Australian Drivers' Championship



Phillip Island - 13 February, Round 1

Race 1 1 Simon Wills Reynard 94D 19m57.11, 14 laps 2 Matthew Halliday Reynard 94D 20m04.53 3 Christian Murchison Reynard 95D 4 Paul Dumbrell Reynard 93D 5 Leroy Stevenson Reynard 94D 6 Andy Booth Reynard 98D R Tim Leahey Reynard 92D transmission input shaft Fastest Lap: Wills, 1:24.38 Race 2 1 Simon Wills Reynard 94D 26m01.27, 16 laps 2 Matthew Halliday Reynard 94D 26m03.33 3 Tim Leahey Reynard 92D 4 Christian Murchison Reynard 95D 5 Dale Brede Reynard 95D 6 Garry Haywood Reynard 91D Fastest Lap: Wills, 1:24.22

Eastern Creek - 26 March, Round 2

Race 1 1 Simon Wills Reynard 94D 20m54.62, 15 laps 2 Christian Murchison Reynard 95D 20m58.00 3 Matthew Halliday Reynard 91D 21m10.01 4 Andy Booth Reynard 98D 21m40.00 5 Paul Dumbrell Reynard 93D 21m45.67 6 Peter Hill Reynard 95D 22m39.29 Fastest Lap: Tim Leahey (Reynard 92D), 1m22.69 Race 2 1 Christian Murchison Reynard 95D 21m01.77, 15 laps 2 Chris Staff Reynard 92D 21m13.13 3 Matthew Halliday Reynard 91D 21m14.82 4 Leroy Stevenson Reynrad 94D 21m30.63 5 Paul Dumbrell Reynard 93D 21m34.76 6 Andy Booth Reynard 98D 21m57.89 Fastest Lap: Tim Leahey (Reynard 92D), 1m22.51

Adelaide - 9 April, Round 3

Race 1 1 Christian Murchison Reynard 95D 20m52.03, 15 laps 2 Matthew Halliday Reynard 94D 20m52.51 3 Tim Leahey Reynard 95D 20m52.62 4 Paul Dumbrell Reynard 93D 20m53.43 5 Chris Staff Reynard 92D 6 Andy Booth Reynard 98D Fastest Lap: Simon Wills (Reynard 94D), 1m20.51 Race 2 1 Simon Wills Reynard 94D 20m39.55, 15 laps 2 Tim Leahey Reynard 95D 20m48.48 3 Paul Dumbrell Reynard 93D 20m52.29 4 Christian Murchison Reynard 95D 20m57.15 5 Leroy Stevenson Reynard 94D 6 Andy Booth Reynard 98D Fastest Lap: Simon Wills (Reynard 94D), 1m20.50

Canberra - 10/11 June, Round 4

Race 1 1 Simon Wills Reynard 94D 8m21.13, 5 laps 2 Tim Leahey Reynard 92D 8m21.79 3 Christian Murchison Reynard 95D 8m34.38 4 Matthew Halliday Reynard 94D 8m35.17 5 Dale Brede Reynard 95D 8m36.55 6 Chris Staff Reynard 92D 8m37.82 Fastest Lap: Simon Wills, 1m39.54 Race 2 1 Chris Staff Reynard 92D 24m13.72, 12 laps 2 Christian Murchison Reynard 95D 24m19.92 3 Dale Brede Reynard 95D 24m20.35 4 Leroy Stevenson Reynard 94D 24m20.85 5 Paul Dumbrell Reynard 93D 24m21.53 6 Steve Owen Reynard 97D 24m23.54 Fastest Lap: Simon Wills, 1m39.59

Queensland Raceway - 2 July, Round 5

Race 1 1 Simon Wills Reynard 94D 16m25.66, 15 laps 2 Christian Murchison Reynard 95D 16m38.63 3 Steve Owen Reynard 97D 16m39.58 4 Dale Brede Reynard 95D 16m39.98 5 Matthew Halliday Reynard 94D 16m43.52 6 Leroy Stevenson Reynard 94D 16m49.57 Fastest Lap: Matthew Halliday, 1m04.44 Race 2 1 Christian Murchison Reynard 95D 24m06.89, 20 laps 2 Simon Wills Reynard 94D 24m07.19 3 Leroy Stevenson Reynard 94D 24m15.49 4 Chris Staff Reynard 92D 24m15.87 5 Steve Owen Reynard 97D 24m22.41 6 Andy Booth Reynard 97D 24m25.26 Fastest Lap: Simon Wills, 1m04.06

