1984 Australian Formula 2 Championship

The 1984 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to cars complying with Australian Formula 2 regulations. ^[1] The title, which was the 17th Australian Formula 2 Championship, ^[2] was won by Peter Glover, driving a Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen. ^[3]

Schedule

The championship was contested over a six-round series: ^[3]

Round [3]	Circuit [3]	State	Date [3]	Format [3]	Round winner [3]	Car [3]
1	Sandown Park	Victoria	19 February	Two races	Neil Israel	Arbyen Volkswagen
2	Oran Park	New South Wales	18 March	Two races	Peter Glover	Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen
3	Calder	Victoria	29 April	Two races	Peter Macrow	Cheetah Mk 8 Ford
4	Adelaide International Raceway	South Australia	6 May	Two races	Keith McClelland	Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen
5	Mallala Motor Sport Park	South Australia	3 June	Two races	Keith McClelland	Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen
6	Amaroo Park	New South Wales	8 July	One race	Peter Glover	Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen

The second race of Round 3 at Calder was cancelled due to program delays caused by an accident during a supporting race. ^[3]

Round 5 at Mallala saw the country South Australian circuit used in a CAMS sanctioned national championship for the first time since 1971.

Points system

Points were awarded on a 30–27–24–21–19–17–15–14–13–12–11–10–9–8–7–6–5 basis to the top 17 finishers in each race. ^[1] Finishers had to cover at least 75% of the race distance to be awarded points. ^[3] In multi-race rounds, the aggregate points for each driver were divided by the number of races to determine the actual championship points allocation for the driver at that round. ^[1]

Results

Position [4]	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant [5] [6]	San [4]	Ora [4]	Cal [4]	Ade [4]	Mal [4]	Ama [4]	Total [4]
1	Peter Glover	13	Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen	Peter Glover	19.5	30	13.5	13.5	21	30	127.5
2	Keith McClelland	9	Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen	Keith McClelland	12	27	–	30	30	27	126
3	Neil Israel	35	Arbyen Volkswagen	Neil Israel	27	24	–	17	24	21	113
4	Ian Richards	1	Richards 201 Volkswagen	Ian Richards	9.5	21	–	21.5	16.5	19	87.5
5	Terry Ryan	36	Ralt RT1 Ford	Terry Ryan Auto Services P/L	23	11	10.5	17.5	6.5	17	85.5
6	Peter Macrow	25	Cheetah Mk 8 Ford	Repco Engine Parts	–	19	15	25.5	13.5	–	73
7	Craig Sparks	33	Elfin 792 Volkswagen	Craig Sparks	10.5	16	12	17	7	–	62.5
8	Wayne Ford	32	Chevron B42 Ford	Wayne Ford	–	9.5	7.5	–	13	14	44
9	Derek Pingel		Elfin 792 Volkswagen		–	13.5	–	–	–	24	37.5
	Graham Blee	2	Cheetah Mk 6 Toyota	Bell Street Truck Centre	–	16	8.5	–	–	13	37.5
11	Craig Gibbs	10	Cheetah Mk 6 Ford	Keith McDermott	10.5	–	6	5.5	–	15	37
12	Mike Drewer	5	Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen	MJ Drewer	11	–	6.5	13.5	5.5	–	36.5
13	Peter Boylan	60	Ralt RT3 Volkswagen	Peter Boylan	16	13	–	–	–	–	29
	Vince McLaughlan	7	Cheetah Mk 8 Isuzu	Kevin McLaughlan	–	–	5.5	–	11.5	12	29
15	David Crabtree	77	Cheetah BMW	David Crabtree	13	11	–	–	4	–	28
16	Brian Sampson	78	Cheetah Mk 8 Ford	Brian Sampson	–	–	9.5	–	16.5	–	26
17	Rob Newman	26	Cheetah Mk 7 Toyota	John Walker Panel Repairs	–	–	–	6	19	–	25
18	David Partridge		Elfin 700		13.5	11	–	–	–	–	24.5
19	Clive Millis	7	Hardman JH1 Ford		21	–	–	–	–	–	21
20	Mike Holmes	22	Elfin 700 Volkswagen	Mike Holmes	–	–	–	–	15.5	–	15.5
21	Colin Fulton		Cheetah Volkswagen		15	–	–	–	–	–	15
22	Greg Ferrall	8	Elfin GE225 Volkswagen	Greg Ferrall	–	–	–	10.5	–	–	10.5
23	Tony Armstrong		Cheetah Volkswagen		10	–	–	–	–	–	10
24	Bronte Rundle	21	Argus 832 Datsun	Argus Engineering	–	–	–	–	7.5	–	7.5
	Gregg Taylor	49	Cheetah Toyota	AG Taylor	–	–	–	7.5	–	–	7.5
26	Mark Potter	15	Elfin 700	Mark Potter	–	–	7	–	–	–	7
27	Peter Jones		Cheetah Mk 8 Ford		–	–	–	6.5	–	–	6.5
28	Mark Buik		Elfin 620 Ford		6	–	–	–	–	–	6
29	Peter Doulman		Avanti F2 Ford		–	4	–	–	–	–	4

• Israel did not receive points for his 12th-place finish in Race 1 of Round 3 as he had completed less than the required 75% of the total race distance. ^[3]
• Glover did not receive points for his 12th-place finish in Race 1 of Round 4 as he had completed less than the required 75% of the total race distance. ^[3]

Notes and references

1. Conditions for Australian Titles, 1984 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 88 to 91
2. Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
3. Barry Catford, Australian Formula 2 Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1984/85, pages 254–267
4. Championship points and positions have been calculated by applying the points system as published in the 1984 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport to race positions as published in Australian Motor Racing Year, 1984/85
5. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 6 May 1984, page 23
6. Official Souvenir Programme, Mallala Motor Sport Park, Sunday, 3 June 1984, page 15

External links

• Image of Peter Glover (Cheetah Mk 7), Oran Park, 1984, autopics.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org