The 1983 Australian Endurance Championship of Makes was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing titleCAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport open to Group C Touring Cars.CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1983, page 95 The championship was contested over a six-round series with all rounds run concurrently with those of the 1983 Australian Endurance Championship.Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1983/84, pages 288–311

Holden and Mazda jointly won the championship on 131 points each. Holden had three wins, a second, a third, and a ninth. Mazda won one race, with two seconds and three thirds. Nissan was the only other outright race winner, having won the opening two rounds.

Calendar Rd.Race titleCircuitDateWinnerCarTeamReport 1 Silastic 300 Amaroo Park 7 August George Fury Nissan Bluebird Turbo Nissan 2 Oran Park 250 Oran Park 21 August George Fury Nissan Bluebird Turbo Nissan Motor Co. 3 Castrol 400 Sandown 11 September Allan Moffat Mazda RX-7 Peter Stuyvesant International Racing Report 4 James Hardie 1000 Mount Panorama 2 October John Harvey Peter Brock Larry Perkins Holden VH Commodore SS Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Report 5 Motorcraft 300 Surfers Paradise 30 October Allan Grice Holden VH Commodore SS STP Roadways Racing 6 Humes Guardrail 300 Adelaide International Raceway 20 November Peter Brock Holden VH Commodore SS Marlboro Holden Dealer Team

Class structure Cars competed in two engine displacement classes: Up to 3000cc Over 3000cc

Points structure Championship points were awarded at each round according to the outright position attained by the best placed car of each make:

Outright Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Up to 3000cc 30 27 24 21 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Over 3000cc 25 23 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 0

Results

Position Make Car Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Total 1 Holden VH Commodore SS 23 13 20 25 25 25 131 Mazda RX-7 20 20 25 23 23 20 131 3 Ford Capri V6, XE Falcon, XD Falcon & Escort 14 23 13 11 9 14 84 4 BMW 635 CSi 15 5 23 - 11 13 67 5 Nissan Bluebird Turbo 25 25 - - - - 50 6 Audi 5+5 13 8 - - - - 21 7 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 11 - - - - - 11 Alfa Romeo GTV6 - - 6 5 - - 11

References

External links Images of the Bathurst round from www.autopics.com.au