Event Overview - Sandown GT Classic
EVENT PROMOTER
Eventertainment Group P/L
Phone: 03 9387 7788
Fax: 03 9387 2111
Email: rachael@gtchampionship.com.au
Postal: I/440 Park Street Carlton North
VIC, 3054
EVENT OVERVIEW
This inaugural event is planned to become an annual event and the Hallmark event of GT racing in Australia and will be held from December 7-9, 2007
Come December 7-9 the Sandown GT Classic will be the place to be…..Picture stunning Melbourne summer weather, immaculate car displays, corporate hospitality with excellent food and wine, Christmas parties on the lawn, entertainment on and off the track and the most exotic and dreamt about sportscars on the planet racing for the Sandown GT Classic
You too can be apart of this event!!!
The Event is being organised and promoted by Eventertainment Group Pty Ltd, which is ran by the same organiser’s of the Australian GT Championship, in association with the Melbourne Racing Club, who are the owners of Sandown
The event will feature Round 10 of the Shannon’s National Racing Championships with 5 support categories to the Sandown GT Classic
The Sandown GT Classic will be a 3 .5 hour race with an estimated distance of 500kms (161 laps)
The Sandown GT Classic will be run over 4 days. Thursday will be a Media Day/Hot Laps for the Australian GT Championship, Friday through until Sunday will include all practice, qualifying and races for all categories (an event schedule will be available in the near future)
The Sandown GT Classic has something for everyone so bring the family along for an event not to be missed!
CAMS AUSTRALIAN TOURIST TROPHY
The inaugural Sandown GT Classic to be held in December will now take on added significance with the winners of the Sandown GT Classic to be awarded the Australian Tourist Trophy Title
The Australian Tourist Trophy Title is steeped in tradition, being awarded to the winner of a single race for Grand Touring cars. It was first run and won in 1956 when motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss took out the award at Albert Park driving a Maserati 300S. Other notable winners include greats such as David McKay (1958), Bib Stillwell (1961-62), Frank Matich (1964, 1966-68) and Ian ‘Pete’ Geoghegan (1965, 1977).
ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN GT CHAMPIONSHIP
The Sandown GT Classic is the first genuine endurance event contested by the Australian GT Championship which was established in 2005 when it combined grids with the Porsche Drivers Challenge.
Since its inception, the Championship has flourished into one of, and if not the biggest growth category in the country. The Championship is moving to full FIA GT3 specification cars by 2009 and has seen the introduction of a number of new cars in 2007 namely the Lamborghini Gallardo, Aston Martin DBRS9, Lotus Cadena and the Ferrari 430, all of which are FIA GT3 specification cars
The Championship can expect to host a number of new cars before the end of 2007 and for the 2008 season with a number of teams looking to purchase FIA GT3 Specification Corvettes, Dodge Vipers, Maserati and Porsches….
The Australian GT Championship is one to watch!
SANDOWN GT CLASSIC – How the race will work
The event is round 8 of the Australian GT Championship, Porsche Drivers Challenge, GT and Ferrari Challenge
Eligible cars are those on the Australian GT Championship eligible vehicles list and Porsche Drivers Challenge eligible vehicles list
Each car must have a minimum of 2 or maximum of 3 drivers – Only 1 driver in each team can be seeded
There will be 3 compulsory timed pit stops of a minimum 90 seconds each
The Pit window opens at the 30 minute mark and closes at 3 hour mark
For 2 driver teams each driver must complete a minimum of 1 hour 30 minutes in the car and for 3 driver teams each driver must complete a minimum of 1 hour in the car
The total amount of points allocated for a Championship round will apply
All cars will compete for outright points and positions, as well as the Challenge points
The bottom 50% of cars from Qualifying will also compete for a Group 2, this group will have its own Points and Trophies on top of overall outright positions
CO-DRIVES
Any driver looking for a drive or team looking for a driver, should register their interest with Rachael Wagg, it will be listed on the co-drive section of this site and distributed to all interested parties.
Email: rachael@gtchampionship.com.au
Phone: 03 9387 7788
Those seeking a co-drive should include details of past results & experience from the previous 5 years and contact details
Those seeking a co-driver should send through details on any pre-requisites for a co-driver
Any driver who has not competed in the Australian GT Championship is required to lodge a resume of their driving history including all results for the preceding 5 years; this will be reviewed by the AGTC Performance Review Committee for seeding.
Seeding criteria is based upon the driver’s results record, ability level and any driver who is considered to be a professional.
The Sandown GT Classic is thrilled to have the involvement of:
TAFE SMASH REPAIR TEAM
The Sandown GT Classic is extremely pleased and honored to have the involvement of the well re-known Tafe Smash Repair Team. The Smash Repair Team is an organisation set up for the purpose of encouraging apprenticeships in the automotive industry. The events the team attend outside the Sandown GT Classic includes V8 Supercars and the V8 Development series
The Smash Repair team aims to give talented young apprentices the opportunity to work on elite race cars, where their skills must be accurate and fast. The apprentices cover various trades including
Panel Beating
Vehicle Painting
Sign-Writing
Fitting & Machining
Welding and metal fabrication
Fibre-glass and Reinforced plastics
321 IGNITION MAGAZINE
The Sandown GT Classic and 321Ignition magazine have joined forces to create a magazine style program especially for this inaugural event. The magazine will feature all event details along with everything you could ever want to know about the Australian GT Championship, its car and stars. There will be dedicated pages to each support category and plenty more!
Don’t miss out on a copy!
