1986 Australian Sports Car Championship

1986 Australian Sports Car Championship
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The 1986 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group A Sports Cars. It was the 18th Australian Sports Car Championship

The championship was won by former open wheel star and twice Australian Drivers' Champion John Bowe driving a 5.8 litre Veskanda Chevrolet built by K&A Engineering in Adelaide. Bowe dominated the five round series winning all seven races, scoring fastest lap in each race (including several lap records) and pole position at each round. Terry Hook finished in 2nd place in his Lola T610 Chevrolet with reigning champion Chris Clearihan 3rd in his JWS-Kaditcha Chev.

1984 Australian Sports Car Champion Bap Romano crashed his Cosworth DFL powered Romano WE84 heavily in the opening round at Sydney's tight Amaroo Park circuit. The WE84's throttle stuck wide open on the run up Bitupave Hill just past the pits and Romano was unable to slow the car, eventually destroying the front of the car in the tyre barriers. Romano himself broke both legs in the crash but was fully conscious when pulled out of the car. The crash ended the Romano WE84's racing life which had begun in 1983 as a Kaditcha K583.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a five round series.[1]

Round [1] Circuit [1] State Date [1] Format [1] Round winner [1] Car [1]
1 Amaroo Park New South Wales 23 March Two heats John Bowe Veskanda Chevrolet
2 Adelaide International Raceway South Australia 6 July One race John Bowe Veskanda Chevrolet
3 Surfers Paradise Queensland 24 August Two heats John Bowe Veskanda Chevrolet
4 Sandown Park Victoria 14 September One race John Bowe Veskanda Chevrolet
5 Calder Park Victoria 19 October One race John Bowe Veskanda Chevrolet

Classes

Cars competed in three classes according to engine capacity:[2] In 1986 CAMS relaxed the previous 5000cc engine limit for the Over 3 litre cars and allowed engines of up to 6000cc.

Points system

Championship points were awarded for the top twenty outright race positions, based on the following three tier structure:[2]

Outright position [2] 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 [2] 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 [2] 28 26 23 20 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Over 3 litres [2] 25 23 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 - - -

For rounds contested over multiple heats, the aggregate points achieved by each driver were divided by the number of heats to arrive at the driver's championship points allocations for the round.[2]

Results

Top 10 results only.[3]

Position [4] Driver [4] No. Car Entrant Class Rd1
[4]		 Rd2
[4]		 Rd3
[4]		 Rd4
[4]		 Rd5
[4]		 Total [4]
1 John Bowe 25 Veskanda Chevrolet Bernard van Elsen [5] Over 3 litre 25 25 25 25 25 125
2 Terry Hook Lola T610 Chevrolet Terry Hook [5] Over 3 litre - 23 21.5 23 23 90.5
3 Chris Clearihan 1 JWS-Kaditcha Chevrolet Chris Clearihan [5] Over 3 litre 20 20 21.5 - 20 82.5
4 Andrew Roberts Roberts SR3 Ford Andrew Roberts [5] Up to 1.6 litres 19 - 18 13 13 63
5 Ray Hanger Rennmax BN6 Ford Ray Hanger [5] Up to 1.6 litres &
1.6 to 3 litres [6]		 20 13 - - 17 50
6 Rowan Harman Kaditcha SR781 Mazda Rowan Harman [5] 1.6 to 3 litres 6.5 15 13 - 14 48.5
7 Geoff Munday JWS Chevrolet Geoff Munday [5] Over 3 litre - 15 16 15 - 46
8 Bob Jolly Holden VK Commodore Chevrolet Bob Jolly Over 3 litre - - - 20 17 37
9 Bernie Van Elsen Bolwell Nagari Ford Bernard van Elsen [5] Over 3 litre - 17 - 4 10 31
=10 Mike Ceveri Holden Torana Chevrolet Over 3 litre 23
=10 Bap Romano 8 Romano WE84 Cosworth Bap Romano Racing Over 3 litre 23

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1986 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year 1986/87, page 315
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1986 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 88 to 91
  3. ↑ "Australian Sports Car Championship 1986 | Motorsport". Driverdb.com. 2012-04-11. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 1986 Australian Sports Car Championship (points table for top nine drivers), Australian Motor Racing Year 1986/87, page 207
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Entry list, Australian Sports Car Championship, Round 2, Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, July 6, 1986, page 16
  6. ↑ Barry Catford, 1986 Australian Sports Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1986/87, page 207

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