title: 2013 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
text: # 2013 Australian Carrera Cup Championship
  
  The 2013 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. The title, which was the ninth Australian Carrera Cup Championship, was won by Craig Baird.
  
  ## Teams and drivers
  
  | Team | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Class | Rounds |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Alliance Group Racing | 1 | Craig Baird | John Penny | Pro | All |
  | Grove Group | 4 | Stephen Grove | Earl Bamber | Elite | All |
  | Team BRM | 5 | Karl Reindler | | Pro | 1–2 |
  | Team BRM | 20 | Duvashen Padayachee | Jeff Bobik | Pro | All |
  | Team BRM | 222 | Nick Percat | Rodney Jane | Pro | All |
  | Objective Racing | 5 | Tony Walls | | Elite | 4–7 |
  | Objective Racing | 6 | Tony Walls | James Davison | Elite | 1–3 |
  | Skye Sands | 6 | Rusty French | | Elite | 5–6 |
  | McElrea Racing | 7 | Warren Luff | Geoff Emery | Pro | All |
  | McElrea Racing | 24 | Tony Bates | Alex Davison | Elite | All |
  | McElrea Racing | 29 | Michael Patrizi | Troy Bayliss | Pro | All |
  | McElrea Racing | 55 | Renee Gracie | Peter Hill | Pro | All |
  | Twigg Motorsport | 8 | Max Twigg | Luke Youlden | Elite | All |
  | Hallmarc | 9 | Marc Cini | Tim Slade | Elite | All |
  | Hallmarc | 10 | Michael Loccisano | Jonny Reid | Elite | All |
  | Steve Richards Motorsport | 12 | Steven Richards | Theo Koundouris | Pro | All |
  | Steve Richards Motorsport | 13 | James Burgmuller | Dale Wood | Elite | All |
  | Steve Richards Motorsport | 34 | Richard Muscat | Simon Middleton | Pro | 3, 5 |
  | Porsche Cars Australia | 16 | Gavin Bullas | | Elite | 6 |
  | Porsche Cars Australia | 88 | Andrew Jones | Xavier West | Pro | 3 |
  | Porsche Cars Australia | 88 | Shae Davies | | Pro | 4–7 |
  | Hunter Sports Group | 17 | Steven Johnson | | Pro | 1–2 |
  | Nexus Racing | 19 | Damien Flack | David Wall | Elite | All |
  | Team Kiwi Racing | 21 | Shae Davies | Adam Gowans | Pro | 1–3 |
  | Team Kiwi Racing | 21 | Adam Gowans | | Elite | 5–6 |
  | Supabarn Supermarkets | 47 | James Koundouris | Steve Owen | Elite | 1–4 |
  | Action Tyres | 50 | Matthew Kingsley | John Goodacre | Pro | 1–3 |
  | Hamilton Autohaus | 56 | Shane Smollen | David Russell | Elite | All |
  | Eggleston Motorsport | 77 | Martin Wagg | | Elite | 4–5 |
  | Paul Kelly Motor Group | 90 | Paul Kelly | | Elite | 2, 4–7 |
  
  ## Race calendar
  
  The championship was contested over a seven-round series.
  
  | Round | Circuit | City / state | Date | Format | Winning driver(s) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | 28 February—3 March | Three races | Craig Baird |
  | 2 | Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | Melbourne, Victoria | 14—17 March | Three races | Craig Baird |
  | 3 | Sydney Motorsport Park | Eastern Creek, New South Wales | 25—26 May | Two races | Max Twigg/Luke Youlden |
  | 4 | Townsville Street Circuit | Townsville, Queensland | 5—7 July | Three races | Craig Baird |
  | 5 | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | 23—25 August | Three races | Michael Patrizi |
  | 6 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 10—13 October | Three races | Warren Luff |
  | 7 | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit | Surfers Paradise, Queensland | 25—27 October | Three races | Nick Percat |
  
  ## Points system
  
  Championship points were awarded to the first 25 finishers in each race as per the following table.
  
  | Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Points | 60 | 54 | 48 | 42 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
  
  In addition to contesting the outright championship, each driver was classified as either Professional or Elite and competed for the relevant class title. Points were awarded for class places in each race on the same basis as for the outright championship.
  
  The results for each round were determined by the number of championship points scored by each driver at that round, with both the Professional and Elite class having round winners.
  
  The driver gaining the highest points total over all rounds was declared the winner of the championship.
  
