2001 Australian Nations Cup Championship

The 2001 Australian Nations Cup Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to drivers of GT style cars complying with Nations Cup regulations as published by PROCAR and approved by CAMS. The title, which was the second Australian Nations Cup Championship, was contested over an eight round series.

The championship was won by Jim Richards driving a Porsche 911 GT3.^[1] It was his second consecutive victory, having won the inaugural Australian Nations Cup Championship in 2000.^[2]

Calendar

Paul Stokell placed second in the championship driving a Lamborghini Diablo for Team Lamborghini Australia

The championship was contested over eight rounds.^[3]

Round[4]	Circuit	State	Date	Format
1	Adelaide Parklands Circuit	South Australia	7 April	One race
2	Wakefield Park	New South Wales	6 May	Three races
3	Canberra Street Circuit	Australian Capital Territory	9 & 10 June	Three races
4	Queensland Raceway	Queensland	22 July	Three races
5	Eastern Creek International Raceway	New South Wales	19 August	Three races
6	Sandown International Motor Raceway	Victoria	15 September	One race
7	Gold Coast	Queensland	26 & 27 October	Three races
8	Oran Park	New South Wales	25 November	Three races

Points were awarded on the results of each individual race with double points applied for the single race in Round 6. One point was awarded at each round for the driver who set pole position during qualifying.

Results

Position	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Ade.	Wak.	Can.	Que.	Eas.	San.	Gol.	Ora.	Total
1	Jim Richards	1	Porsche 911 GT3	OAMPS Insurance Brokers	55	150	175	112	112	100	155	125	984
2	Paul Stokell	666	Lamborghini Diablo SVR Lamborghini Diablo GTR	Team Lamborghini Australia	61	156	1	181	175	-	181	121	876
3	Peter Fitzgerald	3	Porsche 911 GT3	Falken Tyres	45	145	100	116	104	56	110	118	794
4	Geoff Morgan	12	Chrysler Viper ACR	monster.com.au	-	-	95	155	166	121	94	160	791
5	Tony Quinn	43	Porsche 911 GT3	VIP Petfoods Pty Ltd	40	121	100	46	72	80	130	132	721
6	D'arcy Russell	7	Chrysler Viper ACR	D'Arcy Russell Racing	-	-	130	140	150	-	81	-	501
7	Mark Noske	4	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Prancing Horse Racing	-	166	-	-	140	110	-	-	416
8	Domenic Beninca	14	Porsche 911 GT3	TNT	50	45	126	39	108	-	-	-	368
9	John Teulan	45	Nissan Skyline GT-R Ferrari 360 Challenge	Statewide GT-R Racing Prancing Horse Racing	-	52	-	54	-	72	100	72	350
10	Maher Algadrie	38 & 29 62	Ferrari 360 Challenge Porsche 911 GT3	Prancing Horse Racing Matthew Coleman	28	28	65	74	20	-	42	72	329
11	Mike Downard	8	Porsche 911 GT3	MPD Racing Pty Ltd	24	69	37	28	48	48	58	-	312
12	Craig Baird	4	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Prancing Horse Racing	-	-	142	155	-	-	-	-	297
13	Scott Shearman	34	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Prancing Horse Racing	-	92	-	59	57	-	-	51	259
14	Sam Newman	17	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Prancing Horse Racing	-	69	24	52	-	(64)	68	-	213
15	Neal Bates	22	Porsche 911 GT3	Tekno Autosports	-	-	-	-	84	90	-	-	174
16	John Bowe	888	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Prancing Horse Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	155	155
17	Bob Thorn	88	Jaguar XKR-T	Super Cheap Auto P/L	-	-	16	-	-	-	34	72	122
18	Steve Webb	22	Porsche 911 GT3	Tekno Autosports	32	-	20	-	-	-	69	-	121
19	Stuart Gagg	54	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Prancing Horse Racing	-	92	24	-	-	-	-	-	116
20	David Scaysbrook	28	Porsche 911 GT3	David Scaysbrook	-	-	-	-	-	-	112	-	112
21	Michael Turner	25	Porsche 911 GT3	ADI Electrical Supplies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	100
22	Max Warwick	83	Porsche 911 GT3	Max Warwick	-	-	96	-	-	-	-	-	96
23	Ian Palmer	20	Honda NSX Brabham	Cockatoo Creek	-	-	20	37	-	-	-	11	68
24	Rusty French	6	Chrysler Viper ACR	Skye Sands	-	-	60	-	-	-	-	-	60
25	Tom Waring	64	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Prancing Horse Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	32	57
26	Steve Beards	24	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Prancing Horse Racing	-	-	-	39	-	-	-	17	56
27	Martin Wagg	70	Porsche 911 GT3	JMC Group / XL Concrete	-	-	-	32	-	-	24	-	56
28	Mark Williamson	80	Lotus Elise 200	Mark Williamson	-	-	50	-	-	-	-	-	50
29	Dean Canto	56	BMW Z3	Peak Performance	-	-	45	-	-	-	-	-	45
30	Mark Trenoweth	88	Jaguar XKR-T	Super Cheap Auto P/L	-	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	37
31	Jim Cornish	54	Ferrari 360 Challenge	Prancing Horse Racing	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36
32	Winston Kim	41	Porsche 911 GT3	PBR	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	13

Note : The 64 points theoretically earned by Sam Newman for his seventh place in Round 6 were not included in points totals as published by PROCAR.