The 1985 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group A Sports Cars. It was the 17th Australian Sports Car Championship [1] and the first to be run concurrently with the Australian GT Championship.[2]
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The championship was contested over a six round series.[2]
Rounds 2 & 3 were each contested over two heats and all other rounds were staged as single races.[3]
Cars competed in three engine capacity classes.[1]
For single race rounds, championship points were awarded to the top twenty outright placegetters in the Sports Car category, based on the following three tier structure:[1]
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Up to 1.6 litres | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 1.6 to 3 litres | 28 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Over 3 litres | 25 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
For rounds contested over two heats, the same points system was applied to each heat, with the aggregate points achieved by each driver divided by two to determine the championship points allocation for the round.[1]
| Position [2] | Driver [2] | No. | Car [2] | Entrant [4] | Class [4] | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total [4] |
| 1 | Chris Clearihan | 22 | Kaditcha Chevrolet | Chris Clearihan | Over 3 litre | 25 | 25 | 11.5 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 127.5 |
| 2 | Terry Hook | 15 | Lola T610 Chevrolet | Terry Hook | Over 3 litre | 23 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 125 |
| 3 | Jeff Harris | 65 | JWS C2 Mazda | Jeff Harris | 1.6 to 3 litre | 17 | 21.5 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 112.5 |
| 4 | Ray Hanger | 5 & 8 | Rennmax Ford BDA | Ray Hanger | 1.6 to 3 litre | 23 | 13 | 23 | - | 15 | - | 74 |
Note: The above table lists only the first four placings in the championship.