The 1994 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to Group 3E Series Production Cars. It was the eighth Australian Production Car Championship and the first to be restricted to front wheel drive cars with an engine capacity of under 2.5 litres. The championship was won by South Australian Phil Morriss, driving a Nissan Pulsar SSS.
Calendar
The title was contested over a six round series with two races per round.
| Round | Circuit | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amaroo Park | New South Wales | 27 February |
| 2 | Lakeside | Queensland | 24 April |
| 3 | Winton | Victoria | 5 May |
| 4 | Eastern Creek | New South Wales | 5 June |
| 5 | Mallala | South Australia | 25 June |
| 6 | Oran Park | New South Wales | 24 July |
Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top ten finishers in each race.
A separate Class B award was open to drivers of Group 3E cars of up to 1.6 litre engine capacity, with points awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six Class B finishers in each race.
Results
| Position | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | Amaroo | Lakeside | Winton | Eastern Ck | Mallala | Oran Pk | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||||
| 1 | Phil Morriss | 5 | Nissan Pulsar SSS | 20 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 10 | - | 171 | |
| 2 | Murray Carter | 18 | Nissan Pulsar SSS | Murray Carter | 12 | 15 | 20 | - | 12 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 156 |
| 3 | Tony Scott | 8 | Volvo 850GLT | Volvo Cars Australia | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 91 |
| 4 | Warren Rush | 36 | Nissan Pulsar SSS | Procar Racing | 15 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | 85 |
| 5 | Mark Brame | 42 | Suzuki Swift GTi | Mark Brame | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | - | 1 | 81 |
| 6 | Gary Quartly | Nissan Pulsar SSS | 10 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 12 | - | - | 15 | 20 | 80 | ||
| 7 | Brian Callaghan | 43 | Toyota Corolla GTi | Brian Callaghan | - | - | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 48 |
| 8 | Bevan Purcell | Nissan Pintara TRX | 3 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 47 | ||
| 9 | Harry Bargwanna | 97 | Nissan Pulsar SSS | Larry King Motorsport | 8 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 12 | - | 3 | 41 |
| 10 | Phil Alexander | 35 | Nissan Pulsar SSS | Procar Racing | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 15 | 41 |
| 11 | Kevin Burton | Nissan Pulsar SSS | - | 2 | 10 | 8 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 8 | 33 | ||
| 12 | Phil Kirkham | 7 | Mazda 626 | Rebound Sportswear | - | - | - | - | 6 | 10 | - | - | 3 | 8 | - | - | 27 |
| 13 | Chris Wiles | Ford Laser TX3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 14 | ||
| 14 | Milton Leslight | Peugeot 405 MI15 | - | - | - | 6 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 13 | ||
| 15 | Ryan McLeod | Citroen BX16 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 12 | ||
| 16 | Matt Lehmann | 14 | Nissan Pulsar SSS | Matt Lehmann | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
| 17 | Colin Osborne | 13 | Toyota Corolla GTi | Colin Osborne | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| 18 | Lucianno Iezzi | 27 | Toyota Corolla | Colin Osborne | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| 19 | Andrej Pavicevic | Suzuki Swift | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| 20 | Chris Kousparis | Nissan Pulsar SSS | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Class B : Under 1600cc | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mark Brame | 42 | Suzuki Swift GTi | Mark Brame | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 92 |
| 2 | Brian Callaghan | 43 | Toyota Corolla GTi | Brian Callaghan | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 80 |
| 3 | Colin Osborne | 13 | Toyota Corolla GTi | Colin Osborne | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 48 |
| 4 | Luciano Iezzi | 27 | Toyota Corolla | Colin Osborne | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Denis Cribben | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Andrej Pavicevic | Suzuki Swift | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 15 | ||
| 7 | Paul Wilkin | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |||
| 8 | Gwenda Searle | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |||
References
- Australian Title Conditions, 1994 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 164-165
- Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
- To The Front (Wheel Drive), March!, Australian Production Car Championship, Official Programme, Mallala, June 26th, 1994, pages 76 to 78
- ^ It's a Morriss, Australian Production Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1994/95, pages 200-204
- ^ Australian Production Car Championship (race results), Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1994/95, page 288
- PROCAR points tables Retrieved on 17 March 2012
- ^ (Entry list), Australian Production Car Championship, Round 5, (Race 1), Official Programme, Mallala, June 26th, 1994