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1986 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship
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The 1986 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing titlewww.camsmanual.com > Australian Titles https://web.archive.org/web/20131109122521/http://www.cams.com.au/motor-sport/cams-manual/about-cams 9 November 2013 Retrieved 29 October 2013 open to Group A Touring Cars of under 2.0 litre engine capacity. The championship was won by John Smith, driving a Toyota Corolla.Australian Motor Racing Year 1986/87, page 167
The title was the first of three Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championships to be awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport with the second held in 1987. The championship was revived in 1993 for drivers of cars in the 2 Litre division of the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship.
Calendar
The championship was contested over a five-round series.Two Litre Touring Car Championship 1986, Racing Car News, December 1986, page 36
Round Circuit State Date Winning driver Car Note 1 Sandown Victoria 13 April John Smith Toyota Corolla Support to Round 3 of the 1986 Australian Touring Car ChampionshipAustralian Motor Racing Year 1986/87, page 172 2 Adelaide International RacewayOfficial Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, 27 April 1986 South Australia 27 April John Smith Toyota Corolla Staged concurrently with Round 4 of the 1986 Australian Touring Car Championship 3 Calder Park Victoria 1 June John Smith Toyota Corolla Staged concurrently with Round 7 of the 1986 Australian Touring Car Championship 4 Oran Park New South Wales 13 July John Smith Toyota Corolla Staged concurrently with Round 10 of the 1986 Australian Touring Car Championship 5 Lakeside Queensland 27 July John Smith Toyota Corolla Stand alone round
Championship results
PositionChampionship places scored by all drivers, Official Programme, Mallala, 11 August 1996, page 35 Driver Team Car PointsDes White, Leaping Lakeside – Toyota wins again, Racing Car News, September 1986, pages 28 & 29 1 John Smith Toyota Team Australia Toyota Corolla 150 2 David Ratcliff Ratcliff Transport Spares Toyota Levin 114 3 Bob Holden Bob Holden Toyota Sprinter 97 4 Drew Price Toyota Team Australia Toyota Corolla 51 5 Daryl Hendrick Daryl Hendrick Isuzu Gemini ZZAustralian Motor Racing Year 1986/87, pages 312 & 313 47 6 John White John White Isuzu Gemini ZZ 37 7 John Giddings Nissan Gazelle 27 Mike Quinn Bob Holden Motors Toyota Sprinter 27 9 Mike Freeman Colin Spencer Toyota Celica 20
References
Further reading
The Australian Touring Car Championship: 30 Fabulous Years, 1990
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