1982 Australian GT Championship season

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1982 Australian GT Championship season
Previous: 1963	Next: 1983

The 1982 Australian GT Championship season was the first season of the revived Australian GT Championship. It was open to GT and Sports Sedan cars complying with CAMS Group D & Group B regulations respectively. Unlike the previous one-race event, the format was changed to a full season of races. Nine rounds were conteseted from May 16 to October 10, 1982.

[edit] Schedule

Rnd	Circuit	Date
1	Winton Motor Raceway	16 May
2	Oran Park Raceway	6 June
3	Lakeside International Raceway	20 June
4	Adelaide International Raceway	4 July
5	Wanneroo Park	11 July
6	Calder Park Raceway	1 August
7	Surfers Paradise Raceway	29 August
8	Symmons Plains Raceway	19 September
9	Baskerville	10 October

[edit] Results

Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six finishers in each round. All scores counted towards the championship.

Pos	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	Total
1	Alan Jones	27	Porsche 935	Porsche Cars Australia	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	81
2	Rusty French	10	Porsche 935	John Sands Racing	2	6	4	2	3	6	6	3	2	34
3	Colin Bond	28	Porsche 944 Turbo	Porsche Cars Australia	4	4	2	3	6	4	4	-	4	31
4	Tony Edmondson	1	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV - Chevrolet	Don Elliot	6	-	-	4	4	3	1	4	3	25
4	Peter Brock	7	Chevrolet Monza	Bob Jane T-Marts	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	6	18
6	Doug Clarke	78	Toyota Celica	Brian Hilton Toyota	-	2	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	7
7	Tony Hubbard	111	Holden Torana LX	Settle in Seymour	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
8	Bruce Lynton	18	BMW 318i Turbo	Bruce Lynton BMW	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
9	Kerry Baily	128	Holden Torana LJ		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3
9	Gregory Wright	52	Holden Torana LX		-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
11	Gordon Stephenson	75	Holden Monaro		-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
11	Graham Lusty	44	Toyota Celica	Lusty Racing	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
13	Peter Finch		Holden Monaro		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
13	Peter Dane		Ford Escort	Thomson Ford	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
13	Steve Land		Holden Torana		-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
13	Clem Smith	26	Chrysler Valiant Charger		-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
13	Brian Rhodes		Holden Torana LX		-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
13	Jim Richards	31	BMW 318i Turbo	JPS Team BMW	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
13	Ian Beechey		Fiat 124		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1