2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia

The 2018 CAMS Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars. ^[1] The series, which was the 14th Porsche Carrera Cup Australia, commenced on 1 March at the Adelaide Street Circuit and finish on 21 October at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit after eight rounds. 2018 saw the introduction of the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup type 991.II model to the series.^[2]

2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia

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2017

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2019

The series was won by Jaxon Evans.^[3]

Teams and drivers

Team	Class	No.	Driver	Rounds
Wall Racing[4]	P	1	David Wall	All
	PA	5	Greg Taylor[5]	1–4
			Shane Smollen	5
	P	18	James Moffat[6]	All
	PA	50	David Stevens	7-8
Grove Motorsport	PA	4	Stephen Grove	All
	P	911	Earl Bamber[7]	8
McElrea Racing	PA	6	Tim Miles	All
	P	7	Jaxon Evans[8]	All
	P	12	Adam Garwood[9]	4-8
	PA	19	Anthony Gilbertson[10]	All
Porsche Centre Melbourne	P	8	Nick McBride	All
	PA	9	Marc Cini	All
	PA	808	John Steffensen	1–4
Garwood Motorsport	P	12	Adam Garwood	1–3
Buik Motorworks	PA	13	Sam Shahin	1–3, 6–8
Sonic Motor Racing Services[11]	P	14	Peter Major	All
		77	Michael Almond	All
		100	Dale Wood[12]	All
	PA	131	Graham Williams	All
	P	777	Jordan Love	All
Volante Rosso Motorsport[13]	P	15	Josh Hunt[14]	1–5, 7, 8
	PA		Benjamin Stack	6
Agas National	PA	20	Adrian Flack	All
Ashley Seward Motorsport	PA	22	Dean Cook	All
	PA	80	Max Twigg	1–3, 6
	P	88	Dylan O'Keeffe	All
		888	Leanne Tander	1
			Alex Davison	2–3
			Glen Wood[15]	4–7
JBS Australia	PA	23	Roger Lago	1–7
Garth Walden Racing	PA	35	Indiran Padayachee	1–3, 5–8
Cameron Hill Racing	P	111	Cameron Hill	1, 3–8

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Round winner
1	R1	Adelaide Street Circuit (Adelaide, South Australia)	1–4 March	Jaxon Evans	Michael Almond	Dale Wood	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Jaxon Evans
	R2				Dale Wood	Jaxon Evans	McElrea Racing
	R3				Jaxon Evans	Jaxon Evans	McElrea Racing
2	R1	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit (Melbourne, Victoria)	22–25 March	Nick McBride	Jaxon Evans	Dale Wood	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Jaxon Evans
	R2				Alex Davison	Dale Wood	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	R3				Alex Davison	Dale Wood	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	R4				Jaxon Evans	Jaxon Evans	McElrea Racing
3	R1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit (Phillip Island, Victoria)	20–22 April	Dale Wood	Alex Davison	Dale Wood	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Dale Wood
	R2				Alex Davison	Dale Wood	Sonic Motor Racing Services
4	R1	Hidden Valley Raceway (Darwin, Northern Territory)	15–17 June	David Wall	David Wall	David Wall	Wall Racing	Dylan O'Keeffe
	R2				Jaxon Evans	Jaxon Evans	McElrea Racing
	R3				Jaxon Evans	James Moffat	Wall Racing
5	R1	Sydney Motorsport Park (Sydney, New South Wales)	3–4 August	David Wall	Dylan O'Keeffe	Dylan O'Keeffe	Ashley Seward Motorsport	Dylan O'Keeffe
	R2				Michael Almond	Jordan Love	Sonic Motor Racing Services
6	R1	The Bend Motorsport Park (Tailem Bend, South Australia)	24–26 August	James Moffat	David Wall	Michael Almond	Sonic Motor Racing Services	Michael Almond
	R2				Jordan Love	Michael Almond	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	R3				Dale Wood	Dale Wood	Sonic Motor Racing Services
7	R1	Mount Panorama Circuit (Bathurst, New South Wales)	4–7 October	James Moffat	David Wall	David Wall	Wall Racing	Jaxon Evans
	R2				Jaxon Evans	Jaxon Evans	McElrea Racing
	R3				Jaxon Evans	Jordan Love	Sonic Motor Racing Services
8	R1	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit (Gold Coast, Queensland)	19–21 October	David Wall	Earl Bamber	Nick McBride	Porsche Centre Melbourne	Nick McBride
	R2				Nick McBride	Nick McBride	Porsche Centre Melbourne
	R3				Nick McBride	Jaxon Evans	McElrea Racing

