The 2005 Australian Performance Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing championship, organised by GT Performance Racing Pty Ltd.CAMS Bulletin B05/029 of 11 March 2005, 2005 Australian Performance Car Championship Sporting Regulations It was the first championship to be contested under 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 ...

name with similar titles having been run in the two previous years as the Australian GT Performance Car Championship.Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10 Peter Floyd won the series by 39 points driving a HSV GTS. It was the first time a driver of a HSV had won the series. Garry Holt finished second in the championship with 2003 champion Mark King in third.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven round series with three races per round.Grant Rowley, Performing Live, The Annual – Australian Motorsport, Number 1 / 2005, pages 116-120 * Round 1, Adelaide Parklands Circuit,

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, 17-20 MarchNatsoft Race Results Archive 2005
Retrieved on 29 December 2010 * Round 2, Wakefield Park Raceway,

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, 13-15 May * Round 3, Eastern Creek International Raceway,

, 27-29 May * Round 4,

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, 1-3 July * Round 5, Oran Park Motorsport Circuit,

, 12-14 August * Round 6, Symmons Plains International Raceway,

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, 11-13 November * Round 7,

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, 25-27 November

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 first 21 classified finishers in each race. An additional 3 points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest qualifying time at each round.

Results

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Retrieved from web.archive.org on 29 December 2010 ! Driver ! No. ! Car ! Entrant ! Points , - ! 1 , Peter Floyd , align="center" , 98 , HSV VYII GTS 300 kW , www.Kawasaki-fp.com / BP Ultimate , align="center" , 445 , - ! 2 , Garry Holt , align="center" , 21 ,

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, Eastern Creek International Raceway , align="center" , 406 , - ! 3 , Mark King , align="center" , 34 ,

, King Springs / Delphi , align="center" , 362 , - ! 4 , Beric Lynton , align="center" , 23 ,

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, Bruce Lynton BMW , align="center" , 321 , - ! 5 , Barry Morcom , align="center" , 11 ,

, Rondo Building Services , align="center" , 288 , - ! 6 , Steve Cramp , align="center" , 19 , HSV VX GTS
HSV VZ GTS , C.V.W. Engineering Pty Ltd , align="center" , 282 , - ! 7 , John Falk , align="center" , 87 , FPV BA MkII GT , Fibreglass International , align="center" , 243 , - ! 8 , Barrie Nesbitt , align="center" , 5 , HSV VY GTS
HSV Coupe GTO , Donut King , align="center" , 226 , - ! 9 , James Philip , align="center" , 3 , FPV BA MkII GT , First Auto Parts Plus , align="center" , 192 , - ! 10 , Peter Boylan , align="center" , 7 ,

, Aussie Hire / DBA , align="center" , 188 , - ! 11 ,

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, Jack Hillermans Smash / Bilstein , align="center" , 188 , - ! 12 , Michael Brock , align="center" , 88 ,

, Coopers Pale Ale , align="center" , 181 , - ! 13 , Gary Young , align="center" , 4 ,

, Readymix , align="center" , 169 , - ! 14 , Ric Shaw , align="center" , 35 ,

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, Ric Shaw Performance / Sennheise , align="center" , 123 , - ! 15 , Dean Lillie , align="center" , 18 & 15 , HSV VY GTS , Wake-Up! Backpacker Hotel , align="center" , 122 , - ! 16 , Anthony Alford , align="center" , 12 ,

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HSV Coupe GTO , Donut King , align="center" , 116 , - ! 17 , Graham Alexander , align="center" , 57 ,

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, Corio Auto Parts , align="center" , 116 , - ! 18 , Barry Sternbeck , align="center" , 69 , HSV VY GTS 300 kW , Hanson / AV Jennings , align="center" , 98 , - ! 19 , Lynne Champion , align="center" , 8 ,

, Steve Knight , align="center" , 96 , - ! 20 , Mike Fitzgerald , align="center" , 42 ,

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, Aussie Hire , align="center" , 86 , - ! 21 , Bruce Williams , align="center" , 16 ,

, Bruce Williams Motorsport , align="center" , 74 , - ! 22 , Trevor Haines , align="center" , 17 , FPV BA MkII GT , Team GT , align="center" , 70 , - ! 23 , Anton Mechtler , align="center" , 9 ,

, Mek-Tek Motorsport , align="center" , 60 , - ! 24 , Rod Dawson , align="center" , 87 , FPV BA MkII GT , Fibreglass International , align="center" , 44 , - ! 25 , Trevor Sheumack , align="center" , 300 , HSV GTS , www.Kawasaki-fp.com / BP Ultimate , align="center" , 43 , - ! 26 , Geoff Morgan , align="center" , 41 ,

, Aussie Hire / DBA / Somersets , align="center" , 43 , - ! 27 , Adam Beechey , align="center" , 13 , Nissan 200SX GT , Donut King , align="center" , 38 , - ! 28 , Peter Leehmuis , align="center" , 14 ,

HSV VY GTS , Donut King Racing , align="center" , 34 , - ! 29 , Craig Dontas , align="center" , 45 , HSV VX GTS 300 kW , CSA Alloy Wheels/Straightline , align="center" , 28 , - ! 30 , Mark Cohen , align="center" , 44 , HSV VY GTS , MGC Racing , align="center" , 22 , - ! 31 , Stephen Hoinville , align="center" , 60 , FPV BA F6 Typhoon , Robinson Racing / Snickers , align="center" , 21 , - ! 32 , Andrew Taplin , align="center" , 6 ,

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, Andrew Taplin , align="center" , 19 , - ! 33 , John McIlroy , align="center" , 60 , FPV BA F6 Typhoon , Ford Dealers , align="center" , 16 , - ! 34 , John Woodberry , align="center" , 57 ,

, Corio Auto Parts , align="center" , 10 , - ! 35 , Dennis Cribbin , align="center" , 41 ,

, Aussie Hire / DBA , align="center" , 9 , - ! 36 , Brett Youlden , align="center" , 60 , FPV BA F6 Typhoon , , align="center" , 7 , - ! 37 , Warren Millett , align="center" , 18 , HSV VX GTS 300 kW , Wake-Up Backpacker Hotel , align="center" , 2

References

External links

Image of the HSV GTS of championship winner Peter Floyd
Australian Performance Car Championship

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