1985 Australian Endurance Championship

The 1985 Australian Endurance Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Touring Cars ^[1] complying with an Australian version of FIA Group A Touring Car regulations.^[2] The championship was the fifth Australian Endurance Championship and the fourth to be awarded as a drivers title.^[3]

1 Calendar
2 Class Structure
3 Points system
4 Results
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links

Calendar

The championship was contested over a five round series which was staged concurrently with the 1985 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.^[4]

Round 1, Better Brakes 300, Amaroo Park, New South Wales, 4 August
Round 2, Pepsi 250, Oran Park, New South Wales, 18 August
Round 3, Castrol 500, Sandown Park, Victoria, 15 September
Round 4, James Hardie 1000, Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, 6 October
Round 5, Motorcraft 300, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 27 October

Class Structure

Cars were grouped into three classes based on engine capacity:

Up to 2000cc
2001 to 3000cc
3001 to 6000cc ^[1]

Points system

Championship points were allocated on a three scale system, to Australian license holders only, for outright places gained in each round:

Scale A was applied to drivers of cars in the Up to 2000cc class
Scale B was applied to drivers of cars in the 2001 to 3000cc class
Scale C was applied to drivers of cars in the 3001 to 6000cc class ^[1]

Outright Position ^[5]	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Scale A	30	27	24	21	19	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2
Scale B	28	26	23	20	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Scale C	25	23	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	-	-	-

In rounds where two drivers were compulsory (i.e. the Sandown and Bathurst rounds), full championship points were allocated to each of the two drivers provided that both had driven at least one third of the relevant distance.^[1] In all other rounds, where two drivers were not compulsory, points were allocated to each of the two drivers provided each had driven at least one third of the distance. If each had not driven such a distance, full points were allocated to the driver who had driven the greater distance.^[1] In all cases, points were only awarded to a driver who had driven one single car throughout the duration of the event.^[1]

Results

Position	Driver ^[6]	Car	Class	Entrant	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total
1	Jim Richards	BMW 635CSi	3001-6000cc	JPS Team BMW	25	25	25	17	25	117
2	Tony Longhurst	BMW 323i & 635CSi	2001-3000cc & 3001-6000cc	JPS Team BMW	15	11	25	17	-	68
3	Colin Bond	Alfa Romeo GTV6	2001-3000cc	Network Alfa	17	15	20	13	-	65
4	John Smith	Toyota Corolla	Up to 2000cc	Toyota Team Australia	15	10	-	5	19	49
5	Peter Brock	Holden VK Commodore	3001-6000cc	Mobil Holden Dealer Team	20	23	-	-	-	43
6	Kent Baigent	BMW 635CSi	3001-6000cc	HK Baigent	11½	14	-	15	-	40½
7	Gregg Hansford	Alfa Romeo GTV6	2001-3000cc	Network Alfa	-	-	20	13	-	33
8	Dick Johnson	Ford Mustang	3001-6000cc	Palmer Tube Mills	-	-	-	11	20	31
9	Neil Lowe	BMW 635CSi	3001-6000cc	HK Baigent	11½	-	-	15	-	26½
10	John Goss	Jaguar XJ-S	3001-6000cc	JRA Limited / Jaguar Racing	-	-	-	25	-	25

Note: Only the top ten pointscorers are shown in the above table.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1985, page 90
^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1985, page 302
^ Australian Titles Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 17 July 2009
^ Australian Motor Racing Year, 1985/86, pages 272-295
^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1985, page 86
^ Australian Motor Racing Year, 1985/86, page 272

External links

Images from 1985 Australian Touring Car racing Retrieved from www.autopics.com.au on 17 July 2009
Images from the Bathurst round of the 1985 Australian Endurance Championship Retrieved from www.autopics.com.au on 17 July 2009