1986 Australian Sports Car Championship

1986 Australian Sports Car Championship 1985 1987 The 1986 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Group A Sports Cars.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1986 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 88 to 91 It was the 18th Australian Sports Car Championship.Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org 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.1986 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year 1986/87, page 315 Round Circuit State Date Format Race winner(s) Round winner Car 1 Oran Park New South Wales 23 March Two heats John BoweJohn Bowe John Bowe Veskanda C1 Chevrolet 2 Adelaide International Raceway South Australia 6 July One race John Bowe John Bowe Veskanda C1 Chevrolet 3 Surfers Paradise International RacewayOfficial Program, Surfers Paradise International Raceway, Sunday, August 24th 1986 Queensland 24 August Two heats John BoweJohn Bowe John Bowe Veskanda C1 Chevrolet 4 Sandown International Motor Racing CircuitOfficial Programme, Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit, September 14, 1986 Victoria 14 September One race John Bowe John Bowe Veskanda C1 Chevrolet 5 Calder Park Raceway Victoria 19 October One race John Bowe John Bowe Veskanda C1 Chevrolet 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: Outright position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Up to 1.6 litres 30 27 24 21 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.6 to 3 litres 28 26 23 20 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Over 3 litres 25 23 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 - - - 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.http://www.driverdb.com/standings/3304-1986/ Australian Sports Car Championship 1986 | Motorsport Driverdb.com 2012-04-11 2012-08-15 Position1986 Australian Sports Car Championship (points table for top nine drivers), Australian Motor Racing Year 1986/87, page 207 Driver No. Car Entrant Class Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Total 1 John Bowe 25 Veskanda C1 Chevrolet Bernard van ElsenEntry list, Australian Sports Car Championship, Round 2, Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, July 6, 1986, page 16 Over 3 litre 25 25 25 25 25 125 2 Terry Hook 15 Lola T610 Chevrolet Terry Hook Over 3 litre - 23 21.5 23 23 90.5 3 Chris Clearihan 1 JWS-Kaditcha K582 Chevrolet Chris Clearihan Over 3 litre 20 20 21.5 - 20 82.5 4 Andrew Roberts 42 Roberts SR3 Ford Andrew Roberts Up to 1.6 litres 19 - 18 13 13 63 5 Ray Hanger 5 Rennmax BN6 Ford Ray Hanger Up to 1.6 litres & 1.6 to 3 litresBarry Catford, 1986 Australian Sports Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year 1986/87, page 207 20 13 - - 17 50 6 Rowan Harman 7 Kaditcha SR781 Mazda Rowan Harman 1.6 to 3 litres 6.5 15 13 - 14 48.5 7 Geoff Munday 9 JWS C2 Chevrolet Geoff Munday Over 3 litre - 15 16 15 - 46 8 Bob Jolly 3 Holden VK Commodore Chevrolet Bob Jolly Over 3 litre - - - 20 17 37 9 Bernie Van Elsen 14 Bolwell Nagari Ford Bernard van Elsen Over 3 litre - 17 - 4 10 31 =10 Mike Ceveri 18 Holden Torana Chevrolet Lusty Engineering Over 3 litre 23 =10 Bap Romano 8 Romano WE84 Cosworth Bap Romano Racing Over 3 litre 23 References External links Australian Motor Racing Year, 1986/87 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1986 Race Year, 1986 www.camsmanual.com.au Category:Australian Sports Car Championship Sports