1985 Australian Touring Car Championship

1985 Australian Touring Car Championship
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The 1985 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Touring Cars. It was the 26th running of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the first to be contested using regulations based on the FIA's International Group A regulations. The championship began on 10 February 1985 at Winton Motor Raceway and ended on 14 July at Oran Park Raceway after ten rounds. Jim Richards won his first Australian Touring Car Championship driving a BMW 635CSi entered by JPS Team BMW.

Contents 1 Teams and drivers 2 Race Calendar 3 Classes 4 Points system 5 Results 6 References 7 External links

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 1985 Australian Touring Car Championship.

Team	Manufacturer	Car model	Class	No	Driver
Masterton Homes	Holden	Commodore VK	3001 to 6000cc	2	Steve Masterton
Kent Baigent	BMW	635CSi	2001 to 3000cc	3	Kent Baigent
Mobil Holden Dealer Team	Holden	Commodore VK	3001 to 6000cc	05	Peter Brock John Harvey*
				7	Peter Brock* John Harvey Larry Perkins David Parsons
Toyota Team Australia	Toyota	Corolla	Up to 2000cc	11	John Smith
				14	Drew Price
Garry Dennis Willmington	Jaguar	XJ-S	3001 to 6000cc	12	Garry Willmington
Bob Holden Motors	Toyota	Sprinter	Up to 2000cc	13	Bob Holden Mike Quinn
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford	Mustang	3001 to 6000cc	17	Dick Johnson
Ken Mathews	Holden	Commodore VK	3001 to 6000cc	19	Ken Mathews
Jim Keogh	BMW	635CSi	3001 to 6000cc	20	Jim Keogh
Mark Petch Racing	Volvo	240T	2001 to 3000cc	21	Robbie Francevic
JPS Team BMW	BMW	323i	2001 to 3000cc	23	Tony Longhurst
		635CSi	3001 to 6000cc	31	Neville Crichton
				62	Jim Richards
Network Alfa	Alfa Romeo	GTV6	2001 to 3000cc	26	Colin Bond
				27	Alan Jones
The Toy Shop	Alfa Romeo	GTV6	2001 to 3000cc	27	Gregg Hansford
Capri Components	Ford	Mustang	3001 to 6000cc	28	Lawrie Nelson
Ken Harrison	Ford	Escort Mk.II	Up to 2000cc	34	Ken Harrison
Mike Minear Racing	Volvo	360GLT	Up to 2000cc	36	Mike Minear
Jag Parts	Triumph	Dolomite Sprint	Up to 2000cc	49	Martin Power
Greville Arnel	Mitsubishi	Starion	2001 to 3000cc	51	Greville Arnel
Chris Heyer	Audi	5+5	2001 to 3000cc	53	Chris Heyer
Melbourne Brake & Clutch	Mitsubishi	Starion	2001 to 3000cc	54	Brian Sampson
JL Hazelton	Ford	Capri Mk.III	2001 to 3000cc	57	Laurie Hazelton
John Craft	Ford	Capri Mk.III	2001 to 3000cc	65	John Craft
Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Starion	2001 to 3000cc	66	Kevin Bartlett
Ian Thompson	BMW	323i	2001 to 3000cc	77	Ian Thompson
Peter Williamson Toyota	Toyota	Celica Supra	2001 to 3000cc	77	Peter Williamson
Tim Slako	Rover	Vitesse	3001 to 6000cc	96	Tim Slako
Raymond Spencer	Mazda	RX-7	2001 to 3000cc		Raymond Spencer
Ross Burbidge	Mitsubishi	Starion	2001 to 3000cc		Ross Burbidge
Phil Parsons	Ford	Capri Mk.III	2001 to 3000cc		Phil Parsons
Russell Worthington	Mazda	RX-7	2001 to 3000cc		Russell Worthington

* Peter Brock and John Harvey both drove #05 and #7 during the season.

Race Calendar

The 1985 Australian Touring Car Championship was contested over a ten round series with one race per round.

