2009 Australian Superkart Championship

The 2009 Australian Superkart season covers national level Superkart racing in Australia during 2009. There were three national level race meetings in 2009 all held on the calendar of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships, the first two covered the Australian Superkart Championship, which was won by Sam Zavaglia.^[1] The third event, the stand-alone Pacific Superkart Challenge, was won by Warren McIlveen.^[2]

The 2009 Australian Superkart Championship was the 21st running of the national championships for Superkarts. It began on 6 June 2009 at Mallala Motor Sport Park and end on 19 July at Eastern Creek Raceway after eight races. It was contested for two engine capacity based classes, 250 cc International (incorporating 250 National Class) and 125 cc. 125cc champion was Melbourne teenager, Steven Tamasi.^[3]

A third national level event was held later in the season at Morgan Park Raceway which was held for the 250 International, 125cc, the recently superseded 85cc class and the Rotax Max non-gearbox category.

With insufficient pre-registration, non-Gearbox Rotax Max championship was not contested in 2009.

The following drivers competed in the 2009 Australian Superkart Championship. The series consisted of two rounds, with four races at each meeting. With only four competitors appearing from the 250 National class all season, the 250 Nationals were merged into the 250 International class.

Team	Class	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver
Safe Evolutions	250 International	Anderson Maverick	SAFE	1	Darren Hossack
				12	Shane Price
Rocket Race Engines	250 International	Anderson Mirage	FPE/RCS	4	Rod Prickett
Top Dog Advertising	250 International	PVP	PVP	6	Vince Livaditis
RMR Superkarts	250 International	Anderson Maverick	FPE	7	Colin McIntyre
			BRC 250FE FPE	10	Gary Pegoraro
BK Electrical	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	7	Barry Kunowski
Dunlop Art Motorsport	250 International	PVP	PVP	8	Anton Stevens
Cystic Fibrosis Queensland	125 Gearbox	Eliminator	Honda RS125	8	Iain McIntosh
Stockman Superkarts	250 International	Stockman MR2	Yamaha TZ250	9	Sam Zavaglia
			Honda RS250	18	Warren McIlveen
				43	Dan Ramerman
					Daniel Tamasi
Rockpress	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	12	Phil Silcock
	125 Gearbox	Top Kart	Yamaha TZ125	13	Mick Chiodo
Maddern Oil P/L	250 International	PVP	PVP	14	Charles Maddern
Coach Design	85 Gearbox	Gladiator	Yamaha YZ80	16	Lindsay Jamieson
				26	Stewart Bell
	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2 Laydown	Honda RS125	32	Drene Jamieson
	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	35	Russell Jamieson
	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2 Laydown	Honda RS125	86	Chryss Jamieson
Arconn Refrigeration	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	17	Rod Conn
Sugarless Confectionery Co.	250 International	Stockman MR2	Yamaha TZ250	17	Phil Webb
Nick Paul	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	21	Robert Oakley
Internode Metaplanners Davtec	250 International	Zip Eagle	BRC 250FE	28	Ilya Harpas
		Zip Eagle II		29	Yiani Harpas
Suburban Accounting	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	33	Kristian Stebbing
	125 Gearbox		Yamaha TZ125	77	Brad Stebbing
Cycle City	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	34	Jeff Reed
Top Torque	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	40	Stephen Castles
Jeff Burford	250 International	Zip Eagle II		41	Jeff Burford
Paul Snaith	250 International	Eliminator		44	Paul Snaith
STR Truck Bodies	250 International	Stockman MR2		48	Matthew Palmer
Bakker Superkarts	125 Gearbox	Bakker	Honda RS250	50	Mick Bakker
N&G Motor Repairs Iguana Signs & Concepts	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	50	Brian Wild
Martelco Equipment Hire	250 International	Zip Eagle II	Yamaha TZ250	54	Brett Purdie
Crispy Racing	250 International	Anderson Maverick		58	David Yuill
RFC Race Team	Rotax Max	Hypermax Phoenix	Rotax 125	60	David McAdam
				80	Richard Flanagan
Avoig Racing	125 Gearbox	Avoig Elise	Honda RS125	61 161	John Pellicano
Gas Action Services	250 International	PVP	Honda RS250	61	Steven Murray
	Rotax Max	CRG Maximo	Rotax 125	68	Todd Gardner
Kylope Hire Cars	125 Gearbox	Benson	Honda RS125	69	Mehmet Sinani
Darren O'Connor	250 International	Zip Eagle		70	Darren O'Connor
Lofty Coaches	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	72	Dean McGinty
1800 Bumper	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	74	Jason Laker
Sundown Security	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	88	Michael Davies
Domain Prestige Homes	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	90	Steven Tamasi
J. Shelton & Co	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	93	Jeremy Shelton
Phoenix Dental Laboratory	250 International	Zip Eagle II	Yamaha TZ250	96	Mark Hanson
Bel-Ray / Prosport	250 International	PVP	Yamaha TZ250	250	Cameron Hoswell
Douglas Amiss	85 Gearbox	Gladiator	Yamaha YZ80	461	Doug Amiss

The 2009 www.artmotorsport.com.au Australian Superkart Championship season consisted of two rounds. Four races were held at both race meetings. Likewise four races were held at the Pacific Superkart Challenge.

Rd.	Circuit	City / state	Date	Winner 250	Team	Winner 125	Team	Winner 85	Team	Winner Rotax	Team
1	Mallala Motor Sport Park[4]	Mallala, South Australia	6–7 June	Sam Zavaglia	Stockman Superkarts	Steven Tamasi	Domain Prestige Homes
2	Eastern Creek Raceway[5]	Sydney, New South Wales	18–19 July	Sam Zavaglia	Stockman Superkarts	Jeff Reed	Cycle City
PSC	Morgan Park Raceway[6]	Warwick, Queensland	8–9 August	Warren McIlveen	Stockman Superkarts	John Pellicano	Giova Design	Stewart Bell	Coach Design	David McAdam	RFC Race Team

Points were awarded 20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 based on the top fifteen race positions in first three races of each round. The fourth race of each round, which is longer than the others (eight laps vs five laps) awarded points for the top twenty race positions at 25-22-20-18-16-15-14-13-12–11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Points sourced from in part:^[7]

Points were awarded 401-300-225-169-127-95-71 based on the top race positions in each classe in each of the four races. There was an additional bonus points structure added, multiplying the points received by the number of karts entered in that competitors class, divided by the total number of entries for the field.

• Official championship website
• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles^{[permanent dead link‍]}