2001 Australian Drivers' Championship
The 2001 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of cars conforming to Formula Holden regulations, with the winner awarded the 2001 CAMS Gold Star.[1] This, the 45th Australian Drivers' Championship,[2] was promoted as the 2001 Holden Australian Drivers' Championship.[1]
Rick Kelly dominated the series driving a Birrana Racing Reynard 94D Holden.[3] Kelly won twelve of the 16 races and finished 151 points ahead of runner up Christian Murchison (Reynard 97D Holden), the largest winning points margin in ADC history. Third in the point score was Alan Gurr (Reynard 94D Holden). The four races not won by Kelly were won by Birrana Racing teammates, both former champions making guest appearances. Dual champion Simon Wills took three victories with three-time champion Paul Stokell winning the final race of the season at Winton Motor Raceway.
Teams and drivers
[edit]Entrant | Chassis | No | Driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|
Birrana Racing | Reynard 94D | 1 | Simon Wills | 2–3 |
Paul Stokell | 8 | |||
2 | Rick Kelly | All | ||
Reynard 95D | 9 | Brenton Ramsay | 7–8 | |
Paul Stephenson Racing | Reynard 92D | 3 | Paul Stephenson | 1–2 |
Ralt Australia | Reynard 94D | 11 | Alan Gurr | 1, 3–8 |
Reynard 92D | 2 | |||
Reynard 97D | 12 | Emerson Newton-John | 5 | |
Chris Staff | 8 | |||
John Herman Racing | Reynard 94D | 12 | Con Toparis | 4 |
Millar Motors | Reynard 92D | 17 | Mark Ellis | 2–3, 5, 7 |
NRC Racing | Reynard 95D | 19 | Stewart McColl | 1–3 |
20 | Emerson Newton-John | 1–3 | ||
Cantech Engineering | Reynard 91D | 24 | Ian Peters | 2–8 |
National Neon Signs | Ralt RT23 | 27 | Terry Clearihan | 2–8 |
Carrig Motorsport | Reynard 89D | 49 | Rohan Carrig | 1–2, 4, 7–8 |
Greg Murphy Racing | Reynard 94D | 22 | Tim Leahey | 8 |
Reynard 97D | 28 | Roger Oakeshott | 8 | |
Reynard 95D | 66 | Peter Hill | 1–7 | |
Hocking Motorsport | Reynard 97D | 28 | Roger Oakeshott | 1–7 |
74 | Chris Staff | 1–2 | ||
Con Toparis | 3 | |||
Dale Brede | 4 | |||
Chris Hocking | 5 | |||
Akihiro Asai | 7–8 | |||
75 | Christian Murchison | All | ||
Reynard 96D | 76 | Emerson Newton-John | 7–8 |
Calendar
[edit]The championship was contested over an eight-round series with two races per round.
Points system
[edit]Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the first ten places in each race.[1]
Championship results
[edit]Pos | Driver | PHI | ADE | DAR | CAN | CAL | ORA | MAL | WIN | Points | ||||||||
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1 | Rick Kelly | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 293 |
2 | Christian Murchison | 3 | 3 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | DNS | 2 | 2 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 142 |
3 | Alan Gurr | Ret | DNS | 3 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 3 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 130 |
4 | Peter Hill | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | DNS | 11 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 111 |
5 | Emerson Newton-John | 2 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 3 | 75 | ||||
6 | Stewart McColl | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 74 | ||||||||||
7 | Terry Clearihan | Ret | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 8 | DNS | 69 | ||
8 | Ian Peters | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 65 |
9 | Simon Wills | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 | ||||||||||||
10 | Roger Oakeshott | 8 | 5 | 4 | DNS | Ret | 8 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 38 |
11 | Paul Stokell | 2 | 1 | 35 | ||||||||||||||
12 | Chris Hocking | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 32 | ||||||||||||
13 | Brenton Ramsay | Ret | 3 | 3 | 7 | 28 | ||||||||||||
14 | Con Toparis | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | ||||||||||||
15 | Rohan Carrig | 10 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | Ret | DNS | 22 | ||||
16 | Mark Ellis | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 21 | ||||||
17 | Dale Brede | Ret | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
18 | Paul Stephenson | 7 | 6 | DNS | DNS | 10 | ||||||||||||
19 | Tim Leahey | 11 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
20 | Chris Staff | 5 | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | 8 | ||||||||||
21 | Akihiro Asai | - | - | 9 | DNS | 2 | ||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | PHI | ADE | DAR | CAN | CAL | ORA | MAL | WIN | Points |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 2001 Sporting Regulations Retrieved from www.formulaholden.com via replay.waybackmachine.org on 25 March 2011
- ^ Records, Titles & Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4
- ^ "Gold Star Winners - 1957 - 2009". formula3.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2010.