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1981 Australian Endurance Championship

The 1981 Australian Endurance Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for car manufacturers, contested with Group C Touring Cars. It was the 11th circuit racing manufacturers' championship title to be awarded by CAMS and the first to carry the Australian Endurance Championship name. No driver's title was awarded in connection with this championship.

Toyota were awarded the championship with a maximum possible score of 36 points, from Ford on 27, with Holden, Mazda and Mitsubishi tied for third on 24 points each. Toyota's score was attained by Graeme Bailey, with three class wins, and Peter Williamson, with one. Both drove Toyota Celicas.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a four round series with each round staged as a single race of between 250 km and 500 km.

4	International Resort 300	Surfers Paradise International Raceway	1 November	CAN Allan Moffat	Mazda RX-7	Peter Stuyvesant Racing

Classes

Cars competed in four classes based on engine capacity.

Class A: 3001 to 6000cc
Class B: 2001 to 3000cc
Class C:1601 to 2000cc
Class D: Up to 1600cc

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places in each class at each round, but only for the position attained by the best placed car of each make. No bonus points were awarded for outright placings.

Championship results

10	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Camaro	A	-	1	-	-	1

Note: Each manufacturer was ranked according to its best total class pointscore, e.g. Ford was awarded second place in the championship for the 27 points attained by Ford Capris in Class B, regardless of the points scored by Ford Falcons in Class A or Ford Escorts in Classes C & D. Only the best total class pointscore result for each manufacturer is shown in the above table.

References

Listed in 1981 CAMS Manual as Australian Championship of Makes but shown in Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1981/82 and in 2011 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport as the Australian Endurance Championship
Australian Title Conditions, 1981 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 94-95
Endurance Championships, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1981/82, pages 238-247
Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, July 26, 1981
Jack Rozycn, Johnson, Miedecke Star At The Park, Racing Car News, October 1981, pages 60 & 61
Official Programme, Sandown, 11 to 13 September 1981
Australian Championship Review, Racing Car News, January 1982, page 42
Official Programme, Sandown, 11–13 September 1981, pages 13-15
Graham Slater & Greg Stanfield, Brock’s Number Seven, Racing Car News, October 1981, pages 32-34

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