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2009 Australian GT Championship

The 2009 Australian GT Championship was an Australian national motor racing title sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport for drivers of closed production based sports cars which were either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GTs. It was the thirteenth Australian GT Championship.

The GT Championship division for FIA GT3 specification vehicles was won by former Carrera Cup racer David Wall driving a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S for the family owned Wall Racing team, which included race victories at Albert Park, Phillip Island, Eastern Creek and Mount Panorama for a comfortable victory margin of almost 90 points over another former Carrera Cup racer James Koundouris. Veteran Jim Richards, driving Wall's 2008 Carrera Cup car, finished third in the championship. Neither Koundouris or Richards took race wins in the series. The other race winners were Craig Baird, whose Mosler dominated the opening round at Adelaide but the team was sold mid-season leaving Baird without a drive, Dean Grant, whose Lamborghini gained a win at Eastern Creek, and Max Twigg, who debuted a 997 GT3 Cup S similar to Wall's at the final round at Sydney Olympic Park to dominate the event.

The GT Challenge division for older cars, (mostly Porsche 996 Carrera Cup cars and one-make specification Ferraris and Maseratis), was won by Jordan Ormsby whose Porsche GT3-RS dominated the series after Klark Quinn was moved from the Challenge division to the Championship division. Quinn won the first five races for the season prior to that. Michael Loccisano was second driving a 996 Carrera Cup with Keith Wong third driving a Ferrari 360.

The GT Production division for production based sportscars Paul Freestone driving a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and a HSV Coupé GTS. Lotus Exige drivers Mark O'Connor and Tim Poulton completed the top three.

Teams and drivers

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997]]. (2010 image).

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2009 Australian GT Championship.

Team	Car	Division	No	Driver
Jocaro Motorsport	Lamborghini Gallardo	Championship	1	Australia Mark Eddy
2	Australia Dean Grant
Dodge Viper GTS ACR	3	Australia Ross Lilley
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	50	Australia Calvin Pusterla
Consolidated Chemical Company	Lamborghini Gallardo	Championship	4	Australia Ted Huglin
Australia John Bowe
Taplin Real Estate	Lamborghini Gallardo	Championship	5	Australia Andrew Taplin
Golf Car Solutions	Porsche 996 GT3 RS	Challenge	6	Australia Jordan Ormsby
VIP Petfoods Racing	Aston Martin DBRS9	Championship	7	UK Tony Quinn
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Challenge
Championship	12	Australia Klark Quinn
Greg Murphy Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996	Championship	8	Australia Simon Middleton
Creative Colour	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	8	Australia Jeff Bobik
Hallmarc Developments	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	9	Australia Marc Cini
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	19	Australia Michael Loccisano
SMS Commander	Lotus Exige S	Production	10	Australia Mark O'Connor
Briggs Motor Sport	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	Championship	11	Australia John Briggs
Jim Richards Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	15	New Zealand Jim Richards
Twigg Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997	Championship	18	Australia Max Twigg
Team Palmer	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	Championship	20	Australia Ian Palmer
Bayside Church	Ferrari F430 GT3	Championship	21	UK Hector Lester
Bruce Lynton BMW	BMW M3	Production	23	Australia Beric Lynton
Freestone's Racing	Chevrolet Corvette Z06	Production	25	Australia Paul Freestone
Freestone Transport	HSV Coupé GTS	Production	26	Australia Paul Freestone
Maranello Motorsport	Ferrari F430 GT3	Championship	27	Australia Nick O'Halloran
Denmark Allan Simonsen
Ferrari 360 Challenge	Challenge	37	Australia Andrew Barlow
Ferrari 430 Challenge	Challenge	99	Indonesia Maher Algadrie
Trofeo Motorsport	Maserati Trofeo Light	Challenge	29	Australia Jim Manolios
Australia Rod Wilson
Warrin Mining	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	30	Australia Adam Wallis
Kirchner Constructions	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	33	Australia Fraser Kirchner
PR Racing Technology
Wall Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997	Championship	38	Australia David Wall
Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996	Championship	39	Australia Des Wall
Championship
Challenge	Australia Paul Tresidder
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	58	Australia Richard Kimber
Italia Motori	Maserati Trofeo	Production	42	Australia Kai Mysliwiecz
Brennan Voice Data & IT	Ferrari F430 GT3	Championship	43	Australia David Stevens
Supabarn Supermarkets	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	47	Australia Theo Koundouris
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997	69	Australia James Koundouris
AMAC Motorsport	Lotus Exige S	Production	51	Australia Andrew MacPherson
Australia Mike Reedy
Mosler MT900R	Championship	Australia Andrew MacPherson
Donut King Racing	HSV Coupé GTS
Nissan GT-R	Production	54	Australia Tony Alford
HSV Coupe GTS	56	Australia Barrie Nesbitt
John Teulan Racing	Mosler MT900R	Championship	55	New Zealand Craig Baird
88	Australia John Teulan
McGrath Estate Agents	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	56	Australia Shane Smollen
Austral Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	63	Australia Richard Green
Racing Incident	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	66	Australia Peter Hill
Eric Bana Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Challenge	67	Australia Eric Bana
Juniper Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Championship	71	Australia Shaun Juniper
Bicycle Express Motorsport	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Challenge	74	Australia Keith Wong
OOAK Racing	Lotus Exige S	Production	77	Australia Timothy Poulton
Cue	Lotus Elise HDPE	Championship	78	Australia Justin Levis
Pariah Motorsport	Lotus Exige GT3	Championship	98	Australia Angelo Lazaris

