1985 Australian Endurance Championship
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The 1985 Australian Endurance Championship was a CAMS
sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Touring Cars complying with an Australian version of FIA Group A Touring Car regulations
. The championship was the fifth Australian Endurance Championship
and the fourth to be awarded as a drivers title.
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In rounds where two drivers were compulsory (i.e. the Sandown and Bathurst rounds), full championship points were allocated to each of the two drivers provided that both had driven at least one third of the relevant distance.
In all other rounds, where two drivers were not compulsory, points were allocated to each of the two drivers provided each had driven at least one third of the distance. If each had not driven such a distance, full points were allocated to the driver who had driven the greater distance.
In all cases, points were only awarded to a driver who had driven one single car throughout the duration of the event.
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Note: Only the top ten pointscorers are shown in the above table.
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 motor racing title for drivers of Touring Cars complying with an Australian version of FIA Group A Touring Car regulations
Group A
In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group A referred to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for outright competition. In contrast to the short-lived Group B and Group C, the Group A referred to production-derived vehicles limited in terms of power, weight, allowed...
. The championship was the fifth Australian Endurance Championship
Australian Endurance Championship
The Australian Endurance Championship was first contested in 1981, as a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for car manufacturers. Replacing the Australian Championship of Makes , it was decided over a series of endurance races for touring cars complying with CAMS Group C regulations.In the...
and the fourth to be awarded as a drivers title.
Calendar
The championship was contested over a five round series which was staged concurrently with the 1985 Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipAustralian Manufacturers' Championship
The Australian Manufacturers' Championship is a motor racing title awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the winning car manufacturer in a series of races held throughout Australia...
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- Round 1, Better Brakes 300, 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...
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, 4 August - Round 2, Pepsi 250, Oran ParkOran 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....
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, Sandown ParkSandown 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:...
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, 6 October - Round 5, Motorcraft 300, Surfers ParadiseSurfers Paradise International RacewaySurfers Paradise International Raceway was a motor racing complex at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The circuit was designed and built by Keith Williams, a motor racing enthusiast. It was located opposite the Surfers Paradise Ski Gardens at Carrara...
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Class Structure
Cars were grouped into three classes based on engine capacity:- Up to 2000cc
- 2001 to 3000cc
- 3001 to 6000cc
Points system
Championship points were allocated on a three scale system, to Australian license holders only, for outright places gained in each round:- Scale A was applied to drivers of cars in the Up to 2000cc class
- Scale B was applied to drivers of cars in the 2001 to 3000cc class
- Scale C was applied to drivers of cars in the 3001 to 6000cc class
| Outright Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Scale A | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Scale B | 28 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Scale C | 25 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
In rounds where two drivers were compulsory (i.e. the Sandown and Bathurst rounds), full championship points were allocated to each of the two drivers provided that both had driven at least one third of the relevant distance.
In all other rounds, where two drivers were not compulsory, points were allocated to each of the two drivers provided each had driven at least one third of the distance. If each had not driven such a distance, full points were allocated to the driver who had driven the greater distance.
In all cases, points were only awarded to a driver who had driven one single car throughout the duration of the event.
Results
| Position | Driver | Car | Class | Entrant | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Total |
| 1 | Jim Richards Jim Richards (race driver) Jim Richards is a New Zealand racing driver who has spent most of his racing life in Australia. While retired from professional racing, Richards continues to compete in the historic category Touring Car Masters while running a team in the Australian GT Championship... |
BMW 635CSi BMW E24 The BMW E24 series was the first BMW 6 Series coupé, produced by the German automaker BMW between the 1976 and 1989 model years. The 6 Series name reappeared with the BMW E63 chassis beginning in the 2004 model year. The E24 borrowed heavily from contemporary 5-series cars .- Model history :The... |
3001-6000cc | JPS Team BMW | 25 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 25 | 117 |
| 2 | Tony Longhurst Tony Longhurst Tony Longhurst is an Australian former racing driver and Australian Champion water skier. He is most noted for his career in the Australian Touring Car Championship and V8 Supercar series.... |
BMW 323i BMW 3 Series The BMW 3 Series is a compact executive car manufactured by the German automaker BMW since May 1975. Successor to the BMW New Class, it has been produced in five different generations and in no less than five different body styles. It is BMW's best-selling model, accounting for around 30% of the... & 635CSi |
2001-3000cc & 3001-6000cc |
JPS Team BMW | 15 | 11 | 25 | 17 | - | 68 |
| 3 | Colin Bond Colin Bond Colin John Bond is a retired Australian racing driver. Bond reached the highest levels in Australian motorsport in 1969 when he was recruited by Harry Firth to the newly formed Holden Dealer Team... |
Alfa Romeo GTV6 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... |
2001-3000cc | Network Alfa | 17 | 15 | 20 | 13 | - | 65 |
| 4 | John Smith | Toyota Corolla Toyota Corolla The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact and compact cars manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the best selling nameplate in the world, with over 35 million... |
Up to 2000cc | Toyota Team Australia | 15 | 10 | - | 5 | 19 | 49 |
| 5 | Peter Brock Peter Brock Peter Geoffrey Brock, AM otherwise known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain" or simply as "Brocky" was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other... |
Holden VK Commodore Holden VK Commodore The Holden VK Commodore was introduced in 1984 and replaced the VH. It was the first Commodore to have plastic bumpers and introduced rear quarter windows for a six-window design as opposed to the four-window design on previous Commodore models... |
3001-6000cc | Mobil Holden Dealer Team Holden Dealer Team The Holden Dealer Team was Holden’s semi-official racing team from 1969 until 1987, primarily contesting Australian Touring Car events but also rallying, rallycross and sports sedans during the 1970s... |
20 | 23 | - | - | - | 43 |
| 6 | Kent Baigent | BMW 635CSi | 3001-6000cc | HK Baigent | 11½ | 14 | - | 15 | - | 40½ |
| 7 | Gregg Hansford Gregg Hansford Gregg Hansford was an Australian motorcycle and touring car racer.-Racing career:Hansford began racing motorcycles in Australia, winning the 1973 500cc Unlimited title, as well as competing in the New Zealand Marlboro Series in 1975/76 and 1977/78 on Team Kawasaki 750s. He also won one leg of the... |
Alfa Romeo GTV6 | 2001-3000cc | Network Alfa | - | - | 20 | 13 | - | 33 |
| 8 | Dick Johnson | Ford Mustang Ford Mustang The Ford Mustang is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. It was initially based on the second generation North American Ford Falcon, a compact car. Introduced early on April 17, 1964, as a "1964½" model, the 1965 Mustang was the automaker's most successful launch since the Model A... |
3001-6000cc | Palmer Tube Mills | - | - | - | 11 | 20 | 31 |
| 9 | Neil Lowe | BMW 635CSi | 3001-6000cc | HK Baigent | 11½ | - | - | 15 | - | 26½ |
| 10 | John Goss John Goss (race driver) John Goss is the only Australian racing driver to win Australia's two most prestigious races, the Bathurst 1000 , and the Australian Grand Prix .-Early career:... |
Jaguar XJ-S | 3001-6000cc | JRA Limited / Jaguar Racing | - | - | - | 25 | - | 25 |
Note: Only the top ten pointscorers are shown in the above table.
Further reading
- Official Programme, Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit, 14 and 15 September 1985
External links
- Images from 1985 Australian Touring Car racing Retrieved from www.autopics.com.au on 17 July 2009
- Images from the Bathurst round of the 1985 Australian Endurance Championship Retrieved from www.autopics.com.au on 17 July 2009