The 1984 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to cars complying with Australian Formula 2 regulations.[1] The title, which was the 17th Australian Formula 2 Championship,[2] was won by Peter Glover, driving a Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen.[3]
The championship was contested over a six-round series:[3]
Round | Circuit | State | Date | Format | Round winner | Car | |
1 | Sandown Park | Victoria | 19 February | Two races | Neil Israel | Arbyen Volkswagen | |
2 | Oran Park | New South Wales | 18 March | Two races | Peter Glover | Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen | |
3 | Calder | Victoria | 29 April | Two races | Peter Macrow | Cheetah Mk 8 Ford | |
4 | Adelaide International Raceway | South Australia | 6 May | Two races | Keith McClelland | Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen | |
5 | Mallala Motor Sport Park | South Australia | 3 June | Two races | Keith McClelland | Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen | |
6 | Amaroo Park | New South Wales | 8 July | One race | Peter Glover | Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen |
The second race of Round 3 at Calder was cancelled due to program delays caused by an accident during a supporting race.[3]
Round 5 at Mallala saw the country South Australian circuit used in a CAMS sanctioned national championship for the first time since 1971.
Points were awarded on a 30–27–24–21–19–17–15–14–13–12–11–10–9–8–7–6–5 basis to the top 17 finishers in each race.[1] Finishers had to cover at least 75% of the race distance to be awarded points.[3] In multi-race rounds, the aggregate points for each driver were divided by the number of races to determine the actual championship points allocation for the driver at that round.[1]
Position[4] | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant[5] [6] | San | Ora | Cal | Ade | Mal | Ama | Total | |
1 | Peter Glover | 13 | Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen | Peter Glover | 19.5 | 30 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 21 | 30 | 127.5 | |
2 | Keith McClelland | 9 | Cheetah Mk 8 Volkswagen | Keith McClelland | 12 | 27 | – | 30 | 30 | 27 | 126 | |
3 | Neil Israel | 35 | Arbyen Volkswagen | Neil Israel | 27 | 24 | – | 17 | 24 | 21 | 113 | |
4 | Ian Richards | 1 | Richards 201 Volkswagen | Ian Richards | 9.5 | 21 | – | 21.5 | 16.5 | 19 | 87.5 | |
5 | Terry Ryan | 36 | Ralt RT1 Ford | Terry Ryan Auto Services P/L | 23 | 11 | 10.5 | 17.5 | 6.5 | 17 | 85.5 | |
6 | Peter Macrow | 25 | Cheetah Mk 8 Ford | Repco Engine Parts | – | 19 | 15 | 25.5 | 13.5 | – | 73 | |
7 | Craig Sparks | 33 | Elfin 792 Volkswagen | Craig Sparks | 10.5 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 7 | – | 62.5 | |
8 | Wayne Ford | 32 | Chevron B42 Ford | Wayne Ford | – | 9.5 | 7.5 | – | 13 | 14 | 44 | |
9 | Derek Pingel | Elfin 792 Volkswagen | – | 13.5 | – | – | – | 24 | 37.5 | |||
Graham Blee | 2 | Cheetah Mk 6 Toyota | Bell Street Truck Centre | – | 16 | 8.5 | – | – | 13 | 37.5 | ||
11 | Craig Gibbs | 10 | Cheetah Mk 6 Ford | Keith McDermott | 10.5 | – | 6 | 5.5 | – | 15 | 37 | |
12 | Mike Drewer | 5 | Cheetah Mk 7 Volkswagen | MJ Drewer | 11 | – | 6.5 | 13.5 | 5.5 | – | 36.5 | |
13 | Peter Boylan | 60 | Ralt RT3 Volkswagen | Peter Boylan | 16 | 13 | – | – | – | – | 29 | |
Vince McLaughlan | 7 | Cheetah Mk 8 Isuzu | Kevin McLaughlan | – | – | 5.5 | – | 11.5 | 12 | 29 | ||
15 | David Crabtree | 77 | Cheetah BMW | David Crabtree | 13 | 11 | – | – | 4 | – | 28 | |
16 | Brian Sampson | 78 | Cheetah Mk 8 Ford | Brian Sampson | – | – | 9.5 | – | 16.5 | – | 26 | |
17 | Rob Newman | 26 | Cheetah Mk 7 Toyota | John Walker Panel Repairs | – | – | – | 6 | 19 | – | 25 | |
18 | David Partridge | Elfin 700 | 13.5 | 11 | – | – | – | – | 24.5 | |||
19 | Clive Millis | 7 | Hardman JH1 Ford | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | ||
20 | Mike Holmes | 22 | Elfin 700 Volkswagen | Mike Holmes | – | – | – | – | 15.5 | – | 15.5 | |
21 | Colin Fulton | Cheetah Volkswagen | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | |||
22 | Greg Ferrall | 8 | Elfin GE225 Volkswagen | Greg Ferrall | – | – | – | 10.5 | – | – | 10.5 | |
23 | Tony Armstrong | Cheetah Volkswagen | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | |||
24 | Bronte Rundle | 21 | Argus 832 Datsun | Argus Engineering | – | – | – | – | 7.5 | – | 7.5 | |
Gregg Taylor | 49 | Cheetah Toyota | AG Taylor | – | – | – | 7.5 | – | – | 7.5 | ||
26 | Mark Potter | 15 | Elfin 700 | Mark Potter | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | 7 | |
27 | Peter Jones | Cheetah Mk 8 Ford | – | – | – | 6.5 | – | – | 6.5 | |||
28 | Mark Buik | Elfin 620 Ford | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | |||
29 | Peter Doulman | Avanti F2 Ford | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 |