Winton - 16 July, Round 6

Qualifying Pos Driver Team Car Fastest Gap On 1 Tim Leahey Murphy Motorsport Reynard 92D 1:13.5308 14 2 Simon Wills Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 1:13.9559 -0.4251 16 3 Christian Murchison NRC Racing Reynard 95D 1:14.1262 -0.5954 13 4 Matthew Halliday Ralt Challenge Racing Reynard 94D 1:14.7968 -1.2660 6 5 Steve Owen Hocking Motorsport Reynard 97D 1:14.9756 -1.4448 8 6 LeRoy Stevenson Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 1:15.0029 -1.4721 12 7 Paul Dumbrell Kmart Racing Reynard 93D 1:15.0118 -1.4810 13 8 Dale Brede NRC Racing Reynard 95D 1:16.9521 -3.4213 10 9 Peter Hill Murphy Motorsport Reynard 94D 1:17.6698 -4.1390 13 10 Mark Ellis Mantis Racing Reynard 92D 1:18.3520 -4.8212 14 Race 1 Pos Driver Team Car Laps Time Fastest Lap 1 Tim Leahey Murphy Motorsport Reynard 92D 18 25:44.2589 1:14.8957 17 2 Simon Wills Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 18 25:44.9910 1:14.7224 16 3 Matthew Halliday Ralt Challenge Racing Reynard 94D 18 25:50.2392 1:15.1424 14 4 Paul Dumbrell Kmart Racing Reynard 93D 18 25:50.5693 1:15.0440 11 5 Steve Owen Hocking Motorsport Reynard 97D 18 25:56.0699 1:14.8375 13 6 Dale Brede NRC Racing Reynard 95D 18 26:18.3268 1:17.2522 15 7 Peter Hill Murphy Motorsport Reynard 94D 18 26:36.4012 1:18.4642 17 8 Roger Oakeshott Roger Oakeshott Reynard 97D 18 26:46.6214 1:18.9240 14 9 Ian Peters Camtech Racing Reynard 91D 18 26:46.8203 1:19.1256 14 10 Mark Ellis Mantis Racing Reynard 92D 18 27:04.2160 1:20.0751 14 Fastest Lap: Simon Wills, 1:14.7224 Race 2 Pos Driver Team Car Laps Race Time Fastest On 1 Tim Leahey Murphy Motorsport Reynard 92D 17 24:06.9179 1:14.8319 14 2 Simon Wills Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 17 24:07.9591 1:14.7092 15 3 Matthew Halliday Ralt Challenge Racing Reynard 94D 17 24:09.6598 1:14.6659 13 4 LeRoy Stevenson Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 17 24:36.9847 1:16.0146 14 5 Paul Dumbrell Kmart Racing Reynard 93D 17 25:00.5717 1:15.5473 13 6 Christian Murchison NRC Racing Reynard 95D 17 25:22.4958 1:14.5697 8 7 Peter Hill Murphy Motorsport Reynard 94D 17 25:23.1962 1:19.2765 15 8 Ian Peters Camtech Racing Reynard 91D 17 25:35.1241 1:19.8009 15 9 Mark Ellis Mantis Racing Reynard 92D 16 24:16.7825 1:20.0113 12 10 Terry Clearihan Terry Clearihan Ralt RT23 16 24:33.4892 1:20.4405 7 Fastest Lap: Christian Murchison, 1:14.5697 (144.8 kph)

