2015 Australian Carrera Cup Championship


The 2015 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a national championship with Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd appointed as the Category Manager by CAMS. The title, which was the eleventh Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship, was won by Nick Foster.
Sonic Motor Racing Services driver Foster won eight races during the season, with two runs of four consecutive victories including weekend sweeps at Townsville and Sandown. Foster finished sixty-four points ahead of Finance EZI Racing's David Russell, who took eleven podium finishes during the season but only one win, at Bathurst. Third place in the championship went to Matt Campbell, who won six races, including a weekend sweep at Surfers Paradise as part of a four-race win streak to close the season. Defending champion Steven Richards won five of the first six races, but only returned to the podium four times over the remaining sixteen races to finish fourth in the championship. Foster's teammate Nick McBride and Hamilton Autohaus driver Shane Smollen were the other race-winners, winning at Albert Park and Phillip Island respectively. Foster also won the Professional sub-classification by 46 points, while Smollen won the Elite sub-classification by 60 points ahead of Stephen Grove.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the championship.
TeamNo.DriverRd 3 Co-DriverClassRounds
Steve Richards Motorsport1 Steven Richards Dean GrantProfessionalAll
Grove Group4 Stephen Grove Scott McLaughlinEliteAll
McElrea Racing5 Spike GoddardProfessional1–2
McElrea Racing5 Tony WallsElite7
McElrea Racing7 Matt Campbell Tim MilesProfessionalAll
Garth Walden Racing6 Ash Samadi Dean FioreEliteAll
Porsche Centre Melbourne8 Craig Baird Max TwiggProfessionalAll
Hallmarc9 Marc Cini Christopher MiesEliteAll
Finance EZI Racing10 David Russell James KoundourisProfessionalAll
Team BRM11 Simon Hodge Ray AngusProfessional1–5
Team BRM11 John MagroProfessional6
Team BRM22 Richard Muscat Sam WalterProfessionalAll
Team BRM45 Duvashen Padayachee Indiran PadayacheeProfessionalAll
Porsche Centre Brighton13 James Bergmuller Alex DavisonEliteAll
Buik Motorsport14 Cameron McConville John GoodacreProfessional1–3
Buik Motorsport25 John MartinProfessional4–8
Buik Motorsport26 Michael Almond John KarytinosProfessionalAll
AVCS18 Max TwiggElite2
Lago Racing23 Roger Lago Steve OwenElite1–4
Tony Bates Racing24 Tony Bates Daniel GauntEliteAll
Sonic Motor Racing Services39 Adrian Mastronardo Tim SladeEliteAll
Sonic Motor Racing Services77 Nick McBride Neale MustonProfessionalAll
Sonic Motor Racing Services777 Nick Foster Dylan ThomasProfessionalAll
Hamilton Autohaus56 Shane Smollen Nick PercatEliteAll
DNA Racing65 Fraser Ross David RyanProfessionalAll
Koala Motorsport69 Brenton GriguolElite7
Scott Taylor Motorsport88 Shae Davies Geoff EmeryProfessional2–3, 5-6, 8
Scott Taylor Motorsport222 Scott Taylor Dean CantoElite1–5, 7–8
Scott Taylor Motorsport222 Aaron SetonProfessional6

All vehicles were Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 cars, as mandated by the championship regulations.

Race calendar

The championship was contested over eight rounds.

Championship standings

;Points system
Championship points were awarded at each race as per the table below:
Each driver was deemed by the Category Manager to be in either the Professional Class or the Elite Class for the purpose of awarding class points.
For class awards, each driver in each class who was classified as a finisher received points in accordance with the above pointscore table relative to each other driver in their class.

Overall

Professional

Elite