ROUND 7 – MOUNT PANORAMA FAST FACTS

The seventh round of the 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia to be held at Bathurst is the 97th held since the category debuted in 2003. Bathurst will host the 286th, 287th and 288th races in PCCA history. This is the 12th time the category has raced at Bathurst since its debut in 2003.

No PCCA season has ever been held without a round at Bathurst being part of it.

Five drivers – Matt Campbell, Dean Fiore, Steve Richards, David Wall and Ash Walsh – will be on double duty at Bathurst with duties in both the PCCA round and the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. No PCCA driver has ever won the Bathurst 1000 and the Bathurst Carrera Cup round on the same weekend.

Two drivers – Danny Stutterd and Tony Longhurst – are making their Porsche Carrera Cup Australia debut when the series visits Bathurst. They become the 184th and 185th drivers to compete in the series since it was introduced back in 2003.

Tony Longhurst is a two-time Bathurst 1000 winner. He won in 1988 with Tomas Mezera (who later become the inaugural Driving Standards Observer in PCCA in 2003!) and again in 2001 with Mark Skaife for HRT. Longhurst also won the Bathurst 12 Hour in a Mitsubishi Lancer in 2009.

Marc Cini will create history at Bathurst given he’s due to become the first driver in PCCA history to start 250 championship races. All going well he’ll rack up his 250th race in Race 2 at Bathurst.

Championship leader Matt Campbell is aiming to tie Jim Richards’ record of most consecutive poles in PCCA history. Richards scored six in a row in 2003 in the inaugural year of the series and Campbell will tie that mark if he gets pole at Bathurst.

Campbell took pole last year for the Bathurst round and now sits fourth on the all-time PCCA pole list behind Alex Davison, Jim Richards and Craig Baird.

Alex Davison is the only driver to have multiple Bathurst PCCA round wins. He won in 2004 and 2007; nine different drivers have won the last nine PCCA rounds at Mount Panorama.

McElrea Racing has won the last three Bathurst PCCA rounds in a row and four of the last five rounds there. It started with Michael Patrizi in 2011 and followed with further wins in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Shae Davies won the 2014 PCCA round at Bathurst after qualifying seventh on the grid. It’s the lowest qualifying position for a Bathurst PCCA round winner.

Shane Smollen is the form driver in the TAG Heuer Carrera Challenge when it comes to Bathurst. He’s taken four of the last 5 Challenge poles at the circuit and is tied for most Challenge race wins at the famous track with Rodney Jane – 6.

One more pole will give Smollen a share of the record for most Challenge class poles in PCCA history – he’d be in a three-way tie with Rodney Jane and James Koundouris.
Smollen also now sits equal second in the record books for most race wins in TAG Heuer Carrera
Challenge history. He’s tied on 29 wins with Rodney Jane and James Koundouris; one more will move
him to a clear second though still a way off the record of 46 held by Max Twigg, who makes a return to
the series for the Bathurst round.
If this season is any guide to go by, Matt Campbell is due to win this round at Bathurst. He and Alex
Davison have alternated the last five round wins between them. Davison won Albert Park, Campbell
(sharing with Geoff Emery) won Rennsport in Sydney, Davison won in Darwin, Campbell at Sydney
Motorsport Park and Davison last time out at Sandown. They duo has won 13 of the last 14 races held.
Bathurst is the site of the second closest race-winning margin in PCCA history – Alex Davison beat David
Reynolds in 2007 in Race 3 by just 0.0565s.

BATHURST LAP RECORDS
Race Lap Record: Matt Campbell, 2m07.4299s, 2015
Qualifying Lap Record: Matt Campbell, 2m06.2099s, 2015

BATHURST ROUND WINNERS
2003 Jim Richards
2004 Alex Davison
2005 Fabian Coulthard
2006 David Reynolds
2007 Alex Davison
2008 Dean Fiore
2011 Michael Patrizi
2012 Craig Baird
2013 Warren Luff
2014 Shae Davies
2015 Matt Campbell

