1983 Australian Endurance Championship of Makes

The 1983 Australian Endurance Championship of Makes was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title[1] open to Group C Touring Cars.[2] The championship was contested over a six round series with all rounds run concurrently with those of the 1983 Australian Endurance Championship.[3]

Holden and Mazda jointly won the championship on 131 points each. Holden had three wins, a second, a third, and a ninth. Mazda won one race, with two seconds and three thirds. Nissan was the only other outright race winner having won the opening two rounds.

Calendar
Rd. Race title Circuit Date Winner Car Team Report
1 Silastic 300 Amaroo Park 7 August Australia George Fury Nissan Bluebird Turbo Nissan Motor Co.
2 Oran Park 250 Oran Park 21 August Australia George Fury Nissan Bluebird Turbo Nissan Motor Co.
3 Castrol 400 Sandown 11 September Canada Allan Moffat Mazda RX-7 Peter Stuyvesant International Racing Report
4 James Hardie 1000 Mount Panorama 2 October Australia John Harvey
Australia Peter Brock
Australia Larry Perkins		 Holden VH Commodore SS Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Report
5 Motorcraft 300 Surfers Paradise 30 October Australia Allan Grice Holden VH Commodore SS STP Roadways Racing
6 Humes Guardrail 300 Adelaide International Raceway 20 November Australia Peter Brock Holden VH Commodore SS Marlboro Holden Dealer Team

Class structure

Cars competed in two engine displacement classes:

  • Up to 3000cc
  • Over 3000cc

Points structure

Championship points were awarded at each round according to the outright position attained by the best placed car of each make:

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
The title was won jointly by Mazda and Holden, the latter competing with its Commodore VH model.
Position Make Car Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total[3]
1 Holden VH Commodore SS 23 13 20 25 25 25 131
Mazda RX-7 20 20 25 23 23 20 131
3 Ford Capri V6, XE Falcon, XD Falcon & Escort 14 23 13 11 9 14 84
4 BMW 635 CSi 15 5 23 - 11 13 67
5 Nissan Bluebird Turbo 25 25 - - - - 50
6 Audi 5+5 13 8 - - - - 21
7 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 11 - - - - - 11
Alfa Romeo GTV6 - - 6 5 - - 11

References
  1. CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport
  2. CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1983, page 95
  3. Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1983/84, pages 288 - 311
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