{{short description|Motor racing title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} The '''Australian Performance Car Championship''' was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of production based, high-performance coupes and sedans racing with limited modifications. It was staged as the ''Australian GT Performance Car Championship'' in 2003 and 2004 and as the ''Australian Performance Car Championship'' from 2005 to 2007.
==History== In 2001, the Australian GT Production Car Championship was, for the first time, contested in two divisions, GT Performance & GT Production.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010711194104/http://www.procar.com.au/categorynewspage.asp?id=22 GT PRODUCTION CHAMPIONSHIP GRIDS SET TO BOOM FROM ROUND ONE IN ADELAIDE ] Retrieved from web.archive.org on 21 September 2009</ref> The former was for high-performance vehicles and the latter for less exotic production cars. For 2003 the divisions were formally awarded their own separate titles, namely the Australian GT Performance Car Championship and the Australian Production Car Championship.<ref>[http://www.camsmanual.com.au/ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > Australian Titles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503070858/http://www.camsmanual.com.au/ |date=2009-05-03 }} Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 21 September 2009</ref> Following the demise of its category management company PROCAR Australia during the 2004 season, the Australian GT Performance Car Championship was renamed the Australian Performance Car Championship for 2005.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050618214034/http://www.performanceracing.net.au/news.asp?newsitem=2 News for 2005] Retrieved from web.archive.org on 21 September 2009</ref> The newly renamed title was contested for the last time in 2007 before being merged into the Australian Production Car Championship.
==Results== {| class="wikitable" border="1" <hiddentext>generated with :de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.4<\hiddentext> |- style="font-weight:bold" ! Championship ! Champion ! Car |- | 2003 Australian GT Performance Car Championship | Mark King | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII |- | 2004 Australian GT Performance Car Championship | Justin Hemmes | Subaru Impreza WRX STi |- | 2005 Australian Performance Car Championship | Peter Floyd | HSV VYII GTS 300 |- | 2006 Australian Performance Car Championship | Gary Holt | Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII |- | 2007 Australian Performance Car Championship | Gary Young | Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo VIII |}
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Category:Australian Performance Car Championship Performance Car Championship Category:Procar Australia Category:2003 establishments in Australia Category:2007 disestablishments in Australia Category:Sports leagues established in 2003