2018 Aussie Racing Car Series

The 2018 Aussie Racing Car Series was an Australian motor racing series open to Aussie Racing Cars, which are silhouette racing cars which use Yamaha FJ1300 engines and Kumho Tyres.[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as an Authorised Series with the Series and Category owner, Aussie Racing Cars Pty Ltd, appointed by CAMS as the Category Manager.[2] The series commenced at Baskerville Raceway in Tasmania on 23 February and concluded on 21 October at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.[3] James Duckworth was the defending series winner heading into the 2018 series, but opted not to defend his title.

The series was won by Joel Heinrich.[4]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the series.

Team Body style No Driver Rounds
Western Sydney Motorsport Toyota Aurion (XV40) 2 Australia Adam Gowans 1
Australia Troy Dontas 2
Nissan Altima (L33) Australia Bruce Heinrich 3, 5
Ford Mustang (S-197) 8 Australia Justin Ruggier 1–5
27 Australia Troy Dontas 3
29 Australia Grant Thompson 1–5
52 Australia Charlotte Poynting 1–5
68 Australia Blake Sciberas 1–5
72 Australia Craig Thompson 1–5
McDonald's Restaurants Chevrolet Camaro 3 Australia Madison Dunston 1–5
Variety Group Chevrolet Camaro 4 Australia Brendon Tucker 1–5
Pitstop Karting Holden Commodore (VY) 5 Australia Keelan Dunston 2
Silkgate Group Nissan Altima (L33) 6 Australia Ian Chivas 2, 4
Peter Herd Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro 7 Australia Peter Herd 3
Ruthie Racer Racing 1937 Ford 9 Australia Ruth Bowler 1
Supergroups Conplex Construction Chevrolet Camaro 11 Australia Leigh Bowler 2–4
Nissan Altima (L33) 56 1
Cumberland River Holiday Park Chevrolet Camaro 13 Australia Ross Higgins 2
Lustre Bar Melbourne Nissan Altima (L33) 15 Australia Adam Clark 1–2
Chevrolet Camaro Australia Emma Clark 3–4
51 2
Osborns Transport Nissan Altima (L33)
Holden Cruze
Chevrolet Camaro		 16 Australia Joel Heinrich 1–4
Redcliffe Wrecking Chevrolet Camaro 17 Australia Ben Tomlin 4
Automotive Warehouse Toyota Aurion (XV40) 19 Australia Sheridan Phillips 3
Kyle Ensbey Motorsport Ford Mustang 21 Australia Kyle Ensbey 1–4
Tekno Autosports Ford Mustang 22 Australia Jonathon Webb 5
Opteon Motorsport Nissan Altima (L33) 23 Australia Johnathon Bloxsom 1–4
Motorsport 25 Chevrolet Camaro 25 Australia Reece Chapman 1–4
RDA Brakes / Perenso Toyota Aurion (XV40) 35 Australia Darren Chamberlin 2
Chevrolet Camaro 36 Australia Joshua Anderson 1–4
Procool Racing Chevrolet Camaro 47 Australia Troy Jones 4
Owen Build Racing Chevrolet Camaro 55 Australia Tyler Owen 4
Uebergang Transport Chevrolet Camaro 63 Australia Adam Uebergang 4
Axil Coffee Rosters Chevrolet Camaro 65 Australia David Makin 1–4
Paul Morris Motorsport Nissan Altima (L33) 67 Australia Paul Morris 4
Muswellbrook Racing Chevrolet Camaro 71 Australia Michael Rinkin 1
KKP Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro 75 Australia Kel Treseder 1–4
Aughterson's Insurance Brokers Nissan Altima (L33) 96 Australia Jeff Watters 1–3
Aussie Racing Cars Ford Mustang 100 United Kingdom Tony Quinn 4

Calendar

The series was contested over seven rounds.[2]

Rnd Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Tasmania Baskerville Raceway
(Old Beach, Tasmania)		 February 23–25 Australia Blake Sciberas Australia Adam Gowans Australia Justin Ruggier Western Sydney Motorsport
R2 Australia Kel Treseder Australia Justin Ruggier Western Sydney Motorsport
R3 Australia Justin Ruggier Australia Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
R4 Australia Joel Heinrich Australia Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
2 R1 Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
(Phillip Island, Victoria)		 April 20–22 Australia Kel Treseder Australia Justin Ruggier Australia Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
R2 Australia Kel Treseder Australia Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
R3 Australia Kyle Ensbey Australia Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
3 R1 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway
(Benalla, Victoria		 May 18–20 Australia Justin Ruggier Cancelled due to weather conditions
R2 Australia Joel Heinrich Australia Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
R3 Australia Justin Ruggier Australia Kyle Ensbey Kyle Ensbey Motorsport
R4 Australia Joel Heinrich Australia Kyle Ensbey Kyle Ensbey Motorsport
4 R1 Queensland Queensland Raceway
(Ipswich, Queensland)		 July 20–22 Australia Kel Treseder Australia Kel Treseder Australia Kyle Ensbey Kyle Ensbey Motorsport
R2 Australia Blake Scibberas Australia Joel Heinrich Osborns Transport
R3 Australia Joel Heinrich Australia Blake Scibberas Western Sydney Motorsport
R4 Australia Justin Ruggier Australia Joel Heinrich Osborns Transport
5 R1 Queensland The Bend Motorsport Park
(Tailem Bend, South Australia)		 August 24–26 Australia Joel Heinrich Australia Joel Heinrich Australia Joel Heinrich Osborns Transport
R2 Australia Joel Heinrich Australia Joel Heinrich Osborns Transport
R3 Australia Joel Heinrich Australia Joel Heinrich Osborns Transport
R4 Australia Joel Heinrich Australia Joel Heinrich Osborns Transport
6 R1 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park
(Eastern Creek, New South Wales)		 September 21–23 Australia Kel Treseder Australia Kel Treseder Australia Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
R2 Australia Joshua Anderson Australia Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
R3 Australia Kyle Ensbey Australia Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
R4 Australia Justin Ruggier Australia Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
7 R1 Queensland Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
(Gold Coast, Queensland		 October 19–21 Australia Kel Treseder Australia Paul Morris Australia Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport
R2 Australia Tyler Owen Australia Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport
R3 Australia Justin Ruggier Australia Justin Ruggier Western Sydney Motorsport
R4 Australia Justin Ruggier Australia Blake Scibberas Western Sydney Motorsport

