The 2001 Australian GT Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to production cars. It was the sixth

Australian GT Production Car Championship The Australian GT Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title, organised by Procar Australia Pty Ltd, for drivers of Group 3E Series Production Cars. PROCAR had first promoted a national series for production bas ...

to be awarded. The Australian championship was won by Queensland driver Brett Peters, driving a

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ran by the Rod Dawson led Peters Motorsport team. Peters took a 28.5 championship victory over fellow Subaru driver Wayne Boatwright with HSV driver Phillip Polities a further 21.5 points back in third. The series ran on an eleven-round calendar but not all of the five classes raced at every meeting, with each class racing eight of the eleven rounds. The separated calendar was the beginning of the separation of competitors into what would become completely separate championships in 2003 as the

Australian Performance Car Championship The Australian Performance Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of production based, high-performance coupes and sedans racing with limited modifications. It was staged as the ''Australian GT Performance Car Champ ...

and

Australian Production Car Championship The Australian Production Car Championship is an Australian motor racing title for production cars, sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS). The championship was first contested in 1987 and from 2008 to 2015 the title was ...

. The separation additionally meant that drivers on the second group of classes were no longer eligible for the Australian Championship.

Classes

Cars competed in five classes:PROCAR tables
Retrieved from replay.web.archive.org on 3 May 2011 * Class A: High Performance Cars * Class B: Sports Touring Cars * Class C: V8 Touring Cars * Class D: 6 Cylinder Touring Cars * Class E: 4 Cylinder Touring Cars2001 CHAMPIONS & AWARD WINNERS
Retrieved on 3 May 2011

Calendar

The Outright, Class A & Class B titles were contested over an eight-round "GT Performance" series.2001 SEASON
Retrieved from replay.web.archive.org on 3 May 2011 The Class C, Class D & Class E titles were contested over an eight-round "GT Production" series.

Results

Outright Drivers Championship

Note: Only half points were awarded for Race 2 of Round 4 at Queensland Raceway as the race was red flagged.

Drivers Class Championships

Manufacturers Award

Note: Points awarded to

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included points scored by HSV vehicles.

References

{{reflist Australian GT Production Car Championship GT Production Car Championship Procar Australia