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1986 Australian Sports Car Championship
The 1986 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Group A Sports Cars. It was the 18th Australian Sports Car Championship.
The championship was won by former open wheel star and twice Australian Drivers' Champion John Bowe driving the 5.8 litre Chevrolet powered Veskanda C1 built by K&A Engineering in Adelaide. Bowe dominated the five round series winning all seven races, scoring fastest lap in each race (including outright lap records at Surfers Paradise and Calder) and pole position at each round. Terry Hook finished in 2nd place in his Lola T610 Chevrolet with reigning champion Chris Clearihan 3rd in his JWS-Kaditcha Chevrolet.
1984 Australian Sports Car Champion Bap Romano crashed his Cosworth DFL powered Romano WE84 heavily in the opening round at Sydney's tight Amaroo Park circuit. The WE84's throttle stuck wide open on the run up Bitupave Hill just past the pits and Romano was unable to slow the car, eventually destroying the front of the car in the tyre barriers. Romano himself broke both legs in the crash but was fully conscious when pulled out of the car. The crash ended the Romano WE84's racing life which had begun in 1983 as a Kaditcha K583.
Calendar
The championship was contested over a five-round series.
| 5 | Calder Park Raceway | Victoria | 19 October | One race | John Bowe | John Bowe | Veskanda C1 Chevrolet |
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Classes
Cars competed in three classes according to engine capacity: In 1986 CAMS relaxed the previous 5000cc engine limit for the Over 3 litre cars and allowed engines of up to 6000cc.
- Up to 1.6 litres
- 1.6 to 3 litres
- Over 3 litres
Points system
Championship points were awarded to the top twenty outright race positions, based on the following three tier structure:
| Over 3 litres | 25 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
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For rounds contested over multiple heats, the aggregate points achieved by each driver were divided by the number of heats to arrive at the driver's championship points allocations for the round.
Results
Top 10 results only.
| Position | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | Class | Rd1 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | =10 | =10 | |||||||||||
| John Bowe | 25 | Veskanda C1 Chevrolet | Bernard van Elsen | Over 3 litre | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 125 | ||||||||||||
| Terry Hook | 15 | Lola T610 Chevrolet | Terry Hook | Over 3 litre | - | 23 | 21.5 | 23 | 23 | 90.5 | ||||||||||||
| Chris Clearihan | 1 | JWS-Kaditcha K582 Chevrolet | Chris Clearihan | Over 3 litre | 20 | 20 | 21.5 | - | 20 | 82.5 | ||||||||||||
| Andrew Roberts | 42 | Roberts SR3 Ford | Andrew Roberts | Up to 1.6 litres | 19 | - | 18 | 13 | 13 | 63 | ||||||||||||
| Ray Hanger | 5 | Rennmax BN6 Ford | Ray Hanger | Up to 1.6 litres & | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1.6 to 3 litres | 20 | 13 | - | - | 17 | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rowan Harman | 7 | Kaditcha SR781 Mazda | Rowan Harman | 1.6 to 3 litres | 6.5 | 15 | 13 | - | 14 | 48.5 | ||||||||||||
| Geoff Munday | 9 | JWS C2 Chevrolet | Geoff Munday | Over 3 litre | - | 15 | 16 | 15 | - | 46 | ||||||||||||
| Bob Jolly | 3 | Holden VK Commodore Chevrolet | Bob Jolly | Over 3 litre | - | - | - | 20 | 17 | 37 | ||||||||||||
| Bernie Van Elsen | 14 | Bolwell Nagari Ford | Bernard van Elsen | Over 3 litre | - | 17 | - | 4 | 10 | 31 | ||||||||||||
| Mike Ceveri | 18 | Holden Torana Chevrolet | Lusty Engineering | Over 3 litre | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bap Romano | 8 | Romano WE84 Cosworth | Bap Romano Racing | Over 3 litre | 23 |
References
References
- Conditions for Australian Titles, 1986 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 88 to 91
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150109021052/http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/About/AC06-Titles-Australian-2015-1.pdf Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org]
- 1986 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year 1986/87, page 315
- Official Program, Surfers Paradise International Raceway, Sunday, August 24th 1986
- Official Programme, Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit, September 14, 1986
- (2012-04-11). "Australian Sports Car Championship 1986 | Motorsport". Driverdb.com.
- 1986 Australian Sports Car Championship (points table for top nine drivers), Australian Motor Racing Year 1986/87, page 207
- Entry list, Australian Sports Car Championship, Round 2, Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, July 6, 1986, page 16
- Barry Catford, 1986 Australian Sports Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1986/87, page 207
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