1994 Australian Drivers' Championship


The 1994 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition open to drivers of racing cars complying with CAMS Formula Brabham regulations. The championship winner was awarded the 1994 CAMS Gold Star as the Australian Champion Driver. 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 competition for third place in the championship on consistency, only 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 and Craig Lowndes in his first season in winged open-wheel racing cars. The emerging Formula Ford driver drove the ageing Cheetak Mk.9 owned by Brian Sampson with some impressive drives in the best of the aluminium constructed cars.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 1994 Australian Drivers' Championship.
DriverNoCar
Allan Galloway3Reynard 91D
Ron Barnacle4Reynard 90D
Adam Kaplan7Reynard 91D
Paul Stokell9Reynard 90D
Reynard 91D
Graham Watson11SPA 002
Arthur Abrahams19Reynard 92D
Greg Murphy21Ralt RT23
Craig Lowndes49
94		Cheetah Mk. 9
Kevin Weeks70Reynard 91D
Chris Hocking74Reynard 91D
Al Callegher99Ralt RT21
Peter BrennanRalt RT21
Paul CollinsListon BF3
Rick FabriRalt RT21
Ross HodgsonRalt RT21
Chas JacobsenReynard 92D
Stan KeenShrike NB89H
Colin MilneHocking 911
Bob MinogueLola T87/50
Roger SewardRalt RT23
Bernie StackRalt RT21

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 1994 Australian Drivers' Championship consisted of six rounds held in four different states. Each round consisted of two heats. The final round at Oran Park in Sydney used the shorter South Circuit rather than the 2.6 km Grand Prix Circuit. Results sourced from:
Rd.CircuitCity / StateDateWinner
1Eastern Creek RacewaySydney, New South Wales17 AprilGreg Murphy
2Phillip Island Grand Prix CircuitPhillip Island, Victoria22 MayGreg Murphy
3Winton Motor RacewayBenalla, Victoria19 JunePaul Stokell
4Lakeside RacewayBrisbane, Queensland17 JulyPaul Stokell
5Mallala Motor Sport ParkMallala, South Australia7 AugustPaul Stokell
6Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South Wales28 AugustPaul Stokell

Drivers Championship

Points were awarded 20–16–14–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 based on the top ten race positions.