2009 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

The 2009 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for car manufacturers.[1] It was the 24th manufacturers title to be awarded by CAMS and the 15th to be contested under the Australian Manufacturers' Championship name. The championship was open to Group 3E Series Production Cars.[1] Mitsubishi ended the season as champions, beating other manufacturers Toyota and Subaru.

Calendar

The title was contested over a five-round series run concurrently with the 2009 Australian Production Car Championship.

Rounds 1 to 4 were each composed of three "20-minute" races with one driver per car. Round 5 was composed of two "one hour" races with either one or two drivers per car.[1]

Class Structure

Cars competed in the following six classes:

  • Class A1 : High Performance (All Wheel Drive)
  • Class A2 : High Performance (Rear Wheel Drive)
  • Class B : Production (Sedan / Hatch)
  • Class C : Production Sport
  • Class D : Small Cars
  • Class E : Alternative Energy [1]

Points system

Only manufacturers registered for the championship were eligible to score championship points.[1] Each registered manufacturer could nominate up to two cars, irrespective of class, which were the only cars eligible to score points for that manufacturer at that round of the championship.[1]

For races with standing starts, championship points were awarded on class finishing positions and for races with handicap starts on outright finishing positions.[1] For rounds contested over two races, points were awarded on a 45-36-30-27-24-21-18-15-12-9-6-3 basis in each race and for rounds contested over three races on a 30-24-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 basis in each race.[1] All eligible finishers outside of the top twelve in each race were awarded one point each.[1]

Results
Position Manufacturer Driver No. Car R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total [2]
1 Mitsubishi Rod Salmon 10 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 84 78 72 58 90  
Glyn Crimp 55 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 54 – – – –  
Steve Glenney 11 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X – 84 – 78 72  
  138 162 72 136 162 670
2 Toyota Colin Osborne 13 Toyota Celica 30 55 78 56 12  
Stuart Jones 31 Toyota Celica 60 55 64 39 10  
  90 110 142 95 22 459
3 Subaru Lee Castle 25 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 78 36 90 74 60  
  78 36 90 74 60 338

References
  1. CAMS Bulletin B09/033 – 2009 Australian Manufacturers Championship & Australian Production Car Championship Sporting Regulations As archived at www.webcitation.org on 3 December 2009
  2. 2009 Australian Manufacturers Championship points table As archived at www.webcitation.org on 10 January 2010
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