2020 Australian GT Championship

The 2020 Australian GT Championship was scheduled to be the 24th running of the Australian GT Championship, a Motorsport Australia-sanctioned Australian motor racing championship open to FIA GT3 cars, FIA GT4 cars and similar cars as approved for the championship. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in only the first round of the Australian Endurance Championship, and the first & second rounds of the Australian GT Trophy Series taking place before the rest of the season was abandoned.

Race calendar

The 2020 calendar was unveiled on 31 October 2019.[1]
A revised calendar was announced on the 26 June 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Ultimately, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in all further rounds being cancelled.

End TS Circuit Location Date Supporting
1 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 30 January – 2 February Intercontinental GT Challenge[lower-alpha 1]
1 Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 15–16 February Victorian State Series
2 New South Wales Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 7–8 March NSW State Series
  Event is part of Australian Endurance Championship
  Event is part of Australian GT Trophy Series

Entry list

Australian Endurance Championship
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Australia Wall Racing[3] Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo[3] 6 Australia Adrian Deitz[3] S 1
Australia Tony D'Alberto[3]
Australia Cameron McConville[3]
United Kingdom Jules Westwood[3]
Australia Hallmarc Racing[4] Audi R8 LMS Evo[4] 9 Australia Marc Cini[4] PA 1
Australia Dean Fiore[4]
Australia Lee Holdsworth[4]
Australia Nineteen Corp. With Multimatic Motorsports[5] Mercedes-AMG GT4[5] 19 Australia Mark Griffith[6] GT4 1
Germany Dirk Müller[6]
United Kingdom Harrison Newey[6]
Australia T2 Racing[4] MARC II Mustang[4] 20 Australia Adam Hargraves[4] I 1
Australia Daniel Jilesen[4]
Monaco Cedric Sbirraz-zuoli[4]
Australia Steve Owen[4]
Australia Tony Bates Racing[7] Audi R8 LMS Evo[7] 24 Australia Tony Bates[7] S 1
Australia Geoff Emery[7]
Australia Dylan O'Keeffe[7]
Australia Max Twigg[7]
Australia Trofeo Motorsport[4] Lamborghini Huracán GT3[4] 29 Australia Dean Canto[4] PA 1
Australia Grant Denyer[4]
Australia Liam Talbot[4]
Australia Marcel Zalloua[4]
Australia Team 59Racing[8] McLaren 720S GT3[8] 59 Croatia Martin Kodrić[9] S 1
Australia Fraser Ross[9]
New Zealand Dominic Storey[9]
Australia SCANDIA Racing - by Racer Industries[4] MARC II Mustang[4] 91 Australia Aaron Cameron[4] I 1
Australia Broc Feeney[4]
Australia Nick Percat[4]
92 Australia Tyler Everingham[4] I 1
Australia James Kaye[4]
Australia Hadrian Morrall[4]
Australia GJ Motorsport[4] MARC II Mustang[4] 95 Australia Bayley Hall[4] I 1
Australia Warren Luff[4]
Australia Brad Schumacher[4]
Australia Geoff Taunton[4]
Australia Hobson/Garth Walden Racing[10] Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2017)[10] 96 Australia Brett Hobson[10] S 1
Australia Garth Walden[10]
Australia Kurt Kostecki[10]
Australia Triple Eight Race Engineering[4] Mercedes-AMG GT3[4] 777 Australia Anton de Pasquale[11] PA 1
Australia Nick Foster[11]
Australia Sam Shahin[11]
Australia Yasser Shahin[11]
Icon Class
S Silver Cup
PA Pro-Am Cup
GT4 GT4 Class
I Invitational Class

Australian GT Trophy Series
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Trophy Series
Australia KFC Racing[12] Audi R8 LMS Ultra 23 Australia Matt Stoupas[12] Am 1–2
Audi R8 LMS 24 Australia Gary Higgon[12] Am 1–2
Australia Nathan Antunes 2
Australia REN Racing[13] Audi R8 LMS 33 Australia Vince Muriti[13] Am 2
99 Australia Nick Kelly[13] Am 2
Australia Mack Bros Racing[13] Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 47 Australia Wayne Mack[13] Am 1
Australia Wall Racing[13] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 69 Australia Richard Gartner[13] Am 2
Australia DPM Motorsports[12] Chevrolet Camaro SS GT3 71 Australia Dale Paterson[12] Am 1
Australia Showergrate Shop[13] Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX 73 Australia Peter Corbett[13] Am 2
Trofeo Challenge
Australia Trofeo Motorsport[12] Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Evo 19 Australia Arthur Abrahams[12] Am 1–2
29 Australia Tayla Heath[14] Am 1
Australia Stillwell Family Racing[13] Ford S197 Mustang 60 Australia Michael Stillwell[13] Am 1–2
Australia Dave Stillwell 2
Australia GJ Motorsport[13] MARC II Mustang 95 Australia Geoff Taunton[13] Am 2
Icon Class
PA Pro-Am Class
Am Am Class

