1983 Australian Endurance Championship of Makes

The 1983 Australian Endurance Championship of Makes was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title ^[1]open to Group C Touring Cars.^[2] The championship was contested over a six round series with all rounds run concurrently with those of the 1983 Australian Endurance Championship.^[3]

Contents 1 Calendar 2 Class structure 3 Points structure 4 Results 5 References 6 External links

Calendar

• Round 1, Silastic 300, Amaroo Park, New South Wales, 7 August
• Round 2, Oran Park, New South Wales, 21 August
• Round 3, Castrol 400, Sandown Raceway, Victoria, 11 September
• Round 4, James Hardie 1000, Mount Panorama, Bathurst, 2 October
• Round 5, Surfers Paradise International Raceway, Queensland, 30 October
• Round 6, Humes Guardrail 300 ^[4], Adelaide International Raceway, South Australia, 20 November

Class structure

Cars competed in two engine displacement classes:

• Up to 3000cc
• Over 3000cc

Points structure

Championship points were awarded at each round according to the outright position attained by the best placed car of each make:

Outright Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Up to 3000cc	30	27	24	21	19	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2
Over 3000cc	25	23	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	0

Results

Position	Make	Car	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total[3]
1	Holden	Commodore VH	23	13	20	25	25	25	131
	Mazda	RX-7	20	20	25	23	23	20	131
3	Ford	Capri V6, Falcon XE, Falcon XD & Escort	14	23	13	11	9	14	84
4	BMW	635CSi	15	5	23	-	11	13	67
5	Nissan	Bluebird Turbo	25	25	-	-	-	-	50
6	Audi	5+5	13	8	-	-	-	-	21
7	Chevrolet	Camaro	11	-	-	-	-	-	11
	Alfa Romeo	GTV6	-	-	6	5	-	-	11

References

1. ^ CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport
2. ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1983, page 95
3. ^ ^{a b} Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1983/84, pages 288 - 311
4. ^ Official programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday 20th November 1983.

External links

• Images of the Bathurst round from www.autopics.com.au