2009 Australian Sports Sedan season
The 2009 Australian Sports Sedan season featured the 19th running of a national series for Sports Sedans in Australia. The series, officially known as the Kerrick Sports Sedan Series,[1] began on 25 April 2009 at Wakefield Park and ended on 22 November at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit after fifteen races.
Chevrolet Corvette driver Des Wall was crowned series winner after a fiercely contested series between the top three competitors. Winners of the previous two series, Tony Ricciardello (Alfa Romeo Alfetta) and Darren Hossack (Audi A4), competed initially for the race wins, but mechanical unreliability and on-track confrontations, usually with each other, allowed Wall to close the gap. Wall only won three races (compared to Ricciardello's six and Hossack's five) but was only out of the top five race positions once all season; an eighth-placed finish at Oran Park. Ricciardello and Hossack each failed to finish two races during the season. Wall, who has been a Sports Sedan front runner since 1989, claimed his first series win with a twelve-point victory over Ricciardello. Hossack was third, nine points behind Ricciardello.
The only other driver to score a race win was Opel Calibra driver Chris Jackson at Oran Park and he finished fifth in the points chase behind series veteran Kerry Baily (Nissan 300ZX).
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Teams and drivers
The following drivers competed in the 2009 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series. The series consisted of fifteen races, at five race meetings, held in three states.[2]
Results and Standings
Race Calendar
The 2009 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series consisted of five rounds, three of which were held at Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships meetings and two at other meetings.[3]
Rd. | Race Title | Circuit | City / State | Date | Winner |
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Wakefield Park | Goulburn, New South Wales | 25 – 26 Apr | Tony Ricciardello |
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Mallala Motor Sport Park | Adelaide, South Australia | 6 – 7 Jun | Des Wall |
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Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | 29 – 30 Aug | Darren Hossack |
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Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | 31 Oct – 1 Nov | Kerry Baily |
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Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | 21 – 22 Nov | Tony Ricciardello |
Drivers Points
Points were awarded 20-17-15-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 based on the top sixteen race positions in each race. There were two bonus points allocated for pole position. Pole Position is indicated in bold text.
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References
- ↑ Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, www.sportssedans.com.au Retrieved via web.archive.org on 28 July 2012
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