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1984 Australian Touring Car season

25th season of Australian touring car racing


25th season of Australian touring car racing

The 1984 Australian Touring Car season was the 25th season of touring car racing in Australia, commencing in 1960 when the first Australian Touring Car Championship and the first Armstrong 500 (the forerunner of the present day Bathurst 1000) were contested. It was the last season in for the locally developed Group C category before the adoption of FIA's Group A rules from 1985.

Touring Cars competed at 17 race meetings in Australia during the 1984 season, contesting the following events:

Race calendar

DateSeriesCircuitCity / stateWinnerTeamCarReport
18 FebruaryATCC Round 1Sandown RacewayMelbourne, VictoriaPeter BrockMarlboro Holden Dealer TeamHolden VH Commodore SS
4 MarchAMSCAR Round 1Amaroo ParkSydney, New South WalesSteve MastertonMasterton Homes Pty. Ltd.Ford XE Falcon
11 MarchATCC Round 2Symmons Plains RacewayLaunceston, TasmaniaPeter BrockMarlboro Holden Dealer TeamHolden VH Commodore SS
1 AprilATCC Round 3Barbagallo RacewayPerth, Western AustraliaAllan MoffatPeter Stuyvesant International RacingMazda RX-7
8 AprilAMSCAR Round 2Amaroo ParkSydney, New South WalesSteve MastertonMasterton Homes Pty. Ltd.Ford XE Falcon
13 MayATCC Round 4Surfers Paradise International RacewaySurfers Paradise, QueenslandDick JohnsonPalmer Tube MillsFord XE Falcon
20 MayAMSCAR Round 3Amaroo ParkSydney, New South WalesBob MorrisBarry JonesMazda RX-7
27 MayATCC Round 5Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South WalesBob MorrisBarry JonesMazda RX-7
17 JuneATCC Round 6Lakeside International RacewayBrisbane, QueenslandGeorge FuryNissan Motor CoNissan Bluebird Turbo
1 JulyATCC Round 7Adelaide International RacewayAdelaide, South AustraliaAllan GriceRoadways RacingHolden VH Commodore SS
8 JulyAMSCAR Round 4Amaroo ParkSydney, New South WalesSteve MastertonMasterton Homes Pty. Ltd.Ford XE Falcon
5 AugustSilastic 300
AEC Round 1Amaroo ParkSydney, New South WalesGary ScottNissan Motor CoNissan Bluebird Turbo
19 AugustValvoline 250
AEC Round 2Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South WalesAllan Moffat
Gregg HansfordPeter Stuyvesant International RacingMazda RX-7
9 SeptemberCastrol 500
AEC Round 3Sandown RacewayMelbourne, VictoriaPeter Brock
Larry PerkinsMarlboro Holden Dealer TeamHolden VK Commodorereport
30 SeptemberJames Hardie 1000
AEC Round 4Mount Panorama CircuitBathurst, New South WalesPeter Brock
Larry PerkinsMarlboro Holden Dealer TeamHolden VK Commodorereport
27 OctoberMotorcraft 300
AEC Round 5Surfers Paradise International RacewaySurfers Paradise, QueenslandPeter BrockMarlboro Holden Dealer TeamHolden VK Commodore
18 NovemberAustralian Grand Prix support raceCalder Park RacewayMelbourne, VictoriaGeorge FuryNissan Motor CoNissan Bluebird Turbo

Australian Touring Car Championship

Main article: 1984 Australian Touring Car Championship

Australian Endurance Championship

Main article: 1984 Australian Endurance Championship

Castrol 500

Main article: 1984 Castrol 500

James Hardie 1000

Main article: 1984 James Hardie 1000

AMSCAR Series

Main article: 1984 AMSCAR Series

Australian Grand Prix support race

This race was a support event at the 1984 Australian Grand Prix meeting. The race, called the "Diners Club International Trophy Race" was open to both Group C and the new Group A touring cars and was won for the second year running by Nissan driver George Fury driving his Bluebird Turbo. For the second year in a row Peter Brock finished second in his HDT Commodore (his only loss in 4 races in the #05 Group C VK), with Warren Cullen third in his K-Mart sponsored Commodore. In a sign of things to come in 1985, Jim Richards was the winner of the Group A class in his JPS Team BMW 635 CSi.

This was the last ever competitive touring car race on the Australian mainland for the locally developed Group C cars. In late 1984 there was a race held for the Group C cars at the Baskerville Raceway in Tasmania where reportedly only six cars were in attendance. The Baskerville race was won by Allan Grice in his Roadways Racing VK Commodore.

Pos.DriverNo.TeamCar
1AUS George Fury15Nissan Motor CoNissan Bluebird Turbo
2AUS Peter Brock05Marlboro Holden Dealer TeamHolden VK Commodore
3AUS Warren Cullen8K-Mart Auto RacingHolden VK Commodore
4AUS John Harvey25Marlboro Holden Dealer TeamHolden VK Commodore
5AUS Steve Masterton2Masterton Homes Pty. Ltd.Ford XE Falcon
6AUS Andrew Harris9K-Mart Auto RacingHolden VH Commodore SS
7AUS Murray Carter18Murray CarterMazda RX-7
DNFAUS Peter McLeod50Slick 50 RacingMazda RX-7

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