1983 Australian GT Championship season

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1983 Australian GT Championship season
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The 1983 Australian GT Championship season was the second season of the Australian GT Championship. It was open to grand tourer cars complying with CAMS Group D regulations with Group B Sports Sedans competing by invitation. The season was contested over six rounds from April 10 to August 28, 1983.

[edit] Schedule

Rnd	Circuit	Date
1	Lakeside International Raceway	10 April
2	Sandown Raceway	17 April
3	Adelaide International Raceway	10 July
4	Calder Park Raceway	31 July
5	Winton Motor Raceway	14 August
6	Surfers Paradise Raceway	28 August

[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	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total
1	Rusty French	3	Porsche 935	John Sands Racing	6	6	9	4	6	9	40
2	Jim Richards	11	BMW 318i Turbo	JPS Team BMW	9	9	-	-	-	-	18
2	Tony Edmondson	9	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV - Chevrolet	Don Elliot	-	-	-	9	9	-	18
4	Alan Browne	4	Porsche 935	John Sands Racing	-	4	-	2	3	4	13
5	Peter Fitzgerald	5	Porsche Carrera RSR	Peter Fitzgerald	-	3	-	3	4	-	10
5	John Briggs	91	BMW 318i Turbo	John Briggs BMW	-	-	4	-	-	6	10
7	Bryan Thompson	17	Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC - Chevrolet	Kenwood Shepparton	-	-	6	-	-	-	6
7	Colin Bond	28	Porsche 944 Turbo	Porsche Cars Australia	-	-	-	6	-	-	6
9	Bruce Lynton	18	BMW 318i Turbo	Bruce Lynton BMW	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
9	Phillip Swinton		Mini Cooper		2	-	-	-	-	2	4
9	Bob Jolly	31	Holden Commodore		-	2	-	-	2	-	4
9	Clem Smith	26	Chrysler Valiant Charger		-	-	3	1	-	-	4
13	Jeff Barnes	9	Chevrolet Monza		3	-	-	-	-	-	3
13	Mark Trenoweth	18	Jaguar XJS		-	-	-	-	-	3	3
15	John Lusty	43	Holden Torana		-	-	2	-	-	-	2
16	Bruce Smith		Ford Capri		1	-	-	-	-	-	1
16	Jim Keogh		Holden Commodore		-	1	-	-	-	-	1
16	Larry Kogge		Mazda RX-3		-	-	1	-	-	-	1
16	John Bourke	77	Toyota Celica		-	-	-	-	1	-	1
16	Simon Harrex	69	Holden Commodore		-	-	-	-	-	1	1