The 1982 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars.[1] It was the fourteenth Australian Sports Car Championship,[2] and the first to be contested by Group A cars since 1975.[3] The championship was won by Chris Clearihan of Canberra, driving a Kaditcha.[3]
The championship was contested over a four-round series.[3]
| Round | Circuit | State | Date | Format | Winning driver | Car | |
| 1 | Wanneroo Park | Western Australia | 21 March | Two heats | Stuart Kostera | Elfin MS7 Repco Holden[4] | |
| 2 | Lakeside | Queensland | 25 July | Two heats | Ken Peters | Auscam | |
| 3 | Surfers Paradise | Queensland | 29 August | One race | Chris Clearihan | Kaditcha Chevrolet | |
| 4 | Adelaide International Raceway | South Australia | 26 September | Two heats | Chris Clearihan | Kaditcha Chevrolet |
Cars competed in two classes:[3]
Championship points were awarded at each round on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places in each class,[1] Additional points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis for the first four outright places, irrespective of class.[1]
For rounds which were contested over two heats, drivers were allocated points on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first 14 places in each heat, with the points from the two heats aggregated to determine the round result.[1] Championship points where then awarded based on that round result.[1]
| Position | Driver[5] | Car | Class | Entrant[6] | Wan. | Lak. | Sur. | Ade.[7] | Total | |
| 1 | Chris Clearihan | Kaditcha Chevrolet | Over 2.5 litres | Chris Clearihan | 3 | - | 13 | 13 | 29 | |
| 3 | Steve Webb | Kaditcha Chevrolet | Over 2.5 litres | Steve Webb | 4 | 9 | - | 9 | 22 | |
| 2 | John Fraser | Kaditcha SR781 Chevrolet Vega | Under 2.5 litres | John R Fraser | - | 4 | 12 | 4 | 20 | |
| 4 | Paul Scott | Rennmax BN6 BMW | Under 2.5 litres | Pool Fabrications Pty Ltd | - | 11 | 5 | 2 | 18 | |
| 5 | Stuart Kostera | Elfin MS7 Repco Holden | Over 2.5 litres | Stuart Kostera | 13 | - | - | 4 | 17 | |
| 6 | Ken Peters | Auscam | Over 2.5 litres | - | 13 | 3 | - | 16 | ||
| 7 | Julien Cowan | Chevron | Under 2.5 litres | 12 | - | - | - | 12 | ||
| 8 | Dean Hosking | Asp Clubman | Under 2.5 litres | Parafield Auto Wreckers | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | |
| 9 | Derek Vince | Graduate M8F | Over 2.5 litres | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | ||
| = | Ray Hanger | Rennmax | Under 2.5 litres | Ray Hanger | - | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
| 11 | John Hurney | Haggis | Under 2.5 litres | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | ||
| = | Jim Doig | Motorlab Asp | Under 2.5 litres | Jim Doig | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | |
| = | Kerry Horgan | Elfin 360 | Over 2.5 litres | - | 3 | 4 | - | 7 | ||
| 14 | Mike Shaw | Welsor | Under 2.5 litres | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | ||
| = | Alan Nolan | Nola | Under 2.5 litres | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | ||
| 16 | Tony Green | Centaur | Under 2.5 litres | - | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | ||
| 17 | Trevor Hine | Lotus Elan | Under 2.5 litres | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | ||
| = | Paul Gibson | Rennmax | Over 2.5 litres | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | ||
| 19 | Glen Baker | Asp 340C | Under 2.5 litres | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| = | Peter Tighe | Mallock U2 | Under 2.5 litres | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | ||
| = | Bernard van Elsen | Bolwell Nagari | Over 2.5 litres | Bernard van Elsen | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| = | Tom Hutchinson | Triumph GT6 | Under 2.5 litres | Tom Hutchinson | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| 23 | Dave Bunnett | Haggis Clubman | Under 2.5 litres | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| = | Peter Boylan | Cheetah | Under 2.5 litres | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | ||
| = | Colin Matheson | Gordon | Under 2.5 litres | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||
| 26 | Allen Swaine | Nota | Under 2.5 litres | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
| = | Chris Meulengraaf | Datsun 2000 | Under 2.5 litres | Chris Meulengraaf | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |