The 1983 Australian Endurance Championship of Makes was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title open to

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.Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1983/84, pages 288 - 311

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jointly won the championship on 131 points each. Holden had three wins, a second, a third, and a ninth. Mazda won one race, with two seconds and three thirds.

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was the only other outright race winner having won the opening two rounds.

Calendar

Class structure

Cars competed in two engine displacement classes: * Up to 3000cc * Over 3000cc

Points structure

Championship points were awarded at each round according to the outright position attained by the best placed car of each make:

Results

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References

External links

Images of the Bathurst round from www.autopics.com.au
Australian Manufacturers' Championship Endurance Championship of Makes