2001 Shell Championship Series

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The 2001 Shell Championship Series was a premier Australian touring car competition, which commenced on March 24, 2001 at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and concluded on December 2, 2001 at Sandown International Raceway, spanning 13 rounds. It was the third competition under the V8 Supercar name and the 42nd since the Australian Touring Car Championship's inception in 1960. It was also the first to feature an international round in New Zealand.

The 2001 Shell Championship Series consisted of 13 rounds, which included 7 pit-stop rounds of two or three races, two sprint races, two 2-driver races, and 2 1-driver endurance races.

Rd.	Race title Circuit	City / State	Date
1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	24–25 March
2	Clipsal 500, Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	6–8 April
3	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	28–29 April
4	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	12–13 May
5	GMC 400, Canberra Street Circuit	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	9–10 June
6	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	22–24 June
7	Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	14–15 July
8	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	28–29 July
9	VIP Petfoods Queensland 500, Queensland Raceway	Willowbank, Queensland	24–26 August
10	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	8–9 September
11	V8 Supercar 1000, Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	4–7 October
12	Boost Mobile V8 International, Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	9–11 November
13	Australian V8 Ultimate, Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	1–2 December

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• 2 45-minute races (around 100 km) will replace the 3 20-minute sprint races. There will also be a compulsory pit stop that has to be taken within a certain time of the race
• There will be a Top 10 or Top 15 Shootout for all rounds during the season that will alternate from round to round. This involves a single lap around the circuit for the Top 10/15 qualifiers in qualifying. The winner of the shootout wins 18 bonus points
• 2 events will involve the 3 20-minute sprint races. This will happen at Round 6 and 7 at Barbagallo Raceway and Calder Park Raceway. There will be no compulsory pit stops
• At 3 events, there will be 3 races over the weekend, this will happen at Hidden Valley, Pukekoke Park Raceway and Sandown

Round 2-Clipsal 500 at Adelaide: This involves two 250 km races over 78 laps of the Adelaide Street circuit. The winner of the event is the driver who wins the second race and not the driver who collects the most points. The second race involves double points over the first race. There are two compulsory pit stops in each race, one stop for tyres and one stop for fuel.

Round 5-GMC 400 at Canberra: This involves two 100 km races and one 200 km race over 25 and 50 laps of the Canberra Street Circuit. The winner of the event is the driver who collects the most points over the weekend. The 2nd race of the weekend will involve a reverse grid of the entire field. The 3rd race grid will be a culmination of the points of race one and race two put together. In the first two races there will be only one compulsory stop for tyres. In the 3rd race, there will be one stop for tyres and one stop for fuel.

Round 9-VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 at Queensland Raceway: This is the first of the double driver endurance events. This race is held over 161 laps over 500 km. The race will involve driver changes and fuel and tyre stops will have to happen at the same time.

Round 11-V8 Supercar 1000 at Bathurst (Known as "The Great Race"): Bathurst is the event that all the drivers want to win. ^{[citation needed]} It is again a double driver event and will involve driver changes at pit stops. The race is held over 161 laps over 1000 km. This season is the first time that the event isn't the last round of the championship.

Channel 10 and Fox Sports broadcast the coverage for the 5th year since 1997 when they took over from Channel 7. Neil Crompton hosted the coverage for regular rounds with Barry Sheene. Bill Woods hosted the coverage at special events while Leigh Diffey hosted the coverage at the last 2 rounds. Matthew White hosted the coverage at Winton for the only time in the 2001 season. Neil Crompton, Barry Sheene and Mark Oastler commentated for most of the season with Leigh Diffey coming in from Queensland 500 onwards. Greg Rust and Grant Denyer were the pit lane reporters after Greg was commentator for the 2000 championship.

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2001 Shell Championship Series. The series consisted of 11 rounds of single driver racing and two rounds (the Queensland 500 and the Bathurst 1000) of endurance racing with each car driven by two drivers.

