2015 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series

The 2015 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series was an Australian motor racing competition open to Sports Sedans and Trans Am style cars.[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Series [1] and was the twelfth National Series for Sports Sedans to be contested following the discontinuation of the Australian Sports Sedan Championship at the end of 2003. The 2015 series was won by Tony Ricciardello driving an Alfa Romeo GTV.

Calendar

Tony Ricciardello placed first in the series driving an Alfa Romeo GTV (pictured above in 2014)

The series was contested over five rounds.[1]

Round [1] Circuit [1] [2] Date [1] [2] Format [1] [2] Round winner [3] Car [2]
1 Sandown 27-29 March Three races Tony Ricciardello Alfa Romeo GTV
2 Winton 15-17 May Three races Tony Ricciardello Alfa Romeo GTV
3 Queensland Raceway 7-9 August Three races Jack Perkins Audi A4
4 Wakefield Park 16-18 October Three races Jack Perkins Audi A4
5 Sydney Motorsport Park 13-15 November Three races Jack Perkins Audi A4

The results for each round were determined by the number of points scored by each driver at that round.[1]

Classes structure

Cars competed in the following classes: [1]

  • Class SS: Automobiles complying with the provisions of the CAMS Group 3D regulations for Sport Sedans.[1]
  • Class TA: Trans Am type automobiles complying with the 2015 Sports Sedan Series Technical Regulations for Class TA.[1]
  • Class M: MARC cars [4]

Points system

Series points were awarded to drivers for their outright finishing positions in each race on the following basis: [1]

Position [1] 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
& below
Race 1 [1] 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Race 2 [1] 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21 18 15 12 9 6 3
Race 3 [1] 60 56 52 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 16 12 8 4

Series standings

Final series standings were as follows:

Entrant Car No. Driver
B&M Ricciardello Motors Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV 1 Tony Ricciardello
Auto Union Deutsche Audi A4 4 Darren Hossack
Auto Union Deutsche Audi A4 4 Jack Perkins
Multiskills Training Hyundai Excel Sprint 6 Liam Hill
Domain Prestige Homes Holden Calibra 9 Steven Tamasi
Beninca Motors Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV 11 Peter Beninca
Moonbi Oil Traders Ford Mustang 12 Phil Crompton
A1 Towing Chevrolet Corvette C5 15 Stuart Inwood
Landells Signs BMW M3 GTR 16 Shane Woodman
Smart Jump Starters Mazda RX-7 18 Shane Hart
Centreline Suspension Mazda RX-7 19 Chris Muscat
A1 Towing Ford AU Falcon 19 Stuart Inwood
P&L Mechanical Mazda RX-7 21 Graeme Gilliland
Billy's Motorsport & Automotive Services Chevrolet Camaro 27 Birol Cetin
Bell Real Estate Holden Monaro 32 Michael Robinson
Stawell Cartage Mazda RX-8 41 Bruce Henley
Stawell Cartage Mazda RX-8 43 Bruce Henley
Stawell Cartage Mazda RX-8 43 Barry Megaw
MR Automotive Holden Monaro 44 Colin Smith
Slick 50 Mazda RX-7 50 Peter McLeod
Donut King Marc Focus V8 54 Tony Alford
BJ Banks Electrical Mazda RX-7 56 Bruce Banks
Rent Depot Aston Martin DBR9 58 Kerry Baily
Andrew Brown Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro 60 Andrew Brown
Fivestar Fencing & Gates Chevrolet Corvette GTS 66 Dean Camm
Aston Air Conditioning Chevrolet Camaro 68 Shane Bradford
Shepparton Toyota Mini Cooper S 87 Daniel Zandt
Esjay Commercial Plastering Honda Prelude 88 Ian Rice
Marc Cars Australia Marc Focus V8 91 Paul Morris
Marc Cars Australia Marc Focus V8 91 Keith Kassulke
Castrol Marc Focus V8 92 Michael Benton
Kerrick/CKAS Saab 9-3 Aero 93 Thomas Randle
Rosemount Smash Repairs Saab 9-3 Aero 95 Tony Cox

Class TA award

Reference was made in the sporting regulations regarding a Class TA award [1] however results for this were not included with the official published series points table.[3]

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2015 Sports Sedan Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. 1 2 3 4 Natsoft Race Results, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 7 January 2016
  3. 1 2 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series - 2015 Pointscore, www.sportssedans.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  4. ↑ Race results as published at racing.natsoft.com.au/results/ show all MARC cars in a separate Class M
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