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The 1982 Australian Endurance Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing championship for Group C Touring Cars. It was the second Australian Endurance Championship and the first to incorporate titles for both drivers and makes. The Drivers title was awarded to Allan Moffat and the Makes title to Nissan.

Schedule

The championship was contested over a five round series.

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Winning driver(s)	Car	Report
1	Perrier Gold Cup	Oran Park	22 August	Bob Morris	Ford XE Falcon
2	Castrol 400	Sandown	12 September	Allan Moffat	Mazda RX-7	Report
3	James Hardie 1000	Mount Panorama, Bathurst	3 October	Peter Brock Larry Perkins	Holden VH Commodore SS	Report
4	Gold Coast 300	Surfers Paradise	7 November	Allan Moffat	Mazda RX-7
5	Nissan-Datsun 300	Adelaide International Raceway	5 December	Allan Moffat	Mazda RX-7

Classes

Cars competed in four engine capacity classes:

• Up to 1600cc
• 1601 to 2000cc
• 2001 to 3000cc
• 3001 to 6000cc

Points system

Drivers points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the six best placed cars in each class at each round.

Makes points were awarded for the six best placed cars in each class on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis, but only for the highest scoring car of each make, regardless of class, at each round.

Results

Drivers

Makes

Notes and references

1. ^ Australian Title Conditions, 1982 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 90 & 91
2. Nissan_Datsun 300, (Official Program), Adelaide International Raceway, 5 December 1982, page 4
3. ^ Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1982/83, pages 254-263
4. 1982 Perrier Gold Cup
5. ^ Progress Point Score table (Rounds 1-4), Official Program, Adelaide International Raceway, 5 December 1982, page 5
6. ^ Points for Adelaide round have been calculated from the race results published in Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1982/83, page 263
7. ^ Racing Car News, September 1982 (Castrol 400 Supplement, pages 47–49)
8. ^ Official Programme, James Hardie 1000, 1982, pages 44 & 45
9. ^ Official Programme, James Hardie 1000, 1983, page 113
10. ^ Entry List, Nissan_Datsun 300, (Official Program), Adelaide International Raceway, 5 December 1982
11. ^ Racing Car News, January 1983, page 18
12. ^ The Progress Point Score table (Rounds 1-4), Official Program, Adelaide International Raceway, 5 December 1982, page 5 shows Sandown scores as 6 for Moffat and 9 for Grice, however a subsequent appeal decision gave first place to the Mazda of Allan Moffat (as per Australian Motor Racing Year 1982/83, page 258)
13. Steve Land is not listed in the 5 December AIR Program Progressive Points table, but is shown as the 2 litre class winner at the Gold Coast 300 in Australian Motor Racing Year and is shown with a total of 9 points in Racing Car News, January 1983, page 18
14. ^ The Progress Point Score table (Rounds 1-4), Official Program, Adelaide International Raceway, 5 December 1982, page 5 shows Sandown scores as 6 for Mazda and 9 for Holden, however a subsequent appeal decision gave first place to the Mazda of Allan Moffat (as per Australian Motor Racing Year 1982/83, page 258)

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