Permanent entries
Manufacturer	Vehicle	Team	No.	Drivers	Events		Co-Drivers	Events
Ford	Falcon AU	Gibson Motorsport	00	Craig Lowndes	All		Neil Crompton	9, 11
			7	Rodney Forbes	All		David Parsons	9, 11
		Stone Brothers Racing	4	Marcos Ambrose	All		Greg Crick	9
							Wayne Wakefield	11
			9	David Besnard	All		Matthew White	9, 11
		Glenn Seton Racing	5	Glenn Seton	All		Steven Richards	9, 11
			6	Steven Richards	1–8, 10, 12–13		—N/a
				Jim Richards	9, 11		Dean Canto	9, 11
		Larkham Motorsport	10	Mark Larkham	All		Wayne Gardner	9, 11
		Dick Johnson Racing	17	Steven Johnson	All		Paul Radisich	9, 11
			18	Paul Radisich	1–8, 10, 12–13		—N/a
				Greg Ritter	9, 11		Paul Stokell	9
							Cameron McLean	11
		Brad Jones Racing	21	Brad Jones	All		John Cleland	9, 11
		Steven Ellery Racing	31	Steven Ellery	All		Geoff Brabham	9, 11
		Paragon Racing	40	Cameron McLean	1–8, 10		—N/a
		Paul Weel Racing	43	Paul Weel	All		Tim Leahey	9, 11
		RPM International Racing	45	Dean Canto	1–4, 7–8		—N/a
				Phillip Scifleet	9, 11		Aaron McGill	9
							Christian D'Agostin	11
		Paul Little Racing	75	Anthony Tratt	All		Alan Jones	9, 11
		Briggs Motorsport	600	John Bowe	1–11		Simon Wills	9, 11
				Simon Wills	12–13		—N/a
Holden	Commodore VS	Romano Racing	24	Paul Romano	1, 3		—N/a
	Commodore VT	McDougall Motorsport	16	Dugal McDougall	2, 7		—N/a
		Team Kiwi Racing	021	Jason Richards	All		Angus Fogg	9, 11
		Romano Racing (TWR)	24	Paul Romano	2, 4		—N/a
		Paul Morris Motorsport	29	Paul Morris	All		Matt Neal	9
							Ashley Stichbury	11
		John Faulkner Racing	46	John Faulkner	2–3, 5–13		Craig Baird	9
							Peter Doulman	11
		Clive Wiseman Racing	50	Tyler Mecklem	1–5, 7		—N/a
				Mick Donaher	8–9, 11		Layton Crambrook	9, 11
				Layton Crambrook	13		—N/a
	Commodore VX	Holden Racing Team (TWR)	1	Mark Skaife	All		Jason Bright	9
							Tony Longhurst	11
			2	Jason Bright	1–8, 10–13		Tomas Mezera	9, 11
				Tony Longhurst	9
		Lansvale Smash Repairs	3	Cameron McConville	All		Rick Bates	9, 11
		Perkins Engineering	8	Russell Ingall	1–8, 10, 12–13		—N/a
				Adam Macrow	9, 11		Luke Youlden	9, 11
			11	Larry Perkins	All		Russell Ingall	9, 11
		Imrie Motorsport	14	Greg Ritter	1–2		—N/a
				Tomas Mezera	3, 7–8, 12–13
				Christian D'Agostin	4
				Tony Ricciardello	6
				James Brock	9–11		Steve Owen	9, 11
		K-Mart Racing Team (TWR)	15	Todd Kelly	All		Greg Murphy	9, 11
			51	Greg Murphy	1–8, 10, 12–13		—N/a
				Rick Kelly	9, 11		Nathan Pretty	9, 11
		McDougall Motorsport	16	Dugal McDougall	1, 3–5, 8–11, 13		Andrew Miedecke	9, 11
		Romano Racing (TWR)	24	Paul Romano	5–7, 9–13		Owen Kelly	9, 11
		Garry Rogers Motorsport	34	Garth Tander	All		Jason Bargwanna	9, 11
			35	Jason Bargwanna	1–8, 10, 12–13		—N/a
				Paul Dumbrell	9, 11		Leanne Ferrier	9, 11
		John Faulkner Racing	46	John Faulkner	1, 4		—N/a
		Rod Nash Racing	54	Tony Longhurst	1–8, 10, 12–13		—N/a
				Rod Nash	9, 11		Tony Ricciardello	9, 11
Part-time entries
Ford	Falcon EL	Emerzidis Motorsport	20	Garry Holt	2, 8, 11		Kevin Mundy
		Sieders Racing Team	56	Luke Sieders	8		—N/a
	Falcon AU	Terry Wyhoon Racing	25	Terry Wyhoon	9, 11		Rod Salmon	9, 11
		Halliday Motorsport	61	Ross Halliday	11		Greg Crick	11
		Harris Racing	88	Craig Harris	9, 11		Dale Brede	9
							Michael Simpson	11
		Power Racing	500	Alan Heath	2, 11		Dale Brede	11
		Prancing Horse Racing	888	Mark Noske	11		Craig Baird	11
Holden	Commodore VS	Lansvale Smash Repairs	23	Trevor Ashby	1–3, 6		—N/a
				Steve Reed	4–5, 11		Trevor Ashby	11
		Alan Taylor Racing	37	Bill Attard	11		Roger Hurd	11
		Matthew White Racing	76	Matthew White	1–2, 4, 7, 13		—N/a
		V8 Racing	77	Steve Williams	8		—N/a
		Miller Racing	84	Daniel Miller	6		—N/a
		Ric Shaw Motorsport	90	Ric Shaw	11		Mike Conway	11
		GM Motorsport	111	Phonsy Mullan	7, 13		—N/a
	Commodore VT	Tomas Mezera Motorsport	32	Tomas Mezera	1–2		—N/a
		Melbourne's Cheapest Cars	48	Eddie Abelnica	10		—N/a
		Doulman Automotive	52	Peter Doulman	3, 8		—N/a
		Team Kiwi Racing	777	Angus Fogg	2, 12		—N/a
	Commodore VX	Paul Morris Motorsport	67	Matt Neal	8		—N/a
		Holden Young Lions (TWR)	255	Rick Kelly	13		—N/a

