1994 Australian Drivers' Championship

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The 1994 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition open to drivers of racing cars complying with CAMS Formula Brabham (formerly known as Formula Holden) regulations.[1] The championship winner was awarded the 1994 CAMS Gold Star as the Australian Champion Driver.[1] It was the 38th running of the Australian Drivers' Championship and the sixth to feature the Formula Holden / Formula Brabham category which had been developed during 1988. The championship began on 17 April 1994 at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 28 August at Oran Park Raceway after six rounds.

The championship was won by Birrana Racing's Paul Stokell after a season long duel with Triple Eight Racing driver Greg Murphy. Murphy and his Ralt RT23 was the better combination at the start of the season, winning the first four races. Stokell started the year in a Reynard 90D, moving into the teams newer 91D at the second round. Stokell took his first win at Winton Motor Raceway and won every race bar one for the rest of the season to push past Murphy and win the championship.

Reynard 91D driver Adam Kaplan won the third place on consistency, finishing in the top three at the final race of the season with a second place at Oran Park. Tied for fourth place in the championship was Kevin Weeks (Reynard 91D) and Craig Lowndes . The emerging Formula Ford driver drove the ageing Cheetak Mk.9 owned by Brian Sampson.

Greg Murphy's Ralt RT23 at the Lakeside round of the championship

The following drivers competed in the 1994 Australian Drivers' Championship.

Driver No Car
Allan Galloway 3 Reynard 91D
Ron Barnacle 4 Reynard 90D
Adam Kaplan 7 Reynard 91D
Paul Stokell 9 Reynard 90D
Reynard 91D
Graham Watson 11 SPA 003
Peter Brennan 17 Ralt RT21
Rick Fabri 18 Ralt RT21
Arthur Abrahams 19 Reynard 92D
Greg Murphy 21 Ralt RT23
Chas Jacobsen 24 Reynard 92D
Ross Hodgson 32 Ralt RT21
Bernie Stack 38 Ralt RT21
Craig Lowndes 49
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Cheetah Mk. 9
Bob Minogue 64 Lola T87/50
Kevin Weeks 70 Reynard 91D
Stan Keen 73 Shrike NB89H
Chris Hocking 74 Reynard 91D
Paul Collins 88 Liston BF3
Roger Seward 96 Ralt RT23
Albert Callagher 99 Ralt RT21
Colin Milne Hocking 911

Results and standings

References

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