1983 Australian Endurance Championship

January 2024 August 2013 1983 Australian Endurance Championship 1982 1984 The 1983 Australian Endurance Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group C Touring Cars.CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1983, page 95 The championship was contested over a six-round series with all rounds run concurrently with those of the 1983 Australian Endurance Championship of Makes.Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1983/84, pages 288–311 Wollongong based Peter McLeod's consistent run over the series which saw him score points in all but the Castrol 400 at Sandown, won his first (and only) touring car championship driving his Slick 50 sponsored Mazda RX-7. Second was the JPS Team BMW 635 CSi of triple Bathurst 1000 winner Jim Richards, with Nissan Motorsport driver George Fury third in his Bluebird Turbo. Fury, who won the opening two rounds of the series, and the Holden Dealer Team's star driver Peter Brock, who won the James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst and the final round in Adelaide, were the only multiple winners in the 1983 AEC, though Brock received no points from his Bathurst win due to having already started the race in his usual No.05 which blew its engine on lap 8. The other winners were 1983 ATCC winner Allan Moffat who drove his Mazda RX-7 to victory in the Castrol 400, Allan Grice who drove his Roadways Holden Commodore to victory at Surfers Paradise while John Harvey and Larry Perkins shared the Bathurst win with Peter Brock. Calendar Rd.Race titleCircuitCity/TownDateWinner/sCarTeamCar No.Report 1 Silastic 300 Amaroo Park Annangrove 7 August AUS George Fury Nissan Bluebird Turbo Nissan 55 1983 SILASTIC 300 AEC R1 Amaroo Park 2 Oran Park 250 Oran Park Narellan 21 August AUS George Fury Nissan Bluebird Turbo Nissan Motor Co. 57 AEC 1983 Rd 2 Oran Park 3 Castrol 400 Sandown Melbourne 11 September CAN Allan Moffat Mazda RX-7 Peter Stuyvesant International Racing 43 Report1983 Sandown 400 - Full Race 4 James Hardie 1000 Mount Panorama Bathurst 2 October AUS John HarveyAUS Peter BrockAUS Larry Perkins Holden VH Commodore SS Marlboro Holden Dealer Team 25 Report 5 Motorcraft 300 Surfers Paradise Gold Coast 30 October AUS Allan Grice Holden VH Commodore SS STP Roadways Racing 6 6 Humes Guardrail 300 Adelaide International Raceway Adelaide 20 November AUS Peter Brock Holden VH Commodore SS Marlboro Holden Dealer Team 05 Report1983 Australian Endurance Championship | Round 6 | Adelaide International Raceway Class structure Cars competed in two engine displacement classes: Up to 3000cc Over 3000cc Points structure Championship points were awarded to the top twenty finishers at each round according to the outright position attained. If two drivers shared a car the points were split between the two drivers, except at Round 4 where two driver combinations were mandated by regulations, removing the single driver option. Full points to both drivers were awarded. The exception to this was Round 4 at Bathurst as Peter Brock received no points for winning the race while co-winners John Harvey and Larry Perkins were both awarded full points. This was because Brock had started the race in his usual No.05 which had an engine failure on lap 8 before transferring to No.25 on lap 22, the rules being that a driver could not be awarded awarded points after swapping cars. While this gave Brock no points despite the win, it did not affect his usual co-driver Perkins who only got to drive the race winning No.25 Commodore in the race. Outright Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Up to 3000cc 30 27 24 21 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Over 3000cc 25 23 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 Results thumb|Peter Brock and Larry Perkins placed joint eighth in the championship having driven a Holden Commodore (VH) for the Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Position Driver No. Car Entrant Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Points 1 AUS Peter McLeod 50 Mazda RX-7 Petrolon Slick 50 10 10 - 15 20 17 72 2 NZL Jim Richards 31 BMW 635 CSi JPS Team BMW 15 5 23 - 11 13 67 3 AUS George Fury 55 & 15 Nissan Bluebird Turbo Nissan Motor Co. Australia 25 25 - - - - 50 4 CAN Allan Moffat 43 Mazda RX-7 Peter Stuyversant International Racing - - 25 23 - - 48 5 AUS Allan Grice 6 Holden VH Commodore SS STP Roadways Racing - - - 20 25 - 45 6 AUS Gregg Hansford 34 Mazda RX-7 Peter Stuyversant International Racing - 15 6.5 - 23 - 44.5 7 AUS Terry Finnigan 10 Holden VH Commodore SS Terry Finnigan 8.5 13 - - 17 - 38.5 =8 AUS Larry Perkins 05 & 25 Holden VH Commodore SS Marlboro Holden Dealer Team 11.5 - - 25 - - 36.5 =8 AUS Peter Brock 05 Holden VH Commodore SS Marlboro Holden Dealer Team 11.5 - - - - 25 36.5 References External links Images from the 1983 James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst, www.autopics.com.au Category:Australian Endurance Championship Endurance Championship