• After racing for the Holden Racing Team since 1994, Craig Lowndes moved to the newly created Ford team formed from the formerly Holden aligned Gibson Motorsport and acquired privateers front runner Rodney Forbes as a teammate. In between his Channel Ten commentary commitments, Neil Crompton joined the team for the enduros.
• Jason Bright replaced Lowndes in the number 2 Holden Racing Team car.
• Rookie Marcos Ambrose and V8 Lites series driver David Besnard joined the series with Stone Brothers Racing. Tony Longhurst found a drive with Rod Nash Racing and joined HRT for the long-distance races, while Craig Baird sat idle until the enduros.
• Sacked Gibson Motorsport driver Greg Murphy joined the former Holden Young Lions squad with new sponsor Kmart, he joined Todd Kelly at the team.
• Fellow superseded GMS driver Steven Richards, joined Ford Tickford Racing.
• As part of a franchise deal arrangement the Holden Young Lions identity passed to privateer outfit Romano Racing who ran Paul Romano.
• Cameron McConville joined the re-launched Lansvale Racing Team as a lead driver while owners Steve Reed and Trevor Ashby shared an older VS Commodore.

• After running Holden Since 1993 .Gibson Motorsport switched to Ford
• Romano Racing became Holden Young Lions and ran an ex-HRT VT Commodore

Mark Skaife got off to the best start possible, collecting the maximum points at Phillip Island, with Craig Lowndes finishing second on his debut for Ford, thanks to the fastest pit stops of the weekend by his crew. Jason Bright finished third in his comeback to the sport.

At the next round in Adelaide, Bright wins the round and the double points race after coming from the back of the field following an accident on lap 1, leaving him at the top of the championship. Mark Skaife has a rough weekend, finishing fourth after being spun by Paul Radisich in Race 1, and suffering another spin in Race 2, leaving him in ninth place. Craig Lowndes won the Saturday race but tangled with Skaife in Race 2, disabling his car and causing him to fall behind in the championship. Paul Radisich had the fastest car of the weekend, but an axle failure in Race 1 and steering damage left him struggling in the championship. Russell Ingall had a solid weekend, finishing with a third and a second place. There was significant controversy over the race officials, as rule-breaking went unpunished, and they were under scrutiny at Eastern Creek.

