# 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

The 2005 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. The championship, which was the third Australian Carrera Cup Championship, was administered by CupCar Australia Pty Ltd. and was promoted as the “Wright Patton Shakespeare Carrera Cup Australia”. The title was won by Fabian Coulthard.

## Calendar

The championship was contested over a nine round series with three races per round.
| Round | Circuit | State | Date | Round winner |
| 1 | Adelaide Parklands Circuit | South Australia | 17-20 March | Fabian Coulthard |
| 2 | Barbagallo Raceway | Western Australia | 6-8 May | Fabian Coulthard |
| 3 | Eastern Creek International Raceway | New South Wales | 27-29 May | Jonathon Webb |
| 4 | Queensland Raceway | Queensland | 22-24 July | Fabian Coulthard |
| 5 | Oran Park Motorsport Circuit | New South Wales | 12-14 August | Fabian Coulthard |
| 6 | Sandown International Motor Raceway | Victoria | 9-11 September | Jim Richards |
| 7 | Mount Panorama, Bathurst | New South Wales | 6-9 October | Fabian Coulthard |
| 8 | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit | Queensland | 21-23 October | Fabian Coulthard |
| 9 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Victoria | 25-27 November | Jim Richards |

## Points system

Points were awarded in each race as per the following table:
| Finishing position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st-last |
| Points awarded | 60 | 54 | 48 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |

## Results

| Pos. | Driver | No. | Entrant | Ade | Bar | EC | QR | OP | San | Bat | Sur | PI | Penalty | Total |
| 1 | Fabian Coulthard | 3 | Glenfords Tools Centres / Makita | 174 | 174 | 69 | 120 | 174 | 114 | 120 | 180 | 150 | - | 1275 |
| 2 | Jim Richards | 2 | OAMPS Insurance / Greenfield Mowers | 168 | 168 | 99 | 96 | 132 | 174 | 102 | 24 | 162 | - | 1125 |
| 3 | Jonathon Webb | 22 | Tekno Autosports | 102 | 132 | 162 | 54 | 48 | 96 | 84 | 72 | 138 | -10 | 878 |
| 4 | Luke Youlden | 28 | VIP Petfoods (Aust) P/L | 144 | 96 | 138 | 3 | 162 | 108 | 66 | 39 | - | -20 | 736 |
| 5 | David Reynolds | 14 | Sonic Motor Racing Services | 30 | 36 | 129 | 108 | 102 | 102 | 54 | 18 | 96 | - | 675 |
| 6 | Peter Fitzgerald | 4 | ACER Computers / ABCOR | 30 | 102 | 93 | 84 | 69 | 87 | 66 | 57 | 21 | - | 609 |
| 7 | Klark Quinn | 5 | VIP Petfoods (Aust) P/L | 114 | 48 | 42 | 39 | 30 | 48 | 54 | 162 | 57 | - | 594 |
| 8 | Ian Dyk | 9 | Glenfords / Dewalt / AEG / Sellys | 69 | 30 | 6 | 30 | 96 | 87 | 21 | 120 | 126 | - | 585 |
| 9 | Cameron McLean | 27 | Sherrin Hire P/L | 51 | 96 | 69 | 0 | 108 | 81 | 0 | 114 | - | - | 519 |
| 10 | Alan Gurr | 6 | Glenfords / Hitachi / Sirromet | 108 | 63 | 84 | 30 | 45 | 54 | - | - | 108 | - | 492 |
| 11 | James Cressey | 23 | Paul Cruikshank Racing | 63 | 48 | 75 | 27 | 84 | 84 | 42 | 51 | - | - | 474 |
| 12 | Bryce Washington | 54 | Adrad Radiators | 30 | 87 | 90 | - | 54 | 24 | 63 | 90 | 21 | - | 459 |
| 13 | Rodney Jane | 7 | Bob Jane T-Marts | 21 | 30 | 54 | 66 | 33 | 18 | 39 | 39 | 42 | - | 342 |
| 14 | Dean Grant | 10 | Dean Grant | 42 | 39 | 36 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 12 | 51 | 33 | - | 276 |
| 15 | Tony Quinn | 8 | VIP Petfoods (Aust) P/L | 27 | 33 | 33 | 42 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 39 | - | 240 |
| 16 | Paul Freestone | 25 | Freestone Transport / Biante | 6 | 24 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 30 | 0 | 84 | 30 | - | 240 |
| 17 | Theo Koundouris | 19 | Supabarn Supermarkets | 3 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 27 | 51 | - | 171 |
| 18 | Ash Samadi | 55 | Globe | 15 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 30 | 12 | 21 | 15 | - | 137 |
| 19 | James Koundouris | 18 | Supabarn Supermarkets | 0 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 27 | - | 120 |
| 20 | Andrew Luxton | 17 | Hyundai Construction | - | 6 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 18 | - | 63 | - | 96 |
| 21 | Marc Cini | 12 | Adamco | 12 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 9 | - | 95 |
| 22 | Shane McKillen | 42 | International Motorsport NZ | 6 | 9 | 18 | 9 | - | - | 15 | 0 | - | - | 57 |
| 23 | Paul Pedersen | 42 | 42 Below Vodka | - | - | - | - | 30 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 42 |
| 24 | Alistair Bye | 27 | Sherrin Hire | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | - | 39 |
| 25 | Charlie O'Brien | 15 | Tenkate Group | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 |
| 26 | Brett Francis | 28 | VIP Petfoods | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | - | 21 |
| 27 | Stephen Borness | 24 | Celerity Racing | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
| 28 | Shannon O'Brien | 6 | Glenfords Tool Centres / Hitachi | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | 15 |
All cars were Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996s as mandated by the technical regulations for the championship.
Race 2 at the Bathurst round was stopped after an accident and no points were awarded for the race.