1981 Australian Sports Sedan Championship
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The 1981 Australian Sports Sedan Championship
was a CAMS
sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Sports Sedans complying with CAMS Group B regulations.
Rounds 5 & 9 were contested as single races and all other rounds were staged over two heats.
Only the best nine round performances were counted towards each driver's championship total.
For rounds run over two heats, round points were awarded on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the top 14 placegetters in each heat.
The six drivers attaining the highest aggregate from the two heats were then awarded the championship points for that round.
If more than one driver attained the same total, the relevant round placing was awarded to the driver who achieved the higher placing in the second heat.
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Australian Sports Sedan Championship
The Australian Sports Sedan Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of cars complying with Australian Sports Sedan regulations...
was a 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 ....
sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Sports Sedans complying with CAMS Group B regulations.
Calendar
The championship was contested over an eleven round series.- Round 1, LakesideLakeside International RacewayLakeside Park, formerly known as Lakeside International Raceway is a motor racing circuit located at Pine Rivers north of Brisbane and lies adjacent to Lake Kurwongbah....
, QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, 29 March - Round 2, Winton Motor RacewayWinton Motor RacewayWinton 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...
, VictoriaVictoria (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....
, 3 May - Round 3, Amaroo ParkAmaroo ParkAmaroo Park was a motor racing circuit located in Annangrove, New South Wales, in the present-day western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It opened in 1967, hosting its first motorcycle meeting on 26 February with a 30 lap production race won by Larry Simons on a BSA Spitfire in heavy rain. The...
, New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, 24 may - Round 4, Oran Park RacewayOran Park RacewayOran Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit at Narellan in southwestern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which was operational from 1962 to 2010....
, New South Wales, 21 June - Round 5, Sandown RacewaySandown RacewaySandown 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:...
, Victoria, 5 July - Round 6, Calder Park RacewayCalder Park RacewayCalder 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...
, Victoria, 2 August - Round 7, Barbagallo RacewayBarbagallo RacewayBarbagallo Raceway is a motorsport circuit located in Wanneroo, approximately north of Perth in Western Australia.The circuit was originally known as Wanneroo Park and the first race meet took place in March 1969. Initially the major race per year was a 6 hour Le Mans style race for sedans and...
, Western AustraliaWestern AustraliaWestern Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
, 16 August - Round 8, Surfers Paradise Raceway, QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, 30 August - Round 9, Symmons Plains RacewaySymmons Plains RacewaySymmons Plains Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Australia, located about 30 kilometres south of Launceston, Tasmania. Since the closure of the Longford circuit in the 1960s it has been Tasmania's premier motor racing facility...
, TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania 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...
, 20 September - Round 10, Baskerville RacewayBaskerville RacewayBaskerville 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...
, Tasmania, 11 October - Round 11, The Advertiser Sports Sedan Challenge, Adelaide International RacewayAdelaide International RacewayThe Adelaide International Raceway is a permanent circuit owned by Australian Motorsport Club Limited under the auspices of the Bob Jane Corporation. It is located on Port Wakefield Road at Virginia, a small town just north of Adelaide, South Australia, and is round the corner from Speedway City...
, South AustraliaSouth AustraliaSouth Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, 25 October
Rounds 5 & 9 were contested as single races and all other rounds were staged over two heats.
Points
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six placegetters in each round.Only the best nine round performances were counted towards each driver's championship total.
For rounds run over two heats, round points were awarded on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the top 14 placegetters in each heat.
The six drivers attaining the highest aggregate from the two heats were then awarded the championship points for that round.
If more than one driver attained the same total, the relevant round placing was awarded to the driver who achieved the higher placing in the second heat.