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Australian Endurance Championship
Round Circuit Pole position Silver winners Pro-am winners GT4 winners Invitational winners
1 New South Wales Bathurst Australia No. 59 Team 59Racing Australia No. 59 Team 59Racing Australia No. 9 Hallmarc Racing Australia No. 19 Nineteen Corp. with Multimatic Motorsports Australia No. 91 SCANDIA Racing - by Racer Industries
Croatia Martin Kodrić
Australia Fraser Ross
New Zealand Dominic Storey		 Croatia Martin Kodrić
Australia Fraser Ross
New Zealand Dominic Storey		 Australia Marc Cini
Australia Dean Fiore
Australia Lee Holdsworth		 Australia Mark Griffith
Germany Dirk Müller
United Kingdom Harrison Newey		 Australia Aaron Cameron
Australia Broc Feeney
Australia Nick Percat

Australian GT Trophy Series
Round Circuit Pole position TS Am Winners TC Am Winners
1 R1 Victoria (state) Sandown Australia No. 23 KFC Racing Australia No. 23 KFC Racing Australia No. 29 Trofeo Motorsport
Australia Matt Stoupas Australia Matt Stoupas Australia Tayla Heath
R2 Australia No. 23 KFC Racing Australia No. 19 Trofeo Motorsport
Australia Matt Stoupas Australia Arthur Abrahams
2 R1 New South Wales Sydney Australia No. 23 KFC Racing Australia No. 23 KFC Racing Australia No. 95 GJ Motorsport
Australia Matt Stoupas Australia Matt Stoupas Australia Geoff Taunton
R2 Australia No. 24 KFC Racing Australia No. 95 GJ Motorsport
Australia Nathan Antunes
Australia Gary Higgon		 Australia Geoff Taunton

Championship standings
Points system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th+ 
Qualifying 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 —
TS 50 44 39 33 31 30 27 25 24 23 22 20 19 18 17 15 14 13 12 10 8 5 2 2
AEC 450 398 345 293 285 270 248 225 215 203 192 180 170 158 147 135 125 113 102 90 68 45 23 8

Australian Endurance Championship
Pos. Drivers BAT
New South Wales		 Points
QP R
Pro-Am Cup
1 Australia Marc Cini
Australia Dean Fiore
Australia Lee Holdsworth		 10 1 460
2 Australia Nick Foster
Australia Anton de Pasquale
Australia Sam Shahin
Australia Yasser Shahin		 8 DNS 8
Silver Cup
1 Australia Fraser Ross
New Zealand Dominic Storey		 10 1 460
2 Australia Dean Canto
Australia Grant Denyer
Australia Liam Talbot		 8 2 406
3 Australia Brett Hobson
Australia Garth Walden
Australia Kurt Kostecki		 5 3 350
4 Australia Adrian Deitz
Australia Tony D'Alberto
Australia Cameron McConville		 7 Ret 7
5 Australia Tony Bates
Australia Geoff Emery
Australia Dylan O'Keeffe
Australia Max Twigg		 6 Ret 6
Ineligible to score points in Silver Cup
Croatia Martin Kodrić 1 –
Australia Marcel Zalloua 2 –
United Kingdom Jules Westwood Ret –
GT4 Cup
1 Australia Mark Griffith 10 1 460
Ineligible to score points in GT4 Cup
Germany Dirk Müller
United Kingdom Harrison Newey		 1 –
Invitational Cup
1 Australia Aaron Cameron
Australia Broc Feeney		 10 1 460
2 Australia Bayley Hall
Australia Warren Luff
Australia Brad Schumacher
Australia Geoff Taunton		 8 NC 8
3 Australia Adam Hargraves
Australia Daniel Jilesen
Monaco Cedric Sbirraz-zuoli		 7 NC 7
4 Australia Tyler Everingham
Australia Hadrian Morrall		 6 DNS 6
Ineligible to score points in Invitational Cup
Australia Nick Percat 1 –
Australia Steve Owen NC –
Australia James Kaye DNS –
Pos. Drivers BAT
New South Wales		 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position in class

Australian GT Trophy Series
Pos. Drivers SAN
Victoria (state)		 SMP
New South Wales		 Points
QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2
1 Australia Matt Stoupas 10 1 1 8 1 4 201
2 Australia Gary Higgon 7 3 2 10 3 1 189
3 Australia Nathan Antunes 10 3 1 99
4 Australia Wayne Mack 8 2 3 91
5 Australia Vince Muriti 6 4 2 83
6 Australia Nick Kelly 7 2 5 82
7 Australia Richard Gartner 5 Ret 3 44
8 Australia Dale Paterson 6 DNS Ret 6
9 Australia Peter Corbett 0 DNS DNS 0
Pos. Drivers SAN
Victoria (state)		 SMP
New South Wales		 Points

Trofeo Challenge
Pos. Drivers SAN
Victoria (state)		 SMP
New South Wales		 Points
QP R1 R2 QP R1 R2
1 Australia Arthur Abrahams 8 2 1 8 2 2 198
2 Australia Michael Stillwell 7 3 3 7 3 3 170
3 Australia Geoff Taunton 10 1 1 110
4 Australia Tayla Heath 10 1 2 104
5 Australia Dave Stillwell 7 3 3 85
Pos. Drivers SAN
Victoria (state)		 SMP
New South Wales		 Points

Notes
  1. Part Of The Bathurst 12 Hours.

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