2009 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 2009 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a
Calendar
The title was contested over a five-round series run concurrently with the 2009 Australian Production Car Championship.
- Round 1, Wakefield Park, New South Wales, 25–26 April
- Round 2, Eastern Creek Raceway, New South Wales, 18–19 July
- Round 3, Morgan Park Raceway, Queensland, 8–9 August
- Round 4, Oran Park Raceway, New South Wales, 29–30 August
- Round 5, Victoria, 28–29 November
Rounds 1 to 4 were each composed of three "20-minute" races with one driver per car. Round 5 was composed of two "one hour" races with either one or two drivers per car.[1]
Class Structure
Cars competed in the following six classes:
- Class A1 : High Performance (All Wheel Drive)
- Class A2 : High Performance (Rear Wheel Drive)
- Class B : Production (Sedan / Hatch)
- Class C : Production Sport
- Class D : Small Cars
- Class E : Alternative Energy[1]
Points system
Only manufacturers registered for the championship were eligible to score championship points.[1] Each registered manufacturer could nominate up to two cars, irrespective of class, which were the only cars eligible to score points for that manufacturer at that round of the championship.[1]
For races with standing starts, championship points were awarded on class finishing positions and for races with handicap starts on outright finishing positions.[1] For rounds contested over two races, points were awarded on a 45-36-30-27-24-21-18-15-12-9-6-3 basis in each race and for rounds contested over three races on a 30-24-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 basis in each race.[1] All eligible finishers outside of the top twelve in each race were awarded one point each.[1]
Results
Position | Manufacturer | Driver | No. | Car | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total[2] |
1 | Mitsubishi | Rod Salmon | 10 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
|
84 | 78 | 72 | 58 | 90 | |
Glyn Crimp | 55 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
|
54 | – | – | – | – | |||
Steve Glenney | 11 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
|
– | 84 | – | 78 | 72 | |||
138 | 162 | 72 | 136 | 162 | 670 | |||||
2 | Toyota | Colin Osborne | 13 | Toyota Celica | 30 | 55 | 78 | 56 | 12 | |
Stuart Jones | 31 | Toyota Celica | 60 | 55 | 64 | 39 | 10 | |||
90 | 110 | 142 | 95 | 22 | 459 | |||||
3 | Subaru | Lee Castle | 25 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi
|
78 | 36 | 90 | 74 | 60 | |
78 | 36 | 90 | 74 | 60 | 338 |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i CAMS Bulletin B09/033 – 2009 Australian Manufacturers Championship & Australian Production Car Championship Sporting Regulations As archived at www.webcitation.org on 3 December 2009
- ^ 2009 Australian Manufacturers Championship points table As archived at www.webcitation.org on 10 January 2010
External links
- Production Car Association of Australia Archived 19 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.pcaa.com.au on 20 October 2009
- Race Results Archive Retrieved from www.natsoft.com.au on 20 October 2009
- Images from the Sandown round of the 2009 Australian Manufacturers' Championship