2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia

The 2018 CAMS Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. [1] The series, which was the 14th Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, commenced on 1 March at the Adelaide Street Circuit and finish on 21 October at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit after eight rounds. 2018 saw the introduction of the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup type 991.II model to the series.[2]

2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
Previous: 2017 Next: 2019

The series was won by Jaxon Evans.[3]

Teams and drivers
Team Class No. Driver Rounds
Wall Racing[4] P 1 David Wall All
PA 5 Greg Taylor[5] 1–4
Shane Smollen 5
P 18 James Moffat[6] All
PA 50 David Stevens 7-8
Grove Motorsport PA 4 Stephen Grove All
P 911 Earl Bamber[7] 8
McElrea Racing PA 6 Tim Miles All
P 7 Jaxon Evans[8] All
P 12 Adam Garwood[9] 4-8
PA 19 Anthony Gilbertson[10] All
Porsche Centre Melbourne P 8 Nick McBride All
PA 9 Marc Cini All
PA 808 John Steffensen 1–4
Garwood Motorsport P 12 Adam Garwood 1–3
Buik Motorworks PA 13 Sam Shahin 1–3, 6–8
Sonic Motor Racing Services[11] P 14 Peter Major All
77 Michael Almond All
100 Dale Wood[12] All
PA 131 Graham Williams All
P 777 Jordan Love All
Volante Rosso Motorsport[13] P 15 Josh Hunt[14] 1–5, 7, 8
PA Benjamin Stack 6
Agas National PA 20 Adrian Flack All
Ashley Seward Motorsport PA 22 Dean Cook All
PA 80 Max Twigg 1–3, 6
P 88 Dylan O'Keeffe All
888 Leanne Tander 1
Alex Davison 2–3
Glen Wood[15] 4–7
JBS Australia PA 23 Roger Lago 1–7
Garth Walden Racing PA 35 Indiran Padayachee 1–3, 5–8
Cameron Hill Racing P 111 Cameron Hill 1, 3–8

Race calendar
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Round Winner
1 R1 Adelaide Street Circuit
(Adelaide, South Australia)		 1-4 March Jaxon Evans Michael Almond Dale Wood Sonic Motor Racing Services Jaxon Evans
R2 Dale Wood Jaxon Evans McElrea Racing
R3 Jaxon Evans Jaxon Evans McElrea Racing
2 R1 Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit
(Melbourne, Victoria)		 22-25 March Nick McBride Jaxon Evans Dale Wood Sonic Motor Racing Services Jaxon Evans
R2 Alex Davison Dale Wood Sonic Motor Racing Services
R3 Alex Davison Dale Wood Sonic Motor Racing Services
R4 Jaxon Evans Jaxon Evans McElrea Racing
3 R1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
(Phillip Island, Victoria)		 20-22 April Dale Wood Alex Davison Dale Wood Sonic Motor Racing Services Dale Wood
R2 Alex Davison Dale Wood Sonic Motor Racing Services
4 R1 Hidden Valley Raceway
(Darwin, Northern Territory)		 15-17 June David Wall David Wall David Wall Wall Racing Dylan O'Keeffe
R2 Jaxon Evans Jaxon Evans McElrea Racing
R3 Jaxon Evans James Moffat Wall Racing
5 R1 Sydney Motorsport Park
(Sydney, New South Wales)		 3-4 August David Wall Dylan O'Keeffe Dylan O'Keeffe Ashley Seward Motorsport Dylan O'Keeffe
R2 Michael Almond Jordan Love Sonic Motor Racing Services
6 R1 The Bend Motorsport Park
(Tailem Bend, South Australia)		 24-26 August James Moffat David Wall Michael Almond Sonic Motor Racing Services Michael Almond
R2 Jordan Love Michael Almond Sonic Motor Racing Services
R3 Dale Wood Dale Wood Sonic Motor Racing Services
7 R1 Mount Panorama Circuit
(Bathurst, New South Wales)		 4-7 October James Moffat David Wall David Wall Wall Racing Jaxon Evans
R2 Jaxon Evans Jaxon Evans McElrea Racing
R3 Jaxon Evans Jordan Love Sonic Motor Racing Services
8 R1 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
(Gold Coast, Queensland)		 19-21 October David Wall Earl Bamber Nick McBride Porsche Centre Melbourne Nick McBride
R2 Nick McBride Nick McBride Porsche Centre Melbourne
R3 Nick McBride Jaxon Evans McElrea Racing

