The 1985 Australian Touring Car season was the 26th season of touring car racing in Australia commencing from 1960 when the first Australian Touring Car Championship and the first Armstrong 500 (the forerunner of the present day Bathurst 1000) were contested. It was the first season in which Australian Touring Car regulations were based on those for the FIA Group A Touring Car category.

Touring Cars competed at 19 race meetings in Australia during the 1985 season, contesting the following events:

In 21 races contested in 1985 (including the heats of the AMSCAR series rounds), the JPS Team BMW 635 CSi of Jim Richards won 17 races. This saw him easily win the ATCC, Endurance and AMSCAR titles.

Season review

Race calendar

Date Series Circuit City / state Winner Team Car Report
10 February ATCC Round 1 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
24 February ATCC Round 2 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Peter Brock Mobil Holden Dealer Team Holden VK Commodore
11 March ATCC Round 3 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania Robbie Francevic Mark Petch Motorsport Volvo 240T
31 March ATCC Round 4 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
7 April AMSCAR Round 1 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
21 April ATCC Round 4 Adelaide International Raceway Adelaide, South Australia Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
28 April ATCC Round 6 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
19 May ATCC Round 7 Surfers Paradise International Raceway Surfers Paradise, Queensland Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
28 May AMSCAR Round 2 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
23 June ATCC Round 8 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
7 July ATCC Round 9
AMSCAR Round 3		 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
14 July ATCC Round 10 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Robbie Francevic Mark Petch Motorsport Volvo 240T
4 August Better Brakes 300
AEC Round 1		 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi Report
18 August Pepsi 250
AEC Round 2		 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
15 September Castrol 500
AEC Round 3		 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Jim Richards
Tony Longhurst		 JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi report
6 October James Hardie 1000
AEC Round 4		 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales John Goss
Armin Hahne		 JRA Ltd Jaguar XJ-S report
27 October Motorcraft 300
AEC Round 5		 Surfers Paradise International Raceway Surfers Paradise, Queensland Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
2 November Australian Grand Prix support race Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia Dick Johnson Palmer Tube Mills Ford Mustang GT

Australian Touring Car Championship

Australian Endurance Championship

Castrol 500

James Hardie 1000

AMSCAR Series

Australian Grand Prix support race

This race was a 15 lap support event at the 1985 Australian Grand Prix meeting.[1]

Pos. Grid Driver No. Team Car
1 1 Australia Dick Johnson 17 Palmer Tube Mills Ford Mustang GT
2 3 Australia Peter Brock 05 Mobil Holden Dealer Team Holden VK Commodore
3 4 Australia Charlie O'Brien 22 Erle McRae Racing BMW 635 CSi
4 8 Australia Terry Finnigan 40 Terry Finnigan Holden VK Commodore
5 5 Australia Colin Bond 47 Network Alfa / The Toy Shop Alfa Romeo GTV6
6 7 Australia Kevin Bartlett 42 Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Starion Turbo
DNF 2 Austria Gerhard Berger 21 Bob Jane T-Marts Racing BMW 635 CSi

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