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2011 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

The 2011 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. The championship, which was contested over seven rounds across four states, began on 24 March 2011 at the Australian Grand Prix and ended on 4 December at the Sydney 500. It was the seventh Australian Carrera Cup Championship.

After the opening round of the series, reigning champion Craig Baird led the championship having scored a second and two wins over the course of the 2011 Australian Grand Prix weekend. Baird was thirty points ahead of Daniel Gaunt and Steven Richards. The winner of the opening race of the season, Jonny Reid slipped to sixth place in the points after a disappointing race when the car slowed on the final lap of the race. An all-podium performance at the second round of the championship by Richards elevated him into the points lead while Reid began a run of six consecutive races of top two race positions to take the championship lead after the third round, a round which had been dominated by Daniel Gaunt with three wins at the Townsville 400 weekend.

New Zealand driver Jonny Reid led the series after three rounds with a narrow four point gap over countryman Craig Baird. Steven Richards sat 41 points behind Reid who in turn was just two point ahead of Daniel Gaunt. Reid had won three races over the season thus far, as had Gaunt with Baird having won twice and Richards once.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the championship.

Team	No	Driver
Dutton Insurance Racing	1	New Zealand Craig Baird
Tinkler Motorsport	5	Australia Nathan Tinkler
Australia Jeremy Gray
Skye Sands	6	Australia Rusty French
McElrea Racing	7	New Zealand Jonny Reid
29	Australia Michael Patrizi
Twigg Motorsport	8	Australia Max Twigg
Hallmarc Racing	9	Australia Marc Cini
10	Australia Michael Loccisano
Money Choice Motorsport	11	Australia Matthew Coleman
Jim Richards Racing	12	New Zealand Steven Richards
INCA Motorsports	17	Australia Ray Angus
Andrew Barlow Motorsport	18	Australia Andrew Barlow
Nexus Racing	19	Australia Damien Flack
Team BRM	20	GBR Ben Barker
Triple X Motorsport
Melbourne Performance Centre	27	New Zealand Daniel Gaunt
Supabarn Motorsport	47	Australia Theo Koundouris
69	Australia James Koundouris
Jocaro Motorsport	51	Australia Ross Lilley
Smollen Motorsport	56	Australia Shane Smollen
Porsche Cars Australia	60	Australia Mark Noske
Australia Mark Skaife
Australia Nick Foster
Racing Incident	66	Australia Peter Hill
Australia Tim Leahey
01 Motorsport	88	Australia Simon Middleton
Paul Kelly Motor Group	90	New Zealand Paul Kelly

Race calendar

Round	Date	Circuit	Location
24–27 March	Victoria Albert Park Street Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	Craig Baird
30 April–1 May	Western Australia Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	Jonny Reid
8–10 July	Queensland Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	Daniel Gaunt
16–18 September	Victoria Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	Daniel Gaunt
6–9 October	New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	Michael Patrizi
21–23 October	Queensland Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	Craig Baird
2–4 December	New South Wales Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney, New South Wales	Jonny Reid

Each of the seven rounds was contested over three races.

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 60–54–48–42–36–32–29–26–23–20–18–16–14–12–11–10–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis to the first twenty-five finishers in each race.

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	ALB	BAR	TOW	PHI	BAT	SUR	HOM	Pen.	Pts.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
New Zealand Craig Baird	2	1	1	4	2	6	4	3	4	2	1	11	4	4	1	1	1	1	2	6	Ret		980
New Zealand Jonny Reid	1	6	16	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	13	6	2	3	Ret	5	3	2	2	15	918
New Zealand Daniel Gaunt	5	2	2	Ret	7	4	1	1	1	1	2	1	5	5	5	2	2	3	4	12	Ret		884
New Zealand Steven Richards	3	3	3	1	3	2	6	9	5	5	4	4	2	3	3	7	4	2	Ret	4	3		882
GBR Ben Barker	6	4	8	13	5	3	5	5	6	4	5	5	3	2	8	5	3	Ret	1	1	Ret		755
Australia Michael Patrizi	Ret	9	8	3	4	5	3	4	3	Ret	8	3	1	1	4	4	Ret	Ret	5	3	1		754
Australia Max Twigg	7	7	6	5	8	17	7	7	10	6	7	6	8	9	10	Ret	7	6	7	7	5		581
Australia Matthew Coleman	9	8	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	7	11	7	6	8	6	6	8	4	Ret	17	DNS		534
Australia James Koundouris	10	Ret	10	7	10	9	11	14	12	9	10	12	11	11	Ret	8	13	7	9	9	13		400
New Zealand Paul Kelly				8	9	8	12	11	14	10	14	9	15	14	11	9	5	12	8	11	10		366
Australia Theo Koundouris	11	11	9	9	11	10	10	10	11							13	6	8	10	8	8		340
Australia Damien Flack	12	19	12				9	6	7	8	6	8	10	10	Ret	10	Ret	DNS					272
Australia Marc Cini	14	18	Ret	14	16	13	13	13	13	15	19	Ret	16	15	14	14	11	9	11	Ret	9		255
Australia Simon Middleton	16	14	14				14	21	17	14	12	13	14	13	12	16	10	13	13	10	11		254
Australia Michael Loccisano	13	13	15	DNS	19	16	18	16	18	18	16	16	18	18	17	15	9	Ret	16	13	6		239
Australia Shane Smollen	15	12	13	12	13	19	Ret	15	Ret	11	18	15	12	12	9	12	15	11					232
Australia Ross Lilley	17	16	17	15	18	18	16	17	16	16	13	18	17	16	16	18	14	15	15	16	14		218
Australia Peter Hill	8	10	11	10	14	11				13	15	14				11	Ret	10					197
Australia Ray Angus	19	17	21	16	15	14	17	21	Ret				Ret	17	15	17	12	14	14	15	12		174
Australia Jeremy Gray										12	9	10	9	Ret	13				12	14	7		160
Australia Andrew Barlow	18	15	18	11	12	12	15	Ret	15														103
Australia Rusty French	20	20	19	17	17	20	19	19	19	17	17	17											96
Australia Tim Leahey													7	7	7								87
Australia Nathan Tinkler	21	21	20	18	20	15	20	18	20														66
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Australia Mark Skaife	4	5	4																				0
Australia Nick Foster																			6	5	4		0
Australia Mark Noske							Ret	12	9														0

Professional Class

The Professional Class was won by Craig Baird from Jonny Reid and Daniel Gaunt.

Elite Class

The Elite Class was won by Max Twigg from Paul Kelly and James Koundouris.

References

[http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/04/27/gaunt-switches-teams-for-perth-carrera-cup/ Gaunt switches teams for Perth Carrera Cup] Retrieved from www.speedcafe.com on 29 October 2011
(27 March 2011). "Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 27/03/2011 2011 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix". National Software.
(30 April 2011). "2011 Trading Post Perth Challenge – Races 7, 8, and 9". National Software.
[http://www.camsmanual.com.au/sportregs/2011_Porsche_City_Index_Carrera_Cup_Sport-TechRegs-5.pdf 2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship Sporting and Technical Regulations] Retrieved on 29 October 2011
Back in the Game, The Speedcafe Annual – Australian Motorsport, Number 7 / 2011, pages 96 to 102

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