Race calendar

The championship was contested over a six-round series. Within each division, each driver could count only his/her best five round results.

Rd.	Event	Circuit	Location / state	Date	Format	Winner	Championship
Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	19–22 March	Three races	Craig Baird	Klark Quinn	Mark O'Connor
Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	26–29 March	Three races	David Wall	Klark Quinn	Paul Freestone
Australian GT Classic	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	16–17 May	Two races	David Wall	Jordan Ormsby	Paul Freestone
Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	18–19 July	Three races	David Wall	Jordan Ormsby	Paul Freestone
Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	8–11 October	Two races	David Wall	Paul Tresidder	Paul Freestone
Sydney 500	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	4–6 December	Two races	Max Twigg	Michael Loccisano	Tony Alford

Championship standings

Points score sourced from:

Pos	Driver	Car	Round 1
Ade.		colspan="3"	Round 2
Alb.
	colspan="2"	Round 3
Phi.		colspan="3"	Round 4
Eas.		colspan="2"	Round 5
Bat.		colspan="2"	Round 6
Syd.	Pts	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 1	Race 2	Race 1	Race 2	GT Championship	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	22	23	24	25	27	28	GT Challenge	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	11	12	14	15	GT Production	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
David Wall	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st		1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	4th	544
James Koundouris	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997	4th	3rd	3rd	6th	6th		10th	8th	5th	4th	5th	4th	5th	6th	9th	455.5
Jim Richards	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Ret	13th	8th	3rd	3rd		2nd	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	7th	6th	451
Ross Lilley	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	15th	18th	12th	14th	11th		3rd	4th	6th	5th	6th	7th	8th	8th	7th	431.5
Dean Grant	Lamborghini Gallardo	9th	8th	6th	8th	Ret		11th	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	Ret	13th	10th	8th	404
Marc Cini	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	10th	9th	7th	11th	12th		9th	Ret	7th	10th	9th	9th	9th	9th	5th	389
Theo Koundouris	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Ret	11th	Ret	10th	8th		Ret	10th	8th	8th	7th	6th	7th	3rd	2nd	371.5
Tony Quinn	Aston Martin DBRS9	Ret	Ret	DNS	2nd	2nd		14th	16th	Ret	9th	Ret	11th	2nd	4th	3rd	355
Max Twigg	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997	6th	4th	4th	5th	5th		Ret	11th	Ret	6th	Ret			1st	1st	340.5
Mark Eddy	Lamborghini Gallardo	8th	7th	11th	7th	7th		11th	2nd	3rd	7th	2nd	DNS	DNS			334.5
Peter Hill	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	5th	6th	10th	18th	13th		12th	6th						11th	10th	297
Ted Huglin	Lamborghini Gallardo	20th	21st	18th	21st	19th		5th	9th				17th	18th	24th	Ret	294
Simon Middleton	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996							8th	12th				15th	19th	17th	24th	216
Andrew Macpherson	Mosler MT900R									15th	14th	11th	12th	16th	25th	21st	213
Nick O'Halloran	Ferrari F430 GT3	12th	10th	14th	15th	31st		4th	7th								212.5
Ian Palmer	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	17th	15th	Ret	Ret	23rd		DNS	13th	19th	Ret	DNS	8th	10th	Ret	DNS	210.5
Andrew Taplin	Lamborghini Gallardo	7th	Ret	19th	12th	9th		6th	5th								197.5
Klark Quinn	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997												2nd	3rd	5th	Ret	148.5
Craig Baird	Mosler MT900R	1st	1st	1st	Ret	Ret											114
Allan Simonsen	Ferrari F430 GT3							4th	7th								91.5
