1985 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

Calendar

The championship was contested concurrently with the 1985 Australian Endurance Championship over a five-round series with one race per round.

• Round 1, Better Brakes 300, Amaroo Park, New South Wales, 4 August
• Round 2, Pepsi 250, Oran Park, New South Wales, 18 August
• Round 3, Castrol 500, Sandown, Victoria, 15 September
• Round 4, James Hardie 1000, Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, 6 October
• Round 5, Motorcraft 300, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 27 October

Class structure

Cars were grouped into three engine classes based on engine capacity:

• Up to 2000cc
• 2001 to 3000cc
• 3001 to 6000cc

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a multi scale system for outright places gained at each round:

• Scale A was applied to cars in the Up to 2000cc class
• Scale B was applied to cars in the 2001 to 3000cc class
• Scale C was applied to cars in the 3001 to 6000cc class Points were awarded only for the highest scoring car from each manufacturer at each round.

Results

Note: Only the top ten championship placing are shown in the above table.

References

References

1. CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1985, page 90
2. [http://www.camsmanual.com.au Cams Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > Titles – Australian Titles] {{webarchive. link. (3 May 2009 Retrieved 4 February 2010)
3. based on [[Group A. FIA Group A]] rules.CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1985, pages 301–302
4. Australian Motor Racing Year 1985/86, pages 272–295
5. CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1985, pages 86–87
6. Australian Motor Racing Year 1985/86, page 319