# 2007 Australian GT Championship

The 2007 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing championship open to closed production based sports cars as approved for FIA GT3 competition and to similar cars as approved by CAMS. The championship began on 3 February 2007 at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 9 December at Sandown Raceway after eight rounds held across five states. It was the eleventh Australian GT Championship.
The championship was won by Danish driver Allan Simonsen who drove a Ferrari 360 GT owned by Ted Huglin in the first four rounds and a Ferrari F430, newly imported by Mark Coffey Racing, in the last four rounds.

## Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 2007 Australian GT Championship.
| Team | Car | No | Driver |
| Property Solutions Group | Ferrari F430 | 2 | Kevin Miller |
| Consolidated Chemical Company | Ferrari 360 GT | 4 | Allan Simonsen Craig Baird Ted Huglin Andy Knight |
| Lamborghini Australia | Lamborghini Diablo GTR | 5 | Peter Hackett |
| Lamborghini Australia | Lamborghini Gallardo | 5 | John Bowe |
| Abcor Preston General Engineering | Aston Martin DBRS9 | 7 | John Kaias Will Davison |
| Abcor Preston General Engineering | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 | 77 | John Kaias |
| Flash Air Daikin Air Conditioninh | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Type 996 | 8 | Simon Middleton Peter Hill |
| Hallmarc | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 9 | Marc Cini |
| Supaloc | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 10 | Gary Dann |
| Taplin Real Estate ANZ Banking | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | 11 | Andrew Taplin Dean Evans |
| Quarterback Shirts | Ferrari 360 Challenge | 12 | Mark Eddy Dean Grant |
| Promat | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 13 | Matthew Turnbull |
| Echo Ridges Wines | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 14 | Greg Ward Jr. |
| Twigg Waste Management | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 18 | Max Twigg |
| Nexus Cleaning Roock | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 19 | Damien Flack Ash Samadhi Marc Cini |
| Palmer Steel Industries | Lamborghini Gallardo | 20 | Ian Palmer Paul Stokell |
| Sherrin Motorsport P/L | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 21 | Iain Sherrin |
| Sherrin Motorsport P/L | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 27 | Grant Sherrin |
| Pelorus Property Group | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 23 | Paul Tresidder Max Twigg |
| Audi Centre Melbourne | Ferrari F430 | 29 | Maher Algadrie |
| WTF Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 31 | Jon Trende |
| Lynns Building Materials | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | 32 | Blake Lynn |
| Kirchner Constructions | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 33 | Fraser Kirchner |
| Jaylec Buzza Auto Electrics | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 36 | Peter Fountas Matthew Coleman Garth Rainsbury |
| RDS - Wall Racing Pty Ltd | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Type 996 | 38 | David Wall Des Wall |
| Sedgman Limited | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | 40 | Russell Kempnich |
| Brennan IT Securetel | Ferrari F430 | 43 | David Stevens Hector Lester |
| Autohaus Hamilton | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 44 | Bill Pye |
| Bolin Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | 45 | Paul Bolinowsky |
| Travelplan | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | 46 | Anthony Skinner |
| Koala Furniture | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 51 | Ross Lilley |
| Koala Furniture | Ferrari 360 GT | 95 | Ross Lilley |
| Natrad Radiators & Auto Air | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 Lamborghini Gallardo | 54 | Bryce Washington Michael Trimble |
| Data Recovery Systems P/L | Lotus Elise | 73 | Eric Northwood |
| Bicycle Express | Porsche 911 Type 964 | 74 | Keith Wong |
| The Oxford Tavern Wollongong | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 77 | Anthony Kosseris Matt Hunt |
| Cue | Lotus Elise | 78 | Justin Levis |
| Sirena Racing | Ferrari F430 | 80 | Allan Simonsen Tim Leahey |
| Urban Arrangements | Lotus Elise | 86 | Scott Bargwanna |
| Urban Arrangements | Lotus Elise | 99 | Peter Lucas Scott Bargwanna |
| Industry Central Stahlwille | Ferrari F430 | 88 | John Teulan Steven Johnson |
| Sonic Motor Racing Macpherson & Kelley Lawyers | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | 90 | Sven Burchartz Jon Trende Dean Fiore |
| Cooks Construction | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 91 | Graeme Cook |
| Zagame Lotus | Lotus Elise GT3 | 98 | Angelo Lazaris |
| Zagame Lotus | Lotus Exige GT3 | 98 | Angelo Lazaris Warren Luff |

## Calendar

| Rd. | Race title | Circuit | Location / state | Date | Winning driver(s) | Car | Report |
| 1 | Eastern Creek | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | 2–4 Feb | Allan Simonsen | Ferrari 360 GT | |
| 2 | Adelaide | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | 21–24 Feb | Allan Simonsen | Ferrari 360 GT | |
| 3 | Bathurst | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 5–7 Apr | Bryce Washington | Lamborghini Gallardo | |
| 4 | Queensland Raceway | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | 25–27 May | Bryce Washington | Lamborghini Gallardo | |
| 5 | Phillip Island | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 10–12 Aug | John Bowe | Lamborghini Gallardo | |
| 6 | Symmons Plains | Symmons Plains Raceway | Launceston, Tasmania | 31 Aug – 2 Sep | John Bowe | Lamborghini Gallardo | |
| 7 | Oran Park | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | 2–4 Nov | Bryce Washington | Lamborghini Gallardo | |
| 8 | Sandown GT Classic | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | 7–9 Dec | Allan Simonsen Tim Leahey | Ferrari F430 | Report |
Allan Simonsen and Tim Leahey were awarded the 2007 Australian Tourist Trophy for their victory in the Sandown GT Classic.