Results
| Position | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Rd 11 | Total |
| 1 | Tony Edmondson | 1 | Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Alfa Romeo Alfetta Alfa Romeo GTV redirects here. For 916 series GTV see Alfa Romeo GTV & SpiderThe Alfa Romeo Alfetta is an Italian rear-wheel drive executive saloon car and fastback coupé produced from 1972 until 1987 by Alfa Romeo... Chevrolet Chevrolet Small-Block engine The Chevrolet small-block engine is a series of automobile V8 engines built by the Chevrolet Division of General Motors using the same basic small engine block... |
Donald Elliott | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | - | 9 | 9 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 67 |
| 2 | John Briggs | 9 | Chevrolet Monza Chevrolet Monza The Chevrolet Monza is a subcompact, four-passenger automobile produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors for the 1975–1980 model years. The Monza is based on the Chevrolet Vega, sharing its wheelbase, width and 140 CID inline-4 engine... |
John Roberts | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 43 |
| 3 | Phil Ward | 2 | Holden Monaro HQ Holden Monaro The Holden Monaro is an automobile that was produced by GM Holden Ltd, an Australian subsidiary of General Motors, between 1968 and 1977 and between 2001 and 2005... |
Australian Penthouse Racing | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | 35 |
| 4 | Garry Rogers | 34 | Holden Torana LX | Garry Rogers Garry Rogers Motorsport Garry Rogers Motorsport is an Australian motor racing team presently competing in V8 Supercar.-The early years:Garry Rogers Motorsport has its origins in Garry Rogers' own exploits in Sports Sedans during the late 1960s and the 1970s. In the mid-1970s Rogers got more serious, running a BDA Escort... |
- | - | - | 6 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | - | 26 |
| 5 | Allan Grice Allan Grice Allan Maxwell Grice OAM , known to motor-racing fans as Gricey, is an Australian former racing driver and politician, most famous for twice winning the prestigious Bathurst 1000 , and as a privateer driver of a Holden in the Australian Touring Car Championship.Grice also had a successful second... |
11 | BMW 320i BMW E21 BMW E21 is the body designation for the first BMW 3 Series compact executive car, produced by the German automaker BMW from 1975 to 1983. This series was the immediate successor to the BMW 2002 and was superseded by the BMW E30 platform.... |
JPS Team BMW | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 9 | - | - | - | 22 |
| 6 | Tony Parkinson | 28 & 12 | Holden Commodore VB | QH-ABS | 3 | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Clem Smith | 16 | Chrysler Valiant Charger VH | Clem Smith | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | Peter Finch | 16 | Holden Monaro HQ | Peter Finch | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| 9 | Bob Jane Bob Jane Robert "Bob" Jane is an Australian former race car driver and prominent businessman. A four-time winner of the Armstrong 500, the race that became the prestigious Bathurst 1000 and a four-time Australian Touring Car Champion, Jane is perhaps known best nowadays for his chain of tyre retailers,... |
10 & 7 | Chevrolet Monza | Bob Jane T-Marts | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 |
| John English | Ford Escort Mk 1 Mazda | Bryan Byrt Ford | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 5 | ||
| John Tesoriero | 32 | Volvo 242 Volvo 200 series The Volvo 200 series is a range of large family cars , produced by Volvo from 1974 to 1993, with more than 2.8 million units sold worldwide. The 200 series was essentially an updated version of the 140; both were designed by Jan Wilsgaard. It shared the same body, but included a number of... |
John Tesoriero | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | |
| 12 | Geoff Boyd | Holden Torana | Carling Constructions | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Gordon Mitchell | 57 | Alfa Romeo GTV Alfa Romeo Sprint GT (Veloce) The Alfa Romeo 105/115 series Coupés were a range of cars made by the Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo from 1963 until 1977. They were the successors to the celebrated Giulietta Sprint coupé and used a shortened floorpan from the Giulia Berlina car.... |
Cechelle Motors | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| 14 | Ken James | Mazda RX-3 Mazda RX-3 The Mazda RX-3 is an automobile sold in the 1970s. It was intended to be smaller and sportier than its brother, the RX-2/Capella Rotary. In 1972 all rotary engines had their die-cast rotor housing coated with a new process: The new Transplant Coating Process featured sprayed-on steel which is... |
- | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| Dick Ward | 27 | Fiat Abarth 850TC Abarth Abarth is an Italian racing car maker founded by Austrian-Italian Carlo Abarth and Italian Armando Scagliarini in Turin in 1949. Its logo depicts a stylized scorpion on a red and yellow background.- History :... |
Go Gear-rotomotion | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| 16 | Jeff Groves | Ford Escort | Jeff Groves | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Bob Stevens | Holden Monaro HQ | Bob Stevens | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Paul Jones | 64 | Chevrolet Monza | Paul Jones | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Rusty French | Ford Falcon XD Ford XD Falcon The Ford XD Falcon is a car that was produced by the Ford Motor Company of Australia between 1979 and 1982.The XD series was introduced on 28 March 1979 and was initially offered in five models:* Falcon GL * Fairmont... |
Rusty French Racing | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Craig Marsland | Chrysler Valiant Charger | Pizza Hut | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Rob Davies | 44 | Ford Escort Mk 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | ||
| 22 | Kent Youlden | 55 | Ford Cortina TE | Dowsett Engineering | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 23 | John White | Chevrolet Monza | John White | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Larry Perkins Larry Perkins Larry Clifton Perkins is a former racing driver and V8 Supercar team owner from Australia.-Career:... |
69 | Holden Commodore VC | Launceston Hotel | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Gordon Stephenson | Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT | Gordon Stephenson | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Kerry Baily | Holden Torana GTR XU-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||
| Richard Purtell | Holden Torana GTR XU-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| Luigi DeLuca | 22 | Ford Anglia Ford Anglia The 1949 model, code E494A, was a makeover of the previous model with a rather more 1940s style front-end, including the sloped, twin-lobed radiator grille. Again it was a very spartan vehicle and in 1948 was Britain's lowest priced four wheel car.... |
DWU Australia Pty Ltd | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
- Note: The above results are based on the table published in Australian Motor Racing Year, 1981, Page 164 however additional positions below the top six have been calculated from race results listed in the same publication.
Further reading
- Racing Car News, November 1981, Round 11 results, page 35
- Racing Car News, January 1982, Page 38
- Souvenir Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday 25 October 1981