Shaun Juniper	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997												5th	6th			91.5
John Bowe	Lamborghini Gallardo							5th	9th								87
Angelo Lazaris	Lotus Exige GT3				Ret	Ret				10th	11th	10th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	78
Des Wall	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996	14th	16th	13th													73
Shane Smollen	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997														13th	11th	72
David Stevens	Ferrari F430 GT3														12th	16th	72
Justin Levis	Lotus Elise HDPE				17th	15th											47
Paul Tresidder	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996				20th	18th											44
Hector Lester	Ferrari F430 GT3				4th	4th
John Teulan	Mosler MT900R	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret				DNS	DNS	DNS
John Briggs	Dodge Viper GTS ACR	Ret	Ret	DNS
Jordan Ormsby	Porsche 996 GT3 RS	11th	12th	9th	13th	14th		17th	14th	11th	13th	9th	21st	15th	14th	15th	531(601)
Michael Loccisano	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	18th	19th	15th	Ret	20th		7th	Ret				19th	Ret	15th	12th	345
Keith Wong	Ferrari 360 Challenge	19th	23rd	17th	22nd	21st									21st	20th	238
Andrew Barlow	Ferrari 360 Challenge	16th	17th	16th	19th	17th				12th	12th	DNS					233
Paul Tresidder	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Type 996												13th	11th	16th	13th	216
Richard Kimber	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	21st	20th	Ret	Ret	DNS							20th	Ret	20th	19th	198.5
Klark Quinn	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	3rd	5th	5th	9th	10th											190
Eric Bana	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996				23rd	22nd									18th	14th	156.5
Jim Manolios	Maserati Trofeo Light							18th	15th								102
Rod Wilson	Maserati Trofeo Light							18th	15th								102
Calvin Pusterla	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996														19th	17th	93
Adam Wallis	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	13th	14th	Ret													66
Jeff Bobik	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996				16th	16th											66
Fraser Kirchner	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996				24th	24th											57
Richard Green	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996				27th	26th											55
Maher Algadrie	Ferrari 430 Challenge							DNS	DNS
Paul Freestone	Chevrolet Corvette Z06
HSV Coupé GTS				26th	25th		16th	17th	13th	15th	14th	10th	12th	23rd	23rd	504.5
Mark O'Connor	Lotus Exige S	22nd	24th	20th	32nd	28th		15th	18th	Ret	DNS	DNS	14th	14th	Ret	18th	440
Tim Poulton	Lotus Exige S	Ret	22nd	21st	28th	29th		13th	Ret	16th	18th	12th	16th	Ret	Ret	Ret	347.5
Tony Alford	HSV Coupé GTS
Nissan GT-R				29th	33rd				Ret	16th	13th	18th	17th	22nd	22nd	338
Beric Lynton	BMW M3	24th	Ret	22nd	25th	27th											139
Kai Mysliwiecz	Maserati Trofeo									14th	17th	15th					100
Andrew Macpherson	Lotus Exige S	23rd	Ret	DNS	30th	30th		DNS	DNS								97
Barrie Nesbitt	HSV Coupé GTS				31st	32nd											60
Mike Reedy	Lotus Exige S							DNS	DNS

Note: No points were awarded for the third race at Albert Park as the race was stopped due to incidents on the first lap.

Australian Tourist Trophy

The 2009 Australian Tourist Trophy was awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the driver gaining the highest aggregate points total in the Eastern Creek and Phillip Island rounds of the 2009 Australian GT Championship. The title, which was the twentieth Australian Tourist Trophy, was won by David Wall driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S Type 997.

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