
1986 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship
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The 1986 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship was open to Group A
Touring Cars of under 2.0 litre capacity. The title was contested over a five round series.
This was the first of two such championships to be awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
with the second being held in 1987. The title was later resurrected for drivers of cars in the 2 Litre division of the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship
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Group A
In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group A referred to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for outright competition. In contrast to the short-lived Group B and Group C, the Group A referred to production-derived vehicles limited in terms of power, weight, allowed...
Touring Cars of under 2.0 litre capacity. The title was contested over a five round series.
Calendar
- Round 1 : Sandown RacewaySandown RacewaySandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...
, Victoria, 13 April - Round 2 : Adelaide International RacewayAdelaide International RacewayThe Adelaide International Raceway is a permanent circuit owned by Australian Motorsport Club Limited under the auspices of the Bob Jane Corporation. It is located on Port Wakefield Road at Virginia, a small town just north of Adelaide, South Australia, and is round the corner from Speedway City...
, South Australia, 27 April - Round 3 : Calder Park RacewayCalder Park RacewayCalder Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The complex includes a drag strip, a road circuit with several possible configurations, and the "Thunderdome", a high-speed banked oval equipped to race either clockwise or counter-clockwise .-History:Calder Park...
, Victoria, 1 June - Round 4 : Oran Park RacewayOran Park RacewayOran Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit at Narellan in southwestern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which was operational from 1962 to 2010....
, New South Wales, 13 July - Round 5 : Lakeside International RacewayLakeside International RacewayLakeside Park, formerly known as Lakeside International Raceway is a motor racing circuit located at Pine Rivers north of Brisbane and lies adjacent to Lake Kurwongbah....
, Queensland, 27 July
This was the first of two such championships to be awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....
with the second being held in 1987. The title was later resurrected for drivers of cars in the 2 Litre division of the 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship
1993 Australian Touring Car Championship
The 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship was the 34th running of the Australian Touring Car Championship. It began on 28 February 1993 at Amaroo Park and ended on 8 August at Oran Park Raceway after nine rounds....
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Results
Championship results were as follows:Position | Driver | Team | Car | Points |
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1 | John Smith | Toyota Team Australia | Toyota Corolla GT Toyota Corolla The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact and compact cars manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the best selling nameplate in the world, with over 35 million... |
150 |
2 | David Ratcliff | Toyota Levin | 114 | |
3 | Bob Holden Bob Holden (racing driver) Robin John Holden born December 1, 1932, is an Australian racing driver. Holden raced small-engined touring cars throughout his career, racing Peugeots in the early 1960s, establishing a reputation for himself which saw him become a regular part of BMC Australias racing program for Minis which... |
Bob Holden Motors | Toyota Sprinter Toyota Sprinter The Toyota Sprinter was a compact car manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota as a variation of the Toyota Corolla. Each generation of the Corolla had a corresponding version of the Sprinter.... |
97 |
4 | Drew Price | Toyota Team Australia | Toyota Corolla | 51 |
5 | Daryl Hendrick | Gemspares | Isuzu Gemini ZZ Isuzu Gemini General Motors sought a replacement for their world car T-body Kadett / Gemini, and this time, instead of building one design on several continents, they decided to build a world car in one location and export it to several continents... |
47 |
6 | John White | Isuzu Gemini ZZ | 37 | |
7 | John Giddings | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Gibson Motor Sport Gibson Motor Sport was an Australian motor racing team. Originally established by Howard Marsden as the in-house factory Nissan motorsport operation, the team later passed into the ownership of Fred Gibson., who had won the 1967 Bathurst 500 as a driver, sharing with Harry Firth. In 1993 the team... |
Nissan Gazelle Nissan Gazelle The Nissan Gazelle was a compact 2 door coupe and three-door hatchback produced by Nissan, based on the Nissan S platform. It was produced for the Japanese and Australian markets only. The Gazelle is a sister car to the Nissan Silvia. It was produced so that Nissan's different dealership networks... |
27 |
Mike Quinn | Toyota Sprinter | 27 | ||
9 | Mike Freeman | Toyota Celica Toyota Celica The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial".... |
20 |