1984 Australian Touring Car Championship

The 1984 Australian Touring Car Championship was the 25th running of the Australian Touring Car Championship, and was the last year of Group C regulations. The following year would see the introduction of the international Group A regulations.^[1] The championship, which began on 18 February 1984 at Sandown Raceway and ended on 1 July at Adelaide International Raceway after seven rounds, was won by Dick Johnson driving a Ford XE Falcon.^[2]

1984 saw the first ever ATCC race win by a turbocharged car when George Fury won the 6th round at a wet Lakeside Raceway in Brisbane driving a Nissan Bluebird Turbo.

Peter Brock driving his Holden Dealer Team Commodore was the only driver to win more than once, winning the opening two rounds at Sandown and Symmons Plains. Johnson won the 4th round at Surfers Paradise (while never finishing worse than 3rd in all other rounds), Allan Grice won the last round at Adelaide while defending champion Allan Moffat only won one round of the series at Barbagallo Raceway and suffered a crash at Surfers in which he broke bones in his right hand forcing him out of the series. Commodore driver Warren Cullen was the only driver other than Dick Johnson to finish every round of the series.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 1984 Australian Touring Car Championship.

Team	Manufacturer	Car model	No	Driver
Masterton Homes	Ford	Falcon XE	2	Steve Masterton
Cadbury-Schweppes Racing	Holden	Commodore VH	3	David Parsons
Terry Finnigan	Holden	Commodore VH	4	Terry Finnigan
Roadways Racing	Holden	Commodore VH	4 14	Steve Harrington
			6	Allan Grice
Holden Dealer Team	Holden	Commodore VH	05	Peter Brock John Harvey
Warren Cullen Racing	Holden	Commodore VH	8	Warren Cullen
			9	Andrew Harris
John Sands	Holden	Commodore VH	10	Rusty French
Barry Jones	Mazda	RX-7	10	Bob Morris
Garry Willmington Performance	Ford	Falcon XD	11	Garry Willmington
Jim Keogh	Holden	Commodore VH	12 20	Jim Keogh
John English	Ford	Falcon XD	14	John English
Nissan Australia	Nissan	Bluebird Turbo	15	George Fury
			16	Gary Scott
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford	Falcon XE	17	Dick Johnson
Murray Carter	Mazda	RX-7	18	Murray Carter
Lusty Engineering	Holden	Commodore VH	21	John Lusty
Bryan Thompson	Chevrolet	Camaro Z28	22	Bryan Thompson
Everlast	Ford	Falcon XD	26	Bill O'Brien
Alf Grant	Ford	Falcon XD	27	Alf Grant
Bayside Spares	Holden	Commodore VH	28	Barry Lawrence
JPS Team BMW	BMW	635CSi	31	Jim Richards
Chris Clearihan	Mazda	RX-7	32	Chris Clearihan
Mike Burgmann	Mazda	RX-7	33	Mike Burgmann
John Bundy	Mazda	RX-7	39	John Bundy
King George Tavern	Ford	Falcon XE	40	Joe Moore
Peter Stuyvesant International Racing	Mazda	RX-7	43	Allan Moffat
Gary Hinton	Holden	Commodore VH	45	Gary Hinton Lester Smerdon
John Donnelly	Ford	Falcon XD	49	John Donnelly
Slick 50 Racing	Mazda	RX-7	50	Peter McLeod
Barry Seton	Ford	Capri Mk.III	55	Glenn Seton
Lawrie Nelson	Ford	Capri Mk.III	59	Lawrie Nelson
Fred Geissler	Holden	Commodore VH	66	Fred Geissler
Ian Burrell	Mitsubishi	Colt	66	Ian Burrell
Dean Lindstrom	Mazda	RX-7	74	Dean Lindstrom
Lyndon Arnel	Ford	Escort Mk.II		Lyndon Arnel
Brian Bolwell	Ford	Escort Mk.II		Brian Bolwell
Peter Brierley	Holden	Commodore VH		Peter Brierley
Colin Campbell	Holden	Commodore VH		Colin Campbell
Ernie Carniello	Mazda	RX-7		Ernie Carniello
Rob Collins	Mazda	RX-7		Rob Collins
Murray Coote	Mazda	RX-7		Murray Coote
David Cox	Mazda	RX-7		David Cox
Paul Gulson	Holden	Commodore VH		Paul Gulson
Bryan Byrt Ford	Ford	Capri Mk.II		Craig Harris
Ken Harrison	Ford	Escort Mk.II		Ken Harrison
Bob Holden Motors	Toyota Ford	Celica Escort Mk.II		Bob Holden
Denis Horley	Isuzu	Gemini		Denis Horley [3]
Paul Jones	Ford	Falcon XE		Paul Jones
Garry McGrath	Ford	Escort Mk.II		Garry McGrath
Jim Myhill	Mazda	RX-7		Jim Myhill
Wayne Park	Isuzu	Gemini		Wayne Park
Martin Power	Triumph	Dolomite Sprint		Martin Power
Don Smith	Ford	Capri Mk.III		Don Smith
Bernie Stack	Holden	Commodore VH	38	Bernie Stack
Les Ski Racing	Isuzu	Gemini		Les Szreniawski
John Walker	Mazda	RX-7		Johnny Walker
John White	Isuzu	Gemini		John White
Russell Worthington	Mazda	626		Russell Worthington

Season review

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Results and Standings

Race Calendar

The 1984 Australian Touring Car Championship was contested over a seven round series with one race per round.

Rd.	Race Title	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner	Team	Report
1	Sandown	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	17 - 18 Feb	Peter Brock	Holden Dealer Team
2	Symmons Plains	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	10 - 11 Mar	Peter Brock	Holden Dealer Team
3	Wanneroo	Wanneroo Park Raceway [4]	Perth, Western Australia	31 Mar - 1 Apr	Allan Moffat	Peter Stuyvesant International Racing
4	Surfers Paradise	Surfers Paradise International Raceway	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	12–13 May	Dick Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing
5	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	26 - 27 Jun	Bob Morris	Barry Jones
6	Lakeside	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	16 - 17 Jun	George Fury	Nissan Australia
7	Motorcraft 100 [5]	Adelaide International Raceway	Adelaide, South Australia	30 Jun - 1 Jul	Allan Grice	Roadways Racing

Drivers Championship

Cars competed in two engine displacement classes, "up to and including 3000cc" and "3001-6000cc". Drivers of cars in the up to 3000cc class were awarded championship points on a 30-27-24-21-19-17-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 basis for outright positions gained at each round and drivers of cars in the 3001-6000cc class were awarded championship points on a 25-23-20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for outright positions gained at each round. Points from the best six round results only could be retained by each driver.^[6]

Results were as follows:^[7][8][9]

References

External links

• 1984 Australian Touring Car racing images Retrieved from www.autopics.com.au on 7 July 2009

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