The 2017 Australian Production Car Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Group 3E Series Production Cars. It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as an Authorised Series with Ontic Sports Pty Ltd appointed as the Category Manager. It was the second Australian Production Car Series following the discontinuation of the Australian Production Car Championship at the end of 2015.
The series was won by Grant Sherrin & Iain Sherrin driving a BMW M4.
Schedule
The series was contested over five rounds:
| Rd | Circuit | Date |
| 1 | Winton | 9-11 June |
| 2 | Sydney Motorsport Park | 7-9 July |
| 3 | Queensland Raceway | 4-6 August |
| 4 | Phillip Island | 8-10 September |
| 5 | Wakefield Park | 18-19 November |
Series standings
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Points |
| 1 | Grant Sherrin | BMW M4 | 409 |
| = | Iain Sherrin | BMW M4 | 409 |
| 2 | Bob Pearson | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 RS | 367 |
| 3 | Nathan Morcom | Ford Focus RS | 246 |
| 4 | Dimitri Agathos | Subaru WRX STi | 236 |
| = | Lachlan Gibbons | Subaru WRX STi | 236 |
| 5 | Tyler Everingham | Renault Megane RS265 | 223 |
| 6 | Rick Bates | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 RS | 205 |
| 7 | Colin Osborne | Renault Megane RS265 | 195 |
| 8 | Chaz Mostert | Ford Focus RS | 177 |
| 9 | Rod Salmon | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 RS | 176 |
| 10 | Hadrian Morrall | Renault Megane RS265 | 140 |
| 11 | Blake Aubin | Renault Clio | 136 |
| = | Scott Gore | BMW 135i | 136 |
| 12 | Calum Jones | Renault Megane RS265 | 134 |
| 13 | Chris Lillis | HSV VE GTS | 127 |
| 14 | Nathan Callaghan | HSV VE GTS | 115 |
| 15 | Nathan Antunes | Mercedes-Benz A 45 AMG | 96 |
| 16 | Jason Walsh | Suzuki Swift | 81 |
| 17 | Kylie Aubin | Renault Clio | 80 |
| = | Will Brown | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 10 RS | 80 |
| 18 | Troy Williams | Holden Commodore SSV | 77 |
| 19 | Beric Lynton | BMW M1 | 75 |
| = | Timothy Leahey | BMW M1 | 75 |
| 20 | Michael Sherrin | BMW 135i | 71 |
| = | Stephen Champion | BMW 135i | 71 |
| 21 | Gerry Burges | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 | 70 |
| = | Leigh Burges | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 | 70 |
| 22 | Keith Bensley | BMW 135i | 65 |
| 23 | Paul Currie | Suzuki Swift | 63 |
| 24 | Ellexandra Best | Toyota Corolla | 62 |
| = | Michael Gray | Toyota Corolla | 62 |
| 25 | Garth Walden | Mercedes-Benz A 45 AMG | 60 |
| = | Indiran Padayachee | Mercedes-Benz A 45 AMG | 60 |
| = | Mark Eddy | Audi TT RS | 60 |
| 26 | Michael Auld | Holden VE Commodore SSV | 56 |
| = | Richard Bloomfield | Holden VE Commodore SSV | 56 |
| 27 | Andrew Bollom | Mazda RX-7 | 48 |
| = | Dominic Martens | MINI Cooper S JCW | 48 |
| = | James Keene | MINI Cooper S JCW | 48 |
| = | Ric Shaw | Mazda RX-7 | 48 |
| 28 | Amy Griffith | Toyota Echo | 41 |
| = | Mark Griffith | Toyota Echo | 41 |
| 29 | Justin Anthony | Mercedes-AMG C 63 | 39 |
| = | Karl Begg | Mercedes-AMG C 63 | 39 |
| 30 | Andrew Turpie | Toyota 86 GTS | 38 |
| = | Grant Phillips | Toyota 86 GTS | 38 |
| 31 | Gerry Murphy | BMW M3 E92 | 35 |
| = | Jim Pollicina | BMW M3 E92 | 35 |
| 32 | Daniel Clift | Holden VZ Commodore SS | 32 |
| = | Wayne Clift | Holden VZ Commodore SS | 32 |
| 33 | Dean Potts | HSV VY ClubSport | 30 |
| 34 | Brianna Wilson | Nissan Pulsar SSS | 27 |
| = | Michael Almond | Renault Megane RS265 | 27 |
| 35 | Katilyn Hawkins | Suzuki Swift | 21 |
| = | Michael Benton | FPV GT | 21 |
| = | Richard Luff | Suzuki Swift | 21 |
| = | Tony Hatton | FPV GT | 21 |
| 36 | Scott Turner | BMW 130i | 20 |
| = | Todd Hazelwood | BMW 130i | 20 |
| 37 | Gavin Driscoll | Hyundai Getz | 19 |
| = | James Goldsbrough | Hyundai Getz | 19 |
| 38 | Mark King | Kia Proceed GT | 18 |
| 39 | Declan Kirkham | Mazda 626 | 15 |
| = | Michael Hopp | Suzuki Swift Sport | 15 |
| = | Philip Kirkham | Mazda 626 | 15 |
| 40 | Michael James | HSV VE GTS | 14 |
| 41 | Peter Sortwell | Suzuki Swift Sport | 12 |
| = | Vince Ciallella | HSV VE GTS | 12 |
| 42 | Nathan Stephens | Nissan Pulsar SSS | 10 |
| 43 | Lindsay Kearns | Ford Falcon | 9 |
| 44 | Jeff Nielson | Toyota 86 | 8 |
| = | Michael James | Toyota 86 | 8 |
| = | Troy Rolley | Toyota 86 | 8 |
| 45 | Christian Yates-Round | BMW 130i | 3 |
| = | Ryan Epa | Suzuki Swift Sport | 3 |
| = | Ryan Suhle | BMW 130i | 3 |
| 46 | Jonathan Bloxsom | Holden Ute | 2 |
| = | Kyle Alford | BMW 1M | 1 |
Classes
Class victories were awarded as follows:
- Class A1: Grant Sherrin & Iain Sherrin
- Class A2: Chris Lillis
- Class B1: Scott Gore
- Class B2: Troy Williams
- Class C: Tyler Everingham
- Class D: Ellexandra Best
- Class E: Jason Walsh
- Class I: Gerry Burges
Australian Production Car Cup
Outright victory in the Australian Production Car Cup was awarded to Grant Sherrin & Iain Sherrin.
References
- ^ "2017 Australian Production Car Series Sporting Regulations" (PDF). 2017-12-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-03. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "2017 APC Series Outright Points & Class Points" (PDF). 2017-12-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-03. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ racing.natsoft.com.au > Circuit Racing > Year = 2017 Retrieved 2 January 2018
- 2017 APC Cup Outright Points and Class Points, australianproductioncars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org