1992 Australian Drivers' Championship

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The 1992 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Brabham racing cars. [1] The winner of the title, which was the 36th Australian Drivers' Championship, was awarded the 1992 CAMS Gold Star. [2] Due to a sponsorship deal with beer brand Tooheys, the championship was promoted as the "Tooheys Australian Drivers' Championship". [3]

Calendar

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

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first ten finishers in each round. [1]

Results

PositionDriverNo. [5] Car [4] [5] EntrantR1R2R3R4R5Total [5] [6]
1 Mark Skaife 1Spa 003 Holden Winfield Racing 152015202090
2 Mark Larkham 3 Reynard 90D Holden Larkham Motor Sport 41520151569
3Ron Barnacle4 Ralt RT20 Holden  1068-630
Drew Price39 Ralt RT20 Holden  20-10--30
5Chris Hocking74Hocking 911 Holden  210--820
6Paul Collins88Liston BF3 Holden  -1210417
7Stephen Cramp12 Reynard 90D Holden  123---15
8Alan Galloway7 Ralt RT21 Holden  644--14
Brian Sampson 78 Cheetah Mk9 Holden  8-6--14
10 Simon Kane 5 Ralt RT21 Holden  --12--12
John Briggs 10 Ralt RT21 Holden Briggs Motor Sport -12---12
Neil Crompton 20 Ralt RT20 Holden  ----1212
Ron Searle27 Shrike NB89H Holden
Ralt RT21 Holden
 ---12-12
14Warwick Rooklyn10 Ralt RT21 Holden  ----1010
15 Paul Stokell 15 Shrike NB89H Holden  -8---8
16John Hermann8Herco Ralt Holden  123--6
17Graham Watson88Liston BF3 Holden  3----3

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 Australian Titles, Specific Conditions, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1992, page 162
  2. CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > Titles – CAMS Gold Star Archived 3 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 3 November 2009
  3. Australian Motor Racing Year, 1992/93, page 155
  4. 1 2 1992 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1992/93, page 299
  5. 1 2 3 1992 Points Allocation, retrieved from www.formulaholden.com.au in 2001 (URL no longer active)
  6. The championship positions as listed in Australian Motor Racing Year, 1992/93, page 299 include Mark Potter and Barry Ward who drove Australian Formula 2 cars at Round 1. These drivers were not included in the Points Allocation table as published at www.formulaholden.com (2001) and have not been included here

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