1991 Australian Sports Sedan Championship

Motor racing season

The 1991 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title[1] open to Sports Sedans. It was the 7th Australian Sports Sedan Championship and the first to be awarded since 1981.[1] The championship was won by Greg Crick driving a Honda Prelude Chevrolet.[2]

## Calendar

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The championship was contested over a fourteen round series with one race per round.[3]

Round[3] | Circuit[3] | State  | Date[3] | Winning driver[3] | Car[3][2]

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1  | Sandown | Victoria | 19 May  | Domenic Beninca  | Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV
2  | Sandown | Victoria | 19 May  | Domenic Beninca  | Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV
3  | Eastern Creek | New South Wales | 26 May  | Mick Monterosso  | Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
4  | Eastern Creek | New South Wales | 26 May  | Mick Monterosso  | Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
5  | Eastern Creek | New South Wales | 21 July  | Mick Monterosso  | Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
6  | Eastern Creek | New South Wales | 21 July  | Mick Monterosso  | Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
7  | Mallala | South Australia | 4 August  | Mick Monterosso  | Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
8  | Mallala | South Australia | 4 August  | Greg Crick  | Honda Prelude Chevrolet
9  | Eastern Creek | New South Wales | 25 August  | Greg Crick  | Honda Prelude Chevrolet
10  | Eastern Creek | New South Wales | 25 August  | Kerry Baily  | Toyota Celica Supra Chevrolet
11  | Lakeside | Queensland | 15 September  | Mick Monterosso  | Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet
12  | Lakeside | Queensland | 15 September  | Des Wall  | Toyota Supra Chevrolet
13  | Eastern Creek | New South Wales | 29 September  | Greg Crick  | Honda Prelude Chevrolet
14  | Eastern Creek | New South Wales | 29 September  | Greg Crick  | Honda Prelude Chevrolet

## Points system

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Championship points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten places at each round.[3]

## Results

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Position  | Driver[3] | No.  | Car[3][2] | R1  | R2  | R3  | R4  | R5  | R6  | R7  | R8  | R9  | R10  | R11  | R12  | R13  | R14  | Total[3]
1  | Greg Crick  | 12  | Honda Prelude Chevrolet | 15  | \-  | 15  | 20  | 15  | 12  | 6  | 20  | 20  | \-  | 10  | 5  | 20  | 20  | 178
2  | Mick Monterosso  | 69  | Ford Escort Mark II Chevrolet | \-  | 8  | 20  | \-  | 20  | 20  | 20  | 15  | \-  | \-  | 20  | 7.5  | 15  | \-  | 145.5
3  | Des Wall  | 48  | Toyota Supra Chevrolet | 10  | 12  | 3  | 6  | 6  | 15  | 10  | \-  | 15  | 12  | 15  | 10  | 6  | 10  | 130
4  | Kerry Baily  | 28  | Toyota Celica Supra Chevrolet | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 10  | 6  | \-  | \-  | 12  | 20  | 12  | 4  | 10  | 15  | 89
5  | Brian Smith  | 5  | Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Chevrolet | 8  | \-  | 12  | 10  | 8  | 8  | 12  | 10  | \-  | 2  | \-  | \-  | 8  | 8  | 86
6  | Domenic Beninca  | 52  | Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV | 20  | 20  | 6  | \-  | 12  | \-  | 15  | 8  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 81
7  | Gary Scott  | 8  | Jaguar XJS | 6  | 4  | 10  | 15  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 15  | \-  | 6  | 12  | 12  | 80
8  | Keith Carling  | 14  | Mazda RX-7 Nissan
Holden Commodore Chevrolet | \-  | 15  | 8  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 4  | 6  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 33
=  | Barry Jameson  | 45  | Ford EA Falcon Chevrolet | 12  | \-  | 2  | \-  | 3  | 3  | \-  | \-  | 10  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 3  | 33
10  | Bob Jolly  | 3  | Holden VK Commodore Chevrolet | \-  | \-  | 4  | 8  | \-  | \-  | 8  | 12  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 32
11  | Ian Luff  | 13  | Holden VN Commodore Chevrolet | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 4  | 4  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 10  | \-  | \-  | 4  | 4  | 26
12  | Graham Neilsen  | 15  | Mazda RX-7 | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 2  | 2  | \-  | \-  | 8  | 8  | 3  | 0.5  | \-  | \-  | 23.5
13  | Terry Shiel  | 11  | Mazda RX-7 | \-  | \-  | 1  | 12  | \-  | 10  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 23
14  | Jeff Barnes  | 6  | Chevrolet Monza | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 8  | 3  | \-  | 6  | 17
15  | Robin Doherty  | 9  | Ford XB Falcon Chevrolet | 4  | 10  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 14
16  | Ken Nelson  | 81  | Rover Vitesse | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 1  | \-  | \-  | 13
17  | David Attard  | 84  | Datsun 1600 | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 4  | 6  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 10
18  | Tino Leo  | 85  | Holden HQ Monaro Chevrolet | 2  | 6  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 8
=  | John White  | 65  | Chevrolet Monza | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 6  | 2  | \-  | \-  | 8
20  | Shawn Donnelly  | 25  | Holden Commodore | \-  | \-  | \-  | 3  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 2  | 1  | 6
=  | John Cook  | 20  | Mazda RX-7 | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 3  | 3  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 6
=  | Noel Davis  | 64  | Holden Commodore | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 3  | 3  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 6
23  | Terry Skene  | 24  | Holden VH Commodore | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 4  | 1.5  | \-  | \-  | 5.5
24  | Garry McFadyen  | 93  | Holden Torana | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 3  | 2  | 5
25  | Tony Hubbard  | 26  | Holden VP Commodore Chevrolet | 1  | 3  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 4
=  | Bob Tindal  | 49  | Holden VL Commodore Chevrolet | \-  | \-  | \-  | 4  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 4
=  | Cos Monterosso  | 2  | Holden VP Commodore Chevrolet | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 4  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 4
28  | Laurie Attard  | 71  | Ford Capri Chevrolet | 3  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 3
=  | Mike Griffin  | 21  | Mazda RX-7 | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 1  | 1  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 1  | \-  | 3
=  | Lee Nicolle  | 10  | Holden LJ Torana Chevrolet | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 2  | 1  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 3
=  | James Rosenberg  | 38  | Holden LH Torana | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 1  | 2  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 3
32  | Laurie Nelson  | 29  | Ford Mustang | \-  | 2  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 2
=  | Bill Harris  | 92  | Holden Torana | \-  | \-  | \-  | 2  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 2
=  | Rodney Brown  | 98  | Holden EH | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 2  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 2
35  | Hugh Harrison  | 46  | Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV | \-  | 1  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 1
=  | Les Butler  | 56  | Holden Commodore | \-  | \-  | \-  | 1  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 1
=  | Ettore Vosolo  | 77  | Toyota Celica | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 1  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 1

Note:

* The above table reflects the points awarded to each driver at each round as shown in Australian Motor Racing Year 1991/92 on pages 302 & 303\. The final points listing shown on page 303 varies slightly from this.
* There were only nine finishers at Rounds 9 and 10.[3]
* Round 12 at Lakeside was stopped due to an accident[2] and only half points were awarded.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b Records Titles & Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
2. ^ a b c d Power with Glory, Australian Sports Sedan Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1991/92, pages 216-231
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 1991 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1991/92, pages 302-303