Oran Park - 30 July, Round 7

Qualifying Pos Driver Team Car Fastest Gap On 1 Simon Wills Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 1:00.7499 2 Tim Leahey Murphy Motorsport Reynard 92D 1:01.1725 3 Christian Murchison NRC Racing Reynard 95D 1:01.5369 4 Paul Dumbrell Kmart Racing Reynard 93D 1:01.6240 5 Matthew Halliday Challenge Ralt Racing Reynard 94D 1:02.1671 6 Dale Brede NRC Racing Reynard 94D 1:02.5378 7 Andy Booth Challenge Ralt Racing Reynard 92D 1:02.7400 8 LeRoy Stevenson Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 1:02.9079 9 Steve Owen Hocking Motorsport Reynard 97D 1:02.9088 10 Peter Hill Murphy Motorsport Reynard 95D 1:04.6710 Race 1 Pos Driver Team Car Laps Time Fastest Lap 1 Simon Wills Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 13 13:33.3533 1:01.6905 2 Tim Leahey Murphy Motorsport Reynard 92D 13 13:34.8127 1:01.6718 3 Christian Murchison NRC Racing Reynard 95D 13 13:41.0982 1:02.0786 4 Matthew Halliday Challenge Ralt Racing Reynard 94D 13 13:41.7444 1:02.1075 5 Paul Dumbrell Kmart Racing Reynard 93D 13 13:54.4856 1:02.1459 6 Andy Booth Challenge Ralt Racing Reynard 92D 13 13:59.7308 1:03.0082 7 Dale Brede NRC Racing Reynard 95D 13 14:00.5616 1:03.2027 8 LeRoy Stevenson Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 13 14:00.8620 1:03.2474 9 Steve Owen Hocking Motorsport Reynard 97D 13 14:10.0801 1:03.9738 10 Ian Peters Camtech Racing Reynard 91D 12 13:46.4011 1:07.0716 Fastest Lap: Tim Leahey, 1:01.67 Race 2 Pos Driver Team Car Laps Time Fastest Lap 1 Simon Wills Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 17 17:49.1456 1:01.8380 2 Christian Murchison NRC Racing Reynard 95D 17 17:52.3803 1:02.1604 3 Matthew Halliday Challenge Ralt Racing Reynard 94D 17 17:58.3889 1:02.6027 4 Paul Dumbrell Kmart Racing Reynard 93D 17 18:01.1831 1:02.2750 5 Andy Booth Challenge Ralt Racing Reynard 92D 17 18:15.1198 1:03.4365 6 LeRoy Stevenson Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 17 18:15.2695 1:03.2031 7 Dale Brede NRC Racing Reynard 95D 17 18:17.9460 1:03.3969 8 Steve Owen Hocking Motorsport Reynard 97D 17 18:23.8211 1:03.5306 9 Ian Peters Camtech Racing Reynard 91D 16 17:49.3230 1:05.5163 10 Peter Hill Murphy Motorsport Reynard 95D 16 17:57.6688 1:05.8288 Fastest Lap: Simon Wills, 1m01.83

Mallala - 27 August, Round 8

Race 1 Pos Driver Team Car Laps Time Fastest 1 Christian Murchison NRC Racing Reynard 95D 17 19:53.5417 1:02.9831 2 Matthew Halliday Ralt Challenge Racing Reynard 94D 17 19:57.8905 1:03.1961 3 Simon Wills Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 17 20:03.1728 1:02.8747 4 Dale Brede NRC Racing Reynard 95D 17 20:08.8877 1:03.7378 5 LeRoy Stevenson Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 17 20:20.8541 1:04.3588 6 Steve Owen Hocking Motorsport Reynard 97D 17 20:23.3602 1:04.2901 7 Ian Peters Camtech Racing Reynard 91D 17 20:25.4782 1:05.0530 8 Stan Keen Stan Keen Shrike 17 20:45.7856 1:06.5257 9 Peter Hill Murphy Motorsport Reynard 95D 17 20:48.4208 1:04.9010 10 Terry Clearihan Terry Clearihan Ralt RT23 17 20:49.7200 1:06.5446 Race 2 Pos Driver Team Car Laps Time Fastest 1 Simon Wills Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 12 12:48.7270 1:02.7892 2 Matthew Halliday Ralt Challenge Racing Reynard 94D 12 12:53.7665 1:03.5029 3 Dale Brede NRC Racing Reynard 95D 12 12:59.0676 1:03.4883 4 Steve Owen Hocking Motorsport Reynard 97D 12 13:01.5247 1:03.9573 5 LeRoy Stevenson Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 12 13:02.1709 1:04.1366 6 Christian Murchison NRC Racing Reynard 95D 12 13:03.4384 1:02.6096 7 Peter Hill Murphy Motorsport Reynard 95D 12 13:23.9026 1:05.1940 8 Brenton Ramsay Birrana Racing Reynard 94D 12 13:29.4802 1:05.0277 9 Mark Ellis Mantis Racing Reynard 92D 12 13:32.3903 1:06.0289 10 Terry Clearihan Terry Clearihan Ralt RT23 12 13:38.9530 1:06.0696

Championship Standings

1 Simon Wills 244 pts 2 Christian Murchison 208 3 Matthew Halliday 163 4 Tim Leahey 109 5 LeRoy Stevenson 97 6 Paul Dumbrell 96 7 Dale Brede 80 8 Chris Staff 63 9 Andy Booth 57 10 Steve Owen 56