1981 Australian Sports Car Championship

The 1981 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group D Production Sports Cars. It was the thirteenth Australian Sports Car Championship and the last to be restricted to cars complying with Group D regulations. The championship was won by John Latham, driving a Porsche Turbo.

Schedule

The championship was contested over a four-round series with Rounds 1, 2 and 3 each staged over two heats and Round 4 run as a single race.

Round	Circuit	Location / state	Date	Heat 1 winner	Heat 2 winner	Round winner
1	Sandown Park	Melbourne, Vic.	22 February	John Latham	John Walker	John Latham
2	Baskerville Raceway	Hobart, Tas.	5 April	John Walker	John Latham	John Latham
3	Winton Motor Raceway	Winton, Vic.	23 August	Murray Bryden	John Latham	John Latham
4	Calder Park Raceway	Melbourne, Vic.	8 October	John Latham	N/A	John Latham

Class structure

Cars competed in two engine capacity classes:

Class A - Over 2000cc
Class B - Up to and including 2000cc

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six placings in each class at each round. Bonus points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis for the top four placings irrespective of class at each round.
Where rounds were run in multiple parts, drivers were allocated points on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first fourteen positions in each part. These points were then aggregated to determine the placings for that round.