The 1986 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned

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. The championship was won by former

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star and twice Australian Drivers' Champion John Bowe driving the 5.8 litre

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. Bowe dominated the five round series winning all seven races, scoring fastest lap in each race (including outright lap records at

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and Calder) and pole position at each round. Terry Hook finished in 2nd place in his Lola T610 Chevrolet with reigning champion Chris Clearihan 3rd in his JWS-

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heavily in the opening round at

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circuit. The WE84's throttle stuck wide open on the run up Bitupave Hill just past the pits and Romano was unable to slow the car, eventually destroying the front of the car in the tyre barriers. Romano himself broke both legs in the crash but was fully conscious when pulled out of the car. The crash ended the Romano WE84's racing life which had begun in

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as a Kaditcha K583.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a five-round series.1986 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year 1986/87, page 315

Classes

Cars competed in three classes according to engine capacity: In 1986 CAMS relaxed the previous 5000cc engine limit for the Over 3 litre cars and allowed engines of up to 6000cc. * Up to 1.6 litres * 1.6 to 3 litres * Over 3 litres

Points system

Championship points were awarded to the top twenty outright race positions, based on the following three tier structure: For rounds contested over multiple heats, the aggregate points achieved by each driver were divided by the number of heats to arrive at the driver's championship points allocations for the round.

Results

Top 10 results only.

References

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External links

* Australian Motor Racing Year, 1986/87 * CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1986 * Race Year, 1986 * www.camsmanual.com.au Australian Sports Car Championship

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