2004 Tranzam Sports Sedan Series

The 2004 Tranzam Sports Sedan Series was an Australian motor racing competition open to Sports Sedans and Trans Am type cars.[1] The series was administered by the National Australian Sports Sedan Association and was sanctioned by CAMS as a National Series.[1] Held as the first Tranzam Sports Sedan Series following the discontinuation of the Australian Sports Sedan Championship at the end of 2003, it was won by Darren Hossack driving a Saab 9-3.

Calendar

The series was contested over five rounds with three races per round.[1]

Round [1] Circuit [1] [2] Date [1]
1 Mallala Motor Sport Park 9 May
2 Winton Motor Raceway 6 June
3 Oran Park Raceway - South Circuit 27 June [2]
4 Eastern Creek International Raceway 1 August
5 Oran Park Grand Prix Circuit [3] 13 November [3]

Eligible cars

The following cars were eligible to compete in the series:[1]

  • Class SS: Space framed Sports Sedans complying with CAMS Group 3D Sports Sedan regulations [1]
  • Class TS: Transam cars complying with regulations for North American Transam competition [1]
  • Class TZ: TraNZam cars complying with the relevant New Zealand regulations [1]
  • Class TA: Australian TA cars complying with National Australian Sports Sedan Association Class TA regulations [1]

Points system

Series points were awarded in each race according to the following criteria:[1]

Position [1] 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Other finishers
Points [1] 20 18 15 136 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

In addition, 2 points were awarded for first place in qualifying.[1]

Series standings

Entrant Car No. Driver
STS Signs Nissan 300ZX 1 Kerry Baily
Boffa & Russo Electrical Ford Escort RS2000 2 Mick Monterosso
Chickadee Food Racing Nissan 300ZX 2 Derek Bailey
Powerbuilt Tools Ford Mustang 3 Bernie Gillon
Audi Spares Saab 9-3 Aero 4 Darren Hossack
B&M Ricciardello Motors Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV 5 Tony Ricciardello
KC Tools/La Bella Roma Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 6 Jeff Barnes
Chickadee Food Racing Nissan 300ZX 7 Derek Bailey
Advanced Adhesives Mercedes-Benz 450SLC 12 Roger Williams
AGM Engineering Holden Calibra 13 Mark Stinson
QLD Commercial Constructions Ford EF Falcon 15 Charlie Senese
Speedy Fasteners Opel Calibra 16 Graham Smith
Spies Hecker Chevrolet Corvette GTS 20 Des Wall
The Crompton Group Ford Mustang 21 Phil Crompton
Hallybarton Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 23 Rodney Woods
Bell Real Estate Holden VN Commodore 32 Michael Robinson
Trent Young Toyota Levin 41 Trent Young
Quadron Motorsport Mazda RX-7 42 Ivan Mikac
Aston Air Conditioning Ford EB Falcon 43 Shane Bradford
Campbelltown Frames & Trusses Jaguar XKR 45 Daniel Jameson
Nolan Motorsport Holden VP Commodore 49 Dennis Nolan
Steve's Toyshop/AM Electrical Chevrolet Camaro Z28 50 Chris Jackson
Habib Brothers Smash Repairs Mazda RX-7 51 Stephen Lichtenberger
Darryl Knuckey Ford EL Falcon 70 Darryl Knuckey
Coffey Ford Mazda RX-7 70 Keith Linnell
Smiths Trucks Holden VS Commodore 72 Robert Smith
Blatch Quality Smash Repairs Holden VL Commodore 73 Steven Shiels
Autotek Holden VS Commodore 79 David Krause
Austrack Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 80 Alfred Axisa
Swedish Prestige Saab 9-3 Aero 93 Dean Randle
Berry Polovic Mazda RX-7 121 Berry Polovic

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Sporting Regulations For The 2004 Tranzam Sports Sedan Series, www.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. 1 2 Natsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au. Retrieved 17 May 2015
  3. 1 2 “Do it in the dark” race meeting at Oran Park, www.v8central.com, as archived at web.archive.org
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