1985 Australian Touring Car season

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The 1985 Australian Touring Car season was the 26th season of touring car racing in Australia commencing from 1960 when the first Australian Touring Car Championship and the first Armstrong 500 (the forerunner of the present day Bathurst 1000) were contested. It was the first season in which Australian Touring Car regulations were based on those for the FIA Group A Touring Car category.

Touring Cars competed at 19 race meetings in Australia during the 1985 season, contesting the following events:

In 21 races contested in 1985 (including the heats of the AMSCAR series rounds), the JPS Team BMW 635 CSi of Jim Richards won 17 races. This saw him easily win the ATCC, Endurance and AMSCAR titles.

Season review[edit]

Race calendar[edit]

Date Series Circuit City / state Winner Team Car Report
10 February ATCC Round 1 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
24 February ATCC Round 2 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Peter Brock Mobil Holden Dealer Team Holden VK Commodore
11 March ATCC Round 3 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania Robbie Francevic Mark Petch Motorsport Volvo 240T
31 March ATCC Round 4 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
7 April AMSCAR Round 1 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
21 April ATCC Round 4 Adelaide International Raceway Adelaide, South Australia Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
28 April ATCC Round 6 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
19 May ATCC Round 7 Surfers Paradise International Raceway Surfers Paradise, Queensland Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
28 May AMSCAR Round 2 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
23 June ATCC Round 8 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
7 July ATCC Round 9
AMSCAR Round 3 		Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
14 July ATCC Round 10 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Robbie Francevic Mark Petch Motorsport Volvo 240T
4 August Better Brakes 300
AEC Round 1 		Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi Report
18 August Pepsi 250
AEC Round 2 		Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
15 September Castrol 500
AEC Round 3 		Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Jim Richards
Tony Longhurst 		JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi report
6 October James Hardie 1000
AEC Round 4 		Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales John Goss
Armin Hahne 		JRA Ltd Jaguar XJ-S report
27 October Motorcraft 300
AEC Round 5 		Surfers Paradise International Raceway Surfers Paradise, Queensland Jim Richards JPS Team BMW BMW 635 CSi
2 November Australian Grand Prix support race Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia Dick Johnson Palmer Tube Mills Ford Mustang GT

Australian Touring Car Championship[edit]

Australian Endurance Championship[edit]

Castrol 500[edit]

James Hardie 1000[edit]

AMSCAR Series[edit]

Australian Grand Prix support race[edit]

This race was a 15 lap support event at the 1985 Australian Grand Prix meeting.[1]

References[edit]

Linked articles contain additional references.

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