1982 Australian Sports Car Championship
# 1982 Australian Sports Car Championship

The 1982 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars. It was the fourteenth Australian Sports Car Championship, and the first to be contested by Group A cars since 1975. The championship was won by Chris Clearihan of Canberra, driving a Kaditcha.

## Schedule

The championship was contested over a four-round series.

| Round | Circuit | State | Date | Format | Winning driver | Car |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wanneroo Park | Western Australia | 21 March | Two heats | Stuart Kostera | Elfin MS7 Repco Holden |
| 2 | Lakeside | Queensland | 25 July | Two heats | Ken Peters | Auscam |
| 3 | Surfers Paradise | Queensland | 29 August | One race | Chris Clearihan | Kaditcha Chevrolet |
| 4 | Adelaide International Raceway | South Australia | 26 September | Two heats | Chris Clearihan | Kaditcha Chevrolet |

## Class structure

Cars competed in two classes:

* Under 2.5 litres
* Over 2.5 litres

## Points system

Championship points were awarded at each round on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places in each class, Additional points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis for the first four outright places, irrespective of class.

For rounds which were contested over two heats, drivers were allocated points on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first 14 places in each heat, with the points from the two heats aggregated to determine the round result. Championship points where then awarded based on that round result.

## Results

| Position | Driver | Car | Class | Entrant | Wan. | Lak. | Sur. | Ade. | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chris Clearihan | Kaditcha Chevrolet | Over 2.5 litres | Chris Clearihan | 3 | - | 13 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Steve Webb | Kaditcha Chevrolet | Over 2.5 litres | Steve Webb | 4 | 9 | - | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | John Fraser | Kaditcha SR781 Chevrolet Vega | Under 2.5 litres | John R Fraser | - | 4 | 12 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Paul Scott | Rennmax BN6 BMW | Under 2.5 litres | Pool Fabrications Pty Ltd | - | 11 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| 5 | Stuart Kostera | Elfin MS7 Repco Holden | Over 2.5 litres | Stuart Kostera | 13 | - | - | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Ken Peters | Auscam | Over 2.5 litres | | - | 13 | 3 | - | 16 |
| 7 | Julien Cowan | Chevron | Under 2.5 litres | | 12 | - | - | - | 12 |
| 8 | Dean Hosking | Asp Clubman | Under 2.5 litres | Parafield Auto Wreckers | - | - | - | 11 | 11 |
| 9 | Derek Vince | Graduate M8F | Over 2.5 litres | | 8 | - | - | - | 8 |
| = | Ray Hanger | Rennmax | Under 2.5 litres | Ray Hanger | - | - | 8 | - | 8 |
| 11 | John Hurney | Haggis | Under 2.5 litres | | 7 | - | - | - | 7 |
| = | Jim Doig | Motorlab Asp | Under 2.5 litres | Jim Doig | - | - | - | 7 | 7 |
| = | Kerry Horgan | Elfin 360 | Over 2.5 litres | | - | 3 | 4 | - | 7 |
| 14 | Mike Shaw | Welsor | Under 2.5 litres | | - | 6 | - | - | 6 |
| = | Alan Nolan | Nola | Under 2.5 litres | | - | - | 6 | - | 6 |
| 16 | Tony Green | Centaur | Under 2.5 litres | | - | 4 | 1 | - | 5 |
| 17 | Trevor Hine | Lotus Elan | Under 2.5 litres | | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
| = | Paul Gibson | Rennmax | Over 2.5 litres | | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| 19 | Glen Baker | Asp 340C | Under 2.5 litres | | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| = | Peter Tighe | Mallock U2 | Under 2.5 litres | | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| = | Bernard van Elsen | Bolwell Nagari | Over 2.5 litres | Bernard van Elsen | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| = | Tom Hutchinson | Triumph GT6 | Under 2.5 litres | Tom Hutchinson | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | Dave Bunnett | Haggis Clubman | Under 2.5 litres | | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| = | Peter Boylan | Cheetah | Under 2.5 litres | | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| = | Colin Matheson | Gordon | Under 2.5 litres | | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 26 | Allen Swaine | Nota | Under 2.5 litres | | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| = | Chris Meulengraaf | Datsun 2000 | Under 2.5 litres | Chris Meulengraaf | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
