1984 Australian Endurance Championship

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1984 Australian Endurance Championship
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The 1984 Australian Endurance Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition open to Group C Touring Cars. [1] The championship, which was the fourth Australian Endurance Championship, was contested over a five-round series. Titles were awarded for both Drivers and Makes [1] with Allan Moffat winning the Drivers title and Mazda winning the Makes award.

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Calendar

The championship was contested over a five-round series with one race per round. [2]

Rd.Race titleCircuitCity / stateDateWinnerCarTeamReport
1Silastic 300 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales 5 August Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gary Scott Nissan Bluebird Turbo Nissan Motor Co.
2 Valvoline 250 Oran Park Sydney, New South Wales19 August Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Allan Moffat
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gregg Hansford
Mazda RX-7 Peter Stuyvesant International Racing
3 Castrol 500 Sandown Melbourne, Victoria 9 September Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins
Holden VK Commodore Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Report
4 James Hardie 1000 Mount Panorama Bathurst, New South Wales30 September Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins
Holden VK CommodoreMarlboro Holden Dealer Team Report
5Motorcraft 300 Surfers Paradise Surfers Paradise, Queensland 4 November Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter BrockHolden VK CommodoreMarlboro Holden Dealer Team

Classes

Cars competed in two classes: [1]

Points system

Drivers Championship points were awarded to the drivers of the cars filling the first twenty places in each round, with the actual points allocation dependent on the class in which the car was competing. [1]

Position [1] 1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th
Points for Up to 3000 cc class car [1] 30272421191715141312111098765432
Points for Over 3000 cc class car [1] 2523201715131110987654321000

Makes Championship points were awarded on the same basis but only for the highest scoring car of each make. [1]

Championship results

Drivers

Position [3] Driver [3] No. [2] Car [2] [4] Entrant [5] [6] Amaroo [3] Oran Pk [3] Sandown [3] Bathurst [3] Surfers [3] Total [3]
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Allan Moffat 43 & 42 Mazda RX-7 Peter Stuyvesant International -12.523202378.5
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gregg Hansford 43 & 42 Mazda RX-7 Peter Stuyvesant International -12.523202075.5
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock 05 Holden VK Commodore Marlboro Holden Dealer Team --25252575
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Harvey 25 Holden VK Commodore Marlboro Holden Dealer Team --20231356
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Perkins 05 Holden VK Commodore Marlboro Holden Dealer Team --2525-50

Note: Only the top five pointscorers are shown.

Makes

Position [3] Make [3] Car [2] [4] Amaroo [3] Oran Pk [3] Sandown [3] Bathurst [3] Surfers [3] Total [3]
1 Mazda RX-7 2025232023111
2 Holden VH Commodore SS
VK Commodore
2310252525108
3 Ford XE Falcon
XD Falcon
9231111963
4 Nissan Bluebird Turbo
Pulsar EXA
25--2-27
5 BMW BMW 635 CSi
(Group C & Group A)
-20-3-23

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1984 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 88–93
  2. 1 2 3 4 Brad Leach & Wayne Webster, Australian Endurance Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1984/85, pages 288–311
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Season Results, Race Year 1984, page 140
  4. 1 2 Stewart Wilson, Holden the Official Racing History, pages 359–360
  5. Graham Slater, Brock Gives a Lesson, Racing Car News, November 1984, pages 50–53
  6. Barry Naismith, Entry List, Bathurst 1984/85, page 123