Craig Lowndes and Marcos Ambrose came first and second in the first race but got penalised because of incidents. Craig passed under a Yellow Flag that he could not see and Marcos made an illegal pass on Greg Murphy. This left Greg Murphy 1st on the grid for Race 2 and Mark Skaife second who started tenth in race 1 after he spun in the shootout. Greg Murphy lost his lead to Skaife after he was given a stop-go penalty for jumping the start, but there was more controversy after he didn't come to a complete stop. He got away with it but the rules were changed for the next round. Mark Skaife duly took out the race and round with teammate Jason Bright second but still leading the championship. Greg Murphy came third for the round even with the penalty.

The next round at Hidden Valley turned out to be the car breaker of the year, with Greg Murphy and Russell Ingall having mechanical problems while leading within sight of the flag in Race 3 and 2 respectively. Mark Skaife had a stop-go penalty for jumping the start in Race 1 which left him 12th but still recovered to win Race 3 and come third in the round. Jason Bright had another solid weekend coming second and extending his championship lead over his teammate. But it was Marcos Ambrose who kept his nose clean over the weekend to take the round win in only his fourth championship round.

The GMC 400 was the turning point of the season for Mark Skaife as he came third on the weekend and overtook teammate Jason Bright, who had a difficult weekend. The DJR cars were the cars to have earlier in the weekend as Paul Radisich and Steven Johnson finished 1–2 in qualifying but Radisich spun out in his shootout lap, leaving him 15th and Steven Johnson claiming his first pole position in the series. New for the championship were the pit lane speed limiters restricted to 40 km/h and only one pit bay per team. Steven Johnson wins the first race from Craig Lowndes who was advantaged bt a clear pit lane. Mark Skaife finished 3rd after starting 5th. Marcos Ambrose retires from the race with a broken driveshaft and will start from the back of the grid. The 2nd race is a reverse grid with Steve Reed and Steven Richards starting on the front row. Steven Richards wins from Marcos Ambrose who has a brilliant race which he started from the back but in race 3 he will have to start from the back again. Mark Skaife has a difficult race when he ran into the back of Rodney Forbes in a concertina effect and finished 24th and will start 10th in race 3. The race 3 grid is decided by an aggregate of points accumulated in race 1 and 2 which means that the front row is Craig Lowndes and Paul Radisich. Mark Skaife wins the race with Garth Tander second and Steve Johnson 3rd. Craig Lowndes was leading until a safety car came out with a pit stop still to go. He eventually retired with fuel pressure problems. Steve Johnson won the round with Garth Tander second and Mark Skaife 3rd.

Paul Radisich dominated the weekend, winning the shootout and Race 1, 2, and 3. Mark Skaife consolidated his championship lead with 2nd place in all three races, while Greg Murphy finished 3rd overall. Russell Ingall saw his chance of a podium dashed when he jumped the start in Race 3 and ended up 4th overall.

Paul Morris won his first ever V8 Supercar event as the Big Kev Racer was on the pace from the start of the weekend. Mark Skaife started on Pole but a poor start left him vulnerable to Steven Johnson, who he tapped to give him the lead, but he was issued with a stop-go penalty giving Johnson the lead he never relinquished. Paul Morris came 2nd and Marcos Ambrose 3rd. Paul Morris reverted to blocking in the final 2 races to win both, Russell Ingall finished 2nd in race 2 with Jason Bright 3rd and in race 3, Paul Radisich finished 2nd with Russell Ingall 3rd. Overall for the weekend, Steven Johnson finished 2nd with Russell Ingall 3rd. Mark Skaife finished 14th overall after a spin in race 3.

Mark Skaife comes back from a difficult Calder with a win in both races after starting 2nd. Craig Lowndes claims the pole, but finished 2nd in race 1 and 8th in race 2 after a spin by Garth Tander but still finishes 3rd overall. David Besnard has a fantastic round as he finishes 3rd and 2nd for a 2nd overall as teammate Marcos Ambrose struggles to get to grips with the track.

