The 1981 Australian Sports Car Championship

Australian Sports Car Championship

The Australian Sports Car Championship was the CAMS sanctioned national title for Sports Car drivers in the years from 1969 to 1988. Each championship was contested over a series of races with the exception of the 1975 title, which was awarded on the results of a single race held at the Phillip...

was a national motor racing title for drivers of Sports Cars complying with CAMS

Confederation of Australian Motor Sport

The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....

 Group D regulations. It was the thirteenth Australian Sports Car Championship and the last to be restricted to cars complying with Group D regulations.

Class Structure

Cars competed in two engine capacity classes:

• Class A - Over 2000cc
• Class B - Up to and including 2000cc

The championship was contested over a four round series. Rounds 1-3 were contested over two heats while round 4 was a single race.

Schedule

Rd.	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner Race 1	Winner Race 2	Report
1	Sandown Raceway Sandown Raceway Sandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... , Vic Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....	22 February	John Latham	John Walker Johnnie Walker (racing driver) Johnnie Walker is a former Australian racing driver. Born in Adelaide, he first raced Holden FE's in the 1960s. After competing in the Australian Formula 2 Championship he graduated to Formula 5000 where he drove an Elfin and a Matich A50 before switching to the Lola marque in late 1973.Walker...	Report
2	Baskerville Raceway Baskerville Raceway Baskerville Raceway is a 2.01 km permanent motor and motorbike racing circuit. It is located at 473 Baskerville Rd, Old Beach- a northern suburb of...	Hobart Hobart Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as... , Tas Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...	5 April	John Walker	John Latham	Report
3	Winton Motor Raceway Winton Motor Raceway Winton Motor Raceway is a Motor Racing track in Winton, near Benalla, Victoria, Australia.-History:The Benalla Auto Club began planning for a permanent racing track around 1958. In 1960 it was decided to build the track at Winton Recreation Reserve and was completed in twelve months...	Winton Winton, Victoria Winton is a town near Benalla, Victoria, Australia. It is home to the Winton Motor Raceway. The town of Winton was proclaimed on 25 February, 1861... , Vic	23 August	Murray Bryden	John Latham	Report
4	Calder Park Raceway Calder Park Raceway Calder Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The complex includes a drag strip, a road circuit with several possible configurations, and the "Thunderdome", a high-speed banked oval equipped to race either clockwise or counter-clockwise .-History:Calder Park...	Melbourne, Vic	8 October	John Latham	N/A	Report

Results

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Position	Driver	Car	Class	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	John Latham	Porsche 930 Turbo Porsche 930 The 930 was a sports car built by Porsche, 930 actually being the "type number" for the pre-964 generation 911 Turbo produced between 1975 and 1989...	A	13	13	13	13	52
2	Murray Bryden	Lotus Super 7 Lotus Seven The Lotus Seven is a small, simple, lightweight two-seater open-top sports car produced by Lotus Cars between 1957 and 1972....	B	9	10	4	-	23
3	Peter Fitzgerald	Porsche Carrera Porsche 911 classic The original Porsche 911 was a sports car made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. The famous, distinctive, and durable design was introduced in autumn 1963 and built until 1989...	A	1	6	4	9	20
4	John Walker Johnnie Walker (racing driver) Johnnie Walker is a former Australian racing driver. Born in Adelaide, he first raced Holden FE's in the 1960s. After competing in the Australian Formula 2 Championship he graduated to Formula 5000 where he drove an Elfin and a Matich A50 before switching to the Lola marque in late 1973.Walker...	Porsche 930 Turbo	A	9	9	DNS	DNS	18
5	Lex Lasry	Triumph GT6 Triumph GT6 The GT6 was a 6-cylinder sports coupé built by Standard-Triumph and based on their popular Triumph Spitfire convertible. Production ran from 1966 to 1973.- Development history :...	B	3	3	7	3	16
6	Norman Carr	Austin-Healey Sprite Austin-Healey Sprite The Austin-Healey Sprite is a small open sports car which was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation on 20 May 1958, just before that year's Monaco Grand Prix. It was intended to be a low-cost model that "a chap could keep in his bike shed", yet be the successor to... Lotus Elan Lotus Elan Lotus Elan is the name of two convertible cars and one fixed head coupé produced by Lotus Cars. The original Type 26, 26R Racing version , 36R Racing version , 36 Fixed Head Coupe, 45 Drop Head Coupe, and the "Type 50" +2 Coupe, circa 1962 to 1975, are commonly known as the '60s Elans...	B	2	-	2	11	15
7	Gordon Dobie	Datsun 260Z	A	DNS	DNS	8	5	13
8	Bernie Bisseling	Lotus Elan	B	DNS	DNS	12	DNS	12
9	Don Hume	Lotus 47 Lotus Europa The Lotus Europa was a two door mid-engined GT coupé built by Lotus Cars from 1966 to 1975. In 2006 Lotus began production of a totally new, Lotus Elise-derived design, a mid-engined GT coupé named Europa S....	B	6	4	1	DNS	11
10	Dick Smith	Lotus Super 7	B	4	6	-	-	10