2009 Australian Manufacturers' Championship Explained

The 2009 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for car manufacturers.^[1] It was the 24th manufacturers title to be awarded by CAMS and the 15th to be contested under the Australian Manufacturers' Championship name. The championship was open to Group 3E Series Production Cars. Mitsubishi ended the season as champions, beating other manufacturers Toyota and Subaru.

Calendar

The title was contested over a five-round series run concurrently with the 2009 Australian Production Car Championship.

• Round 1, Wakefield Park, New South Wales, 25–26 April
• Round 2, Eastern Creek Raceway, New South Wales, 18–19 July
• Round 3, Morgan Park Raceway, Queensland, 8–9 August
• Round 4, Oran Park Raceway, New South Wales, 29–30 August
• Round 5, Sandown Raceway, Victoria, 28–29 November

Rounds 1 to 4 were each composed of three "20-minute" races with one driver per car.Round 5 was composed of two "one hour" races with either one or two drivers per car.

Class Structure

Cars competed in the following six classes:

• Class A1 : High Performance (All Wheel Drive)
• Class A2 : High Performance (Rear Wheel Drive)
• Class B : Production (Sedan / Hatch)
• Class C : Production Sport
• Class D : Small Cars
• Class E : Alternative Energy^[1]

Points system

Only manufacturers registered for the championship were eligible to score championship points.^[1] Each registered manufacturer could nominate up to two cars, irrespective of class, which were the only cars eligible to score points for that manufacturer at that round of the championship.^[1]

For races with standing starts, championship points were awarded on class finishing positions and for races with handicap starts on outright finishing positions.^[1] For rounds contested over two races, points were awarded on a 45-36-30-27-24-21-18-15-12-9-6-3 basis in each race and for rounds contested over three races on a 30-24-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 basis in each race.^[1] All eligible finishers outside of the top twelve in each race were awarded one point each.^[1]

Results

Position	Manufacturer	Driver	No.	Car	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total[2]
1	Mitsubishi	Rod Salmon	10	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	84	78	72	58	90
		Glyn Crimp	55	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	54	–	–	–	–
		Steve Glenney	11	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	–	84	–	78	72
					138	162	72	136	162	670
2	Toyota	Colin Osborne	13	Toyota Celica	30	55	78	56	12
		Stuart Jones	31	Toyota Celica	60	55	64	39	10
					90	110	142	95	22	459
3	Subaru	Lee Castle	25	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	78	36	90	74	60
					78	36	90	74	60	338

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20091017170952/http://www.camsmanual.com.au/sportregs/2009_Aust_Manufacturers_Chship_SportRegs.pdf CAMS Bulletin B09/033 – 2009 Australian Manufacturers Championship & Australian Production Car Championship Sporting Regulations
2. https://www.webcitation.org/5mfC5Xu2O?url=http://www.pcaa.com.au/Documents/2009%20Championship%20-%20Manufacturers%20Pointscore.pdf 2009 Australian Manufacturers Championship points table

External links

• Production Car Association of Australia Retrieved from www.pcaa.com.au on 20 October 2009
• Race Results Archive Retrieved from www.natsoft.com.au on 20 October 2009
• Images from the Sandown round of the 2009 Australian Manufacturers' Championship