## Points system

For Rounds 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7, points were awarded on a 38-32-28-25-23-21-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the top 25 positions in each of the three races. Round 3 featured only two races and points were allocated on a 57-48-42-37.5-34.5-31.5-28.5-27-25.5-24-22.5-21-19.5-18-16.5-15-13.5-12-10.5-9-7.5-6-4.5-3-1.5 basis. Round 8 was a 500 kilometre endurance round and points were allocated on a 114-96-84-75-69-63-57-54-51-48-45-42-39-36-33-30-27-24-21-18-15-12-9-6-3 basis. Three bonus points were allocated for pole position at each of the eight rounds.
The total for each driver was adjusted by deducting the worst round point score of those rounds which were contested. This resulted in drivers scoring zero nett points if they only contested only one round.

## Championship results

| Pos. | Driver | Car | Round 1 - Eas | Round 1 - Eas | Round 1 - Eas | Round 2 - Ade | Round 2 - Ade | Round 2 - Ade | Round 3 - Bat | Round 3 - Bat | Round 4 - Qld | Round 4 - Qld | Round 4 - Qld | Round 5 - Phi | Round 5 - Phi | Round 5 - Phi | Round 6 - Sym | Round 6 - Sym | Round 6 - Sym | Round 7 - Ora | Round 7 - Ora | Round 7 - Ora | Round 8 - San | Total Pts | Retained Pts |
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 1 | Total Pts | Retained Pts |
| 1 | Allan Simonsen | Ferrari 360 GT Ferrari F430 | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 779 | 695 |
| 2 | Bryce Washington | Lamborghini Gallardo | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 14th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 4th | 9th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | Ret | 662 | 662 |
| 3 | David Wall | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Type 996 | 2nd | Ret | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 7th | 10th | 4th | 4th | 1st | Ret | 2nd | 2nd | 13th | 604 | 565 |
| 4 | Damien Flack | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 7th | 5th | 7th | 13th | 12th | 15th | 5th | 7th | 13th | 8th | 17th | 10th | 10th | 6th | 5th | Ret | 9th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 11th | 409 | 371 |
| 5 | Sven Burchartz | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | 17th | Ret | DNS | 6th | Ret | Ret | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 5th | 6th | Ret | DNS | 6th | 9th | 7th | 4th | 379 | 370 |
| 6 | Peter Lucas | Lotus Elise | 8th | 7th | 12th | 9th | 7th | 7th | 13th | 12th | 6th | 12th | 12th | 17th | 11th | 12th | 10th | 9th | 8th | Ret | 7th | Ret | 12th | 345.5 | 326.5 |
| 7 | John Teulan | Ferrari F430 | 5th | 4th | Ret | 3rd | 4th | 4th | Ret | DNS | 10th | 15th | DNS | 11th | DNS | DNS | | | | 3rd | 8th | 6th | 3rd | 319 | 319 |
| 8 | Paul Tresidder | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 9th | Ret | 9th | 10th | 9th | 8th | 9th | Ret | 11th | Ret | 8th | Ret | 17th | 13th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 10th | 8th | Ret | 279.5 | 279.5 |
| 9 | Ian Palmer | Lamborghini Gallardo | | | | | | | 4th | 4th | DNS | DNS | DNS | Ret | 6th | Ret | Ret | DNS | DNS | 4th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 263 | 263 |
| 10 | Max Twigg | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 6th | Ret | 6th | | | | 8th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 8th | 9th | 11th | | | | Ret | 4th | DNS | Ret | 238.5 | 238.5 |
| 11 | Jon Trende | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 14th | 12th | 11th | 11th | 18th | Ret | | | Ret | 10th | 9th | 19th | DNS | DNS | 11th | 5th | 10th | | | | 4th | 233 | 226 |
| 12 | Mark Eddy | Ferrari 360 Challenge | | | | 5th | 6th | 5th | DNS | Ret | 8th | 7th | 10th | 9th | Ret | 7th | | | | | | | 10th | 204 | 204 |
| 13 | Ross Lilley | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 13th | 10th | Ret | Ret | 11th | 12th | 11th | 9th | | | | Ret | 16th | 16th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 10th | Ret | DNS | | 196 | 196 |
| 14 | Paul Bolinowsky | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | 12th | 11th | 10th | | | | 12th | 10th | Ret | Ret | DNS | 12th | 12th | 14th | | | | 8th | 11th | 9th | | 180 | 180 |
| 15 | Peter Fountas | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 16th | 14th | 14th | 18th | 15th | 17th | 17th | 15th | 15th | 17th | 14th | 15th | 15th | 17th | | | | | | | 9th | 206 | 206 |
| 16 | Gary Dann | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 4th | 5th | 6th | 10th | 8th | 9th | 7th | 7th | | | | | | | | | | | 173 | 173 |
| 17 | Angelo Lazaris | Lotus Elise GT3 Lotus Exige GT3 | | | | | | | | | 18th | 16th | 16th | 16th | Ret | 15th | 8th | 7th | 5th | DNS | DNS | DNS | 8th | 163 | 163 |
| 18 | Blake Lynn | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | 10th | 8th | 8th | Ret | Ret | 14th | 14th | 11th | 12th | 11th | 13th | | | | | | | | | | | 146.5 | 134.5 |
| 19 | John Bowe | Lamborghini Gallardo | | | | | | | | | | | | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | | | | | 221 | 117 |
| 20 | Will Davison | Aston Martin DBRS9 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | | | | | | | 7th | 144 | 87 |
