1981 Australian Sports Car Championship

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]

1981 Australian Sports Car Championship
Previous: 1980 Next: 1982

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] Heat 1 winner [3] Heat 2 winner [3] Round winner
1 Sandown Park Melbourne, Vic. 22 February John Latham John Walker John Latham
2 Baskerville Raceway Hobart, Tas. 5 April John Walker John Latham John Latham
3 Winton Motor Raceway Winton, Vic. 23 August Murray Bryden John Latham John Latham
4 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne, Vic. 8 October John Latham N/A John Latham

Class structure

Cars competed in two engine capacity classes:[1]

  • Class A [3] - Over 2000cc [1]
  • Class B [3] - Up to and including 2000cc [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]

Championship standings
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. Conditions for Australian Titles, 1981 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 91 to 93
  2. Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6
  3. Australian Sports Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1981/82, pages 140 to 149
  4. Aust. Sports Car C'ship, Racing Car News, January 1982, page 37


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