The first two-driver Enduro provided plenty of thrills, spills, and a dramatic ending. A huge thunderstorm hit as Steven Johnson and Paul Radisich won the race from the gravel trap, but they were lucky as the red flag came out, reverting the result to the previous lap. Russell Ingall and Larry Perkins finished 2nd, while Todd Kelly and Greg Murphy took 3rd. Mark Skaife and Jason Bright finished 4th, despite having oil on the screen for part of the race.

Russell Ingall took another step forward in his championship fight by securing his first round win of the season and claiming his first pole position of his career. Greg Murphy won Race 1, but a slow pit stop in Race 2 dropped him to 6th, though he still finished 2nd overall for the weekend. Mark Skaife finished 3rd overall after starting 15th following a poor qualifying session. Marcos Ambrose was the fastest Ford of the weekend, passing car after car after running off-track on the first corner.

Mark Skaife took a significant step toward the championship with his win at Bathurst alongside Tony Longhurst. The Drive of the Day award went to Brad Jones and John Cleland, who started 21st and finished 2nd, despite radio issues that caused Cleland to miss the safety car period. They lost out by just a few seconds. Todd Kelly and Greg Murphy finished 3rd, having stayed in the top 3 all day. They could have won if Todd hadn't spun on a slippery track coming into the last pit stop at the chase. Russell Ingall overtook Jason Bright for 2nd place in the championship after Jason failed to finish alongside Tomas Mezera. Russell and Larry Perkins led heading into the final pit stop, but Larry crashed while entering the pit lane, damaging the front spoiler. They eventually finished 8th. Pole-sitter Marcos Ambrose fell through the field, and after overcooking his entry into the pit lane at the first stop, he got stuck in the gravel and retired. Greg Ritter and Cameron McLean finished 4th after a strong race with a fast car. Paul Radisich and Steven Johnson retired due to an engine failure during a safety car period.

In the first-ever overseas event for the series, Greg Murphy earned maximum points on home turf. Mark Skaife clinches the championship in the first race, finishing ahead of Russell Ingall, who faced several gearbox issues. Marcos Ambrose finished third but lacked the pace of the leading Holdens.

Todd Kelly wins his first-ever championship round, securing victory in race 2 and delivering other consistent results. Mark Skaife wins the first race in dry conditions but struggles in the wet and ultimately retires from race 3 following contact with Steven Richards. Craig Lowndes wins the third race, finishing ahead of Marcos Ambrose.

Mark Skaife wins the series for the fourth time, finishing ahead of Russell Ingall. Jason Bright takes third, ahead of Greg Murphy. The top Ford driver is Steven Johnson. Todd Kelly finishes sixth, thanks to a strong final round, ahead of Paul Radisich, who had some solid performances throughout the season. Marcos Ambrose is awarded Rookie of the Year after finishing eighth, though he would likely regret his performance in the endurance races, where he earned only 112 points. Steve Ellery, the highest-placing driver from a single-car team, takes ninth, while Garth Tander finishes tenth after a challenging year. Craig Lowndes concludes his first year with Ford in eleventh place.