| 21 | John Kaias | Aston Martin DBRS9 | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | 4th | 4th | 3rd | | | | | | | | | | 7th | 135 | 78 |
| 22 | Craig Baird | Ferrari 360 GT | | | | | | | | | | | | 3rd | 5th | 4th | | | | | | | Ret | 76 | 76 |
| 23 | Bill Pye | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 4th | 6th | 5th | | | | 7th | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 97.5 | 69 |
| 24 | Andrew Taplin | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | | | | 8th | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6th | 81 | 63 |
| 25 | Ted Huglin | Ferrari 360 GT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11th | 12th | 10th | Ret | 45 | 45 |
| = | Marc Cini | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | | | | 7th | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11th | 64 | 45 |
| 27 | Grant Sherrin | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | | | | | | | | | 16th | 14th | 11th | 14th | 13th | 8th | | | | | | | | 80 | 43 |
| 28 | Graeme Cook | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | | | | 12th | 10th | Ret | 16th | 13th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 64.5 | 34.5 |
| = | Anthony Skinner | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | Ret | 9th | Ret | | | | 15th | 14th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 51.5 | 34.5 |
| 30 | Simon Middleton | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Type 996 | | | | 17th | 14th | 13th | | | | | | 13th | 14th | Ret | | | | | | | DNS | 59 | 34 |
| 31 | Russell Kempnich | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | 15th | 15th | 15th | | | | | | 14th | 18th | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 53 | 33 |
| = | Iain Sherrin | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | | | | | | | | | 17th | 13th | 15th | Ret | 19th | Ret | | | | | | | | 40 | 33 |
| 33 | Fraser Kirchner | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | | | | 19th | 16th | 16th | 18th | 16th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 54 | 27 |
| 34 | Eric Northwood | Lotus Elise | | | | | | | 19th | 17th | | | | 18th | 18th | 18th | | | | | | | | 48 | 24 |
| - | Peter Hackett | Lamborghini Diablo GTR | Ret | 3rd | 4th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 53 | 0 |
| - | Maher Algadrie | Ferrari F430 | | | | 16th | 8th | 10th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 44 | 0 |
| - | Keith Wong | Porsche 911 Type 964 | | | | 15th | 13th | 11th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 39 | 0 |
| - | Hector Lester | Ferrari F430 | | | | Ret | 17th | 9th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26 | 0 |
| - | Justin Levis | Lotus Elise | Ret | 13th | 13th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26 | 0 |
| - | David Stevens | Ferrari F430 | 11th | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 0 |
| - | Kevin Miller | Ferrari F430 | | | | | | | | | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 |
| - | Matt Turnbull | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | | | | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 |
| - | Greg Ward Jr. | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | | | | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | Ret | DNS | | 17 | 0 |
| - | Scott Bargwanna | Lotus Elise | | | | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12th | 42 | 0 |
| - | Tim Leahey | Ferrari F430 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1st | 114 | 0 |
| - | Paul Stokell | Lamborghini Gallardo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2nd | 96 | 0 |
| - | Steven Johnson | Ferrari F430 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3rd | 84 | 0 |
| - | Dean Fiore | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4th | 75 | 0 |
| - | Anthony Kosseris | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5th | 69 | 0 |
| - | Matt Hunt | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5th | 69 | 0 |
| - | Dean Evans | Porsche 911 GT3 Type 996 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6th | 63 | 0 |
| - | Warren Luff | Lotus Exige GT3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8th | 54 | 0 |
| - | Garth Rainsbury | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | 51 | 0 |
| - | Matt Coleman | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9th | 51 | 0 |
| - | Dean Grant | Ferrari 360 Challenge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10th | 48 | 0 |
| - | Ash Samadi | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11th | 45 | 0 |
| - | Des Wall | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Type 996 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13th | 39 | 0 |
| - | Andy Knight | Ferrari 360 GT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 | 0 |
| - | Peter Hill | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Type 996 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | 0 | 0 |
| - | Michael Trimble | Lamborghini Gallardo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 | 0 |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |