1982 Australian Rally Championship

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1982 Australian Rally Championship
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Greg Carr and Fred Gocentas in the Fiat 131 Abarth, Lutwyche Village Shopping Centre Rally, 1 May 1982. Warana-Rally-Carr-131-450.jpg
Greg Carr and Fred Gocentas in the Fiat 131 Abarth, Lutwyche Village Shopping Centre Rally, 1 May 1982.

The 1982 Australian Rally Championship was a series of five rallying events held across Australia. It was the 15th season in the history of the competition.

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Geoff Portman and navigator Ross Runnalls in a Datsun 1600 won the 1982 Championship despite strong opposition from the Fiat 131 Abarth of Greg Carr and Fred Gocentas.

Season review

The 15th Australian Rally Championship was held over five events across Australia, the season consisting of one event each for Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia and two for New South Wales. There was no major factory support for any of the teams and with a wide variety of cars and competitors it was a difficult season to predict an outcome. At the end of the year Portman and Runnalls had held off tough opposition from Carr and Gocentas and brought their 12-year-old Datsun 1600 home to its first ARC championship.

The Rallies

The five events of the 1982 season were as follows. [1] [2]

RoundRallyDate
1Lutwyche Village Shopping Centre Rally (QLD)1–2 May 1982
2The Sunday Times Safari (WA)5–6 June 1982
3Dunlop 2GO Rally (NSW)14–15 August 1982
4Commonwealth Motors Rally (NSW)4 September 1982
5Arco Alpine Rally (VIC)20–21 November 1982

Round One – The Lutwyche Village Shopping Centre Rally

PositionDriverNavigatorCarPenalties
1 Greg Carr Fred Gocentas Fiat 131 Abarth
2Ed MulliganGeoff Jones Ford Escort BDA
3Wayne BellColin Parry Holden Commodore
4Peter GlennieBrian Smith Datsun Stanza
5Doug ThompsonJim Maude Datsun Stanza
6Dennis BrownWarren Tegg Ford Escort
7John AtkinsonMonty Suffern Datsun Stanza
8Mark TaylorErrol Bailey Mitsubishi Lancer
9Peter MarcovichGreg Weale Ford Escort

Round Two – The Sunday Times Safari

PositionDriverNavigatorCarPenalties
1Geoff PortmanRoss Runnalls Datsun 1600 157m 26s
2 Greg Carr Fred Gocentas Fiat 131 Abarth 159m 59 s
3Clive SlaterRod van der Stratten Toyota Corolla 161m 26s
4Tony MaslingGeoff Jones Datsun Stanza 161m 43s
5Bob NicoliDavid Hartley Datsun Stanza 163m 20s
6Doug ThompsonJim Maude Datsun Stanza 165m 35s
7Wayne BellColin Parry Holden Commodore
8Jim MartinPeter MacNeall Datsun 1600
9Mark AndersonDavid Burton Datsun 1600
10John AtkinsonMonty Suffern Datsun Stanza


Round Three – The Dunlop 2GO Rally

PositionDriverNavigatorCarPenalties
1Geoff PortmanRoss Runnalls Datsun 1600 2m 44.55s
2 Greg Carr Fred Gocentas Fiat 131 Abarth 2m 45.23s
3Hugh BellSteve Ellis Datsun 1600 2m 46.15s
4Tony MaslingDave Boddy Datsun Stanza V8 2m 49.29s
5Gary BurnsJim Gleeson Ford Escort BDA 2m 50.40s
6 Colin Bond John Dawson-Damer Triumph TR8 2m 50.57s
7 Ross Dunkerton Paul Rainer Datsun 1600 2m 51.22s
8David OfficerKate Hobson Mitsubishi Galant 2m 52.15s
9Doug ThompsonRon Lugg Datsun Stanza 2m 53.13s
10Clive SlaterAdrian Stafford Toyota Corolla 2m 55.44s

Round Four – The Commonwealth Motors Rally

PositionDriverNavigatorCarPenalties
1Geoff PortmanRoss Runnalls Datsun 1600 105m 43s
2 Greg Carr Fred Gocentas Fiat 131 Abarth 109m 30s
3Doug ThompsonRon Lugg Datsun Stanza 113m 55s
4Barry LoweTed Dobrzynski Datsun 1600 "Dazda" 115m 24s
5John AtkinsonMonty Suffern Datsun Stanza 118m 47s
6Don OgilvieStephen SimmonsDatsun120m 53s
7John MacaraDavid HartleyMazda121m 20s
8Phil HoranAdrian WardDatsun123m 40s
9Peter PittawayChris TraversFalcon XW ute124m 36s
10Kevin PedderPeter GubbinsDatsun125m 03s

Round Five – Arco Alpine Rally

PositionDriverNavigatorCarPenalties
1Geoff PortmanRoss Runnalls Datsun 1600 340m 56s
2Doug ThompsonRon Lugg Datsun Stanza 354m 39s
3Steve AshtonRosemary Nixon Datsun 1600 355m 18s
4 Greg Carr Fred Gocentas Fiat 131 Abarth 359m 53s
5Ian SwanDerek Rawson Datsun Stanza 360m 39s
6Brian SmithPeter Mignot Mitsubishi Galant 361m 37s
7Peter ClarkeMichael Harker Datsun Stanza 362m 41s
8Paul BrambleKel Haynes Mitsubishi Lancer 364m 34s
9Chris BerryRay StubbsDatsun364m 44s
10Jon WaterhouseGregory AvonMazda366m 04s

1982 Drivers and Navigators Championships

Final pointscore for 1982 is as follows. [3]

Geoff Portman – Champion Driver 1982

PositionDriverCarPoints
1Geoff Portman Datsun 1600 96
2 Greg Carr Fiat 131 Abarth 89
3Doug Thompson Datsun Stanza 43
4Tony Masling Datsun Stanza 22
5Ed Mulligan Ford Escort RS 1800 18
=5Wayne Bell Holden Commodore 18

Ross Runnalls – Champion Navigator 1982

PositionNavigatorCarPoints
1Ross Runnalls Datsun 1600
2Fred Gocentas Fiat 131 Abarth
3Geoff Jones Datsun Stanza
4Col Parry Holden Commodore
5Rod van der Stratten Toyota Corolla
6Steve Ellis Datsun 1600

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Australian Motor Racing Year 1982/83 ISSN 0158-4138
  3. Australian Motor Racing Year 1982/83 ISSN 0158-4138