1985 Australian Touring Car season

1985 Australian Touring Car season 1984 1986 The 1985 Australian Touring Car season was the 26th season of touring car racing in Australia commencing from 1960 when the first Australian Touring Car Championship and the first Armstrong 500 (the forerunner of the present day Bathurst 1000) were contested. It was the first season in which Australian Touring Car regulations were based on those for the FIA Group A Touring Car category. Touring Cars competed at 19 race meetings in Australia during the 1985 season, contesting the following events: The ten rounds of the 1985 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) The five rounds of the 1985 Australian Endurance Championship (AEC) The four rounds of the 1985 AMSCAR series, held exclusively at Amaroo Park. One round was also an ATCC round, one was an AEC round. A 15 lap touring car support race at the 1985 Australian Grand Prix meeting at the Adelaide Street Circuit In 21 races contested in 1985 (including the heats of the AMSCAR series rounds), the JPS Team BMW 635 CSi of Jim Richards won 17 races. This saw him easily win the ATCC, Endurance and AMSCAR titles. Season review February 2013 Race calendar DateSeriesCircuitCity / stateWinnerTeamCarReport 10 February ATCC Round 1 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi 24 February ATCC Round 2 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Peter Brock Mobil Holden Dealer Team Holden VK Commodore 11 March ATCC Round 3 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania Robbie Francevic Mark Petch Motorsport Volvo 240T 31 March ATCC Round 4 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi 7 April AMSCAR Round 1 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi 21 April ATCC Round 4 Adelaide International Raceway Adelaide, South Australia Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi 28 April ATCC Round 6 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi 19 May ATCC Round 7 Surfers Paradise International Raceway Surfers Paradise, Queensland Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi 28 May AMSCAR Round 2 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi 23 June ATCC Round 8 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi 7 July ATCC Round 9 AMSCAR Round 3 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi 14 July ATCC Round 10 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Robbie Francevic Mark Petch Motorsport Volvo 240T 4 August Better Brakes 300AEC Round 1 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi Report 18 August Pepsi 250AEC Round 2 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi 15 September Castrol 500AEC Round 3 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Jim Richards Tony Longhurst JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi report 6 October James Hardie 1000AEC Round 4 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales John GossArmin Hahne JRA Ltd Jaguar XJ-S report 27 October Motorcraft 300AEC Round 5 Surfers Paradise International Raceway Surfers Paradise, Queensland Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi 2 November Australian Grand Prix support race Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia Dick Johnson Palmer Tube Mills Ford Mustang GT Australian Touring Car Championship 1985 Australian Touring Car Championship Australian Endurance Championship 1985 Australian Endurance Championship Castrol 500 1985 Castrol 500 James Hardie 1000 1985 James Hardie 1000 AMSCAR Series Australian Grand Prix support race This race was a 15 lap support event at the 1985 Australian Grand Prix meeting.1985 AGP Adelaide Group A Support Race Pos.GridDriverNo.TeamCar 1 1 AUS Dick Johnson 17 Palmer Tube Mills Ford Mustang GT 2 3 AUS Peter Brock 05 Mobil Holden Dealer Team Holden VK Commodore 3 4 AUS Charlie O'Brien 22 Erle McRae Racing BMW 635 CSi 4 8 AUS Terry Finnigan 40 Terry Finnigan Holden VK Commodore 5 5 AUS Colin Bond 47 Network Alfa / The Toy Shop Alfa Romeo GTV6 6 7 AUS Kevin Bartlett 42 Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Starion Turbo DNF 2 AUT Gerhard Berger 21 Bob Jane T-Marts Racing BMW 635 CSi References Linked articles contain additional references. External links Official V8 Supercar site Category:Australian Touring Car Championship Touring Cars