Series standings

Series standings after six of seven rounds were as follows:

Pos. Driver Tasmania
BAS		 Victoria (state)
PHI		 Victoria (state)
WIN		 Queensland
QUE		 South Australia
BEN		 New South Wales
SYD		 Queensland
SUR		 Pts.
1 Australia Kyle Ensbey 6 6 5 5 12 3 2 5 7 1 1 1 4 5 10 5 5 5 5 6 4 3 3 293
2 Australia Joel Heinrich 3 3 18 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 17 9 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 3 2 2 292
3 Australia Kel Treseder 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 19 Ret 3 3 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 290
4 Australia Justin Ruggier 1 1 2 16 2 Ret 4 1 2 4 16 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 2 7 12 5 1 282
5 Australia Blake Sciberras 7 5 14 4 6 5 9 4 4 5 2 4 7 1 5 9 4 7 10 3 5 5 4 1 282
6 Australia Joshua Anderson 10 12 7 7 5 4 5 6 5 6 5 8 10 6 8 6 7 3 6 4 2 6 6 279
7 Australia Reece Chapman 5 7 4 6 7 6 6 8 6 7 6 5 5 9 7 12 14 10 7 7 6 4 7 273
8 Australia Leigh Bowler Ret Ret 9 9 10 7 10 7 8 8 4 11 6 Ret 9 7 Ret 9 11 20 10 9 9 252
9 Australia Brendon Tucker 8 9 Ret 8 4 15 8 15 16 12 10 13 14 12 DSQ 13 12 11 14 8 8 8 8 239
10 Australia Craig Thompson 12 13 12 11 11 12 Ret 10 12 11 9 15 15 14 19 11 13 13 15 13 11 10 10 235
11 Australia Jeff Watters 16 14 10 13 13 12 14 9 9 19 14 17 18 17 16 16 16 17 17 11 17 21 22 188
12 Australia Johnathon Bloxsom 14 16 13 14 17 18 15 Ret 14 13 13 14 13 16 13 14 9 18 18 9 9 7 11 184
13 Australia Charlotte Poynting Ret 10 8 15 9 Ret 12 11 Ret 14 11 24 17 13 Ret Ret 18 15 19 10 13 14 17 176
14 Australia David Makin 11 8 Ret Ret 21 14 Ret 17 15 18 15 19 16 19 14 17 Ret 16 16 16 15 15 15 173
15 Australia Madison Dunston 9 19 11 10 18 13 13 13 DSQ 20 Ret 22 24 18 15 15 19 21 20 12 12 11 13 169
16 Australia Grant Thompson 15 15 15 DNS 14 11 18 Ret DNS DNS DNS 18 20 21 21 18 21 Ret 22 17 14 13 12 162
17 Australia Adam Clark 13 11 6 13 15 9 11 10 8 6 8 14 19 16 18 128
18 Australia Emma Clark 16 19 19 16 17 16 Ret 20 23 15 20 15 22 18 20 99
19 Australia Ian Chivas 19 17 16 21 22 22 17 19 22 24 Ret 21 16 20 20 94
20 Australia Tyler Owen 6 9 7 6 8 6 8 9 90
21 Australia Bruce Heinrich Ret 11 10 11 Ret 10 19 12 79
22 Australia Troy Dontas 20 16 17 12 13 15 12 72
23 Australia Keelan Dunston 23 21 21 20 17 20 24 60
24 Australia Ruth Bowler 18 18 17 17 22 23 25 Ret 59
25 Australia Adam Gowans 2 4 3 3 50
26 Australia Paul Morris 10 2 2 4 1 1 48
27 Australia Daniel Price 4 11 12 2 46
28 Australia Darren Chamberlin 8 8 7 45
29 Australia Sheridan Phillips 14 10 9 7 44
30 Australia Ben Tomlin 16 12 11 11 41
31 Australia Adam Uebergang 7 11 8 18 40
32 Australia Hamish Leighton Ret 15 14 13 36
33 Australia Michael Rinkin 17 17 16 Ret 34
34 Australia Peter Herd 18 18 17 18 34
35 Australia Ross Higgins 22 20 20 30
36 Australia Troy Jones 23 21 20 22 18 20 Ret 19 30
37 Australia Jonathan Webb Ret 20 23 21 29
38 Australia Pawel Faber 21 Ret 22 23 28

References
  1. "Aussie Racing Cars - About the cars". Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  2. "2018 Aussie Racing Car Series – Sporting and Technical Regulations – Version 2, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  3. "AUSSIE RACING CARS 2018 CALENDAR". Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  4. Series Points, 2018, www.aussieracingcars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
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