The 1988 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was an Australian motor sport title authorised by the
Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
Motorsport Australia, formerly the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS), is the nationally recognised governing and sanctioning body for four-wheeled motorsport
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(CAMS)
[Conditions for Australian Titles, 1988 CAMS Manual Of Motor Sport, pages 74–77] for
Group 3A Touring Cars.
[ It was the 18th circuit racing manufacturers championship to be awarded by CAMS and the ninth to be contested under the ]Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a motor racing title awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) to the winning car manufacturer in an annual series of races held throughout Australia. Whilst the first two champi ...
name.
The championship was won jointly by Ford
Ford commonly refers to:
* Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford
* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
Ford may also refer to:
Ford Motor Company
* Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company
* Ford F ...
, BMW
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, trading as BMW Group (commonly abbreviated to BMW (), sometimes anglicised as Bavarian Motor Works), is a German multinational manufacturer of vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Th ...
and Toyota
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on August 28, 1937. Toyota is the List of manuf ...
.
Race calendar
The championship was contested over a nine-round series with rounds run concurrently with those of the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship.
Classes
Cars competing in three displacement classes:[
* Up to 2000cc][
* 2001 to 3000cc][
* 3001 to 6000cc][
]
Points system
Points were awarded at each round to the top six placegetters in each class on a 9,6,4,3,2,1 basis [Points & Prizes, Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, May 1, 1988, page 17] however only the best placed car of each make earned championship points. The best eight round results were retained by each manufacturer to determine final championship placings.
Championship standings
See also
* 1988 Australian Touring Car season
The 1988 Australian Touring Car season was the 29th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.
There were 1 ...
* 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship
References
Further reading
*Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1988/89
External links
Official V8 Supercar site
Contains historical ATCC information.
Australian Manufacturers' Championship
Manufacturers' Championship
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