2017 Aussie Racing Car season

The 2017 Aussie Racing Car Series is an Australian motor racing series. The category is made up of Silhouette racing cars which use Yamaha FJ1300 engines and Kumho Tyres.[1] James Duckworth is the defending champion.[2]

2017 Aussie Racing Cars
Previous: 2016 Next: 2018

Teams and drivers
Team Body No. Driver Rounds
RDA Brakes / Rinkin Racing Nissan Altima 1 James Duckworth 1
Dr Ink Tattoo Removal Ford Mustang 2 Ben Walsh 1
Townsville Auto Group Nissan Altima 3 Madison Dunston 1
Variety Group Chevrolet Camaro 4 Brendon Tucker 1
Dutton Motor Sport Chevrolet Camaro 8 Cobi Rotaunay 1
Ruthie Racer Racing Ford Coupe 9 Ruth Bowler 1
Advantage Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro 11 Leigh Bowler 1
Colac Windscreens Chevrolet Camaro 13 Ross Higgins 1
Lustre Bar Melbourne Nissan Altima 15 Emma Clark 1
Financial Destiny Racing Holden Commodore 23 Todd O'Brien 1
Motorsport 25 Chevrolet Camaro 25 Reece Chapman 1
Oknalux Window and Doors Toyota Aurion 26 Layton Barker 1
Motorcare Auto Solutions Toyota Aurion 27 Sam Milton 1
Fraser Racing Nissan Altima 39 Luke Fraser 1
Fleurieu Milk Company Holden Cruze 40 Troy Dontas 1
Charlotte Poynting Racing Chevrolet Camaro 52 Charlotte Poynting 1
Redcliffe Wrecking / Capricorn Chevrolet Camaro 56 Sean Rose 1
PZ Racing Ford Falcon 58 Glenn Boyd 1
Uebergang Transport Chevrolet Camaro 63 Adam Uebergang 1
Western Sydney Motorsport Ford Mustang 64 Craig Woods 1
68 Blake Scriberras 1
72 Craig Thompson 1
78 Grant Thompson 1
Nissan Financial Services Chevrolet Camaro 71 Michael Rinkin 1
KKP Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro 75 Kel Treseder 1
Spray Booth Services Australas Holden Commodore 77 Sam Chester 1
Hertz Chevrolet Camaro 88 Chris Stevenson 1
Cure for MND Foundation Nissan Altima 96 Jeff Watters 1
National Fire and Safety Chevrolet Camaro 98 Jaie Robson 1
ACE Construction Group Toyota Aurion 111 Adam Casuccio 1
Multi Services Solutions Nissan Altima 222 Scott O'Keefe 1

Race calendar

The series was contested over seven rounds with four races at each round.[3]

Round Circuit City / State Date Pole Poisiton Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 2 March Kel Treseder Kel Treseder James Duckworth RDA Brakes / Rinkin Racing
R2 3 March Ben Walsh Craig Woods Western Sydney Motorsport
R3 4 March Kel Treseder Kel Treseder KKP Motorsport
R4 5 March Kel Treseder James Duckworth RDA Brakes / Rinkin Racing
2 R1 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 7–9 April
R2
R3
R4
3 R1 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 5–7 May
R2
R3
R4
4 R1 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland 7–9 July
R2
R3
R4
5 R1 Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek, New South Wales 18–20 August
R2
R3
R4
6 R1 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Gold Coast, Queensland 20–22 October
R2
R3
R4
7 R1 Newcastle Street Circuit Newcastle, New South Wales 24–26 November
R2
R3
R4

Series standings
Pos. Driver ADE
 SYM
 BAR
 TOW
 SMP
 SUR
 NEW
 Pts.
1 James Duckworth 1 2 6 1 249
2 Craig Woods 2 1 5 5 242
3 Blake Sciberras 6 3 4 3 241
4 Luke Fraser 7 11 3 2 235
5 Brendon Tucker 4 7 12 8 221
6 Chris Stevenson 8 6 11 7 221
7 Adam Casuccio 5 9 10 11 214
8 Jeff Watters 10 10 13 10 207
9 Kel Treseder 25 4 1 12 206
10 Reece Chapman 13 12 7 15 198
11 Sam Milton 9 Ret 15 9 189
12 Jaie Robson 27 Ret 8 4 187
13 Charlotte Poynting 12 16 17 14 187
14 Adam Uebergang Ret 27 9 6 182
15 Scott O'Keefe 14 13 16 18 181
16 Cobi Rotaunay 3 8 14 Ret 175
17 Craig Thompson Ret 14 18 13 174
18 Michael Rinkin 11 19 19 20 171
19 Ben Walsh 26 5 2 29 169
20 Leigh Bowler 15 15 Ret 16 167
21 Sam Chester 17 23 20 17 166
22 Glenn Boyd 16 18 23 23 157
23 Emma Clark 20 20 22 21 156
24 Bill Hynes 18 17 24 25 151
25 Ross Higgins 23 22 27 22 144
26 Ruth Bowler 21 21 29 24 141
27 Grant Thompson Ret Ret 25 19 137
28 Madison Dunston 19 Ret 26 26 128
29 Layton Barker 24 26 28 27 128
30 Todd O'Brien 22 25 30 28 127
31 Troy Dontas Ret 24 21 Ret 122

Notes
  • The top 3 finisher of Race 1 of Round 1 at the Adelaide Street Circuit (Kel Treseder, Ben Walsh, Jaie Robson) were each awarded 28 seconds time penalties for indiscretions behind the safety car and therefore finished 25th-27th respectively. James Duckworth was awarded the win.[4]
  • James Duckworth, Brendon Tucker and Sam Chester were each awarded 5 seconds penalties in Race 2 of Round 1.[4] Duckworth's position went unchanged whilst Tucker and Chester fell from 6th to 7th and 22nd to 23rd respectively.
  • Kel Treseder was awarded a 22 seconds penalty in Race 4 of Round 1 for contact with Craig Woods.[5] He fell from 1st to 12th giving James Duckworth the win.
  • Kel Treseder set a new lap record for Aussie Racing Cars at the Adelaide Street Circuit during Race 3 beating Paul Kemal record set in 2006 in a Ford Falcon.[6] He later broke his own record in Race 4.

References
  1. http://www.aussieracingcars.com.au/about/about-the-cars, Aussie Racing Cars, 6/03/2017
  2. http://www.aussieracingcars.com.au/news/aussie-racing-cars-round-one-2017-clipsal-500, Aussie Racing Cars, 6/03/2017
  3. http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/SportingRegulations/2017%20Aussie%20Racing%20Car%20Series%20Sporting%20and%20Technical%20Regulations%20-%20Version%201.pdf Archived 2017-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, 2017 Aussie Racing Car Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, 6/03/2017
  4. https://www.facebook.com/AussieRacingCars/posts/10155015048774144:0, Aussie Racing Cars Facebook Page, 6/03/2017
  5. https://www.facebook.com/AussieRacingCars/photos/a.238143529143.136007.206521299143/10155022590324144/?type=3&theater, Aussie Racing Cars Facebook Page, 6/03/2017
  6. http://racing.natsoft.com.au/638791482/object_248848.85W/Result?34%5B%5D, Natsoft Race Results, 6/03/2017
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