1] Competitor / Team[9] Points[8]
1 Stephen Grove 4 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Grove Group 1046
2 Shane Smollen 56 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 McGrath Estate Agents 963
3 Tony Bates 24 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Alternative Freight Services 925
4 James Bergmuller 13 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Porsche Brighton 896
5 Tony Walls 5 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Objective Racing 736
6 Brenton Ramsay 22 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Phenix Motorsport 669
7 Roger Lago 23 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 JBS Swift 640
8 Ash Samadi 11 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Royal Purple Oil / Garth Walden 571
9 Marc Cini 9 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Hallmarc 500
10 Maurie Pickering 10 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Finance EZI 407
11 Adrian Mastronardo 39 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Adrian Mastronadro 406
12 Scott Taylor 222 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Scott Taylor Motorsport 196
13 Dean Koutsoumidis 71 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Equity-One 119
14 Greg Taylor 38 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Taylor Motorsport / Adina Apartm 113

References
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  2. "Bayliss completes Carrera Cup Pro-Am grid". Speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  3. "Almond readies Maiden Carrera Cup Tilt". Speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  4. "Power replaces Percat Carrera Cup". Speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  5. "Michael Patrizi Joins Three-Car BRM Line up". Speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  6. "Nick Foster returns to carrera cup". Speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  7. Patrizi scores Carrera Cup sweep, www.speedcafe.com Retrieved on 4 November 2014
  8. Standings - Season 2014, As archived at www.webcitation.org from www.carreracup.com.au on 4 November 2014
  9. Natsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved on 4 November 2014

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