Round	Race	Event	Pole position	Race winners	Round winner	Report
1	R1	Phillip Island	Mark Skaife	Mark Skaife	Mark Skaife (Holden Racing Team, Holden)	report
	R2			Mark Skaife
2	R1	Adelaide	Greg Murphy	Craig Lowndes	Jason Bright (Holden Racing Team, Holden)	report
	R2			Jason Bright
3	R1	Eastern Creek	Marcos Ambrose	Greg Murphy	Mark Skaife (Holden Racing Team, Holden)	report
	R2			Mark Skaife
4	R1	Darwin	Mark Skaife	Russell Ingall	Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)	report
	R2			Greg Murphy
	R3			Mark Skaife
5	R1	Canberra	Steven Johnson	Steven Johnson	Steven Johnson (Dick Johnson Racing, Ford)	report
	R2			Steven Richards
	R3			Mark Skaife
6	R1	Perth	Paul Radisich	Paul Radisich	Paul Radisich (Dick Johnson Racing, Ford)	report
	R2			Paul Radisich
	R3			Paul Radisich
7	R1	Calder Park	Mark Skaife	Steven Johnson	Paul Morris (Paul Morris Motorsport, Holden)	report
	R2			Paul Morris
	R3			Paul Morris
8	R1	Oran Park	Craig Lowndes	Mark Skaife	Mark Skaife (Holden Racing Team, Holden)	report
	R2			Mark Skaife
9		Ipswich	Marcos Ambrose	Paul Radisich Steven Johnson (Dick Johnson Racing, Ford)		report
10	R1	Winton	Russell Ingall	Greg Murphy	Russell Ingall (Perkins Engineering, Holden)	report
	R2			Russell Ingall
11		Bathurst	Marcos Ambrose	Mark Skaife Tony Longhurst (Holden Racing Team, Holden)		report
12	R1	Pukekohe	Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy (Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia, Holden)	report
	R2			Greg Murphy
	R3			Greg Murphy
13	R1	Sandown	Mark Skaife	Mark Skaife	Todd Kelly (Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia, Holden)	report
	R2			Todd Kelly
	R3			Craig Lowndes

Championship points were awarded on the following basis:

Points format	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	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd
Qualifying	18	16	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7
Point system 1	90	80	72	66	62	58	54	50	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2
Point system 2	135	120	108	99	93	87	81	75	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27	24	21	18	15	12	9	6	3
Point system 3	180	160	144	132	124	116	108	100	96	92	88	84	80	76	72	68	64	60	56	52	48	44	40	36	32	28	24	20	16	12	8	4
Point system 4	360	320	288	264	248	232	216	200	192	184	176	168	160	152	144	136	128	120	112	104	96	88	80	72	64	56	48	40	32	24	16	8
Point system 5	540	480	432	396	372	348	324	300	288	276	264	252	240	228	216	204	192	180	168	156	144	132	120	108	96	84	72	60	48	36	24	12

Qualifying points were issued for the first race of each weekend only. Drivers did not need to finish races to score points, provided they took the start.

• Point system 1: Used for Hidden Valley, Canberra races 1 and 2, Barbagallo, Calder Park, Pukekohe and Sandown.
• Point system 2: Used for Phillip Island, Eastern Creek, Oran Park and Winton.
• Point system 3: Used for Adelaide race 1 and Canberra race 3.
• Point system 4: Used for Adelaide race 2 and the Queensland 500.
• Point system 5: Used for the Bathurst 1000.

