1988 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

1988 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
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The 1988 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title ^[1] open to cars complying with CAMS "Group A" Touring Car regulations. It was the 18th circuit racing manufacturers championship to be awarded by CAMS and the ninth to be contested under the Australian Manufacturers' Championship name.

Race Calendar

BMW won the title jointly with Ford and Toyota with its M3

The championship was contested over a nine round series with rounds run concurrently with those of the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship.

Round Number	Circuit	City / State	Date
1	Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	6 March
2	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	13 March
3	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	8 - 10 Apr
4	Wanneroo Park	Perth, Western Australia	22 - 24 Apr
5	Adelaide International Raceway	Virginia, South Australia	29 Apr - 1 May
6	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	20–22 May
7	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	27–29 May
8	Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	17 - 19 Jun
9	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	15 - 17 Jul

Classes

Cars competing in three classes according to engine displacement:

Up to 2000cc
2001 to 3000cc
3001 to 6000cc

Points System

Points were awarded at each round to the top six placegetters in each class on a 9,6,4,3,2,1 basis however only the best placed car of each make earned championship points. The best eight round results were retained by each manufacturer to determine final championship placings.

Result

Championship results were as follows:

Position	Manufacturer	Car	Points
1	Ford	Sierra RS500	72
	Toyota	Corolla	72
	BMW	M3	72
4	Nissan	Gazelle Skyline	25
5	Holden	VL Commodore Group A SS VK Commodore Group A SS	19
6	Isuzu	Gemini ZZ	14
7	Mercedes-Benz	190E	11
8	Mitsubishi	Starion	1

References

↑ Conditions for Australian Titles, 1988 CAMS Manual Of Motor Sport, pages 74-77

External links

Official V8 Supercar site Contains historical ATCC information.
1988 Australian Touring Car race images at www.autopics.com.au

Australian Touring Car Racing

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