The 1982 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars.[1] It was the fourteenth Australian Sports Car Championship,[2] and the first to be contested by Group A cars since 1975.[3] The championship was won by Chris Clearihan of Canberra, driving a Kaditcha.[3]

Schedule

Paul Scott placed 4th in the championship, driving a Rennmax BN6 BMW (actual car pictured, in 2010)

The championship was contested over a four-round series.[3]

Round[3] Circuit[3] State Date[3] Format[3] Winning driver[3] Car[3]
1 Wanneroo Park Western Australia 21 March Two heats Stuart Kostera Elfin MS7[3] Repco Holden[4]
2 Lakeside Queensland 25 July Two heats Ken Peters Auscam
3 Surfers Paradise Queensland 29 August One race Chris Clearihan Kaditcha Chevrolet
4 Adelaide International Raceway South Australia 26 September Two heats Chris Clearihan Kaditcha Chevrolet

Class structure

Cars competed in two classes:[3]

  • Under 2.5 litres[3]
  • Over 2.5 litres[3]

Points system

Championship points were awarded at each round on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places in each class,[1] Additional points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis for the first four outright places, irrespective of class.[1]

For rounds which were contested over two heats, drivers were allocated points on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first 14 places in each heat, with the points from the two heats aggregated to determine the round result.[1] Championship points where then awarded based on that round result.[1]

Results

Position Driver[5] Car[3] Class[3] Entrant[6] Wan.[5] Lak.[5] Sur.[5] Ade.[7] Total
1 Chris Clearihan Kaditcha Chevrolet Over 2.5 litres Chris Clearihan 3 - 13 13 29
3 Steve Webb Kaditcha Chevrolet Over 2.5 litres Steve Webb 4 9 - 9 22
2 John Fraser Kaditcha SR781 Chevrolet Vega Under 2.5 litres John R Fraser - 4 12 4 20
4 Paul Scott Rennmax BN6 BMW Under 2.5 litres Pool Fabrications Pty Ltd - 11 5 2 18
5 Stuart Kostera Elfin MS7[3] Repco Holden[4] Over 2.5 litres Stuart Kostera 13 - - 4 17
6 Ken Peters Auscam Over 2.5 litres   - 13 3 - 16
7 Julien Cowan Chevron Under 2.5 litres   12 - - - 12
8 Dean Hosking[7] Asp Clubman Under 2.5 litres Parafield Auto Wreckers - - - 11 11
9 Derek Vince Graduate M8F Over 2.5 litres   8 - - - 8
= Ray Hanger Rennmax Under 2.5 litres Ray Hanger - - 8 - 8
11 John Hurney Haggis Under 2.5 litres   7 - - - 7
= Jim Doig[7] Motorlab Asp Under 2.5 litres Jim Doig - - - 7 7
= Kerry Horgan Elfin 360 Over 2.5 litres   - 3 4 - 7
14 Mike Shaw Welsor Under 2.5 litres   - 6 - - 6
= Alan Nolan Nola Under 2.5 litres   - - 6 - 6
16 Tony Green Centaur Under 2.5 litres   - 4 1 - 5
17 Trevor Hine Lotus Elan Under 2.5 litres   4 - - - 4
= Paul Gibson Rennmax Over 2.5 litres   - 4 - - 4
19 Glen Baker Asp 340C Under 2.5 litres   3 - - - 3
= Peter Tighe Mallock U2 Under 2.5 litres   - - 3 - 3
= Bernard van Elsen[7] Bolwell Nagari Over 2.5 litres Bernard van Elsen - - - 3 3
= Tom Hutchinson[7] Triumph GT6 Under 2.5 litres Tom Hutchinson - - - 3 3
23 Dave Bunnett Haggis Clubman Under 2.5 litres   2 - - - 2
= Peter Boylan Cheetah Under 2.5 litres   - 2 - - 2
= Colin Matheson Gordon Under 2.5 litres   - - 2 - 2
26 Allen Swaine Nota Under 2.5 litres   - 1 - - 1
= Chris Meulengraaf[7] Datsun 2000 Under 2.5 litres Chris Meulengraaf - - - 1 1

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Australian Title Conditions, 1982 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 87-93
  2. ↑ Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Australian Sports Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1982/83, pages 188-197
  4. 1 2 The Elfin Family, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1982/83, page 58
  5. 1 2 3 4 1982 Australian Sports Car Championship - Progressive Pointscore, Official Souvenir Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 26 September 1982, page 13
  6. ↑ Entry list, Official Souvenir Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 26 September 1982, page 17
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 AIR Points calculated from round results as published in Racing Car News, November 1982, page 63
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