Australian Sports Car Championship




























Australian Sports Car Championship
Category Sports Car Racing
Country Australia
Inaugural season 1969
Folded 1988
Last Drivers' champion
Australia Alan Nolan

The Australian Sports Car Championship was the CAMS sanctioned national title for Sports Car drivers in the years from 1969 to 1988. Each championship was contested over a series of races with the exception of the 1975 title, which was awarded on the results of a single race held at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria.




The Matich SR4 Repco was driven to victory in the 1969 Australian Sports Car Championship by Frank Matich


Championship races were open to purpose-built sports racing cars complying with CAMS Group A Sports Car regulations except for the years 1976 to 1981 in which they were restricted to Group D Production Sports Cars.


Local manufacturers Matich, Elfin, Kaditcha, and K&A Engineering (Veskanda C1), along with McLaren dominated the series when run under Group A rules, while Porsche drivers won all six Group D based championships.


The championship winners are listed below.












































































































Year
Champion
Vehicle

1969

Frank Matich

Matich SR4 Repco

1970
Peter Woodward

Elfin 350 Coventry Climax

1971

John Harvey

McLaren M6B Repco

1972
John Harvey
McLaren M6B Repco

1973
Phil Moore

Elfin 360 Repco

1974
Henry Michel
Elfin 360 Repco

1975

Garrie Cooper

Elfin MS7 Repco Holden

1976

Ian Geoghegan

Porsche Carrera

1977

Alan Hamilton
John Latham

Porsche 934 Turbo
Porsche Carrera RSR

1978
Ross Mathiesen

Porsche Carrera

1979
Ross Mathiesen
Porsche Carrera

1980

Allan Moffat

Porsche 930 Turbo

1981
John Latham
Porsche 930 Turbo

1982

Chris Clearihan

Kaditcha Chevrolet

1983

Peter Hopwood
Kaditcha Chevrolet

1984
Bap Romano

Romano WE84 Cosworth

1985

Chris Clearihan
Kaditcha Chevrolet

1986

John Bowe

Veskanda C1 Chevrolet

1987
Andy Roberts
Roberts SR3 Ford

1988
Alan Nolan
Nola Chevrolet


References



  • Australian Motor Racing Year, 1988/89

  • CAMS Manuals of Motor Sport, 1969 to 1988

  • www.camsmanual.com.au




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