1981 Australian Sports Car Championship

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The 1981 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group D Production Sports Cars. [1] It was the thirteenth Australian Sports Car Championship [2] and the last to be restricted to cars complying with Group D regulations. The championship was won by John Latham, driving a Porsche Turbo. [3]

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Schedule

The championship was contested over a four-round series with Rounds 1, 2 and 3 each staged over two heats and Round 4 run as a single race. [3]

Round [3] Circuit [3] Location / stateDate [3] Heat 1 winner [3] Heat 2 winner [3] Round winner
1 Sandown Park Melbourne, Vic. 22 FebruaryJohn Latham John Walker John Latham
2 Baskerville Raceway Hobart, Tas. 5 April John Walker John LathamJohn Latham
3 Winton Motor Raceway Winton, Vic. 23 AugustMurray BrydenJohn LathamJohn Latham
4 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne, Vic. 8 OctoberJohn LathamN/AJohn Latham

Class structure

Cars competed in two engine capacity classes: [1]

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six placings in each class at each round. [1] Bonus points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis for the top four placings irrespective of class at each round. [1]

Where rounds were run in multiple parts, drivers were allocated points on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first fourteen positions in each part. [1] These points were then aggregated to determine the placings for that round. [1]

Championship standings

Position [3] Driver [3] Car [3] Entrant [4] Class [3] San [3] Bas [3] Win [3] Cal [3] Total [3]
1John Latham Porsche Turbo John LathamA1313131352
2Murray Bryden Lotus Super 7 Murray BrydenB9104-23
3Peter Fitzgerald Porsche Carrera Lindsay Quinn Real EstateA164920
4 John Walker Porsche Turbo Magnum WheelsA99DNSDNS18
5Lex Lasry Triumph GT6 Lex LasryB337316
6Norman Carr Austin-Healey Sprite
Lotus Elan 		Norman CarrB2-21115
7Gordon Dobie Datsun 260Z Gordon DobieADNSDNS8513
8Bernie Bisseling Lotus Elan Norman CarrBDNSDNS12DNS12
9Don Hume Lotus 47 Don HumeB641DNS11
10Dick Smith Lotus Super 7 Dick SmithB46--10
11 [5] Rusty French [6] De Tomaso Pantera Rusty FrenchA4 [7] 5 [8] --9 [5]
12 [5] Chris Swingler [6] Triumph TR7 Chris SwinglerB ? ? ? ?8 [5]
13 [5] Rex Colliver [6] Lotus Elan R. Colliver [9] B ? ? ? ?6 [5]
14 [5] Ross Mathieson [6] Porsche Carrera Ross Mathieson [10] A ? ? ? ?4 [5]
15 [5] Alan Edwards [6] Bolwell Nagari Alan Edwards [10] A2 [7] ---2 [5]
= [5] Geoff Munyard [6] Triumph TR4 G. Westwell [11] A ? ? ? ?2 [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1981 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 91 to 93
  2. ↑ Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Australian Sports Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1981/82, pages 140 to 149
  4. ↑ Aust. Sports Car C'ship, Racing Car News, January 1982, page 37
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Lack-Lustre Last to Latham, Racing Car News, December 1981, Page 21
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Family names from Lack-Lustre Last to Latham, Racing Car News, December 1981, Page 21 and given names from Australian Sports Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1981/82, pages 140 to 149
  7. 1 2 Graham Slater, Latham and Costanzo First Up, Racing Car News, March 1981, pages 66 to 69
  8. ↑ Sandown round report in Racing Car News shows French's progressive score as 4 points, Baskerville report in Racing Car News, May 1981 shows French's progressive score as 9 points
  9. ↑ Program. Calder Raceway, November 7th-8th
  10. 1 2 Official Program, Sandown, February 22, 1981
  11. ↑ Program, Baskerville, 5 April 1981


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