The 1984 Australian Endurance Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition open to Group C Touring Cars.[1] The championship, which was the fourth Australian Endurance Championship, was contested over a five round series. Titles were awarded for both Drivers and Makes[1] with Allan Moffat winning the Drivers title and Mazda winning the Makes award.
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The championship was contested over a five round series with one race per round.[2]
Round[2] | Event[2] | Circuit[2] | State | Date[2] |
1 | Silastic 300 | Amaroo Park | New South Wales | 5 August |
2 | Valvoline 250 | Oran Park | New South Wales | 19 August |
3 | Castrol 500 | Sandown Park | Victoria | 9 September |
4 | James Hardie 1000 | Mount Panorama, Bathurst | New South Wales | 30 September |
5 | Motorcraft 300 | Surfers Paradise | Queensland | 4 November |
Cars competed in two classes:[1]
Drivers Championship points were awarded to the drivers of the cars filling the first twenty places in each round, with the actual points allocation dependant on the class in which the car was competing.[1]
Position[1] | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
Points for Up to 3000 cc class car[1] | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Points for Over 3000 cc class car[1] | 25 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Makes Championship points were awarded on the same basis but only for the highest scoring car of each make.[1]
Position[3] | Driver[3] | No.[2] | Car[2][4] | Entrant[5][6] | Amaroo[3] | Oran Pk[3] | Sandown[3] | Bathurst[3] | Surfers[3] | Total[3] |
1 | Allan Moffat | 43 & 42 | Mazda RX-7 | Peter Stuyvesant International Racing | - | 12.5 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 78.5 |
2 | Gregg Hansford | 43 & 42 | Mazda RX-7 | Peter Stuyvesant International Racing | - | 12.5 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 75.5 |
3 | Peter Brock | 05 | Holden VK Commodore | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team | - | - | 25 | 25 | 25 | 75 |
4 | John Harvey | 25 | Holden VK Commodore | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team | - | - | 20 | 23 | 13 | 56 |
5 | Larry Perkins | 05 | Holden VK Commodore | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team | - | - | 25 | 25 | - | 50 |
Note: Only the top five pointscorers are shown.
Position[3] | Make[3] | Car[2][4] | Amaroo[3] | Oran Pk[3] | Sandown[3] | Bathurst[3] | Surfers[3] | Total[3] |
1 | Mazda | Mazda RX-7 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 111 |
2 | Holden | Holden VH Commodore Holden VK Commodore |
23 | 10 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 108 |
3 | Ford | Ford XE Falcon Ford XD Falcon |
9 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 63 |
4 | Nissan | Nissan Bluebird Turbo | 25 | - | - | 2 | - | 27 |
5 | BMW | BMW 635 CSi (Group C & Group A) |
- | 20 | - | 3 | - | 23 |