2001 Australian Drivers' Championship
The 2001 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of cars conforming to Formula Holden regulations, with the winner awarded the 2001 CAMS Gold Star.[1] This, the 45th Australian Drivers' Championship,[2] was promoted as the 2001 Holden Australian Drivers' Championship.[1]
2001 Australian Drivers' Championship | |||
Previous: | 2000 | Next: | 2002 |
Rick Kelly dominated the series driving a Birrana Racing Reynard 94D Holden.[3] Kelly won twelve of the 16 races and finished 151 points ahead of runner up Christian Murchison (Reynard 97D Holden), the largest winning points margin in ADC history. Third in the point score was Alan Gurr (Reynard 94D Holden). The four races not won by Kelly were won by Birrana Racing teammates, both former champions making guest appearances. Dual champion Simon Wills took three victories with three-time champion Paul Stokell winning the final race of the season at Winton Motor Raceway.
Teams and drivers
Entrant | Chassis | No | Driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|
Birrana Racing | Reynard 94D | 1 | 2–3 | |
8 | ||||
2 | All | |||
Reynard 95D | 9 | 7–8 | ||
Paul Stephenson Racing | Reynard 92D | 3 | 1–2 | |
Ralt Australia | Reynard 94D | 11 | 1, 3–8 | |
Reynard 92D | 2 | |||
Reynard 97D | 12 | 5 | ||
8 | ||||
John Herman Racing | Reynard 94D | 12 | 4 | |
Millar Motors | Reynard 92D | 17 | 2–3, 5, 7 | |
NRC Racing | Reynard 95D | 19 | 1–3 | |
20 | 1–3 | |||
Cantech Engineering | Reynard 91D | 24 | 2–8 | |
National Neon Signs | Ralt RT23 | 27 | 2–8 | |
Carrig Motorsport | Reynard 89D | 49 | 1–2, 4, 7–8 | |
Greg Murphy Racing | Reynard 94D | 22 | 8 | |
Reynard 97D | 28 | 8 | ||
Reynard 95D | 66 | 1–7 | ||
Hocking Motorsport | Reynard 97D | 28 | 1–7 | |
74 | 1–2 | |||
3 | ||||
4 | ||||
5 | ||||
7–8 | ||||
75 | All | |||
Reynard 96D | 76 | 7–8 | ||
Calendar
The championship was contested over an eight-round series with two races per round.
Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the first ten places in each race.[1]
Championship results
Pos | Driver | PHI | ADE | DAR | CAN | CAL | ORA | MAL | WIN | Points | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 293 | |
2 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | DNS | 2 | 2 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 142 | |
3 | Ret | DNS | 3 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 3 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 130 | |
4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | DNS | 11 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 111 | |
5 | 2 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 4 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 3 | 75 | |||||
6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 74 | |||||||||||
7 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 8 | DNS | 69 | |||
8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 65 | |
9 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 | |||||||||||||
10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | DNS | Ret | 8 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 38 | |
11 | 2 | 1 | 35 | |||||||||||||||
12 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 32 | |||||||||||||
13 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 7 | 28 | |||||||||||||
14 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | |||||||||||||
15 | 10 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | Ret | DNS | 22 | |||||
16 | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 21 | |||||||
17 | Ret | 3 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
18 | 7 | 6 | DNS | DNS | 10 | |||||||||||||
19 | 11 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
20 | 5 | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | 8 | |||||||||||
21 | - | - | 9 | DNS | 2 | |||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | PHI | ADE | DAR | CAN | CAL | ORA | MAL | WIN | Points | ||||||||
References
- 2001 Sporting Regulations Retrieved from www.formulaholden.com via replay.waybackmachine.org on 25 March 2011
- Records, Titles & Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4
- "Gold Star Winners - 1957 - 2009". formula3.com.au. Retrieved 11 June 2010.