The 2004 Australian GT Performance Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned

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as part of the PROCAR Championship Series and open to high performance coupes and sedans, racing with minimal modifications. It was the second running of the

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. During the running of the championship, PROCAR relinquished its Category Management rights back to the

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Justin Hemmes Justin Hemmes (born 27 August 1972) is an Australian businessman, heir to the House of Merivale family fortune and principal of the Merivale Group that owns approximately 70 pubs, hotels, restaurants and other venues in the Sydney area. Biogra ...

won the championship driving a

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, defeating semi-factory Volkswagen Golf R32 driver

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by 90 points.

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driver Garry Holt was third.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven round series.2004 Events Calendar, www.procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
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Points system

Points were awarded on a 30-24-20-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the top 21 classified finishers in each raceCAMS Bulletin No B04/030 – 2004 PROCAR Championship Series Regulations, www.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
/ref> except for the two rounds run over two races, where the second race was worth double points.2004 AGTPC Points for Round 3
Retrieved from web.archive.org on 22 September 2009 An additional 3 points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest qualifying time at each round.

Results

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, Merivale / Falken / Bilstein , align="center" , 433 , - ! 2 ,

, align="center" , 22 & 2 , Volkswagen Golf R32 , Volkswagen Group Australia , align="center" , 343 , - ! 3 , Garry Holt , align="center" , 21 ,

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, Eastern Creek International Karting , align="center" , 312 , - ! 4 , Ric Shaw , align="center" , 35 , Mazda RX-7 Series 8
BMW M Coupe , Ric Shaw Racing , align="center" , 302 , - ! 5 , Beric Lynton , align="center" , 123 ,

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, Bruce Lynton BMW , align="center" , 276 , - ! 6 , Tim Leahey , align="center" , 2 , Volkswagen Golf R32 , Volkswagen Group Australia , align="center" , 260 , - ! 7 , Gary Young , align="center" , 4 ,

, Gary Young Racing , align="center" , 250 , - ! 8 , Peter Floyd , align="center" , 300 , HSV VY GTS , kawasaki-fp.com , align="center" , 233 , - ! 9 , Steve Knight , align="center" , 23 ,

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, Mitsubishi Electric , align="center" , 217 , - ! 10 , Mark King , align="center" , 1 ,

, King Springs / Delphi , align="center" , 209 , - ! 11 , Barry Morcom , align="center" , 11 ,

, Nepean EFI , align="center" , 205 , - ! 12 , Steve Cramp , align="center" , 19 , HSV VX GTS , CVW Engineering , align="center" , 190 , - ! 13 , Bob Hughes , align="center" , 15 ,

, Bob Hughes Special Vehicles , align="center" , 167 , - ! 14 , John Falk , align="center" , 87 , FTE AUIII TE50
FPV BA GT , Team GT , align="center" , 154 , - ! 15 , Michael Brock , align="center" , 88 ,

, Coopers Pale Ale Racing , align="center" , 148 , - ! 16 , Ross Almond , align="center" , 26 ,

, Nepean EFI , align="center" , 139 , - ! 17 , Graham Alexander , align="center" , 57 ,

, AC DELCO , align="center" , 132 , - ! 18 , Ian Box , align="center" , 666 ,

, BT Lift Trucks , align="center" , 109 , - ! 19 , Grant Park , align="center" , 55 ,

, Merivale / Falken / Bilstein / JVC , align="center" , 103 , - ! 20 , Warren Millett , align="center" , 301 , HSV VY GTS , Wake Up! , align="center" , 101 , - ! 21 , Anton Mechtler , align="center" , 9 ,

, Anton Mechtler , align="center" , 86 , - ! 22 , Nathan Pilkington , align="center" , 77
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Volkswagen Golf R32 , Tempt Gourmet
Volkswagen Group Australia , align="center" , 76 , - ! 23 , Peter Boylan , align="center" , 7 ,

, Quirk's Refrigeration , align="center" , 70 , - ! 24 , Bob Pearson , align="center" , 33 , Mazda RX-7 Series 8 , PRO-DUCT Motorsport , align="center" , 68 , - ! 25 , Gary Jackson , align="center" , 28 ,

, Bruce Lynton BMW , align="center" , 67 , - ! 26 , Barrie Nesbitt , align="center" , 5 , HSV VY GTS , Barrie Nesbitt , align="center" , 60 , - ! 27 ,

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, Merivale / Falken / Bilstein / JVC Mobile Entertainment , align="center" , 56 , - ! 28 , Craig Dontas , align="center" , 27
45 , BMW M Coupe
HSV VY GTS , Jack Hillerman Smash Repairs
Brice Metals Youthworks , align="center" , 40 , - ! 29 , Trevor Haines , align="center" , 17 , FPV BA GT , Team GT , align="center" , 38 , - ! 30 , Mark Cohen , align="center" , 44 , HSV VY GTS , Mark Cohen , align="center" , 36 , - ! 31 , Wayne Boatwright , align="center" , 60 ,

, Falken / Bilstein / JVC , align="center" , 28 , - ! 32 , Paul Mitolo , align="center" , 63 , Mazda RX-7 Series 8 , Novatec Construction Systems , align="center" , 24 , - ! 33 , Trevor John , align="center" , 6 ,

, Toshiba , align="center" , 23 , - ! 34 , Charlie Kovacs , align="center" , 45 , HSV VX GTS , Charlie Kovacs , align="center" , 23 , - ! 35 , Don Pulvar , align="center" , 96 , Nissan 200SX GT , Advanced Power , align="center" , 21 , - ! 36 , Mark Brame , align="center" , 6 ,

, Toshiba , align="center" , 13 , - ! 37 , Dennis Gilbert , align="center" , 38 , HSV VY GTS , Castran Gilbert / The Age , align="center" , 12 , - ! 38 , Hugh Harrison , align="center" , 147 , Alfa Romeo 147 GTA , Monza Motors , align="center" , 11 , - ! 39 , John Grounds , align="center" , 16 , Nissan 200SX GT , Donut King , align="center" , 5 , - ! 40 , Richard Catchlove , align="center" , 200 , Nissan 200SX GT , Donut King , align="center" , 2

References

External links

2004 Australian GT Performance Car Champion, Justin Hemmes at the Oran Park round
Retrieved from www.asphotos.com.au on 22 September 2009
2004 Race Results, www.natsoft.biz, as archived at www.webcitation.org
GT Performance Car Championship Australian Performance Car Championship