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.http://www.aussieracingcars.com.au/about/about-the-cars, Aussie Racing Cars, 6/03/2017 James Duckworth is the defending champion.http://www.aussieracingcars.com.au/news/aussie-racing-cars-round-one-2017-clipsal-500, Aussie Racing Cars, 6/03/2017
Teams and drivers Team Body No. Driver Rounds RDA Brakes / Rinkin Racing Nissan Altima 1 James Duckworth 1Chevrolet Camaro 2–4 Dr Ink Tattoo Removal Ford Mustang 2 Ben Walsh 1–2 Travis Sharpe 3 Townsville Auto Group Nissan Altima 3 Madison Dunston 1Toyota Aurion2, 4 Variety Group Chevrolet Camaro 4 Brendon Tucker 1–4 Pitstop Karting Holden Commodore 5 Dale Dunston 4 Silkate Group Nissan Altima 6 Ian Chivas 2–4 Dutton Motor Sport Chevrolet Camaro 8 Cobi Rontaunay 1, 4 Ruthie Racer Racing Ford Coupe 9 Ruth Bowler 1–3 Advantage Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro 11 Leigh Bowler 1–4 Colac Windscreens Chevrolet Camaro 13 Ross Higgins 1–2 Lustre Bar Melbourne Nissan Altima 15 Emma Clark 1–4 Financial Destiny Racing Holden Commodore 23 Todd O'Brien 1 Motorsport 25 Chevrolet Camaro 25 Reece Chapman 1–4 Oknalux Window and Doors Toyota Aurion 26 Layton Barker 1Axil Coffee Rosters Toyota Aurion 26 David Makin 4 Motorcare Auto Solutions Toyota Aurion 27 Sam Milton 1 Barbouts Racing Nissan Altima34 Alexander Barbouts 3 PerensoChevrolet Camaro36 Darren Chamberlin2 Joshua Anderson4 Fraser Racing Nissan Altima 39 Luke Fraser 1Sean Rose Motorsport Holden Cruze 39 Joel Heinrich 2 Chevrolet Camaro Sean Rose 1–2 Fleurieu Milk Company Holden Cruze Troy Dontas 1Ross Haven Marine RacingFord Mustang 4 Charlotte Poynting Racing Chevrolet Camaro 52 Charlotte Poynting 1–3 Hynes Racing Nissan Altima 57 Bill Hynes 3 Robby Gordon 11 Sheldon Creed 12 PZ Racing Ford Falcon 58 Glenn Boyd 1Erina Fair Medical CentreFord Mustang 61 Peter Carr 4 Uebergang Transport Chevrolet Camaro 63 Adam Uebergang 1 Western Sydney Motorsport Ford Mustang 64 Craig Woods 1–4 68 Blake Sciberras 1–4 72 Craig Thompson 1–3 78 Grant Thompson 1–3 Nissan Financial Services Chevrolet Camaro 71 Michael Rinkin 1–3 KKP Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro 75 Kel Treseder 1–4 Spray Booth Services Australia Holden Commodore 77 Sam Chester 1–3 Hertz Chevrolet Camaro 88 Chris Stevenson 1–4 Cure for MND Foundation Nissan Altima 96 Jeff Watters 1–3 National Fire and Safety Chevrolet Camaro 98 Jaie Robson 1–4 Aussie Racing Cars Ford Mustang 100 Kent Quinn 3 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.http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/SportingRegulations/2017%20Aussie%20Racing%20Car%20Series%20Sporting%20and%20Technical%20Regulations%20-%20Version%201.pdf , 2017 Aussie Racing Car Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, 6/03/2017 Round Circuit City / State Date Pole position 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 Kel Treseder R2 R3 R4 3 R1 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 5–7 May James Duckworth 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.https://www.facebook.com/AussieRacingCars/posts/10155015048774144:0, Aussie Racing Cars Facebook Page, 6/03/2017 James Duckworth, Brendon Tucker and Sam Chester were each awarded 5 seconds penalties in Race 2 of Round 1. 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.https://www.facebook.com/AussieRacingCars/photos/a.238143529143.136007.206521299143/10155022590324144/?type=3&theater, Aussie Racing Cars Facebook Page, 6/03/2017 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.http://racing.natsoft.com.au/638791482/object_248848.85W/Result?34, Natsoft Race Results, 6/03/2017 He later broke his own record in Race 4.
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