The 1990 Australian Production Car Championship was an Australian motor racing title for Group 3E Series Production Cars.[1] It has been recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the fourth Australian Production Car Championship.[2]

After Production Car racing was dominated by the turbocharged Mitsubishi Starion, Mazda RX-7 and Toyota Supras from 1984 until 1989, CAMS banned turbo and V8 engined cars from 1990 in a bid to bring public interest back into the series. The dominant competitors in the championship were the Australian built Holden Commodores and Ford Falcons powered by naturally aspirated six cylinder engines.

The championship was won by Kent Youlden driving a Ford Falcon EA S.

Schedule

The championship was contested over eight rounds with one race per round.[3]

Round[3] Circuit[3] State Date[3] Winning driver[3] Car
1 Amaroo Park New South Wales 25 February Kent Youlden Ford Falcon EA S
2 Symmons Plains Tasmania 11 March Ken Douglas Ford Falcon EA S
3 Phillip Island Victoria 25 March Ken Douglas Ford Falcon EA S
4 Winton Victoria 8 April Kent Youlden Ford Falcon EA S
5 Mallala South Australia 13 June Peter Fitzgerald Holden Commodore VN S
6 Oran Park New South Wales 15 July Peter Fitzgerald Holden Commodore VN S
7 Lakeside Queensland 29 July Tony Scott Holden Commodore VN S
8 Oran Park New South Wales 19 August Tony Scott Holden Commodore VN S

Points system

Points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top ten placegetters in each round.[1] Only the best seven round results were used to determine a drivers final pointscore, any other points being discarded.[1]

Championship standings

Position[4] Driver[4] No.[5][6] Car[3][6][5] Entrant[5] Ama[4] Sym[4] Phi[4] Win[4] Mal[4] Ora[4] Lak[4] Ora[4] Total[4]
1 Kent Youlden 58 Ford Falcon EA S Kent Youlden 20 15 12 20 15 12 12 - 106
2 Peter Fitzgerald 1 Holden Commodore VN S Goodyear Tyres 15 10 10 (8) 20 20 15 15 105
3 Ken Douglas 10 Ford Falcon EA S Douglas Robinson Motorsport (4) 20 20 12 12 8 10 12 94
4 Tony Scott 6 Holden Commodore VN S Bridgestone / Southland Mitsubishi 10 3 15 10 (2) 15 20 20 93
5 Jim Zerefos 4 Ford Falcon EA S Goodyear Australia / Chris Stott 8 12 (3) 15 6 10 6 8 65
6 Roland Hill 3 Holden Commodore VN S Goodyear Australia 12 8 6 - 10 - 8 1 45
7 Paul Fordham 12 Holden Commodore VN S SAAS Steering Wheels 6 - 8 4 - - - - 18
8 Steve Masterton 2 Ford Falcon EA S Steve Masterton Racing 2 - 4 6 4 - - - 16
8 Mal Rose 44 Ford Falcon EA S - - - - - 6 - 10 16
10 Ian Palmer 7 Holden Commodore VN S Bridgestone / Palmer Promotions - 4 1 - 3 1 1 3 13
11 Max Bonney Holden Commodore VN S - 2 - 2 8 - - - 12
12 Gordon Leven Holden Commodore VN S - - - - - 3 - 6 9
13 Gary Scott Holden Commodore VN S 1 6 - - - - - - 7
14 Phil Alexander 35 Suzuki Swift GTi 3 - - 3 - - - - 6
15 Troy Nicholson Holden Commodore VN S - - - - - 4 - - 4
15 Graham Jonsson Holden Commodore VN S - - - - - - 4 - 4
15 Todd Wanless Ford Falcon EA S - - - - - - - 4 4
15 Tom Watkinson Suzuki Swift GTi - - - 1 - - 3 - 4
15 Trevor Talbot 75 Ford Falcon EA S Dukes Body Works - 1 2 - 1 - - - 4
20 Gary McDonald Holden Commodore VN S - - - - - 2 - - 2
20 Russell Worthington[3] Suzuki Swift GTi - - - - - - 2 - 2
20 Adrian Mastronardo[3] 27 Ford Falcon EA S Adrian Mastronardo - - - - - - - 2 2

References

  1. 1 2 3 Conditions for Australian Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1990, pages 172-173
  2. ↑ Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 Manual of Motor Sport, Confederation of Australian Motor Sport, page 14-10
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1990 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1990/91, pages 283-285
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "1990 Australian Production Car Championship, Procar Series Points Tables, www.procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2005-06-15. Retrieved 2005-06-15.
  5. 1 2 3 Official Souvenir Programme, Mallala Motor Sport Park, 9–10 June 1990
  6. 1 2 New Era Winners, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1990/91, pages 164-181
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