Series standings

Series standings are as follows:

Pos.	Driver	ADE			AGP				PHI		HID			SYD		BEN			BAT			SUR			Pts.
Pro
1	Jaxon Evans	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	4	4	2	1	15	3	7	4	2	2	2	1	3	4	4	1	1186
2	David Wall	4	2	2	4	3	12	4	5	7	1	Ret	4	5	4	2	3	5	1	3	13	2	3	4	1004
3	Dylan O'Keeffe	3	3	5	7	11	7	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	5	5	7	8	5	2	Ret	19	11	957
4	Jordan Love	6	6	4	3	7	5	3	6	Ret	8	4	Ret	4	1	8	4	4	3	2	1	Ret	7	7	833
5	James Moffat	5	5	7	5	4	18	6	13	5	4	3	1	2	2	9	9	6	17	9	5	9	5	DNS	815
6	Dale Wood	1	7	6	1	1	1	10	1	1	5	Ret	6	Ret	11	3	6	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	6	5	802
7	Michael Almond	7	4	3	8	6	4	21	7	6	10	5	3	8	8	1	1	3	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	14	9	681
8	Nick McBride	Ret	11	8	15	9	6	5	8	10	7	Ret	DNS	7	6	Ret	DNS	DNS	6	7	7	1	1	2	592
9	Peter Major	9	20	16	9	Ret	9	7	9	9	18	12	7	10	19	10	10	11	10	10	8	15	17	17	494
10	Adam Garwood	11	10	10	20	14	21	14	24	11	17	15	11	13	12	11	21	15	7	8	6	8	9	Ret	483
11	Cameron Hill	16	8	9					25	Ret	6	6	Ret	6	5	6	7	8	4	4	4	7	Ret	15	480
12	Glen Wood										12	8	5	9	9	7	8	9	5	6	Ret	6	6	6	405
13	Josh Hunt	17	18	15	10	8	8	9	12	8	16	Ret	18	11	10				9	11	Ret	13	11	8	402
14	Alex Davison				6	5	3	Ret	2	2															239
15	Earl Bamber																					3	2	3	150
16	Leanne Tander	18	21	Ret																					30
Challenge
1	Stephen Grove	10	13	14	Ret	16	10	8	14	12	11	9	8	15	13	15	16	21	9	11	11	17	17	16	1105
2	Adrian Flack	14	14	13	21	17	Ret	12	16	13	9	7	17	12	14	Ret	12	10	20	17	10	10	10	10	1032
3	Tim Miles	12	Ret	18	14	10	11	13	18	Ret	14	10	9	17	16	13	17	18	10	12	9	12	13	13	954
4	Anthony Gilbertson	23	15	17			Ret	16	11	20	15	13	10	16	15	14	13	13	13	15	16	11	12	12	919
5	Roger Lago	8	9	11	11	15	17	11	15	15	13	11	12	14	17	16	11	14	Ret	Ret	DNS				841
6	Dean Cook	20	22	20	16	12	12	15	22	17	20	16	14	19	20	17	Ret	17	15	16	12	14	15	14	756
7	Marc Cini	19	16	Ret		18	19	22	19	18	Ret	18	16	21	22	22	20	20	16	18	15	16	16	18	587
8	Graham Williams	25	24	23	Ret	21	22	19	23	19	21	17	19	22	23	20	19	23	19	20	17	18	21	Ret	497
9	Max Twigg	15	12	12	12	Ret	15	18	10	Ret						18	15	12							447
10	Indiran Padayachee	24	25	22	18	20	20	20	20	16				20	21	21	18	22	18	21	18	19	22	Ret	436
11	Sam Shahin	21	17	18	13	19	16	17	17	Ret						12	Ret	16	Ret	19	14				384
12	Greg Taylor	22	17	21	17	13	14	Ret			Ret	14	13												232
13	John Steffensen	15	23	24	19	Ret	DNS	DNS	21	14	19	Ret	DNS												202
14	David Stevens																		14	14	Ret	Ret	20	19	128
15	Shane Smollen												18	18											106
16	Benjamin Stack															19	14	19							94