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]
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 / State | Date [3] | Winner Race 1 [3] | Winner Race 2 [3] | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandown Park | Melbourne, Vic. | 22 February | John Latham | John Walker | Report |
| 2 | Baskerville Raceway | Hobart, Tas. | 5 April | John Walker | John Latham | Report |
| 3 | Winton Motor Raceway | Winton, Vic. | 23 August | Murray Bryden | John Latham | Report |
| 4 | Calder Park Raceway | Melbourne, Vic. | 8 October | John Latham | N/A | Report |
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]
Results
| Position [3] | Driver [3] | Car [3] | Entrant [4] | Class [3] | San [3] | Bas [3] | Win [3] | Cal [3] | Total [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Latham | Porsche Turbo | John Latham | A | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 52 |
| 2 | Murray Bryden | Lotus Super 7 | Murray Bryden | B | 9 | 10 | 4 | - | 23 |
| 3 | Peter Fitzgerald | Porsche Carrera | Lindsay Quinn Real Estate | A | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | John Walker | Porsche Turbo | Magnum Wheels | A | 9 | 9 | DNS | DNS | 18 |
| 5 | Lex Lasry | Triumph GT6 | Lex Lasry | B | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Norman Carr | Austin-Healey Sprite Lotus Elan |
Norman Carr | B | 2 | - | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 7 | Gordon Dobie | Datsun 260Z | Gordon Dobie | A | DNS | DNS | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | Bernie Bisseling | Lotus Elan | Norman Carr | B | DNS | DNS | 12 | DNS | 12 |
| 9 | Don Hume | Lotus 47 | Don Hume | B | 6 | 4 | 1 | DNS | 11 |
| 10 | Dick Smith | Lotus Super 7 | Dick Smith | B | 4 | 6 | - | - | 10 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1981 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 91 to 93
- ↑ Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6
- 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
- ↑ Aust. Sports Car C'ship, Racing Car News, January 1982, page 37