Series standings

Series standings are as follows:

Pos. Driver ADE
 AGP
 PHI
 HID
 SYD
 BEN
 BAT
 SUR
 Pts.
Pro
1 Jaxon Evans 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 4 2 1 15 3 7 4 2 2 2 1 3 4 4 1 1186
2 David Wall 4 2 2 4 3 12 4 5 7 1 Ret 4 5 4 2 3 5 1 3 13 2 3 4 1004
3 Dylan O'Keeffe 3 3 5 7 11 7 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 3 5 5 7 8 5 2 Ret 19 11 957
4 Jordan Love 6 6 4 3 7 5 3 6 Ret 8 4 Ret 4 1 8 4 4 3 2 1 Ret 7 7 833
5 James Moffat 5 5 7 5 4 18 6 13 5 4 3 1 2 2 9 9 6 17 9 5 9 5 DNS 815
6 Dale Wood 1 7 6 1 1 1 10 1 1 5 Ret 6 Ret 11 3 6 1 Ret Ret Ret 5 6 5 802
7 Michael Almond 7 4 3 8 6 4 21 7 6 10 5 3 8 8 1 1 3 Ret DNS DNS Ret 14 9 681
8 Nick McBride Ret 11 8 15 9 6 5 8 10 7 Ret DNS 7 6 Ret DNS DNS 6 7 7 1 1 2 592
9 Peter Major 9 20 16 9 Ret 9 7 9 9 18 12 7 10 19 10 10 11 10 10 8 15 17 17 494
10 Adam Garwood 11 10 10 20 14 21 14 24 11 17 15 11 13 12 11 21 15 7 8 6 8 9 Ret 483
11 Cameron Hill 16 8 9 25 Ret 6 6 Ret 6 5 6 7 8 4 4 4 7 Ret 15 480
12 Glen Wood 12 8 5 9 9 7 8 9 5 6 Ret 6 6 6 405
13 Josh Hunt 17 18 15 10 8 8 9 12 8 16 Ret 18 11 10 9 11 Ret 13 11 8 402
14 Alex Davison 6 5 3 Ret 2 2 239
15 Earl Bamber 3 2 3 150
16 Leanne Tander 18 21 Ret 30
Challenge
1 Stephen Grove 10 13 14 Ret 16 10 8 14 12 11 9 8 15 13 15 16 21 9 11 11 17 17 16 1105
2 Adrian Flack 14 14 13 21 17 Ret 12 16 13 9 7 17 12 14 Ret 12 10 20 17 10 10 10 10 1032
3 Tim Miles 12 Ret 18 14 10 11 13 18 Ret 14 10 9 17 16 13 17 18 10 12 9 12 13 13 954
4 Anthony Gilbertson 23 15 17 Ret 16 11 20 15 13 10 16 15 14 13 13 13 15 16 11 12 12 919
5 Roger Lago 8 9 11 11 15 17 11 15 15 13 11 12 14 17 16 11 14 Ret Ret DNS 841
6 Dean Cook 20 22 20 16 12 12 15 22 17 20 16 14 19 20 17 Ret 17 15 16 12 14 15 14 756
7 Marc Cini 19 16 Ret 18 19 22 19 18 Ret 18 16 21 22 22 20 20 16 18 15 16 16 18 587
8 Graham Williams 25 24 23 Ret 21 22 19 23 19 21 17 19 22 23 20 19 23 19 20 17 18 21 Ret 497
9 Max Twigg 15 12 12 12 Ret 15 18 10 Ret 18 15 12 447
10 Indiran Padayachee 24 25 22 18 20 20 20 20 16 20 21 21 18 22 18 21 18 19 22 Ret 436
11 Sam Shahin 21 17 18 13 19 16 17 17 Ret 12 Ret 16 Ret 19 14 384
12 Greg Taylor 22 17 21 17 13 14 Ret Ret 14 13 232
13 John Steffensen 15 23 24 19 Ret DNS DNS 21 14 19 Ret DNS 202
14 David Stevens 14 14 Ret Ret 20 19 128
15 Shane Smollen 18 18 106
16 Benjamin Stack 19 14 19 94

References
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