BATHURST POLE POSITIONS
2003 Jim Richards 2m16.1277s
2004 Jim Richards 2m13.6760s
2005 Fabian Coulthard 2m12.9827s
2006 David Reynolds 2m11.1769s
2007 Alex Davison 2m10.4002s
2008 David Russell 2m10.5550s
2011 Craig Baird 2m09.9866s
2012 Craig Baird 2m20.3169s (wet)
2013 Nick Percat 2m08.7722s
2014 Steve Richards 2m08.6432s
2015 Matt Campbell 2m06.2099s
2 – Jim Richards, Craig Baird
1 – Fabian Coulthard, David Reynolds, Alex Davison, David Russell, Nick Percat, Steve Richards, Matt Campbell

BATHURST RACE WINS
2003 Jim Richards Jim Richards Jim Richards
2004 Alex Davison Fabian Coulthard Alex Davison
2005 Fabian Coulthard No Race Fabian Coulthard
2006 Alex Davison David Reynolds David Reynolds
2007 David Reynolds Alex Davison Alex Davison
2008 Dean Fiore Dean Fiore Dean Fiore
2011 Michael Patrizi Michael Patrizi Craig Baird
2012 Craig Baird Craig Baird Craig Baird
2013 Nick Percat Warren Luff Craig Baird
2014 Steve Richards Warren Luff Shae Davies
2015 David Russell No Race Matt Campbell
5 – Alex Davison, Craig Baird 3 – Jim Richards, Fabian Coulthard, David Reynolds, Dean Fiore
2 – Michael Patrizi, Warren Luff
1 – Nick Percat, Steve Richards, Shae Davies, David Russell, Matt Campbell

BATHURST PODIUMS
2003 Jim Richards Marcus Marshall Peter Fitzgerald
2004 Alex Davison Jonathon Webb Klark Quinn
2005 Fabian Coulthard Jim Richards Jonathon Webb
2006 David Reynolds Craig Baird Alex Davison
2007 Alex Davison Craig Baird David Reynolds
2008 Dean Fiore James Moffat Bryce Washington
2011 Michael Patrizi Steve Richards Craig Baird
2012 Craig Baird Alex Davison Jonny Reid
2013 Warren Luff Craig Baird Nick Percat
2014 Shae Davies Michael Almond Warren Luff
2015 Matt Campbell David Russell Steve Richards
5 – Craig Baird 4 – Alex Davison
2 – Jim Richards, Jonathon Webb, David Reynolds, Warren Luff, Steve Richards
1 – Marcus Marshall, Peter Fitzgerald, Klark Quinn, Fabian Coulthard, Dean Fiore, James Moffat, Bryce Washington, Michael Patrizi, Jonny Reid, Nick Percat, Shae Davies, Michael Almond, Matt Campbell, David Russell

BATHURST TAG HEUER CARRERA CHALLENGE ROUND WINNERS
2004 Tony Quinn
2005 Andrew Luxton
2006 Rodney Jane
2007 Rodney Jane
2008 James Koundouris
2011 Max Twigg
2012 James Koundouris
2013 Adam Gowans
2014 Shane Smollen
2015 Tony Bates
2 – Rodney Jane, James Koundouris
1 – Tony Quinn, Andrew Luxton, Max Twigg, Adam Gowans, Shane Smollen, Tony Bates

BATHURST TAG HEUER CARRERA CHALLENGE POLE POSITIONS
2004 Tony Quinn
2005 Tony Quinn
2006 Rodney Jane
2007 Rodney Jane
2008 James Koundouris
2011 Shane Smollen
2012 Shane Smollen
2013 Max Twigg
2014 Shane Smollen
2015 Shane Smollen
4 – Shane Smollen
2 – Tony Quinn, Rodney Jane
1 – James Koundouris, Max Twigg

BATHURST TAG HEUER CARRERA CHALLENGE RACE WINS
2004 Tony Quinn Tony Quinn Tony Quinn
2005 Dean Grant No Race Tony Quinn
2006 Rodney Jane Rodney Jane Rodney Jane
2007 Rodney Jane Rodney Jane Rodney Jane
2008 James Koundouris James Koundouris James Koundouris
2011 Max Twigg Max Twigg Shane Smollen
2012 Shane Smollen Max Twigg James Koundouris
2013 Adam Gowans Adam Gowans Adam Gowans
2014 Shane Smollen Shane Smollen Shane Smollen
2015 Shane Smollen No Race Tony Bates
6 – Rodney Jane, Shane Smollen
4 – Tony Quinn, James Koundouris
3 – Max Twigg, Adam Gowans
1 – Dean Grant, Tony Bates