1981 Australian Sports Car Championship

The 1981 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group D Production Sports Cars.[1] It was the thirteenth Australian Sports Car Championship[2] and the last to be restricted to cars complying with Group D regulations. The championship was won by John Latham, driving a Porsche Turbo.[3]

Schedule

The championship was contested over a four-round series with Rounds 1, 2 and 3 each staged over two heats and Round 4 run as a single race.[3]

Round[3] Circuit[3] Location / state Date[3] Heat 1 winner[3] Heat 2 winner[3] Round winner
1 Sandown Park Melbourne, Vic. 22 February John Latham John Walker John Latham
2 Baskerville Raceway Hobart, Tas. 5 April John Walker John Latham John Latham
3 Winton Motor Raceway Winton, Vic. 23 August Murray Bryden John Latham John Latham
4 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne, Vic. 8 October John Latham N/A John Latham

Class structure

Cars competed in two engine capacity classes:[1]

  • Class A[3] - Over 2000cc[1]
  • Class B[3] - Up to and including 2000cc[1]

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six placings in each class at each round.[1] Bonus points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis for the top four placings irrespective of class at each round.[1]

Where rounds were run in multiple parts, drivers were allocated points on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first fourteen positions in each part.[1] These points were then aggregated to determine the placings for that round.[1]

Championship standings
Position[3] Driver[3] Car[3] Entrant[4] Class[3] San[3] Bas[3] Win[3] Cal[3] Total[3]
1 John Latham Porsche Turbo John Latham A 13 13 13 13 52
2 Murray Bryden Lotus Super 7 Murray Bryden B 9 10 4 - 23
3 Peter Fitzgerald Porsche Carrera Lindsay Quinn Real Estate A 1 6 4 9 20
4 John Walker Porsche Turbo Magnum Wheels A 9 9 DNS DNS 18
5 Lex Lasry Triumph GT6 Lex Lasry B 3 3 7 3 16
6 Norman Carr Austin-Healey Sprite
Lotus Elan		 Norman Carr B 2 - 2 11 15
7 Gordon Dobie Datsun 260Z Gordon Dobie A DNS DNS 8 5 13
8 Bernie Bisseling Lotus Elan Norman Carr B DNS DNS 12 DNS 12
9 Don Hume Lotus 47 Don Hume B 6 4 1 DNS 11
10 Dick Smith Lotus Super 7 Dick Smith B 4 6 - - 10
11 [5] Rusty French [6] De Tomaso Pantera Rusty French A 4 [7] 5 [8] - - 9 [5]
12 [5] Chris Swingler [6] Triumph TR7 Chris Swingler B  ?  ?  ?  ? 8 [5]
13 [5] Rex Colliver [6] Lotus Elan R. Colliver [9] B  ?  ?  ?  ? 6 [5]
14 [5] Ross Mathieson [6] Porsche Carrera Ross Mathieson [10] A  ?  ?  ?  ? 4 [5]
15 [5] Alan Edwards [6] Bolwell Nagari Alan Edwards [10] A 2 [7] - - - 2 [5]
= [5] Geoff Munyard [6] Triumph TR4 G. Westwell [11] A  ?  ?  ?  ? 2 [5]

References
  1. Conditions for Australian Titles, 1981 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 91 to 93
  2. Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6
  3. Australian Sports Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1981/82, pages 140 to 149
  4. Aust. Sports Car C'ship, Racing Car News, January 1982, page 37
  5. Lack-Lustre Last to Latham, Racing Car News, December 1981, Page 21
  6. Family names from Lack-Lustre Last to Latham, Racing Car News, December 1981, Page 21 and given names from Australian Sports Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1981/82, pages 140 to 149
  7. Graham Slater, Latham and Costanzo First Up, Racing Car News, March 1981, pages 66 to 69
  8. Sandown round report in Racing Car News shows French's progressive score as 4 points, Baskerville report in Racing Car News, May 1981 shows French's progressive score as 9 points
  9. Program. Calder Raceway, November 7th-8th
  10. Official Program, Sandown, February 22, 1981
  11. Program, Baskerville, 5 April 1981


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