1984 Australian Formula 2 Championship

The 1984 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to cars complying with Australian Formula 2 regulations.[1] The title, which was the 17th Australian Formula 2 Championship,[2] was won by Peter Glover, driving a Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen.[3]

Schedule

The championship was contested over a six-round series:[3]

Round[3] Circuit[3] State Date[3] Format[3] Round winner[3] Car[3]
1 Sandown Park Victoria 19 February Two races Neil Israel Arbyen Volkswagen
2 Oran Park New South Wales 18 March Two races Peter Glover Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen
3 Calder Victoria 29 April Two races Peter Macrow Cheetah Mk 8 Ford
4 Adelaide International Raceway South Australia 6 May Two races Keith McClelland Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen
5 Mallala Motor Sport Park South Australia 3 June Two races Keith McClelland Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen
6 Amaroo Park New South Wales 8 July One race Peter Glover Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen

The second race of Round 3 at Calder was cancelled due to program delays caused by an accident during a supporting race.[3]

Round 5 at Mallala saw the country South Australian circuit used in a CAMS sanctioned national championship for the first time since 1971.

Points system

Points were awarded on a 30–27–24–21–19–17–15–14–13–12–11–10–9–8–7–6–5 basis to the top 17 finishers in each race.[1] Finishers had to cover at least 75% of the race distance to be awarded points.[3] In multi-race rounds, the aggregate points for each driver were divided by the number of races to determine the actual championship points allocation for the driver at that round.[1]

Results

Position[4] Driver No. Car Entrant[5][6] San[4] Ora[4] Cal[4] Ade[4] Mal[4] Ama[4] Total[4]
1 Peter Glover 13 Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen Peter Glover 19.5 30 13.5 13.5 21 30 127.5
2 Keith McClelland 9 Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen Keith McClelland 12 27 – 30 30 27 126
3 Neil Israel 35 Arbyen Volkswagen Neil Israel 27 24 – 17 24 21 113
4 Ian Richards 1 Richards 201 Volkswagen Ian Richards 9.5 21 – 21.5 16.5 19 87.5
5 Terry Ryan 36 Ralt RT1 Ford Terry Ryan Auto Services P/L 23 11 10.5 17.5 6.5 17 85.5
6 Peter Macrow 25 Cheetah Mk 8 Ford Repco Engine Parts – 19 15 25.5 13.5 – 73
7 Craig Sparks 33 Elfin 792 Volkswagen Craig Sparks 10.5 16 12 17 7 – 62.5
8 Wayne Ford 32 Chevron B42 Ford Wayne Ford – 9.5 7.5 – 13 14 44
9 Derek Pingel Elfin 792 Volkswagen – 13.5 – – – 24 37.5
Graham Blee 2 Cheetah Mk 6 Toyota Bell Street Truck Centre – 16 8.5 – – 13 37.5
11 Craig Gibbs 10 Cheetah Mk 6 Ford Keith McDermott 10.5 – 6 5.5 – 15 37
12 Mike Drewer 5 Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen MJ Drewer 11 – 6.5 13.5 5.5 – 36.5
13 Peter Boylan 60 Ralt RT3 Volkswagen Peter Boylan 16 13 – – – – 29
Vince McLaughlan 7 Cheetah Mk 8 Isuzu Kevin McLaughlan – – 5.5 – 11.5 12 29
15 David Crabtree 77 Cheetah BMW David Crabtree 13 11 – – 4 – 28
16 Brian Sampson 78 Cheetah Mk 8 Ford Brian Sampson – – 9.5 – 16.5 – 26
17 Rob Newman 26 Cheetah Mk 7 Toyota John Walker Panel Repairs – – – 6 19 – 25
18 David Partridge Elfin 700 13.5 11 – – – – 24.5
19 Clive Millis 7 Hardman JH1 Ford 21 – – – – – 21
20 Mike Holmes 22 Elfin 700 Volkswagen Mike Holmes – – – – 15.5 – 15.5
21 Colin Fulton Cheetah Volkswagen 15 – – – – – 15
22 Greg Ferrall 8 Elfin GE225 Volkswagen Greg Ferrall – – – 10.5 – – 10.5
23 Tony Armstrong Cheetah Volkswagen 10 – – – – – 10
24 Bronte Rundle 21 Argus 832 Datsun Argus Engineering – – – – 7.5 – 7.5
Gregg Taylor 49 Cheetah Toyota AG Taylor – – – 7.5 – – 7.5
26 Mark Potter 15 Elfin 700 Mark Potter – – 7 – – – 7
27 Peter Jones Cheetah Mk 8 Ford – – – 6.5 – – 6.5
28 Mark Buik Elfin 620 Ford 6 – – – – – 6
29 Peter Doulman Avanti F2 Ford – 4 – – – – 4
  • Israel did not receive points for his 12th-place finish in Race 1 of Round 3 as he had completed less than the required 75% of the total race distance.[3]
  • Glover did not receive points for his 12th-place finish in Race 1 of Round 4 as he had completed less than the required 75% of the total race distance.[3]

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c Conditions for Australian Titles, 1984 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 88 to 91
  2. ^ Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Barry Catford, Australian Formula 2 Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1984/85, pages 254–267
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Championship points and positions have been calculated by applying the points system as published in the 1984 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport to race positions as published in Australian Motor Racing Year, 1984/85
  5. ^ Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 6 May 1984, page 23
  6. ^ Official Souvenir Programme, Mallala Motor Sport Park, Sunday, 3 June 1984, page 15