1988 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

The 1988 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was an Australian motor sport title authorised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) ^[1] for Group 3A Touring Cars.^[1][2] It was the 18th circuit racing manufacturers championship to be awarded by CAMS and the ninth to be contested under the Australian Manufacturers' Championship name.

1988 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

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The championship was won jointly by Ford, BMW and Toyota.

Race calendar

Ford was a joint winner of the title with its Sierra RS500

BMW was a joint winner of the title with its M3

The championship was contested over a nine-round series with rounds run concurrently with those of the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship.

Round	Circuit	Location / state	Date
1	Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	6 March
2	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	13 March
3	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	8–10 Apr
4	Wanneroo Park	Perth, Western Australia	22–24 Apr
5	Adelaide International Raceway	Virginia, South Australia	29 Apr – 1 May
6	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	20–22 May
7	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	27–29 May
8	Amaroo Park	Sydney, New South Wales	17–19 Jun
9	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	15–17 Jul

Classes

Cars competing in three displacement classes:^[1]

• Up to 2000cc^[1]
• 2001 to 3000cc^[1]
• 3001 to 6000cc^[1]

Points System

Points were awarded at each round to the top six placegetters in each class on a 9,6,4,3,2,1 basis ^[3] however only the best placed car of each make earned championship points. The best eight round results were retained by each manufacturer to determine final championship placings.

Championship standings

Position	Manufacturer [4]	Car	Points [4]
1	Ford	Sierra RS500	72
	Toyota	Corolla	72
	BMW	M3	72
4	Nissan	Gazelle Skyline	25
5	Holden	VL Commodore Group A SS VK Commodore Group A SS	19
6	Isuzu	Gemini ZZ	14
7	Mercedes-Benz	190E	11
8	Mitsubishi	Starion	1

See also

• 1988 Australian Touring Car season
• 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship

References

1. Conditions for Australian Titles, 1988 CAMS Manual Of Motor Sport, pages 74–77
2. Group 3A Touring Cars, 1988 CAMS Manual Of Motor Sport, pages 228-233
3. Points & Prizes, Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, May 1, 1988, page 17
4. CAMS Report, September 1988, page 12

Further reading

• Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1988/89

External links

• Official V8 Supercar site Contains historical ATCC information.
• 1988 Australian Touring Car race images at www.autopics.com.au