The 1988 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was an Australian motor sport title authorised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) Conditions for Australian Titles, 1988 CAMS Manual Of Motor Sport, pages 74–77 for Group 3A Touring Cars.Group 3A Touring Cars, 1988 CAMS Manual Of Motor Sport, pages 228-233 It was the 18th circuit racing manufacturers championship to be awarded by CAMS and the ninth to be contested under the Australian Manufacturers' Championship name.
The championship was won jointly by Ford, BMW and Toyota.
Race calendar
The championship was contested over a nine-round series with rounds run concurrently with those of the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship. Round CircuitLocation / stateDate 1 Calder Park Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 6 March 2 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 13 March 3 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 8–10 Apr 4 Wanneroo Park Perth, Western Australia 22–24 Apr 5 Adelaide International Raceway Virginia, South Australia 29 Apr – 1 May 6 Lakeside International Raceway Brisbane, Queensland 20–22 May 7 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 27–29 May 8 Amaroo Park Sydney, New South Wales 17–19 Jun 9 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 15–17 Jul
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 Position Manufacturer CAMS Report, September 1988, page 12 Car Points 1 Ford Sierra RS500 72 Toyota Corolla 72 BMW M3 72 4 Nissan GazelleSkyline 25 5 Holden VL Commodore Group A SSVK Commodore Group A SS 19 6 Isuzu Gemini ZZ 14 7 Mercedes-Benz 190E 11 8 Mitsubishi Starion 1
See also 1988 Australian Touring Car season 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship
References
Further reading Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1988/89
External links Official V8 Supercar site Contains historical ATCC information. 1988 Australian Touring Car race images at www.autopics.com.au
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