The 1986 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned

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racing cars.''Australian Title Conditions'', 1986 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 88 to 91 It was the 30th

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.''Records, Titles & Awards'', 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4 The championship winner was awarded the 1986 CAMS Gold Star. Australian

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importer Graham Watson won the title, his only Australian Drivers' Championship, with former Australian Sports Car Champions Peter Hopwood (

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) and Bap Romano (

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) placing second and third respectively, each driving

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s. The only driver to score championship points in any car other than a Ralt RT4 was Peter Macrow, who drove a

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to equal thirteenth place in the championship. Defending and two-time champion John Bowe did not contest the 1986 championship. Instead he drove a Volvo 240T in the

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and also drove the Veskanda-

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to win the

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. He did however have one last race in the Chris Leach Racing Ralt RT4-

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when he won the Formula Mondial support race at the

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meeting in

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Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven-round series.Barry Catford, ''Australian Drivers' Championship'', Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1986/87, pages 188 to 203

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top six placegetters in each round. Each driver could count points only from his or her six best round performances.

Results

Note: There were only five finishers in Round 7 at Amaroo Park.

References

External links

www.cams.com.au > Titles – CAMS Gold Star
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