1995 Australian GT Production Car Series

The 1995 Australian GT Production Car Series was an Australian motor racing series for production cars.[1] It was the first and only series to be contested under the Australian GT Production Car Series name.[2] The series was however preceded by the 1994 Australian Super Production Car Series[2] with the Super Production category being renamed to GT Production for 1995[3] and the series gaining national title status to become the Australian GT Production Car Championship in 1996.[2] The 1995 series was won by Jim Richards driving a Porsche 968CS and a Porsche 911 RSCS .[1]

## Schedule

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The series was contested over six rounds with two races per round.[1]

Round[2] | Circuit[2] | State  | Date[4]

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1  | Phillip Island | Victoria | 5 March
2  | Oran Park | New South Wales | 2 April
3  | Symmons Plains | Tasmania | 7 May
4  | Calder | Victoria | 13 May
5  | Mallala | South Australia | 4 June
6  | Lakeside | Queensland | 23 July

## Results

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Position[2] | Driver[2] | No[5] | Car[5] | Entrant[5] | Phi[2] | Ora[2] | Sym[2] | Cal[2] | Mal[2] | Lak[2] | Total[2]

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1  | Jim Richards | 5  | Porsche 968CS[1]
Porsche 911 RSCS | Bob Jane T Mart  | 35  | 22  | 40  | 35  | 35  | 35  | 202
2  | Peter Fitzgerald  | 3  | Porsche 968CS[1]
Porsche 911 RSCS | Falken Tyres  | 27  | 16  | 27  | 32  | 35  | 35  | 172
3  | Jim Zerefos  | 10  | Lotus Esprit | Monarch Motor Imports  | \-  | 30  | 15  | 20  | 24  | 18  | 107
4  | Gary Waldon  |  | Mazda RX-7[1]
Mazda RX-7 SP[1] | Mazda Motorsport | 20  | 40  | 20  | 16  | \-  | \-  | 96
5  | Paul Morris | 32  | BMW M3-R[1] | Paul Morris Motorsport | \-  | 16  | 20  | 20  | \-  | \-  | 56
6  | Greg Crick  | 8  | Honda NSX | Ross Palmer Motorsport  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 14  | 12  | 14  | 40
7  | Geoff Morgan  | 4  | Porsche 911 RSCS | Geoff Morgan  | \-  | \-  | 11  | 8  | 18  | \-  | 37
8  | Jeremy Norris  |  | Porsche 968CS[1] |  | 18  | 8  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 26
9  | Brett Peters  | 41  | Porsche 968CS[1] | Bob Jane T Marts  | \-  | \-  | 8  | 6  | 8  | \-  | 22
John Smith  | 4  | Porsche 911 RSCS[1] | Geoff Morgan[1] | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 22  | 22
11  | Ross Palmer  |  | Honda NSX[1] |  | 8  | 6  | 7  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 21
12  | Dick Johnson | 7  | Mazda RX-7 SP[1] | Mazda Motorsport | \-  | \-  | \-  | 8  | \-  | 12  | 20
13  | John Nicholls  | 11  | Porsche 911 RSCS | John Nicholls  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 18  | \-  | 18
14  | Alan Jones |  | Mazda RX-7[1] | Mazda Motorsport | \-  | 14  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 14
15  | Terry Bosnjak  | 27  | Mazda RX-7[1]
Mazda RX-7 SP | Hatfield Engineering  | \-  | 6  | 6  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 12
16  | John Bowe |  | Mazda RX-7[1] | Mazda Motorsport | 10  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 10
17  | Russell Paterson  |  | Porsche 968CS |  | 4  | \-  | 5  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 9
18  | Matthew Martin  | 33  | Porsche 968 | Falken Tyres  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 3  | \-  | \-  | 3
Class B
1  | Chris Sexton  | 99  | Ford ED Falcon XR6 | Chris Sexton  | \-  | 40  | 40  | 40  | \-  | 30  | 150
2  | Guy Gibbons  |  | Subaru Impreza WRX |  | 40  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 40
Vaughan Hatcher  |  |  |  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 40  | \-  | 40
Tony Scott  |  | Holden VP Commodore SS |  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 40  | 40
5  | John Cowley  |  | Ford ED Falcon XR6 |  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 24  | 24
Class C
1  | Milton Leslight  | 16  | Peugeot 405[1] | Milton Leslight  | \-  | \-  | 20  | 40  | 40  | \-  | 100
2  | Gwenda Searle  |  | Toyota Celica ZR
Toyota MR2 |  | \-  | 40  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 40

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Phil Branagan, The consolation prize, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1995, pages 182 to 185
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Procar Series PointsTables, www.procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
3. ^ David Tait, Welcome, Official Programme, Mallala, June 4, 1995, page 3
4. ^ Around the tracks, Official Programme, Mallala, June 4, 1995, pages 60 to 64
5. ^ a b c Australian GT Production Series, Race 1, Official Programme, Mallala, June 4, 1995

## External links

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* Image of series winner Jim Richards and his Porsche 911 RSCS at Lakeside, www.autopics.com.au
* 1995 Australian GT Production Car Series Highlights (video) - Rd 2 Oran Park, www.youtube.com