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1994 Australian Drivers' Championship

Motor racing competition

1994 Australian Drivers' Championship

Motor racing competition

Paul Stokell

The 1994 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition open to drivers of racing cars complying with CAMS Formula Brabham (formerly known as Formula Holden) regulations. The championship winner was awarded the 1994 CAMS Gold Star as the Australian Champion Driver. It was the 38th running of the Australian Drivers' Championship and the sixth to feature the Formula Holden / Formula Brabham category which had been developed during 1988. The championship began on 17 April 1994 at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 28 August at Oran Park Raceway after six rounds.

The championship was won by Birrana Racing's Paul Stokell after a season long duel with Triple Eight Racing driver Greg Murphy. Murphy and his Ralt RT23 was the better combination at the start of the season, winning the first four races. Stokell started the year in a Reynard 90D, moving into the teams newer 91D at the second round. Stokell took his first win at Winton Motor Raceway and won every race bar one for the rest of the season to push past Murphy and win the championship.

Reynard 91D driver Adam Kaplan won the competition for third place in the championship on consistency, only finishing in the top three at the final race of the season with a second place at Oran Park. Tied for fourth place in the championship was Kevin Weeks (Reynard 91D) and Craig Lowndes in his first season in winged open-wheel racing cars. The emerging Formula Ford driver drove the ageing Cheetak Mk.9 owned by Brian Sampson with some impressive drives in the best of the aluminium constructed cars.

Teams and drivers

Greg Murphy's Ralt RT23 at the Lakeside round of the championship

The following drivers competed in the 1994 Australian Drivers' Championship.

DriverNoCar
Allan Galloway3Reynard 91D
Ron Barnacle4Reynard 90D
Adam Kaplan7Reynard 91D
Paul Stokell9Reynard 90D
Reynard 91D
Graham Watson11SPA 003
Peter Brennan17Ralt RT21
Rick Fabri18Ralt RT21
Arthur Abrahams19Reynard 92D
Greg Murphy21Ralt RT23
Chas Jacobsen24Reynard 92D
Ross Hodgson32Ralt RT21
Bernie Stack38Ralt RT21
Craig Lowndes49
94Cheetah Mk. 9
Bob Minogue64Lola T87/50
Kevin Weeks70Reynard 91D
Stan Keen73Shrike NB89H
Chris Hocking74Reynard 91D
Paul Collins88Liston BF3
Roger Seward96Ralt RT23
Albert Callagher99Ralt RT21
Colin MilneHocking 911

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 1994 Australian Drivers' Championship consisted of six rounds held in four different states. Each round consisted of two heats. The final round at Oran Park in Sydney used the shorter (1.96 km) South Circuit rather than the 2.6 km Grand Prix Circuit. Results sourced from:

Rd.CircuitCity / stateDateWinner123456
Eastern Creek RacewaySydney, New South Wales17 AprilGreg Murphy
Phillip Island Grand Prix CircuitPhillip Island, Victoria22 MayGreg Murphy
Winton Motor RacewayBenalla, Victoria19 JunePaul Stokell
Lakeside RacewayBrisbane, Queensland17 JulyPaul Stokell
Mallala Motor Sport ParkMallala, South Australia7 AugustPaul Stokell
Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South Wales28 AugustPaul Stokell

Drivers Championship

Points were awarded 20–16–14–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 based on the top ten race positions.

PosDriverRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Pts12346789101112131416171819PosDriverRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Pts
Paul Stokell2nd4thDNS2nd1st1st1st1st2nd1st1st1st200
Greg Murphy1st1st1st1st3rd2ndRet2nd1st2nd2ndRet178
Adam Kaplan5th5th7th7th5th5th4th4th4th4th4th2nd128
Craig LowndesRet6th3rd4th4th3rd3rd3rd3rd3rd116
Kevin Weeks3rd2nd2nd3rd2nd4th3rd3rdRetRet116
Bob Minogue6th7th6thRet8th8th5th5th6th6th8th7th76
Allan Galloway4th3rd4th5th6th7thDNS5thRetDNS72
Chris HockingDNS6th7thRet5thDNS5th4th46
Graham Watson8th8th9th9th6th6th28
Arthur AbrahamsRetDNSRet6th2ndRet24
Bernie Stack7thRet5th8thDNS10th21
Ron Barnacle7th5th16
Peter Brennan10thRet8th9th8th8th15
Chas Jacobsen9th7th8
Stan Keen7th9th8
Ross Hodgson9th9th4
Rick FabriRetRet9th10th3
Paul Collins12th11th10thDNS10thRet2
Al Callegher11th10thRetRet1
Roger Seward10thRet1

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References

References

  1. Australian Title Conditions, 1994 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 164
  2. (1994–95). "Worth the Wait". Chevron Publishing Group Pty. Limited.
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