Australian Manufacturers' Championship Explained

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Category:Production Car Racing
Inaugural2:1971
Country/Region:Australia
Folded:2015
Website:amchamp.com.au

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 championships were open only to Group E Series Production Touring Cars subsequent championships through to 1991 were run to the same regulations as the Australian Touring Car Championship. The title has been revived twice since then, firstly in 1994 as a championship open to 2-litre Class II Touring Cars (soon to become known as Super Touring Cars) and from 2008 as a series for production cars, incorporating the Australian Production Car Championship.

For 2016 the Australian Manufacturers' Championship has been replaced by the Australian Production Car Series.[1]

Results

The actual name of the title was changed by CAMS a number of times as shown in the following table of championship winners.[2]

YearChampionshipChampion
1971Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipGeneral Motors-Holden
1972Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipFord Motor Co of Australia
1973Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipGeneral Motors-Holden
1974Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipGeneral Motors-Holden
1975Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipGeneral Motors-Holden
1976Australian Championship of MakesGeneral Motors-Holden
1977Australian Championship of MakesFord Motor Co of Australia
1978Australian Championship of MakesFord Motor Co of Australia
1979Australian Championship of MakesGeneral Motors-Holden
1980Australian Championship of MakesGeneral Motors-Holden
1981Australian Endurance ChampionshipToyota (Australia)
1982Australian Endurance Championship of MakesNissan Motor Co (Australia)
1983Australian Endurance Championship of MakesGeneral Motors-Holden
Toyo Kogyo (Mazda)
1984Australian Endurance Championship of MakesToyo Kogyo (Mazda)
1985Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipBMW (Aust) Pty Ltd
1986Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipNissan Motor Co (Australia)
1987Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipBMW (Australia) Pty Ltd
Nissan Motor Co (Australia)
1988Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipFord Motor Co of Australia
Toyota Motor Corp Australia Ltd
BMW (Australia) Pty Ltd
1989Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipToyota Motor Corp Australia Ltd
1990Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipFord Motor Co of Australia
1991Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipNissan Motor Co (Australia)
1992–1993Not Contested
1994Australian Manufacturers' Championship
- Champion Driver
BMW (Australia) Pty Ltd
Tony Longhurst (BMW 318i)[3]
1995–2007Not Contested
2008Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipHyundai Australia[4]
2009Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipMitsubishi Australia Ltd
2010Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipMitsubishi Australia Ltd
2011Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipMitsubishi Australia Ltd
2012Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipMitsubishi Australia Ltd
2013Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipMitsubishi Australia Ltd
2014Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipBMW[5]
2015Australian Manufacturers' ChampionshipBMW Australia Pty Ltd

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://australianproductioncars.com.au/2016-calendar/ Australian Production Car Series - 2016 Calendar, australianproductioncars.com.au
  2. Web site: CAMS Manual of Motor Sport . . 2007 . 2007-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090503070858/http://www.camsmanual.com.au/ . 3 May 2009 . dead.
  3. CAMS Report, March 1995, page 10
  4. http://www.themotorreport.com.au/14733/hyundai-wins-2008-australian-manufacturers-championship/ Hyundai Wins 2008 Australian Manufacturers’ Championship
  5. http://www.speedcafe.com/2014/09/29/amchamps-retain-endurance-formats-2015/ AMChamps to retain endurance formats in 2015, Monday 29 September 2014, www.speedcafe.com