2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia


The 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia was an Australian motor racing series open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Series with Porsche Cars Australia Pty Ltd appointed as the Category Manager. It was the 12th Carrera Cup to be contested in Australia and the first to be sanctioned as a national series rather than a national championship.
The series was won by Matt Campbell.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the series.
TeamClassNo.DriverPro-Am Co-DriverRounds
Grove HireChallenge4 Stephen Grove Lee HoldsworthAll
McElrea RacingPro7 Matt Campbell Geoff EmeryAll
McElrea RacingPro45 Duvashen Padayachee Roger LagoAll
McElrea RacingPro54 James Abela Tony WallsAll
Porsche Centre MelbournePro8 Dean Fiore Jake Camilleri1–7
Porsche Centre MelbourneGuest8 Tony Longhurst8
Porsche Centre MelbourneChallenge9 Marc Cini Michael CarusoAll
Steve Richards MotorsportGuest11 Tony Longhurst7
Steve Richards MotorsportPro12 Steven Richards Dean GrantAll
Steve Richards MotorsportChallenge13 James Bergmuller Garth TanderAll
Twigg MotorsportGuest18 Max Twigg7
Garth Walden RacingPro21 Garth Walden Ash SamadiAll
Tony Bates RacingChallenge24 Tony Bates David ReynoldsAll
Buik MotorsportPro25 Alex Davison David-Calvert JonesAll
Buik MotorsportPro26 Michael Almond John GoodacreAll
FreeMGuest32 Daniel Stutterd7
Wall RacingPro38 David Wall Adrian FlackAll
Sonic Motor Racing ServicesChallenge39 Adrian Mastronardo Tim SladeAll
Sonic Motor Racing ServicesPro77 Nick McBride Dylan ThomasAll
Sonic Motor Racing ServicesPro777 Ashley Walsh Max TwiggAll
McGrath Estate AgentsChallenge56 Shane Smollen Nick PercatAll
Dexion Supply CentrePro88 Dylan O'Keeffe Sam WalterAll
Scott Taylor MotorsportPro222 Shane van Gisbergen Paul Kelly3
Scott Taylor MotorsportChallenge222 Scott Taylor4–5, 7–8
DNA RacingPro360 Fraser Ross David Ryan1–5, 8

All vehicles were Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 cars.

Race calendar

The championship was contested over eight rounds.

Series standings

The series was won by Matt Campbell.
The following table reflects the series standings as at the completion of the season.