1985 Australian GT Championship season

1985 Australian GT Championship season
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The 1985 Australian GT Championship was the eighth Australian GT Championship and the fourth to be decided over a series of races. It was open to GT Cars complying with CAMS Group D regulations with Group B Sports Sedans and superseded Group C touring cars competing by invitation. The title was contested over six rounds from 24 March to 25 August 1985.

This was the final season before the series would be cancelled. It would later be resurrected in 2005.

Schedule

Rnd	Circuit	State	Date
1	Lakeside International Raceway	Queensland	24 March
2	Oran Park Raceway	New South Wales	5 May
3	Winton Motor Raceway	Victoria	2 June
4	Adelaide International Raceway	South Australia	30 June
5	Calder Park Raceway	Victoria	11 August
6	Surfers Paradise Raceway	Queensland	25 August

Note : Rounds were run concurrently with those of the 1985 Australian Sports Car Championship.

Results

For rounds contested over a single race, i.e. Rounds 1, 4, 5 & 6, championship points were awarded on a 30-27-24-21-19-17-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 basis to the top twenty finishers in the round.

For rounds contested over two races, i.e. Rounds 2 & 3, championship points were awarded by allocating race points on a 30-27-24-21-19-17-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 basis to the top twenty finishers in each race, aggregating the points from the two races and then dividing the result by two. (Race points allocated for these races are shown in the table below within brackets)

Pos	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Rd 1	Rd 2 R1	Rd 2 R2	Rd2	Rd 3 R1	Rd3 R2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total
1	Bryan Thomson	14 17	Chevrolet Monza Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC - Chevrolet	Thomson-Fowler Motorsport	30	(24)	(27)	25.5	(27)	(24)	25.5	30	24	30	165
2	Peter Fitzgerald	3	Porsche Carrera RSR	Peter Fitzgerald / Stanilite Electronics	24	(27)	(24)	25.5	(24)	(27)	25.5	27	21	-	123
3	John Bourke	77	Toyota Celica Turbo	Brian Hilton Toyota	27	(19)	-	9.5	(21)	(19)	20	-	-	24	80.5
4	Kevin Bartlett	5	De Tomaso Pantera	Paul Halstead / The Toy Shop	-	-	(30)	15	(30)	(30)	30	-	30	-	75
5	Peter McLeod	50	Mazda RX-7	Petrolon Slick 50	-	-	(21)	10.5	(19)	(21)	20	24	-	-	54.5
6	Gary Scott	104	Nissan Bluebird Turbo	Tapsall-Scott Racing	-	(17)	(19)	18	-	-	-	-	-	27	45
7	Brad Jones	17 14	Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC - Chevrolet Chevrolet Monza	Thomson-Fowler Motorsport	-	(30)	-	15	-	-	-	-	27	-	42
8	Simon Harrex		Holden Commodore		21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21
8	Cos Monterosso	30	Ford Escort BDG	Cos Monterosso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	21
8	Vic Cameron		Ford Escort		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	21
11	John Gurney	9	BMW 318i Turbo	Coolratio Motor Sports	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	19
11	Graeme Whincup	6	Chevrolet Monza	Graeme Whincup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	19
13	Peter Finch	16	Chrysler Valiant Charger	Peter Finch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	17
14	Brian Callaghan		Ford XE Falcon	Mobile Concrete Pumping	-	(15)	(17)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
15	Graham Nowland		Mazda RX-7		-	(13)	(15)	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
16	Chris Hones		BMW 318i Turbo		-	(21)	-	10.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	10.5
17	Robin Doherty		Holden Torana	Robin Doherty	-	(14)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

References

• Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1985/86
• CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1985
• Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, 30 June 1985

External links

• www.camsmanual.com.au