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The 2009 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series was an Australian motor sport competition which began on 25 April 2009 at Wakefield Park and ended on 22 November at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit after five rounds and fifteen races. The series was open to Group 3D Sports Sedans, Tran-Am automobiles and New Zealand TraNZam automobiles. It marked the 19th running of a national series for Sports Sedans in Australia.

Chevrolet Corvette driver Des Wall won the series after a fierce contest between the top three competitors. Winners of the previous two series, Tony Ricciardello (Alfa Romeo Alfetta) and Darren Hossack (Audi A4), competed initially for the race wins, but mechanical unreliability and on-track confrontations, usually with each other, allowed Wall to close the gap. Wall only won three races (compared to Ricciardello's six and Hossack's five) but was only out of the top five race positions once all season with an eighth-placed finish at Oran Park. Ricciardello and Hossack each failed to finish two races during the series. Wall, who has been a Sports Sedan front runner since 1989, claimed his first series win with a twelve-point victory over Ricciardello. Hossack was third, nine points behind Ricciardello.

The only other driver to score a race win was Opel Calibra driver Chris Jackson at Oran Park and he finished fifth in the points chase behind series veteran Kerry Baily (Nissan 300ZX).

Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 2009 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series. The series consisted of fifteen races, at five race meetings, held in three states.

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 2009 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series consisted of five rounds, three of which were held at Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships meetings and two at other meetings.

Rd.	Race title	Circuit	Location / state	Date	Winner
1	Shannons Nationals R2	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	25–26 Apr	Tony Ricciardello
2	Clem Smith Cup	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	6–7 Jun	Des Wall
3	Shannons Nationals R8	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	29–30 Aug	Darren Hossack
4	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	31 Oct – 1 Nov	Kerry Baily
5	50k Plate	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	21–22 Nov	Tony Ricciardello

Note: The Clem Smith Cup was awarded to the winner of Race 2 at the Mallala round.

Drivers' points

Points were awarded 20-17-15-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 based on the top sixteen race positions in each race. There were two bonus points allocated for pole position. Pole position is indicated in bold text.

References

1. Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, www.sportssedans.com.au Retrieved via web.archive.org on 28 July 2012
2. 2009 Sports Sedan Series – Sporting Regulations – Version 1, Copyright Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Ltd 2009
3. "Title Unknown". Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
4. "National Australian Sports Sedan Association Events". Kerrick Sports Sedan Series. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
5. "Wakefield Park Raceway 26/04/2009 2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships Round 2". National Software. 26 April 2009. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
6. "Mallala Motorsport Park 07/06/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships – Round 4". National Software. 7 June 2009. Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
7. "Oran Park Raceway 30/08/2009 Shannons Nationals 2009 – Round 8". National Software. 30 August 2009. Archived from the original on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
8. "Oran Park Grand Prix Circuit 01/11/2009 Rnd 6, 2009 NSW Motor Race Championship – The Final Round". National Software. 1 November 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
9. "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 22/11/2009 Island Magic 2009". National Software. 22 November 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.

External links

• Official series website
• Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships
• 2009 Racing Results Archive Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• Images from Shannons Nationals; Mallala June 2009, www.flickr.com, as archived at web.archive.org

• National Sports Sedan Series
• 2009 in Australian motorsport