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1984 Australian Endurance Championship
Motor racing competition
Motor racing competition
The 1984 Australian Endurance Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition open to Group C Touring Cars. The championship, which was the fourth Australian Endurance Championship, was contested over a five-round series. Titles were awarded for both Drivers and Makes with Allan Moffat winning the Drivers title and Mazda winning the Makes award.
Calendar
The championship was contested over a five-round series with one race per round.
| Rd. | Race title | Circuit | City / state | Date | Winner | Car | Team | Report | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silastic 300 | Amaroo Park | Sydney, New South Wales | 5 August | AUS Gary Scott | Nissan Bluebird Turbo | Nissan Motor Co. | |||||||
| Valvoline 250 | Oran Park | Sydney, New South Wales | 19 August | CAN Allan Moffat | |||||||||
| AUS Gregg Hansford | Mazda RX-7 | Peter Stuyvesant International Racing | |||||||||||
| Castrol 500 | Sandown | Melbourne, Victoria | 9 September | AUS Peter Brock | |||||||||
| AUS Larry Perkins | Holden VK Commodore | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team | [Report](1984-castrol-500) | ||||||||||
| James Hardie 1000 | Mount Panorama | Bathurst, New South Wales | 30 September | AUS Peter Brock | |||||||||
| AUS Larry Perkins | Holden VK Commodore | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team | [Report](1984-james-hardie-1000) | ||||||||||
| Motorcraft 300 | Surfers Paradise | Surfers Paradise, Queensland | 4 November | AUS Peter Brock | Holden VK Commodore | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team |
Classes
Cars competed in two classes:
- Up to 3000 cc
- Over 3000 cc
Points system
Drivers Championship points were awarded to the drivers of the cars filling the first twenty places in each round, with the actual points allocation dependent on the class in which the car was competing.
| Points for Over 3000 cc class car | 25 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|
Makes Championship points were awarded on the same basis but only for the highest scoring car of each make.
Championship results
Drivers
| 5 | AUS Larry Perkins | 05 | Holden VK Commodore SS | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team | DNS | - | 25 | 25 | - | 50 |
|---|
Note: Only the top five pointscorers are shown.
Makes
| 5 | BMW | BMW 635 CSi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Group C & Group A) | - | 20 | - | 3 | - | 23 |
References
References
- Conditions for Australian Titles, 1984 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 88–93
- Brad Leach & Wayne Webster, Australian Endurance Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1984/85, pages 288–311
- Season Results, Race Year 1984, page 140
- Stewart Wilson, Holden the Official Racing History, pages 359–360
- Graham Slater, Brock Gives a Lesson, Racing Car News, November 1984, pages 50–53
- Barry Naismith, Entry List, Bathurst 1984/85, page 123
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