Rd.	Race Title	Circuit	Location / State	Date	Winner [1]	Team	Report
1	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	9 - 10 Feb	Jim Richards	JPS Team BMW
2	Sandown	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	23 - 24 Feb	Peter Brock	Mobil Holden Dealer Team
3	Symmons Plains	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	10 - 11 Mar	Robbie Francevic	Mark Petch Racing
4	Wanneroo	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	30 - 31 Mar	Jim Richards	JPS Team BMW
5	Motorcraft 100	Adelaide International Raceway	Adelaide, South Australia	20 - 21 Apr	Jim Richards	JPS Team BMW
6	Calder	Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	27 - 28 Apr	Jim Richards	JPS Team BMW
7	Surfers Paradise	Surfers Paradise International Raceway	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	18–19 May	Jim Richards	JPS Team BMW
8	Lakeside	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	22 - 23 Jun	Jim Richards	JPS Team BMW
9	Amaroo	Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	6 - 7 Jul	Jim Richards	JPS Team BMW
10	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	12 - 13 Jul	Robbie Francevic	Mark Petch Racing

Classes

Cars competed in three classes determined by engine capacity.

• Up to 2000cc
• 2001 to 3000cc
• 3001 to 6000cc ^[2]

Points system

Championship points were allocated on a three tier 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 ^[2]

Outright Position [3]	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	-	-	-

Points from the best nine round results were retained by each driver, any other points not being included in the nett total.

Results

Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Pts 1 Jim Richards 1st 2nd 5th 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 218 (233) 2 Dick Johnson Ret 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 192 3 Peter Brock 1st 4th 2nd 2nd Ret 3rd 3rd 5th 8th 153 4 Neville Crichton 2nd 5th 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 5th 6th 9th Ret 149 5 Robbie Francevic 6th 1st 9th Ret 7th 2nd 4th Ret 1st 142 6 Colin Bond Ret 12th 8th 8th 6th 6th 16th 5th 4th 4th 127 7 John Smith 7th 9th 10th 11th 12th 11th 10th 8th 10th 15th 110 (117) 8 Alan Jones 4th 4th 7th 6th 16th 4th 7th DNS 108 9 Kevin Bartlett 3rd 8th DNS 7th 8th 9th DNS DNS 75 10 Bob Holden 8th 15th 11th 12th 14th 14th 15th 15th Ret 72 11 Jim Keogh 7th 6th 10th 17th 11th 9th 12th 54 12 Kent Baigent 5th 8th 8th Ret 7th 13th 51 13 Drew Price 13th 12th 10th 11th 14th 50 14 Brian Sampson 5th 11th Ret 10th 11th 48 15 Tim Slako 5th 9th 8th 6th 47 16 Tony Longhurst 7th 3rd 12th 46 17 Mike Minear 10th Ret 12th 18th 16th 37 18 Lawrie Nelson 6th 16th 9th 10th Ret 32 19 John Harvey 5th 5th 30 19 Laurie Hazelton 9th Ret 11th 13th 30 21 Steve Masterton Ret 9th Ret Ret 7th 20 22 Russell Worthington 13th 11th 18 23 Ross Burbidge 14th 12th 16 24 Peter Williamson 7th Ret Ret 14 25 Larry Perkins 6th Ret 13 25 David Parsons 6th 13 27 Garry Willmington Ret Ret 15th Ret 9th 12 28 Greville Arnel Ret 10th Ret 11 28 Gregg Hansford 10th 11 28 Ken Mathews 13th 12th 11 28 Martin Power 14th 19th 11 32 Raymond Spencer 13th 8 33 John Craft 14th 7 33 Ken Harrison 15th 7 35 Chris Heyer 16th 5 36 P. Parsons 17th 4 37 Ian Thompson 21st 1 Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)

References

1. ^ Australian Motor Racing Year 1985/86, pages 313-314
2. ^ ^{a b} CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1985, page 90
3. ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1985, page 86

External links

• Official V8 Supercar site Contains historical ATCC information.
• 1985 Australian Touring Car racing images at www.autopics.com.au

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