Pos Driver Penalty PHI ADE ECK DAR CAN PER CAL OPK IPS WIN BAT PUK SAN Pts 1 Mark Skaife 30 288 340 262 218 282 252 108 286 264 228 552 240 188 3478 2 Russell Ingall 156 464 93 176 190 189 228 179 333 273 314 125 155 2875 3 Jason Bright 80 235 468 237 222 214 157 200 199 264 205 133 181 184 2819 4 Greg Murphy 201 210 213 211 77 209 127 75 288 231 432 288 162 2724 5 Steven Johnson 153 455 108 72 294 176 230 204 370 161 59 164 92 2532 6 Todd Kelly 163 334 136 106 119 174 47 187 288 90 432 155 248 2479 7 Paul Radisich 133 65 201 58 232 288 208 120 370 161 59 110 104 2109 8 Marcos Ambrose 200 243 165 232 146 82 194 66 82 201 30 232 213 2086 9 Steven Ellery 132 220 54 118 187 104 156 126 232 148 333 126 137 2073 10 Garth Tander 104 238 108 84 288 108 150 146 144 109 356 142 70 2047 11 Craig Lowndes 238 213 172 32 180 188 123 219 16 51 192 125 242 1991 12 Steven Richards 191 284 77 172 205 134 148 105 33 105 304 50 104 1912 13 Tony Longhurst 57 256 108 62 36 102 80 102 262 29 552 168 80 1894 14 Larry Perkins 93 264 72 156 134 49 86 54 333 66 314 132 103 1856 15 Jason Bargwanna 105 248 62 134 136 88 64 90 144 126 356 124 144 1821 16 Glenn Seton 150 304 142 132 172 94 78 120 33 75 304 94 102 1800 17 Paul Morris 66 76 141 72 166 68 274 99 195 184 252 22 86 1701 18 Brad Jones 81 84 144 104 94 64 70 123 40 54 480 72 132 1542 19 Mark Larkham 54 160 69 165 178 50 127 51 143 87 84 96 62 1326 20 Paul Weel 78 32 105 102 112 102 76 81 216 93 132 100 78 1307 21 Cameron McConville 54 Ret 75 96 122 134 134 163 112 21 276 48 40 1275 22 John Bowe 54 108 209 59 232 120 76 84 108 102 118 1270 23 David Besnard 57 4 45 177 64 58 102 242 96 84 60 52 112 1153 24 Jason Richards DNQ 136 DNQ 68 110 64 42 75 160 69 204 108 110 1146 25 Cameron McLean 108 Ret 144 132 20 114 52 57 Ret 105 396 1128 26 Anthony Tratt 9 180 60 44 96 52 50 DNPQ 128 114 216 72 44 1065 27 Paul Romano 30 104 27 68 100 30 36 192 72 240 60 10 969 28 Tomas Mezera 48 176 DNQ 50 57 262 133 94 78 898 29 Rodney Forbes 66 Ret DNS 68 142 70 78 69 Ret 30 144 116 70 853 30 John Faulkner 51 252 42 34 52 48 DNQ 48 56 63 Ret 70 94 810 31 Dugal McDougall 54 88 108 42 22 32 DNPQ 176 57 156 46 781 32 Dean Canto DNQ 92 42 DNQ 30 DNPQ 200 379 743 33 Trevor Ashby 51 208 33 74 264 630 34 Greg Ritter DNQ 128 72 396 596 35 Jim Richards 200 379 579 36 Geoff Brabham 232 333 565 37 John Cleland 40 480 520 38 Angus Fogg 52 160 204 48 464 39 Owen Kelly 192 240 432 40 Steve Reed 50 116 264 430 41 Simon Wills 108 118 76 114 416 42 Rick Bates 112 276 388 43 Tim Leahey 216 132 348 44 Alan Jones 128 216 344 45 Tyler Mecklem DNQ 180 12 32 112 DNQ 336 46 Andrew Miedecke 176 156 332 47 Rick Kelly Ret 228 80 308 48 Matthew White 51 24 DNQ 38 96 60 16 285 49 Ashley Stichbury 252 252 50 Alan Heath 56 180 236 51 Dale Brede 48 180 228 Nathan Pretty 228 53 Wayne Gardner 143 84 227 54 Neil Crompton 16 192 208 55 Phillip Scifleet 32 168 200 56 Matt Neal DNS 195 195 57 Tony Ricciardello 24 120 32 180 58 James Brock 104 66 Ret 170 59 Christian D'Agostin DNQ 168 168 Paul Dumbrell 168 Ret Leanne Ferrier 168 Ret 62 Michael Donaher 15 152 Ret 167 63 Adam Macrow 88 72 160 Luke Youlden 88 72 65 Rod Nash 120 36 156 66 Layton Crambrook 152 Ret DNQ 152 67 Craig Harris 48 96 144 David Parsons Ret 144 69 Ross Halliday 116 Ret 116 70 Steve Owen 104 Ret 104 71 Michael Simpson 96 96 72 Gary Holt 48 45 Ret 93 73 Greg Crick 82 Ret 82 74 Paul Stokell 72 72 75 Eddie Abelnica 57 57 76 Craig Baird 56 Ret 56 77 Peter Doulman 48 DNPQ Ret 48 78 Daniel Miller 42 42 79 Rod Salmon 16 24 40 Terry Wyhoon 16 24 81 Aaron McGill 32 32 82 Wayne Wakefield 30 30 Pos Driver Penalty PHI ADE ECK DAR CAN PER CAL OPK IPS WIN BAT PUK SAN Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

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