The 1990 Australian Production Car Championship was an Australian motor racing title for

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s from 1984 until 1989, CAMS banned turbo and

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Schedule

The championship was contested over eight rounds with one race per round.1990 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1990/91, pages 283-285

Points system

Points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top ten placegetters in each round. Only the best seven round results were used to determine a drivers final pointscore, any other points being discarded.

Championship standings

References

{{reflist Australian Production Car Championship Production Car Championship