  ## Championship standings
  
  ### Overall
  
  | Pos. | Driver | No. | ADE | ADE | ADE | MEL | MEL | MEL | SYD | SYD | TOW | TOW | TOW | WIN | WIN | WIN | BAT | BAT | BAT | SUR | SUR | SUR | Pts. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Craig Baird | 1 | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 7th | 6th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 15th | 6th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 6th | 6th | 5th | 972.5 |
  | 2 | Nick Percat | 222 | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | Ret | 1st | 8th | 2nd | 2nd | Ret | 8th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 8th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 937 |
  | 3 | Warren Luff | 7 | 4th | 4th | 8th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 20th | 10th | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 4th | 883 |
  | 4 | Steven Richards | 12 | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 6th | 5th | 6th | 13th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 9th | 4th | 7th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 879 |
  | 5 | Michael Patrizi | 29 | 13th | 7th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 12th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | Ret | 785 |
  | 6 | Shae Davies | 21/88 | 5th | 5th | 7th | 8th | 19th | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 1st | 4th | 6th | 6th | Ret | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 765 |
  | 7 | Max Twigg | 8 | 10th | 8th | 10th | 10th | 7th | 8th | 3rd | 1st | 12th | 9th | 6th | Ret | 13th | Ret | 8th | 8th | 6th | 10th | 13th | 15th | 517 |
  | 8 | Duvashen Padayachee | 20 | Ret | 15th | Ret | 14th | 11th | 9th | 12th | 15th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 4th | 8th | 14th | 9th | 9th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 433.5 |
  | 9 | Damien Flack | 19 | 12th | EX | 13th | 12th | 9th | 11th | 8th | 7th | 9th | 8th | 9th | 6th | 5th | 8th | 11th | 11th | 10th | 9th | 15th | Ret | 425.5 |
  | 10 | Shane Smollen | 56 | 18th | 11th | 14th | 13th | 14th | 14th | 14th | 11th | 7th | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15th | 9th | 10th | 12th | 9th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 324 |
  | 11 | Stephen Grove | 4 | 17th | 13th | 15th | 20th | 17th | Ret | 10th | 4th | 14th | 11th | 12th | 10th | Ret | Ret | 13th | 15th | 14th | 11th | 16th | 14th | 285 |
  | 12 | Tony Bates | 24 | 11th | Ret | DNS | 18th | 21st | 17th | Ret | 9th | 10th | 10th | 8th | 7th | Ret | 10th | Ret | DNS | DNS | 12th | 12th | 13th | 235.5 |
  | 13 | Tony Walls | 5 | 16th | 17th | 17th | 22nd | 20th | 18th | 17th | 18th | 16th | 15th | 17th | 13th | 16th | 12th | 18th | 16th | 15th | 15th | 9th | 9th | 227.5 |
  | 14 | Paul Kelly | 90 | | | | 15th | 12th | 15th | | | 15th | Ret | 10th | 12th | 11th | 13th | 12th | 10th | 11th | Ret | 11th | 8th | 215 |
  | 15 | James Koundouris | 47 | 9th | 9th | 11th | 11th | 8th | 10th | 9th | 10th | 11th | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 210.5 |
  | 16 | James Bergmuller | 31 | 15th | 14th | 18th | 16th | 13th | 13th | 15th | Ret | Ret | 14th | 11th | 16th | 14th | 11th | Ret | DNS | DNS | 13th | 10th | 10th | 209.5 |
  | 17 | Marc Cini | 9 | Ret | 12th | 12th | 19th | 16th | 19th | 11th | 16th | Ret | 13th | 13th | 11th | Ret | Ret | 15th | 14th | 12th | Ret | Ret | 11th | 201 |
  | 18 | Matt Kingsley | 50 | 7th | 10th | 5th | 6th | 10th | 4th | 13th | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | 200 |
  | 19 | Renee Gracie | 55 | 19th | 16th | 19th | 21st | 18th | 16th | 20th | 17th | Ret | 16th | 14th | 17th | 18th | Ret | 17th | 17th | 17th | 16th | 14th | 12th | 173.5 |
  | 20 | Adam Gowans | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3rd | 7th | Ret | 7th | 7th | 5th | | | | 171 |
  | 21 | Michael Loccisano | 10 | 14th | Ret | 16th | 17th | 15th | Ret | 16th | Ret | 13th | 12th | 15th | 14th | 12th | Ret | 16th | 18th | 16th | 14th | Ret | Ret | 166 |
  | 22 | Karl Reindler | 5 | 6th | 6th | 6th | 7th | Ret | 6th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 157 |
  | 23 | Steven Johnson | 17 | 8th | Ret | 9th | 9th | 5th | 5th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 144 |
  | 24 | Richard Muscat | 34 | | | | | | | 18th | 14th | | | | 2nd | 9th | 6th | | | | | | | 139 |
  | 25 | Rusty French | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 18th | 17th | 15th | 19th | 19th | DNS | | | | 42 |
  | 26 | Gavin Bullas | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14th | 13th | 13th | | | | 40 |
  | 27 | Martin Wagg | 77 | | | | | | | | | 17th | 17th | 16th | 19th | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 35 |
  | 28 | Andrew Jones | | | | | | | | 19th | 12th | | | | | | | | | | | | | 34.5 |
  | 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) |
  
  ### Professional Class
  
  | Pos. | Driver | Pts. |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Craig Baird | 1014 |
  | 2 | Nick Percat | 968 |
  | 3 | Warren Luff | 924 |
  | 4 | Steven Richards | 916.5 |
  | 5 | Michael Patrizi | 828 |
  | 6 | Shae Davies | 793 |
  | 7 | Duvashen Padayachee | 553 |
  | 8 | Renee Gracie | 444 |
  | 9 | Matt Kingsley | 233 |
  | 10 | Richard Muscat | 188.5 |
  | 11 | Karl Reindler | 157 |
  | 12 | Steven Johnson | 144 |
  | 13 | Andrew Jones | 78 |
  
  ### Elite Class
  
  | Pos. | Driver | Pts. |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Max Twigg | 988 |
  | 2 | Damien Flack | 926 |
  | 3 | Shane Smollen | 768 |
  | 4 | Stephen Grove | 607 |
  | 5 | Tony Walls | 575.5 |
  | 6 | Tony Bates | 534 |
  | 7 | James Bergmuller | 524.5 |
  | 8 | Paul Kelly | 506 |
  | 9 | James Koundouris | 498 |
  | 10 | Marc Cini | 479.5 |
  | 11 | Michael Loccisano | 416 |
  | 12 | Adam Gowans | 294 |
  | 13 | Rusty French | 108 |
  | 14 | Gavin Bullas | 90 |
  | 15 | Martin Wagg | 84 |
  