The 1994 Australian Super Production Car Series was an Australian motor racing competition for production cars.[1] It was the first and only series to be contested under the Australian Super Production Car Series name prior to the adoption of "Australian GT Production Car Series" for 1995[2] and subsequently "Australian GT Production Car Championship" for 1996.[2]
The 1994 series differed from the 1994 Australian Production Car Championship in that it was open to cars more closely aligned with the James Hardie 12 Hour rather than restricted to the under 2.5 litre front wheel drive cars which were eligible for the Production Car Championship.[1] It was won by Brad Jones driving a Lotus Esprit.[1]
Schedule
The series was contested over six rounds with one race per round.[1] Each round was a support race to a round of the 1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.[1]
| Round[1] | Circuit[1] | Date[3] | Round winner[1] | Car[1] |
| 1 | Eastern Creek | 17 April | Brad Jones | Lotus Esprit |
| 2 | Phillip Island | 22 May | Brad Jones | Lotus Esprit |
| 3 | Winton | 19 June | Brad Jones | Lotus Esprit |
| 4 | Lakeside | 17 July | Gregg Hansford | Mazda RX-7 |
| 5 | Mallala | 7 August | Jim Richards | Porsche 968CS |
| 6 | Oran Park | 28 August | Gary Waldon | Mazda RX-7 |
Results
| Position[2] | Driver[2] | Car[1] | Entrant[4] | Eas[2] | Phi[2] | Win[2] | Lak[2] | Mal[2] | Ora[2] | Total[2] |
| 1 | Brad Jones | Lotus Esprit | Lotus Cars Australia | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | - | - | 75 |
| 2 | Tim Grant | Porsche 968CS | Alf Grant Racing | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 67 |
| 3 | Peter Fitzgerald | Porsche 968CS | Falken Tyres | 15 | 15 | 15 | - | - | 15 | 60 |
| 4 | Jim Richards | Porsche 968CS | Jim Richards | - | - | 12 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 56 |
| 5 | Peter Bradbury | Porsche 968CS | Peter Bradbury | - | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 42 |
| 6 | Nicholas Leutwiler | Porsche 968CS | 10 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 22 | |
| 7 | Gregg Hansford | Mazda RX-7 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | 20 | |
| = | Gary Waldon | Mazda RX-7 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 20 | |
| 9 | John Bourke | Subaru Impreza WRX | John Bourke | 8[5] | - | - | - | - | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Steve Swaine | Holden Commodore VP[6] | - | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | 10 | |
| 11 | Keith Carling | Mazda RX-7 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | |
| 12 | Tony Scott | Volvo 850 T-5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
| = | Mal Rose | Ford Falcon[7] | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
| = | Chris Sexton | Ford Falcon XR6[8] | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | |
| 15 | Kevin Burton | Ford Falcon SS[8] | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| = | Chris Hinton | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | ||
| = | Jeremy Norris | Porsche 968CS | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| 18 | Ron Masing | Mitsubishi Lancer[8] | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| 19 | Darryl Dixon | Ford Falcon S[8] | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Notes & references
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Lotus Flowers - Australian Super Production Car Series, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1994/95, pages 206 - 209
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Procar Series Points Tables, www.procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ Valvoline Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1994/95, page 287
- ^ Official Programme, Mallala Motor Sport Park, August 6 & 7 1994
- ^ The Procar Series Points Tables show Bourke as scoring 3 points at Oran Park and a total of 11 points. Bourke's missing 8 points have been added to this table under Eastern Creek as the 29 April Australian Auto Action report indicates that Bourke placed fifth at that round.
- ^ John Evans, Keeping up with the Jones, Australian Auto Action, 24 June 1994, page 39
- ^ Graham Smith, Jones Powers to Super Win, Australian Auto Action, 27 May 1994, page 35
- ^ a b c d Garry O'Brien, Jones and the Flying Lotus, Australian Auto Action, 29 April 1994, page 26
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