# 2005 Australian Performance Car Championship

The 2005 Australian Performance Car Championship was an Australian motor sport competition for Performance Cars. It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a National Championship with GT Performance Racing Pty Ltd. appointed as the Category Manager. It was the first time that the Australian Performance Car Championship name had been used, although similar titles had been run in the two previous years as the Australian GT Performance Car Championship.
Peter Floyd won the championship by 39 points driving a HSV GTS. Garry Holt finished second with 2003 Australian GT Performance Car champion Mark King third.

## Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven round series with three races per round.
| Round | Circuit | State / Territory | Date | Winning driver | Car |
| 1 | Adelaide Parklands Circuit | South Australia | 17–20 March | Chris Alajajian | Subaru Impreza WRX STi |
| 2 | Wakefield Park Raceway | New South Wales | 13–15 May | Mark King | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII |
| 3 | Eastern Creek International Raceway | New South Wales | 27–29 May | Peter Floyd | HSV VYII GTS 300 |
| 4 | Hidden Valley Raceway | Northern Territory | 1–3 July | Garry Holt | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII |
| 5 | Oran Park Motorsport Circuit | New South Wales | 12–14 August | Ric Shaw | Mazda RX-7 |
| 6 | Symmons Plains International Raceway | Tasmania | 11–13 November | Steve Cramp | HSV GTS |
| 7 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Victoria | 25–27 November | Beric Lynton | BMW M3 E46 |

## Points system

Points were awarded on a 30-24-20-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first 21 classified finishers in each race. An additional 3 points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest qualifying time at each round.

## Results

| Position | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | Points |
| 1 | Peter Floyd | 98 | HSV VYII GTS 300 kW | www.Kawasaki-fp.com / BP Ultimate | 445 |
| 2 | Garry Holt | 21 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | Eastern Creek International Raceway | 406 |
| 3 | Mark King | 34 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | King Springs / Delphi | 362 |
| 4 | Beric Lynton | 23 | BMW M3 E46 | Bruce Lynton BMW | 321 |
| 5 | Barry Morcom | 11 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | Rondo Building Services | 288 |
| 6 | Steve Cramp | 19 | HSV VX GTS HSV VZ GTS | C.V.W. Engineering Pty Ltd | 282 |
| 7 | John Falk | 87 | FPV BA MkII GT | Fibreglass International | 243 |
| 8 | Barrie Nesbitt | 5 | HSV VY GTS HSV Coupe GTO | Donut King | 226 |
| 9 | James Philip | 3 | FPV BA MkII GT | First Auto Parts Plus | 192 |
| 10 | Peter Boylan | 7 | BMW M3 E46 | Aussie Hire / DBA | 188 |
| 11 | Chris Alajajian | 22 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | Jack Hillermans Smash / Bilstein | 188 |
| 12 | Michael Brock | 88 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | Coopers Pale Ale | 181 |
| 13 | Gary Young | 4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | Readymix | 169 |
| 14 | Ric Shaw | 35 | Mazda RX-7 | Ric Shaw Performance / Sennheise | 123 |
| 15 | Dean Lillie | 18 & 15 | HSV VY GTS | Wake-Up! Backpacker Hotel | 122 |
| 16 | Anthony Alford | 12 | Nissan 200SX HSV Coupe GTO | Donut King | 116 |
| 17 | Graham Alexander | 57 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | Corio Auto Parts | 116 |
| 18 | Barry Sternbeck | 69 | HSV VY GTS 300 kW | Hanson / AV Jennings | 98 |
| 19 | Lynne Champion | 8 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | Steve Knight | 96 |
| 20 | Mike Fitzgerald | 42 | Nissan 350Z | Aussie Hire | 86 |
| 21 | Bruce Williams | 16 | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | Bruce Williams Motorsport | 74 |
| 22 | Trevor Haines | 17 | FPV BA MkII GT | Team GT | 70 |
| 23 | Anton Mechtler | 9 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | Mek-Tek Motorsport | 60 |
| 24 | Rod Dawson | 87 | FPV BA MkII GT | Fibreglass International | 44 |
| 25 | Trevor Sheumack | 300 | HSV GTS | www.Kawasaki-fp.com / BP Ultimate | 43 |
| 26 | Geoff Morgan | 41 | BMW M3 E46 | Aussie Hire / DBA / Somersets | 43 |
| 27 | Adam Beechey | 13 | Nissan 200SX GT | Donut King | 38 |
| 28 | Peter Leehmuis | 14 | Nissan 200SX HSV VY GTS | Donut King Racing | 34 |
| 29 | Craig Dontas | 45 | HSV VX GTS 300 kW | CSA Alloy Wheels/Straightline | 28 |
| 30 | Mark Cohen | 44 | HSV VY GTS | MGC Racing | 22 |
| 31 | Stephen Hoinville | 60 | FPV BA F6 Typhoon | Robinson Racing / Snickers | 21 |
| 32 | Andrew Taplin | 6 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo | Andrew Taplin | 19 |
| 33 | John McIlroy | 60 | FPV BA F6 Typhoon | Ford Dealers | 16 |
| 34 | John Woodberry | 57 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | Corio Auto Parts | 10 |
| 35 | Dennis Cribbin | 41 | BMW M3 E46 | Aussie Hire / DBA | 9 |
| 36 | Brett Youlden | 60 | FPV BA F6 Typhoon | | 7 |
| 37 | Warren Millett | 18 | HSV VX GTS 300 kW | Wake-Up Backpacker Hotel | 2 |
Note: Race 1 of Round 7 at Phillip island was stopped following a first lap collision between championship leader Peter Floyd and his teammate Trevor Sheumack. No points were awarded for this race and the points awarded for Race 2 and Race 3 were adjusted to compensate.